Pile it on muchachos! The slumbering gigantes dominate this week of WPL, as Hall of Famer jlo rides the breakout victory to a Weekly Cup triumph, despite having "no idea" why he backed the goats. Also, the fifth goal enabled encinitas to steal the Play of the Week away from Crewbasher and his bold KC pick. jlo's big victory moves him 6 spots up to #4 and just 10 points out of 2nd place. Missing the opening game has been a blessing two weeks running. Meanwhile, another victim of goal #5 is kjo199 who gets caught at the wire and has to settle for 2nd place. On the other hand, a 6 spot move to #21 is a fine consolation. On a roll is #3 finisher bilfish, whose 156 suggests promotion was no fluke. Chiming in at #4 is Saeyddthe, who continues his comeback season with a 150 that points the way toward positive territory. Less than a point back is OGx3 at #5, who cashes in a top 5 performance with promotion to div 1 (and the honorary Fat Bastard award as well.) Lots of shakeup in the top 10 this week, with Northside Rovers blasting into the top spot as foreshadowed. Is he ahead to stay with a 130 point lead? Or is he doomed to repeat last years fate by running out of small bets? BulaJacket pilots a big week into the #2 spot, but competition is fierce with 6 players within 65 points, including the revitalized jlo. Tune in next week for more drama. *FAQ and your remaining bets are available on the WPL status page.* ____________________________________________________________ Play Of The Week: encinitas, for the bet of 184 on CVS over RSL Weekly Cup: 1 jlo 171.572 2 kjo199 168.236 3 bilfish 156 4 Saeyddthe 150.078 5 OGx3 149.604 Code: [b]Division 1[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 1 2 Northside Rovers983.98 122.42 455 432.75 2 6 BulaJacket 855.35 118.88 378 394 3 3 NoSix 851.22 8.23 334 227.25 4 10 jlo 845.85 171.57 416 479 5 1 tab5g 805.74 -88.74 440 231.5 6 4 equakesfan 799.46 13.12 509 388.25 7 8 MouseyTongue 791.59 93.22 403 366.5 8 5 Jose L. Couso 688.97 -61.00 453 263.75 9 9 Greywacke 667.29 -19.64 38 0 10 7 Tactics 578.56 -141.51 467 189.75 11 13 Quango 526.83 49.27 232 190 12 16 Qdog 493.47 96.28 212 224 13 17 dred 471.09 117.15 440 432.75 14 15 Babar 457.05 52.49 471 383.75 15 11 Robert Lanza 454.13 -87.95 287 93 16 14 soccertom 440.82 0.57 289 192.5 17 20 bilfish 409.35 156.00 417 439.25 18 12 KCWiz 373.57 -149.05 351 76 19 22 OGx3 350.73 149.60 608 617 20 18 Revolt 340.80 3.76 216 134.25 [b]Division 2[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 21 27 kjo199 298.42 168.24 379 439.75 22 21 IASocFan 217.01 -23.98 299 180.75 23 23 guamster 187.74 43.87 499 431.75 24 25 Crewbasher 184.34 42.74 450 378 25 24 FlashMan 136.70 -5.64 354 235 26 30 Scribe 132.40 68.74 567 526.25 27 28 sljohn 105.73 27.92 170 124.5 28 19 dmonet83 92.86 -232.97 361 0 29 26 paulo 70.79 -64.46 815 608.75 30 29 BenC1357 53.32 -19.43 372 231.5 31 31 Nutty -59.62 -32.07 456 283 32 34 DamonEsquire -79.83 59.31 401 348 33 33 big_al335 -94.40 37.92 420 318.5 