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For those who take it way too seriously
If we had a schedule that we kept to in rolling out the ORFFL team entry page, we'd probably be behind it. But we don't so it doesn't matter. You like ad-hoc? I call it community development.
So what I'm asking you all to do is bear with us until we get it up and running (TBD).
To enter your team for R1 you can either:
a) post it in this thread
b) PM it to me
c) email it to me
R1 2013 will work surprisingly much like R1 2012. Meaning:
a) players selected playing in this weekend's matches will be locked in as of 8:10pm ACDT, Friday 22nd March.
b) players playing in the RIC/CAR match will be locked in as of 7:45pm AEDT, Thursday 28th March.
c) all other players will be locked in at 1:40pm AEDT, Saturday 30th March.
The emergency loophole is in effect in this split round. For instance, if you want to select an Adelaide player as an emergency, find he scores well on Friday, and then select a non playing player in his particular line to reap the rewards, you're more than welcome to.
However...
CLUBS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A FULL SIDE OF 15 PLAYERS PLUS 4 EMERGENCIES.
Meaning if all 26 of your club's players play in R1, that loophole is closed for you. With great risk comes great reward.
AIRING OF GRIEVANCES/DISCUSSION OF RULES
At a glance, the post draft trade period/trade veto rules have been causing a bit of angst. I'll put my hand up and say that the post draft period could have been better organised, but was flat out over Saturday with a mate's bucks and then dead on Sunday because of it. Also, I thought it would run itself and there didn't seem to be much point making a new thread on Monday when it was going to be over the next night.
Regarding the veto rule, here's the history as I remember it:
The 50% veto rule was brought in pre-2012 season principally to:
a) prevent collusion and stop people from self-murdering their teams and putting the integrity of the competition...
So what I'm asking you all to do is bear with us until we get it up and running (TBD).
To enter your team for R1 you can either:
a) post it in this thread
b) PM it to me
c) email it to me
R1 2013 will work surprisingly much like R1 2012. Meaning:
a) players selected playing in this weekend's matches will be locked in as of 8:10pm ACDT, Friday 22nd March.
b) players playing in the RIC/CAR match will be locked in as of 7:45pm AEDT, Thursday 28th March.
c) all other players will be locked in at 1:40pm AEDT, Saturday 30th March.
The emergency loophole is in effect in this split round. For instance, if you want to select an Adelaide player as an emergency, find he scores well on Friday, and then select a non playing player in his particular line to reap the rewards, you're more than welcome to.
However...
CLUBS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A FULL SIDE OF 15 PLAYERS PLUS 4 EMERGENCIES.
Meaning if all 26 of your club's players play in R1, that loophole is closed for you. With great risk comes great reward.
AIRING OF GRIEVANCES/DISCUSSION OF RULES
At a glance, the post draft trade period/trade veto rules have been causing a bit of angst. I'll put my hand up and say that the post draft period could have been better organised, but was flat out over Saturday with a mate's bucks and then dead on Sunday because of it. Also, I thought it would run itself and there didn't seem to be much point making a new thread on Monday when it was going to be over the next night.
Regarding the veto rule, here's the history as I remember it:
The 50% veto rule was brought in pre-2012 season principally to:
a) prevent collusion and stop people from self-murdering their teams and putting the integrity of the competition...
How was the long weekend for everyone? Some good footy to watch, a couple of tasty rookies, and of course lamb on Labour day for us South Easterners.
Wait, the Lamb union has taken over Labour day as well right? Either way, it explains why this review is being posted so late
There were tight games, absolute blowouts and some tasty options, and this was just on Friday night! So lets take a closer look at what's happened.
GWS vs Essendon
Result: Essendon by 91.
The comments on the game will be short and swift. *cough*slaughter*cough*. It was an utter massacre, devastation, other synonyms. Seriously.
Essendon nearly doubled the possession count of the Giants, 404 disposals to 247, so without even looking, I'm thinking the Bombers will have a multitude of high scorers.
