The Playoffs Begin; Shield/CdW Winners

Final Table

Coppa di Walt
BS Cup
FA CUP
LIVE SCORING

The completion of Round 30 on St. Patrick's Day saw the regular season of the 2012-2013 campaign come to an end. A valiant and heroic effort by macho nacho to secure 3 trophies before the playoffs even began came up a bit short as Real Chapala snatched the Supporters Shield away from them and Memfrica lifted the club's 2nd Coppa di Walt in 4 seasons. It should also be noted that this is Chapala's 2nd Shield.

The playoffs begin next round. The 7 seed, Team Ramrod, will face the 10 seed, Stevie G, who eliminated champions Gemmill in Round 30. The 8 v 9 game is between Beerguts and UNREAL. Each playoff round will be contested over 2 legs. Higher aggregate score wins the matchup. Tiebreakers will be broken by Goals, Assists, Clean Sheets, Goals Against, Coin Toss. Teams 1-6 are idle for the next two weeks. However, the BS Cup will still be plodding along so you can still manage your team in that competition.

PLAYOFFS

Play-In Games  -  Rounds 31/32

7 Team Ramrod v. 10 Stevie G FC
8 Beerguts United v. 9 UNREAL MADRID

Quarterfinals  -  Rounds 33/34

1 Real Chapala v. higher seed left from the Play-In Round
2 macho nacho fc v. lower seed left from the Play-In Round
3 WAGS and Wankers v. 6 Memfrica SC
4 Fox Meadows Athletic Club v. 5 FergiesFutbolClub

Semifinals  -  Rounds 35/36

Final  -  Rounds 37/38

Round 29 Recap; last round of the regular season

Updated Table

Coppa di Walt
BS Cup
FA CUP
LIVE SCORING
UPDATED PLAYOFF ODDS, Biggest Movers - UNREAL MADRID +39.2%, Gemmill 78 -36.9%

macho leap frogs Chapala during Round 29 to take a 1 point lead into the final round in the battle for the Supporters Shield. macho is also in contention for the Coppa di Walt, albeit 9 points behind Memfrica, inaugural Coppa winners in 2010, as they contest the final and 4th leg of the competition this weekend. With the Suicide Cup already on the mantle, macho has a chance of claiming the first 3 trophies of the season, a feat not accomplished in the Waltiverse since FMAC did it back during the 2012 Major League Walt season. macho faces Beerguts in the final round where Chapala goes up against Ramrod.

Eight teams are qualified for the playoffs. Five are eliminated. UNREAL and Gemmill sit precariously in the 9th and 10th spots as Stevie G hopes to sneak in with a win over Gemmill this weekend. Gemmill is dangerously close to falling victim to the Champions curse. No WLP champion has made the playoffs while holding the WLP trophy.

The BS Cup moves into the 22nd of 30 rounds with, who else????, macho nacho leading the table. Team Ramrod currently leads the FA Cup competition.

macho and Gemmill compete in the 5th round of fantasyleague.com's system-wide Pro Cup this weekend.

TRANSACTIONS

Greg Gallina - Fox Meadows Athletic Club						Tie Preference: 8
Buy		M Debuchy		NEW	£0.50m		16/03/2013 02:01
Sell		S Kelly		RDG	£0m
Buy		M Richards		MC	£0.50m		16/03/2013 02:01
Sell		I Harte		RDG	£0m
Buy		M Yoshida		SOT	£0.50m		16/03/2013 02:03
Sell		H Ben Arfa		NEW	£0m
Buy		G Sigurdsson		TOT	£0.50m		16/03/2013 02:01
Sell		C Samba		QPR	£0m
Felipe McDonnell - Real Chapala						Tie Preference: 9
Buy		T Rosicky		ARS	£2.00m		16/03/2013 02:36
Sell		J Mackie		QPR	£0m
Buy		J Carragher		LIV	£2.00m		16/03/2013 02:36
Sell		J Cole		WH	£0m

