Peter 60.44% Ian 53.09% Dave 51.09% Mike D 46.03% Steve 46.03%CM 44.74% Papa 44.44% Doddy 37.04% Malc 35.71% Colin 34.78%
Tonight’s fixture was due to be a four man match, one Bad Boy had a technical hitch meaning we were down to three, fortunately Dave was able to stand in at the last minute; this gave us an excellent team pool; Ian, Dave, CM and Peter.
Ian was the only man to get a red on the first flipometer, a second flip teamed him with CM meaning Dave and Pete were the opposition. Fairly balanced teams wouldn’t you think? Well I did until we started playing! Rushers and Casablanca stormed away in the first game and Dave and I just couldn’t keep up.
Dave and I shot each other a glance or two, clearly hoping that we would equalise on the next game, it didn’t happen, Teddy and CM performed just as spankingly as in the first game. Dave and I managed to close the gap but we were still two games down. More glances, more hopes, more fears, more losses; the swine’s took the third as well, three on the trot (the third was close mind you); Dave and I were not amused.
Redders and I had a quick team huddle and decided we would use a bit of Zen and Psychic Interference, it turned out to be a great decision; we took the fourth , fifth and sixth games in quick succession. The change of fortunes prompted CM to announce that it wasn’t possible for him to keep it up all night; still he had managed for an hour which doesn’t seem like bad going for a man of his years.
CM and Mike aroused their winning streak again to take the seventh game, leaving the eighth as fairly crucial in winning % terms. Ten minutes and plenty of Zen and PI later Dave and I grabbed the game to pull the evening to a four all draw. As it was just before ten Dave and I offered the opposition the opportunity of a decider; Sadly CM needed to go, obviously he has been attending the Steve Morgan school of timely exits :-)
Final Score line: IMC 1237 / 4568 PD
Notable Events:
All players had some purple patches (Particularly Teddy and Mike in the first few games) but Like CM none of us could keep it up all night consequently there is no MOTM.
Lots of well targeted trebles, including multiple trebles across multiple numbers (Ian was leading the way on this).
CM had a bull, semi finish.
There were a few double semis played as well.
Bull Wars: Dave 3, CM 2, Ian 1, Peter 1
Chart changes: Ian, Dave and Peter all lose a little but not enough to change chart positions, however Casablanca Mike gained just under 1.5% which was enough to bump him up to 6th place, which means Papa drops to 7th place.
This gives us a fairly crowded midfield with several players close enough to really mix it up over the next few weeks, there is less than 2% between Mike D, Steve, CM and Papa.
So it is.... Game On!
Peter x
