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For those who take it way too seriously

After a big first 2 rounds, here are the scores brought to you by walesy's Statpages and Scoreboards
Round 1: With the 2 week round, we had a rolling lockout. Some coaches adapted well to this and used switching well to win. We had some problems with the new TsLeagues system but a certain 'strong silent type' eventually learned how to use it well, some scoring problems arose due to differences in forum/TsLeague teams but it was eventually resolved:
Scores:
Gisborne 779 vs Goondiwindi 1445
BAFFU (Best And Fairest for FU) Votes:3 Bruest (GOO) 2 Ward (GOO) 1 Sandilands (GOO)
Trent West also proved a good addition to his new clubs (Brisbane and Gisborne) scoring 100 and getting the POOYA (Pull One Out Ya Ass) award for round 1 but outs proved costly for Gisborne.
Eden 1217 vs Blanchetown 1450
Votes: 3 Prestia (BLA) 2 Jones (EDN) 1 Pendles (BLA)
Manangatang 1079 vs Banchang 1138
Votes:3 J.Selwood (BAN) 2 J.Watson (MAN) 1 D.Swallow (BAN) *Selwood and Watson tied. Wining team gets the 3
Southern Cross 1248 vs Cow Bay 1028
Votes:3 Lecrae 2 Fyfe 1 Myers (All SOU)
Pakenham 1299 vs Korumburra 1156
Votes: 3 Ablett 2 Beams 1 N.Roo (All PAK)


Coolgardie 1165 vs King Island 1070
Votes:3 Wines 2 Mummy 1 Omeara (All CGD)
Christmas Island 1140 vs Serengeti 1371
Votes:3 Goddard 2 Deledio 1 Chappy (All SER)
Ararat 1274 vs Groote Eylandt 1308
Votes: 3 Treloar (ARA) 2 Zorko (GRT) 1 Hoff (ARA)


Staghorn Flat 1274 vs Pearcedale 1049
Votes:3 Rosa (PEA) 2 Birchall (STG) 1 J.Roughead (STG)
Ladder...
We're now into one of the most important parts of the SuperCoach season; when players are ready for their first price change come round three. The most important element of this is the rookies. Those that have played two games are on the bubble and ready to make serious cash for your side.



Unless you're a fantasy God, chances are that when selecting the many rookies in your side you may have at least one or two who aren't performing. That makes correctional trades to bring in the right rookies all the more important and with 30 trades, you can't afford not to. It could be the difference between being able to afford Pendlebury or having to settle with a Cotchin/Rockliff type.



In recognition of this unique time in our trading season, to make this all easier I've put together an extensive and comprehensive guide to all the rookies who are ready for a price rise and written a summary which will help you gain some context into their individual situations as well as supplying all the details you will need to know about their scoring. Along with a big cup of coffee and the Best Buys later today you should be set and on your way to making what is hopefully your first batch of trades this year.



All info is pretty self-explanatory except for PP which stands for Projected Profit. This is got by using the salary calculator of each player in the Stats and using 10 games played (so 8 more) to take prices and working out the differences. One thing you should note is that byes have not been taken into considerations, so 10 games means Rd 11 at earliest, so keep that in mind (you'll be getting rid of some rookies before then anyway). Tried to be optimistic and conservative at the same time but play around yourself if you disagree with any projections!





DEFENCE



Late in the pre-season there seemed to be plenty of options to choose from in defence but our early fears have eventuated and there's not a lot of variety down back...
Welcome once again to another week of TooSerious Best Buys.

This week it's still a little different to normal, with all the scores still fluctuating wildly, but even more so due to a couple of extra details.

For starters, there are no rookies. Why you may ask? Simple really, because P_L has already covered all the rookie options going around the traps, and in more depth I might add, so there's no point in doubling up and repeating what you've already read.

The other main difference is the sheer number of players still averaging well above the norm, which means for this week we've again focused on the players averaging over 100, and in most cases over 110. This means there are still many players who could be considered a bit stiff to not make the cut, but as the season rolls on the numbers should sort themselves out and the true value players will emerge.

Again there is no Best Buy, as the only real reason teams should be trading this early on is for 'correction trades', but the last thing you all need is lecturing on how to run your SuperCoach sides. (Editors note, personally I made 2 trades last week and will make another 2 this week, it really is each to their own).




DEFENSE
MID-PRICERS




David Swallow (GCS) D/M 429.4k 131

Swallow carried his excellent form from the opening round into the game against Fremantle, and while the Suns couldn't replicate the win Swallow certainly came away with the SC points. Averaging 131 from the first 2 games and facing a 60 grand price rise, Swallow looks like the pick off the backs so far and is already in around 63,000 sides.



Shaun Burgoyne (HAW) D/M 459.6k 113

Burgoyne surprised a few with his 130 on the weekend, but it was in the absence of Mitchell and with Hodge also injured so he may not keep it going for long. Averaging 113 and looking at around a 33 grand price rise this week if he can stay...
Six teams remain undefeated after two rounds of the 2014 ORFFA season - with a couple of surprise packets among them.



Iron Knob 1423 d Wagga Wagga 1237
The Codpieces made it 2-0 to start the season, enjoying comfortable win over a game Wombats squad.

Iron Knob just had a touch too much class and depth across the park, allowing it to cover for absences and injuries (to Hodge, most notably).

Hanley and Burgoyne both cracked 130 in the backline, while Shuey had 137 off the bench. Worryingly for other teams, Ablett, Griffin, Goldstein and Jack Riewoldt were below par.

The Wombats were led by the young (D Swallow) and older (Bob Murphy) with six players cracking the ton in all. Down games from Franklin, L Thomas, Cox and Bastinac proved too hard a hurdle to overcome.



