Season 4 and what a season it might be!

Hello and Welcome yes its me Jason here with your IPA Predictions. Drew has left as Head Admin and is proceeded by Tim. This is a good decision as Tim has bags of Inter league admin experience. There have been other changes this season with Steven leaving Admin and Trey coming in and also Joe leaving admin. Charles stays as admin and Petey becomes the Co-HA.

This season has Two leagues again with 6 teams in them. XP is replaced by PFN (which pretty much means all the PFNers have gone back to Bad Times and PFN is made again. They go into the Blue group and that is the toughest group this season. So lets go through each of the groups and the teams and there star men but also I will comment a bit on the Captains and where I think each team will finish.

RED GROUP

FREEDOM

Captain: Petey

Co. Captain: Ashley/Hope

Key Players: Pete, Ash and Adam

So Freedom had a wonderful season last season, they won the Regular season Championship beating EPC and BNR in the season but went on to lose in the playoffs to BNR. This could well be the season they break it in my view. Freedom's Activity is really starting to gain pace and Petey is getting more and more legit players to represent him and his league. FR have got away with a relatively easy group and should get through into the playoffs but EPC and SS would be the usual challengers but UO, SPS and BP are all in with a shout.

Position: 1st

Elite Pool Competitors

Captain: Jack

Co. Captain: Mikey

Key Players: Ben, Snooky and James

This season I feel EPC will come back down to earth with a bump this is a decent group of players but its also a group where any team could win. EPC had a amazing start to last season and that's why they were able to keep it going. However this season they will have some trouble I feel with the likes of SPS and SS and UO for that fact really wanting to make the playoffs. Brit Pool always do well against this EPC team so in summary it will be a under achieving season for Jack and Co. But look for James to have a wonderful record at the end of it.

Position: 5th

Straight Shots

Captain: Chris (tonzmaniac)

Co-Captains: Shelle and Nigel

Key Men: Tonz, Nish and Pascal

So welcome back SS to IPA and I am glad you have come back. Nigel cant do the Captaincy role because his wife wont let him lol, It is too early for a englishman to captain so Tonz take the role. SS have a good chance to do well here because they have a load of activity and Tonz knows how to get the best out of players and he also has the likes of Steve formally of MP to choose too this all adds up to a good season in prospect for the SS team. They have been very successful int he tourneys in WPC and MLP and UIC Swiss but they have yet to show properly in a playoff situation but in Tonz he has a very good chance of succeeding in season 5.

Position: 2nd

Brit Pool

Captain: Tim

Co. Captain: Drew

Key Men: Drew, Tim and Tami

This season will be very tough for BP. They are in a transitional mode at the moment and my former team I captained to the playoffs last season in my view dont have a chance this season. Tami is a good shooter but works a lot and Drew can be good but again usually sucks and he will admit that! This will either be a prove me wrong or I will most probably get Trey or someone have a go at me for this but they will finish bottom of the pile. It all depends on how they are gonna approach it, but please prove me wrong.

Position: 6th

Ultimate Outlaws

Captain: Rebs.angel

Co. Capt: Charles

Key Men: Charles, Bud and Rebs

This is probably the most surprising prediction I will ever do. I hate this team with a passion but I cant help but think UO are going to do something this season, If they can keep in house arguments out of the way then they will get in the playoffs. You heard it here first that UO WILL make the IPA playoffs in season 5. EPC WILL have a bad season and you know UO might even challenge SS for second. This will be a very interesting chance for UO to prove me right and i hope they do.

Position: 3rd

Simply Pool Souls

Captain: Heather

Co. Captain: Jason

Key Men: Jason, Kat and Mike

This SPS is very talented and because I am in the league when everyone says they dont know what they are doing it is wrong. We have a good team but not one ready to make playoffs although I have got to the playoffs in EVERY IPA season so far. The team itself is ready but there are strong teams in this group so I expect them just to miss out on the playoffs.

Position: 4th

Blue Group

Magic Pool

Captain: Chris

Co. Captain: N/A

Key Men: Chris, Missy and Ian

So the WPC Champs get a go in IPA again and are looking for more championships and this season I am confident that they will make the playoff cut because this is a team that has unity and it to me seems like they want to make Jane a very proud woman. Jane stuck with this league through thick and thin and Chris and Ian are also doing it justice! This will be a great season for MP but they will just miss out on the Championship.

Position: 2nd

Pool Fiction

Captain: Mr Change My Name A Lot Matt

Co. Captain: Cubby

Key Men: Cubby, Andy and Kerry

So Pool Fiction are back as Champs because there team is the same pretty much that won for XP last season. Matt is a good captain and with him in charge PFN will get to the playoffs but will not win the group in my opinion. The PFN of old always has a mid season wobble and they will again I am sure because lets face it, Cubby loves to scare Kerry! This will be a season where PFN sneak in playoffs and come good as every playoff season they come alive except against MP lol. PFN will get to the playoffs!

Position: 3rd

Dead Strokes

Captain: Ds.Bitch

Co. Captain: James

Key Men: James, Chele and Roy

So this is again a big prediction as DS come rolling into IPA with a big league following now and the activity is way up. If DS show and have the talent I think they have then this will be a big ass season for the DSers. It will be interesting to see if Roy can get out of bed for this one but I dont think he would have entered into this if he wasnt going to show up each week. DS gets my big shock of the season.

Position: 1st

The Cue Controls

Captain: Darrell

Co. Captain: Joe

Key Men: G1Rock, stoner_18 and crabby nipples

This team was runners up in the plate last season and I can see them being the plate winners this season as the top 3 are too strong for them. They might fancy there chances of edging out Dead Strokes but I have gone for them to win the group lol so I dont think that they will be able to challenge. G1Rock though is a very good player and is the one that could have a stand out season.

Position: 4th

True Champs

Captain: Mike

Co. Captain: Kassi

Key Players: Mario, Mike and Kassi

This team will be the basement team in IPA Blue Group. They will surprise the odd team but they are notwhat they use to be when the likes of Pommy and Dawn were around. True Champs will need to make sure they show with 6 each week if they do then they might beat MIB but MIB might be a lot stronger than I will be giving them credit for!

Position: 6th

Money In The Bank

Captain: Richard

Co. Captain Stevon

Key Men: I cant say yet as I dont know if the likes of Pommy and CO. are playing

MIB could have a great season or a stupidly awful season. This is all about will the MLP and WPC MIB show up or will it be the others. Pommy I think will play but he might be one of the only ones and that is why I am predicting MIB will have a poor season but will beat the likes of TC. If Rich can convince the WPC and MLP teams to show then they will be at the top but i just can't see it.

Position: 5th

Weekends preds will come either thursday or friday as it is heathers birthday tomorrow :D