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Sleuthmeister
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Posted on 2012-09-19 15:48:23
Yikes, I got caught out by the timing of the World Cup and didn't set up in time for the first match. Wouldn't you know it, one of the starting safeties was injured. And go figure, our first match was against the USA. So we got thumped, 84-48. I'm pretty blown away by that offensive effort though. Scoring 48 points and passing for over 600 yards against the mighty USA is no mean feat, I don't reckon! Such a shame we had that bot defence. Considering how well our offence played, it might have been interesting if the defence had been up to scratch.

The other teams in our group are the Netherlands (so we got the No. 1 and No. 2 teams - happy happy, joy joy!) and Italy. To have any chance of progressing further, we have to beat them both. I have at least set up for the games and made sure the injured safety has been replaced.
  
Sleuthmeister
Posts: 0
Posted on 2012-09-20 13:01:55
Heartbreaking loss to the Netherlands just now - the final score was 45-42. Their last touchdown came after an interception, so if only we'd been able to keep that play going, we probably would have won.

Big upset in the other game meanwhile - Italy beat the USA 31-24! So with a win against the Netherlands as well, I think Italy are through to the quarter-finals!
  
Sleuthmeister
Posts: 0
Posted on 2012-09-21 15:43:49
Bah. Italy beat us 56-35, so that's that. However, the Netherlands beat the USA 56-49, which means they're out too! The No. 1-ranked team hasn't even made the quarter-finals this time!

Anyway, despite the abysmal showing in the World Cup itself, this has still been NZ's best-ever campaign, because we actually qualified for the thing, which had never been done before. So our ranking will surely improve after this.

MVP is Mike Leota, without a doubt. This team wouldn't have had a hope without him.

Meanwhile, back in the World Cup, I'm predicting a UK-Italy final - if they don't meet in the quarters or semis, of course.
  
Monkey
Posts: 7
Posted on 2012-09-21 18:31:42
unlucky sleuth keep going though your getting there with very limited resources
  
Sleuthmeister
Posts: 0
Posted on 2012-12-01 1:31:47
Last season we faced the No. 1-ranked USA first up.

This season, our opening game was against reigning world champions Serbia!

We sure don't get it easy! Of course, last season we began with a sensational upset that started us on the road to World Cup qualification. That was not to be this season, as Serbia beat us 52-42. Hardly a disgraceful performance by the Black Helmets though. We even managed to outscore them in the second half, but they had got a bit too far ahead in the first half for us to be able to threaten any comeback.
  
Monkey
Posts: 7
Posted on 2012-12-02 15:25:06
Sleuthmeister wrote:

Last season we faced the No. 1-ranked USA first up.

This season, our opening game was against reigning world champions Serbia!

We sure don't get it easy! Of course, last season we began with a sensational upset that started us on the road to World Cup qualification. That was not to be this season, as Serbia beat us 52-42. Hardly a disgraceful performance by the Black Helmets though. We even managed to outscore them in the second half, but they had got a bit too far ahead in the first half for us to be able to threaten any comeback.



still plenty of positives and a good shot at 2nd in the div
  
Sleuthmeister
Posts: 0
Posted on 2012-12-15 4:20:01
Tough loss against Italy - 49-38. We actually led for a fair bit of the way, but they finished strong while we seemed to fade away.

At least we gave Croatia a good drubbing last week - certainly can't complain at a 56-7 scoreline! But we face an uphill struggle to qualify now. Need to give Croatia another hiding and try to beat either Serbia or Italy (preferably both - likely a mission impossible).
  
Sleuthmeister
Posts: 0
Posted on 2012-12-21 9:52:59
How bizarre - Serbia beat NZ 52-42 tonight. That was the EXACT same score as our last game against them!

I tried darkwing, which I don't think I used last time, but it didn't make one iota of difference.

Anyway, our qualification chances look to be pretty well gone now.
  
Monkey
Posts: 7
Posted on 2012-12-22 20:40:33
unlucky sleuth
  
Sleuthmeister
Posts: 0
Posted on 2012-12-29 0:53:59
Crushed Croatia 80-0.

We have a better goal difference than Serbia now, which means we have a mathematical chance of qualifying. Unfortunately, it's no more than mathematical. First of all, we would have to beat red-hot Italy. But secondly and even more improbably, Croatia would have to beat Serbia. I really can't see that happening, even if we do somehow manage to upset Italy.
  
 
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