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Linsanity 17 (3-10) 1400 v Westside Hardcore (7-6) 1371



Linsanity was able to post consecutive wins for the first time this season with a hard fought win over Westside. This result was in doubt until the final day and due to D12 having a quiet game against OKC, Linsanity was able to sneak past Westside. Ersanity was back in town with (193/3) followed by J Smoove (173/4) and Dragic (165/4). Westside will be hoping to bounce back this week to shore up their position in the finals and this week were best served by Aldridge (165/4), T Thompson (135/3) and Crawford (133/5).

Kings of Karlos (8-5) 1438 v Fudge's Sixers (2-11) 1228



Karlos was able to cement their spot in the top 6 with a good win against Fudge this round. Curry led the way with (208/4), followed by D Will (195/4) and Redick (132/3). For Fudge, the best players were Knight (142/4), Nene (141/4) and the Truth (132/4). Fudge will be looking towards the minor round finals to see if he can avoid relegation by winning the wild card.

Wade Machine (6-7) 1388 v Run TMC (5-7-1) 1373



This was the closest match in the Premier League this round and Wade Machine was able to score the win. Wade Machine played 4 less games the Run TMC and was best served by KG (192/4), Wade (151/3) and Millsap (149/3). Owen is settling down to married life and his team was led by Noah (208/4), Bledsoe (149/5) and Westbrook (143/4).

Ruddy's Cavaliers (7-6) 1588 v Adelaide Maggotz (4-8-1) 1414


The Cavaliers piled on the misery for the Maggotz who are struggling just at the minute with a comfortable victory this round thus cementing their place in the main pack chasing a finals berth. Once again Durant was the best with (271/4) followed by Artest (167/4) and Monroe (167/4). The best players for the Maggotz were Harden (225/4), Okafor (155/4) and Anderson (162/4).

Jasmine's Mob (11-2) 1672 v Ant hak (7-6) 1347...

What's this I see before me? A few new links in the menu bar?



Stats and Donate.



Yes, we've finally gotten the new stats page moved across to TS4.0 and if I do say so myself, it looks pretty swish.



The old filter is gone, replaced with something that I believe is a lot more simpler to use. Simply click on what you want to see, then apply the filter. No more trying to beat the refresh to apply more than one filter at a time!



We've also merged the old, kinda confusing 'Basic' and 'Fantasy' stats into the one display, so at all times, you have access to the full array of statistics available hear at TS. (Just click that 'More Stats' button to cycle through them)



Of course, I'm expecting bug reports, so lay them on me if things break, but take note- I already know that the sorting is slightly dodgy and it's first on the list of fixes!



Next up, donations are back up and running on the site. Not much has changed here. You still head over to the donate page and do the paypal thing. The only major differences from previous years, is that you're now stuck with the ads! However, since the new site is build around them (rather than just cramming them in where they kinda fit), things tend to look a little silly when they disappear.



One of the donor features from last year, the ability to change the rows viewed, is still in development (after bug fixes), so I've defaulted it to a luxurious 50 rows, rather than the annoy not-enough-for-a-full-team 20 - but that will be back, so don't high-five your wallets just yet!



The individual player pages have undergone quite a change, and are still being developed, so don't expect them for a couple of weeks yet. Need to fix bugs, then roll the site over to the 2013 season first before I can get back into them.



Finally, a couple of the derived stats are still being recalculated in the background- so if things are missing, don't fret,...

With teams having to select 8 midfielders in 2013, the midfielders priced at around $500K-$560K will most likely come into play again. Most teams will try stacking their midfields with as many premiums as possible but can you afford to have 5 midfielders priced at 620K+ and then try get quality team elsewhere? From early preseason talk, it seems most players are considering running 2 or 3 rookies as usual in midfield, as that is where all the big points are scored you don't want to fall behind 8-ball early on by playing too many rookies in there.
Today I decided to take a quick look at 2 midfielders priced at around $550K that have showed signs of big breakout year and could save you fair amount cash to use elsewhere.Whilst they probably arent technically 'mid-pricers' they fit the bill as breakout candidates and that what aim of these articles are about.