But we'll look at the GWS first. Taylor Adams did some good DT work. A lot of uncontested possessions, 18 touches in total, a bunch of marks and 4 tackles for a 77DT. Matching him on 77DT was Toby Greene who managed 21 disposals. Disposal efficiency will kick them both though, with 44.4% and 52.4% lower their SC scores.
Lachlan Plowman looked alright, but 14 touches and 63DT, while Sam Frost looks destined to average low 50's with a 53 this week. Might be worth a shake if he can guarentee games.
Not a great night for the Giants by any stretch, made worse with Jonathan O'Rourke and Callan Ward being subbed out injured early. I don't Ward's is too serious though, O'Rourke however has a history of hamstring...
Wait, the Lamb union has taken over Labour day as well right? Either way, it explains why this review is being posted so late
There were tight games, absolute blowouts and some tasty options, and this was just on Friday night! So lets take a closer look at what's happened.
GWS vs Essendon
Result: Essendon by 91.
The comments on the game will be short and swift. *cough*slaughter*cough*. It was an utter massacre, devastation, other synonyms. Seriously.
Essendon nearly doubled the possession count of the Giants, 404 disposals to 247, so without even looking, I'm thinking the Bombers will have a multitude of high scorers.
But we'll look at the GWS first. Taylor Adams did some good DT work. A lot of uncontested possessions, 18 touches in total, a bunch of marks and 4 tackles for a 77DT. Matching him on 77DT was Toby Greene who managed 21 disposals. Disposal efficiency will kick them both though, with 44.4% and 52.4% lower their SC scores.
Lachlan Plowman looked alright, but 14 touches and 63DT, while Sam Frost looks destined to average low 50's with a 53 this week. Might be worth a shake if he can guarentee games.
Not a great night for the Giants by any stretch, made worse with Jonathan O'Rourke and Callan Ward being subbed out injured early. I don't Ward's is too serious though, O'Rourke however has a history of hamstring...
Over the past few weeks, chriss88 has been previewing each of the 18 ORFFA teams[span style='color: #028bff; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;]over in the forum.
I'll now copy and paste them all here, exactly as originally written...
chris88 wrote:
Over the coming two to three weeks I'll be working my way through each of the 18 teams in our fair league, offering previews for each and looking at each team's key players, x-factors, question marks and recruiting in the lead-up to the start of the 2013 ORFFA season.
The previews are designed to prompt discussion, debate and a bit of analysis, while keeping things light and breezy.
I'll start tonight with the Battlers from Birdsville:
Birdsville Battlers:
Key arrivals: Brent Moloney, Jesse Lonergan, Shannon Byrnes.
Key departures: Sam Iles (again, why the hell was he delisted in the AFL?), Nick Malceski
Key players: The Battlers will be looking to midfield dynamos Marc Murphy, Brad Ebert and Daniel Wells to lead from the front in the middle. The defensive trio of Houli, Geary and Fisher will need to chalk up good points most weeks, while Sauce Merrett and Ash McGrath might lend handy support up back or down forward. Up forward JC will be hoping big Jono Brown can turn back the clock one more time, and that a focused Travis Cloke recaptures some consistent form.
Potential X-Factors: The drafting of Jesse 'The Hulk' Lonergan at pick 12 was hailed...
I'll now copy and paste them all here, exactly as originally written...
chris88 wrote:
Over the coming two to three weeks I'll be working my way through each of the 18 teams in our fair league, offering previews for each and looking at each team's key players, x-factors, question marks and recruiting in the lead-up to the start of the 2013 ORFFA season.
The previews are designed to prompt discussion, debate and a bit of analysis, while keeping things light and breezy.
I'll start tonight with the Battlers from Birdsville:
Birdsville Battlers:
Key arrivals: Brent Moloney, Jesse Lonergan, Shannon Byrnes.
Key departures: Sam Iles (again, why the hell was he delisted in the AFL?), Nick Malceski
Key players: The Battlers will be looking to midfield dynamos Marc Murphy, Brad Ebert and Daniel Wells to lead from the front in the middle. The defensive trio of Houli, Geary and Fisher will need to chalk up good points most weeks, while Sauce Merrett and Ash McGrath might lend handy support up back or down forward. Up forward JC will be hoping big Jono Brown can turn back the clock one more time, and that a focused Travis Cloke recaptures some consistent form.