34 35 encinitas -165.93 40.15 631 554 35 32 themrs. -257.12 -167.77 275 0 36 37 Saeyddthe -282.55 150.08 563 574 37 36 soccernutter -359.88 28.79 573 474.75 38 38 firefan2001 -581.44 -69.46 310 124 39 39 jackrock -612.83 104.68 601 552.75 40 40 dredgfan -954.95 -227.93 355 0 [b]Division 3[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 41 41 andrewt14 -1,295.79 -231.86 360 0 42 42 burnfan00 -1,563.48 -323.38 470 0 43 43 scaryice -1,861.10 -345.53 495 0 44 44 Eskandarian11 -2,702.51 -310.33 455 0 45 45 nowhere -2,918.24 -336.61 485 0 46 46 spectre -3,017.68 -341.06 490 0 47 47 regulator -3,093.55 -330.43 478 0 48 48 Deimos -3,160.60 -345.53 495 0 49 49 suppitty -3,204.85 -345.53 495 0 50 50 Captain Splarg -3,219.85 -345.53 495 0 51 51 ChangeT -3,220.10 -345.53 495 0 [b]Rate of Return:[/b] [b][i]Rank Name Percent[/i][/b] 1 BulaJacket 86.75% 2 Northside Rovers 85.68% 3 Jose L. Couso 84.61% 4 NoSix 83.87% 5 jlo 83.19% 6 equakesfan 82.59% 7 Greywacke 82.26% 8 MouseyTongue 82.19% 9 Tactics 81.68% 10 tab5g 81.06% 11 bilfish 80.85% 12 soccertom 80.74% 13 Qdog 80.24% 14 Revolt 80.07% 15 dred 79.02% 16 Babar 78.43% 17 OGx3 78.04% 18 FlashMan 78.01% 19 IASocFan 77.74% 20 Quango 77.32% 21 Robert Lanza 76.92% 22 KCWiz 76.83% 23 sljohn 75.79% 24 Scribe 75.36% 25 DamonEsquire 75.22% 26 guamster 75.06% 27 BenC1357 74.64% 28 Saeyddthe 74.43% 29 kjo199 73.67% 30 paulo 73.38% 31 Crewbasher 73.34% 32 encinitas 72.76% 33 soccernutter 72.67% 34 firefan2001 71.41% 35 Nutty 67.85% 36 dmonet83 66.64% 37 jackrock 65.14% 38 themrs. 65.09% 39 big_al335 64.11% 40 andrewt14 54.83% 41 dredgfan 52.23% 42 burnfan00 33.33% 43 scaryice 27.40% 44 Eskandarian11 15.70% 45 nowhere 7.06% 46 spectre 6.75% 47 regulator 6.17% 48 Deimos 2.17% 49 suppitty 1.32% 50 Captain Splarg 1.02% 51 ChangeT 1.02% [b]Points:[/b] [b][i]Rank Name Won Bet[/i][/b] 1 soccertom 8265.75 10237 2 Saeyddthe 8155 10957 3 BulaJacket 8051.5 9281 4 NoSix 7662.75 9136 5 equakesfan 7655.75 9270 6 Qdog 7629.25 9508 7 BenC1357 7173 9610 8 Revolt 7057.75 8814 9 OGx3 6999 8968 10 IASocFan 6820.5 8774 11 DamonEsquire 6784.25 9019 12 guamster 6745 8986 13 soccernutter 6565.25 9034 14 tab5g 6561 8094 15 jlo 6496.5 7809 16 FlashMan 6337 8123 17 Tactics 6288.25 7699 18 bilfish 6235.25 7712 19 Jose L. Couso 6182.25 7307 20 paulo 6114.25 8332 21 dred 6056.25 7664 22 firefan2001 6033 8448 23 Babar 5847.5 7456 24 Greywacke 5806.25 7058 25 sljohn 5790 7640 26 Crewbasher 5748 7837 27 MouseyTongue 5677.75 6908 28 encinitas 5667 7789 29 Robert Lanza 5582 7257 30 Scribe 5498.75 7297 31 Quango 5435.25 7030 32 Northside Rovers 5037 5879 33 KCWiz 4940 6430 34 kjo199 4903.75 6656 35 jackrock 4821 7401 36 Nutty 4101.5 6045 37 themrs. 4079.5 6267 38 andrewt14 3840 7003 39 dmonet83 3590 5387 40 big_al335 3527.25 5502 41 dredgfan 3080 5897 42 burnfan00 1721 5164 43 scaryice 1411.5 5151 44 Eskandarian11 851.75 5426 45 nowhere 364.5 5162 46 spectre 353.75 5242 47 regulator 326.25 5291 48 Deimos 112 5151 49 suppitty 67.75 5151 50 Captain Splarg 52.75 5151 51 ChangeT 52.5 5151 ____________________________________________________________ Next weeks action: <amount home away> 102 DCU SJE 103 CHI CLB 104 MET COL 105 NER DAL 106 KCW RSL 107 LAG CVS
