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Ok so back to business after a weeks respite in the league cup. I would say after 3 weeks in the league that the wheat usually starts to separate from the chaff and the pre season hopes for a new season for some teams will already look bleak and other teams who did not give themselves much of a chance will be fancying their chances all of a sudden. The bottom 3 as they stand at the moment could well be the three to go down. Sorry Harry but I am just looking at the teams above you and questioning who would go down instead and I can only see the cuemasters (if they turn up short) who are currently top!

Here is how I see week 3 unfolding for the Division one runners and riders

Drillers 3 V 4 Hot Shots
After a dissapointing opening week the drillers bounced back with an emphatic win over the spirited Bloodhounds. The Hot Shots however are a step up in class from playing 2 of the also run teams they have played already. Rumours of Hot Shot weekness I am not sure but the Hot Shots won 5-2 against unspirited Eden side last week. Big test for both teams and i think there could be a shock on the cards in this one however I aint going against the Hots Shots.

Coney Cues 5 Bloodhounds 2
Coney have had a good start to the season with good wins against two teams who were very good yard sticks for improvement. The Rack pack who finished above us last season and the Div one stallwarts the Unpredictables. Bloodhounds I have heard rumblings are pretty handy but they will need to develop the knack of tacking down the likes of the coney if they are to stay up. I think they will need to win something like 9/10 of their 22 games if they are to avoid the drop, if they lose this match they will have lost to the Eden and the Coney both of which I think they will need to get at least 50% records against. Cant see us losing.

Bromley Cue Masters 3 V 4 Unpredictables
Cuemasters seem to have hit the ground running this season although they have played two teasm who are likely to finish either in relegation or in the bottom half anyway. Unpredictables with a mixed start after beating the fancied drillers but losing on home soil to the coney boys (who got a bit of run admittedly). Unpredictables on their day are a great side and will have too much for the Cue Masters.

Patriots 5 V 2 Rack Pack
Patriots have strengthened significantly this season and the Rack pack have weakened. Rack Pack have a had a dreadful start against two teams they will need to beat in the second half of the season. Patriots will have been gutted to get thumped by the Prop but will be buoyed by an easy fixture two weeks ago. Rack Pack need to win this one but Patriots to compound their misery with Rack Pack wondering where there first win will come from.

Propeller 7 V 0 SAS
I cant remember a time when after two weeks I was so sure of team going down. Such a shame but after turning up with 4 in the first week and then to be honest looking pretty poor against the Patriots (was in same venue) they are an early season shoe in for the drop. Propeller to show them no mercy in clinical style.

Eden 2 V 5 The Eagles
We all know they are capable of the big results but having seen Truey pooring his heart out after the defeat to the Hot Shots it doesn't seem like the mentality needed to defeat an Eagles side who have beaten their two main title contenders in the first two weeks. A solitary win against the bloodhounds and a defeat to the hot shots will not be enough to give them the belief they can beat the pretenders for the title. Eagles to win in their old venue......cue another tearjerking email.

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tell me about it I wont bother again

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Won't bother with what?

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taking the time to write a summary if it doesn't even get a discussion going, seems a little one sided. Just enjoy a bit of pre match banter is all

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I enjoy your summaries, apart from when you say the Rack Pack are going down

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Please continue to do them.

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Berty, stop being so gay. I read it and agreed with it wholeheartedly so didnt feel the need to make you feel good by agreeing. I thought ignoring was the best policy.

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Ditto. Particularly as I'm not in Div 1.

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I very much doubt everyone is reading my comments and agreeing wholeheatedly but I have to say the main reason I write these lengthy suimmaries before each league week is to spark a bit of pre match banter and anticipation. I guess I was really just crying out for the Power to have his say. it is what I live for you know....I though this was a gay chat room:?:

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Its worth remembering that their arent as many people registered on this site in comparison to the last. YET! Nater will be lower for the time being as the likes of Sting, Truey, Alan Goodall, Ras Fas, Pointer and Swetts to name a few rarely use here. They will return I am sure.

So anyway, only one team to remain unbeaten tonight, and thats us.

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Sorry Berty, been really busy at work for a change.
Always loving your work, so keep it up.