Round 28 recap; macho, Gemmill advance; Transactions

Updated Table

Coppa di Walt
BS Cup
FA CUP
LIVE SCORING
UPDATED PLAYOFF ODDS, Biggest Movers - Deportivo la Na +11.1%, AC Frayser -8.2%

With 2 rounds remaining in the regular season, macho delays Chapala's Supporters Shield triumph with a 13-6 win. macho pulls within 1 point and is very much in the running. Along with macho and Chapala, WAGS, FMAC, Ramrod, Fergie and Memfrica all clinched playoff spots. Seven are in, just 3 to go. At the moment, only the Rogues and Frumunda are eliminated. Ozaukee is hanging by a sliver and Deportivo is making a late charge. Will Gemmill, Beerguts and UNREAL hold off the onslaught in these next two weeks?

Perfect timing from the severely overrated FA Cup, that's right I said it, as 6 out of the 20 EPL teams will not be in league play during Round 29. Everton, Manchesters United and City, Wigan, West Ham, Chelsea and Fulham are idle from league play because of this forcing many teams to scramble to make do. Sorry folks, but the world's greatest cup competition, as I'm constantly reminded, takes precedence.

Speaking of cup competitions, macho and Gemmill are defying everything by making historic cup runs in fantasyleague.com's Professional Cup. They're clean through to the 5th round, or round of 128. Just 7 more wins to glory. Most impressive.

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You fat and hairy people should be jumping for joy

TRANSACTIONS

Greg Gallina - Fox Meadows Athletic Club						Tie Preference: 4
Buy		C Samba		QPR	£0.50m		09/03/2013 03:22
Sell		K Gibbs		ARS	£0m
Buy		M Turner		NOR	£0.50m		09/03/2013 03:22
Sell		M Richards		MC	£0m
Jacob Caldwell - UNREAL MADRID						Tie Preference: 6
Buy		K Kamara		NOR	£40.50m		04/03/2013 05:01
Sell		C Cuellar		SUN	£0m

macho nacho lifts season's 1st trophy; Round 27 recap; No transactions

Updated Table

Coppa di Walt
BS Cup
FA CUP
LIVE SCORING
UPDATED PLAYOFF ODDS, Biggest Movers - Memfrica SC +14.8%, AC Frayser -17.1%

macho wins the inaugural Suicide Cup.

The first trophy of the season goes to the youngster macho nacho with a 2 games to love victory over Beerguts in the Suicide Cup final. macho becomes the youngest man ever to win a Walt League trophy (Chapala still holds the record for being the most immature to win a trophy.) With just 3 rounds to go in the regular season, macho could take a great leap forward to claiming his 2nd trophy of the season, the Supporters Shield, by defeating table toppers Chapala this weekend.

Gemmill, WAGS and macho are all still alive in the 4th round of the Pro Cup. There are 256 teams remaining.

Chapala sees its European odyssey come to an end in a loss to the Englander Prognosis Negative. Mr. Back Door did the best with what was given to him in the spot vacated by the petulant BIFA by becoming just the 2nd Walt Leaguer to make the knockout stages of a European competition.

The Coppa di Walt resumes this weekend with the 3rd (of 4) leg of the final between Memfrica and, who else???, macho. Memfrica leads 25-20, but macho has a legitimate chance of taking 3 trophies before the playoffs even begin. This is very reminiscent of FMAC's brilliant run in Major League Walt back in 2012.

Chapala and macho are still the only two teams to have clinched a playoff spot. The Rambling Rogues of Memphis and Frumunda are now on vacation time as they have been mathematically eliminated from further competition. Frumunda is in the process of setting a remarkable record in having only scored 8 goals in 27 rounds.

This week in alternative media:

The very handsome Bob Murphy explains why minimum wage laws are economically destructive. If you're a good little citizen (or you think you're hipster cool), then don't hit play. This will only confuse and frighten you, then you will have to mock me to make you feel better about yourself as well as to reassure yourself that you're not dumb.

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