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Well, here we are after a very high scoring round, and unfortunately the donors couldnt capitalise on all of the points being collected by the popular players. While some were getting 2800, and the top score broke the 2900 mark, the donors managed a relatively poor 2458 points in round 18. This gave us a ranking of 30k for the week, however it was good enough for us to climb 437 places in the overall rankings, to now be 15,298 for the season.

On the leagues front we were 3 and 2. We won our game in Ucantbetooserious, but were ninth on the ladder, with a win and 1.2% behind eighth place. We also won our game in Ucantbe TS, where were in a three-way tie for top spot, but we have the worst percentage. Tsigotatheory saw a loss for the donors, leaving us in 7th place on percentage, a game clear of ninth, but in a five-way tie for that all important 4th spot, and taking on one of our equally placed opponents in the final round. We won our game with the TS Pine Warmers, guaranteeing us a minimum of 7th place, but were only one win away from the log-jam that is teams placed 3rd through 6th. We lost our game in the TS WA league, leaving us precariously placed in 8th place, but tied on points with the two teams below us.

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We had a mixed bag this week, with some huge scores, some disappointments, and a donut. It looked like this:

Deledio DEF 126
Scotland DEF 117
Goddard DEF 127
Shaw DEF 121
Lake DEF 49
Carrazzo DEF 125
Yarran DEF 58
Ablett MID 171 captain 342
Kennedy MID 127
Mitchell MID 97
Selwood MID 126
Priddis MID 119
Pendlebury MID 136
Cox RUC 121
Roughead RUC 100
Dangerfield FWD 133
Riewoldt FWD 61
Martin FWD 103
Porplyzia FWD 100
Goodes FWD 77
Adams FWD 93

Shaw DEF 0
Darly DEF 0 em
Gibson MID 116 em
Sexton MID 0
Campbell RUC 0
Pattison RUC 0
Milera FWD 0
Franklin FWD 0...

No preview, but you sweet princes of mayhem get an extra long review of round 15 of the ORFFL, the not quite ultimate or even penultimate round of regular fantasy football for the year. With only 2 rounds to go we find only 1 finals spot up for grabs, yet 5 teams scrambling after it.

Over the page we tell you who they are, and who won and who will likely win again.

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JIMCUMBILLY JACKRABBITS (12th) 1390 Def TARWIN LOWER PIGS (13th) 1361

All and sundry predicted a close one between these two sides, the Jackrabbits getting up by just 29 over the Pigs in a high scoring affair, the win keeping their slim finals hopes alive. And yet Jimbumbilly have every reason to believe; NDS (137, avg. 103) and Moloney (103, avg. 67) repaying the faith during what have been disappointing seasons to date.  McPharlin (112, avg. 90) has proved an excellent acquisition to a rapidly improving DEF, and Brock (132, avg. 112)  is making a case for the best pick of all time.

RUN HOME: Possible finals berth however improbable. Jimcumbilly need to win their remaining 2 games against fellow midtablers, while also hoping that Queenstown get up over Popanyinning, but lose in the last round. Its complicated, but definitely possible.

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R17 vs Mount Buggery

The Pigs were b[span style="color: #ff0000">ra[span style="color: #ff0000">ve in a defeat which ultimately exiled them to un-finals-land for the remainder of 2012. Their talented core of Pendles (136, avg. 126), ROK (143, avg. 100), Carrots (125, avg. 101) and NRoo (136, avg. 101) all made their way to sizeable hungies. Giles (112, avg. 86) and Geary (106, avg. 69) also made welcome returns to scoring form, while the Porp (100, avg. 84) continued on with his,...

