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Week 13 saw the two playoff games in the keeper league decided by less than 10 points each while playoff spots are now decided in league 1 and 2. Join Stowie and myself as we breakdown all the results and identify matchups for next week.

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LEAGUE 1 (review by Stowie)

WEEK 13 RESULTS

Vicks Dog Fighters (8-5) (Fez) 96 def by Show Me Ya TDs (8-5) (wateman) 108

Lilydale Leather Heads (6-6-1) (bgt) 77 def by Massillon Tigers (6-7) (Johnson) 107

Team Wiggles (6-7) (Wiggles) 102 def Under Achievers (4-9) (UnderAchievers) 77

TooSerious TooSeriousesses (4-9) (walesy) 80 def by Team Stowie (6-6-1) (stowie) 85

Jimbos Juggernaut (10-3) (jimbowan) 87 def Adelaide Maggotz (6-7) (Maggots) 75


PLAYOFF MATCHUP PREVIEWS

Lilydale Leather Heads (6-6-1) at Jimbos Juggernaut (10-3)

Some solid drafting sees Jimbos Juggernaut, who had the 10th overall pick, finishing the season with the best record. Only playing once during the season it was Jimbos Juggernaut humiliating the Lilydale Leather Heads 116 to 57 in Week 3. Lilydale Leather Heads will be hoping Drew Brees can bounce back from shocker and lead them to victory here, while Jimbos Juggernaut would love to have Percy Harvin available as theyre quite short at WR without him.


Show Me Ya TDs (8-5) at Vicks Dog Fighters (8-5)

Riding a league best 6 game winning streak, Show Me Ya TDs would like a repeat of their Week 13 effort in the playoffs. Show Me Ya TDs got up by twelve in the final game of the season, but Vicks Dog Fighters picked up an eight point win in Week 5. 1st overall pick Arian Foster has been super consistant for Vicks Dog Fighters with only one game under 10fpts while Show Me Ya TDs has relied on rookies Doug Martin, Trent Richardson and RGIII and will hoping the rookie wall can be broken.



THE KEEPER LEAGUE (review by bgt2110)

#5 Waito’s Warriors (232) def #4 The Jug-0-Naughts (224)...

MIchu has shown himself to be an absolute legend while Rooney found some form over the weekend. Arsenal, Chelsea and Sunderland are all struggling big time. Join me over the break for a full round up...<!--more-->

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Liverpool v Southampton 1-0

I brought in Enrique and Suarez this week so three things were inevitable. Enrique would be moved back to LB, Suarez wouldn’t score but he would get booked which means a one match ban.

However, Enrique did still get his clean sheet and Suarez’s ban is away at West Ham which frees him up for the home games against porous Villa and Fulham defences.

Johnson – who was again excellent getting forward – set up Agger’s goal. Lucas returned after 3mths out, and this could positively impact on Gerrard’s returns.

Downing was left out after showing he’s not a LB either in the game @ Spurs while Wisdom also sat on the bench.

Southampton didn’t really show much going forward apart from a couple of speculative efforts from Scouser Lambert. A free week in GW17 looms for the Saints.

Fulham v Spurs 0-3

Fulham continue to leak goals at an alarming rate. Defoe x2 and Sandro did the damage for Spurs who are on a bit of a run just now.

Dawson went off injured with Gallas replacing him, Bale also went off after going Ping. On the plus side the excellent Dembele got more game time and Caulker also returned to the starting line-up. Dempsey and Bale’s replacement Sigu grabbed an assist each.

West Ham v Chelsea 3-1

Things do not look good for Chelsea as they capitulated in the second half. Azpilicueta continues at RB while the magnificent Mata was restored to the starting line-up and made a mockery of those fools who *ahem* traded him out this week.

Moses started and was good while Oscar and Marin came off the bench and expect rotation from now on between Mata, Hazard (who was a passenger in this game), Oscar, Marin, Moses and even Bertrand apparently for the three spots behind a woeful Torres.

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KFC BIG BASH T20 is back for 2012-2013! With some awesome posts in forum by thokash I thought it would be much better (and easier) to put them onto the front page! If you are playing for first time or even coming back for 2nd season make sure you have a read over the break for all the awesome information and preview of all teams and best players in each position!