Very solid predictions, hard to find many holes in there.
What I will say is that it is very early days, and I think it will be maybe 6 games before the table starts taking a realistic shape of what it may finish as.

I'm hoping the SAS turning up with 4 was just a very temporary measure, as it doesn't do the top tier of our illustrious league any justice.
They're in the first on merit, and I'm sure they wanna make the most of they're time here, even if that is for just one season. So I expect them to come to life any week now and suprise a few people.

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No time for mega rant about predictions.....but for Berty's sake...

Drillers 2-5 Hot Shots
If the Drillers get in amongst the opening 3 frames, who knows, but not tonight. Hot Shots too strong.

Coney 3-4 Bloodhounds
Just because this is the sort of game the Poney should win but I feel the Hounds may upset the odds tonight.

Cuemasters 4-3 Unpreds
Early table toppers to remain that after a nailbiting last frame decider goes in their favour.

Patriots 4-3 Rack Pack
On paper the Patriots should win this, but again I will say it will go to the wire and I favour the Patriots to pinch it.

Propeller 6-1 SAS
The Prop should cruise to victory and the SAS are in my book are massive relegation fodder.

Eden v Eagles
Been a few seasons since we beat the Eagles, and with us its all on the night these days as we never pick a cue up from one week to the next. If we win, then we will yell and scream and jump all over Paul Wildman.

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come on the eden stop licking your wounds and sort your sh*t out lets see the red mist!

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bromley cuemasters 5-2 rileys unpredictables------berty you carry on fella we all like reading your predictions especially as we would now be bottom if you had been right.! but after having us down for 3 defeats your record is now zip-3 :lol: good result and an enjoyable match against a rileys team that should definately finish top 5 in my book. a good evening! :sprint:

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To be fair in the early season predictions you can only go on previous experience and from my point of view you have lost a couple of players from that season that you went down. However you obviously are doing something right so fair play to you how about this I reckon you will win next week (jinx jinx) some one has to write on here to make it worth coming on. Would be good to see other peoples predictions rather than sitting on the fence but there you go.

Another team I seem to have underestimated ar ethe Bloodhounds they came at us tooth and nail tonight to go 2-1 up and we hadn't put a foot wrong. The coney pulled off their best performance in ages against a team we could have had no complaints if we would have lost as the standard was good in all frames. coney won 5-2.

I would say on that performance alone they have nothing to worry about but then I look around and think who will go down instead of them? I think the league this season is stronger than I thought.

Very interesting for sure and I am just glad we are getting good points under our belt early on cos before you look at 3/4 spot you cant look past getting away from relegation again. I think this season could come down to team spirit over quality and the ones who want it the most.

Bring on the Hots Shots next week we are in the exact position we wanted to be in going in to that match 3 out of 3 and above them.

any other results?

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Just seen Kyle . . Eden 2-5 Eagles

Other results . .
Drillers 3-4 Hot Shots
Prop 6-1 S.A.S.

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my predictions aren't all bad then

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league table

Cuemasters 22 -
Coney 21 -
Eagles 20 -
Propeller 18 -
Hot Shots 16 -
Drillers 13 -
Unpredictables 11 -
Eden 10 -
Patriots 8 +1
Bloodhounds 6 -
Rack Pack 4 +1
Sas 4 -

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well played the cuemasters last night.unpredictables need to pull their socks up otherwise its going to be a rough long season ahead:no:

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One b&d apiece, some opportunities missed on both sides. I can't see The Unpredictables being in too much trouble come the end of the season. Great start to the season for us, long may it continue.

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Eden 2 - Eagles 5. Its fair to say the match had its moments.

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The Patriots 4 The Rack Pack 3

Now I am starting to think about a relegation dog fight :(

Still, at least I finally beat Jacko :)

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league table

Cuemasters 22 -
Coney 21 -
Eagles 20 -
Propeller 18 -
Hot Shots 16 -
Patriots 14
Drillers 13 -
Unpredictables 11 -
Eden 10 -
Rack Pack 7
Bloodhounds 6 -
Sas 4 -

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What happened Shaggy?