Apologies for the lateness, some technical issues. Given that its now Sunday, Im going to dispense with the preview given that its now largely redundant. But head over the break and we give you some live score updates for round 15 of the ORFFL.
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JIMCUMBILLY JACKRABBITS (13th) 944/10 vs TARWIN LOWER PIGS (12th) 885/9
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MILIKAPATI SNAKES (1st) 1162/13 vs POOWONG POTOROOS (5th) 748/9




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GLENROWAN GUNSLINGERS (14th) 823/11 vs BONNIE DOON BANDITS (17th) 344/4




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POPANYINNING PYRITE (9th) 638/9 vs MERTON MEERKATS (6th) 1083/11




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WOY WOY WIZARDS (18th) 547/8 vs WARBURTON WANDERERS (3rd) 622/7




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MOUNT BUGGERY DISAPPOINTMENTS (7th) 795/10 vs PURNULULU BUNGLE RANGERS (16th) 626/8




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MALLACOOTA MAGICIANS (2nd) 925/11 vs QUEENSTOWN QUOLLS (10th) 1020/12




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TORRUMBARRY THUNDA (8th) 851/11 vs SARAH ISLAND SAVAGES (4th) 627/7

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HUMPTY DOO HAMMERHEADS (15th) 1104/12 vs COULTA COULDABEENS (11th) 670/9

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Massive massive scores this week! The highest managed to crack a massive 2,903, which also moved them into the top1000. Will be interesting how the HUN goes with the team name Scroteam though.

Anyways, before I move into the review, I just wanted to quickly bring this to the attention of anyone who has missed it: <a href="http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/142844/default.aspx">Just the one bye next year[/url], meaning we should be expecting next year, what we got this year. It just depends on if VS change how they deal with it.

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Essendon vs Hawthorn

Result: Hawthorn by 94, 27/18/180 to 12.14.86

Wow, dont those Hawks look good. 8 goals to 1 in the first quarter, and just never looked back. Sure, the 3rd quarter broke even, but it was a pure domination for the flag favourites.

I gotta say, on current form, the Bombers are looking to miss the 8, lots of injuries have played there part, but like last year, they just look to be losing their mojo in the second half of the year- just missing those passes that worked in the first half.

Whitecross top scored for the Hawks with 29 touches and 139SC, with Rioli and his 134SC hot on his haunches.

Hodge kicked 5 in his first game back, scoring a 112SC dispite being subbed off!

For the Dons, Watson keeps up his good form, with 37 touches and 120SC.

He was the only ton breaker though, with Stanton a prime villian, held to just 14 touches and 70SC.

Heroes: Whitecross, Rioli, Watson
Villians: Stanton

Geelong vs Adelaide

Result: Geelong by 27, 15.12.102 to 11.9.75

Cant believe I forgot to mention this match in the pre-weekend post! Was always going to be a cracker as two finals-bound teams crashed into each other!

After Stevie J got himself concussed at the opening bounch (Which mind you, is loking bad for the Thompson owners!), and Adelaide putting on the first 2 goals,...

Couple of crackers this week. Essendon/Hawks tonight is always a beauty, as is the Carlton/Richmond game tomorrow night.

Two that Im very much looking forward to!

Anyways, if youre about, <A href="http://tooserious.net/live_scores.php?page=gameday&id=10251057&process=live">join in with the chat[/url] tonight.

Round 17 recap: Six scores over 150 and Ablett rewards those who stuck with him with 150. Leading the round was Beams with 162, Petrie with 161, Pavlich with 160 , JP Kennedy with 157 and Tuck with 155. Based on recent efforts of 133 and 150 in his past two games, it is getting very difficult (again) to look past Ablett. In addition to recent form, look at Ablett’s numbers against the Swans …

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Ablett v. Sydney

Rd 16 2011: 19 SC points, 3 disposals
Rd 18 2010: 135 SC points, 29 disposals
Rd 7 2010: 203 SC points, 38 disposals
Rd 20 2009: 164 SC points, 44 disposals
Rd 20 2008: 155 SC points, 32 disposals
Rd 5 2008: 254 SC points, 35 disposals
Rd 13 2007: 122 SC points, 23 disposals

Average is 150 SC points with 29 disposals.

Note: 150! What a huge average. And that average is despite his 19 SC points in the game last year when he was subbed off in the second quarter with a knee injury. Take that score out and his average jumps to 172 with 34 disposals. Returned to form with 150 last round which had followed scores of 133 and 110.

