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From BackPageLead.com.au,[span style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;]The Sharkwrites on Ross Lyons success last week at Fremantle.




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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]That's right, it's Friday, it's lunchtime, the teams are well out and it's time to get in your Stadium Sport squad.
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]This week we have the Friday night game, West Coast v North, so make sure you get in early and put that fantasy knowledge to good use!
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]Well, that, and make a little sumtin' sumtin'!
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<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;](And as always, friend me! Les Wales)

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<p style='line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;]And lets all cross our fingers and hope that Daisy's 2 week injury stays that long.
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<p style='line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;]Well that, or hopefully I can think of a way to turn Daisy into Priddis this week...
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Friday May 17, 6:40pm, Patersons Stadium



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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Ablett v. Western Bulldogs
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 8 2012: 150 SC points, 29 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 14 2011: 121 SC points, 24 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 3 2011: 141 SC points, 34 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 20 2010: 154 SC points, 39 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]QF 2009: 131 SC points, 31 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 21 2009: 122 SC points, 40 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 9 2009: 149 SC points, 38 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]PF 2008: 116 SC points, 29 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 16 2007: 127 SC points, 35 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 1 2007: 97 SC points, 24 disposals
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Average is 131 SC points with 32 disposals.
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;]Note: Fantastic record against the Bulldogs. Since 2009 has been tagged by Picken in all games except for Rd 20 2010 (154 SC points playing against Boyd) and Rd 9 2009 (149 SC points playing against a combination of Griffen and Boyd). Media hints that he may be tagged by Nick Lower this week. Scored 152 last week which had followed scores of 137, 160 and 131 (average of 145).
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Cox v. North Melbourne
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]EF 2012: 148 SC points, 16 disposals, 39 hitouts
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 15 2012: 215 SC points, 21 disposals, 24 hitouts
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 6 2012: 141 SC points, 21 disposals, 32 hitouts
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 1 2011: 165 SC points, 29 disposals, 29 hitouts
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 21 2010: 100 SC points, 28 disposals, 28 hitouts
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Rd 3 2010: 79 SC...

Wagga Wagga Wombats 1295 d Larrikin Lagoon Lefties 1267
The showcase match turned out to be (arguably) the match of the round, with Scotland, Curnow and Saad playing hard late in the game to try and steal a comeback win for the Lefties. Unfortunately the Wombats' lead was too great with the Lefties falling short by 28 points. Carrazzo's late withdrawal, had the Lefties coach fuming with no emergency named. Bad luck can only be blamed for so much at the Lagoon, and the author feels that poor team/emerg selection cost the Lefties on this occasion.
Some stellar performances from Reilly (120), Prestia (124) and Schulz (126) set a solid platform for the Wombats, despite the loss of Clarke and Hunt (emerg) mid game. Workman-like Wombats have officially emerged from underground as they continue to monster their way up the ladder.

Birdsville Battlers 1126 d Gundagai Grasshoppers 577
In what can only be described as the worst case of bad luck in keeper league history, the Grasshppers have been crippled beyond belief by injury. With only 7 fit players showing up for the bounce, more salt was poured into the wound with Jono Griffin going down with an ACL. Rocky (153) and Dwyer (99) battled gainfully up forward but the supply from a depleted mid was limited.
Unbackable favourite to win this match, Birdsville were led strongly by Fisher (109) and Houli (104) in Def and McEvoy (140) in Ruck. All did not sparkle for the Battlers though, with their midfield noticeably down and finishing with a score 200 points shy of their average in the lead up to this game.
NB: would the owner of the Grasshopper voodoo doll please remove the pins, I think sNoZ gets the idea.

Gariwerd Cockies 1294 d Cradle Mountain Devils 1128
With the Cockies running into some nice form, this mid table clash was set to be a tight tussle. A monster performance from Deledio (163) got Gariwerd off to a flier, with young Zac Smith (140) playing the game...

Welcome again to the Best Buys. The past week of SuperCoach has seen a variety of new injuries, big games and poor efforts from popular players, and is now looking to be a trend this season causing many coaches a whole lot of headaches. We also saw some events taking place that are starting to look all too familiar; such as Buddy playing another &amp;lsquo;Travis Cloke 2012'-like performance, Nick Riewoldt once again turning back the clock to put in a big game, Heater getting suspended for stupidity, a bunch of guys doing their knee's, and Matt Priddis dropping considerably in price due to an early injury game.



