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Greetings to my esteemed ORFFA colleagues and thanks to you all for your patience this week. Nunawading crack it for their first win this week, which must have the coaching staff at Whitsundays worried as they are now only percentage away from the wooden spoon. The Nungas continue on their winning ways at Darraweit in a match that apparently had some world class brawling by the fans in the outer.

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Marble Bar 1250 lost to Birdsville 1325

A vital win away for the Battlers which sees them move back into finals contention. Very little separating the middle of the ladder teams though, which gives the Misfits some solace as they drink their cares away again.

Gariwerd 1257 defeated Whitsundays 1088

The Cockies with a routine win over an again disappointing Whitsundays.  The cocktail and spa training regime of the Warriors surely must be coming into question after another insipid effort.

Namatjira 1341 defeated Darraweit Guim 1228

A good game of footy which degenerated into mixed martial arts in the crowd toward the end after a Nungas fan insulted big Ivans hair style. Namatjira still mathematical possibilities to make the eight if you do some creative accounting. The Guim need to regroup after a couple of tough weeks.

Nunawading 1044 defeated Powletts Plains 908

Our pensive dinosaur will be wishing that he had tear ducts after Nuna get the chockies at Springvale rd. Andy may only need another couple of wins to avoid the wooden spoon. Buddy down with a hammy in the last quarter not doing the Packers any favours either.

Waikikamoocow 1182 lost to Far Kew 1229

The frogs suprise everyone (including their coaching staff, no doubt) by hopping over to NZ for a good away win. The Incorrigibles shouldnt be discouraged though (and given their name, you wouldnt think so) as they are still well in...

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That said, with the battle of attrition well underway,

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I can honestly say that Id love to see a little of this over the weekend.

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Wow, lots of ins and outs this week, Franklin, combined with Martin will test a lot of forward lines, but for those who have him, thank goodness SJ is back in the squad.

Tippett has also been named, but after watching Buddy last week, I could definitely see him being pulled from the squad.

Ins: Murphy, Couch, Redden, SJ, Pendlebury, Darley, Hargrave
Outs: Magner, Ryder, Paine, Williams, Bugg, McDonald, Franklin, Shuey

Full teams over the break

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<h3>North Melbourne v Carlton</h3>
ES &#8211; Fri Jul 13, 7:50pm
North Melbourne
B: Scott McMahon, Scott Thompson, Michael Firrito

HB: Shaun Atley, Nathan Grima, Jamie Macmillan

C: Ryan Bastinac, Daniel Wells, Liam Anthony

HF: Lindsay Thomas, Robert Tarrant, Brent Harvey

F: Lachlan Hansen, Drew Petrie, Matt Campbell

Foll: Todd Goldstein, Andrew Swallow, Jack Ziebell

I/C: Leigh Adams, Samuel Wright, Kieran Harper, Sam Gibson
Emg: Ben Cunnington, Cameron Pedersen, Will Sierakowski
In: Scott Thompson

Out: Luke Delaney
Milestones: Nathan Grima &#8211; 50 games
Carlton
B: Lachlan Henderson, Michael Jamison, Andrew McInnes

HB: Christopher Yarran, Matthew Watson, Aaron Joseph

C: Andrew Collins, Brock McLean, Bryce Gibbs

HF: Mitch Robinson, Andrew Walker, Marc Murphy

F: Jeffrey Garlett, Nick Duigan, Eddie Betts

Foll: Matthew Kreuzer, Chris Judd, Andrew Carrazzo

I/C: Heath Scotland, Dennis Armfield, Zach Tuohy, Edward Curnow
Emg: Jordan Russell, Bret Thornton, Kane Lucas
In: Marc Murphy, Lachlan Henderson

Out: Kade Simpson (Jaw), Shaun Hampson (Knee)
<h3>Melbourne v Fremantle</h3>
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Melbourne
B: Daniel Nicholson, James Frawley, Luke Tapscott

HB: Joel Macdonald, Tom McDonald, Jack...