RORY SLOANE
2010: 75
2011: 88
2012: 106
2013 Price: $567K
In 2012 had somewhat of breakout season, which saw him top the ton on 12 occasions. In those 12 he had 5 scores over 120 including season high 178 against Fremantle in round 10. He was remarkably consistent; in further 5 games he scored over 86. That's 17 of his 21 games he scored over 86. The good thing about this is he has ton of improvement left in him and his 4 scores in 70's brings his price down to very tasty $567,000 in 2013.
Sloane is now entering his 5th season and is in the age bracket where they start to play their best football. Adelaide have really good draw and will be fighting it out deep in September so they should get good piece of the Supercoach pie.
Downside to Sloane is fact Adelaide has few star midfielders including Scott Thompson and Patrick Dangerfield who are likely to steal points off him. But keep in mind Scott Thompson isn't getting any younger and they might look to ease him back and let Sloane pick up the slack. Other good thing with star midfielders alongside is that they will get tagged before Sloane,...

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<p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;]Part V and we begin to move into the final 6. Not to denigrate or diminish the chances of those ORFFL clubs mentioned previously, but for mine these 3 clubs mentioned in this preview have seriously strong claims to the The Jar in 2013. If I wasn't the coach of who I'm the coach of, I would be scared.


<p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;]But I am and I'm not. Read on.[span style='line-height: 20px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;...

The AFL are running a third comp this year, sitting beside Dream Team and Elite. This one they are calling Match Day.

Not 100% sure if it's an every week thing, but they plan on running over 'a selection of blockbuster matches throughout the home and away season, plus all finals matches'

It's selecting 8 players from the 2 teams, 2 Defenders, 3 mids, 2 forwards and a ruck.

More details can be found here.

Souinds a hell of a lot like our old iScent competition, which for mine, was a hell of a lot of fun- so I reckon it'll get picked up by most Dream Team players who already have a stake in logging in anyways.

With new rule changes in Supercoach in 2013 which will see us only select 6 forwards on field each week it is going to become crucial that we select the right players from the start. One thing that is different this year is all the forward/rucks that have been added. I think the F/R’s are going to be more useful than the M/F’s this season and loading up with rucks and ruck/forwards could give you a real head start on rest of the competition. Why I hear you ask, well take a look below at the yearly averages from forwards and rucks from last year. (I’ve added in the new M/F’s for this year as a guide) Lance Franklin (F) – 115.50 Nic Nat (R/F) – 114.20 Ivan Maric (R)- 113.43 Aaron Sandilands (R)- 112.58 Dean Cox (R/F) – 112.27 Mathew Pavlich (F) – 111 Patrick Ryder (R/F) – 105.47 Ben McEvoy (R)- 104.19 Jarred Roughead (R/F) - 103.7 Sam Jacobs (R)- 102.10 Taylor Walker (F) – 100.19 Paul Chapman (M/F) – 100.10 Dayne Zorko (M/F) – 100 Jimmy Bartel (M/F) – 98.58 Cyril Rioli (M/F) – 98.55 Tom Rockliff (M/F) – 97.27 Jarred Waite (F) – 97.18 Stevie J (M/F)– 96.57 Dale Thomas (M/F) – 96.41 Jordan Lewis (M/F)– 95.95 Nick Riewoldt (F) – 95.89 David Hale (R/F) – 95.62 &#160; As you can see 8 of the top 10 are rucks or ruck/forwards. Only Lance Franklin and Mathew Pavlich were able to score as consistently as them. We have all seen the somewhat ridiculous amount point’s ruckman get from hit outs, which means even if they have a bad game they normally score 80-90 still. One tactic this year could see teams load up with Cox, Nic Nat, Ryder, Roughead in their forward lines and run 2 premium ruckman with couple cheap basement priced R/F that allows you to swing them into rucks if needed. You could also play under-priced Todd Goldstein &amp; Shane Mumford who both averaged 90-91 last year, which was remarkably down on their 113 averages in 2011. Not many forwards over the year have that much room for improvement. At the moment I’ll be running Cox, Roughie, Ryder in my forward...

