Now that's more like it! A big-bounce back week for many prognosticators, including several pedigreed big-shots. Top finish goes to tab5g, who came out and bet a shocking amount on the road Mets. He also anticipated a blowout in LA and was rewarded. He's now moved into a virtual tie for second, and also collects the honorary Fat Bastard for his trophy case. He may have dropped out of the race for the top, but Jose L. Couso's 2nd place finish shows that he is definitely back. He had no doubt about DC's win in Dallas. Third goes to Scribe, who like our winner shunned KC at home. He's up 2 spots, less than 100 points from Div 1. In fourth this week is returning champion Revolt, who should have won easily this week, getting every game right except... Columbus?? In New England? Well, not gonna argue with success, as he breaks back into positive territory, just a few points out of the top 10. Number 5 is jlo, who recaptures his mojo, gets DC right and returns to his customary top 5 position. Play of the Week goes to jackrock, for his bold yet restrained pick of Metros on the road. NoSix continues to pull away at the top and it's unclear whether anyone's going to be able to mount a serious challenge. However competition for the next few spots heats up as we now have 7 players within 200 points of each other fighting for 4 Champions League spots. Meanwhile the race for Div 1 status is the tightest in history as Flashman leapfrogs sljohn by a whopping 0.07(!) points. Several players are still in contention for the final spot, including Saeyddthe and firefan2001 who spotted the field a lot of points early on but are making big comebacks. And will next week bring the long-awaited promotion of Lemons? *FAQ and your remaining bets are available on the WPL status page.* ____________________________________________________________ Play Of The Week: jackrock, for the bet of 110 on MET over KCW Weekly Cup: 1 tab5g 243.914 2 Jose L. Couso 230.96 3 Scribe 222.442 4 Revolt 217.466 5 jlo 196.602 Code: [b]Division 1[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 1 1 NoSix 1,121.62 194.20 526 599 2 2 dred 685.76 99.13 677 637.75 3 4 tab5g 681.25 243.91 803 909.5 4 3 soccertom 637.80 117.19 540 510 5 6 jlo 605.85 196.60 732 783.75 6 7 Tactics 565.80 183.07 623 666.5 7 8 IASocFan 494.23 119.97 535 520.5 8 5 BulaJacket 493.55 81.35 536 467.25 9 9 MouseyTongue 395.47 94.35 641 609.5 10 10 equakesfan 327.58 134.90 518 548.5 11 12 Revolt 196.42 217.47 597 671.5 12 13 BenC1357 119.31 154.70 644 683 13 11 Quango 118.35 11.50 602 501.25 14 16 Greywacke 58.41 182.59 657 688.5 15 15 Northside Rovers16.89 59.13 779 693.75 16 14 OGx3 -34.71 3.54 570 455.75 17 17 Robert Lanza -127.05 31.62 780 665 18 18 guamster -175.28 26.24 533 435.75 19 19 Crewbasher -283.12 -17.69 788 633.5 20 21 FlashMan -333.39 81.02 570 505.75 [b]Division 2[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 21 20 sljohn -333.46 48.43 811 718.75 22 24 Scribe -418.80 222.44 632 707.75 23 25 Saeyddthe -529.52 155.89 268 338.5 24 23 Qdog -571.80 61.80 570 521 25 22 bilfish -769.85 -272.32 410 0 26 28 firefan2001 -923.90 173.21 530 553 27 27 DamonEsquire -1,039.16 -211.46 628 263 28 