[b]Plasmadicks United (0-4-0)[/b] vs [i]Philanthropic Blowhards (0-4-0)[/i]<br />[b]Rus, TurSKA, Ladna, Cecil[/b] vs [i]LB, Armour, MadV, Mobius[/i]<br /><br />This one should be interesting, the two winless teams going head-to-head. Both teams have had it pretty rough this season. PBH losing their first round pick early in the season pretty much guaranteed their doom, and it&#039;s pretty evident of that thus far. PDU hasn&#039;t had any attendance problems, just performance problems. TurSKA has been doing a rather poor job on the flag captures with only five caps (and two pcaps) for the entire season thus far, and on top of that they&#039;re _never_ seen practicing, and that&#039;s been the ultimate attribution to their downfall. They don&#039;t seem to have a lot of player chemistry between them, as all four of their games so far seemed pretty sloppy. All that aside, PDU *does* still have potential to do good. Rus on his own is a very good defender, and TurSKA [normally] is a very good runner, and Landa does what he can in mid. As for PBH, I think if they want a chance to win, LB will have to superman run without much mid support, because Armour and MadV will have to fall back in their base to fend off against TurSKA and Ladna. If Armour and MadV can keep up a solid defensive game, I think PBH will win it. However if not, I think TurSKA is gonna redeem himself this week and take home a bunch of much needed flag captures, and lead PDU to their first victory of the season.<br /><br />PDU 2-1<br /><br />[b]Contrabaned (1-2-1)[/b] vs [i]Brokeback Cowboys (2-2-0)[/i]<br />[b]Bones, Dev, Denny, Donut[/b] vs [i]Prime, Mantis, Gyross, OurHero[/i]<br /><br />If both teams are in full-force (meaning no Donut or Hero), this should be a great game. BBC probably has a slightly stronger offense with the Euro runner Gyross, however he&#039;s also going up against Dev, one of the best fraggers in the league. I haven&#039;t seen Prime or Denny play here much, but they&#039;re both season players in their respective positions, so I&#039;m interested to see how that plays out. Lastly, we have Bones and Mantis fighting for control of the mid trying to spawnkill for the runner and float. I see Bones having an easier time clearing out BBC&#039;s base for Denny than Mantis does clearing out CTB&#039;s base for Gyross. While I want to BBC win, I&#039;m seeing CTB overpower them and take their second victory home with them.<br /><br />CTB 2-1<br /><br />[b]Riochet Rockets (2-1-1)[/b] vs [i]Mass Destruction (2-2-0)[/i]<br />[b]Rust, Gilga, Mass, Reck[/b] vs [i]DG, Xen, Xyl, Dew[/i]<br /><br />While I see MAD putting up a good fight, I think RRS has the advantage in most scenarios here. All three of their players (assuming they continue to bench Reck) are well-rounded players who do good on any position. I&#039;m personally liking Gilga on D, Mass floating, and Rust running. While I think Dew can do a great job running here as your typical Euro runner, I sense that he&#039;s either not going to make it or DG plays his brother instead. If Dew plays, I can see this being a [b]really[/b] good game and MAD could just possibly take the win home. However if Xyl plays, MAD won&#039;t have what it takes because Xen can&#039;t superman O and mid for the entirety of the match. I&#039;m gonna wager that Dew doesn&#039;t play, and RRS sweeps MAD.<br /><br />RRS 2-0<br /><br />[i]Fnordy Niners (2-2-0)[/i] vs [b]The Cult of Bestism (1-2-1)[/b]<br />[i]Strangle, Whiteboy, Legion, WhiteMike[/i] vs [b]Saber, Jake, Nosturi, Blue[/b]<br /><br />I&#039;ve been pretty impressed with Legion and Strangle lately. Legion has proved he&#039;s becoming one of the next example runners, and Strangle has been playing just excellent with his aim on defense so far, and we all know Whiteboy can just superman anything. On my first run-down of the predictions, I gave the win to KNF here. But as I think about it more, I&#039;m getting a better vibe from TCB. Saber and Jake are a very good defensive combo together, and they&#039;re also both very good MAP08 players, and with Euro runner Nosturi who&#039;s also good at MAP08 collecting flags, I&#039;m seeing them having the upper hand in this match-up. I can see KNF doing well this week, and maybe even winning a round, however I&#039;m placing my bets on TCB to win overall.<br /><br />TCB 2-1<br /><br />[b]We&#039;re All Doomed (3-1-0)[/b] vs [i]Killing Browns (3-1-0)[/i]<br />[b]Star, Chain, Shak, Fast[/b] vs [i]Tai, Blair, Junior, Null[/i]<br /><br />Here we have the two overall second place teams going at it to try and keep that second place (and even tie for first if SGS loses to SUC). Both teams have an incredible defensive game, the question is who&#039;s offense is better. Blair and Junior are both really good mid/float players. While Junior has done some nice running in the past, he&#039;s still not a seasoned player and KGB doesn&#039;t have a concrete offensive set. Chain and Shak, however, are both very good offensive players. I can see either one running and the other floating. I don&#039;t think it matters which because in either case WAD is going mop the floor with KGB.<br /><br />WAD 2-0<br /><br />[i]Super Chargers (2-1-1)[/i] vs [b]Super Shotgun Spurs (4-0-0)[/b]<br />[i]Ralph, Oath, Tony, Del[/i] vs [b]Hate, Stall, KF, Blood[/b]<br /><br />As I&#039;ve said before, while SUC isn&#039;t exactly a powerhouse in any specific category, they have very solid player chemistry and spirit. However, they also happen to be playing against the best team in the league so they&#039;re going to need a LOT of that team spirit if they&#039;re going to want to win this week. Ralph and Hatred are probably the two most versatile players in the IDL, so they can play anything and do very well. However SGS has something SUC does not; a concrete defender. After Tai and Nostar, Stall is probably the best defender in the IDL. SUC&#039;s defense is left with something to be said. I&#039;m seeing Ralph holding down the SUC fort, with Del covering mid and Oath running. On the flip side, I&#039;m seeing Hatred run against Ralph, BloodStrike fighting Del for control of the mid and Stall (obviously) defending. While I don&#039;t find it too hard to imagine SUC taking the win this week, I think the momentum SGS has gained from their four straight wins is going to overpower SUC and lead SGS to their fifth straight victory, continuing on their path to becoming the third perfect team in IDL history.<br /><br />SGS 2-0