Ya didn’t think I would close up chat-shop for the finals did ya? While we’re not grabbing the live scores, I have opened a chat in the comment of this post for anyone interested in talking crap about the most excellent array of games we’ve got on this weekend!

So if you’re not lucky enough to get to the games this weekend, drop in, see if anyone is home.

So, we’re at the end of the year, which means the end of another comp. Now, we still have two more comps to announce the winners for, but we’ll get there over time, probably next week.

But enough about next week- we’ve still got one last prize to give away here! So let’s all make sure we give a big thanks to iScent. This comp has been a lot of fun!

For this week, I managed to post my best result, coming 5th! But I was outtipped by SuperBlues. You put in some great tipping this week mate.

For the record, the winning team was:

Once again, that’s to the crew at iScent- you guys have been great.

And the full results over the break…
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Hello again EPL fans,

The huge news is that Rafaael Van der Vaart has officially signed for Tottenham from Real Madrid right at the deadline while Arsenal’s pursuit of Socceroos keeper Mark Schwarzer did not eventuate. Further transfer news to follow but on to the GW3 review and the round was opened at Ewood Park where Walcott and Arsharvin continued scoring and Arsenal put 2 past Blackburn (was a shame that TooSerious was not represented at the Celtic Club – a great night was had by 80+ mad gOOner’s).

Next up saw Fulham scrape a draw away to Blackpool with a late equaliser after being 1 nil up in the first half. Chelsea strolled home with a 1 nil win over Stoke with Malouda grabbing the goal again, followed by Rooney breaking the longest goal drought of his career and scoring in a 3 nil win over West Ham (albeit via a spot kick). Then came one of the shocks of the round where by Wigan got up 1 nil over Spurs at White Hart Lane with a late strike from Rodallega. The Jordies took a draw at Wolves after Carroll continued his purple patch and cancelled out an Ebanks-Blake first half opener.

Sunday saw Villa got over the line after an early hit from Luke Young left the Toffees dwindling away near the bottom of the table, and Bolton managed to scrape a 2 draw after being 2 nil down at the Reebok against the Brumies. Liverpool snuck home in unconvincing fashion against West Brom at Anfield 1 nil after Torres marked his turf in the 65th minute, and the round was ended out with another surprise result after Darren Bent claimed an injury time penalty to sink Man City at home.

So at the end of Round 3, the top of the tree has Chelsea unbeaten with a whopping +14 GD followed by the Arsenal on 7/7, then comes Man Utd on 6/7 with Villa rounding out the 4 on 6/-2. West Ham are looking in dire straights bring up the rear of the table along with surprise slow starters Stoke City & Everton.

In terms of tipping, following the predictions made in last week’s thread would have netted a big result.

Blackburn v Arsenal, 12:45 – Arsenal 3-0 -> +30 points
Blackpool v Fulham, 15:00 – Fulham 1-0 -> -10 points
Chelsea v Stoke, 15:00 – Chelsea 5-0 -> +10 points
Tottenham v Wigan, 15:00 – Tottenham 2-0 -> -10 points
Wolverhampton v Newcastle, 15:00 – 1 All Draw -> +20 points
Man Utd v West Ham, 17:30 – Man Utd 4-0 -> +10 points

Sunday, 29 August 2010
Bolton v Birmingham, 13:30 – 2 All Draw -> +20 points
Liverpool v West Brom, 15:00 – Liverpool 3-0 -> +10 points
Sunderland v Man City, 15:00 – City 2-1 -> -10 points
Aston Villa v Everton, 16:00 – Villa 2-1 -> +15 points

Total points scored: 85 (correct insurance chip placement would have got 95)

Full results and next week’s fixtures over the break as well as 5-A-Side review, and the final day transfer list (both thanks to fez). Remember to check back next week as there will be another thread for the GW4 preview which will include an injury update, tipping predictions and much more Read the rest of this entry »

Well, the first piece of news/speculation has hit the papers. News that could severely alter our strategies.

Gold Coast to miss Round 1!

So, the major implication of this is- we simply won’t know who’s going to line-up for the Suns come round 2!