30 Jose L. Couso -1,197.62 230.96 734 816.5 29 26 KCWiz -1,304.95 -499.13 655 0 30 31 paulo -1,333.64 159.79 671 697.75 31 29 jackrock -1,372.88 -40.70 591 397.75 32 32 soccernutter -1,803.74 -224.02 350 0 33 33 Babar -2,291.31 -524.98 680 0 34 34 kjo199 -2,906.46 -559.88 713 0 35 35 big_al335 -3,136.05 -611.06 760 0 36 36 encinitas -3,735.15 -509.41 665 0 37 37 Nutty -4,712.49 -562.01 715 0 38 38 themrs. -4,855.01 -589.06 740 0 39 39 dmonet83 -5,088.33 -622.18 770 0 40 40 andrewt14 -5,382.15 -494.02 650 0 [b]Division 3[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 41 41 dredgfan -5,816.62 -589.06 740 0 42 42 lemons -5,945.51 -65.83 834 630 43 43 burnfan00 -6,957.33 -622.18 770 0 44 44 scaryice -7,266.83 -622.18 770 0 45 45 Eskandarian11 -7,875.29 -606.67 756 0 46 46 nowhere -8,313.83 -622.18 770 0 47 47 spectre -8,367.64 -616.61 765 0 48 48 regulator -8,392.61 -616.61 765 0 49 49 Deimos -8,566.33 -622.18 770 0 50 50 suppitty -8,610.58 -622.18 770 0 51 51 Captain Splarg -8,625.58 -622.18 770 0 52 52 ChangeT -8,625.83 -622.18 770 0 53 54 jcmartins -8,678.33 -622.18 770 0 54 53 brandnew_de -8,678.33 -622.18 770 0 [b]Rate of Return:[/b] [b][i]Rank Name Percent[/i][/b] 1 NoSix 82.88% 2 BulaJacket 79.74% 3 soccertom 79.34% 4 dred 79.25% 5 Tactics 78.91% 6 IASocFan 78.85% 7 tab5g 78.49% 8 jlo 78.35% 9 equakesfan 77.74% 10 MouseyTongue 77.30% 11 Revolt 77.14% 12 BenC1357 75.93% 13 OGx3 75.18% 14 Greywacke 74.90% 15 Northside Rovers 74.56% 16 Quango 74.19% 17 FlashMan 74.13% 18 guamster 73.85% 19 Robert Lanza 73.09% 20 sljohn 73.03% 21 Qdog 72.29% 22 Scribe 71.80% 23 Saeyddthe 71.67% 24 Crewbasher 70.70% 25 firefan2001 69.73% 26 bilfish 69.41% 27 DamonEsquire 69.15% 28 Jose L. Couso 66.33% 29 paulo 64.24% 30 jackrock 63.79% 31 soccernutter 63.45% 32 KCWiz 62.98% 33 Babar 54.65% 34 kjo199 48.82% 35 big_al335 45.69% 36 encinitas 44.02% 37 Nutty 34.21% 38 themrs. 32.74% 39 andrewt14 30.17% 40 dmonet83 29.32% 41 dredgfan 24.78% 42 lemons 24.48% 43 burnfan00 14.05% 44 scaryice 11.53% 45 Eskandarian11 6.93% 46 nowhere 2.98% 47 spectre 2.88% 48 regulator 2.66% 49 Deimos 0.91% 50 suppitty 0.55% 51 Captain Splarg 0.43% 52 ChangeT 0.43% 53 brandnew_de 0.00% 54 jcmartins 0.00% [b]Points:[/b] [b][i]Rank Name Won Bet[/i][/b] 1 soccertom 12406.7515638 2 NoSix 11909 14369 3 BulaJacket 11852 14863 4 equakesfan 11623.5 14951 5 BenC1357 11477 15116 6 IASocFan 11393 14449 7 Qdog 11347.2515697 8 tab5g 11287 14380 9 guamster 11276.2515270 10 OGx3 11027 14668 11 Tactics 11015 13959 12 Saeyddthe 10978.7515319 13 dred 10924 13784 14 Revolt 10824.5 14033 15 FlashMan 10803.2514574 16 jlo 10716.7513678 17 MouseyTongue 10662.7513794 18 sljohn 10623.7514547 19 DamonEsquire 10275 14860 20 Greywacke 10031.5 13394 21 Northside Rovers 9963 13362 22 firefan2001 9946.5 14265 23 Quango 9937.5 13395 24 Robert Lanza 9912.25 13561 25 Scribe 9761 13595 26 bilfish 9529.5 13730 27 soccernutter 9110.75 14359 28 Crewbasher 9105 12878 29 Jose L. Couso 9058 13655 30 paulo 8948.25 13930 31 jackrock 8475.25 13287 32 KCWiz 8118.75 12892 33 Babar 6963.25 12742 34 kjo199 6124.75 12546 35 encinitas 5667 12874 36 big_al335 5628.25 12318 37 Nutty 4282.5 12518 38 themrs. 