Thanks, was a good game. Very close.

Hello Everybody, I thought after two games it's time to say hello
With Suchol Miners I have a strong component in my group.
My draftpicks was really bad, but without sort the draftorder... no wonder

All of you a great Season

Welcome to the Monarchs league.

A little late, but still a warm welcome.

Nice game, dpierce. My win was a bit too high.

In case anyone is wondering, I renamed my team from "BW Roadrunner" to "Black Habaneros".


Good luck for everyone, I'm free tomorrow.

I have to give a big a big GG to Trnje (led by grozota). I didn't start watching until about 11 minutes left in the 4th, and those were some nail-biting minutes. That was my game of the season, I believe. At least at this point.

Very well played mate, I look forward to our teams meeting again!


Even with a surprise win here, I doubt my team will do better than 7-9 this season, which is still a 2 win improvement over last season, but far from the goal!

Congratulation on the win, wiznoo.
Seems you retiring QB wants to light up the scoreboard one more time.

The bye weeks are over and I thought I can take a look on the current state of standings and playoff seats. With 7 games remaining the divisions are not set yet, even most have clear favorites.
Let's start with the
AC
The AC has right now 11 human teams, but 3 of them are very new, so they will not have a say in the playoffs.

AC East
The AC East is led by region shifting Suchdol Minors with a 9-0 record. Of all remaining games, the Minors are favored in all of them. Most intersting game here is the game against Black Habaneros on 14th of September. Clealy favored to finish unbeaten 16-0 and #1 in the division and the conference.
Next up another region shifting team, the Black Habaneros. They have a 7-2 record with losses to Minors and Leopards. In 5 of the 7 remaining games they are clearly the favorite. In the Minors games they will be the underdog, even at home, and the Frankonian game is right now almost even, but it seems at the moment the Frankonians will fall BOT soon, so this might become another clear win. End record likely 13-3, 2nd in the division and #5 in the AC playoff seating.
Derpenstein Devils are quite new in the division and the region with a returning manager to the game. The team is 4-5 and has 2 BOT games and a game against the last place team here in which the Devils are favored. The other 4 games are against much longer managed teams. Projected finish is 7-9, 3rd place here and no playoffs.
Железные солдаты is very new, and right now it is not clear, whether the manager will build further or the team will go BOT in less than 3 weeks. They are 3-6 and expected to win 3 BOT games (eventually 4 if the Frankonians fall BOT soon, but even that game might be a loss then) and lose the rest. They will end up 6-8 and even if they would win one more, their PD will be bad enough to secure 4th place and no playoff spot.

AC North
The Trnava Saints do reign over the AC North and will win the division. They have a 8-1 record, lost only to the Leopards. They are favored in all games remaining, but have 2 intersting games left to play. Ruhrpott Miners on 3rd of September and the Doves on 17th. Granted the Doves games is very likely theirs already, but the Miners game is quite open. I think the Saints will finish 15-1 and reach the playoffs as #2 based on their PD, but if they lose that game against the Miners, they might fall to #3.
Next up are the Blatná Jaguars with a record of 5-4. They will win at least 4 more games and will lose likely the other 3. I project them as 9-7, 2nd in the division and likely to miss the playoffs by at least 1 win and a lot of PD on top.
Shield of Aegis is just 5 days old and the ower did also spend his last day with the team 5 days ago. So likely a BOT team soon. Projected to finish last within the human teams, no playoff chances and bound to be 3rd in the division.

AC South
The AC South is led by the Doves. They have a 8-1 record, the 1 loss came last gameday against the Rabbits. The team had so far one of the easiest schedule of all teams, but will face several challenege in the last 7 games. Caplit e salama on 7th, Leopards on 10th, Sainst on 17th and the rematch against the Rabbits on last gameday 21st of September. Likely they will lose 3 of those 4 games, maybe even all 4. That will result in a drop in the standings. They will end up 12-4 or even 11-5. If they win the Rabbits game, they will win the division very likely, but the PD will be important. If they lose that game, they will end up 2nd in the division almost for sure. Either #4 or #6 I think.
Which brings us to the Hopping Rabbits. Their win against th Doves did open up the division a bit. Right now they have 6-3, with losses to other top teams. They have only 2 interesting games left, on 17th against KAFakofers and on 21st against the Doves. In both games they are the underdogs, but not wih a high margin. I think they will drop 1 of those games, but also win one of those and end up 12-4, which might give them the division, or not. Either #4 or #6 I think.

