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This preview is for the forthcoming and final round and, unlike the ORRFL, we don’t know the results yet.

Lot of tight ones coming up this weekend, making for an exciting finale.

In our first year we have opted for first past the post and Foul Bay has romped home. Reminiscent of the Essendon teams of yesteryear, the Chooks have gone through the season undefeated.
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BUT! This week Foul Bay (1) come up against Charlie’s Opening (3). Last week Tucky and the Chooks scored 1151, while Charlie managed 1247. Rumour has it Kane Cornes will go to Tucky (because he’s too slow to catch Cotchin). Can Charlie break the unbeaten run? This will be a close contest folks.

Then we have Marble Bar (15) hosting Cradle Mountain (9). Only 45 points separated these teams last week and Marble are long overdue for a win and a bit of luck falling their way.

Gundagai (5) take on the Mawson Penguins (7) at home. Normally this would be a highly anticipated contest but we suggest the Hoppers toss the cray pots in the ‘Bidgee, light the barbie and put the beer on ice. Oh, and don’t forget to feed the dog.

Venus Bay (11) get to play their final match at home, hosting Mount Beauty (4). It shows how tight these outer regional leagues can be when only 24 points split these two last week. If you can get good odds a small wager on Fitzy getting up in this one could give a decent return. He will be keen to finish the year on a high note and the scalp of the 4th placed team would do nicely.

Far Kew (12) are at home to Iron Knob (2). The Frogs not without a chance here if generals and late withs come into play.

Social match of the round will be Powlett Plains (14) hosting the Waikicks (13). Who will triumph? The beer or the pinot? The Warriors (16) have their final game at home (Whitsundays a popular destination in this league) hosting Namatjira (17), who might surprise by turning up.

The match of the round has to be The Battle of the Birds....

Hiya all,

Bout time I chimed in with an update on the games most prestigous individual award.  Gary Ablett Jnr is set to join current greats Adam Goodes and Chris Judd as a dual Bronwlow Medallist, after a scintillating last 7 weeks, which has combined with some good fortune for his team.  An average of 151 SC points, 33 possessions, 1.4 goals per game across 3 wins and 4 losses should see Gary collect 16-17 votes over this period.   Combined with his strong early season form, I now have Ablett on 31 votes, 3 votes clear of Watson who has lead for the majority of the season but has since fallen away.

Dane Swan, Matthew Boyd &amp; Scott Thompson round out the Top 5 on 25, 24 &amp; 24 votes.  The race for the most votes per team has become a lot more interesting than it was earlier in the year, with previous lock-ins being chased down by up and coming stars.  Read on sir, read on...

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OVERALL:

31 - Gary Ablett
28 - Jobe Watson
25 - Dane Swan
24 - Matthew Boyd, Scott Thompson
20 - Dayne Beams, Sam Mitchell
19 - Patrick Dangerfield, Scott Pendlebury
18 - Joel Selwood, Matthew Pavlich
17 - Brett Deledio, Josh P. Kennedy
16 - Kieren Jack, Brent Stanton, Tom Hawkins
15 - Lance Franklin, Chris Judd
14 - Scott Selwood, Marc Murphy
13 - Shane Tuck
12 - Trent Cotchin, Steve Johnson

ADELAIDE
24 - Scott Thompson
19 - Patrick Dangerfield
11 - Taylor Walker
7 - Rory Sloan, Kurt Tippett

BRISBANE
11 - Tom Rockliff
8 - Jack Redden
6 - Simon Black
5 - Pearce Hanley
4 - Dayne Zorko, Jonathan Brown

CARLTON
15 - Chris Judd
14 - Marc Murphy
8 - Heath Scotland, Kade Simpson
7 - Brock McLean, Bryce Gibbs

COLLINGWOOD
25 - Dane Swan
20 - Dayne Beams
19 - Scott Pendlebury
11 - Steele Sidebottom
4 - Dale Thomas

ESSENDON
28 - Jobe Watson
16 - Brent Stanton
4 - Patrick Ryder, Michael Hurley
3 - Stewart Crameri, Ben Howlett, David Zaharakis

FREMANTLE
18 - Matthew Pavlich
10 - Clancee Pearce
9 - Aaron Sandilands
7...

