
the blitz WEEKLY-ISH


GREETINGS SPORTS FANS AND WELCOME TO "THE BLITZ", YOUR ROUND-UP OF PHOENIX BLOODBOWL. I AM BJORNE MADMAN AND MY CO-HOST AS ALWAYS IS "SPLAT" THUMP-N-MAUL...
WE TOOK A BRIEF BREAK AT THE WONDERFUL RESORT OF TARTARUS AND NOW WE ARE BACK REFRESHED AND READY TO GO. LOTS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE WE'VE BEEN AWAY SO HERE IS A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE LEAGUES AS WE GO INTO THE FINAL STAGES...
LET'S START FROM THE BOTTOM AND WORK OUR WAY UP....
THE JUNKTOWN THROWERS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT AS EVER THIS SEASON AS THE PICKED UP TWO MORE LOSSES ON THEIR WAY TO COLLECT THE WOODEN SPOON TROPHY....
THEY WERE CLOSE TO NOT GAINING THE WOODEN SPOON LAST SEASON SO THIS TIME THEY'VE GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO BE AWFUL. NOW THAT'S TRUE DEDICATION RIGHT THERE....
THE FAST AND THE CURIOUS HAD BACK TO BACK GAMES AGAINST STAN'S REJECTS PICKING UP THEIR FIRST EVER 9 POINT GAME AND THEN SETTLING FOR A DRAW IN THE SECOND LEG...
IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER ACHIEVING THE DIZZYING HEIGHTS OF FOURTH LAST SEASON THE RATS GOT VERTIGO.....
STAN'S REJECTS LOOK TO BE ON A DISASTROUS SEASON WITH THE COACH LOOKING TO BRING BACK SOME OLD PLAYERS FOR NEXT SEASON...
THE COACH REBRANDED THE GOBLINS FROM CLOWNS TO ANGRY PUNKS. MAYBE HE SHOULD HAVE SPENT MORE TIME TRAINING THEM RATHER THAN APPLYING HAIRSPRAY...
BEASTLY BANDITS MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE TOP FOUR AFTER THE COACH CAME BACK WITH A BANG AFTER SOME OFF SEASON TRAINING. COULD BE ONE TO WATCH NEXT SEASON....
MAY BE CAME IN TOO QUICKLY AND RAN OUT OF STEAM FOR THE FINAL STRETCH...
HASHUTUPYAFACE FC JUST MISSED OUT ON THE TOP FOUR AT THE SPLIT BUT THIS COULD WORK IN THEIR FAVOUR IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE SEASON AS THEIR ONLY LOSSES WERE TO THE TOP THREE...
SNEAKY TACTICAL PLAY CLAIMING FIFTH AT THE SPLIT? WOULDN'T PUT ANYTHING PAST THOSE HOBGOBLINS....
REIKLAND RENEGADES ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY TEAM TO STOP THE RAMPAGING ONE HIT WONDERS. CAN THEY RETURN TO THEIR FORM AT THE START OF THE SEASON? THE TITLE IS OUT OF THEIR HANDS BUT THEY CAN STILL GRAB A PROMOTION SPOT...
IT SEEMS THE CHAOS TEAMS ARE ALL FIGHTING NOW FOR THE FINAL PROMOTION SPOT. WILL THIS COACHES EXPERIENCE HELP HIM GET THE REWARDS?....
POP KHORNE ARE MAKING A LATE SURGE FOR THE TITLE AND IS NOW ONLY FOUR POINTS BETWEEN THEM AND THE ONE HIT WONDERS. WITH THESE TWO MEETING UP IN THE FINAL WEEK IT COULD BE ALL TO PLAY FOR...
THIS COACH SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO, GETS PROMOTED AND THEN BRINGS HIS BACK-UP SQUADS WHEN HE REACHES PHOENIX DIVISION....
THE ONE HIT WONDERS CAME INTO THE LEAGUE THE NEWCOMERS THIS SEASON AND BOY HAVE THEY COME HERE WITH A MISSION. THEY ARE GUARANTEED PROMOTION TO PHOENIX DIVISION ALREADY BUT THEY NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON POP KHORNE FOR THE LEOFRIC TITLE....