Spurs v Man Utd 1-1
BAE came off the bench to help set up Dempsey's late equaliser, after RVP's 18 league goal of the season put Utd in front. RVP has now scored in 9 of his last 10 games.
Young was out injured but it still didn't afford Valencia a start. Evans is still injured while Rooney came on for the last 30mins.
Vertonghen dropped to the bench (illness)while Bale has fired blanks in 4 of his last 5 games.
Chelsea v Arsenal 2-1
Arsenal could've snatched a draw after a woeful first half where Mata and Lampard scored. Azpilicueta and Ramires with the assists. Flavour of the week Walcott scored from Cazorla's assist.
Torres started ahead of Ba as he put in another poor display while Mertesacker kept his place ahead of Koscielney. Giroud was CF as Walcott played on the wing.
West Ham v QPR 1-1
It was two new signings Joe Cole and Loic Remy who got on the scoresheet another new signing Chamakh also impressed.
Tomkins played with Collins out injured, Nolan's barren run continues. Nelsen again lined up for The R's while Cisse has gone on a wallet-fattening mission in Qatar until the end of the season.
Man City v Fulham 2-0
Fulham's desperate run continues with two wins in 14 and 1 CS in 15. They offered nothing here. Kacaniklic spent the game on the bench.
Zabaleta was taken off with an ankle injury but it shouldn't be too serious. Aguero played the last 10mins after his hamstring injury with Tevez and Dzeko again starting. Silva was the hero with both goals.
Newcastle v Reading 1-2
Three wins in 18 now for Newcastle as they find themselves in a relegation dog fight. Pardew had his pants pulled down by Remy's late u-turn to join QPR. Cisse could've scored a hat-trick but it was Cabaye who scored before coming off with a groin complaint.
Le Fondre came off the bench to bag a brace as Reading notched a come-from-behind win for the second consecutive game. Harte continues to get a gig at LB.
Liverpool v Norwich 5-0
Henderson, Suarez,...

<p style='text-align: center;]Mid-Price Madness: Potential 2013 Breakout Players
<p style='text-align: center;]By TigersTooTough


Following on from last week's first piece in this series by Stkildathunda, I have put down a little bit on a few players that can potentially breakout this season. Mid-Pricers are always tough to judge, if you are going down that path, and some solid information is needed when trying to find a diamond in the rough. Instead of looking at proven players that are mid-priced due to injury (eg Bock), I have chosen a few players that you may not be thinking about putting in your team, but should at least be in some thoughts. There's a little bit of a Tiger flavour in this, but with a definite finals campaign coming up, it'd be silly to not expect plenty of SuperCoach points going to us

We are two months away from the real season but the NAB Cup is important to the serious fantasy coaches to keep an eye on player roles and what not. Exciting times are coming!!

Anyways, thanks to SKT for letting me put together a little something together and trying something out on the new site. Enjoy!!

Reece Conca(Rich)
$376 600
(2012 Avg. 70.3)
MID: The former No. 6 draft pick played 18 matches last season which is good for a young player. He came to the Tigers with plenty of wraps about him and he has definitely showen signs of what's to come. He mainly played across the defence but didn't do as much rebounding as expected. He averaged 19 possessions which is okay for a player of his experience.

His disposal was a bit of an issue last year. He ranked 15th in the AFL for clangers which isn't a list that you want to be too high on. A positive though is the fact he likes to kick more than handball which is rewarded in SuperCoach.