Not only that, but any Sun Rookies are going to be travelling a week behind as far as cash generation is concerned. Not bad if you’ve only got a couple of them- but if you’re sitting on 6, it could set you back a week in your upgrades.

Hmm, one to keep in mind as we move closer to next season I guess.

Wiggles is trying to get up a group for the NFL. So rather than hijack the NBA thread, lets get it going in here. Here’s what he has to say-

Alright-So I’ve setup a NFL league on ESPN. I need another 9 people to enter to activate the league. If we don’t get enough i’ll either open it up to public or delete it. I have set the draft time as This sunday at 10pm(EST), so it doesn’t give us a lot of time but it can be changed if necessary however the comp starts in a week. Everyone needs to be online at once for the draft. Before then you need to enter the league and get your account set. The link is

http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/tools/join?leagueId=877899 and the password is walesy

have a read of the info about fantasy NFL and the draft system. There are plenty of cheat sheets and lists as well as draft advice. Also you can participate in mock drafts for practice.

Anyway i’ll keep checking on this thread to see how it goes.

So, here we go- the results that “everyone” (well, at least a handful of people) has been waiting for! The results for the textOutSMS TooSerious Leagues!

568133 – TS50 – 29th.
The first TS50 league saw last years 2nd place, PK Le Grand take home the gravy with a mighty overall finish of 25. Gotta feel for WHW who took second place with 123. On the plus side, he did manage to secure the Grand final win over PK by 29 points. Also, guys- I haven’t forgotten your deal.

1st- PK Le Grand
2nd- Windy Hill Wizard

GF Winner- Windy Hill Wizard.

568133 – TS50 – 186th
Here we saw The Dirty Thirty take out both the overall prize and a grandfinal win, really a smashing, over third place, tunas. I love trees came in second place, but a 1st round loss by The Dirty Thirty saw them take out Trees in the semi.

1st- The Dirty Thirty
2nd- I love trees

GF Winner- The Dirty Thirty.

977757 – TS20 – 41st.
Looks like the TS20 league has had Mash Sticks holding out to take the win over second place, Behind The Goals. Wally Fitz squeaked over the line in the grandfinal over Mash Sticks by 23 points. It’s nice to see that the prizes are going to 3 different players. Just make sure you crazy kids don’t go spending it all on drugs ok?

1st- Mash Sticks
2nd- Behind The Goals

GF Winner- Wally Fitz

235468 – TS50 – 35th.
A great league result here, and a fantastic effort by Spudlers BattleAxe. Taking out the win, but also finishing the season in 9th place overall. Great coaching mate! Well done! Even with such a great season though, it was second place winner, Do The Maths, who took out the grand final after knocking Spudlers out in the Prelim with a massive 2472.

1st- Spudlers BattleAxe
2nd- Do The Maths

GF Winner- Do The Maths.

834719 – TS50 – 52nd.
And in the final league, we had a second example of a YSCC player taking home the bickies as FullBlownDonks took the win out over Bleeders N Sooks, but the Bleeders did manage to get a little of their own back with a 30 point win in the granny

1st- FullBlownDonks
2nd- Bleeders N Sooks

GF Winner- Bleeders N Sooks.

So, there we have the results! I really did enjoy running these things- so we’ll need to see if we’re running them again next year. The current prognosis is: maybe.

As for the winners, I reckon I gotta give a shout out to the good folk at textOutSMS – here’s hoping they remember that the Grand finals were on today!

As for the rest of you winners, I’ll be send through an email to all you guys tonight (provided I get the time) – So start thinking about how you want to get paid out.

Cheers everyone and again, congratulations!!

OK, if you want, join in a simple competition. It’s called name your All Australian team. You get one entry only and put it in the comments field.

The Team will be announced in almost a fortnight (Mon 13 Sep), so you have time to do some analysis.

Here are the 40 players selected…and to be honest outside of Scarlett (who I still think was close to the best full back this year) they hit the mark perfectly in my opinion. Obviously some players in this list like O’Brien have no chance of getting in the team, but it’s more a recognition of development, and a good year from that player.

Here’s the 40, and when you put a full strength 22 player squad in the comments, I’ll consider that your entry. The prize can be worked out, something around the $50 mark and given out at the TooSerious End of Year Bash!