Potential X-Factors: The drafting of Jesse 'The Hulk' Lonergan at pick 12 was hailed...
If you're like some people I know, you've got a fair number of teams under your management.
You've got your Supercoach team, your Dreamteam, you might even dabble in the multitude of other comps out there* (*To be in the next release). Heck you might even have your wives teams, kids, pets whatever.
What you do end up having though, is an absolute headache, and what you need is TooSerious My Teams.
So what is it? well, in short it's a way to track your teams, within TooSerious. Login, then click on theMy Teamslink up there. Create, then upload your team and you're good to start adding player. Or perhaps, take advantage of the auto uploads?
Certainly makes managing your teams a heck of a lot easier.
What it also comes with however, is a bye profile for your squad. Know where you have the holes, so that as the trades run through, you can adjust your squad to fit.
It also comes with a handy Team Ticker- which is essentially the individual ticker, displayed for everyone on your team, or watchlist.
Very handy.
Anyways, as always, check it out and let us know if anything doesn't work.
You've got your Supercoach team, your Dreamteam, you might even dabble in the multitude of other comps out there* (*To be in the next release). Heck you might even have your wives teams, kids, pets whatever.
What you do end up having though, is an absolute headache, and what you need is TooSerious My Teams.
So what is it? well, in short it's a way to track your teams, within TooSerious. Login, then click on theMy Teamslink up there. Create, then upload your team and you're good to start adding player. Or perhaps, take advantage of the auto uploads?
Certainly makes managing your teams a heck of a lot easier.
What it also comes with however, is a bye profile for your squad. Know where you have the holes, so that as the trades run through, you can adjust your squad to fit.
It also comes with a handy Team Ticker- which is essentially the individual ticker, displayed for everyone on your team, or watchlist.
Very handy.
Anyways, as always, check it out and let us know if anything doesn't work.
<strong style='font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;]JONATHAN HOWCROFT[/b]
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]fromBackPageLead.com.ausupports the development of an AFL charter and hopes its development captures all of the game's intrinsic qualities, not just the obvious.
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]On SEN Radio's Harf Time this Tuesday, host Daniel Harford and I took calls about the creation of the AFL's proposed charter, and chewed over a few ideas about what key points should be enshrined in such a document.
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]The exercise was great fun, and we received plenty of contributions that would have to be included in any 'bible' to safeguard the game's development.
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]Some no-brainers include: an Australian Rules football should always be an ovoid, the scoring system should remain six points for a goal and one for a behind, the playing surface should always be oval, the goalpost configuration should not be altered...etc.
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New...
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]fromBackPageLead.com.ausupports the development of an AFL charter and hopes its development captures all of the game's intrinsic qualities, not just the obvious.
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]On SEN Radio's Harf Time this Tuesday, host Daniel Harford and I took calls about the creation of the AFL's proposed charter, and chewed over a few ideas about what key points should be enshrined in such a document.
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]The exercise was great fun, and we received plenty of contributions that would have to be included in any 'bible' to safeguard the game's development.
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]Some no-brainers include: an Australian Rules football should always be an ovoid, the scoring system should remain six points for a goal and one for a behind, the playing surface should always be oval, the goalpost configuration should not be altered...etc.
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New...
Round 3, and it's really starting to heat up now.
Feel free to join us tonight inChatfor some quality footballing conversation.
And maybe me if I can crawl myself out of bed!.
