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Corpus Cacophonous
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Go Barrow Downs!
Following the Second Round matches, the Yellow Boots table stands as follows: Beleg (Doriath): 9 Pippin (The Shire): 7 Turin (Nargothrond): 7 Azog (Moria): 6 Legolas (Mirkwood): 6 Ugluk (Isengard): 6 Glorfindel (Gondolin): 5 Sauron (Tol-In-Gauroth): 5 The Saucepan Man (Barrow Downs): 5 Varda (Valimar): 5 Dark Lord (Mordor): 4 Aragorn (Gondor): 3 Arathorn (Arnor): 3 Faramir (Gondor): 3 Gothmog (Angband): 3 Melkor (Angband): 3 Sleepy Ranger (Barrow Downs): 3 Tom Bombadil (Old Forest): 3 Turgon (Gondolin): 3 Ancalagon the Black (Angband): 2 Arvedui (Arnor): 2 Balin (Moria): 2 Boromir (Gondor): 2 Ecthelion (Gondolin): 2 Finrod (Nargothrond): 2 Haldir (Lothlorien): 2 Manwe (Valmar): 2 Merry (The Shire): 2 Quickbeam (Fangorn): 2 Tar-Meneldur (Numenor): 2 Thingol (Doriath): 2 Thorin (Erebor): 2 Treebeard (Fangorn): 2 Witch King of Angmar (Mordor): 2 Yavanna (Valimar): 2 Beleg Strongboot is still the clear leader but, with Doriath knocked out by The Shire, his place is under serious threat from the Took wonderkid and the sensational Turin. Many of the chasing pack are from teams that have already been knocked out, but Varda, The Saucepan Man (yay!) and Dark Lord are solid contenders. Looking forward to the Quarter Final draw ...
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Valimar vs. Angband Match 2 Barrow-Downs vs. Arnor Match 3 Gondor vs. Nargothrond Match 4 Shire vs. Mordor --- And I'd like to know how many people are actually following the MEFWC. At the moment the only people I know for certain are- Saucepanman, Fainu and Arcticstorm
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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I am, I assure you. I'll get some more analysis and journalism out there soon...
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I just have NO grounding in football (be it the American, British, or Gondorian versions) to make any suitable pithy comments for your edification.
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Corpus Cacophonous
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Fantastic! Great draw for the home team.
The Shire v Mordor match should be an interesting one. If anyone can beat the Dark Lord's team, it's the Hobbits. I can see Frodo and Sam sneaking one or two in.
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Wel of course I'm following it. I'm part of it. I'm just not good with whole posting something about stuff with football. But I'm still following it.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Feb 2004
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I'm following it! This is too much fun reading to pass up.
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Byronic Brand
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Valimar vs Angband-or, the War of Wrath
Naturally, I'll be supporting Angband here. They deserve it-they've faced far tougher opposition than Valimar to reach this level, their tactics have been innovative, and with Melkor, Gothmog, Maeglin and Ancalagon their offensive line up is more than solid. However, I fear I'll be disappointed. One-to-one, Valimar captain Varda has a history of dealing with Melkor; she alone represents Valimar's star quality (ouch) but she's an extremely powerful asset. Valimar striker Yavanna has reported that the team is feeling confident, and I expect, annoyingly, they're right to be. Winner: Epic match, but Valimar Likely Scorers: May go to penalties. Otherwise Varda, Yavanna, Melkor, Gothmog, maybe Maeglin. Barrowdowns vs Arnor-or, Cold be Heart and Hand and Bone Arnor's a decent team and I have respect for it; it was below par last match and can do much better. As the clear underdog, I will be supporting it for this match. However, against its traditional nemesis, which has showed exceptional skill this season, I don't think Arnor have much hope, even with new striker fresh from Angle United Halbarad. Barrow-Downs will probably romp through this one to the semis. Winner: Solid victory to Barrow-Downs Likely Scorers: Saucepanman, Sleepy Ranger, Arvedui, Arathorn, maybe Halbarad Gondor vs. Nargothrond-or, Vanished Glory Again I find myself sympathising with the likely loser. Gondor has beaten Angband itself early on, so the last Elven team in the championship are going to have a hard time of it. They do have the living legend Turin and the superb Finrod, but Gondor's forward combination of Aragorn, Faramir and Boromir has not yet seen defeat. If Nargothrond succeed in signing the famous Heart of Himlad duo Celegorm and Curufin-a deal coach Finrod has high hopes of as Celegorm was the original captain of Nargothrond City-things may be closer. But the Sons of Feanor charge an extortionate fee that may be beyond the team's resources. Winner: Close victory to Gondor Likely Scorers: Aragorn, Faramir, Boromir, Turin, Finrod Shire vs Mordor-or, A Fool's Hope Come now, Saucie must have been joking or drunk. How can mere Hobbits dream of defeating the Dark Lord? What a ludicrous idea... Winner: Isn't it obvious? Likely Scorers: Everyone on the Mordor team. Three times each. Honestly, let's hope the Halflings have made their wills, ha ha ha...
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Join Date: May 2003
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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so am I
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I picked the Shire to defeat Doriath, so I'll go with Sauce and pick 'em again over Mordor.