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Nothing out of the ordinary, just the normal action packed match against a passionate side.

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:elol: :clap::winkgrin:

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Another game we really should have won against a solid team... I just hope these missed chances won't come back to haunt us at the end of the season...

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It was a strange night to say the least. The replayed final frame being one of the weirdest decisions I have ever come across.

Whichever way you look at it, this match will go down as one of the classic Eden -v- Eagles encounters. Not pretty to watch but stuffed full of passion and drama. I have to say the Eagles composed themselves pretty well apart from the Honourable Sir Tony Nuttman!

Assembled on the balcony for the past treble champions return to the Theatre of Dreams were best described as the ''Eagles Home Welcoming Party'' and constant taunting and cries of ''Rattle it'' ''Rattle it'' on most Eagles shots was not good. We contrived in a mad 5th frame to miss one of the most amazing blacks I have ever seen which should have put us 3-2 up. Up to that point I think its fair to say the Eagles were on the back foot.

Coneycueist, put it like this the best side lost.

On another note, there were rumours leaking from the Eagles camp that Danny Evans choose 'himself' not to play last night......Golden?

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maybe he didn't feel the need to put out his strongest side..

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:lol:

Something you most certainly cannot afford to do on 27th November.

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November 27 in history..

1964
The Democratic Republic of Viet Nam opens its embassy in Brazzaville, capital of the People?s Republic of Congo.

1975
Ross McWhirter, co-editor and compiler of the Guinness Book of World Records, is shot dead by Irish Republican Army gunmen at his London home.

1981
Viet Nam ratifies the United Nations Convention on lifting women discriminations.

1990
Britain?s ruling Conservative Party chooses Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as prime minister.

2000
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam prepare to hold unconditional peace negotiations with the government to end Sri Lanka?s 17-year-long civil war.

2001
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns and retired Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni meet with top Israeli and Palestinian officials as part of a U.S. peace initiative.

2007
The Power and his flagging band of 'we were good once, honest' cronies get their pants pulled down and arses spanked once again by their superior Beckenham rivals. The melencholic thud of their collective hearts breaking (again) and the image of a solitary, distraught man gently sobbing on his car journey back to his caravan in Southend, caused sympathy in even the most heartless of man (apart from me).

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i can see Paul Saxton rubbing his hands now!!

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To echo Berty's comments the Bloodhounds will probably be thinking how they manged to play so well and lose 5-2. Again, they looked too good to go down but the real test will be how they hold their heads up when they play well but get similar results against the Egos, Hotshots etc. Top performance from the Coney though using bottle and team spirit to pull off a very good result. Lots of strong individual performances from Berty, Merv and James. Dips played especially well and has been outstanding so far this season. 'Sexy Saxton' also had a good performance and won although I am sure he texted the whole of the Croydon Pool League to tell them that last night. Keep it up Saxtonator

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:lol:
coneycueist

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Power, would you mind teaching me your precision snookering ability and textbook clearances. I need to learn from the master.

And on reflection that gobby chap who was drunkardly supporting you probably put your team off as much as ours.

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:lol: I was mighty embarrased by my display. Sick. Luck is an understatement. But I guess you should have sent me packing before all the flukes crept it. My first league win this season!

As for the gobby fella, we have receruited him for the away fixture at the Red Deer. Apparently he actually drinks in the Red Deer! And yep, he had to leave when he did as I think both sides had enough of him by then.

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Lets hope this doesn't come back to haunt you.

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:D

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The Cuemasters looked very sharp indeed last night. If they can keep that line up throughout the season they'll have a very good presentation night.

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A first for me that night as well. In a frame after the match I potted the black from the break. They were set up again and I asked if anybody would give me odds of 50-1 on doing it from the next break. There was one particulary willing offer. Perhaps you are not mentioning it Mavis because of the ?25 you owe me :lol: I only regret not staking more!

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:O: Oh sh*t! Had forgotten about that. Back to back blacks in a row from the break! The odds most have been way longer than that. Playing the percentages let me down twice in one night it seems...

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I did it the first time I played him, and wondered why the pub was in uproar!!!:bounce:

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I've only been trying for 17 years.....Now that's what I call a bogey player!