<h3>NAB CUP ROUND THREE
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Greater Western Sydney v Essendon
Manuka Oval (Friday, March 8, 6.10pm EDT)
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
1. Phil Davis, 2. Curtly Hampton, 3. Stephen Coniglio, 4. Toby Greene, 5. Dylan Shiel, 7. Rhys Palmer, 8. Callan Ward, 9. Tom Scully, 11. Taylor Adams, 17. Adam Treloar, 20. Adam Tomlinson, 23. Sam Reid, 24. Jono O'Rourke, 28. Liam Sumner, 30. Lachie Plowman, 31. Jacob Townsend, 35. Aidan Corr, 37. Setanta O'hAilpin, 39. Tim Mohr, 40. Adam Kennedy, 42. Mark Whiley, 43. Kurt Aylett, 46. Bret Thornton, 48. Sam Frost, 50. Dean Brogan
ESSENDON
1. Michael Hibberd, 2. Tom Bellchambers, 4. Jobe Watson, 5. Brent Stanton, 7. Leroy Jetta,
9. Brendon Goddard, 12. Stewart Crameri, 15. Courtenay Dempsey, 16. Tayte Pears, 17. Jake Melksham, 18. Michael Hurley, 20. Jackson Merrett, 21. Dyson Heppell, 22. Jake Carlisle, 23. David Myers, 26. Cale Hooker, 28. Elliott Kavanagh, 29. Alwyn Davey, 30. Patrick Ryder, 31. Dustin Fletcher, 34. Kyle Hardingham, 35. Martin Gleeson, 38. Nick Kommer, 39. Heath Hocking, 40. Ben Howlett, 42. Nathan Lovett-Murray, 46. Mark Baguley
Adelaide v Carlton
AAMI Stadium (Friday, March 8, 8.10pm CDT)
ADELAIDE
2. Brad Crouch, 3. Brent Reilly, 4. Josh Jenkins, 5. Scott Thompson, 7. Nathan van Berlo, 9. Rory Sloane, 10. Matthew Jaensch, 11. Matthew Wright, 12. Daniel Talia, 13. Taylor Walker, 14. David Mackay, 16. Luke Brown, 17. Bernie Vince. 18. Graham Johncock, 22. Andy Otten, 23.Jared Petrenko, 24. Sam Jacobs, 25. Ben Rutten, 26. Richard Douglas, 29. Sam Kerridge, 32. Patrick Dangerfield, 34. Sam Shaw, 35. Shaun McKernan, 36. Brodie Martin, 37. Ian Callinan, 40. Jason Porplyzia, 45. Ricky Henderson...
Feel free to join us tonight inChatfor some quality footballing conversation.
And maybe me if I can crawl myself out of bed!.
<h3>NAB CUP ROUND THREE
</h3>
Greater Western Sydney v Essendon
Manuka Oval (Friday, March 8, 6.10pm EDT)
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
1. Phil Davis, 2. Curtly Hampton, 3. Stephen Coniglio, 4. Toby Greene, 5. Dylan Shiel, 7. Rhys Palmer, 8. Callan Ward, 9. Tom Scully, 11. Taylor Adams, 17. Adam Treloar, 20. Adam Tomlinson, 23. Sam Reid, 24. Jono O'Rourke, 28. Liam Sumner, 30. Lachie Plowman, 31. Jacob Townsend, 35. Aidan Corr, 37. Setanta O'hAilpin, 39. Tim Mohr, 40. Adam Kennedy, 42. Mark Whiley, 43. Kurt Aylett, 46. Bret Thornton, 48. Sam Frost, 50. Dean Brogan
ESSENDON
1. Michael Hibberd, 2. Tom Bellchambers, 4. Jobe Watson, 5. Brent Stanton, 7. Leroy Jetta,
9. Brendon Goddard, 12. Stewart Crameri, 15. Courtenay Dempsey, 16. Tayte Pears, 17. Jake Melksham, 18. Michael Hurley, 20. Jackson Merrett, 21. Dyson Heppell, 22. Jake Carlisle, 23. David Myers, 26. Cale Hooker, 28. Elliott Kavanagh, 29. Alwyn Davey, 30. Patrick Ryder, 31. Dustin Fletcher, 34. Kyle Hardingham, 35. Martin Gleeson, 38. Nick Kommer, 39. Heath Hocking, 40. Ben Howlett, 42. Nathan Lovett-Murray, 46. Mark Baguley
Adelaide v Carlton
AAMI Stadium (Friday, March 8, 8.10pm CDT)
ADELAIDE
2. Brad Crouch, 3. Brent Reilly, 4. Josh Jenkins, 5. Scott Thompson, 7. Nathan van Berlo, 9. Rory Sloane, 10. Matthew Jaensch, 11. Matthew Wright, 12. Daniel Talia, 13. Taylor Walker, 14. David Mackay, 16. Luke Brown, 17. Bernie Vince. 18. Graham Johncock, 22. Andy Otten, 23.Jared Petrenko, 24. Sam Jacobs, 25. Ben Rutten, 26. Richard Douglas, 29. Sam Kerridge, 32. Patrick Dangerfield, 34. Sam Shaw, 35. Shaun McKernan, 36. Brodie Martin, 37. Ian Callinan, 40. Jason Porplyzia, 45. Ricky Henderson...