And then there were two, when there can be only one. I'm so excited I could punch someone! The inaugural post-season of the mighty ORFFL finishes up this weekend, but not before two heavyweights of fantasy football clash in a best-o-teh-best matchup to decide the premiership! Take a moment to imagine the elation for the winner! The bragging rights! The pure, unadulterated glory!



To Valhalla and beyond!



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SARAH ISLAND SAVAGES(1340) vsWARBURTON WANDERERS (1257)



I'm almost literally too excited for words. It's not easy to communicate anything close to analytically or objectively when all you can think about is NicNat (114) smashing it up in the ruckus later tonight . But, I shall try...



...this match pits Warburton, a club with all the trophies so far - pre-season and minor, against Sarah Island, a club that has scored more points than any other. If that isn't enough to pique prospective interest, the last time theses two side met in R7, it was decided by just 3 points after the siren on a Monday night! (In one of life's little 'coincidences' Carlton and St. Kilda play each other again this weekend).



The finals are where reputations are made, and the big game players for both sides have left their mark over the past two weeks. For Warburton it's been Murphy (Finals avg. 143), Kruezer (110), Griffen (142), Hill (134), Hale (121), Sylvia (116) and Chornes (108). At Sarah Island Goddard (119), NicNat (129), Mundy (123), JPK (122), Simpson (113), Bundy (101), Waite (123) and Minson (109) have led the way.



At the selection table, some handy, and timely, inclusions for both sides. Sarah Island have the...

And then there were two. Due to a host of computer problems (well, mainly just the not being able to turn it on part), this Preliminary Final Week Review comes to you extra late! Feels somewhat strange and redundant writing a review on a Thursday, given that interested parties already know the results and have done for some time now. But...yeah, I dunno...we're going to do it anyway! To the break and beyond!



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WARBURTON WANDERERS1249 DefPOOWONG POTOROOS1109



A see-sawing affair that in the end saw Warburton book their place in the Granny with an 140 point win over the valiant Poowong. Stalwarts Kruezer (125, avg. 91), Griffen (114, avg. 106), Lewis (102, avg. 98), Boak (134, 91), Sylvia (120, avg. 96) made their way to handsome centuries, as did Hill (129, avg. 80) notching his 2nd ton in the royal blue and white in timely fashion. As much as I like to applaud the solid 85's that make this game great, it's the larger scores that enter 3 digits that really get the job done. Especially in the pressure cooker atmosphere that is finals. Warburton having 6 of these entires into the stats book proved to be enough to secure the winner as 6 or more often does. What was somewhat surprising is that they managed to achieve victory despite being a player and a half short.



Which brings us to Poowong, and what they failed to achieve: victory and a chance at glory. As i no doubt mentioned in the preview, the Potoroos are a team that needs all its stars to fire if it hopes to succeed. They didn't. Gary (124, avg. 139) did(-ish), SJ (103, avg. 97) did, Sewell (105, avg. 102) did. The rest didn't by and large. ADE's Thompson (75, avg. 110) hasn't hit that mark in a month, NM's Thompson (82, avg. 82) not since R7. Ultimately, Poowong's season...

Here we are, the grand poohbah round. The big cheese. The final chance Ross Lyon has to screw our season and the last time well be hit at the selection table.

That said, perhaps well get through unscathed this week?

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ha!

Anyways, join us in the teams chat as we go through the final teams this year.

Full teams are over the break
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<h3>Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles</h3>
MCG &#8211; Fri Aug 31, 7:50pm
Hawthorn
B: Brent Guerra, Josh Gibson, Benjamin Stratton

HB: Grant Birchall, Ryan Schoenmakers, Shaun Burgoyne

C: Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Isaac Smith

HF: Luke Hodge, Lance Franklin, Cyril Rioli

F: Luke Breust, Jarryd Roughead, Paul Puopolo

Foll: David Hale, Brad Sewell, Liam Shiels

I/C: Clinton Young, Brendan Whitecross, Matt Suckling, Jack Gunston
Emg: Max Bailey, Xavier Ellis, Shane Savage
In: Cyril Rioli

Out: Xavier Ellis
West Coast Eagles
B: Beau Waters, Darren Glass, Adam Selwood
HB: Shannon Hurn, Mitch Brown, Will Schofield