Which brings me nicely to this week's Best Buy, Matt Priddis. Priddis is a consistent workhorse who is generally reliable, except for his habit of getting injured early in the season allowing everyone to bring him in cheaply, and has been a solid fantasy performer for years. Don't let the 91 average fool you, when he doesn't get injured during the game he's usually good for a 110.



DEFENSE
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Will Sierakowski (NM) DEF 115.9k 53 +39k
Sierakowski has been on the fringe at North for a while now, impressing in their Utah camp in the 2012 pre-season he has been performing solidly at VFL since. Averaging 53 in his first two games at the top level he hasn't been incredible yet, but is still certainly worth a look as a rookieon the bubble this week.



MID-PRICERS



Garrick Ibbotson (FRE) DEF 426k 106
Ibbotson, when he has actually played, has looked great this year. Averaging 106 for the Dockers he is in good form but questions remain around his consistency. Ibbo will likely rise almost 40 grand this week, if he hits his average, and being in under 2,000 teams currently he is a certain...

<p style='font: inherit;]I will not concede that words summing up the ORFFL round just past will not be written.
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<p style='font: inherit;]<strong style='font: inherit;]<strong style='font: inherit;]SARAH ISLAND SAVAGES[/b][/b]1468 Def<strong style='font: inherit;]JIMCUMBILLY JACKRABBITS[/b]1271
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<p style='font: inherit;]BEST: Josh P. Kennedy (143), Garrick Ibbotson (142), Dion PRESTIA (108),Will Minson(120)
<p style='font: inherit;]SPLIT:[span style='font: inherit;]429/417/120/327/175
<p style='font: inherit; background-color: #ffffff;]Jimcumbilly Jackrabbits
<p style='font: inherit; background-color: #ffffff;]BEST: Drew Petrie (122), Matthew Leuenberger (112), Sam Fisher (109), Dane Swan(94)
<p style='font: inherit; background-color: #ffffff;]SPLIT:[span style='font: inherit;]346/330/112/309/174
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<p style='font: inherit;]<strong style='font: inherit;][span style='font: inherit;]WARBURTON WANDERERS[/b]1149 Def...

We did climb 5,583 places in the overall this week, so not too shabby, but not too unexpected either when you're ranked around 35k! In the leagues we lost two of our three TS leagues, to be placed 13th, 6th, and 6th in those, and won both of our public leagues, to be placed 7th and 5th in those.



We made a couple of trades going into round 7, dropping Dwyer for Stevie J (hindsight says we should have dropped Macaffer instead, but either way those points were on the bench). We also got rid of Gibbs for Lester, which obviously gave us some points and some cash, but time will tell if this was a good trade or not.



The team for round 7 looked like this:



Defence:
Goddard 107
Heppell 78
Heath 49
Stevenson 48
Terlich 108
Lester 67
Midfield:
Ablett 152 Captain 304
Pendlebury 96 (VC)
Dangerfield 147
O'Meara 89
Wines 61
Neade 28
Viney 104
Vlastuin 105
Ruckmen:
Cox 96
Leuenberger 112
Forwards:
Rockliff 153
Westhoff 70
Kennedy 83
Franklin 86
Zorko 70
Johnson 123
Bench:
Dixon 0
Goodes 0
Cotchin 0
Crouch 0
Gawn 88 (E)
Currie 0
Macaffer 63 (E)
Rowe 0



In the backline the Gibbs -&amp;gt; Lester trade saved us a donut, made us some cash, saw Goddard get a fair bump on his way to 107, and saw Terlich play really well for 108 points. The Port defenders let us down, with both Heath and Stevenson scoring less than 50, and only one of them having a valid excuse.



In the midfield we again had a scoreless bench thanks to Cotchin's holiday. We gave ourselves a look at Pendles, and when he spudded it up, kept the captaincy with permacap, and reaped the rewards with a 304 point score! We also watched on as Neade continued the poor performance from Port with a 28, while Wines managed a well-below-average 61.



In the rucks we had Cox and Leuey go head to head, and Leuey won by 16 points, even though he had to also face NicNat. Impressive performance there, also by Gawn on our bench,...

<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]Well, it doesn't feel right having Sunday night roll around and not having a review post-
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]So, drop in, let us know how you're going- and once it's all said and done, how you've gone!


Oh, and let us know if you've gotMajak!



-- oh, though we do have a few reviews from that boss Shenanigans to peruse!



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