The squad:

Chris Judd, Carlton. Previously selected 2004, 2006, 2008 (captain), 2009.

Alan Didak, Collingwood. Previously selected 2006.

Darren Jolly, Collingwood. Never Previously selected.

Harry O’Brien, Collingwood. Never Previously selected.

Scott Pendlebury, Collingwood. Never Previously selected.

Dane Swan, Collingwood. Previously selected 2009.

Dustin Fletcher, Essendon. Previously selected 2000, 2007.

Jobe Watson, Essendon. Never Previously selected.

David Mundy, Fremantle. Never Previously selected.

Matthew Pavlich, Fremantle. Previously selected 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Aaron Sandilands, Fremantle. Previously selected 2008, 2009.

Gary Ablett, Geelong. Previously selected 2007, 2008, 2009.

Paul Chapman, Geelong Cats. Previously selected 2009.

Corey Enright, Geelong. Previously selected 2008, 2009.

Steve Johnson, Geelong. Previously selected 2007, 2008.

James Kelly, Geelong. Never Previously selected.

Harry Taylor, Geelong. Never Previously selected.

Joel Selwood, Geelong. Previously selected 2009.

Lance Franklin, Hawthorn. Previously selected 2008.

Luke Hodge, Hawthorn. Previously selected 2005, 2008.

James Frawley, Melbourne. Never Previously selected.

Brad Green, Melbourne. Never Previously selected.

Mark Jamar, Melbourne. Never Previously selected.

Brent Harvey, North Melbourne. Previously selected 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008.

Brady Rawlings, North Melbourne. Never Previously selected.

Andrew Swallow, North Melbourne. Never Previously selected.

Brett Deledio, Richmond. Never Previously selected.

Jack Riewoldt, Richmond. Never Previously selected.

Nick Dal Santo, St Kilda. Previously selected 2005, 2009.

Brendon Goddard, St Kilda. Previously selected 2009.

Lenny Hayes, St Kilda. Previously selected 2003, 2005, 2009.

Leigh Montagna, St Kilda. Previously selected 2009.

Adam Goodes, Sydney. Previously selected 2003, 2006, 2009.

Nick Malceski, Sydney. Never Previously selected.

Shane Mumford, Sydney. Never Previously selected.

Mark Le Cras, West Coast. Never Previously selected.

Matthew Boyd, Western Bulldogs. Previously selected 2009.

Adam Cooney, Western Bulldogs. Previously selected 2008.

Barry Hall, Western Bulldogs. Previously selected 2004, 2005, 2006.

Brian Lake, Western Bulldogs. Previously selected 2009.

Enjoy.
Lucas

So the question has been raised- who’s interested in an NBA fantasy league?

Personally, I don’t even know the comps that are running- but I do know that we have a number of readers out there interested in starting up a league- so if you’re interested in playing, drop in a comment and let us know!

The time has come…Ill be putting up two posts, one (this one…) detailing votes, leaderboards, team leaderboards, etc, + a second one with best bets (as more betting options come to hand).  Team odds are up with the TAB, so if you want to get in early on some multi’s – be my guest!

First – this weeks votes:

Freo v Blues
3. S. Hill (certain)
2. M. Murphy
1. M. Johnson
…A. Sandilands (could easily poll 2 here)

Cats v Eagles
3. G. Ablett (certain)
2. J. Kelly
1. D. Milburn
… no apologies

Hawks v Pies
3. L. Franklin
2. D. Swan (may not poll…)
1. S. Mitchell
…C. Rioli (comfortably best 4 playes, could go in any order)

Crows v Saints
3. S. Thompson (certain)
2.  R. Douglas
1. N. Dal Santo
…B. Martin, L. Hayes

Dogs v Dons
3. J. Grant
2. D. Cross (clearly best two on ground, Cross may poll 3)
1. C. Ward (although any of the below are a chance for the 1)
…J. Harbrow, L. Jetta, R. Murphy

Swans v Lions
3. K. Jack (certain, + great finish to the year, with 3 BOG’s in the last month)
2. N. Malceski
1. J. McVeigh
…B. Staker

Power v Tigers
3. T. Boak (certain – may now pip Kornes)
2. D. Brogan
1. M. Morton
…no apologies

Roos v Dees
3. L. Greenwood
2. B. Harvey (will at least poll 2 here to maybe take the North lead)
1. A. Swallow (may not poll)
…B. Rawlings, B. Green

Leaderboard’s and analysis over the page:

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So, we’ve finally reached the end of another long season. Injuries have taken their toll- but the final results are in!