C: Daniel Kerr, Matthew Priddis, Andrew Gaff

HF: Josh Hill, Jack Darling, Patrick McGinnity

F: Andrew Embley, Josh Kennedy, Nic Naitanui

Foll: Dean Cox, Scott Selwood, Luke Shuey

I/C: Sam Butler, Chris Masten, Andrew Strijk, Jacob Brennan
Emg: Quinten Lynch, Bradd Dalziell, Lewis Stevenson
In: Mitch Brown, Jacob Brennan

Out: Matthew Rosa (collarbone), Eric Mackenzie (Hamstring)
Milestones: Luke Shuey &#8211; 50 games
<h3>Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans</h3>
SS &#8211; Sat Sep 01, 1:45pm
Geelong Cats
B: Matthew Scarlett, Tom Lonergan, Josh Hunt

HB: Taylor Hunt, Harry Taylor, Corey Enright

C: Mitch Duncan, Joel Selwood, Jimmy Bartel

HF: Mathew Stokes, Allen Christensen, Steven Motlop

F: Paul Chapman, Tom Hawkins, James Podsiadly...

Welcome to the Grand Final Edition of the Captain’s Log. Hopefully you are still alive and playing for the win …

Round 22 recap: Zorko: the player who broke into the Brisbane lineup in Round 7 with a sub-effected 16 SC points and with a starting price tag of $113,200 managed to get the equal highest score of the round with 163. The score was shared by Naitanui. O’Keefe was next with 159 and he was followed by Pendlebury and Tuck both with 155, Walker with 154 and Sandilands also with 154.

Ablett managed the 29th highest score for the round with 124 and could not even manage the top score for his winning team. The highest score by a Suns player was Bennell with 132.

Last week, Ablett was in 52.25% of all Supercoach teams. At the time of writing, the number has inched higher to 52.44%. So, for the remaining 47.56% of you, let’s look at the numbers for the week in a slightly extended finale version …

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Thompson v. Gold Coast

Rd 1 2012: 147 SC points, 39 disposals
Rd 22 2011: 162 SC points, 51 disposals
Rd 8 2011: 136 SC points, 34 disposals

Average is 148 SC points with 41 disposals.

Note: Small sample size but a fantastic record against the Suns. Head to head against Ablett in the first half of the game earlier this year. 18 touches in first quarter in Round 22 2011 led to a big SC score in that game as the Crows ended up winning by more than 10 goals. Is in a bad form slump with only one score over 100 in his past six games this season: 75, 99, 94, 78, 106 and 92 (average of 91).

Ablett v. Adelaide

Rd 1 2012: 139 SC points, 42 disposals
Rd 22 2011: 145 SC points, 39 disposals
Rd 8 2011: 198 SC points, 41 disposals
Rd 16 2010: 76 SC points, 19 disposals
Rd 18 2009: 115 SC points, 21 disposals
Rd 4 2009: 197 SC points, 46 disposals
Rd 14 2008: 91 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 19 2007: 86 SC points, 19 disposals
Rd 11 2007: 104 SC points, 21 disposals

Average is 128 SC points with 30 disposals.

Notes:...

Welcome all to the final edition of Best Buys for 2012.

This year in SC has been a real roller coaster, with the introduction of the sub rule, a new multi-bye arrangement and the new expansion teams all switching things up for us. For anyone still in the hunt for overall, or even just in their league grand finals, I commend you on the effort in what has been a frustrating season for many. As with last weeks Best Buys, I will be ignoring all of the mainstays for this year, the Gazzas, Pendles, Marics etc, and instead focussing on some of the POD options for the all important Granny.

My pick of the week this week, is Tex Walker. A break-out season for Tex, he is coming off a good game last weekend and playing against a depleted Suns team this weekend, so I fully expect him to kick a bag. Carlton proved last week how complacency can affect a side so Adelaide should be looking to really turn the screws on GCS here, and hopefully come away with a massive win. Now that I have put the mozz him however, all coaches considering him should ponder it pretty carefully.

So, join me over the break for the final Best Buys for the year, and all your Granny thumbs needs.

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INFO

The Best Buys uses a mix of price, form, break-evens and projected salaries to assess the Best Buys of each round. These are essentially the players that represent the best “value” which is determined by the above factors. Some player will not be mentioned on here even if they are playing well, as value is the key for this article. If a player is averaging 110, which is certainly solid, but priced at an average of 112 then they will not be rated. This does not mean these players should be avoided or not picked due to this, but simply that they aren’t as good “value” as the others in the Best Buys. For all the players I’ve missed, and any more you’re wanting opinions on, the thumbs are always there.

