Week 6: Predictions and Squad recaps - Forums

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Gentlemen Jun 18, 2015 12:34 AM

Week 6 is upon us and not much has been going on as far as predictions go (sup darth I see you). So I've decided to write up a little breakdown report of my predictions, squad season breakdowns, and opinions on the matchups this week.

 Cobra Kai vs Tank

The top-ranked Cobra Kai takes their undefeated record into this match against a desperate Tank squad whose season is on life support.

Cobra Kai 

"Guy1: did you hear about the brawl between the Crenshaw bloods and Cobra Kai?
Guy2: Of course I did asshole Cobra Kai is always all over the news cuz they're awesome..."

This squad has been nothing short of spectacular this season. The top 5 ranked players are all from Cobra Kai and have 6 players total in the top 10. Week 1 they decimated Legends 123 to 17 lead by a 21-0 performance by Mecca and 27 - 3 by anthingtoraisemyrating Champion. Week 2 proved to be no different. Taking out Worms in impressive fashion lead by my boy easoe (16-3), 75-26. Week 3 was a highly anticipated match vs WH, but Cobra Kai was too much in the end taking the win 35 - 23 and easoe proved again to be the CK alpha male ranking first 8-3. Week 4 was a bit of a surprise and unfamiliar territory for Cobra Kai having to play from behind vs Angry Frogs. In the end, anythingtoraisemyrating Champion(10-4) and the rest of CK refused to lose squeeking by Angry Frogs 35-34. Week 5 Cobra Kai returned to form, demolishing Statutory Apes 93-20.

Projected Starting Lineup

 e 
Rating: 93.6 Kills: 67 Deaths: 15 

 Champion 
Rating: 94.4 Kills: 71 Deaths: 15 

 Mecca
Rating: 91.8 Kills: 58 Deaths: 14 

 Colossal 
Rating: 88.1 Kills: 50 Deaths: 17 

y 
Rating: 81.7 Kills: 48 Deaths: 14 

 England
Rating: 69.5 Kills: 29 Deaths: 12 

Prime
Rating: 87.7 Kills: 20 Deaths: 16 

The Great Khali
Rating: 63.8 Kills: 5 Deaths: 8 

Key players:

Prime And The Great Khali. The top 5 marines on this squad are great. However, the medics on this team are the foundation and allow these marines to play aggressive. Both Prime and The Great Khali are two of the best medics in the game and if they show up ready to play Cobra Kai will win handily.

Tank

Tank has been a disappointment this season after a promising start to the season in week 1 winning big vs Worms, 41 - 29. Week 2 Tank was actually favored against Angry Frogs. No one on Tank had more kills than deaths, I won't even mention the scores the Tank players had in the 49 - 23 raping. Week 3 Tank played much better against Instant Vintage but it wasn't enough as they fell short 39 to 50. Week 4 Tank were able to beat up on a weak Statutory Apes team 76 - 15. Week 5 was a must win game against Warhawks and Tank clearly didn't want the win. Tank lost 46 - 16, they were never in the game, The ref could have ended the game after the first battle.

Projecting Starting Lineup

Ildjarn
Rating: 65.9 Kills: 27 Deaths: 12 

ExTrEmE(1)
Rating: 54.6 Kills: 20 Deaths: 16 

Killer
Rating: 52.2 Kills: 21 Deaths: 26 

 ent
Rating: 60.4 Kills: 27 Deaths: 21 

ice 
Rating: 64 Kills: 21 Deaths: 12 

albert
Rating: 62.4 Kills: 29 Deaths: 22 

Kiediss
Rating: 65.5 Kills: 8 Deaths: 12 

Jane 
Rating: 49.2 Kills: 2 Deaths: 22 

Key players:

Every marine on this team. Show up and do something. Show some heart after that pathetic performance last week. The marines last week had a combined 15 kills and 34 deaths. Two marines had 0 kills. Two other marines only had 1 kills. STEP IT UP, have some damn dignity.

Prediction

I would love to see Tank win this match just for redemption from last week, but just watching last week I have no hope that they can win. Tank will have to play a mistake free game, no dumb deaths and no hesitations. Those are 2 of the main aspects of the game that destroyed them against Warhawks.

Cobra Kai is such a strong team, but they must remain patient. Otherwise, they could find themselves in a bloodbath with Tank and yes they can win that way but it wouldn't be ideal. I don't think Cobra Kai has the patience that Warhawks has to execute their game plan, but they can just overwhelm them with their talent.

It's too close to playoffs and CK doesn't want another AF type game to happen. I see Cobra Kai dominating this game.

Cobra Kai 59 - 21 Tank

 Angry Frogs vs Legends

Angry Frogs the last 2 weeks took the two best squads to the brink but fell short, will they be able to get the win against the much improved Legends?

Angry Frogs 

Angry Frogs have to be angry with themselves after losing late game leads against both Cobra Kai and Instant Vintage. Week 1 was a tune up game against Statutory Apes, Angry Frogs had no problems winning 63-35. Deviak, Chaos Blade, and Pandy all had double digit kills. Week 2 was supposed to be a good match up but Angry Frogs didn't get that memo. ER,Pandy, and Win lead Angry Frogs to a 49 - 23 victory.

