HEY HO HEYLOW?

Can Ian get there at the death? Nah, probably not. But nice penultimate round to leap-frog Matt and sproing straight into third. It's always sad to see a Blues supporter endure pain and as such it's been a really sad week for all of us. Add to that pain Matty-Loves-Juddy's fall from the money-zone. Having said that, I'm pretty sure Fordy's a Blue-bagger (apologies for the slander if that's untrue mate) and he's not exactly hurting.

Of course Matty wasn't alone last weekend, Tassy and your's truly both went from hope to dope. We could have been anything. But weren't.

Both Juzzy and Ian have to catch up 2 games on Fordy this week to win the Cup, due to having inferior margin tallies. I can't see it with the games on offer, but then I picked 4 last week.

And so the season draws ever closer to its close. I reckon Mad Monday may fall on a sunday evening this year. It's been a long, tiring and dispiriting season, I even injured myself peeling garlic last week.

PUT IT IN YOUR DIARIES:

I'll whip up some kind of invite, but note this down: PunchDrunk Prize Night will be on Thursday Night, September 27th. See you there.

Mr September: ROBBIE McGHIE. Drunk Playmate of the Month

Former Doggie, Tiger and Swan, Robbie McGhie has bobbed up as the final Playmate this year. He was last year's PunchDrunk poster-boy, but I've double-dipped, mainly, I have to admit, due to discovering a shot which rivals my all-time favourite footy shot of a faggin' Robbie doing up his boots mid-MCG, possibly even mid-game (below).

 

The new shot is of Robbie downing a real TINNIE of VB, or Melbourne, or possibly VB on the hallowed turf. One of those real cans with the beautiful metal joinery and solder up the side, none of your smooooth seamless alubloodyminium here. The various exercises in hair self-expression just add to the magic, none more so than Robbie's sharpy number.

 

A couple of Drunks teeter on the precipice of greatness this week. Jim Richo and Andy "Logger" Lloyd.

The League of Drunks has dragged itself to Grand Final week. Richo has teetered there before and triumphed, can he take out his second LOD Premiership, having been best placed Drunk in 2010? Or can Logger, in his second year, scrawl his name on the imaginary teak Leaders' Board at PDHQ? Have the Cheesies got the depth at this end of the season to take the fast-finishing, finely tuned Loggers?

Questions, questions, questions and in true PunchDrunk tradition, absolutely no answers... We'll find out soon, but my long-held feeling than once the Loggers started rolling they may well be unstoppable has not dissipated.

Below is the trail of the dead...

And at the other end of the table, the Best of the Rest Granny will be a shoot-out between Coxy's catfish and Lygon St Limbo (I'm sure Matty-Really-Loves-Juddy-But-Can't-Stand-Ratts must have had a prescient epiphany just prior to conjuring that team name).

ROUND 21 CATCH UP: KANGA-WHOS?

Nice pick up on the weekend for those who chose the Kanga's. Of course we all thought it COULD go, but... Must be one of the more interesting results for the year. Does this mean the Kanga's are now a legit footy team. Damn, where did that come from? I hate those guys. Spent far too many afternoons with their unpleasant fans in that Docklands hell hole.

Fordy just keeps bustling on while the challengers stumble over each other to take that big step. Is it too early to call it? Maybe just. There are still a few contentious games ahead so you never know.
Minor places look to hold the most interest at the moment with Matt and Juzzy doing a bit of leapfrogging and, looming dangerously from the depths, last year's Club Champ Tassy on an absolute upward trajectory.
The final few spots in the 8 are still up for grabs, though even that is looking just a little harder.

My DreamTeam light has been extinguished, the thrill is gone. Joy is dead.

Shite form from all my former world-beater defenders + cruelty at the selection table + Swannie's indiscretion at the beer table = Decimation. Chimps out in straight sets. No back to back.

But seriously I hope the rest of you are having fun.

Here's what we've got. No second chances....

The 2 Big Cats baring their claws at each other.
And an interesting week down at Regent St, with Rob and Andy shielding their teams from each others' prying eyes.

And down here in the lower reaches, Catfish, having just missed the top 8 at the last roll of the dice, should be able toset up a nice Granny with Matt's Lygon St. You'd reckon.

ROUND 20: SOMEONE BETTER DO SOMETHING PRETTY QUICK.

Sorry to have missed last week's update, a bit too much juggling going on at the moment, and having trouble keeping my balls in the air.

It all looked a bit interesting there last time we spoke. Fordy looked to be doubting himself, there were a few new hats being thrown into the ring. Two long weeks have passed since then and we're pretty much back to normality.





You really can't begrudge Fordy a front-runner's win, he's been a shining light, but, well it's like the Melbourne Cup. You want a Kingston Town, or Hyperno to come looming like a shark from somewhere near mid-field to make everything interesting and worthwhile.
So who could snatch it? Juzzy? From memory he's a Tiger supporter. Not a great CV for a come-from-behind champ. But he lives in Sydney so may well be bank-rolled by the AFL. Watch this space.
Matty Loves Juddy? Blues supporter, so knows how to bend the rules without the media showing any interest. Could well have some AFL approved dodgy deal with the cardboard people who no-one else in the comp is allowed to have. Possibility.
Dickwad? Another Tiger. But may have the game-plan to break the lines. Relative new-comer with definite creds and consistency.
Kurtz? The veteran. This may be his chance. It's really just a hobby for him, but has the talent to do it between Chiantis.
Tassy looking for back-to-backs and has to be said is looming from the depths at the right end of the season. Also funniest bloke on FaceBook.
Ian. Adelaide supporter. Where the fuck did he/they come from? Been around for a while, don't remember him this high at this stage before, may yet get a blood nose, but like the Black Birds everything seems to be working.
Dick. Demons supporter. Say no more, in the beyond unlikely chance he can get there, he'll lose it in some tanking-related count-back. And be stripped of his solitary previous Drunk win. And all others going forward.
Coxy: Tiges
Phil: Dees
Brenna: Tiges
I could go on...
Leah, a Cat, seriously good consistently over the past 4 or so years... our first First Lady?

Gotta go home now. Good luck all.

Richo won the jackpot. Running out the door now. More soon.

Over