2009 Peoples Choice Post of The Year

[Pistol]

*bump*

 

[madunit]

All Panthers articles that scored over 87 this season

 

[Pistol]

Titanic - Qualifying Final - Apocalypse Then


jesbass's article in the Penrith vs Warriors final's game.

Keeping Fai:th

Azkatro - Crappy Modern Match "Reports"
Monk - A Little Bit Of Superstition


adamkungl - The Five Stages of Getting Flogged (dedicated to the Sydney Roosters)

the list so far

 

[madunit]

Okay here is my biased list. I've listed a few of my articles as well, not because I'm being an egotistical arsehole, but because I really enjoy articles that are cleverly written, take on a new topic or angle, or are about an incident or incidents that people have never heard about. Also, I love articles which compare the game to something completely unrelated to it. A lot of time and craftmanship goes into those.

Now all of these articles I've listed here have been in games I have played, however I will be adding some more over the next week if possible from other matches.

So here they are...btw - there's more coming

If You Want To Destroy My Sweater - LeagueNut
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5500051&postcount=5
Beyond 208 - Amadean
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5541388&postcount=7
An Interview With HRH Tim Sheens - madunit
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5520361&postcount=3
Dear Diary - madunit
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5654956&postcount=6
Rugby League On The Brain - Azkatro
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5694974&postcount=7
Poetry In Motion - madunit
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5771801&postcount=8
Solving The 'State Of Origin' Problem - Azkatro
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5813359&postcount=15
The Defence Rests - Willow
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5905486&postcount=13
Allo' Allo' ... What Do We Have Here? - Pistol
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5904180&postcount=7
The Mystery Man - madunit
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5841191&postcount=5
Crappy Modern Match 'Reports' - Azkatro
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5944471&postcount=12
Cinderella Story - madunit
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=6087178&postcount=6
My Unexpected Discovery - Azkatro
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=6094783&postcount=10
Underbelly - A Tale Of Two League Identities - madunit
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=6131799&postcount=3
Keeping Fai:th - Jesbass
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=6136735&postcount=12
Based On A True Story? - LeagueNut
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=6085830&postcount=3
Makutu - LeagueNut
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5979338&postcount=6
The Following Sentence Is False. The Previous Sentence Is True - Godz Illa
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5975371&postcount=3
A Little Bit Of Superstition - Monk
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5941612&postcount=6
Would You Like Fries With That? - bartman
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5813254&postcount=14
Rugby League Quatrains - LeagueNut
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5770966&postcount=4
Lets All Go To The Lobby - LeagueNut
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5941462&postcount=4

 

[Willow]

*bump*

I'm keen to provide a list, and actually be more in the awards forum. But not until after Wednesday. Not sure of the deadlines.

 

[Pistol]

at this stage there isnt any deadlines.

the show will be after the 4 nations sometime in november. The only deadline set so far is the most improved team poll. I've contacted the other skips in the comp, deliberately leaving out the GF skips to allow them the opportunity to concentrate on that task.

 

[Non Terminator]

Bloody good list Unit. Might go through our matches.

 

[Non Terminator]

From games I was involved in, these are my nominations.
May not have scored the best but I bloody well enjoyed them.
Threw in one or two of mine for the hell of it.

Henriete - The Real Face Of Rugby League
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5541394&postcount=12
Rayroxon - Rooster Coloured Glasses
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5579688&postcount=10
Antonius - What Happened To Game Day?
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5578643&postcount=7
LeagueNut - Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5614548&postcount=5
Adamkungl - Five Staged Of Getting Flogged
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5654466&postcount=7
Non Terminator - The Founding Grandfather
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5655322&postcount=8
Amadean - 5 Reasons I Didn't Watch The State Of Origin And 4 Paragraphs Of Gloating
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5700982&postcount=10
Bartman - Watching The World Go By
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5735454&postcount=6
HevyDevy - Eel Feelings
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5759823&postcount=7
Adamkungl - The Grandest Of Finals
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5771525&postcount=10
Phantom Eel - Younger, Fitter, Stronger
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5773670&postcount=13
Fein - Jason Taylor: A Dark Knight In The Museum
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5808733&postcount=6
Every post in the Australia vs ROTW match
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=329567
LeagueNut - Let's All Go To The Lobby
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5941462&postcount=4
Monk - A Little Bit Of Superstition
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5941612&postcount=6
Azkatro - Crappy Modern Match "Reports"
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5944471&postcount=12
Everlovin' Antichrist - Round 25
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5983014&postcount=5
Muzby - Benched
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5983031&postcount=6
LeagueNut - Based On A True Story
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=6085830&postcount=3
Madunit - Cinderella Story
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=6087178&postcount=6
Melon - I've Got Wood
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=6089890&postcount=7

 

[Non Terminator]

I will add this:
DragonPunk - A Week In The Life Of An NRL Fan
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5984230&postcount=12

 

[Pistol]

some fine articles submitted

 

[The Piper]

Crappy Modern Match 'Reports' - Azkatro
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=5944471&postcount=12

 

[Willow]

Hope this helps fellow forummers to recall some of their fave articles...

POTMs 2009
(Click on title to link)

Round 1
Drewsta (Bluebags) Anything you can do...
TitsAnonymous (Titans) Musings of a Footy Widow
Leaguenut (Panthers) If you want to destroy my sweater
Jesbass (Warriors) Ch-ch-ch-changes
Dubopov (Dragons) HOWARD'S WAY
Dave Q (Rabbitohs) The Angel, Sonny and me.
lingard (Eels) Oh, yes; Rugby League is more than just a game.