Projected Starting Lineup

Deviak
Rating: 85.2 Kills:50 Deaths: 29

Chaos Blade
Rating: 70 Kills: 36 Deaths: 17 deaths

Pandy
Rating: 70.2 Kills: 47 Deaths: 29 

ER
Rating: 69.3 Kills: 36 Deaths: 24 

 win 
Rating: 69.3 Kills: 36 Deaths: 24 

 Pliskin
Rating: 59.9 Kills: 8 Deaths: 9 

 victem 
Rating: 47.3 Kills: 4 Deaths: 17 

 Nowitzki
Rating: 59.7 Kills: 2 Deaths: 11 

Key players:

Deviak and Meds. I don't think people even realized Deviak was in the top 10 ratings. Leading the team with 50 kills Deviak is going to have to have a good game to ensure Legends won't pull an upset. The meds on this team are the weak link. They need to not take stupid deaths, no deaths to laws or nades. If they can do that and deliver the heals the AF marines will eat up Legends.

Legends

Legends started the season in the worst way possible getting demolished 123 to 17 in week 1 against Cobra Kai. Week 2 they lost to Warhawks 68 - 22, but at least they didn't lose by 100 kills. Week 3 is what Legends were waiting for all off-season. They took care of business and beat their arch rivals 51 - 37. Week 4 Legends frustrated Instant Vintage throughout the match. The match was much closer than the 60 - 24 result. Week 5 I thought Legends had a good chance to beat worms but they fell short losing 57 - 42.

Projecting Starting Lineup

Predator
Rating: 61.7 Kills: 30 Deaths: 43 

 Soulja 
Rating: 60.5 Kills: 27 Deaths: 27 

Lyric 
Rating: 57.5 Kills: 24 Deaths: 49 

 Cage 
 Rating: 53.3 Kills: 22 Deaths: 35 

 Hairynutz 
Rating: 44.6 Kills: 13 Deaths: 16 

 nfvi 
Rating: 56.6 Kills: 7 Deaths: 5 

 chica / Mizzouse 
Rating: 55.1 Kills: 0 Deaths: 21 
Rating: 57.9 Kills: 8 Deaths: 10 

 vince carter 
Rating: 52.7 Kills: 5 Deaths: 24 

Key players:

Predator and Soulja. Both of these guys need to produce some opening kills to break the battles open.
If they are unable to Legends won't have a chance in this game. **Can someone give chica a kill? She is getting shutout on kills this season.. Has anyone gone an entire season without a kill before??

Prediction

Angry Frogs cannot afford to lose this game. If they do then it just may leave them on the outside looking in. For AF to win, Win will have to lead a good game by putting his players in the correct positions to make plays. ER and Pandy will have to play serious otherwise they will be in a world of hurt. The marines on AF are their strength, their medics have been liabilities at times and it could end up costing them.

If Legends wants to win this game they are going to have to play a near perfect game. AF is a good lead team. Legends will have to be cautious and try and figure out things on the fly and be decisive in what they want to do. If they hesitate, then they are dead, they must fall as a team, push as a team, and fight as a team. If individuals venture off trying to make things happen they will lose, they need to do their job and stay within themselves.

In the end as much as I love upsets I just think Angry Frogs are too strong of a team and they will prevail in this match. AF has too much to lose if they lose this match.

Angry Frogs 62 - 46 Legends

 Warhawks vs Statutory Apes

Warhawks is molding into form getting prepared for playoffs. Statutory Apes are getting a rough lesson to what it's like to play in USL.

Warhawks 

Before the season even started Warhawks were taking losses when one of their top marines dipped out to join another squad. Week 1 didn't help either when they were forced to face Instant Vintage losing 57 - 42. The week 2 matchup was much easier taking down Legends 68 - 22. Week 3 would be a good test to see where they were at against Cobra Kai. They lost the game 35 - 23 but I think they knew they were on the right track getting better. Week 4 they needed to beat worms to make sure they would be able to be in a position to lock down the 3rd seed. Legacy took the game over leading the Warhawks to a 54 -36 win. Week 5 was another test and they had no issues beating Tank 46 - 16. They had a perfect game plan and executed it to perfection.

Projected Starting Lineup

Legacy
Rating: 84.9 Kills:45 Deaths: 17

Tactical
Rating: 70.1 Kills: 31 Deaths: 23 deaths

Leak
Rating: 65.5 Kills: 28 Deaths: 14

 tg 
Rating: 83 Kills: 44 Deaths: 21 

Warhawk 
Rating: 58 Kills: 25 Deaths: 28 

 Apollo 
Rating: 51.4 Kills: 19 Deaths: 22

Lana Del Rey
Rating: 67.8 Kills: 15 Deaths: 17 

 Fairfax 
Rating: 54.5 Kills: 3 Deaths: 15 

Key players:

Legacy, Tactical, and Leak. Against Tank these guys broke open every battle. Each one of them is skilled but they are skilled in different ways. If they play like that did last week Warhawks could reach 100 kills.

