05 Girls - Preseason Poll - Who will Win 05 Platinum

Booked again wrote:

Anarchy wrote:

thunderlipz wrote:Only 9 votes for RASE Elite? That's sad people!

I'd say a lucky tie against DTS, a stomping by Diaz and a tie against Molano would explain why nobody but a Hyypia parent would have them at the top of platinum. They aren't a good team, but wouldn't put them in my top 3.

Granted, Elite are not playing well right now. But lucky? You may want to say, lucky Elite didn't put a few MORE Goals in in that 2nd half. They had all kinds of pressure on the DT goal. Don't think I saw a single threat on the LP goal in 2nd half. And for those who want to bash Elite right now, this is still most of the girls from TDs "2nd" team. He has done a great job with this group and has had them at the top of the rankings and competing against the top 5 teams. DTS has not found a way to beat them in 4 matchups. 3 of those games have come in the last few months, with Elite having 2 draws and 2 wins against them. They have had a draw and loss with Diaz, and that 3-1 loss being their worst loss from any of the top 4 teams. A couple of 1 goal wins and losses to pulp. Not too bad. Elite will be fine moving forward. They won't stay in a funk forever

That's very interesting. I wasn't aware that LP RASE Elite had a B team. Isn't that suppose to be the RASE Premeir team? I do Agree that the assumed demise of RASE Elite 05 is a little premature at this point. The Top 4 teams are very close. Oh and It looks like a Quick Turnaround because don't yall face Diaz Again this weekend? Good Luck!

I was wondering the same thing. The "B" team comment threw me off as well. I do agree that counting them out this early is a bit premature. But, I still don't understand the "B" team reference.

Heart and dedication wrote:I was wondering the same thing. The "B" team comment threw me off as well. I do agree that counting them out this early is a bit premature. But, I still don't understand the "B" team reference.

I could be wrong but I think it is a dated reference to when TD lost a good number of DDs to Solar Pulpaneck when it formed.  If so, it was a valid point maybe a year ago.  But it was an impressive feat nontheless.

I guess that makes sense. Also, I don't believe RASE Premier is TD's "B" team. As far as I can tell they have nothing to do with each other. They have different coaches and completely different practice locations. But hey, what do I know?

If you take a deep dive into the schedule you can see that basically the top seven play each other and the bottom seven play each other, with the exception of two games from the "other" seven. In other words, using the last FBR rankings simply rank all of the teams in Platinum in order from 1 - 14, assuming Elite and Pulp are one and two they play 1 - 7 and 8 & 9 (except themselves, of course). Diaz (3) and DTS (4) play 1 - 7 (except themselves) and 10 & 12 and so on.

Based solely off of that, 'Feet ( 8 ) would have the "easiest" schedule as they will play everyone below them, and then Pulp and Elite. Although this whole group is very tight so nothing will be "easy".

As a result, we may see a somewhat upside down table at the end of the season that is not entirely accurate.

If that is indeed true, BW, how would that scheduling affect the rankings? I know SoS is a factor, but not sure how much and you still have to win regardless.

Should be loads of fun! We've seen a lot of improvement in most of these teams over the last six months and can't wait to see them back in action!

I played with SRSA.

Pulp is no SRSA

BrianWilliams wrote:I played with SRSA.

Pulp is no SRSA

Great bit!