Foul Bay 1455 d Mt Beauty 1290
The reigning premiers are also 2-0 but didn't have it all their own way against an improving Mt Beauty squad.

Big Mummy's 158 led eight Foul Bay players who scored 100 or more. The midfield of Selwood, Libba, Stokes and Kelly again - as it has so often before - was the driving force behind the Chickens' big score.

Mt Beauty though were far from run off the par, with the Uglies' high quality forwardline of Rioli, Nick Riewoldt, Martin and Wingard all reaching triple figures. Nick Riewoldt's 152 underlining his hot start to the season.

Ultimately though, a solid rather than spectacular effort from the Uglies' midfield - including Troy Menzel's OOP-affected 35 - saw Mt Beauty fall a little off the pace.



Darraweit Guim 1509 d Cradle Mountain 1347
In one of the highest scoring games in the ORFFA's short history, more than 2850 points were scored by the Blimps and Devils, with Darraweit running out 162-point winners.

In a game highlighted by individual brilliance, it was Darraweit's greater consistency that proved the deciding factor - with all bar two players scoring between 73 and 117.

The Devils' gun...
So, who's happy with their back line this week?

From Mitchell, Birchall and Hodge on Friday night, to Enright, Hurn and a whole slew of rookies, it was an absolutely clustertruck in the back line!

Anyways, stats are upload now, so I'll let you know when it's done.

In the meantime- how'd this weekend treat you?
We ended up with 32 teams in the group, but 2 of them didn't start with the correct team, so we have 30 teams in the comp for 2014.

I find the round 1 scores particularly interesting, because we all had the same 30 players, so all differences in the scores came down to our selections of benches and captains etc.

The best possible score we could have had for round 1 was 2214, with this arrangement:

Def: Swallow 135; Hurn 99; Laidler 95; Shaw 85; Mitchell 84; Guthrie 76. (Georgiou 64; McDonald 48)
Mid: Ablett (C) 140x2=280; Beams 136; Tyson 111; Polec 107; Dunstan 100; Rockliffe 95; Liberatore 79; Ellis 66. (Thomas 62; Michie 61)
Ruc: Sandilands 127; Lobbe 76. (Derickx 0; Thurlow 0)
Fwd: Dangerfield 107; Martin 102; Caddy 81; Daniher 70; Impey 56; Rohan 47. (Kennedy-Harris 24; Dixon 22)


There was a fairly big range of actual scores with 'BigGuns' the best coming in at 2142, whilst two teams didnt even crack 2000.

It seems that the only differences BigGuns had from the ultimate lineup above, was Daisy onfield for Dunstan, and Dixon onfield for Impey.


Five teams scored greater than 2100.
Three scored greater than 2090, but less than 2100.
14 teams actually all scored 2090!
6 scored greater than 2000, but less than 2090;
and as mentioned above, 2 scored less than 2000.
The lowest score of the round was 'Green Onion' with 1989.

Even though we all started with the same 30 players, there is already a gap of around 150 points between 1st and last, after just 1 round.


Quite a few of us have already made some trades, which will make this even more interesting from here on in :)
<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #fcfcfc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;][span style='color: #444444;]Big scores to start the season with the top ten scores all 140 or above. Watson and Joel Selwood led the way with 157 and they were followed by Treloar with 154. Clinton Jones surprised everyone with a career high 152 from a career high 39 touches (only the 17th time he has scored over 100 in 106 games). Wines rounded out the top 5 with 145. The rest of the top ten were Prestia and LeCras with 144, Nathan Jones with 142 and Ablett and Breust with 140 each.
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #fcfcfc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;][span style='color: #444444;]RICHMOND v. CARLTON
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #fcfcfc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;][span style='color: #444444;]Recent game: In the Elimination Final last year, Carlton knocked out Richmond 116 to 96. Maric had a big game with 138 and he was followed by Murphy with 132 and Cotchin with 129.
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[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: black;]A cracking first round to the 2014 ORFFA premiership season, with a number of upsets and three games decided by 36 points or less.

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<p style='background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;]Round 1 - [span style='background-color: white;]Fantasy Footballers Anonymous Fortnight.
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<p style='background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;]Lovely Banks 1,309 defeatedNunawading 1,004
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<p style='background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;]With pre-season odds painting a fairly even contest, the Purple Haze threw betting circles into a spin with a spirited demolition of the Nuffers.
<p style='background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;]Coach Jen was loop-holing like no tomorrow to make the most of the split round with Hunt, Langdon and Balla all shining early.
<p style='background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;]With an already depleted fwd line, the Nuffers were floored with a one/two punch as Dixon and Palmer tapped out early.
<p style='background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;]Rosa was a stand out for the home side which took out an easy win with strong performances across all lines.
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<p style='background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;]Charlie's Opening 1,104 lost to Wagga Wagga 1,428
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So we kick off the round last night with Richmond taking on the Blues.
Man, it was nearly a repeat of the elimination final, wasn't it? If the Blues could have kicked straight in the final term.
Still, it was nice to see Daisy get a decent result. Repay a bit of faith for those who didn't go chasing rainbows.
Me, my rainbow is Macrae. Lets see how that works out.
Also, Carn the Bombers!
Round 1 has come and finally gone. This means it is time for me to get to work. My setup is not yet great to get this done quickly, but I'll streamline this over the next few weeks. The first round is almost a no-brainer anyway, so I won't elaborate too much.

Team selection comes down to picking the highest scoring 6 defenders, 8 midfielders, 2 rucks and 6 forwards and supplement these with 2 non-scoring bench players for each position. Then pick the single player with the highest score as the captain. However, I'll most likely run over the salary cap, so I'll need to swap a few players out for cheaper high scoring (but not highest) players to get the highest score WITHIN the salary cap for the season to date (round 1). No rocket science, so here is the team:

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