Top 9 teams after todays games, Sat Feb 06th 2016

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Top 9 teams after todays games, Sat Feb 06th 2016

Post by Ginge01 » Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:57 pm

The top 9 in the Evo-stick Premier League, Sat February 6th 2016
..................... Pd ..W D L...W D L...F..A.....GD...Pts
1. Blyth ......... 29.. 9 2 2. 11 1 4.. 55 29.. 26.. 63
2. Workington. 30.10 4 2... 8 3 3.. 52 30.. 22.. 61
3. Salford....... 29.. 6 5 4. 11 1 2.. 56 29.. 27 ..57
4. Darlington.. 25.. 8 2 2... 8 2 3.. 53 25.. 28.. 52
5. Ashton....... 27 10 2 3... 5 4 3.. 58 34.. 24.. 51
6. Barwell...... 31.. 8 1 6... 8 2 6.. 58 50.. 08.. 51
7. Stourbridge 28.. 7 3 3... 8 2 5.. 57 43.. 14.. 50
8. Nantwich.... 30.. 8 4 3... 5 5 5.. 67 43.. 24.. 48
9. Rushall....... 28.. 7 5 4... 5 4 3.. 50 33.. 17.. 45


Top 9 Head to Head, updated Sat February 6th 2016
.................... Pd W D L...W D L...Pts
1. Blyth.......... 13 3 2 1... 4 0 3.. 23
2. Darlington.... 8 3 1 0... 2 0 2.. 16
3. Workington. 10 3 2 1... 1 2 1.. 16
4. Stourbridge. 11 2 2 1... 2 1 3.. 15
5. Salford ........ 9 1 0 3... 3 1 1.. 13
6. Rushall......... 7 1 1 2... 2 1 0.. 11
7. Barwell....... 12 2 0 5... 1 1 3.. 10
8. Nantwich...... 9 1 1 1... 1 2 3.... 9
9. Ashton......... 5 1 0 2... 0 1 1.... 4


Comments in current full league table order, Top 9 games, played, outstanding etc

Blyth 13 played, remaining fixtures Home to Rushall & Workington, Away at Rushall.
Postponed today, 8 points lead in one week reduced to 2, loss at Workington midweek was huge for both teams. Only 3 remaining Top 9 opponents, still my favorites to be champions, the race tightened this week, Mon March 28th Home to Workington became more important for both teams.

Workington 10 played, remaining fixtures Home to Rushall & Stourbridge, Away at Ashton, Blyth, Nantwich & Salford.
1-0 home to Marine, now 2 points behind Blyth, Darlington 5 games in hand are 9 points back. Workington has won 6 points won in the last 5 days, consolidating second place. Top 9, Home to Stourbridge, Away at Blyth & Salford are the toughest games to play.

Salford 9 played, remaining fixtures Home to Ashton, Darlington, Nantwich & Workington, Away at Ashton, Darlington & Stourbridge.
Postponed today, Workington and Darlington (twice) to play, away at Stourbridge.

Darlington, 8 played, remaining fixtures Home to Ashton, Nantwich, Rushall & Salford, Away at Nantwich, Rushall, Salford & Stourbridge.
Postponed today, midweek rearranged game (3-1 home over Buxton) lifted the Quakers to 4th in the table. Top 9 opponents, holding the best points per game average of the Top 9. Good form can get us 2nd for the playoffs, possibly higher.
Biggest Top 9 games, twice against Salford, as well as twice against unknown Nantwich and Rushall.

Ashton, 5 played, remaining fixtures Home to Barwell, Rushall, Salford, Stourbridge & Workington, Away at Barwell, Darlington, Nantwich, Rushall, Salford & Stourbridge.
Postponed today. Play 11 of the last 19 games against Top 9 teams, they have not been impressive against Top 9 teams, I expect them to fall out of the playoff chase as the fixtures become harder, and Stourbridge to pass them.

Barwell, 12 played, remaining fixtures Home to Ashton, Away at Ashton, Nantwich & Rushall.
Postponed today, now down to 6th after Darlington's midweek win.

Stourbridge, 11 played, remaining fixtures Home to Ashton, Darlington & Salford, Away at Ashton & Workington.
Postponed today, now in 7th after midweek win, likely competing with Ashton for the last playoff place.

Nantwich, 9 played, remaining fixtures Home to Ashton, Barwell, Darlington, Rushall & Workington, Away at Darlington & Salford.
Postponed today. Fell to 8th midweek after Darlington and Stourbridge wins, chances of a playoff spot shrinking.

Rushall 7 played, remaining fixtures Home to Ashton, Barwell, Blyth & Darlington, Away at Ashton, Blyth, Darlington, Nantwich & Workington.
Postponed game, Stourbridge turned a game in hand to a 5 point lead midweek, Rushall will need to win a lot of remaining Top 9 games (biggest being Home to Blyth & Darlington, Away at Blyth, Darlington & Workington) to have any chance of the playoffs.


My top 5 to win the league, make the playoffs, as of today.
1) Blyth, the season became a lot more interesting with Workington gaining 6 points on them this week.
2) Darlington, all those games in hand over 11 weeks, a worry but clear potential to get to 2nd.
3) Workington, winning their games as the play them, no real backlog of games to worry over.
4) Salford, inconsistent home record may hurt them.
5) Stourbridge, rose to 7th this week, chasing 5th.

6) Ashton, 11 of the last 19 games against Top 9 teams, 1-1-3 so far against top 9 will push them down to 6th.

My current forecast for the playoff games
Darlington.. vs Stourbridge
Workington vs Salford (reversed the venue, Workington will easier remaining fixtures)


The Top 9 games this week, weather permitting (Top 9 team in CAPS)

Tuesday 9th
BLYTH............ vs Ilkeston
DARLINGTON.. vs Matlock......... (7:45)
SALFORD........ vs WORKINGTON

Saturday 13th
ASHTON.......... vs RUSHALL
BARWELL........ vs Hyde
BLYTH............. vs Ramsbottom
NANTWICH...... vs Halesowen
SALFORD......... vs DARLINGTON (3:00)
STOURBRIDGE. vs Colwyn Bay
Whitby............ vs WORKINGTON

Remainder of February
Tuesday 16th
Skelmersdale... vs RUSHALL

Wednesday 17th
Whitby............. vs ASHTON

Saturday 20th
Colwyn Bay...... vs BARWELL
Hyde............... vs NANTWICH
Ilkeston........... vs SALFORD
Ramsbottom.... vs ASHTON
RUSHALL......... vs BLYTH
STOURBRIDGE. vs Mickleover
Sutton Coldfield vs DARLINGTON (3:00)
WORKINGTON.. vs Stamford

Tuesday 23rd
BLYTH............. vs Frickley
Buxton............ vs RUSHALL
DARLINGTON... vs ASHTON......... (7:45)
Marine............ vs SALFORD
Matlock........... vs NANTWICH
Sutton Coldfield vs STOURBRIDGE

Saturday 27th
ASHTON.......... vs Hyde
BARWELL........ vs Frickley
BLYTH............. vs Colwyn Bay
NANTWICH...... vs Mickleover
Ramsbottom.... vs WORKINGTON
SALFORD......... vs Ilkeston
STOURBRIDGE. vs DARLINGTON (3:00)
Whitby............ vs RUSHALL

A thought for Marine, 4th bottom currently, 3 opponents in the last 7 days.
Sat H 0-1 Darlington
Mon A 0-2 Stourbridge
Sat A 0-1 Workington (today)

That is a tough group of games for any team, only 4 goals conceded, but it's tough times when a team cannot score goals and they are trying to get away from relegation.

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