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killertoad
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I figured I'd give this a shot for the Lion conference. I just came here from the Oceania Pro League so I don't know the teams here or their histories at all. So forgive me if I can only rank the teams by what I see on paper.

I do have to admit, looking at all of the teams in this league, it does seem that Elephant is the tougher of the two conferences.

I went over all of the rosters and based the rankings on level of players and depth of the team. Of course this is a shitty way to rank teams because a level 38 could have a horrible build compared to a level 35, but it's all I had to go on.

It's impossible to know who should be in 1st place compared to 5th and many of the teams in this Conference are very close in level and depth. So I'm grouping the teams by tier according to where they should finish in general. Like all good polls I'll give this one an error rating of +/- 3 spots

Somalia Wasps
Angola Spider Monkies
Charlie Don't Surf
Cameroon Outlaws
Cape Verde Kings


On paper, these 5 teams above should all be in the playoffs and fighting for the top 5 spots at the end of the season. They all are pretty evenly matched.

Dar es Salaam Warrior Kings
Angola Dream


These two teams are right there as well but are ranked lower only because of overall skill position level. They should both make the playoffs.

Tanzanian Morning Wood

Good passing attack but rushing and defense are a bit lower than the others. Should be right in the mix at the end.

Nigeria Nightmares
Rwanda Royal Knights
South African Ridgebacks
Windhoek White Rhinos


One or two of these four teams could make the playoffs if things break their way. All of them are balanced but have a few weaknesses compared to the teams ranked above them.

Djibouti Jackals
Wolfenstein Werewolves
Botswana Bugeaters
Sun City Undertakers


Of course my list could be a bucket of crap and one of these four teams could make it to the dance, but as it sits right now they each have a big hill to climb if they want to continue playing after week 16.


Good Luck everybody!! Here's to a fun year!!

If you don't like my list...make a better one
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majech
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Wow, that's surprising. Not sure I'd have the Bugeaters in the bottom of the barrel, but I didn't do the rankings did I?

Nice work Toad.
 
Shalubis
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Killertoad - thanks for giving this a shot. Here's to a good season in APL Lion.
 
StiffarmSteve
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Thanks for the list! I'm going to put this in my team forum so it gives my Rhinos a reality check!
 
PackMan97
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WTF? CDS in Lion? What kinda craziness is that!
 
StiffarmSteve
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That's what I say... I don't want to play them! lol
 
MattyP
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Bugeaters, TMW, Dream too low imo.
 
willm
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like he said guys, he has no prior knowledge of the league, he is going on paper! if someone knows all the teams intimately go ahead and step up and do a full right up!
 
killertoad
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Originally posted by willm
like he said guys, he has no prior knowledge of the league, he is going on paper! if someone knows all the teams intimately go ahead and step up and do a full right up!


Yeah do me a favor and make a better list. I know I'm probably waaay off the mark and leaned too heavily on ratings. Trust me I would have no hard feelings if someone fixed the list for me
 
killertoad
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Originally posted by majech
Wow, that's surprising. Not sure I'd have the Bugeaters in the bottom of the barrel, but I didn't do the rankings did I?

Nice work Toad.


Actually you are right. I was doing a quick math formula for each team to rank them and I think I made an arithmatic mistake with the Bugeaters. You should be ranked right below the top tier. Sorry about that. Oh well this list will be meaningless in about 90 minutes anyway lol.
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StiffarmSteve
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Originally posted by killertoad
Originally posted by majech

Wow, that's surprising. Not sure I'd have the Bugeaters in the bottom of the barrel, but I didn't do the rankings did I?

Nice work Toad.


Actually you are right. I was doing a quick math formula for each team to rank them and I think I made an arithmatic mistake with the Bugeaters. You should be ranked right below the top tier. Sorry about that. Oh well this list will be meaningless in about 90 minutes anyway lol.


That knocks the Rhinos into the bottom 4! If that happens, I'll consider retiring my team... going from 15-1 to LAST PLACE would cause some craziness in the team forum! lol
 
killertoad
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Haha that's why I gave up betting with bookies years ago. Being rated high in my rankings is usually the kiss of death. You can thank me after you win it all this year

Last year the team I picked to finish 2nd in OPL finished 14th. Trust me you are out of the Toad curse zone lol.

The coaches poll is a lot more fun anyway and more truer to how teams will finish from midseason on.
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soapbox
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...WHAT?

Bugeaters and TMW aren't in the top 4?
 
blankspace
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I have to say TMW is a bit to low. But it is opinion, not fact, so great write up.
 
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Good stuff.
 
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