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Round 22 saw the second annual League vs League Grand Final with Meat Pies victorious by 349 points over the gallant Platinum League, and they now join the NBA crew on the TS League vs League Champion Honourboard!







2012 League vs League Grand Final Box Score - Match Fifteen - Meat Pie Park -TS Donors MeatPies 41734 (Geoffo's SC Mob/Geoff 2516, Gouds United/Simon 2451 Riding the Bumps/John 2433) defeated TS Platinum 41385 (Career Enders/Stasi 2605, Bob's Hacks/Adam 2504, El Presidente VI/Shane 2498) by 349 points



- Norm Tuck Medalist (Highest team score in the Grand Final) - Career Enders/Stasi 2605



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The Grand Final was a tight affair, and was decided by the following 18 matchups (in order of year to date scores up to round 22):-



That'sWattsSheSaid Jonathan 2313 (MEAT PIES) Vs Grantus Grant (Platinum) 2273



Vibes Arch 2190 (MEAT PIES) vs Career Enders Stasi (Platinum) 2605



Team Stripey Mick 2166 (MEAT PIES) vs Clarko's Crew Chris (Platinum) 2474



Snotties Philip 2405 (MEAT PIES) vs SCaurusRex Gene (Platinum) 2379



Funks Boys Colin 2322 (MEAT PIES) vs Bob's Hacks Adam (Platinum) 2504



Spartans Jason 2412 (MEAT PIES) vs Steamed Dimmies Bigshow (Platinum) 2373



Wando Cans Peter 2281 (MEAT PIES) vs Lethaldons Leigh (Platinum) 2046



Riding the Bumps John 2433 (MEAT PIES) vs Any Ability? Stuart (Platinum) 2381



Degenerates v.2.0 Forrest 2348 (MEAT PIES) vs Dmans Destructors Sean (Platinum) 2215



Gouds United Simon 2451 (MEAT PIES) vs Impromptu SCE Jay (Platinum) 2233



Muppetville James 2396 (MEAT PIES) vs Riewoldt's XXII Matt (Platinum) 2186



East-West...

Hi all - first post in a while, and it's to bring your attention to what was a brilliant competition from last season - the League vs League knockout championships.



If you've got a TooSerious League, we want to know where you are in the rankings, so we can enjoy this competition and to cheer everyone on through the



I'll give you the basics here, then over the break, you can read a more detailed statement from our good mate The Tassie Hawk!

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<li>League vs League will be 16 teams from round 19 to 22 knockout.
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<li>Yes, that's right, round 22, so we don't lose this competition in the wake of all the other grand finals
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<li>We need current league rankings and the league average scores provided to confirm a league entry in the competition
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<li>Higher ranked teams will get a seeded ranking - 1 v 16 - but with a twist. &#160;Because likely league 1 burned and league 16 saved trades, we will give a small advantage to better leagues - in line with their current league performance averages. &#160;It just means if the General badly strikes these leagues, they have a little more security (and because many great leagues were turfed last year by lurker leagues haha!)
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<div>TTH will explain the rest.... so get entering ladies and gents~!


<div>Lucas


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Hey Folks



Last year we held a knockout competition for the top 16 TooSerious Leagues as at Round 17 (based on the aggregate round score for each league) during the 2011 Supercoach finals.
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The NBA Crew (ranked 9th of the 16 TS leagues) overcame the TinLids (ranked 7th) by 1220 points (37412 to 36192) in the 2011 Grand Final.



We are running this again in 2012 – starting in Rd19 and finishing in Rd22...

Westside Hardcore (8-6) 1398 v Ant hak (7-7) 1348



This match was crucial to both teams as the winner had the inside running to a potential finals spot. Westside was able to claim a good win considering they played 3 less games than Anthak. The leading scorers for Westside were Gallinari (154/4), Drummond (146/4) and Aldridge (142/3). The best players for Anthak were LBJ (166/3), Thompson (145/3) and Chandler (135/3). It now looks like Anthak might need to win his last 2 games to make the finals.


King of Karlos (9-5) 1291 v Run TMC (5-8-1) 1102



Karlos was able to wrap a finals spot with a comfortable victory over Run TMC. Karlos played an extra 8 games which certainly did help with the overall result. The leading scorers for Karlos were Deng (203/4), Clark (147/4) and Al Jefferson (141/4). For Run TMC, Pau Gasol led the way with (156/4), followed by Bledsoe (146/3) and Gay (139/3).

