md9 is played, against the =2nd place darkelves.
star players include:
+2ma, dodge, ss blitzer
strip ball, guard, leap blitzer
dodge, strip ball, tackle blitzer
wrodge, nos, +av runner
dp, kick lino
11 players all up for a tv of 1900. 170k below mine, and my opponent chose not to buy anyone so he could get a wizard as inducement.
to win the game i need to limit the damage the wiz and the ma9 blitzer do.
Kickoff
i kick, and darkies set up a screen for their ma9 blitzer to score next turn with one gfi. i block the path as best i could, and foul out a wrestle, frenzy lino on the los.
darkies blitz, trying to create a hole for the blitzer to squeeze through, but
by the wrestle runner sees the lane clogged with bodies.
this sees the darkies switch to my right flank behind a light screen. i ko a couple more which sees the ma9 blitzer streak towards my endzone with only a guard blitzer in support.
i get my guard in place, and clyde shakes off the assassin to blitz to try and get the ball loose with strip ball -
, rerolled to
. on top of that clyde is badly hurt....... my opponent cant believe his luck and runs in the 1st score.
2ko's stay down for the darkies so it is 11v9. the weather changes to rain, which is always a pain. i make my blocks and blitz, then pick the ball up in a loose screen. i then make a major mistake, i 2d with the ogre, rather than moving my dp over to provide an assist to make it 3d (i wanted to foul). my ogre pedictiably rolls
, and there is a hole (where my ogre and dp should have been) for the darkies to hit stuart. he dumps off to lutolf, who gets lightnined bolted and ko'd at the end of the turn.
i manage to regather with my reserve thrower, but he too is taken down and the ma9 blitzer makes a small hero play (dodge, dodge, 4+pickup, dodge gfi, with reroll) to score t7 and make it 2-0 to the dark elves!
i have 2 turns to score before h/t to try and salvage something from this game. the kick is deep, so i push left with a fair chunk of my team. my catcher is in a nice little pocket 9 squares from the ez. stuart has the ball out of blitz range deep in my half. the darkies respond by blitzing meninga on the los and killing him! temporarily, as the doc revives him for the second half. they mark up as best they can, but cant get a tz on the catcher (as they blitz'd my killer rather than the scoring pocket).
my turn stuart moves up and makes the short pass over two dark elves, where the catcher makes the catch in the rain and sprints it in for 2-1.
back in it.
2nd half
all 11 darkelves take the field, something i was not expecting. i regather on the right hand side, so dark elves take down my ogre on the left side, so they can start fouling meninga with their dirty player. i get to halfway, where the darkies leap a guard in, then leap again to get a 2d blitz. thankfully stuart shrugs it off, as no-one was really open to receive a dump off. meninga is ko'd on the skirimish on the left by a foul, to which his dp is sent off.
around t13 stuart survives a 1d blitz this time, and i have no option but to run it in t14. luckily my opponent had used all 4 of his rerolls in trying to stop my score, so his offense should struggle.
which it did, as a failed pickup saw 2 tz's on the ball. they were cleared, but a
block on my thrower left him next to the ballcarrier. i made my blocks around the ball, trying to get 2d on the ballcarrier, but ended up having to 1d.
came up, and as the runner had wrestle the ball came loose into 2 of my tz's. next turn the pick up was failed and the game, and season ended.
in the end i will take the 2-2 result. would have been a much different game if clyde had got the ball loose rather than injuring himself...... or if i 3d blocked with the ogre rather than 2d......... ahh well, got a result, which is always nice when an opponents wizard works. booncabal also played well.
basterdz march into tier 2 with a 5-4-0 record, their first unbeaten season in 7 seasons.
p.s sorry for the long report, i really enjoyed this game as lots happened