Official BBL - http://fantasy.bigbash.com.au/

League Codes:

BigBash TooSerious -&#160; Code: 292859 - FULL

Way Too Serious - Code: 875940 - FULL

Too Seriously -Code: 166649 - FULL


Not Too Seriously - Code:&#160; 177179

Feel free to make leagues and post code in comments and ill add them to here.

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League Codes:

Please post any league codes in comments and ill add them to post.

We will now open this post up so people can get feedback on their teams! Thoughts on my team.

Finch, Ponting, Harris, Ferguson, Khwaja
D.Hussey, Botha, Hopes
Haddin, Paine
Faulkner, McKay, Rimmington, Nannes, Putland

Just not sold on any of the bowlers! Reckon Ponting is decent option now that he’s retired from Test cricket. Harris is apparently going open for Renegades. Would love take punt on Phil Hughes as he’s in ripping form this summer so far.

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Over the break is hands down the most comprehensive preview of the BBL you can find on the world wide web!

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TEAM PREVIEWS

Melbourne Stars

Likely Starting XI:
Brad Hodge
Rob Quiney*
Luke Wright
David Hussey
Cameron White
Glenn Maxwell
Matthew Wade* / Peter Handscomb (WK)
James Faulkner
Shane Warne
Clint McKay
Lasith Malinga
John Hastings (12th man)

Hastings very unlucky to miss the 11, he could virtually replace any player on this list though.

Squad: Jackson Bird,...

Week 12 of the NFL season sees the beginning of the playoffs in the keeper league while only one regular season matchup remains in the two other leagues. Games in all leagues are going right down to the wire with positions still up for grabs. In the 'real thing' the Falcons and Texans are continuing on with their winning ways, the Packers suffered a heavy loss to the Giants, the Saints stumbled at home against the 49ers, the Colts have gone from last seasons cellar dwellers to this years likely playoff spot while the poor old Eagles can be summed up simply.... RIP Dream Team (August 2011 - August 2011). Join with me and Stowie for the reviews.<!--more-->

THE KEEPER LEAGUE (review by bgt2110)

#4 The Jug-O-Naughts (112) lead #5 Waito’s Warriors (107)

A very close matchup sees the Jugs head into week 2 with only a 5 point lead over the Warriors. This one can still go either way with both teams able to make adjustments to their starting lineups to hopefully proceed onto a matchup with Team Stowie in the semi finals. The Jugs had valuable contributions from Brady(30), the Patriots d/st(21), Andre Johnson(18) and Mat Ryan(15). Unfortunately, Austin(0) was injured early in the game and Fred Jackson(1) was disappointing. With a couple of bushes, namely Reggie and Michael itching to get a start the Jugs have ample support on their deep roster. For the Warriors it was Calvin Johnson(20), Doug Martin(18) and Alfred Morris(17) who all performed well while the Texans d/st(-2) had a rare off day. The Warriors can draw on either Trent Richardson(16) or Steve Jackson(13) this week to push the Jugs all the way in a much look forwarded too week 2. Good luck to both teams.

Winner of this matchup meets Team Stowie in the semi finals.

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#3 Billy Bass(103) leads #6 Welcome back Mr Wallace(76)

This matchup is also going down to the wire, although Billy is leading with a healthy, but not out of reach, 27 points. Billy will head into week 2...

As promised last week, I will discuss some of the fantasy studs and duds for the season so far. Feel free to post your comments below about some of your success stories and failures.

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I won’t talk about Lebron, Durantula and CP3 as we all knew they would be at the top of the tree for points scoring. However, there has been some surprises with some of the other names appearing in the top 20 players based on averages. Probably the biggest success story of the season so far is Sideshow Bob (avg 48.6), he has been a beast on the boards but also has improved his all round game to score more points. Well done to the owners who picked him up, I know Ant picked him up with a pick in the 80’s in the Premier League.

Other players who have started off the season on fire are Noah (avg 45.9) who has assumed the responsibility of leading the Bulls while Rose is still out injured. Jrue Holiday (avg 43.8) is racking up the points on a consistent basis. AK47 (avg 42.6) is another who has been a huge surprise after coming back into the NBA this year. People who watched the Olympics basketball would have known that Kirilenko was going to have a good season (how did I forget it). Timmy D (avg 49.6) has turned back the clock although owners will probably be aware later in the season the Spurs will rest him on a regular basis for the playoffs.

