Tormoil brews in the Saipan Fighters locker rooms. Everyone on edge with the number of trades lately. Who's going? Who's staying? Several pre-season trades has caused an upraor and the team chemistry is falling apart. What are the Fighters to do? Team captains Russel Brown, Big Bob Sapp and Nikolay Valuev are trying to hold the team together. Twenty-one new guy have come to the team in the off-season and pre-season so no one knows each other very well and tempers are flaring. Fights over jersey numbers, starting positions, coaching and management are more than what the leaders of the team seem to be able to handle.
Two pre-season games have come and gone and brought a little confidence on the field. Favored against both the Green Bay WOODUHS (59-0) and the Dogdandy Enforcers (101-6), the Fighters came through as expected. But even then players not totally happy. The Defense has practically fried Chris Hit for his mis-tackle of ROOKIE Willie Parker in the second quarter against the Dogdandy Enforcers to allow the only points of the pre-season scored against the Fighters.
Today's Game against the Vanuatu Kava Sharks looks to be a dismal one for the Fighters. The balanced Vanuatu Kava Sharks are favored to win this one and are talking a lot of smack about the Fighters. With only 5 players with a status lower than twenty the Vanuatu Kava Sharks look pretty tough. The Fighters will have to try and squeeze past their tough offensive line and pressure what they call the weak link QB Michael Cannon. What will come of today's game? A little running game might be just enough to break the defense line and line backers of the Sharks. TBD...
McGruffHawk picks:
Vanuatua -49.5 over Saipan - Zeta's most recent promotion makes its debut over a rebuilt Saipan team who look to make a run late in the season, but will struggle out of the gate against elite teams.
Killertoad's Ranking for season 4 Oceania Pro League Zeta
1. Brisbane Heat
2. The U Canes
3. Brisbane Gods
4. FFLW Caninites
5. Rawle Tech Titans
6. Vanuatu Kava Sharks
7. FFLivewire Cans
8. Tongan Crimson Auha
9. Nauru Tiger Sharks
10. IC Incinerators
11. Co-Op City Blitz
12. Big Island Growas
13. Saipan Fighters
14. Jakarta Men O' War
15. Great Barrier Reef Sharks
16. Westpac Shellbacks
Two pre-season games have come and gone and brought a little confidence on the field. Favored against both the Green Bay WOODUHS (59-0) and the Dogdandy Enforcers (101-6), the Fighters came through as expected. But even then players not totally happy. The Defense has practically fried Chris Hit for his mis-tackle of ROOKIE Willie Parker in the second quarter against the Dogdandy Enforcers to allow the only points of the pre-season scored against the Fighters.
Today's Game against the Vanuatu Kava Sharks looks to be a dismal one for the Fighters. The balanced Vanuatu Kava Sharks are favored to win this one and are talking a lot of smack about the Fighters. With only 5 players with a status lower than twenty the Vanuatu Kava Sharks look pretty tough. The Fighters will have to try and squeeze past their tough offensive line and pressure what they call the weak link QB Michael Cannon. What will come of today's game? A little running game might be just enough to break the defense line and line backers of the Sharks. TBD...
McGruffHawk picks:
Vanuatua -49.5 over Saipan - Zeta's most recent promotion makes its debut over a rebuilt Saipan team who look to make a run late in the season, but will struggle out of the gate against elite teams.
Killertoad's Ranking for season 4 Oceania Pro League Zeta
1. Brisbane Heat
2. The U Canes
3. Brisbane Gods
4. FFLW Caninites
5. Rawle Tech Titans
6. Vanuatu Kava Sharks
7. FFLivewire Cans
8. Tongan Crimson Auha
9. Nauru Tiger Sharks
10. IC Incinerators
11. Co-Op City Blitz
12. Big Island Growas
13. Saipan Fighters
14. Jakarta Men O' War
15. Great Barrier Reef Sharks
16. Westpac Shellbacks