Round 2
madunit (Panthers) An Interview With HRH Tim Sheens
Everlovin' Antichrist (Bluebags) Bring it.
henrieté (Roosters) The Real Face of Rugby League.
Ribs (Dragons) Whats in a number?
miccle (Rabbitohs) An ode to Benny's return

Round 3
Willow (Bluebags) Seven Minutes
MKEB... (Warriors) A Team Like No Other.
Amadean (Titans) NRPL
Dubopov (Dragons) ONE MINUTE

Anzac Test
Titanic (Australia Kangaroos) A “call” to arms

Round 4
miccle (Rabbitohs) Let me hate them, please
Tittoolate (Titans) It wasn’t always like this....
eloquentEEL (Eels) Rugby League Community College :: Rugby League Administration
Non Terminator (Roosters) The Founding Grandfather
Bay Vikings (Warriors) Full Time

Round 5
Black Kitty (Bluebags) To jinx or not to jinx?
Titanic (Titans) Adieu old friend
antonius (Warriors) The Other Side
Dave Q (Rabbitohs) 800 Years of Rugby League

State of Origin
Willow (NSW) I, Robot

Round 6
tits&tans (Titans) Never Again
Cheesie-the-Pirate (Bluebags) Footy Follies
phantom eel (Eels) Younger, fitter, stronger…
rayroxon (Warriors) Coping with Loss.

Round 7
Everlovin' Antichrist (Bluebags) A letter to the 60%
tits&tans (Titans) Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys
Fein (Roosters) Jason Taylor - A Dark Knight In The Museum
bartman (Eels) Would you like fries with that?
Azkatro (Panthers) Solving the State of Origin ‘problem’

Aust v ROTW International Test
Titanic (Aust Kangaroos) ROTW in perspective
bartman (Aust Kangaroos) (Don't) Take the Pressure Down…
Amadean (Rest of the World) Mike Hunt is going to Aussie Rules.

Round 8
gorilla (Bluebags) Animals and barbarism.
Monk (Roosters) A little bit of superstition.
bgdc (Titans) Morons or morass
dubopov (Dragons) THE AMBULANCE SHIELD

Round 9
muzby (Bluebags) Benched
Dragon Punk (Dragons) A week in the life of an NRL fan.
Rayroxon (Warriors) Off the Rails
Jesbass (Warriors) A Pain Never Lost
phantom eel (Eels) On The Punt

Semi-finals
Titanic (Titans) Global League
melon.... (Roosters) I’ve Got Wood.

Semi-finals
Black Kitty (Bluebags) Goodbye to a true Hero
Jesbass (Warriors) Keeping Fai:th

Preliminary final
Titanic (Titans) Apocalypse Then

Grand final
Willow (Bluebags) Little Big Trike

FOR THOSE WHO LIKE STATS...

Most POTMs (excluding upcoming F7s Four Nations):
Titanic (Titans) 5
Dubopov (Dragons) 3
Jesbass (Warriors) 3
Willow (Bluebags) 3

(Plus a lots of 2s,)

POTMs per team:
Bluebags 10 :thumn
Titans 9
Warriors 8
Dragons 5
Roosters 5
Eels 5
Rabbitohs 4
Panthers 3
Cougars 0

 

[gorilla]

There's an amazing selection.

Titanic - to have 5 POTMs in a season is really special.

Bags, Titans and Warriors have respectively pulled out 10, 9, 8 POTMs through the season, reflecting the season's final placings.

The two really exciting aspects is the spread of POTMs across players - a combination of old and new players, with good team results, and the deapth of high scores.

 

[Non Terminator]

I'm surprised Penrith only had 3 MOTM's.
However, it would be also a compliment, showing all five members always put in a solid effort to get their scores.

 

[gorilla]

Get Away !

There's over 50 (53 ?) POTM posts there - stats guys, that's about a 40,000 collection.

Every one a winner - well, best in that match, cough, cough

 

[Willow]

I'm surprised Penrith only had 3 MOTM's.
However, it would be also a compliment, showing all five members always put in a solid effort to get their scores.

That's the thing. A team can make the semis without lots of high scores. Just a matter of being consistent, getting all five posts in, and playing as a team.

Bonus points and placing article numbers above points for - The F7s ladder is set up to reward such consistency.

 

[Non Terminator]

When you look at their two matches against us, Melon and Monk both scored 93 in matches, but they got some amazing scores too (including a pearler 92 by Azkatro).

 

[gorilla]

When you look at their two matches against us, Melon and Monk both scored 93 in matches, but they got some amazing scores too (including a pearler 92 by Azkatro).

JOOI, what was the Roosters' 5/5 ratio for games, and if moderate to high, was there a pattern to scores ?

There was high number of new players having POTMs (which is partly accounted for by the numner of new players anyway).

 

[Willow]

Get Away !

There's over 50 (53 ?) POTM posts there - stats guys, that's about a 40,000 collection.

Every one a winner - well, best in that match, cough, cough

You counted them?

It took me close on 5 hours. Once I got started, I couldn't stop.

Next year I propose we have a thread which is updated after each round. Easier to copy and paste after that.

IMO, it's a handy reflection of the season.

And yeah, there was sometimes more than one POTM as well. Equal scores. eg Three POTMs in the Aust v ROTW Test match!

 

[Non Terminator]

We got all five in every game, except the Warriors in Round Four.
All scores throughout the season was above eighty, most of our scores were built between individual totals of between say...82 and 88ish.

I guess a few of those POTMs from new players would be helped by us, but actually two of the five were from legends of our side in Melon and Henriete.

Absolutely stunned Adamkungl is not in that list.