Ruddy's Cavaliers (8-6) 1170 v Fudge's Sixers (2-12) 1086



Ruddy got another much needed win over Fudge this round and it now looks like he will probably need to win one more game to make the finals. Monroe (159/4) was the best player for Ruddy followed by Durant (113/2) and Brook Lopez (111/3). The best players for Fudge this round were Lawson (153/3) , Pierce (123/3) and Knight (122/4).

Adelaide Maggotz (5-8-1) 1229 v Wade Machine (6-8) 1219



This was the closest match in the Premier League this round with the Maggotz coming from behind in the very last game to beat Wade Machine. The Maggotz played 5 more games this round and were led by DeRozan (164/4), Harden (160/3) and Okafor (135/4). For Wade Machine, the best players were Butler (159/4), Young (156/3) and Evans (156/4).

Jasmine's Mob (12-2) 1555 v The Jug O Naughts (8-6) 1136



Once again you know who scored the highest score in the Premier League and was able to post a comfortable win over Fez. It now looks like...

<p style='font: inherit;]I've just rolled TS over into the 2013 season. <p style='font: inherit;] <p style='font: inherit;]Head on over to the stats page to check it all out. <p style='font: inherit;] <p style='font: inherit;]Don't forget though, you can go back to the 2012 season to view all those juicy statistics.
Personally, my&#160;favourites&#160;are the pre/post 12 averages and the Games/Percentage over 100.
Check it out, there are probably bugs hidden in there somewhere, but hey- many eyes make short work or something like that.

Arsenal v Stoke City 1-0
Monreal made his debut at LB with Gibbs out injured. Wenger surprisingly left Santi Cazorla and Podolski on the bench. Podolski comng off the bench to score the winner. Vermeelen was injured.
Crouch was again preferred to Jones as Stoke looked more solid than they have for weeks.
WBA v Spurs 0-1
Spurs unbeaten in 9 now after Bale's 11th league goal of the season (9th away from home). WBA who had Povov sent off for spitting have now lost five from six and their slide continues. Long and Lukaka both started.
BAE started as Naughton took his place on the bench. Holtby replaced the injured Defoe. Dawson started for the sixth straight league match.
West Ham v Swansea 1-0
No goal in six league games now for Michu who assumed the CF position with Danny Graham moving onto pastures new. Vorm's replacement Tremmel played a blinder but couldn't stop Carroll from scoring. Carroll and Nolan renewed their promising partnership.
Demel, who has been in shocking form, missed out altogether although it's unclear if he was injured in WHU's previous game. Joe Cole was again benched for most of the game.
Reading v Sunderland 2-1
Jimmy, Kebe was afforded a start and impressed with two goals. Harte's assist for the second earned praise from his manager.
Le Fondre was again resigned to the bench as was Danny Guthrie. New signing Blackman replaced The Pog after 70mins.
Gardner scored from the spot for lacklustre Sunderland, who brought on Danny Graham for the last 10mins.
Fulham v Man Utd 0-1
A good performance didn't bring any points home for The Cottagers. Rooney won it with his 3rd goal in two games as Evans, Valencia and Nani all started.
Fulham recalled Riise but Berbatov missed out with a hammy, while Frimpong exchanged an Arsenal bench-spot for a Fulham bench-sopt. Hangeland came off with injury and could miss a few, Hughes replaced him.
Man City v Liverpool 2-2
Tevez spent all game on the bench despite City desperately needing...

<p style='font: inherit;]Yes, I know, historically, we've always waited until the final week of the NAB to do Rate-My-Teams. Namely because your team will change aridiculousamount between now and then.
<p style='font: inherit;]However, I'm softening on that stance a little. I mean, sure, I won't be joining in on the fun cause as I mentioned, it's a littlesuperfluous, but hey, doesn't mean that those of you who want to review stuff early day can't, right?


So get into the comments and have at it.



And to get the ball rolling, and maybe offer up a little bit of formatting, here's my first cut to tear apart.



