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Sunday, March 25, 2012
BUML Preview Rd 4
Its round 4, how'd that happen? It could be uni starting to click into gear, or the wet weather forcing me into a frisbee hibernation. At least BUML is on. Heres a preview of round 4.
Div 1
White Lanterns vs Dyspnoeics - at Easts Rugby (1) at 7.20
Last Week:
Lanterns, Win by 5 against Drop Bears
Dysponoeics, Win by 10 (!!!)
While the boys from Dysponoeics have been chilling with the boys across the street, in the BUB mansion, the Lanterns have been cross-training with a 95km ride. Lanterns have been playing well, but so are the deep blues - sweeping all before them with two wins of 10. This will be the toughest game for the season so far for both teams, with Lanterns keen to push the Dysponoeics all the way - maybe even forcing Coops to play most points.
Injuries may be in issue for the Lanterns but we'll be gunning to take a win off the top placed team.
Keys:
Lanterns, cant rush O - calm and focused guys! Pressure on D, maybe bait Coops to huck it.
Dysponoeics, conversion on D
Dyspnoeics by 4
Div2
Discheads vs Tsunami - at Annerley (3B) at 7.35
Last Week:
Discheads, Win by 2
Tsunami, Win by 9
Discheads are cruising at this point in the season. I don’t see anything changing. Tsunami are gonna get some smack down.
Discheads by 7
Heroes vs What the Huck? - at Easts Rugby (2) at 7.20
Last Week:
Heroes, Loss against Disciples by 3
What the Huck?, against Bermuda by 6
This should be a tight game, except TJ to throw bombs. Heroes really mean to shut down WTH’s girls, they were a highlight in last year grand final. Despite that obscene team name, WTH are gonna have their first real game of the season – having played Baby Chimis and Discheads in previous rounds. This blogger is concerned about the level of hard competition they’ve had to face.
Heroes by 3
Agents vs Baby Chimis - at Gap (1) at 7.20
Last Week:
Agents, Loss against 2
Baby Chimis, Loss by 9
Hmmm I’m not sure what write here, Baby Chimis have struggled each game. The Agents haven’t.
Agents by 8
Monday, March 19, 2012
BUML Rd:3 - Preview
Well its a Monday, and that means only one thing - its BUML night baby!
Given the size of BUML these days, I'm only gonna do the Heroes Club teams - cause that's just how I roll.
Round 3:
Div2:
Heroes vs Disc-iples at Easts Rugby 3
Last Week:
Heroes - Won against Agents
Dis-iples - Lost by 11 against Discheads
Heroes are going to dominate, well they should be aiming to at least. Disc-iples coming of a second round lose against Discheads - seems to suggest they might be either rusty or Discheads were less rusty. Heroes do have a committed team with a ton of subs - look for Brad to run all night, and Sean to throw bombs deep. Also Disc-iples handling line lacks depth - even for Div2 - Heroes should play a zone all night long. Only Question is: Puppy, Jap, Clam, Pommy or Slammer 2-3-2 ?
Heroes by many - 8
Agents vs Discheads at Gap SHS
Last Week:
Agents - Lost against Agents
Discheads - Won by 11 against Disc-iples
OHH Yeah! Intra Games are the best games of the season! I love them! You get a chance to burn your mates deep, and make fun of there force as well, all with a massive smile on your face and the best spirit in Brisbane Ultimate. Agents, although losing last week, were down Sandra Poon - a true power player to say the least. With the likes of her on the line the Discheads will have to be on their toes. Discheads appear to be gelling really well together - a trait that this team is famous for- and marching points on O all the way down the field for scores and getting Ds as well.
Keys for Dischead success: conversion rates, both on O and D.
For Agents: Using rookie boys - who are impressing all those that see them play - Chris Arther and Toby Alexander nice work guys.
Discheads by 3.
Div1:
Lanterns vs PUD at Gap SHS
Last Week:
Lanterns - Lost against Lovers
PUD - Lost against Dyspnoeics
This should be a close game. Luckily Lanterns have got these guys early, cause once they gel together properly - they have players that can push any team in the league. Lanterns have played more as a team but still experiencing some flow problems - frustrating I can report.
Lanterns: Need to slow the game down and keep our heads and our cool. Hit the shots we know we can hit, and don't push the trigger on the ones we can't. We also need to ramp up the D, and shut the play makers out - tough, tight marks.
PUD: Force the Lanterns to -frankly- freak/stress out.
Lanterns by 5.
Given the size of BUML these days, I'm only gonna do the Heroes Club teams - cause that's just how I roll.