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<p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; background-color: #fbfbfb;](a) The draft will commence on Friday 1st March at 7:40pm EDT.
<p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; background-color: #fbfbfb;](b) 24 hour time limit on picks. If you don't pick within time you will be given the highest ranked player on 2012 averages.
<p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; background-color: #fbfbfb;](c) Teams...
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<p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; background-color: #fbfbfb;](a) The draft will commence on Friday 1st March at 7:40pm EDT.
<p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; background-color: #fbfbfb;](b) 24 hour time limit on picks. If you don't pick within time you will be given the highest ranked player on 2012 averages.
<p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; background-color: #fbfbfb;](c) Teams...
Another round of the NAB is down, and with it, we have some more data to paw our way through. As with last week, we'll be looking to compare player Dreamteam averages over the NAB cup with their current value, then working out the values again, if each player hypothetically played 100% gametime.
And of course, we have a link to the full data at the bottom there.
<strong style='font-size: 14px;]Rookies, Dollars per point[/b]
So, we'll naturally start at exactly who is the best bang for their buck. Of course, since rookies are priced at an average of around 20 points, while being given more gametime than they otherwise will, they will make up the vast majority.
Of course, it's also these rookies that step up when given the opportunities that get given chances when round 1 rolls around.
<tbody>
Team
Pos
Name
Salary
R1Points
R2Points
Ave
Games
$PerPoint
SYD
MID
Jake Lloyd
97300
24
85
54
2
1474
MEL
MID
Dean Kent
102700
39
56
47
2
1532
NTH
RUC
Daniel Currie
102700
32
58
45
2
1683
PTA
D/M
Sam Colquhoun
102700
19
78
48
2
1770
PTA
F/M
Jake Neade
108500
35
53
44...
And of course, we have a link to the full data at the bottom there.
<strong style='font-size: 14px;]Rookies, Dollars per point[/b]
So, we'll naturally start at exactly who is the best bang for their buck. Of course, since rookies are priced at an average of around 20 points, while being given more gametime than they otherwise will, they will make up the vast majority.
Of course, it's also these rookies that step up when given the opportunities that get given chances when round 1 rolls around.
<tbody>
Team
Pos
Name
Salary
R1Points
R2Points
Ave
Games
$PerPoint
SYD
MID
Jake Lloyd
97300
24
85
54
2
1474
MEL
MID
Dean Kent
102700
39
56
47
2
1532
NTH
RUC
Daniel Currie
102700
32
58
45
2
1683
PTA
D/M
Sam Colquhoun
102700
19
78
48
2
1770
PTA
F/M
Jake Neade
108500
35
53
44...
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 17.990449905395508px;]Cookie-cutter&rdquo; is a term often used in fantasy football, particularly in the pre-season, to describe a generic team line-up. As with an actual cookie-cutter, if everyone uses them then all our cookies end up looking the same.
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 17.990449905395508px;]While there certainlyisn'tanything wrong with using cookie-cutter players, whom the majority of coaches will select, it is important to consider how many of them to select and which ones.
The term POD&rdquo;, or Point Of Difference, is another one bandied about often in fantasy football, and is essentially the opposite of a cookie-cutter. These players are the ones that will hopefully score at a similar level to their cookie-cutter counterparts, but that will for whatever reason not be selected by as many coaches and can therefore offer a significant advantage.