Statutory Apes

Statutory Apes look like they will make it through the season, I see that as an accomplishment in itself. I don't even know what to say or if I should even recap all of the rapings they have had this season. Maybe if they had a 60 kill advantage at the start it could be interesting but even then I don't think they would have a chance.

Projecting Starting Lineup

Keyser
Rating: 62.9 Kills: 14 Deaths: 17 

Tyrant
Rating: 58.6 Kills: 17 Deaths: 23 

Ghost
Rating: 40.7 Kills: 14 Deaths: 42 

 BB 
Rating: 55.6 Kills: 6 Deaths: 20 

Iced
Rating: 61.3 Kills: 12 Deaths: 21 

Metal 
 Rating: 54.5 Kills: 4 Deaths: 11 

ayb 
Rating: 55.7 Kills: 12 Deaths: 39 

Black Crusader
Rating: 55.1 Kills: 8 Deaths: 54 

Key players:

ayb and tyrant. I don't even think it's possible for this team to win unless they had people playing on their accounts. Maybe these guys can do some individual things to give Warhawk players deaths they don't want.

Prediction

Warhawks will win this game big. That's all I can really say.

Statutory Apes 15 - 99 Warhawks

Instant Vintage vs Worms 

Instant Vintage is looking to reestablish it's dominance from the beginning of the season. Worms need to win this game to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Instant Vintage 

Instant Vintage was an early pre-season power house. They rolled into week 1 and showed why by defeating Warhawks relatively easily 59 - 32. Week 2 brought on the controversy when the Statutory agreed to a 10vs10 match but didn't agree? I don't even know what happened, but IV won 133 - 46. Week 3 the game was a little closer than IV wanted. Even though they played sloppy, IV still were able to remain undefeated, beating Tank 50 - 39. Week 4 Legends came in and gave IV a game. However, in the end, IV did pull away a bit to win 60 - 34 but they weren't unscathed. Khaos had probably his worst game in his USL career going 3-5. Week 5 Angry Frogs came in hot and ready after nearly defeating Cobra Kai. Even though Angry Frogs stole the lead late, IV remained patient and took the win 46 - 43.

Projected Starting Lineup

MajiN
Rating: 80.4 Kills:44 Deaths: 18

G 
Rating: 80.1 Kills: 48 Deaths: 23 deaths

Storm 
Rating: 72 Kills: 34 Deaths: 13

em4awon 
Rating: 84.1 Kills: 49 Deaths: 17 

Trisance/prisoner
Rating: 73.8 Kills: 39 Deaths: 16 
Rating: 63.8 Kills: 14 Deaths: 10 

Z / Yosh
Rating: 59.8 Kills: 20 Deaths: 9
Rating: 63.3 Kills: 15 Deaths: 13

Manu 
Rating: 79.1 Kills: 15 Deaths: 14 

 Havok 
Rating: 66.7 Kills: 14 Deaths: 19 

Key players:

MajiN and Storm. With Khaos leading these 2 guys need to do what they do. They need to break battles open and impose their will on Worms. Both of these marines are aggressive and they are straight killers. If either one of them isn't on their game then IV could be in trouble.

Worms

Worms have had an up and down season. To start the season they didn't play well at all against Tank and lost 41 - 29. Week 2 didn't get any easier when Cobra Kai came in to play, beating them 75 - 26. Week 3 was a season changer being able to defeat the favored Angry Frogs 57 - 49. Week 4 Worms were looking to add to the win in week 3 but Warhawks wasn't having any of that beating them 56 - 34. Week 5 they took down the pesky Legends team by 15 kills, 57 - 42.

Projecting Starting Lineup

Jek
Rating: 70.4 Kills:41 Deaths: 32 

Bmei
Rating: 72.3 Kills: 44 Deaths: 36 

 Splittah
Rating: 57.1 Kills: 15 Deaths: 20 

SM
Rating: 64.2 Kills: 15 Deaths: 11 

mc
Rating: 50.6 Kills: 21 Deaths: 31 

 r
Rating: 56.7 Kills: 26 Deaths: 32 

Kaga 
Rating: 74.1 Kills: 23 Deaths: 18 

slob
Rating: 54 Kills: 5 Deaths: 27 

Key players:

Kaga and Splittah. Splittah has gotten soft. He used to be a killer back in the day. Now it just seems like he goes through the motions, he needs to step it up if worms are going to win. Kaga on the other hand is a monster. One of he best medics, one of the best dual threat medics that can heal well and kill. He needs to have a strong impact on the game.

Prediction

Instant Vintage has shown vulnerability during this season and if they play sloppy this game Worms will win. IV needs to be patient in the beginning and take what Worms gives them. Turn the game into a game about skill and IV will win this game. Worms on the other hand, they need to do what Legends did. They need to play smart and mistake free. Play it simple and don't do anything crazy and try and force IV to get impatient. If they can get IV impatient, IV will push chokes they shouldn't, and they will over extend themselves.

In my opinion, IV has the better marines and the medics for both teams are good. In the end I just think the overall talent from IV;s marines will take the game over and eventually Worms will break down mentally and IV will pull away winning the match with no doubt.

Instant Vintage 73 - 40 Worms

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