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IT BEGINS!!!The inaugural 2012 ORFFL Finals! Where once there were 18, now only 8 remain. If this is starting to sound like the opening monologue to a reality TV show, well sir, your perception couldn't be more mistaken. For you see, this ain't reality, it's UTTER FANTASY! And as such it should reveal EVEN MOHR about the character of the players, coaches, water boys and travelling secretaries. Which is what fantasy sport is all about, right? right?!



I dunno, it's been a long week. Where were we, oh yeah, preview.



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WARBURTON WANDERERS(1st, 1251) vsMOUNT BUGGERY DISAPPOINTMENT(8th, 1182)



It's been something of a dream season for the Wallies of Warburton. First the preseason cup. Second the minor premiership. And then? That's the pertinent if badly phrased question. Can Warburton win the all important 3rd crown? Because it's flags or death in the ORFFL.



When the question turns to how the Wanderers have achieved what they have so far this year, the answer lies in unmatched strength in 2 key departments: up forward and all-round depth. The Warburton FWD line (1st, avg. 354) doesn't boast the best FWD's in the land, but the combinations of Lewis, Hale, Chornes, MJ, Sylvia and Schneider have left more fancied lineups in their wake. In short, too many beats too good.



Likewise, the IC is a fair indicator of all round depth, and the Wanderers sit 3rd on that chart at an average of 172 ppg. Having Murphy, Griffen, Scully, Boak, Hill, Hartlett and Palmer to swing through the middle and the bench has held Warbuton in good stead when the inevitable injuries have hit this year.



Is it fair to say that Mount Buggery have limped into this finals series? Yes. This is a team that has averaged just 1000 ppg over the last 3 weeks on the back of the majority of its side being injured. And yet here the 'Pointers are,...

Its up a little late tonight, but hey- still beat that darn delay (We still raging about that right!?)

Anyways, Im needing a world of ins for my ORFFL squad, but Im thinking my SC team should be pretty good for the cash league this week, but we all know that SC is a cruel mistress!

So, the team chat is up, and the teams will be out soon, so lets cross our fingers right!

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<h3>Geelong Cats v St Kilda</h3>
ES &#8211; Fri Aug 17, 7:50pm
Geelong Cats
B: Matthew Scarlett, Tom Lonergan, Josh Hunt

HB: Andrew Mackie, Harry Taylor, Corey Enright

C: Mitch Duncan, Steve Johnson, Joel Corey

HF: Paul Chapman, James Podsiadly, Steven Motlop

F: Mathew Stokes, Tom Hawkins, Jimmy Bartel

Foll: Trent West, Joel Selwood, James Kelly

I/C: Jonathan Simpkin, Taylor Hunt, Josh Walker, Jordan Murdoch
Emg: David Wojcinski, Jackson Sheringham, Cameron Guthrie
In: Paul Chapman, Joel Corey, Josh Hunt, James Kelly, Trent West

Out: David Wojcinski, Jackson Sheringham, Allen Christensen (Groin), Cameron Guthrie, Orren Stephenson (Hand)
St Kilda
B: Jarryn Geary, James Gwilt, Tom Simpkin

HB: Sean Dempster, Sam Fisher, Sam Gilbert

C: Jason Gram, Lenny Hayes, Brendon Goddard

HF: Ahmed Saad, Beau Wilkes, Nick Dal Santo

F: Stephen Milne, Justin Koschitzke, Leigh Montagna

Foll: Ben McEvoy, David Armitage, Jack Steven

I/C: Jason Blake, Adam Schneider, Farren Ray, Jamie Cripps
Emg: Rhys Stanley, Arryn Siposs, Jack Newnes
In: Jason Blake, Adam Schneider, Farren Ray

Out: Nick Riewoldt (Knee), Tom Ledger, Sam Dunell
<h3>Essendon v Carlton</h3>
MCG &#8211; Sat Aug 18, 1:45pm
Essendon
B: Jake Carlisle, Kyle Hardingham, Dyson Heppell

HB: Alex Browne, Cale Hooker, Dustin Fletcher

C: Courtenay Dempsey, Brent Stanton, David Zaharakis...

Round 20 recap: Eight scores over 150 led by Cox with a huge 190 and Dangerfield with 187. Cotchin followed with 175, Beams with 170, Matthew Wright 170, Josh P. Kennedy with 168, Watson with 154 and Naitanui with 153.

Ablett had the 21st highest score of the round with 126 (which is below his season average of 137). Let’s look at the numbers for the week …
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Ablett v. Hawthorn

Rd 24 2011: 170 SC points, 43 disposals
Rd 13 2011: 144 SC points, 34 disposals
Rd 15 2010: 79 SC points, 32 disposals
Rd 2 2010: 128 SC points, 38 disposals
Rd 17 2009: 139 SC points, 33 disposals
Rd 1 2009: 162 SC points, 35 disposals
GF 2008: 141 SC points, 34 disposals
Rd 4 2007: 113 SC points, 17 disposals

Average is 135 SC points with 34 disposals.