Curse you, encinitas!!! You couldn't let me have this little taste of glory, could you??? What's next... you gonna steal my girlfriend? Oh, well, back to business... 79 sje dcu 19 clb chi 108 met col 2 ner fcd 113 kcw rsl 75 lag cvs
Every word wants in here and here. 92 SJE DCU 91 CHI CLB 161 MET COL 160 DAL NER 162 KCW RSL 90 LAG CVS Tough matches... District of Columbia United (Is this wrong?) sit dangerously. Way down there still vacinity wins amongst eight out of twelve. Real Salt Lake and Club Deportivo Chivas United States of America (Is this right?) play August 6th or 7th. Both could use the victory. Its not offense but defense worry myself with Los Angeles Galaxy. Penalty Kicks in succession for New York Metrostars! First time New England Revolution. This time Football Club Dallas.
As Captain Steven Hiller said: "I ain't heard no fat lady!" I think this is my first cup win since I stopped handing them out. I was beginning to believe all those nepotism rumors. And I still have no idea why I bet on Chivas.
It's occured to me that twice before I reached spot #13. The first time I dropped 14 spots the next week, the second time I dropped 15. Maybe I'll just skip this week.
Nah, life is short. Given that track record, there's only one thing you can do - bet big and go for 16!
After winning big with my 5 bet on CHIVAS last week, I'm swinging for the fences: 176 LA Cvs 156 KC RSL 146 Chi Clb 126 Met Col 116 DC SJ 106 NE Dal
187 DCU SJE 105 chi clb 139 COL MET 186 FCD NER 150 RSL KCW 106 CVS LAG welcome to the asylum. medication? medication schmedication, here we cater to crazy. please check your good taste and common sense at the door. vive le poop!.
I had China Buffet for lunch. In other news breaking news: Greg Andrulis is out as Crew Coach! US vs Costa Rica tonight! soccertom is hungry again!
50 DCU SJE 185 CHI CLB 92 MET COL 85 DAL NER 151 KCW RSL 112 LAG CVS I don't feel as good betting against Chivas this week as I normally would. Of course, seeing the galaxy lose to them would be worth the points lost here.
Okay... I would love Chivas, in order; for Real Salt Lake to win. C'mon Baby! Player needs a new crawl space. 160 DCU SJE 91 CF CC 161 NJM CR 90 FCD NER 162 KCW RSL 92 CDCUSA LAG
Jaaa. I tink I am borrrd with u now. Die Bundesliga 1 has been nice, but eet eez over now. Gutentag. Gezundheit. Reinheitsgebot. I'll be here all ze week. 1.02 DCU SJE (we reallly need to figure a way to *actually* bet a tie. Well, Dred does.) 103 CHI CLB (No, they won't play well for the new coach, sorry) 102 MET COL (No, they won't play well for the new coach, sorry) 1.05 NER DAL (Revs are still playing the Copa de Oro) 106 KCW RSL (Don't embarrass me, says Blue Coach) 10.7 CVS LAG (LA has to win sometime, no matter how much they suck right now) Ciao, BilFish