Round 3:
Div2:
Heroes vs Disc-iples at Easts Rugby 3
Last Week:
Heroes - Won against Agents
Dis-iples - Lost by 11 against Discheads
Heroes are going to dominate, well they should be aiming to at least. Disc-iples coming of a second round lose against Discheads - seems to suggest they might be either rusty or Discheads were less rusty. Heroes do have a committed team with a ton of subs - look for Brad to run all night, and Sean to throw bombs deep. Also Disc-iples handling line lacks depth - even for Div2 - Heroes should play a zone all night long. Only Question is: Puppy, Jap, Clam, Pommy or Slammer 2-3-2 ?
Heroes by many - 8
Agents vs Discheads at Gap SHS
Last Week:
Agents - Lost against Agents
Discheads - Won by 11 against Disc-iples
OHH Yeah! Intra Games are the best games of the season! I love them! You get a chance to burn your mates deep, and make fun of there force as well, all with a massive smile on your face and the best spirit in Brisbane Ultimate. Agents, although losing last week, were down Sandra Poon - a true power player to say the least. With the likes of her on the line the Discheads will have to be on their toes. Discheads appear to be gelling really well together - a trait that this team is famous for- and marching points on O all the way down the field for scores and getting Ds as well.
Keys for Dischead success: conversion rates, both on O and D.
For Agents: Using rookie boys - who are impressing all those that see them play - Chris Arther and Toby Alexander nice work guys.
Discheads by 3.
Div1:
Lanterns vs PUD at Gap SHS
Last Week:
Lanterns - Lost against Lovers
PUD - Lost against Dyspnoeics
This should be a close game. Luckily Lanterns have got these guys early, cause once they gel together properly - they have players that can push any team in the league. Lanterns have played more as a team but still experiencing some flow problems - frustrating I can report.
Lanterns: Need to slow the game down and keep our heads and our cool. Hit the shots we know we can hit, and don't push the trigger on the ones we can't. We also need to ramp up the D, and shut the play makers out - tough, tight marks.
PUD: Force the Lanterns to -frankly- freak/stress out.
Lanterns by 5.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
BUML Round 2 - Discheads vs Disciples
Following the rained out first week of BUML, the new look Discheads looked to shake out the cobwebs vs the Disciples. Arriving at the new ultimate fields located at East Rugby Union club the game got off to a late start, allowing Coops and Foxy to kick off the late running Touch footy players.
The discheads got off to a cracking start going into the half time break with a 9-0 lead. There were a number of great moments during the first half, the return of Chris Fox saw 4-5 interceptions within one point, and great hard running from new recruits Steve & Simone. The addition of Brisbane hat MVP Sam, all the way from the UK via the sunshine coast, saw some great handling and disc movement up the field.
Helena in her sophomore year & always dedicated Electra really showed their developing skills by making great decisions and holding onto the disc , then making high value passes with all their possessions.
In a side where Dave Warren was the tallest player, the discheads managed to move the disc up the field faster than the Disciples and managed to end the Game 13-2.
The discheads will be hoping to step up a gear or two next week, as they taken on sister club the Agents, concentrating on reducing handling errors and taking advantage of good field position.
Until next time... 3...2...1... Diiiiissssc Heads
Friday, March 2, 2012
Regionals Preview
Regionals starts tomorrow, a weekend of truth. Clear cut truth. 6 teams enter, 2 come out feeling confident that Nationals is where they will be heading, with another sweating on allocation of wildcards. This raises the stakes. All of these teams are going to compete at their highest intensity. Here is my opinion of what’s going to remain after the regionals shakedown, in seeding order:
Firestorm: 1st Seed, Predicted Position 1st
Well, frankly, the guys on this team are solid, well drilled and hardnosed. History shows us that picking the top players around, and training for 4 months breathes results at this tourney. These guys expect to win, and rightly so - even setting goals/targets for being scored against and hitting points cap in every game, and just to make these challenges more palatable they've be known to do fitness work in between games.
Key Players: John McNaughton, Abra Garfield, Dan Mammel and Brain Grundy.
Slamtown Flatball Club: 2nd Seed, Predicted Position 3rd
That’s right I said it, 3rd. Under seed. The Mayor has again got his famous recruitment hat on and done the hard yards. The likes of ex-Firestorm players, kalin and trachter have been brought to the darkside. I just wonder, can this team shake the drops that let themselves down on Thursday at BPL - allowing Blitz to comeback at the death to finish 14-12. If Slammers come out and replicate that performance, Ignition will come up trumps.