Note: Great record against the Hawks. Most recently played head to head against Shiels in the last round of last season when Hawthorn rested a lot of players and scraped by the Suns by 9 points. Coming off scores of 126, 165, 171, 150 and 133 (average of 149).

Pendlebury v. North Melbourne

Rd 16 2011: 160 SC points, 29 disposals
Rd 2 2011: 162 SC points, 39 disposals
Rd 7 2010: 70 SC points, 26 disposals
Rd 6 2009: 110 SC points, 31 disposals
Rd 16 2008: 115 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 5 2008: 89 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 1 2007: 85 SC points, 18 disposals

Average is 113 SC points with 28 disposals.

Note: Fantastic recent record against North Melbourne with scores of 160 (tagged by Firrito) and 162 last year. Since his return from injury, he has scored 132, 127, 136, 126 and 116 (average 127).

Murphy v. Essendon

Rd 4 2012: 120 SC points, 29 disposals
QF 2011: 164 SC points, 37 disposals
Rd 18 2011: 131 SC points, 30 disposals
Rd 4 2011: 111 SC points, 29 disposals
Rd 19 2010: 104 SC points, 23 disposals
Rd 3 2010: 105 SC points, 23 disposals
Rd 13 2009: 124 SC points, 26 disposals
Rd 3 2009: 103 SC points, 20 disposals
Rd 13 2008: 87 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 3 2008: 87 SC...

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* Just passing on a message to y’all from KARLOS

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In 2011/12 the TS community had two ESPN NFL Fantasy Leagues which were active and well supported.  This year a combination of players from last years 2 leagues have formed a 12 player KEEPER league which is now full.

A couple of those who have missed out on the new league are keen to get a separate standard ESPN NFL Fantasy League up and running. This will not be a keeper league but will have the usual live draft that for anyone who has done it before will attest is very enjoyable.

Please note that the NFL season starts September 5th so we would be looking to hold the draft at least a week before that, so at the latest by the 29th/30th August.

For those interested in how last season worked see <a href="http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/leagueoffice?leagueId=583546&amp;teamId=3&amp;seasonId=2011">http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/leagueoffice?leagueId=583546&amp;teamId=3&amp;seasonId=2011[/url] and <a href="http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/leaguesetup/settings?leagueId=583546">http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/leaguesetup/settings?leagueId=583546[/url]

Please read on over the page and post on this thread if you are interested in joing in this comp or want to know some more info !

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Welcome all to the Best Buys, and especially those still in their finals campaigns or in contention for overall, with the season that was 2012 either are a good effort.

As the finals continue and the season draws to a close, the Best Buys are drying up also, with not many rookies being introduced and the General waiting in the wings to mess with the best laid plans. Hawthorn players will be viewed with scepticism after last years finals antics by Clarko, but this year its looking likely that they wont be the only ones.

My pick of the week this week, is Chris Judd. After a suspension lay-off he should be fresh and full of run, and looking to make up for his indiscretions. A star of the game, real and SC, Juddy will also make a great POD for many coaches as the majority who held him were forced to trade when his suspension hit. Personally Im expecting a big game from Juddy this weekend.

For the rest of the Best Buys, and all your thumb needs as always, join me over the break.

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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 question with either a yes-no answer or a “thumbs-up X, thumbs down Y” in there then the community as a whole can give you some great feedback into your choices and what they think...

Fantasy EPL 2012/2013 is only 4 days away! S its time we got Too Serious about all things EPL.

For those that dont know there are couple versions of Fantasy EPL. On here we normally concentrate on the <a href="http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/myteam.mc" target="_blank">Official FPL[/url] and <a href="http://epldreamteam.sportal.com.au//?p=index" target="_blank">Virtual Sports EPL[/url]

Im sure Walsey wont mind me giving shoutout to guys at <a href="http://fpladdicts.com/" target="_blank">FPLAddicts[/url] they are bunch guys that wrote for DTTALK and started own EPL site. If you want some top shelf advice then make sure you check it out.

There were a few friendlys during week and basically Torres locked himself into most teams with great performance. Also been told that Tevez looks like he might pulled his finger out and could be a sneaky POD.

Podolski scored twice and just lock him in now and build team around him.

Rooney &amp; Kawaga were good for ManUtd recently. My worry with Rooney is if this tranfer of RVP comes through it might see his scoring drop.

Anyway just some random thoughts, im sure others can give more detail as I really havent been watching or paying attention in last couple weeks!

Over the break is our league codes and Rate My Team.

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TOO SERIOUS LEAGUES

In FPL Ive re-newed 2 leagues from last year so when you join you’ll automatically be added to it.

Ive also set up couple new leagues.

Way TooSerious H2H – 23821-8483

Classic Way TooSerious – 23821-8522

H2H Preemo League Code 168288-143574

H2H with a 3 Round Knock-Out. - 311092-86688 - For newbies only. Not sure if full yet.

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Virtual Sports EPL

As noone really contacted me and we are running low on time ill post Way Too Serious code here.

