Subject: [NT] Pool Contest

I've made note of all those moves. :) Good luck to all.

Lithuania II

Amado - 5
Wang - 24 (shooter bonus)
Iginla - 31.5 (cross pass)
Omar - 21
Bucky - 17 (passer bonus)
Bradshaw - 19
Sebrango- 11.5
Wagenaar - 14.5
Villa - 16
Fichaud - 12.5
Malhotra - 14.5 (defender bonus)

Lithuania II Results

Lorne 70.5
Raskal 60.5
Slavko 60.5
Deja 49
Yosarian 46
Goran06 43
Laufer 29

Good week for Lorne! Perhaps the first one. :P

Overall

Slavko 937.5
Raskal 903.5
Deja 889.5
Laufer 839.5
Yosarian 745
Goran06 664.5
Lorne 609.5

One week to go! :) Looks like a 2 ... maybe 3 horse race.

Australia

Biron - 33 (shooter bonus)
Lorenzo - 21.5 (cross)
Ribeiro - 14 (cross)
Lemieux - 22 (passer bonus, tackler bonus)
Verville - 10.5
Nesta - 28 (tackler bonus)
Sebrango - 12.5
Cochran - 14.5
Zanardi - 12
Touchette - 16
Foster - 16.5
Fluet - 9
Boissieres - 7

Final Week Results

Deja 87.5
Goran06 73.5
Lorne 70
Raskal 70
Slavko 70
Yosarian 28.5
Laufer 26.5

Final Standings

Slavko 1007.5 Winner!
Deja 977
Raskal 973.5
Laufer 866
Yosarian 773.5
Goran06 738
Lorne 679.5

I think we'll move this "prize" to week 1 so we don't have two "prizes" in the same match. Congratulations to the winner! And thanks to all who played.

In the end, I'm not sure I had the scaling right. But I'm not sure how else to do it. Strikers were easily the most productive players. Maybe goals should only be worth 3 points?

Group 1
If you didn't pick Amado, you were done. O Lav and Bradshaw had form problems, but I don't think they would have kept up anyway.

Group 2
Ideally, I think one would have taken Wang and traded him as soon as he got hurt for Omar. Fichaud was steady points, but the central defender doesn't seem to log as many actions as the wide guys.

Group 3
Probably Iginla, though Abbas Musa wouldn't be far behind. Dehere and Villa had form issues.

Group 4
O'Hara would have been the best choice. Don't blame anyone for taking Caron, but his form hurt him.

Group 5
A group of players I didn't really expect to play much. Think Klukowski was the only one who actually saw action.

Group 6
If you didn't take Biron, you were done.

Group 7
Think Nesta turned out the best option here - lots of tackling and pass attempts.

Group 8
The young defender group. Sebrango got the extra cap in the Lithuania match, so I suspect he was the top choice.

Group 9
Another group where I didn't expect much. Manohar only played once, but had a good point total in that match.

Group 10
A collection of U21s. Verville was the best choice this season, tho Lemieux came on strong.