DEF: B. Goddard, B. Gibbs, D. Heppell, N. Bock, L. Brown, B. Staker (S. Docherty, D. Van Unen)

MID: G. Ablett, S. Pendlebury, T. Cotchin, K. Jack, L. Whitfield, E. Kavanagh, K. Mitchell, J. O'Meara (B. Crouch, J. Viney)

RUC: H. McIntosh, M. Leuenberger (M. Daw, C. Sinclair)

FWD: L. Franklin, D. Cox, P. Ryder, T. Rockliff, D. Martin, S. Mayes (B. Macaffer, R. Atkins)



Have at it.



(And yanno, if you're looking for a TS league to join, head on over here

We all know the value of a non-playing rookie Fwd-Ruc. (And if you don't, you'll have to read my upcoming article on the value of a rookie Fwd-Ruc. Spoiler: Captains loophole)



And the cheapest one available is McBean.



So why have I chosen Sinclair?



Sinclair vs Mcbean

$112,200 vs $109,500



Seems an easy decision doesn't it. Mcbean is a $3k cheaper. badda bing badda boom. Done.



No.



Why are we selecting a non-playing rookie Fwd-Ruc? Well, yes, the extra cash is nice, and the potential extra coverage from having Cox/Ryder in the forwardline is nice as well, but what I'm talking about here, is the spoiler.



The Captains/Bench Loophole.



And how does that loophole work again? You need a none-playing player, who plays late in the weekend.



So lets take a look here.



Richmond (McBean) have the following fixture



Round 1: Thursday

Round 2: Friday

Round 3: Sunday

Round 4: Saturday

Round 5: Friday



Meanwhile West Coast (Sinclair) roll the following:



Round 1: Saturday

Round 2: Sunday

Round 3: Saturday

Round 4: Saturday

Round 5: Saturday



That's 3 weeks over the first 5 that McBean is actually useless as a Captains loophole donut, while Sinclair offers the double chance every single week.



Now, after round 5, McBean doesn't ever play on Friday again (and would be a suggested downgrade if you rolled that way), but for mine, I'd expect to have at least 1 none playing (see: injured) player in your squad from round 6 onwards anyways.



Now, the million dollar question, is that level of flexibility over the first 5 weeks worth it? 3 cracks at a double captain? yeah, I'd take that over $3k (or what, roughly .7ppg)

As die-hard Supercoach Players we have always sat back and been little disappointed that they haven't implemented an Eliminator style game like Dream Team have for years. Most other fantasy sports around world have a game within the game.
There is nothing better than seeing your side, which might be out of overall or finals contention make a late season run in knockout competition. It gives you something to play for.
Well here at Too Serious we are thinking of taking this to the next level. In that other football&amp;rdquo;, otherwise known as soccer here in Australia the Champions League is one of the biggest club tournaments going around. What makes this so good? Well basically even the smaller clubs get to play a few games and aren't knocked out in first week if they come up against one the big rich clubs.
What we are thinking is to base a competition on this. It would include a Group Stage&amp;rdquo; and then go onto Knockout Stage&amp;rdquo; later in the year, after each side has played each other twice (or more if there is no real interest) in the group stage. The top 2 or 4 of each group would go through to final 16/32 (all depending on numbers)
Based on my calculations, and bear in mind that maths wasn't my strongest subject at school if we could get 64 players it would run smoothly.
8 groups of 8 teams, play each other twice = 14 games
Top 4 go through.

5 knockout rounds = 22 rounds
In that we don't play at all during 3 bye weeks.
That leaves 1 round free, which is good as thinking due to all players that get rested in last round of season we could have final in Round 22.
Obviously we don't have any idea how many people would be interested, so if it interests you please let us know. We would potentially require people to put their hand up to be group captain&amp;rdquo; to update results from each group.
**Please note this is still just idea that we've had and obviously lot work needs to go into it to get it up and running**

You can...

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<p style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;]The final three, who will it be? That rhymes and you know it does, admit it. Remember it's just one man's opinion, but that that man comes with a pretty high recommendation. The ORFFL premiership says hello.
<p style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;]So this wraps up the club preview component of the ORFFL preseason. There's a still a trade period going on that has around a month to go, and there'll be a preview of the up coming draft, and update threads along the way in case anything gets closed. Happy February everyone!

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With Supercoach and Dreamteam tonight, it's probably a good time to get our first open chat session up for the year.



It's only a temporary mockup of how our chat will be working this year, but give it a shakedown and let us know what it's like!



You can access tonights chat here