Undead vs Skaven

In the CBBBL Premier Division, my Undead team were sitting in 4th place and still had two games to play, the first of these was against my friend Darren and his Skaven team, the Skittersneak Skidmarks.  We were at very close TV so there were no inducements.  My main worry was that he had a Blodging Gutter Runner who was also MV10 and with Sprint.  I needed a draw at the minimum to ensure I would make the playoffs although a win would have been nice to give me a chance of winning the league.

It was a really good close game and the Skaven turned me over in the first half quite easily.  I brought it back to 1-1 before halftime but was expecting his one-turn TD machine to take the lead.  Thankfully I managed to roll a Perfect Defence kickoff result which ended with me surrounding the Gutter Runner to block him.

In the 2nd half, Darren's Skaven did what Skaven do and scored again pretty quickly which gave me a chance to push up the field.  I was hurting a few of his players and did my best to foul his one-turner but to no avail.  I eventually opted to go for the draw by stalling out until the end.  We finished on a 2-2 score which meant the Skaven couldn't qualify for the playoffs and I was assured a place.

A really close fun game.  It's been ages since I last played a game against Darren and I've missed it - he's a great opponent.

My Undead have one more game left in the league vs Lizardmen which is going to take place next week.  If I can win it well I stand a chance of going 2nd in the league.  This would mean a much easier game in the playoffs so well worth trying for.

Time For An Update

It's been a while since I posted on here as the league has been taking forever to play.  Quite a lot of coaches have dropped out but the remaining players have carried on and we're getting close to seeing who's in the playoffs.

My Goblins played their final actual game yesterday which saw them beat my buddy Paul's Goblins 3-0.  With their final game being a forfeit (as the coach dropped out), the Fouling Griffons end the season with seven wins, three draws and only two losses.  It would put them in 3rd place in the CBBBL Championship division and it would give them a playoff space (the top four teams in the two divisions go into the playoffs).  Unfortunately for the Griffons, my Undead team are also probably going to qualify for a playoff slot in the Premier division so the Goblins would be excluded as I can't play two teams in the playoffs.  Still - a good effort on their part.  They were a really fun team to use and I'll be sad not to use them anymore.

For my Undead team, the Lords of Midnight, they currently are in 2nd place in the Premier division and have two games still to play; the first against Skaven and the final game will be vs Lizardmen.  If I can win one of those games they will be in the playoffs and if I can win both then they will end in 1st place.  So - it's still all to play for.  If the worst comes to the worst and the Undead lose both games, the Goblins will up for the cup!

The playoff structure is below :

Quarterfinals

Game A : 1st place Premier vs 4th place Championship
Game B : 1st place Championship vs 4th place Premier
Game C : 2nd place Premier vs 3rd place Championship
Game D : 2nd place Championship vs 3rd place Premier

Semi-Finals

Game A winner vs Game C winner
Game B winner vs Game D winner