Selwood v. Adelaide

Rd 7 2012: 109 SC points, 29 disposals
Rd 21 2011: 87 SC points, 27 disposals
Rd 16 2010: 144 SC points, 35 disposals
Rd 18 2009: 127 SC points, 26 disposals
Rd 4 2009: 124 SC points, 32 disposals
Rd 14 2008: 121 SC points, 37 disposals
Rd 19 2007: 127 SC points, 27 disposals

Average is 120 SC points with 29 disposals.

Note: Fantastic record against the Crows. Struggled in the 2011 game which was an 11 point win at Footy Park. Will enjoy playing at Simonds Stadium and should bounce back after a poor game last week with a score of 83 against Essendon. This had followed scores of 107, 116, 149 and 101 (average of 111).

Murphy v. Richmond

Rd 1 2012: 119 SC points, 32 disposals
Rd 15 2011: 118 SC points, 27 disposals
Rd 1 2011: 107 SC points, 31 disposals
Rd 20 2010: 137 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 1 2010: 119 SC points, 24 disposals
Rd 15 2009: 101 SC points, 19...

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Fyfe, Winderlich and Hodge all coming into their respective squads this week will damage their potential bargainess (yeah, thats a word) for next year. Unless of course they get some severe subbing between now and the end of the year.

Tippett, Sidebottom and Couch out is going to put pressure on forwardlines already hurting from Franklin, so lets hope youre in your finals already!!!

Ins: Hodge, Adams, Kreuzer, Redden, Fyfe, Hargrave, Dickson,
Outs: Tippett, Couch, Thomas, Sidebottom, Mumford,

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Essendon v Hawthorn
ES &#8211; Fri Jul 27, 7:50pm
Essendon
B: Mark Baguley, Jake Carlisle, Kyle Hardingham
HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Dustin Fletcher, Cale Hooker
C: Dyson Heppell, Brent Stanton, Jake Melksham
HF: Jason Winderlich, Scott Gumbleton, Stewart Crameri
F: Leroy Jetta, David Hille, Alwyn Davey
Foll: Tom Bellchambers, Jobe Watson, Heath Hocking
I/C: Nathan Lovett-Murray, Angus Monfries, Ben Howlett, Alex Browne
Emg: Tayte Pears, Elliott Kavanagh, Cory Dell&#8217;Olio
In: Heath Hocking, Jason Winderlich, Alex Browne
Out: Ricky Dyson (Ankle), David Myers (Achilles), Cory Dell&#8217;Olio
Hawthorn
B: Brent Guerra, Josh Gibson, Benjamin Stratton
HB: Matt Suckling, Ryan Schoenmakers, Grant Birchall...

Welcome all to this weeks edition of the Best Buys.

As the title suggests we are faced with an influx of rookies either on the bubble or playing their second game this week, so theres a fair few to look through.

My pick of the week is Droopy, Drew Petrie, as he is in some great touch personally, and in one of the form sides of the comp at the moment. Now due to internet issues this is the 3rd time Ive written this intro so Ill cut it short this time and hope for the best.

For all the rest of the info on Droopy and the rookies, and the remainder of the Best Buys, 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 about it, while also catering to the lazy amongst them that can’t be bothered actually typing out a response.

The “Waiting List” section at the end of the article shows players who are looking like being great buys but for whatever reason will be better looked at in the coming weeks rather than this one. In the case of the first few names on the list this is because they have only played one...

6 rounds to go, 6 realistic contenders in the Brownlow Medal chase, with Pendlebury only an outside chance given his lengthy layoff mid-season.  Ablett &amp; Swan continue to push pressure on Watson and Thompson, who have led for the majority of the year.  Swans game was an interesting one - and worthwhile comparing to Abletts record breaking effort earlier in the year when the Suns were smashed by 90+ points at the hands of the Pies.  Against Hawthorn, Swan had 49 telling possessions, kicked 2 goals, had countless clearances - and yet potentially not the Pies best player in a side that was overwelmed by the Hawks.