The thumbs act as a polling tool for the TS community, if you pose a...

It was another absolute humdinger of weekend EPL action. So many sub-plots as well.....Everton winning their first two league games of an EPL season since 1783. Wigan earning their second straight away clean sheet since the year dot. And Rooney reacquainting himself with a nasty gash for the first time since "Grannygate" a few years ago. Join me over the break for more....<!--more-->

Liverpool v Man City 2-2

Clichy, Lescott, Silva and Rodwell all dropped out for City with Kolarov, Kolo Toure, Milner and Nigel De Jong coming in. While Liverpool started with the impressive 17yr old Raheem Sterling ahead of Downing and Kelly again started at the expense of Enrique and Coates replaced the suspended Agger.

Skrtel scored with a thumping header from a Gerrard corner while Suarez scored a sublime free kick after a handball. Yaya (Tevez assist) and Tevez got City’s goals. Nasri played 54mins before making way for Rodwell allowing Toure to play further forward earning instant reward. On 61mins Dzeko replaced the ineffective Balotelli. Silva came on for Milner with 15mins remaining. Allen, Sterling, Tevez and Suarez all impressed.

Chelsea v Newcastle 2-0

Terry missed out with a neck injury while Ramires and Lampard were both benched with the latter most likely rested as Chelsea played their third game in a week. Bertrand, Luiz and Meireles all came in. Sturridge spent the game on the bench.

R Taylor was again on the bench for the Geordies. Ba and Ben Arfa were probably Newcastle’s best players while Cisse was quiet.

Torres and Hazard were  the creators and scorers of Chelsea’s goals.  Of Chelseas 8 goals this season Hazard has scored one and assisted 6 of them. He has also scored 10 out of 10 penalties in league football. Chelsea are now sitting proudly on top of the table leading into their free week.

Stoke v Arsenal 0-0

Mannone took over in goals from the injured Szczesny as Arsenal clocked up a second clean sheet. Giroud, Gervinho and Podolski...

Our drfat was held on 30th August.

Read on over the page for the results and to post regarding any perosnal prefernces for divisions, schedule and playoffs or just to talk some NFL smack with the BANDIT !

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While not a great week for the donors, we did end up improving our position in the overall, scoring 2302 for the round, which placed us at 29,680 in the weekly rankings. This bumped us up 632 spots, to again be inside the top 20k, at 19,604. In our leagues we had three wins, one loss, and we were already on the sidelines in the last league, so three grand finals to keep everyone interested for the final week of the supercoach season.

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For the second-last time, our team lined up as follows:

Deledio DEF 131
Scotland DEF 118
Goddard DEF 121
Shaw DEF 87
Carrazzo DEF 91
Yarran DEF 82
Shaw DEF 64
Ablett MID 124 captain 248
Kennedy MID 126
Mitchell MID 71
Pendlebury MID 155
Priddis MID 134
Gibson MID 50
Cox RUC 84
Roughead RUC 64
Dangerfield FWD 106
Sidebottom FWD 90
Riewoldt FWD 100
Martin FWD 137
Franklin FWD 77
Goodes FWD 72
Fyfe FWD 94

Lake DEF 0
Darley DEF 45
Selwood MID 0
Adams MID 92
Campbell RUC 45
Pattison RUC 0
Milera FWD 99
Sexton FWD 0

As can be seen, we made some subs and some MPP changes for this week, but none of this changed the fact that Deledio still lead our backline, with 131 points this week - its going to be a shame if hes not a defender next year! Once again Goddard and Scotland came up next best, on 121 and 118 points respectively, rounding out our ton-toppers down back. The next best was Carrazzo on 91, H Shaw on 87, Yarran on 82, and finally S Shaw on 64. The bench was made up of our dropped again emergency in Lake, who failed to play, and the unused Darley on 45 points. No potential missed points down back, so some good team selection from the donors here.

Our midfield was lead handsomely by a haul of 155 to Pendlebury, and a top quality 134 points from Priddis. Next up was Kennedy on 126, and finally captain Ablett on 124 points, which doubled up to 248. A disappointing Mitchell was next on 71 points, followed by our...