Now, it feels a little redundant to be reviewing the games played this week- cause hey, it’s not gunna help us moving forwards anymore. Now, had I planned ahead better, I’d have done a year in review- but hey, since when do I plan ahead.

What I do have to announce to everyone though is the boat load of prizes that we’ve got to give out. There’s the Sideways cup to give out. The FootySystemBet Tipping prizes to announce. Of course, we’ve got the weekly iScent prize to give out. And finally, the TextOutSMS TS leagues in which the grand final winner will be taking home 1000 free online SMS’s (400 for the TS20 league) thanks to the good folk at TextOutSMS, while there are cash prizes to the overall point scorers in all those leagues. $600 to first place and $100 to second in the TS50 leagues and $280 to first place in the TS20 league. Anyways, all of that will be revealed through the week!

Now comes the part of the post where I reveal exactly how badly I did in this competition. I reckon based on my final score, I’ll be finishing the season in an abismal 45000 place. Ouch! But there were a bunch of bad choices that went through the year- Mattner, LeCras, Gram, Dangerfield, Hall, Shuey and Tippett were all bad selections- mad worse by the fact that I traded a few of them out at the wrong time. Next there was a couple of bad trades, or non-trades along the way. Holding Hille and his “2 week” injury while coping zero after zero was a freaking shocker, and the less I say about Pods and Rockliff the better!! Least I didn’t have the darkness though… On the other side of the coin though, I reckon I’ll have broken through in DT to a top 4000 finish, which is a damned improvement on my SC position.

So now that I’ve done it, I think it’s time for you guys to come clean. Where did you come? What were your best trades? worst selections at the start of the year? Best moves? Greatest moments? all of it!

Now, I know there is no real reason to keep coming back here now that the season has finished, however, in the short term, we’ll still be hear talking crap about the finals- I’m sure Lucas will need to vent at some stage in the future There’s also the Soccer to anyone involved in that competition. I hear that there is the NFL starting up soon, so if there are any devotees out there who want to kick something like that off, let me know! I know I don’t have any knowledge on the topic- but I do love fantasy sports and am a pretty quick study. One thing that will be coming up shortly is on the tennis. One of our readers is a part of Tennis Australia, and have expressed an interest in getting the community on board to discuss the viability of a fantasy tennis competition- and hey, you guys are some of the best minds in the nation when it comes to fantasy sports so it would be great to hear some opinions. The discussion will start on that sometime throughout the finals, so keep checking in.

And finally, there is 2011. A time where all mistake of the year got by will have been mused over and we all get to start with a fresh slate. But there is a lot to go under the bridge before we get there. Trades, drafts, pre-season training reports, the NAB, rules changes, the Gold Coast- a whole swag to consider. Not to mention the myriad of improvements planned for this site- One of which will involve starting fresh with user logins as we ditch the anonymous commenting that has gone on this year (So you’ll want to get in early when that goes down! – I’m sure that we’ll come up with some far solutions though to make sure people don’t lose the accounts they’ve been posting under this year.)

So yeah, it’s been one heck of a year! I’ve had a lot of fun and I like to think you guys have as well. I gotta send a big thank you to all the contributors to the site. The writters have been outstanding all year long! All of you guys need to pat yourselves on the back- You’ve provided some excellent content that I’ve found a pleasure to read. Finally, to all you commenters out there. You guys make this place the fun, friendly and enjoyable place that it is to hang online and talk crap about this game that we all love. Sure, there was some hiccups along the way- but on a whole, you guys have been awesome and I’m filled with such pride to have such a great group of people visiting on a daily basis.

But enough of the soppy stuff, as a great man once had as his sig- There is no offseason. Welcome to the Preseason.

Bring on 2011!!