AC West
My team, the Leverkusen Leopards, has a record of 8-1 and will face the Doves and the Snappes, but is in all games favored. The division is won, just not officially and will finish likely 15-1 and needs the Saints likely to drop a game to play as #2, more likely at #3.
The Orono Ancient Snappers had a tough season so far, thanks to a demanding schedule. They are 5-4 and will face only 2 tough teams on the last 7 games, the Suchdol Minors and the Leopards. In both they are underdogs. The rest will be clear wins, so the team will finish likely 10-6, which won't be enough to play in the playoffs.

So that means for the playoffs, projected:
Suchdol Minors
Trnava Saints
Leverkusen Leopards
Doves
Black Habaneros
Hopping Rabbits

Then let's move to the
NC
The NC has right now just 8 human teams. All established, but unfortunatelly the Fighting Frankonians did not log in since a lot of day, and might fall BOT soon.

NC East
Trnje is leading the division with 6-3 and is right now the favorite to win it, since all other teams do not really play. They play KAFakofers, Suchdol and Caplit e salama, so will likely lose those 3 games, but that last game against the Frankonians will likely be a BOT game and adds another win. Projected to finish 10-6 as division champ and at #4 in the playoffs.
The Fighting Frankonian are another of those mystery teams. They tried hard to get better, but when I did offer some advise, I got no answer at all. Likely the team will fall BOT soon. at 5-4 they are right now not in playoff shape, but could win the division still, if they would want to. With just 2 games against challenging teams, in both they would be favorite. As human team, they could end up 12-4, but as soon-to-be-BOT they will finish outside the playoffs.

NC North
The NC North is dominated by the Hemet Hooligans at 8-1, who did lose only once so far, against the Leopards last gameday. The face the Ruhrpott Miners next gameday and the Panthers on 14th. Beside that, are favored in all remaining games. Problematic for the team are their start of the season financial difficulties, which led to several players being cut or sold, including their star QB. I think they will lose the Miners game and might win the Panthers game, which will let them finish 14-2. This will mean they will win the division and give them the #3 seat.
birney's weekenders are 2nd in the division and will likely not leapfrog the Hooigans. They have a record of 7-2 and face the Leopards, Hooligans and Panthers, in which they are not favored to win, even some of those might be close. Projection is they will finish 11-5 and #5 or more likely #6 in the playoff race.

NC South
The Ruhrpott Miners are 9-0 and will very likely win the division. They have some tough games ahead, Hooligans, Saints and Panthers, and I think they will likely drop only 1 game of those. That would lead them to a 15-1 record and a likely #1 seat in the playoffs.
It did look like the Paxtang Black Panthers had got the juice back, last season, but so far the team does not look like a crucial playoff contender. At 7-2 they are in the last 3 crucial games of the season, Hooligans, weekenders and Miners, only favored in the weekenders game. They end up likely at 12-4 at #5 in the playoff race.

NC West
We have Caplit e salama at 8-1, winning the division. They play Doves and only real meaningful game and that will be almost for sure a win. At the end the team will be 15-1 and #2 in the playoffs, or with a good PD they might even become #1.
And at last we have KAFakofers with 5-4 and with weekenders and Rabbits still on the schedule the team will end up likely at 10-6 and outside the playoffs.

So that means for the playoffs, projected:
Ruhrpott Miners
Caplit e salama
Hemet Hooligans
Trnje
Paxtang Black Panthers
birney's weekenders


Interesting games:
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Hemet Hooligans @ Ruhrpott Miners (Favorite Miners)

2024-09-03
birney's weekenders @ Leverkusen Leopards (Favorite Leopards)
Ruhrpott Miners @ Trnava Saints (Favorite Saints)

2024-09-07
Doves @ Caplit e salama (Favorite Caplit e salama)
Hemet Hooligans @ birney's weekenders (Favorite Hooligans)

2024-09-10
birney's weekenders @ KAFakofers (Favorite weekenders)
Leverkusen Leopards @ Doves (Favorite Leopards)

2024-09-14
Suchdol Minors @ Black Habaneros (Favorite Minors)
Hemet Hooligans @ Paxtang Black Panthers (Favorite Hooligans)

2024-09-17
Doves @ Trnava Saints (Favorite Saints)
KAFakofers @ Hopping Rabbits (Favorite Rabbits)
Paxtang Black Panthers @ birney's weekenders (Favorite Panthers)

2024-09-21
Hopping Rabbits @ Doves (Favorite Doves)
Ruhrpott Miners @ Paxtang Black Panthers (Favorite Miners)