Round 15 recap: Five huge scores last round all over 150. Leading the way was Cox who had a match winning fourth quarter against North and finished with 215. Following him was Pavlich with 175, Priddis with 170, Rioli with 159 and McVeigh with 152. Ablett? Well he gave us 110 …

So the questions this week are: Ablett? Cox? Injured stars returning in Pendlebury or Murphy? Or recently consistent players such as Swan or Watson?
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Here are the numbers …

Ablett v. Richmond

Rd 17 2011: 127 SC points, 27 disposals
Rd 2 2009: 139 SC points, 29 disposals
Rd 8 2008: 164 SC points, 27 disposals
Rd 18 2007: 133 SC points, 28 disposals
Rd 6 2007: 170 SC points, 32 disposals

Average is 147 SC points with 29 disposals.

Note: Great average against the Tigers. No scores below 127. In relative poor form with scores of 110, 87, 188 and 64 (average of 112 which, of course, is inflated by his huge 188).

Pendlebury v. Geelong

Rd 8 2012: 147 SC points, 30 disposals
GF 2011: 143 SC points, 33 disposals
Rd 24 2011: 135 SC points, 30 disposals
Rd 8 2011: 109 SC points, 20 disposals
PF 2010: 126 SC points, 24 disposals
Rd 19 2010: 110 SC points, 24 disposals
Rd 9 2010: 96 SC points, 18 disposals
Rd 3 2009: 95 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 9 2008: 141 SC points, 26 disposals
PF 2007: 55 SC points, 13 disposals
Rd 15 2007: 90 SC points, 20 disposals

Average is 113 SC points with 24 disposals.

Note: Solid record(averaging 124 in seven games). Has missed the past five games with a cracked tibia. Had come off scores of 95 (sub affected), 118, 147, 107, 145 and 140.

Watson v. Port Adelaide

Rd 2 2012: 149 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 23 2011: 112 SC points, 26 disposals
Rd 7 2010: 120 SC points, 31 disposals
Rd 1 2009: 112 SC points, 31 disposals
Rd 7 2008: 91 SC points, 21 disposals
Rd 12 2007: 98 SC points, 27 disposals
Rd 9 2006: 100 SC points, 24 disposals

Average is 112 SC points with 26 disposals.

Note: Solid record...

Lucky round 13 is upon us, but the fantasy scene has been anything but lucky with numerous players out since the byes with injury and suspension. Who can survive the carnage and keep their cool to come away with the 4 points? Find out below!
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WOY WOY WIZARDS (18th, 1187) vs TARWIN LOWER PIGS (12th, 1198)

POTENTIAL INS: Black, Malceski, Power, Callinan, Doughty, T. McDonald, A. Selwood (Wizards), Pendlebury (Pigs)
OUTS: Hocking (Pigs)

Woy Woy are going through a massive dry spell at the moment with their last win back in Round 4. Malceski should come back this week after being a late non-inclusion, as well as long list of other potential ins – but none are named Hodge. The Pigs are grunting along, but the big news is they welcome back number 1 pick Scott Embleberry this week. Little separates these teams based on average, but you would have to back the Pigs given the Wizards track record. While not favourite for the game, the Wizards new found favouritism for Jaeger has to mean something.

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QUEENSTOWN QUOLLS (11th, 1148) vs POOWONG POTOROOS (5th, 1218)

POTENTIAL INS: Trengove, A. Hall, Grant (Quolls), S. Johnson, R. Murphy, Jamar, Sewell, S.D. Thompson, Mattner (Potoroos)
OUTS: Hampson, Jacobs (Quolls), Lower (Potoroos)

The Quolls have been a bit disappointing since the break, slipping to the second lowest average in the competition while having 2 loses. Hampson will be out for the year, and with no sign of Stephenson and Warnock being stupid in the VFL I’m not sure who they will get to cover. The <del datetime="2012-07-12T11:54:12+00:00">latewithdrawals</del> Potoroos just managed to sneak over the line last week despite all their emergencies getting a call up, but with an impressive list of ins this week I’d watch out! It’s too early to predict a...

This week saw some bad SC news in the form of not just Buddy out for a few weeks, but also Beau (who I coincidentally traded in last week) facing a stint on the sidelines, causing some major headaches for more than a few coaches. Who has cover? Will it be enough or will you lose too many points in the mean-time? A few questions need to be asked, and answered, and hopefully the Best Buys can help with that.

