Pre-season Bookie BreakdownWeapons of Grass DestructionCaptain
Loftyando has proven himself as one of the strongest and most consistent Dirtbags in previous seasons. He has gone with experience in the form of the highest level player in
cappy1 and the Bulldog Duo of
SAM and
sid snott . This is a strong looking line-up as they have a
Web Korn Ferry player, 1 CC-A and two from CC-B. Although Simon and Paul had their struggles last season they do have the look of the team to beat after prudent use of selections by Leon in the draft. Their fortunes may rest upon the fitness of Ernie Copage.
Schrute FarmsWhimsically named after a fictional beet farm (thanks Google), last season's over-performer
Violinguy69 has selected another very strong looking team. The best TGCT name in Johnny Bollocks (
evilgrin72 ) is an unknown quantity but has enthusiasm and a decent track record. David Herron (
portred ) always looked like he was hanging back for bets and despite his struggles with tempo last season, it would be madness to write off the returning Dirtbag
Celtic Wolf . They are made up of 1x CC-A, 1x CC-B and 2x CC-C.
GoggasApparently a South African name for an insect or similar beast. The
Crazy Croc has gone for three unknown quantities. The African beast will be strong as ever, Victor Lane (
VctryLnSprts ) is an old hand and returned to CC-B after a spell smashing it on the Beginner Tour.
David Kendall (@bovakian ) seems to have got past the foul-mouthed rants about tempo I watched on his streams and was promoted towards the end of last season. I'm sure that Mark Lawrence will not live up to his tag of
IGolfBad and will contribute to another potentially very strong team.
Barba Crescit Caput Nescit According to Google, some nonsense about beards not making you clever,
fransslabak has done it again. Keeping faith with Ashton Fox (
Ashton Fox ), who was better than his points haul suggested, he adds the Dirtbags' resident PGA Tour roving reporter
Art Vandelay and the font of positive thinking
lessangster . Having been pipped at the last minute in the amazing finish to Dirtbag 4 Frans will be desperate to use his boundless enthusiasm to spur the Unpronounceables on to victory.
Steady ThumbsPerennial high flyer
Hunter B blends last years subs, Randy Mears (
RHMIII ) and Glenn Hope (
gtmcf813 ) who performed admirably when called upon with the Dirtiest Bagger from Season 4
bogeyman Peter Mollon. A little difficult to see how this will pan out for them but it could be boom or bust for this outfit.
Grumpy GrindersJust some older blokes grinding out the results whilst muttering under their breath.
SkyBlueBen has been pitched into the maelstrom of inconsistency that his teammates threw out last season. Captain
billybudd0623 just kept his CC-C card, Kevin McGuire (
lions67 ) didn't and I was the epitome of mediocrity. Some may see this team as the whipping boys of the team championship but when they have a Honey Badger, a Lion and a long-suffering Coventry fan on your team you would do well to give a bit of respect.
Pre-season odds
Weapons of Grass Destruction | 2/1 |
Goggas | 3/1 |
Schrute Farms | 5/1 |
Barba Crescit Caput Nescit | 6/1 |
Steady Thumbs | 8/1 |
Grumpy Grinders | 12/1 |
For the Individual Title I tip Johnny Bollocks and Victor Lane to shake up the usual suspects of Ernie, Leon, Mark and Hunter.