COYSDC European Cup Compy Round Five
By Ballagher
January 30 2004
Another good week for many of the tipsters with no less than 4 people getting 11 out of 12 matches correct. No-one was sufficiently sober (even before the game I mean) about the lack of tries in the Saints match but I guess we all dream.
Congratulations this week go, once again, to Maverick. In winning outright he also closes the gap on overall leader (still Ajack) but good performances elsewhere among the overall league leaders mean not much has changed at the top.
At the bottom of the table, I think an explanation is required. I’ve been eliminating from the weekly table those that have not entered that week. However, because some of you have missed just the odd week, I’ve kept everyone in the overall standings. What I’ve done is I’ve counted a no entry as being backing for all the away teams and no tries in the Saints game.
So special mention should go to Slimjimmie (who remember is leading one of the other leagues – that one where, as Ajack has pointed out, the ref keeps fiddling the results). Anyway, in spite of entering this weeks competition TWICE, he still finished behind the 6 people who didn’t bother. Good stuff Big Man!
Anyway, this is the weekly table.
CMP = Correct Match Predictions
ST+ = Saints Tries Plus
ST- = Saints Tries Minus
| Pos | Name | CMP | ST+ | ST- | Total |
| 1 | Maverick | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 2= | Norfolksaint | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 2= | Saint Tim | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 4= | Big Rich | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 4= | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| 4= | WestMidsSaint | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 7= | Ajack | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 7= | Ballagher | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 7= | Chris the Saint | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 7= | Lloydie | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 7= | Saintsby | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 12= | Carole Thacker | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 12= | Hil | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 12= | Macsaint | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 15= | Chris Hoddle | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 15= | Mark H | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 15= | S Timms | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 15= | TaG | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 19 | Saints 80 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 20= | Smurfomatic | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 20= | St Rich J&N's Dad | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 22 | Hippo | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 23 | Slimjimmie | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Maverick’s weekly victory closes the gap to one point. More importantly, many of you will know that I tend to look at positions (particularly 1 to 15 strangely enough) in a different light from most pundits. Increasingly as the field spreads (and the “=” signs disappear) there is the making of a pack. And, having met 7 out of the 8, I reckon it’s not at all bad but I imagine the opposition would soon work out who we’d throw to in the line-out (on the basis that there’s no-one prepared to try to lift me up). There’s still a bit of tussle in the backs.
Anyway, back to the league, there’s still plenty to play for.
| 1 | Ajack | 100 | 6 | 5 | 89 |
| 2 | Maverick | 98 | 6 | 4 | 88 |
| 3 | Saint Tim | 96 | 4 | 5 | 87 |
| 4= | Ballagher | 96 | 8 | 4 | 84 |
| 4= | WestMidsSaint | 98 | 10 | 4 | 84 |
| 6 | Big Rich | 96 | 8 | 6 | 82 |
| 7 | Norfolksaint | 90 | 6 | 4 | 80 |
| 8 | Hil | 98 | 10 | 10 | 78 |
| 9= | Chris the Saint | 90 | 8 | 5 | 77 |
| 9= | St Marlowe | 86 | 6 | 3 | 77 |
| 11 | Macsaint | 90 | 8 | 7 | 75 |
| 12 | Lloydie | 90 | 10 | 6 | 74 |
| 13 | Smurfomatic | 88 | 8 | 7 | 73 |
| 14= | Chris Hoddle | 86 | 8 | 6 | 72 |
| 14= | Mark H | 88 | 8 | 8 | 72 |
| 14= | TaG | 92 | 9 | 11 | 72 |
| 17= | Hippo | 86 | 9 | 7 | 70 |
| 17= | S Timms | 86 | 8 | 8 | 70 |
| 19 | St Rich J&N's Dad | 90 | 23 | 5 | 62 |
| 20 | Shaddo | 74 | 9 | 4 | 61 |
| 21 | Carole Thacker | 78 | 14 | 7 | 57 |
| 22 | Daimon | 70 | 13 | 3 | 54 |
| 23 | Saintsby | 74 | 13 | 9 | 52 |
| 24 | Wellsaint | 66 | 13 | 2 | 51 |
| 25 | Tingewick Saint | 62 | 12 | 4 | 46 |
| 26 | Slimjimmie | 62 | 12 | 5 | 45 |
| 27 | Saints 80 | 60 | 13 | 6 | 41 |
| 28 | Newlom | 50 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 29 | Jazzman | 44 | 11 | 4 | 29 |