This week my pick of the week is once again two, and they are Yarran and Roughie. Yarran showed last week against the Pies that he is capable of pumping out good games, and at his price he really is perfect cover for any injured or sidelined defenders for a couple of weeks. If he and the Blues can ignore the last 2 months and instead follow last weekends lead then he may even make it as a defensive starter. Roughie is in some good form, and is perfectly positioned to swoop on Buddys pie while he takes a bit of a rest. His R/F MPP also means a trade into the forward-line could always be moved to the ruck with the right rookie sitting on the bench.

My apologies for the lateness of the article, and the sparse commentary on a few of the players, things should settle down in the next couple of weeks and the next Best Buys will certainly aim to have a little more detail. Until then, join me over the break for this weeks Best Buys.

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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...

Not a bad week from the donors this week, with a round score of 2270 from 21 players. This placed us at 24,194 for the round, and has us 2,408 places better off in the overall, at 20,123.

In our leagues we won three of five this week, in the Ucantbetooserios league, where we’re now 15th, Ucantbe TS (4th), and the TS WA League (10th), while we lost in TS Igotatheory to be 4th, and TS Pine Warmers where we’re 7th.

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A few really big scores this week, a few disappointing scores this week, and a late-withdrawal donut on a line where our emergency didn’t play. What does it all look like? This:

1. Deledio,DEF,91
2. Broughton,DEF,52
3. Lake,DEF,106
4. Shaw,DEF,112
5. Carrazzo,DEF,108
6. Shaw,DEF,98
7. Kennedy,MID,97
8. Selwood Vice Captain,MID,116
9. Ablett Captain 110 x 2 ,MID,220
10. Mitchell,MID,108
11. Priddis,MID,170
12. Gibson,MID,66
13. Cox,RUC,215
14. Giles,RUC,51
15. Franklin,FWD,109
16. Sidebottom,FWD,93
17. Dangerfield,FWD,97
18. Roughead,FWD,126
19. Riewoldt,FWD,97
20. Porplyzia,FWD,80
21. Adams,FWD,58
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1. Goddard,DEF,0
2. Waters,DEF,0
3. Darley Emergency,DEF,0
4. Pendlebury,MID,0
5. Sexton,MID,0
6. Campbell Emergency,RUC,60
7. Pattison,RUC,0
8. Martin,FWD,0
9. Milera Emergency,FWD,0

Once again, starting down back, where we had Cheater top score with 112 points for the round. He was followed by new recruit Carrrazzo on 108 and Lake on 106, which rounded out our ton-toppers for the backline. From there we had S Shaw on 98, a great return for the rookie, Deledio on 91, a little low for his standards, but still ok, and Broughton with a lowly 52, who’s fast becoming a “cut him loose” target. Our bench was made up of the suspended Goddard and Darley the donut who let us down by not being able to replace the late withdrawal of Waters. Three donuts down back, so aside from trades no potential lost points, although the trade we did make was...

Where once there were 6, now there is only 5. That was the story of Round 12 of the ORFFL, as 5 of the 6 teams on 8 wins at the start of the round managed to keep it up and go to 9. Which means its still very tight at the upper reaches of the ORFFL ladder, and by tight I mean we have an intredasting last 5 weeks of the regular season to navigate.

Head over the break as we review the results of Round 12 and tell if and/or why your club is awesome/sucks chaos balls.

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TARWIN LOWER PIGS 1160 Def by TORRUMBARRY THUNDA 1360

The Thunda of Torrumbarry continued on with their post-break form dispensing with fellow mid-tabler Tarwin Lower by a sizeable 200 points. Kerr (116, 2 game avg. 113) relishing playing for his new club without a hard tag, Douglas (99, 2 game avg. 100) relishing not being KOd in the first quarter. Goodes (148) and BadBoyBernie (124) had crackers for Torrumbarry, while Higgins (104) reminded ORFFL watchers of what he is capable of. Thats right, scoring a century with disarming infrequency.