WE'VE SEEN THIS A FEW TIMES NOW. AT LEAST IT'S NOT DARK ELVES AGAIN...
OVER IN PHOENIX NOW TO SEE HOW IT'S GETTING ON IN THE TOP FLIGHT...
HASHUT'S HEROES HAVE HAD THEIR BAPTISM OF FIRE IN THE PHOENIX DIVISION AND BARRING A MIRACLE WILL RETURN TO LEOFRIC NEXT SEASON. HOPEFULLY THE COACH HAS PICKED UP SOME VALUABLE EXPERIENCE READY TO USE NEXT TIME....
EXPERIENCE? HOW MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE DOES HE NEED?
SILICON HELL 404 HAVE ALSO HAD A HARD TIME HERE IN THE PHOENIX DIVISION. THE COACH STAYED IN THE TOP DIVISION BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH LAST TIME BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HIS LUCK HAS RUN OUT....
WE RAN OUT OF BROWN ENVELOPES THIS SEASON. PLUS HOW MANY CHANCES CAN THEY GIVE HIM? TIME TO STICK TO CLUB RULES AND KEEP THE ABUSE UP....
THE MUCH TOUTED SANGUINE SYNDICATE SEEMED TO SELF-DESTRUCT ON THEIR WAY TO GRAB THE COACH HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE TITLE. WITH ONLY TWO WINS SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR A NEW TEAM. THEY CAN STILL SAVE FACE BUT THE TITLE IS OUT OF REACH THIS TIME AROUND....
HIS TROPHY COLLECTION NEEDS CLEARING OUT, ESPECIALLY AS HE'S USING SOMEONE ELSES TROPHY CABINET. ABOUT TIME SOMEONE STOPPED HIM...
KILLYBEGS KILLERS LOOK TO KEEP THE COACH ON HIS STREAK OF THIRD PLACES AND KEEPING OUT OF THE RELEGATION ZONE. ALONG WITH THE COACH OF SANGUINE SYNDICATE THEY ARE THE ONLY TWO COACHES NEVER TO PLAY IN THE LEOFRIC DIVISION...
ALWAYS IN THE MIX BUT NEVER QUITE ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE FOR THE TITLE....
THE VARIANTS CAME UP LAST SEASON WITH A DECISIVE WIN IN THE LEOFRIC DIVISION AND ARE STILL WITHIN REACH CLAIMING THE PHOENIX TITLE. THEY JUST NEED TWO GOOD RESULTS TO TAKE THIS DOWN TO THE LINE...
WHATEVER HAPPENS WE GET A NEW CHAMPION THIS SEASON. THEY STOPPED THE VAMPIRES LATE RUN AND NOW HAVE THEIR SIGHTS ON THE TOP...
FINALLY WE HAVE THE KNIGHTS OF NI WHO HAVE BEEN STORMING AHEAD THIS SEASON. COULD IT BE THIRD TIME LUCKY FOR THEIR COACH?....
THEY CAME IN WITH A BANG BUT ALWAYS FELL AT THE FINAL HURDLE. HAVE THEY FINALLY MADE IT WORK OR WILL THE DARK ELVES PIP THEM AT THE POST?...

TOE TAGS AND BODY BAGS

AND NOW A NEW FEATURE THAT WE CALL "TOE TAGS AND BODY BAGS" WHERE WE KEEP TRACK OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GONE TO JOIN NUFFLE IN THAT GREAT GAME IN THE SKY...
KILLS - 7 (RECORD: 4)
3 ONE HIT WONDERS
3 POPKHORNE
2 HASHUT'S HEROES
2 SILICON HELL 404s
2 HASHUTUPYAFACE FC
2 BEASTLY BANDITS
1 STAN'S REJECTS
1 VARIANTS
1 SANGUINE SYNDICATE
1 JUNKTOWN THROWERS
1 REIKLAND REAVERS
DEATHS - 10 (RECORD: 5)
5 STAN'S REJECTS
3 REIKLAND RENEGADES
2 KNIGHTS OF KNI
2 HASHUT'S HEROE
2 KELLYBEGS KILLERS
2 HASHUTUPYAFACE FC
1 FAST AND THE CURIOUS
1 SILICON HELL 404s
1 JUNKTOWN THROWERS
1 ONE HIT WONDERS
1 POP KHORNE