Key Players: Stef Rappazzo, Kalin Thompson, Rob Trachter and Mike Morgan
Firestorm Ignition: 3rd Seed, Predicted Position 2nd.
This tourney will really boil down to these 2 teams, with Firestorm thrashing everyone, and the bottom 3 seeds failing to impress the Firestorm or SFC leadership. SFC and Ignition are by far the 2 most evenly matched teams. Ignition have mostly all been training like possessed, crazed ... umm uni students? Rest assured, the
Ignition boys are up and about... So watch yourselves
Key Players: Browntown, Jack Lilwall, Carl Behrendorff and Dan Wiechec
TownsVillains: 4th Seed, Predicted Position 5th
Using the tourney as a warm up for B Nationals, and fair enough too! As a Brisbane player, I don’t know much about them but no one is scared, so neither am I. I expect this team to offer some resistance, but act as tune up games for other teams.
Key Players: Keith Cameron-Smith and Notty Nott - you'll know what I mean when you see her.
Grittith Heroes 5th Seed, Predicted Position 4th
The two largest club's Brisbane, have joined forces to put together a team. Hmmm will team 'gel'ing be an issue? Maybe so, maybe so. But I reckon, given they all play BUML, they'll get it together and get the flow on. Best of the Rest.
Key Players: Jason de Rooy, Daniel Blacklock, Dustin Czok
G-Force 5th Seed, Predicted Position 6th
The Gympie team. Sweet! It’s seriously killer that there coming down. We've seen a couple of these guys at the Q-Hat and they didn't disappoint - a few were on the winning team (Greenland). Led by Nathan Litzow, Bayne and Ryan Garrahy (all of UQ Lovers fame) this team could upset one of the lower ranked teams, but probs not, expect turns while playing against them - but watch out for deep cuts.
Firestorm: 1st Seed, Predicted Position 1st
Well, frankly, the guys on this team are solid, well drilled and hardnosed. History shows us that picking the top players around, and training for 4 months breathes results at this tourney. These guys expect to win, and rightly so - even setting goals/targets for being scored against and hitting points cap in every game, and just to make these challenges more palatable they've be known to do fitness work in between games.
Key Players: John McNaughton, Abra Garfield, Dan Mammel and Brain Grundy.
Slamtown Flatball Club: 2nd Seed, Predicted Position 3rd
That’s right I said it, 3rd. Under seed. The Mayor has again got his famous recruitment hat on and done the hard yards. The likes of ex-Firestorm players, kalin and trachter have been brought to the darkside. I just wonder, can this team shake the drops that let themselves down on Thursday at BPL - allowing Blitz to comeback at the death to finish 14-12. If Slammers come out and replicate that performance, Ignition will come up trumps.
Key Players: Stef Rappazzo, Kalin Thompson, Rob Trachter and Mike Morgan
Firestorm Ignition: 3rd Seed, Predicted Position 2nd.
This tourney will really boil down to these 2 teams, with Firestorm thrashing everyone, and the bottom 3 seeds failing to impress the Firestorm or SFC leadership. SFC and Ignition are by far the 2 most evenly matched teams. Ignition have mostly all been training like possessed, crazed ... umm uni students? Rest assured, the
Ignition boys are up and about... So watch yourselves
Key Players: Browntown, Jack Lilwall, Carl Behrendorff and Dan Wiechec
TownsVillains: 4th Seed, Predicted Position 5th
Using the tourney as a warm up for B Nationals, and fair enough too! As a Brisbane player, I don’t know much about them but no one is scared, so neither am I. I expect this team to offer some resistance, but act as tune up games for other teams.
Key Players: Keith Cameron-Smith and Notty Nott - you'll know what I mean when you see her.
Grittith Heroes 5th Seed, Predicted Position 4th
The two largest club's Brisbane, have joined forces to put together a team. Hmmm will team 'gel'ing be an issue? Maybe so, maybe so. But I reckon, given they all play BUML, they'll get it together and get the flow on. Best of the Rest.
Key Players: Jason de Rooy, Daniel Blacklock, Dustin Czok
G-Force 5th Seed, Predicted Position 6th
The Gympie team. Sweet! It’s seriously killer that there coming down. We've seen a couple of these guys at the Q-Hat and they didn't disappoint - a few were on the winning team (Greenland). Led by Nathan Litzow, Bayne and Ryan Garrahy (all of UQ Lovers fame) this team could upset one of the lower ranked teams, but probs not, expect turns while playing against them - but watch out for deep cuts.
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