If Swan is to go back-to-back, Round 16 may prove the difference.

On top of the usual weekly votes, over the page Ill also lay down my current predictions for the All Australian Team.  No formulas this time, just good ol fashioned gut feel .

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Geelong v Essendon

3 - Mitch Duncan
2 - Tom Hawkins
1 - Steve Johnson
The rest: J. Watson, H. Taylor, A. Mackie, J. Corey

Hawthorn v Collingwood

3 - Dane Swan
2 - Sam Mitchell
1 - Luke Breust
The rest: D. Beams, S. Pendlebury, J. Lewis, J. Gunston, B. Sewell

Adelaide v West Coast

3 - Patrick Dangerfield
2 - Bernie Vince
1 - Rory Sloane
The rest: J. Porplyzia, M. Wright, R. Douglas, S. Thompson, B. Reilly, A. Gaff

Brisbane v Gold Coast

3 - Gary Ablett
2 - Tom Rockliff
1 - Jack Redden
The rest: D. Merrett, P. Hanley, S. Black

Carlton v Western Bulldogs

3 - Heath Scotland
2 - Brock McLean
1 - Jeff Garlett
The rest: R. Griffen, B. Gibbs, A. Collins, M. Murphy, D. Cross, E. Betts

Port Adelaide v Melbourne

3 - Paul Stewart
2 - Domenic Cassisi
1 - Jack Grimes
The rest: T. Boak, J. Westhoff, Bra. Ebert

Sydney v St Kilda

3 - Josh P. Kennedy
2 - Jarrad McVeigh
1 - Rhyce Shaw
The rest: R. OKeefe, K. Jack, N. Malceski, M. Pyke, J. Bolton, S. Milne

North Melbourne v Richmond

3 - Drew Petrie
2 - Liam Anthony
1 - Brent Harvey
The rest:...

Welcome all to anotherweek of donor team goodness. This last round we managed a score of 2165 points, which placed us at 52,151 for the round, and meant that we dropped a few places in the overall, to now be 15,735 for the season.

In our leagues we won three of five this week. Our wins came in Ucantbetooserious, where we’re now 11th, TS Pinewarmers, now 7th, and the TS WA league, now 8th. Our losses came in Ucantbe TS, where we’re now 4th, and TS Igotatheory, now third.

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A disappointing 20 players scoring this week, with the team breakdown for round 17 looks like this:
Deledio,,DEF,91
Goddard,DEF,57
Lake,,DEF,79
Shaw,,DEF,106
Carrazzo,DEF,97
Yarran,,DEF,86
Kennedy,MID,157
Ablett (C),MID,300
Mitchell,MID,106
Selwood (VC),MID,83
Priddis,,MID,110
Pendlebury,MID,127
Cox,,RUC,76
Roughead,RUC,96
Dangerfield,FWD,138
Sidebottom,FWD,109
Riewoldt,FWD,83
Martin,,FWD,88
Porplyzia,FWD,105
Goodes,,FWD,71

Broughton,DEF,0
Shaw,,DEF,0
Darley (E),DEF,0
Gibson (E),MID,72
Sexton,,MID,0
Campbell (E),RUC,0
Pattison,RUC,0
Franklin,,FWD,0
Milera,,FWD,0
Adams,,FWD,0

Our defence this week was topped by cheater Shaw, on 106, being the only man to break the ton down back. He was followed by Carrazzo’s 97 and Deledio’s 91, with Yarran on 86, Lake on 79, and a very disappointing Goddard on 57. We had an on-field zero in the waste-of-space “premium” Broughton, while both Shaw and Darley were donuts on the pine. Clearly no potential points missed here, just lots of disappointment.

In the mids we had Kennedy leading the way on 157, closely followed by captain Gazza on 150 points, doubled-up to a nice round 300. Pendelbury came in next, with 127 points, followed by Priddis on 110, and Mitchell on 106. Finally there was Selwood failing to break the ton, for 83 points. On the pine was our emergency Gibson on 72, and the injured Sexton on a donut. The only points...