I’ve been doing a little house cleaning around the place.

Got the injuries all uploaded so injured players should appear as Red (or Orange if returning that week). Hold your mouse over the injured player to get an update on the actual injury.

I’ve also got the weather reports coming back in on the gameday page, which is always nice. Apparently the weather out West has been UGLY. I feel for you guys!

I’ve also rolled the gameday pages over to round 1. Which is very exciting, means we’re ready to start!

Just one more sleep until lockout!!!

So, what to do? Firstly, you’ll want to confirm that your players aren’t injured- aka, double check Ballentyne. He’s v. doubtful this weekend, and worse is that he’ll be on an extended bench.

So if you do have him, make sure you’ve backup. And not Franklin.

Good luck everyone. And make sure you get your team in TONIGHT! Cause while there is the promise of rolling lockouts and extra servers, I certainly don’t want to bank the rest of my year on it!

Well, not my team, but yours.

Only three people have seen my team. But only two can tell you about it.

Having ones team rated isn’t for everyone, I know I’m not partial to it- cause hey, we’ve all got to keep a little mystique in this relationship.

BUT. I am more than happy to rate your team, give you a second opinion, or in my absence, leave it to the capable hands of everyone in the community. There’s a lot of smart folk here.

So, get into the comments. There’s two days to go- Let’s get RATING!

It seems our resident commenter, JJ, has been a busy little beaver.

He’s provided the NAB and NAB Challenge stats here. In a handy dandy spreadsheet.

In his own words

I’ve added a value and adj value column. Value is price/avg score and adj value is that number multiplied by 1.125 to account for the lower preseason game time. If a player gets under 5311 adj value then they’re scoring you more points than you paid for them (these players are highlighted green). As expected ALL of the good value is in the cheaper players. Not a single $500k+ premium other than Goodwin had an adj value under 5311. Here’s the top 20 value players in various price ranges

Top 20 cheap (sub $200k)

Rockliff, Tom ($1,266)
Bastinac, Ryan
Barlow, Michael
Howlett, Ben
Roberts, Relton
Moles, Brodie
Shuey, Luke
Banner, Mitchell
Silvagni, Alex
Podsiadly, James
Peterson, Carl
Hitchcock, Cameron
Jetta, Lewis
Hardingham, Kyle
Martin, Dustin
Banfield, Todd
Smith, Alistair
Roughead, Jordan
Strauss, James
Waters, Beau ($2,512)

Top 20 mid ($200-400k)

Robinson, Mitch ($3058)
Naitanui, Nick
Hooker, Cale
Medhurst, Paul
Harding, Scott
Hall, Barry
McGinnity, Patrick
Malceski, Nick
Johnstone, Travis
Jones, Brett
Betts, Eddie
Cook, Myke
McEvoy, Ben
O’Brien, Harry
Suckling, Matt
Seaby, Mark
Macaffer, Brent
Jones, Nathan
Brown, Mitchell
Lower, Ed ($4403)

Top 20 high ($400k+)

Ball, Luke ($4273)
Gram, Jason
Goodwin, Simon
Jackson, Daniel
Tippett, Kurt
Selwood, Adam
Green, Brad
Enright, Corey
Rosa, Matt
Kelly, James
Schneider, Adam
Hodge, Luke
Houlihan, Ryan
Watson, Jobe
Griffen, Ryan
Lockyer, Tarkyn
Jones, Clinton
Judd, Chris
Rawlings, Brady
Winderlich, Jason ($5,817)

You’ve done a great service to the community JJ.

Now, I just need to figure out how I can fit in Stanton and get Waite back into my team.

It’s at that pointy end of the pre-season. After all the NAB games have been played. You’ve been tweaking your team for what feels like an eternity and it’s finally rolling around to lockout.

You’ve pawed through training reports, analysed stats, read a million opinion pieces on why such-and-such will have a good year, but have you picked a good team?.

Whether you are a new player or a seasoned professional, the dynamics of a team is often the side of SuperCoach that is most often overlooked.

So, what makes a winning team?

Some will say picking the right rookies is the key, others will tell you that value players are where it’s at. Some believe that captain selection is the be all, while others might say your bench. Some believe that your trading strategies are what will bring home the bacon while others believe that it’s all a case of lady luck, blessing your players with a purple patch and others with an ACL.

It’s a very simple question, but for everything that people say is required to win SuperCoach, it has a very simple answer- A winning team scores the most points.

It’s a simple truth that often gets overlooked, but can have a profound effect on selecting your team.

Yes, all those points mentioned above are all important parts of making a winning score, however, if you’re seriously planning to have a real stab at winning, you’ve got to consider how all of those parts will come together to score your team the most points.

And more importantly, you need to get yourself a strategy, from day 1, that you will try to implement through the year.

So, where do you begin?

(This is a very long post; see the rest over the break)
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WESTERN BULLDOGS

2008 POSITION: 3 – Defeated by Geelong in Preliminary Final
2009 POSITION: 3 – Defeated by St Kilda in Preliminary Final
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 1-4

Just to ensure that you keep yourself involved in our Competitions this year, here are some links to the most recent e-mails:
SIDEWAYS TOP ROUND: http://tooserious.net/?p=766
FOOTY SYSTEM BET TIPPING: http://tooserious.net/?p=798
TEXT OUT SMS LEAGUES: http://tooserious.net/?p=787

WEST COAST

2008 POSITION: 15
2009 POSITION: 11
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 7-10

Just to ensure that you keep yourself involved in our Competitions this year, here are some links to the most recent e-mails:
SIDEWAYS TOP ROUND: http://tooserious.net/?p=766
FOOTY SYSTEM BET TIPPING: http://tooserious.net/?p=798
TEXT OUT SMS LEAGUES: http://tooserious.net/?p=787

SYDNEY

2008 POSITION: 5 – Defeated in the Semi Final by Western Bulldogs
2009 POSITION: 12
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 9-13

Just to ensure that you keep yourself involved in our Competitions this year, here are some links to the most recent e-mails:
SIDEWAYS TOP ROUND: http://tooserious.net/?p=766
FOOTY SYSTEM BET TIPPING: http://tooserious.net/?p=798
TEXT OUT SMS LEAGUES: http://tooserious.net/?p=787

ST KILDA

2008 POSITION: 4 – Eliminated in the Preliminary Final by Hawthorn
2009 POSITION: 2 – Runners-up – defeated in the Grand Final by Geelong
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 1-4

Just to ensure that you keep yourself involved in our Competitions this year, here are some links to the most recent e-mails:
SIDEWAYS TOP ROUND: http://tooserious.net/?p=766
FOOTY SYSTEM BET TIPPING: http://tooserious.net/?p=798
TEXT OUT SMS LEAGUES: http://tooserious.net/?p=787

RICHMOND

2008 POSITION: 9
2009 POSITION: 15
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 14-16

Just to ensure that you keep yourself involved in our Competitions this year, here are some links to the most recent e-mails:
SIDEWAYS TOP ROUND: http://tooserious.net/?p=766
FOOTY SYSTEM BET TIPPING: http://tooserious.net/?p=798
TEXT OUT SMS LEAGUES: http://tooserious.net/?p=787

PORT ADELAIDE

2008 POSITION: 13
2009 POSITION: 10
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 7-12

Just to ensure that you keep yourself involved in our Competitions this year, here are some links to the most recent e-mails:
SIDEWAYS TOP ROUND: http://tooserious.net/?p=766
FOOTY SYSTEM BET TIPPING: http://tooserious.net/?p=798
TEXT OUT SMS LEAGUES: http://tooserious.net/?p=787