TFF Transfer Deadlines: Wed 08-02-2012 at 19:45,
Sat 11-02-2012 at 12:45, Sun 12-02-2012 at 13:30.
September 13, 2009
Diary of a TFC Century League Challenge 19
Week 19 Day 3
I spoke too soon. The kids may have gone back to school, but now all the things that have had to wait until then have suddenly said "hello", you can sort me out now. Plus, a couple of urgent jobs have just turned up. Still, I'm not complaining too much. I'd prefer to be busy after all.
Today was a good day on the pitch, apart from the fact that it was a good day for everyone. It's going to be another high-scoring week. As we found out earlier, all my serious challengers have both Tresco and Danish, so their good scores meant nothing. I suspect that Stevens is probably only in my team (at least I hope he is) so his quickfire century was very welcome. Shame there are no bonus points in the championship. 608 seemed very good until the update told me that the team in 3rd had scored 50 more!
Week 19 Day 4
A serious worry today. Stevens went on to complete a double century but no-one else did anything much at all. He contributed 79 points out of the daily total of just 112. Somehow the challengers both managed to post another huge score, so I wonder whether they are using up transfers and/or captain changes. I still have a few left myself, but the transfers are mainly reserved for ensuring that I have a few players in the final week. The lead is still 350 though, so maybe no need for complete panic at this stage.
Week 19 Day 5
The update came in nice and early again which led to some renewed thought about transfers. Thankfully today was also the next one-day international and with my team in 64th and an outside chance of possibly finishing higher I had to ensure that I gave that game serious time. Swann was dropped from the side which meant I had to make one transfer and I ended up just getting the changes in in time.
Having fried my brain playing with combinations for the international I decided to leave the TFC side alone. The result was a moderately good 251 points and still with the rough game-plan in tact for the remaining two weeks. My two challengers swapped places and the lead went back up to almost 500 which I'm comfortable with. Here is the top 3 with daily scores over the last 3 days.
There is a further 441 point gap to the team in 4th place which I'm keeping half an eye on, but realistically it must be too far bahind. All I need now is a bout of autumnal weather ... no, not really; that would scupper any hope I have in the international game. Besides, as I write this Sunday is turning out quite well, despite several players being rested for the Pro40. But more on that in the next installment.
I spoke too soon. The kids may have gone back to school, but now all the things that have had to wait until then have suddenly said "hello", you can sort me out now. Plus, a couple of urgent jobs have just turned up. Still, I'm not complaining too much. I'd prefer to be busy after all.
Today was a good day on the pitch, apart from the fact that it was a good day for everyone. It's going to be another high-scoring week. As we found out earlier, all my serious challengers have both Tresco and Danish, so their good scores meant nothing. I suspect that Stevens is probably only in my team (at least I hope he is) so his quickfire century was very welcome. Shame there are no bonus points in the championship. 608 seemed very good until the update told me that the team in 3rd had scored 50 more!
Week 19 Day 4
A serious worry today. Stevens went on to complete a double century but no-one else did anything much at all. He contributed 79 points out of the daily total of just 112. Somehow the challengers both managed to post another huge score, so I wonder whether they are using up transfers and/or captain changes. I still have a few left myself, but the transfers are mainly reserved for ensuring that I have a few players in the final week. The lead is still 350 though, so maybe no need for complete panic at this stage.
Week 19 Day 5
The update came in nice and early again which led to some renewed thought about transfers. Thankfully today was also the next one-day international and with my team in 64th and an outside chance of possibly finishing higher I had to ensure that I gave that game serious time. Swann was dropped from the side which meant I had to make one transfer and I ended up just getting the changes in in time.
Having fried my brain playing with combinations for the international I decided to leave the TFC side alone. The result was a moderately good 251 points and still with the rough game-plan in tact for the remaining two weeks. My two challengers swapped places and the lead went back up to almost 500 which I'm comfortable with. Here is the top 3 with daily scores over the last 3 days.
| Team | Start | Thu | Fri | Sat | Total |
| Bramernic Spitfires | 16 | 608 | 112 | 251 | 20390 |
| GOLD 1 | 3 | 658 | 599 | 152 | 19897 |
| Outside Edge | 1 | 590 | 260 | 61 | 19845 |