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 17.990449905395508px;]The right mix of cookie-cutters and POD's is essential for success in all form of fantasy football, POD's are great but only if they score higher than their opposing players, but more often than not the cookie-cutter players are cookie-cutters because they are amongst the best in their position. Clich&eacute;'s become clich&eacute;'s for a reason.
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 17.990449905395508px;]Here we'll take a look at what the cookie-cutter line-up will most likely be for 2013, and which players you should and probably shouldn't consider including in yours. We'll break it down position by position, starting with the back-line.
<div>
DEFENSE
Each line is looking decidedly...
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 17.990449905395508px;]While there certainlyisn'tanything wrong with using cookie-cutter players, whom the majority of coaches will select, it is important to consider how many of them to select and which ones.
The term POD&rdquo;, or Point Of Difference, is another one bandied about often in fantasy football, and is essentially the opposite of a cookie-cutter. These players are the ones that will hopefully score at a similar level to their cookie-cutter counterparts, but that will for whatever reason not be selected by as many coaches and can therefore offer a significant advantage.
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 17.990449905395508px;]The right mix of cookie-cutters and POD's is essential for success in all form of fantasy football, POD's are great but only if they score higher than their opposing players, but more often than not the cookie-cutter players are cookie-cutters because they are amongst the best in their position. Clich&eacute;'s become clich&eacute;'s for a reason.
<p style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 17.990449905395508px;]Here we'll take a look at what the cookie-cutter line-up will most likely be for 2013, and which players you should and probably shouldn't consider including in yours. We'll break it down position by position, starting with the back-line.
<div>
DEFENSE
Each line is looking decidedly...
<p style='font-family: Cabin, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 28.796875px; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #6b6b6b; font-variant: normal; background-color: #ffffff;]Today, DTI's The Addict, takes us throughValue Based Drafting and how it should help you in your draft leagues.
<p style='font-family: Cabin, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 28.796875px; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #6b6b6b; font-variant: normal; background-color: #ffffff;] font-size: 16px;]As someone who has played many American fantasy sports over the years, I have looked forward to the day that draft style leagues became widely available to the masses. This year the official dreamteam game includes the option of participating in a draft league. For those of you unaware of what a draft league is, head over to[span style='font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; color: #121212;]www.dreamteamtalk.com font-size: 16px;]to get down with the basics.
<p style='font-family: Cabin, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 28.796875px; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #6b6b6b; font-variant: normal; background-color: #ffffff;]Let's be clear about one thing, it is extremely difficult to do well in a draft league if you stuff up your draft, if you dominate your draft you will go a long way to dominating your league.
<p style='font-family: Cabin, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 28.796875px; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #6b6b6b; font-variant: normal; background-color: #ffffff;]Doing well in traditional dreamteam has always relied on value. Be they rookies, underpriced players or discounted players, the key to any successful starting squad has never been Dane Swan or Dean Cox but rather...
<p style='font-family: Cabin, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 28.796875px; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #6b6b6b; font-variant: normal; background-color: #ffffff;] font-size: 16px;]As someone who has played many American fantasy sports over the years, I have looked forward to the day that draft style leagues became widely available to the masses. This year the official dreamteam game includes the option of participating in a draft league. For those of you unaware of what a draft league is, head over to[span style='font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; color: #121212;]www.dreamteamtalk.com font-size: 16px;]to get down with the basics.
<p style='font-family: Cabin, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 28.796875px; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #6b6b6b; font-variant: normal; background-color: #ffffff;]Let's be clear about one thing, it is extremely difficult to do well in a draft league if you stuff up your draft, if you dominate your draft you will go a long way to dominating your league.
<p style='font-family: Cabin, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 28.796875px; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #6b6b6b; font-variant: normal; background-color: #ffffff;]Doing well in traditional dreamteam has always relied on value. Be they rookies, underpriced players or discounted players, the key to any successful starting squad has never been Dane Swan or Dean Cox but rather...
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