4079.5 12462 39 andrewt14 3840 12729 40 dmonet83 3590 12246 41 dredgfan 3080 12430 42 lemons 3070 12539 43 burnfan00 1721 12246 44 scaryice 1411.5 12246 45 Eskandarian11 851.75 12287 46 nowhere 364.5 12246 47 spectre 353.75 12282 48 regulator 326.25 12280 49 Deimos 112 12246 50 suppitty 67.75 12246 51 Captain Splarg 52.75 12246 52 ChangeT 52.5 12246 53 jcmartins 0 12246 54 brandnew_de 0 12246 ____________________________________________________________ Next weeks action: <amount home away> 157 CLB CHI 158 DCU COL 159 MET NER 160 KCW LAG 161 CVS SJE 162 DAL RSL
[Mae West] Well, it looks like it's just you and me, big boy. [/Mae West] 58 CLB CHI 168 DC COL 82 NE MET 125 KC LA 173 SJ CDC 183 DAL RSL
I've always considered .07 a good-luck number. I'll find out soon enough. 43 Chi Clb 277 Dcu Col 241 Met Ner 49 Kcw Lag 2 Cvs Sje 299 Dal Rsl West Brom is my favorite team in the Premiership, along with Bolton, so it all makes sense...at least in my mind, which admittedly, rarely makes any sense at all. All I know is if Mr. NoSix is the Chelsea of the BSwhatever, he can take his Russian rubles and shove them up his dilapidated Czarist palace. If you know what I mean, which safe to say, I hope you don't. Here's to 20th place!!!!
Wow. I just noticed that I don't have a single bet under 124. [gets out crystal ball] 131 CHI CLB 132 COL DCU 189 NER MET 143 KCW LAG 191 SJE CVS And someone has to win that Dallas-RSL match, right? Well, considering their recent play, I'm going for a scoreless draw, so here's me "low-rolling". 124 FCD RSL
Holding steady in Division 1... 28 CHI CLB 33 DCU COL 148 NER MET 137 KCW LAG 167 SJE CVS 136 DAL RSL
Well, it's been a long way back... 137 CHI CLB 38 DCU COL 129 NER MET 68 KCW LAG 91 SJE CVS 142 DAL RSL
I'm pretty sure that I'm having Baked Meat Loaf for Lunch with Mashed Potato's drizzled in Gravy, Fresh Green Beans and a Dinner Roll. And you?
Not able to watch/attend a game in a month. Let's see how far I fall 157 CLB CHI 158 DCU COL 159 MET NER 160 KCW LAG 161 CVS SJE 162 DAL RSL
Coffee, and a chocolate chip cookie. They don't call me Mr. Health for nuthin'. And Mr. NoSix: I think you mean John Terry, not Bill, who one year hit .406 for the Giants if I'm not mistaken, putting the name Polo into the Grounds way back in the early 20th century if you catch my drift(less nature).
The fridge, the bottom of the table, the future, debilitating haircuts, Tipperary, the other side, and butterfly collars...
No, John Terry is a fullback (centerhalf) for Chelsea, I mean Bill. It was in February of 1934, prior to Carey's departure, that New York Giants Manager Bill Terry was asked what he thought of Brooklyn's chances in the pennant race that season. He answered, "Brooklyn? Is Brooklyn still in the league?" That statement would come back to haunt Terry on the last two days of the season as the Giants were in a neck-and-neck race with the Cardinals for the pennant. The Dodgers proved they indeed were still in the league and they managed to knock out the Giants in the final series and the Cardinals became champions of the league and defeated the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/la/history/timeline05.jsp