Sunday, August 31, 2008
Second half... GO!
But first, it's a first-time showdown with Elite Pool Legendz, to kick off the week for Pool Pals. As has been well-mentioned before, EPL replaced an Extreme Cues team with a flare for the dramatic. A pair of 4-3 victories for EC before players simply started leaving, for various reasons. The hotspot for those players, the team some of them played for last season - Pool Pals. So around full-circle we come. Pool Pals simply needs a stellar 2 months just to make the Playoffs. Elite Pool Legendz could bury them right here. At 3-4, EPL sits in 5th place in the National League. A win over Pool Pals would put PP 3 games behind, with then 6 to play. They could do the same to Break And Run should they lose to Dream Pool, or simply next week when EPL plays them. I think EPL will finish off this Pool Pals team. PP is going into its matches just waiting for something to go wrong, and when it does... everything shuts down. EPL wins this one 5-2, maybe even 6-1.
Also Monday night, a blowout that's pretty easy to call. First, a shout out to Pool Loverz on getting win #1 on the season last week against Wasted Shotz. Second, a shout out to Devine Cuez to congratulate them for the 6-1 smokeshow they're gonna put on Monday night. There really isn't much to say about this one. The pressure will be on Straight Shots to keep up in the race for 5th, as Devine Cuez will be 5-3... FIVE WINS in 5th place in the American League. Daaaaaaamn. By the way, Straightshots 2-5 coming into this week in 6th place. Turn out the lights.
MATCH OF THE WEEK:
Cheap Shotz @ United Pool. Need I say anything more to justify calling this the Match of the Week? United Pool won 4-3 back in week 1, and it's gonna be even closer this time. There are some people who keep saying: "How is UP doing so well? They're not that good!" - Well, I've played against them in big matches in every big interleague. I've captained against them in big matches. United Pool is always ready to explode, and right when you think they're starting to slip, they drop one on ya. They'll come ready to play this week, and game one will decide everything. If CZ can slow it down against a rapid-fire United Pool team, they will win. Look for the ABCZ's, Ant, and Ben, to come up big Tuesday night, and win this one 4-3 to level the season series.
Also on Tuesday night, Pool Legends will visit Straight Shots. Look for SS to draw some momentum from United Pool if they're able to beat Cheap Shotz for a second time. It would mean that SS could pull within 1 game of 5th place at 3-5. Next week SS would play Wasted Shotz, while CZ plays PZ... Then Week 11, a showdown between Straight Shots and Cheap Shotz. Back to this week, however. Pool Legends, far and away better than their opponents this week. If you remember, it was a SWEEP to start the season against SS. No sweep this time. Straight Shots will put up a fight, but Pool Legends will win 5-2 and maintain its #1 standing in the American League.
Pool Fiction and Lucky Shots kick it off Wednesday night. By the way, that's 47 hours after a showdown in PLC. Rewind back to the opening week here in MLP, LS's Michelle openly requesting no future matches with Pool Fiction in any interleagues because it's always a verbal (or textual?) brawl. The rivalry is renewed all week long here. Remember, Lucky Shots did have a 3-2 lead initially before a Cam DQ gave Pool Fiction that same 3-2 lead, PFN went on to win 5-2. I think it'll be just as heated this time, and even closer. No Cam DQs, just a straight 4-3 win for Pool Fiction. Having James and Jamie at the tail end of any lineup is one hell of a luxury. Even trailing 2-3 every now and then, Kerry has to like her chances with even 1 of them waiting for game 6 or 7.
Tourney Pool will play Magic Pool in the "other" match on Wednesday night. Simon scheduled not only to play for LS at 6:00, but ref this match at 7:00. Something to look out for as the night progresses. Tourney Pool has been a little off lately, Lisa's gone, Ross is in charge now, there's this that and the other thing... Magic Pool has issues too. Remember when Gaz played for Mad Skillz, and he was such a distraction that I felt MZ was suffering because of it? Magic Pool has "that guy" - some will remember George, the guy who has found himself kicked out of the previous two seasons. He came dangerously close last week against Pool Fiction, getting Tom DQed in the opening game, and nobody in Magic Pool realizing: Just because you're scheduled to play, does not entitle you to an invite back to the table. Two MP players were removed from the match early last week, and they were VERY lucky to be allowed to play at all. I think as far as this week goes, MP just has more mental issues than Tourney Pool does and they will get in the way this week. Tourney Pool will take care of things early, and Luis and co. will win 5-2, in a repeat of week 1.
Thursday night, True Pool Legends takes on Wasted Shotz. The question surrounding this match is: What is Wasted Shotz? Is this league good? Well this is the team that went 3-3 against United Pool. Is this team bad? A 6-1 whooping at the hands of Pool Loverz seems to suggest as much. This week, Wasted Shotz deals with TPL and I shouldn't have to say it, but TPL is far better than Pool Loverz. Just remember, 8 Ball Scratch took True Pool Legends to 4-3 in week 1, before they turned into a joke and quit down the road. If Ryan doesn't respect Wasted Shotz, like he didn't respect 8BS, this will be a close match. I think he learned his lesson, though, and TPL's just gonna open up on them. 6-1 True Pool Legends.
And finally, Dream Pool and Break And Run. This match may not have much meaning in the grand scheme of things, but BNR is in desperation mode. This team likely needs to win 5 out of 7, AT LEAST, to overtake EPL or whoever may be in that 5-spot. Then there's the match next week with EPL following this. For Dream Pool, it's about winning to be in position to try and take #1 from Pool Fiction next week. Both leagues have HUGE matches next week, and the team that wins THIS week will be the one that worries about its match THIS Thursday night. I like DP in this match. BNR will need to come out strong to match players like Ash, and Sukioo. If DP leads Ash like they usually do, and BNR goes with Jason as they have since he switched, it's gonna be 1-0 DP in a hurry. BNR will need its players there when the match starts, not 5 games in. Dream Pool wins this, based on what I've seen all season, 5-2.
Only one player remains flirting with perfection this season - Devine Cuez star eng.lishman is 7-0. While there are players at 6-0 and 5-0, only Lewis has played all 7 weeks and won all 7 weeks. Again Devine Cuez takes on Pool Loverz this week, look for Mr. Perfect to remain so for at least 1 more week.
