TooSerious

Both Gary and Joel are more than deserved winners. Ablett is set to be in a resounding lead by Rd 12, polling in 8 of the first 12 weeks for a total of 22 votes. Whilst the latter half of the year was considerably quieter, 2 big games in big wins in round 17 and 23 should see him do enough to pick up his second medal. Whilst Selwood started well, polling 8 votes in 3 of the first 4 games, he only managed to pick up 4 more votes over the next 4 games. Rounds 15 to 21 were an excellent period for Joel, with expectations to pick up 16 votes over 6 of those 7 games.



Dane and Scott are set to poll in 11 games each respectively, continuing their excellent run of form with the umpires over the last few years. Pendlebury had his votes spread out over the entire year, whilst Swan had only 2 votes to his name at the completion of Rd 9 had a massive second half of the year.



With Fyfe being ineligible 2 votes further back on 23, the next batch of players consisting of Jack (21), Griffen (20), Hannebery (19), Johnson (18), Roughead (18) and Watson (18) all too far back to really challenge.







The team votes are where the money is at however, and this year it looks as if the betting agencies are being fairly lenient with what they'll allow.







Dangerfield is considerably shorter than he should be, with Sloane putting in enough solid good games to be around the mark. Thompson topped the count last year, but has been well off the mark for most of 2013.







Rockliff's second half of the year was huge, and may have done just enough to chase down Hanley. Hanley has no history of polling, whereas Rockliff has topped the count in the past 2 years (equal with Rich in 2012 and Black in 2011)....

Ok, so the Finals are underway, and me, being a fellow who's team is now out of the race, is adopting an underdog to root for.



My underdog are the Port Power! Go you good things! Wanna see young Wingard pick himself up a Norm.



Next up, the Brownlows.



Sportsbet have their markets opened, and I gotta say, there are some tasty options there, but for the most part, looks pretty close to what I've got.



Word is though, 5-leg Multi's will be opened up on Monday. So get ready peoples!



Finally, Beers @ The Mitre.



We'll be getting there a 7-7:30. Drinking beer. Talking sport and generally having a good time.



I've been to a couple of these things over the journey and haven't been disappointed yet.



It's always good to meet a new face though, so rock up! We don't bite! (Well, Bear might- but hey, that's what bears do isn't it?)

<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]With all the excitement that was our fantasy finals these past weeks, we are now left with the real thing.
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]The actual finals. Me, I'm gunna throw my support behind the Power cause I like a good underdog. Alternatively, Freo are my second choice.
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]Anyways- getting this post up now for discussion, cause the TS Footy show night is a go tonight so it's unlikely that I'll get an actual post up!
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]Ha! Still, should be a fun evening!
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]HAWTHORN V SYDNEY - MCG, 7:50pm AEST, Friday 6th September
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]HAWTHORN
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]B: Stratton; Lake; Guerra
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]HB: Burgoyne; Gibson; Birchall
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]C: Smith; Hodge; Hill
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]HF: Breust; Gunston; Lewis
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<p style='margin-bottom: 10pt;]There was a little talk preseason about fantasyAFL draft leagues. There are plenty of options out their now - Supercoach Draft, Dream Team Elite, Ultimate Footy etc etc etc. Tell us about their strengths and weaknesses as those of us who aren't involved may choose to avoid again next year or jump aboard to get another fantasy fix.
<p style='margin-bottom: 10pt;]Are fantasyAFL draft leagues more or less interesting than regular Supercoach, Dream Team, Sportsbet and similar comps, and why ??
<p style='margin-bottom: 10pt;]If you have created an fantasyAFLdraft league with mates tell us why it's the best thing since sliced bread or was fun at first but now has fallen apart.
<p style='margin-bottom: 10pt;]If you could make all the decisions that need to be made what would make the best fantasyAFL draft league format?, ie I'd be keen to know
<p style='margin-bottom: 10pt;]-Do you prefer to participate in a keeper league or draft afresh completely every year?
- Do you prefer a live&amp;rdquo; draft over one (or more) night/s or a longer draft with a 12/24 hours time limit for each pick.
- Do you like trading during the season, having a midseason draft or both.
- Is a salary cap a good idea in a draft league and how should it work through the season.
- Do you have a 3 week break over the rd11/12/13 byes, play with reduced squad sizes, or have another creative solution such as
- picking teams as normal but counting each players best score only during rounds 11-13
- having round 11 scores count as normal, then completign the round with the 6 bye teams scores from round 12 (not counting other games from round 12 and then having round 13 off)
- Do you prefer leagues where the number of teams and team size means the worst players are mid pricers&amp;rdquo; or do you get a kick out of larger leagues or team sizes where teams are copping donuts or putting out spuds and rookies to make up the numbers
- Don't forget scoring systems,...