In regards to the Duds, where do I start? I could probably name a few as some of them are on my team. J Smoove (avg 33.4) has had a very ordinary start to the season. He looks hesitant in a contract year and has not scored the points I was expecting when I drafted him at pick 4. Ilyasova (avg 14.9) is another who has struggled with the expectation of delivering the goods after being awarded a 5 yr contract with the Bucks. Other players who have not performed to their normal expectations are Wade (avg 36.7), Cousins (avg 31.4), Ginobli (avg 25.7).

Now onto the review, I will do the review...

Clean sheets were all the rage this week with 3 scoreless draws so I think this weeks high scorer must have had Defoe in his team along with 10 defenders. GW14 kicks off Wed morning so get your transfers done early this week folks. Join me over the break for a review of the weekends games..<!--more-->

Stoke v Fulham 1-0

Stoke are now unbeaten in 14 league games at home and continue to rack up the clean sheets while Fulham lost their first away game in five.

It was a deserved victory as Fulham showed little until the final 10mins. Crouch assisted Adam’s goal. Etheringon appears to be getting a run of games ahead of summer signing Kightly.

With Ruiz out Jol partnered Petric with Berbatov, while Rodallega and Duff were on the subs bench. Hangeland served the first game of his suspension.

Everton v Norwich 1-1

The Toffeemen – who had Fellaini, Coleman and Neville out – just came up short for the 3pts. Naismith (goal) continues to flourish in Mirallas absence while Oviedo (assist) did well in his first league start but Everton again failed to capitalise on chances made. That’s five draws in seven with Arsenal midweek kicking off a nasty run of games.

Norwich came into the game after a slow start and are now unbeaten in six PL games. Garrido again brought home some returns by assisting Bassong’s first goal in two years. Ruddy came off injured and is a doubt. Pilkington impressed as Norwich gear up for a midweek trip to Southampton.

Man Utd v QPR 3-1

He might not be a FF legend but my goodness he’s a legend nonetheless. Darren Fletcher making his first PL appearance in more than a year due to serious illness (which is ongoing) scored to celebrate his comeback. Evans and Hernandez also got on the scoresheet. Rooney, Welbeck and Anderson all saw some assist action. DDG was on the bench as Evans returned but OT clean sheets are a rarity these days anyway. Anderson came off the bench and changed the game in Utd’s favour after a slack first hour....

It is playoffs time in the keeper league and with only 2 regular season games left in the other leagues this review will be about where teams have finished, where others are heading and the ramications for winning or losing over the coming weeks. Join Stowie and myself as we review the results from week 11 and preview the current standings.

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LEAGUE 1 (REVIEW BY STOWIE)

WEEK 11 RESULTS

Team Wiggles (Wiggles) 48 def by Jimbos Juggernaut (jimbowan) 75

Lilydale Leather Heads (bgt) 76 def by TooSerious TooSeriousesses (walesy) 92

Show Me Ya TDs (wateman) 105 def Adelaide Maggotz (Maggots) 81

Vicks Dog Fighters (Fez) 80 def by Team Stowie (stowie) 92

Massillon Tigers (Johnson) 79 def Under Achievers (UnderAchievers) 66


With two weeks to go, four playoff spots available and all ten teams in with a chance, lets look at playoff implications as almost any team can sneak in!


Jimbos Juggernaut (jimbowan) (8-3)
Currently sit a top the league and would take a crazy set of circumstances for them to miss the playoffs. One win against either Under Achievers (4-7) or Adelaide Maggotz (5-6) will secure their position.

Vicks Dog Fighters (Fez) (7-4)
Sitting second at the moment with games against TooSeriousesses (4-7) and Show Me Ya TDs (6-5) to come. Again, one win should be enough here.

Lilydale Leather Heads (bgt) (6-4-1)
A handy draw means one win against Adelaide Maggotz (5-6) or Massillon Tigers (4-7) will see them in the playoffs.

Show Me Ya TDs (wateman) (6-5)
Similar story here, one win should be enough with games against Team Stowie (5-5-1) and Vicks Dog Fighters (7-4) to come. The hottest team in the league riding a four game winning streak.

Team Stowie (stowie) (5-5-1)
Going to need some luck and realistically, two wins with games against Show Me Ya TDs (6-5) and TooSeriousesses (4-7). The draw might come in to play and help...

