Boards Blackout Cup discussion thread

Gelio

Just looking towards the cup match v rebels on monday, I think my biggest worry is your out half Jack Mulholland but hopefully my 116kg tank out half will take care of him:D

Orizio

These are the fixtures, which I PMed to all participants...

The Rebels vs Geraldine RFC

Daveos Masters vs PnG Wanders

Banner Warriors vs Tommy Tigers

Bridge Burners vs Maniachial Matriarchs

Xavi XI vs Polk High

Dead Hard Fcukers vs A Lovely Bunch Altogether

Forza Juve vs The Blackouts

Cork Hurricanes vs Meh

...so why do the managers of Banner Warriors and Bridge Burners have a friendly organised with each other, rather then with Tommy Tigers and Maniachial Matriarchs respectively?

The explanation better be good, as I have my hurley at the ready and I'm more then happy to give fellow Irishmen head-smashings.

Gelio

Orizio thanks for the last team of the round etc. will you be doing another

Orizio

ajeffares wrote: »

Orizio thanks for the last team of the round etc. will you be doing another

When I am finished killing whomever the managers of Banner Warriors and Bridge Burners happen to be, I will. It will be the week after next though, as we will have to have yet another extra round Monday week.

eroo

Orizio wrote: »

These are the fixtures, which I PMed to all participants...



...so why do the managers of Banner Warriors and Bridge Burners have a friendly organised with each other, rather then with Tommy Tigers and Maniachial Matriarchs respectively?

The explanation better be good, as I have my hurley at the ready and I'm more then happy to give fellow Irishmen head-smashings.

GAA forum is that way -->:p

Tommy Tigers still didn't accept so I accepted Bridge Burners.. I can cancel if needs be?

fenris

Orizio wrote: »

Bridge Burners and Banner Warriors, any updates on the fixtures?

my fault, I thought that I had missread the PM and issued a friendly request to Banner Warriors as well as MM's

Orizio

You can't cancel friendlies, and why could you not just have waited for Tommy to accept? If he didn't then I would simply have put you through.

So what I now need from both of you is your adresses, and whether you want death by hurley slowly or death by hurley excruciatingly slowly...:D

As I said, we have time to have another round, but further cock-ups like this will mean the team that made the cock-up gets kicked out as there is only 5 rounds of games left.

Gelio

Orizio wrote: »

You can't cancel friendlies, and why could you not just have waited for Tommy to accept? If he didn't then I would simply have put you through.

So what I now need from both of you is your adresses, and whether you want death by hurley slowly or death by hurley excruciatingly slowly...:D

As I said, we have time to have another round, but further cock-ups like this will mean the team that made the cock-up gets kicked out as there is only 5 rounds of games left.

Damn that means 2 weeks till the next round

Orizio

Afraid so, unless people want us to simply kick out Bridge Burners and Banner Warriors.

jprender

There are plenty of weeks left so I say let them play this one out.

However, if I get thru the next round and one of those teams beats me, I will not be impressed

(I'm also off on hols so it suits me to have a week off too !!)

fenris

I can drop out if that helps

Orizio

fenris wrote: »

I can drop out if that helps

Quiet you, the grown ups are talking.

Orizio

jprender wrote: »

There are plenty of weeks left so I say let them play this one out.

However, if I get thru the next round and one of those teams beats me, I will not be impressed

(I'm also off on hols so it suits me to have a week off too !!)

This is my feeling as well; however I feel they need to be punished. A fiver to everyone on this thread perhaps?

jprender

Yeah a fiver to all managers should do the trick. :pac:

Cant have any more mistakes going forward though.

Gelio

Orizio wrote: »

This is my feeling as well; however I feel they need to be punished. A fiver to everyone on this thread perhaps?

And bed time 10 minutes earlier tonight:D

eroo

Typical Corkman.. selling himself for more than he's worth! :P

Gelio

MikeCork2009

After Round 1 here are the updated odds for the cup and the next round of fixtures

Win Outright

The Blackouts 4/1
dead hard fcukers 9/2
Meh 9/2
XaviXI 5/1
polk high 11/2
Geraldine RFC 6/1
A Lovely Bunch Altogether 13/2
Cork Hurricanes 7/1
The Rebels 15/2
Forza Juve 15/2
The Banner Warriors 8/1
Bridge Burners 10/1
Daveos Masters 10/1
PnG Wanders 16/1
tommy's tigers 16/1
Maniacal Matriarchs 16/1

Last 16 Fixtures

Geraldine RFC 6/5
The Rebels 7/5

Daveos Masters 6/4
PnG Wanders 2/1

The Banner Warriors Evens
tommy's tigers 2/1

Maniacal Matriarchs 9/4
Bridge Burners 7/4

XaviXI 11/10
polk high 6/5

dead hard fcukers 6/4
A Lovely Bunch Altogether 2/1

Forza Juve 7/4
The Blackouts 11/10

Cork Hurricanes 2/1
Meh 6/4

And yes I do have waaay too much time on my hands :rolleyes:

Noopti

How did you work out the odds?

I'll take me at 10-1....

MikeCork2009

Ah its fairly rough odds. Fairly tight since the teams aint played that much yet. Just based it loosely on the first round scores. Those teams who had no match are unknown so their big odds could still be gr8 value. As for the individual fixtures, they are based on the outright odds but again are fairly tight seeing as the teams are all fairly new and not much form to go by except for some league data.

I will be interested to see how good my odds are after tonights games I'd definitely be lumping on me at 7/1...much too long odds....I hope

Noopti

MikeCork2009 wrote: »

I will be interested to see how good my odds are after tonights games I'd definitely be lumping on me at 7/1...much too long odds....I hope

I'll throw a tenner on ya aswell! :pac:

Noopti

Here we go!

Noopti

Winning 10-0 against PnG Wanders. Having a good game so far.

MikeCork2009

This is a cracking match Cork Hurricanes vs Meh. End to end stuff. Up 21 to 13 after 25 mins. Nerve racking tho!!!

Noopti

Wow, high scoring stuff!

My game is much closer.10-5

MikeCork2009

Up 42 to 13 at the break....I'm impressed with my backs, they really opened up in the final 15 mins of that half Keep it up lads!!!! G'wan the Hurricanes!!

Noopti

Up 17-10 at half time. Close game.

johnnysmack

Xavi is teaching me a lesson at the min. its only 8-0 to him but i cant get out of my half. pity you cant make substitutions but i suppose il just have to put the fear of god into the players at the break.

Gelio

Winning 14-7 at the break, came back from 7-0 down

Noopti

Very error strewn start to the 2nd half in my game