The Foul Bay Chickens have made it back-to-back flags after a comfortable 135-point win over Darraweit Guim in the weekend's ORFFA grand final.
The Scoreboard:





Foul Bay

Def: Pearce (42), Ibbotson (0), Harwood (82), Yarran (91)

Mid: Dangerfield (131), Selwood (127), Liberatore (159), Kelly (82)

Ruck: Mumford (159)

Fwd: Pavlich (56), Stokes (106), Bartel (156), Dahlhaus (72)

I/C: Roughead (118), Thomas (90)

TOTAL: 1471
Darraweit Guim

Def: McKenzie (73), Thompson (70), Otten (126), Frawley (59)

Mid: Harvey (127), Cunnington (84), Foley (81),Seedsman (85)

Ruck: Maric (68)

Fwd: Westhoff (132), Vickery (83), Walker (123), Betts (87)

I/C: Hill (67), Rance (71)

TOTAL: 1336

In a battle between the reigning 2012 ORFFA premier and a team which made the grand final from seventh on the ladder, it was always going to be a challenge for the lower ranked team to make a contest of proceedings.
Team selections did little to help the build-up to the big game - a mysterious case of 'Ross-itis' felling a Chicken defender (Johnson) as well as a Guim forward (Walters).
Both teams were forced to make two further changes, with McLean and Broughton injured for Foul Bay, while Newnes (injured) and Edwards (suspended) couldn't be considered for Darraweit.
The Chickens opened up a sizeable early lead due to the efforts of Roughead and Mumford. The Big Mummy in particular was in fine form. Brad Hill tried hard in the early going for the Dirigibles, the youngster capping off a solid first season at the Guim with a pleasing score.
Ross-itis hit the Chickens hard on Saturday, with Garrick Ibbotson struck down and unexpectedly unable to take his place on the field. This left the Chickens one player short and opened up a glimmer of hope for Darraweit Guim.
Poor scoring from Pavlich and Dan Pearce didn't help the situation, but this was only a blip on the radar as Selwood, Bartel,...

<p style='margin-bottom: 0px; font: inherit; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #434343;][span style='font: inherit; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent;]ORFFL 2013 GRAND FINAL REVIEW
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0px; font: inherit; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #434343;]<strong style='outline: 0px; background-color: transparent;]MOUNT BUGGERY DISAPPOINTMENTS [/b][span style='outline: 0px; background-color: transparent;]1310 Def by[span style='font: inherit; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent;]<strong style='font-weight: bold; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent;]SARAH ISLAND SAVAGES [/b][span style='outline: 0px; background-color: transparent;]1321
<p style='margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #434343;]It. Was Epic.
<p style='margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #434343;]This was by far the most gripping fantasy football match I've ever been involved in. On Friday night it was JPK (103) against Jughead (118), with Archie's mate narrowly shading 'Joey' (HIS NAME IS JOSH FFS ROOSY) with a bag of goals. On Saturday Ross The Boss pulled a Hornsy on Hornsy and sent his B-team over to Melbourne and to the slaughter. I thought it was pretty funny even if the Savages were missing 3 of their top liners in Mundy, Mayne and Ibbo. With no one to feed him the ball though, Disappointment Danyle Pearce (42) struggled to get a touch.
<p style='margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #434343;]Later that day Brisbane looked likely to cause an upset on the back of aRockliff...

<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]I should be writing a review right now, but the ORFFL grandfinal is on, and it's 123 + Watts against Minson and Frawley.
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]Nail biting stuff!
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]Hopefully you've already got your wrapped up alright. Either way though, it's been a good season.
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]Also, bfish- hope you've got time for an interview mate!

<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;]Alright, there's only the one major comp that I'm aware of over the finals, and that's theSupercoach Finals comp.
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;]Fingers crossed, but that link should take you in to register to our league, but if it doesn't, feel free to use the league code:819060.
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;]If that isn't enough to scratch your fantasy itch, I hear thatStadiumSportwill be running their weekly comps over the finals- so you have a few more chances to snag a few dollars over there!
Know about any others? Drop them into the comments!

<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]Yes, here we are. The ultimate round!
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]The grand final for a few, the beginning of 2014 for others.
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]For local, bfish however, this weekend, he's currently sitting in first place in both the Sportsbet and Centrebet competitions.
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]So, whatever you're up to, have a few thoughts to the pressures that guy must be under, and wish him good luck!
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]Now, remember, keep on visiting after the season is through, there's still the finals comps on (Post later this week), there's the Brownlow - and the Brownlow night (Which is certainly a highlight to my year).
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]It's the last week, so we'll go early with the team posts.
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]Also, there's a fathers day thing on at #2's school tonight, meaning if I don't do it now, I'll probably forget!
Sydney Swans v HawthornANZ Stadium, Friday August 30, 7.50pm AEST<br style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #fbfbfb;[/img]
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In: H.Cunningham, S.Biggs, B.Jack, J.Bolton<br style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #fbfbfb;[/img]
Out: R.Shaw (knee), N.Smith (calf), D.Hannebery (hand), J.Lamb<br style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #fbfbfb;[/img]
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In: J.Lewis, P.Puopolo, T.Duryea<br style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #fbfbfb;[/img]
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St Kilda v FremantleEtihad Stadium, Saturday August 31, 1.45pm AEST<br style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #fbfbfb;[/img]
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In: J.Koschitzke, D.Roberton, T.Lee<br style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #fbfbfb;[/img]
Out: C.Shenton, J.Newnes (shoulder), B.Murdoch)<br style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #fbfbfb;[/img]
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