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Match 1
Live from Tol Eressa Valimar 0 - 2 Angband Surprisingly Valimar didn't really put on much of a match here as Angband seemed to cruise past them to book a spot in the semi-finals. Continuing on in their cocky manner Melkor scored late in the first half on his first chance. Angaband's second goal came in the form of a mis-timed pass which found its way to Melkor's feet, who crossed it into the box for Gothmog to head it in. If Angband left us any doubts after their match against Numenor they certainly cleared them after this match. Still strong favorites and they have strong chances of winning the cup. Match 2 Live from Quoteable-Quotes Barrow-Downs 6 - 3 Arnor Sleepy Ranger marked his return to the 'Downs team with a hat-trick and a 90th minute goal to save the match. The crowd was behind Sleepy all the way seeing as the match was at his domestic team's stadium. Arnor started off the match rather strongly going for goal right away. In the first half Arnor scored two goals courtesy of Arathorn but the second half saw the 'Downs fighting back as Sleepy Ranger receieved a long ball sent out from the back by Glirdan and took a rather long shot that bounced off the post and into the goal to pull Arnor back one. But it didn't take Arnor long to re-consolidate its lead after a low shot by Arvedui found its mark. At 3-1 Barrow-Downs seemed to be in deep trouble but a 67th minute goal by Saucepanman began to make things seem brighter for the World Cup hosts. The Barrow-Downs hard fought effort payed off in the closing minutes when a Fea corner was converted into a goal by Sleepy Ranger. Level on 3 - 3 the two teams headed into extra time where by a reversal of fate the 'Downs stole the match. Saucepanman scored the first goal of extra time after recieving a pass from the phantom and it was the phantom who scored the fifth goal of a well taken free-kick. The home boy and fan favorite Sleepy Ranger signed the match with a hard curving kick from the edge of the box, it seemed to be headed high and wide but a sudden curve and drop saw it safely past the goalkeeper and into the goal. Heres a classic example of coming back from a bad start, though it may have seemed at more than one point that this was not going to be the Barrow-Downs night, they managed to pull through. I can see them lifting the cup at the end of it all. Match 3 Live from Dol Amroth Gondor 1 - 2 Nargothrond Well this certainly wasn't much of a match. Faramir sunk in an early goal but Nargothrond sealed it thanks to a double by Turin in the opening stages of the second half. Gondor's superb offense seemed to lack in this match and they were just outplayed by a far superior team. Its goodbye to Gondor and lets see just how far Nargothrond can actually get. Nargothrond are a good team but I doubt they can make it to the finals. Match 4 Live from Hobbiton Shire 3 - 0 Mordor What an upset, what an expected upset. Shire's mid-field totally out-classed Mordor and Mordor's defense couldn't touch Gondor's offense. Merry and Pippin started of by passing the ball around before a high cross to Gandalf seemed to be the first goal however it was give off-side. It didn't matter since the free kick was poorly taken and Merry scored from hardly 10m out. Not a minute later Pippin scored off a wild shot that didn't seem to be going in even for a second but somehow ended up in the back of the net. The third goal was scored by Pippin when Merry was taken down by an awkward tackle in the box. The penalty was picture perfect, the goalie dived and the ball went straight past him. A [surprising] win for the Shire and one they can be proud of. The may make it to the finals but thats to be seen. The semi-finals draw will be tough and it remains to be seen which team has what it takes.
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Corpus Cacophonous
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Here's to a Barrow-Downs v Shire Final!
And now the important matter of the Yellow Boots Trophy. Current state of play (full list): Beleg (Doriath): 9 Pippin (The Shire): 9 Turin (Nargothrond): 9 Sleepy Ranger (Barrow Downs): 7 The Saucepan Man (Barrow Downs): 7 Azog (Moria): 6 Legolas (Mirkwood): 6 Ugluk (Isengard): 6 Arathorn (Arnor): 5 Glorfindel (Gondolin): 5 Sauron (Tol-In-Gauroth): 5 Varda (Valimar): 5 Dark Lord (Mordor): 4 Faramir (Gondor): 4 Gothmog (Angband): 4 Melkor (Angband): 4 Aragorn (Gondor): 3 Arvedui (Arnor): 3 Merry (The Shire): 3 Tom Bombadil (Old Forest): 3 Turgon (Gondolin): 3 Ancalagon the Black (Angband): 2 Balin (Moria): 2 Boromir (Gondor): 2 Ecthelion (Gondolin): 2 Finrod (Nargothrond): 2 Haldir (Lothlorien): 2 Manwe (Valmar): 2 Quickbeam (Fangorn): 2 Tar-Meneldur (Numenor): 2 The phantom (Barrow Downs): 2 Thingol (Doriath): 2 Thorin (Erebor): 2 Treebeard (Fangorn): 2 Witch King of Angmar (Mordor): 2 Yavanna (Valimar): 2 Brandir (Ephel Barandir): 1 Durin's Bane (Moria): 1 Earnil (Arnor): 1 Elrohir (Rivendell): 1 Fatty Bolger (Crickhollow): 1 Firefoot (Barrow Downs): 1 Gandalf (The Shire): 1 Imrahil (Gondor): 1 Maeglin (Angband): 1 Nazgul #7 (Mordor): 1 Olwe (Alqualonde): 1 Tar-Ancalime (Numenor): 1 Tuor (Gondolin): 1 With Doriath out, it looks like it's between four players. My money's on that there Saucepan Man.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Go Shire! I knew the little guys to do it!
And another victory for the home team! I'm going out to celebrate.
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