Way Too Serious – FULL

TooSerious.net –FULL

FanFootyUK - 760735 - Im sure the guys over the water wont mind us filling their league!

IF someone can...

What a big week its been in football (thankyou Eddie). A number of late withdrawals hurting many a team, including the donors, where we missed Roughie, Fyfe, and Adams, scoring two donuts on our way to a lowly 2308. This placed us at 60,226 for the week, and meant that we fell 1382 places in the overall, to now be at 19,408 - a far cry from the top 100 or 1000 targets we had at the start of the year (is it still possible to make up a few thousand points in only three weeks???)

In our leagues we won three matches and lost two, which gave us a wide variety of results, from making the preliminary final, to being kicked out at the first hurdle. Its a harsh mistress, this supercoach caper...

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As always, we start with the team breakdown, which goes a little something like this:

Deledio DEF 116
Scotland DEF 119
Goddard DEF 77
H. Shaw DEF 91
Carrazzo DEF 115
Yarran DEF 64
S. Shaw DEF 58
Ablett MID 126 Captain 252
Kennedy MID 168
Selwood MID 99
Mitchell MID 114
Pendlebury MID 116
Priddis MID 111
Cox RUC 190
Campbell RUC 25
Dangerfield FWD 187
Sidebottom FWD 92
Riewoldt FWD 140
Martin FWD 125
Goodes FWD 49

Lake DEF 100
Darley DEF 47
Gibson MID 115
Sexton MID 0
Roughead RUC 0
Pattison RUC 0
Adams FWD 0
Fyfe FWD 0
Franklin FWD 0
Milera FWD 0

Down back, and this week the blues brothers redeemed themselves somewhat, with Scotland leading the way on 119 points, and Carrazzo third on 115, only one point behind Deledios 116. That was it for the tons, with H Shaw next on 91, then Goddard doing everything in his power to reduce his starting price for next season, with a 77. Yarran followed on 64, with S Shaw on 58 rounding out our backline. The decision to bench Lake in favour of S Shaw backfired, with Lake scoring a perfect 100, while Darley continues to keep the pine up to temperature, this week its 47. So some missed...

IT'S OVER!!! The inaugural season of the ORFFL draws to a close and with it 2012 playing days of the 10 clubs that didn't make the finals. For the 8 teams that did make the finals, it's one week at a time, baby. Come over the break with us, and we'll talk who those 8 teams are and where they're going.



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HUMPTY DOO HAMMERHEADS980 Def byTARWIN LOWER PIGS1145



A 2012 farewell match for both of these sides from the outset, Tarwin Lower outclassing brave, but ailing Humpty Doo by 165 points. Usual suspects Pendles (116, avg. 125), ROK (121, avg. 101) and Carrots (115, avg. 100) netted hungies, along with Wallis (102, avg. 88) who is probably the best performed 2nd year player besides Milikapati's Gaff. While it's season over for the TLP, they have plenty to look forward to; young midfielders I. Smith and Bastinac both averaging over 90 the past fortnight.



For the Hammerheads of Humpty Doo, the present and the future is, how you say, filled with more adversity. First the present; missing Judd (avg. 110) for the past month has severely curtailed this side's scoring. When one of the Hammerheads other bonafide stars in Wells (36, avg. 99) went down in the 1st quarter with an injury (not to mention Silvagni being a late withdrawal care of Lyin), the Hammerheads had an apt bookend to a frustrating season. The future brings not only the possible return/introduction of Ball, Varcoe and Gray, but pick 3 in the draft, which means Humpty Doo are going to get a very good player....

Well, as we watch the Bombers go through another finals throw, lets hear how youve gone in your finals campaigns.

Me, I lost the one I wanted, which sucks- but the double chance exists for a reason right!

(Full review up later)

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do! It has begun! Last round of ORFFL regular season action kicks off tonight! Head over the break for a rather slapdash preview!
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HUMPTY DOO HAMMERHEADS (14th, 1121) vs TARWIN LOWER PIGS (13th, 1213)

Neither of these clubs will play finals this year, but by no means is this a nothing match. Humpty Doo continue their revolving door selection policy; Bailey, Silvagni and McKay in, Smedts, Hooker, Goldsack and Bolton out. The last one may hurt in particular. The travelling TLP on the other hand have Patton, Porp and Karnezis all unavailable for match day duties in the front half. Which means they may have to rely on Stephen Milne. Embley also returns from a lengthy stint on the sidelines.




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PURNULULU BUNGLE RANGERS (16th, 1084) vs POOWONG POTOROOS (6th, 1235)

After a rather difficult last month the Potoroos get some respite before heading into the finals. The 16th placed Rangers are still without lone ruck Ryder, this week they find Liberatore also in no condition to take the fantasy field. Poowong meanwhile go into the last round relatively unscathed with the Sherm returning to press his case.

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BONNIE DOON BANDITS (15th, 1090) vs QUEENSTOWN QUOLLS (9th, 1180)

Queenstown need to win to get into the finals. Without Swan! Which could make it quite tough. Still hes only one man, and...