I expect Conca to be pushing into the midfield more this season and hopefully play as an outside running player alongside the likes of Deledio...

Linsanity 17&#160;&#160; (2-10)&#160;&#160;&#160; 1296&#160;&#160; v&#160;&#160; Anthak&#160; (7-5)&#160;&#160; 1170
The clash between the ex league manager and the current league manager was a hard fought affair with Linsanity coming out on top due to playing 5 games more.&#160; DMC was the best for Linsanity with (207/4), followed by Vucevic (162/4) and Allen (122/4).&#160; LBJ only played 3 games this round but was still able to score 230 pts&#160; and the next best were Lillard (127/3) and Kobe (117/3). &#160; King of Karlos (7-5)&#160;&#160; 1502&#160;&#160; v&#160;&#160; Wade Machine (5-7)&#160;&#160; 1097
Karlos got off to a strong start on day one of this matchup and was able to score a convincing win over Wade Machine.&#160; It now looks like Wade Machine will need a miracle to make the finals.&#160;&#160; The leading scorers for Karlos were Boozer (187/4),&#160; Nelson (186/4) and Walker (162/4).&#160;&#160; Wade (128/3) led the way for Wade Machine this week followed by Barnes (128/4) and Evans (131/4) &#160; Adelaide Maggotz (4-7-1)&#160;&#160; 1210&#160;&#160; v&#160; Fudge’s Sixers&#160;&#160; (2-11)&#160;&#160; 1116
The Maggotz desperately needed this win to avoid going into a relegation battle and were able to get the win.&#160; Harden was the best with (142/4), Faried (136/4) and Okafor (124/4).&#160; Fudge is now facing an uphill battle to avoid relegation and Carter (144/4) was the best this week followed by Dirk (122/4) and Delfino (112/4). &#160; Ruddy’s Cavaliers (6-6)&#160;&#160; 1597&#160;&#160; v&#160; Run TMC (5-6-1)&#160;&#160; 1247
My spies tell me that Owen got married on the weekend which could explain why his team has been struggling over the past few weeks.&#160; Congratulations on the wedding mate!&#160; Ruddy showed no mercy this week and was the leading scorer for this round.&#160; Durant scored a whopping 287 pts from 4 games and was ably supported by Wall...

As some of you guys would already know, last week I was privileged enough to attend the AFLPA's Induction Camp.

Lucky enough to rub shoulders with the best and brightest talent entering the league (And a fair number of former champs).

The day was broken up into 4 distinct sections- the first two consisting of 8 workshops, followed by a panel and keynote speaker, finally finishing in a bit of a workshop.

I'm not going to cover all 8 workshops in depth, as there was a lot of player specific 'you-just-got-into-the-AFLPA-here's-what-you-need-to-know' kind of stuff, but a couple were pretty damn interesting.

The most interesting for mine was Setbacks. Presented by Nathan Brown, it revolved a lot around that horrid leg break that he picked up in 2005, but went on to describe just how difficult and lonely it is to rehabilitate such a long term injury.

He then went on to discuss the various other types of Setbacks that an AFL footballer can expect to deal with. All in all, a good talk.

Tom Steinfort, reporter for channel 9 took a workshop to cover Social and Personal Responsibility.

To sum it up in a nutshell, it's super important to have an on-line presence to interact with us fan, but it's just as important to not be, or say, stupid things!

Common sense stuff really, but it's always fun to catch a few disaster stories. (*cough*Stephie Rice*cough*)

Toby Thurstans and Ed Lower shared a presentation on Off Field Development, essentially sharing their divergent stories where one took advantage of the training and access that the AFLPA provided, leading to a stepping stone int a career after football, which the other- obviously didn't.

I'll let you guess who as who.

Of course, one of the biggest underlying messages through the entire day was that playing football is a job. Not a career. That the average life span of an AFL footballer is just 4.8 years. And that is a massive part of what the AFL provides- the ability to continue with a...