Official Match Thread S33 Round 6 - Mount Buller Demons vs Sin City Swamprats at Snow Dome

[GotTheGoodes]

Sorry. I knew I shouldn't have typed in Afrikaans

Ey?

 

[Headless]

No I can’t. Can you do it for me?

You've posted more in this thread than all of the posts from Season 4 combined, including Mobbs posting the sim commentaries.

 

[jackster83]

Imagine if I spent all that time playing qooty instead! I'd have six Mobbs Medals by now.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

My comeback is starting to feel real.

I hit the scoreboard last week. And now I’m up against the Demons.

A club that elevated me into their hall of fame, despite me hardly playing there. Cute.

What did you hit the scoreboard with mate?

 

[sante]

You've posted more in this thread than all of the posts from Season 4 combined, including Mobbs posting the sim commentaries.

Did I debut in Season 4?

 

[GremioPower]

What was your first season, okey?

Season 7. It’s in his name!

 

[Headless]

Did I debut in Season 4?

I wouldn't rule it out. I think serial_thrilla would know.

Season 7. It’s in his name!

No, no. okey would like that to be the case, though; it's a nice little club.

haydo sausageroll Tarkyn_24

 

[Headless]

BREAKING

okeydoke7 doesn't rate the Swamprats.

10. Sin City Swamprats

One of the most irrelevant clubs in the land have managed to keep themselves slightly relevant over an eventful off-season.

We will start with the positives in relevancy terms:

• Noobz0r left for the NWO
• spookism cracked it
• The name change to "Sin City Swamprats"
• pantskyle, myself and others cracked it.

Good for relevancy. But the fact remains that aside from a couple of great story lines, this club sits in the pits of relevancy now that games are being played. They are rarely relevant on the field and they are rarely relevant off the field.

There was serious talk of the club folding for the 14th time in its existence when Noobz left. Too much is left to too few, and that is indisputable. This club's list, in its current state, could be deemed the least relevant in the competition as far as having a league wide presence is concerned. Only an off-season of storylines has kept them from the bottom. I struggle to name a handful of Swamprats posters. Listing 5 is a battle, and a few of those that I could name are rarely sighted these days.

They've gone backwards. And they didn't start from a high base either.

The good news for the Rats is that fantasy footy changes very very quickly. An astute experienced recruit or two plus the development of some young posters could see them relevant once more by the end of this season or the start of S20. But it requires work. It requires more than just a captain putting in effort. It requires rookies to be hunted down, hand chosen and bought to the SFA (not just attempting to poach those that sign up).

Of all of the clubs, I will be the most critical of the Swamprats. But to ease off a little, I had ongoing discussion with Spookism in the back half of last season and know that the effort, from him at least, is there. They just struggle to attract posters to replace their losses. And that comes down to relevancy.

Funnily enough, 10th is probably the highest they have finished in a long long time.

Thank God for their horrid name change. Thank God their co-captain left them.


11. Roys FFC

It's funny. The Roys sit below the Rats and yet my reaction is very different.

The Roys are, pretty much, where they want to be. Because "irrelevant" doesn't really mean "bad." The Roys are happily casual. They have happily kept out of many of the controversies the league has seen over the off-season. They don't get themselves involved in much of the sh*t slinging.

They like to have a joke. They exude observational humour. They are NOT a high quantity team and like to keep things on topic. Beautifully on topic.

But because they don't offend anyone, they aren't ground breaking and they don't post a truckload of worthless crap all over media pieces, they do get forgotten about. The best thing, they don't give a sh*t.

I'll name 3 posters as an example. fitzroybulldog is their star. Highly rated. Yet, he rarely puts anyone off-side and doesn't post 50 times in a media or match thread to be "seen" to be having an impact. Fred continues to do what he has always done. 5-10 posts of on-topic, relevant banter about the game itself. Mobbenfuhrer, an SFA immortal, is back posting when he can. And it's nice to have him back. Nice. The Roys are, basically, nice.

They don't have the big names at the top or the depth of the top clubs. They don't actively seek to. Their attitude is that they can have fun.

They are a vastly different team to the Roys of a couple of seasons ago where hyperactive rookies ruined the club with Gifs and sooks. They are enjoyable, yet forgettable. They don't post a lot.

But I get the feeling they are exactly where they want to be.



AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CLUB RELEVANCY RANKINGS EARLY IN S19.

A RE-CAP OF THE FINAL RANKINGS:

1- Dragons FFC
2- Gold City Royals
3. West Coast Wonders
4. East Side Hawks
5. Las Vegas Bears
6. Coney Island Warriors
7. Fighting Furies
8. Geelong Wolves
9. Baghdad Bandits
10. Sin City Swamprats
11. Roys FFC


*All opinions expressed in this thread are the opinions of the writer only and do not reflect the views of the league.

 

[jackster83]

BREAKING

okeydoke7 doesn't rate the Swamprats.

Well that was prior to GotTheGoodes joining.

 

[Marlowe]

Headless, stop making me blush.

 

[Headless]

Headless, stop making me blush.

Must I?

 

[Marlowe]

Must I?

Oh, go ahead.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

Oh, go ahead.

But he doesn't have a head...

 

[GotTheGoodes]

I've engaged your posters in this thread more than they've been engaged over the last three seasons.

True... It was a lovely surprise

 

[philreich]

philreich was on the burning deck
playing a game of cricket,
the ball ran up his trouser leg
and bowled his middle wicket.

There was a young man from Bengal
Who went to a fancy dress ball
He decided to risk it
Dressed up as a biscuit
But a dog ate him up in the hall

 

[okeydoke7]

BREAKING

okeydoke7 doesn't rate the Swamprats.

LOL thanks for digging up such an old thread, 13 seasons old. The list has had a complete turnaround since then.

But I’m so glad you quoted it, as it reminded me:

1) of how bloody good I was

2) that I announced the teams from most relevant all the way down to least relevant, strung it along for a while, then all of a sudden ended it at number 11 least relevant. There were 12 teams, but by ending it, I implied that the Gumbies (my last club finally enough) weren’t even relevant enough to be in a relevancy ranking thread.

And to answer your question, I started in season 9, just 2 seasons after you I think, and I’d consider that your ‘early days’. You’re very good now, but you were very average then.

 

[okeydoke7]

Where is Tarky Tark? Don’t tell me he’s washed up just as I’m re-emerging?

Tarkyn_24

 

[Kennedy Parker]

BREAKING

okeydoke7 doesn't rate the Swamprats.

That's such a nice thread. One club was so irrelevant that they failed to even be mentioned. Who was that?

 

[cooney]

cooney tick of approval.

Bloody oath

 

[moginie]

OK. Saturday morning bacon.

That should do the trick.

 

[Grav]

OK. Saturday morning bacon.

That should do the trick.

Going for the bacon

 

[Callums_Guns]

OK. Saturday morning bacon.

That should do the trick.

Breakfast is sorted for you and PG, good luck finding the egg !

 

[philreich]

Headless would never even know the definition of 'role' or 'team' okey.

He has spent much of the past several seasons campaigning to be selected in the All-SFA as a specialist interchange player so he can be rewarded for sitting on his arse while everyone else did all the work.

Fortunately, we had an admin who possessed some common sense in Ant Bear and denied such a farcical idea time and time again.

In his job, Headless has been advised that he's not allowed to look out of the window in the morning, so he'll have something to do in the afternoon.

 

[Hate]

What did you hit the scoreboard with mate?

I hope okeydoke7's head is OK

 

[moginie]

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Breakfast is sorted for you and PG, good luck finding the egg !

I wondered what the bacon version of a scotch egg would look like!