Alright, its draft night!

Are we excited? Certainly going to be a lot that comes out of tonight that will effect our coming year.

From what Ive gathered, the draft starts at 7:30 tonight, so Ill try to get a chat happening (Provided those darn kids of mine dont get all uppity on me! )

Anyways, any thoughts? How are you hoping your club drafts?

Me, as a Bombers fan- Im already a happy man. Goddard in the FA and Daniher at pick 10 is already a massive win for the club. With our pick though, Id hope to see either Jacobs or Atkins in red or black, but Ive a feeling that neither of them will wind up here. Ah well- guess well find out!

Next week after the completion of Round 4, I will go through some of the stats for players. There have been some big movers and some big sliders in fantasy basketball.

However, this week I am bit pressed for time so we will go straight into the review. As usual I will do the review for the Premier League, Stowie will do the review for Div One and Rev will do the review for Div Two.

Please read over the break.

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King of Karlos (2-1) 1481 v Run TMC (2-1) 1335

Karlos was able to build a very sizeable lead throughout this matchup and had enough pts in the bank to withstand the 384 pts scored by Run TMC on the last day to post a comfortable victory. Karlos played 3 more games than Run TMC and had 7 players break the 100 pts mark. Al Jefferson (177/4) led the way followed by Boozer (131/4) and Deng (143/4). Run TMC posted their first loss of the season but their team has been playing well in the first part of the season. The best playesr for Run TMC were Westbrook (234/4), Noah (175/4) and Gay (125/3).

Ruddy’s Cavaliers (2-1) 1368 v Fudge’s Sixers (0-3) 968

Ruddy was able to score a big win against Fudge this round. Fudge is just sitting tight at the moment trying to ride out storm until some of his key players come back from injury. Ruddy would have been happy with Durantula scoring 306 from 4 games who has backed up being picked number 2 in the draft. Monroe (194/4) was next followed by Ibaka (152/4). For Fudge he had to rely upon Pierce (172/5), J Rich (155/4) and Timmy D (138/3)

Adelaide Maggotz (2-1) 1461 v Wade Machine (1-2) 1093

The Maggotz showed no mercy to the Wade Machine this week who were knocked around with injuries to key players this week (Wade). The Maggotz had a whopping 8 players score more than 100 pts this round with Jennings the best with (200/3), Harden (180/4) and Bosh (152/4). The best players for Wade Machine were Millsap (171/4), KG (131/5) and Lou Williams (126/3).

Anthak (3-0) 1582 v Westside...

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Man City have hit top spot again after all their big guns fired- Tevez, Aguero and Silva. While Utd disappointed slipping to defeat against an impressive Norwich. Join me over the break where Ill cover all the games..<!--more-->

Arsenal v Spurs 5-2

Incredibly this was the score when the two teams met last season at The Emirates. This time there were seven different scorers – Adebayor, Bale, Walcott, Cazorla, Giroud, Podolski and Mertesacker. Spurs were looking decent until Adebayor got himself sent off early on.

Both teams made some changes with Lloris coming back in for Spurs and Dempsey dropping to the bench as Ade and Defoe started up front. Caulker was missing from the squad.

Arsenal also had a change in goals with Szczesny, finally, fit to take his place. Ramsey was on the bench with Walcott starting and causing havoc down the right side. He got his wish with a 5min cameo at CF when he scored his goal. Cazorla was excellent.

Norwich v Man Utd 1-0

Utd surrendered top spot after a poor performance. DDG was missing with complications after a dentists’ appointment while Rooney was out with tonsillitis. Hernandez as expected started the game. Smalling continued with Evans still out.

Snodgrass came back in while Whittaker looked good coming forward. Pilkington scored with Garrido assisting. That’s now four clean sheets in five games for Norwich, that’s two more than Utd have managed all season.

Man City v Villa 5-0

City scored just before HT to open the floodgates. Tevez and Aguero both scored a brace as intriguingly they scored a penalty apiece. Silva scored his first for the season as he has finally found form and fitness.

Nastasic was again afforded a starting place in defence, as was Maicon. This left Zabaleta, Lescott and Kolarov on the bench. Dzeko was again a bench warmer as City’s first choice pairing (and most dangerous pairing) of Tevez and Aguero started.

As I predicted a couple of weeks ago, Villa have...