Official Match Thread Season 38, Round 01: Fighting Furies v East Side Hawks at rfctigerarmy's hippodrome

[Gralin]

Welcome to a new season of qooty. The Sweet FA is back with the first round of the thirty eighth season!

Before we get into it lets quickly recap Season 37

When the siren sounded to end the Grand Final the Ophidian Old Boys won their second flag in just their fourth season in the league. OOBs rookie and EKA winner myblueroan also took home the Deestroy medal to go along with an All-SFA selection to cap off a fantastic first season.

pantskyle the all time league leader in MM votes won a second Mobbenfuhrer Medal with a mammoth 22 votes but was strangely overlooked for All-SFA selection

Brenton Davy won their first Fred Medal and got their first All-SFA finishing the season with 84 goals

Falconista went back to back in the Frankston Rover award, an amazing achievement, but wasn't done there also winning the Beez with 1510 votes

JoshWoodenSpoon won the TFLUA-Tiger award

The spoon was "won" by the Bombers despite both the Furies and Hawks receiving penalty points.

But now its Season 38 and the slate is wiped clean, every team starts with an equal chance of victory and every player with an equal shot at accolades


Season 38 Competitions
We've got several competitions up and running for Season 38 listed below with signups still open
Beat the Odds Tipping - Beat the bookie
Bovball - A ladder predictor game
Extreme Qooty Tipping - Tip it all upfront and profit
DreamTeam Challenge - Try to get the highest total DreamTeam score
Knockout Tipping - Last player standing wins
MarginMania - Pick the winners to get the highest margin

Matchup​

The East Side Hawks returned to their original branding in Season 37 and welcomed back many club legends, but the first season was not a successful campaign on field. The Fighting Furies were slightly more successful on field, but off field dramas cost them 8 points and the two clubs finished season 37 next to each other in 11th and 12th

The Furies and Hawks have met 62 times with the Hawks holding an 8 game lead 35-27. The Furies won the only match between the clubs in Season 37 and will be looking to continue to close the gap.

Both teams will be looking to get Season 38 started with a win, the Furies with a largely unchanged lineup from last season, the Hawks have brought in five more experienced players in hopes of finding success.

Captains please note Team Sheets are due by 11:59pm AWST Thursday
James Colorado omgfridge Callums_Guns Tarkyn_24​

 

[James Colorado]

Welcome one and all to S38, and can't think of a better way to begin than hosting the Hawks at the Hippodrome

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Carn Hawky Walky Wookies

 

[Tigerturbulance]

I turned up to the Hippodrome because the Old Boys have a bye this week,
looking at the state of the place I'm not sure the Furies have returned from their end of season trip yet!

 

[PhenomenalV1]

Alright, where's that Shaun Freakin' Duggan?

I just want to talk to him...

 

[Callums_Guns]

RU_ celebrating a little too early that pre-season is now wrapped up !
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SM, Biggie, Itsmyshow, Riviat, larrikin, The Majestic, haydo, RU_, Tarkyn_24, Loonerty, jackenny, Drunkgoliath, Zoops, Strigoi, TY24, The Blue Weirdo, boncer34, reggie, eth-dog, Giant Strides, A Bit Dusty, Shermy, por_please_ya, Red mist, Tadpole, PhenomenalV1​

 

[omgfridge]

I turned up to the Hippodrome because the Old Boys have a bye this week,
looking at the state of the place I'm not sure the Furies have returned from their end of season trip yet!

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Our off season has extended to about 3 seasons now

 

[Callums_Guns]

I turned up to the Hippodrome because the Old Boys have a bye this week,
looking at the state of the place I'm not sure the Furies have returned from their end of season trip yet!

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I think you've been celebrating your 2nd flag too much, went past the Furies a couple weeks back to catch up with an old friend and it hasn't changed since you left​

 

[Feraligatr]

Hang on, I'm bamboozled? Who were the Hawks last season?

 

[James Colorado]

I turned up to the Hippodrome because the Old Boys have a bye this week,
looking at the state of the place I'm not sure the Furies have returned from their end of season trip yet!

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Hey, we spent 5 WHOLE MINUTES tidying up for our guests!

 

[James Colorado]

Hang on, I'm bamboozled? Who were the Hawks last season?

They changed back to the Hawks last season. They were the Fenix prior to that.

 

[Callums_Guns]

Hang on, I'm bamboozled? Who were the Hawks last season?

 

[Callums_Guns]

They changed back to the Hawks last season. They were the Fenix prior to that.

Thank **** you didn't say the other word

 

[Callums_Guns]

Hey, we spent 5 WHOLE MINUTES tidying up for our guests!

Could've forced pick to do it before he left

 

[Itsmyshow]

 

[Zoops]

They changed back to the Hawks last season. They were the Fenix prior to that.

Has it already been a season...

 

[James Colorado]

Thank **** you didn't say the other word

I had to fight my auto-correct.

It insisted on Penix.

My algorithms are very inappropriate.

 

[James Colorado]

Could've forced pick to do it before he left

Would've been the most work Pickitt had done here for two seasons.

 

[Callums_Guns]

Would've been the most work Pickitt had done here for two seasons.

Good luck T2B_

 

[eth-dog]

We play the Furries first up? Ugh. Horrible scheduling.

 

[Itsmyshow]

We play the Furries first up? Ugh. Horrible scheduling.

 

[Frothies Mcveigh]

What an honour to take the field for the most hard-working, dedicated, well-prepared Qooty team in the league.

Unfortunate for the Hawks to have to face us first up.

 

[Biggie]

Hang on, I'm bamboozled? Who were the Hawks last season?

 

[Itsmyshow]

What an honour to take the field for the most hard-working, dedicated, well-prepared Qooty team in the league.

Unfortunate for the Hawks to have to face us first up.

 

[ShaunDuggan]

Alright, where's that Shaun Freakin' Duggan?

I just want to talk to him...

Well well well.

What do we have here.