Over at Tarwin Lower it was a case of being nowhere near enough being nowhere near good enough. NRoo (117) managed his 7th century for the season, and Hanley (119) his 6th, but without Pendles, the TLPs midfield is in dire straits. Failing to reach 300 when the league average is 377 should send alarm bells ringing through the club. Sitting in 12th, 2 games behind 11th, TLPs finals dreams could be over if they dont arrest this slide.

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POOWONG POTOROOS 1112 Def COULTA COULDABEENS 1086

Twas a strange match this one. Verily. Relief for Poowong as they got up by just 26 points, and no doubt some degree of frustration for...

Wow, a horrible week for us this week. Im hearing 2400s, 2500s, but with some inspiring performances from Rockliff, Tippett, McDonald, Giles and Broughton- combines with a lack of Thompson, Goodes, Pavlich, Cox, Priddis, Cyril or Chappy- we didnt even break the 2000 mark. Massively diverse week this week.

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Collingwood vs Carlton

Result: Carlton by 23, 12.13.85 to 8.14.62

They. Were. The navy Blues, they were the ol dark- and so on. They also put in a Ratten-saving performance as they put the Pies to the sword with greater accuracy. Third quarter, they tried their darnest to give it back, kicking just 1.7- But they had enough in the tank, despite a couple of injuries, particularly subbing out Hampson early, to kick away in the 4th and create an even closer season than before. Great stuff.

7 Blues scored the ton, with Judd top scorign with 32 touches, 126SC and 3 brownlow votes. There was a lot of points shared though, with Carrazzo, Gibbs, Robinson and most importantly for his owners, Kreuzer all doing the job for their coaches.

Duigan go himself swung forward, and while putting on 3 goals for 79SC- the most important factor for mine is ability it leaves for Kreuzer to spend more time in the ruck. That bloke needs to play in the ruck, and while Im sure the stories of him playing injured arent exagerated, the Blues need wins -and with Krooze in the middle, they look their most dangerous.

Blair top scored for the pies with a 116SC, while Swan and Shaw both combined for 112SCs

If you were forced to field a few of the Pie rookies this week, namely Elliot and Williams, you would have been a little disappointed based to prior form. Just a 40SC and 27SC between them. Thought the latter did get himself injured.

Heroes: Judd
Villians:

North Melbourne vs West Coast

Result: West Coast by 2, 12.14.86 to 13.6.84...

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What does a panda, a chicken, Forrest Gump and the Hulk all have in common?

They’re all inspiration for victory salutes by young 22 year-old Slovakian, Peter Sagan, who has taken this Tour by storm. He is an excitement machine, has more tricks and gadgets in his arsenal than most riders and already at a young age he is a monster on the bike, his potential huge, he is already delivering with three stage victories, and he could win the Malliot Vert in his first Tour. Impressive. As the Tour finally hits the mountains and the all important Overall battle starts read on for the report of the first week of racing and fantasy results.
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[span style="text-decoration: underline">Tour De France Summary

Prologue

First day of Le Tour and it was a short 6.4km time trial that got le Grande Boucle underway. A super fast time from Aussie Brett “Burt” Lancaster saw him post the early best time from Andrey Grivko. He eventually finished 6th on the stage as Edvald Boasson Hagen (hereafter referred to as EBH) and home-tour favourite Sylvain Chavanel bettered the time.

A few of the predicted favourites faltered, as Peter Sagan stuffed up a corner, only saving it with his superb bike-handling skills and Tony Martin had a mechanical but still managed to only finish 20 seconds down on the winner. That winner was Fabian Cancellara, an absolute force in prologues over the last few years and did it by “smashing” Tour favourite Bradley Wiggins time by  7 seconds to finish the course in 7’13” (massive average speed of 53km/h+). Cadel Evans managed a respectable 13th, 17 seconds off the winner and 10 behind rival Wiggins.

Stage 1

A quiet start to the first road stage as they did a long loop around Liège and the Walloon countryside. The most notable thing from the break of the day was the fairly anonymous Danish track-rider, Michael Morkov winning enough KOM points to be the first holder of that jersey. Today was always going to be...