TooSerious

Sorry for the late post, but the Bye mayhem has not been the only mayhem in Perth this week! We scored 1501 points this week, ranking us 55,793 for the round, and bringing us back inside the top 10,000 to be placed 9,360 over-all. In our leagues we copped it left, right, and centre, winning just one game! We’re now ranked 15th in Ucantbetooserious, 2nd in both Ucantbe TS and TS Igotatheory, 4th in TS Pine Warmers, and 11th in the TS – WA league.

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So, how exactly did the donors do it this week? Just like this:

1. Deledio,DEF,67
2. Goddard,DEF,104
3. Broughton,DEF,103
4. Clarke,DEF,56
5. Morris,DEF,66
6. Kennedy,MID,86
7. Selwood,MID,154
8. Mitchell,MID,116
9. Ablett Captain 64 x 2 ,MID,128
10. Sexton,MID,40
11. Redden Emergency,RUC,50
12. Franklin Vice Captain,FWD,113
13. Sidebottom,FWD,156
14. Roughead,FWD,96
15. Riewoldt,FWD,53
16. Martin,FWD,44
17. Milera,FWD,69
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1. Shaw,DEF,0
2. Lake,DEF,0
3. Bugg,DEF,0
4. Darley Emergency,DEF,0
5. Pendlebury,MID,0
6. Treloar,MID,0
7. Kennedy,MID,0
8. Cox,RUC,0
9. Giles,RUC,0
10. Pattison,RUC,0
11. Dangerfield,FWD,0
12. Porplyzia Emergency,FWD,0
13. Adams,FWD,0

Down back we had five scoring players, lead by Goddard’s 104 and Broughton’s 103. From there it was slim pickings, with disappointing Deledio on 67, and rookies Morris and Clarke on 66 and 56 respectively. Our bench had the byes of Lake, Bugg, and Darley, so one donut was expected there, but cheater Shaw let us down big time!

Onto the midfield, which was lead by Selwood’s swash-buckling 154 points. He was supported by Mitchell’s 116, J. Kennedy’s lowly 86, rookie Sexton’s 40, and the diabolical captain Gazza and his doubled 64 for a total of 128 points! Clearly some points lost there on the captain...

Jobe Watson has shot to the lead in the race for this years Brownlow Medal, picking up his second BOG in a losing side in as many weeks.  The Essendon captain has now accumulated 19 votes for the season - surpassing the 16 &amp; 15 votes he has collected over the past 2 years.

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His main 4 rivals have failed to fire a shot in the last 3 weeks, however last years winner returned from injury in style, picking up his 4th BOG for the year, and remains 6 votes off the pace.

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Donuts, bullets, more donuts, late withdrawals, injuries and more donuts. What a horrid week in Supercoach!

Seriously, we all knew it was going to be bad- but seriously, there are teams that arent even going to break 1000 this week.

Hopefully that isnt you, and your 1500+ manages to move you up a few spots this week!

Let us know how youve faired, over the break.

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Carlton vs Geelong

Result: Geelong by 12, 14.13.97 to 11.19.85

For the first time in a few weeks, I reckon Carlton lost one here that they really should have won. Im not saying Geelong were bad though, or that they didnt deserve the win, but really, a 2.9 final quarter really did the damage - dropping them out of the top8 for the first time this year.

Simpson top scored for the Blues with a 113SC, with Judd the only other Blue to ton up on a 105SC.

Gibbs was *meant* to be freed up to play through the middle with all of the Carlton outs- and considering he could score 81SC off just 11 touches, hes obviously still got the potential. But Ratten man, youre killing him! Reckon hell be a very interesting proposition next year, particularly if Ratten goes!

Kreuzer - youve done my team pretty well- but sadly, its not looking great for the man. I dunno, he doesnt quite look right out there, and Im starting to think that hell need an upgrading soon. Just need to find a ruck that wont get injured!

For the catters, Selwood was awesome. 27 disposals and a massive 154SC.

Funny thing is, while there were 6 cats to score the ton- outside of Selwood, I reckon any cats you had would have disappointed with Johnson (60), Hawkins (55) and Enright (49) being the chief offenders!

Heroes: Selwood, Scarlett
Villians: Gibbs, Robinson, Kreuzer, Johnson, Hawkins, Enright

Richmond vs Fremantle

Result: Fremantle by 12, 12.6.78 to 9.12.66

Now, I havent jumped...

Welcome to the winter special influenza edition of ORFFA, which is going to be fairly brief, given that Ive been coughing up some interesting colours today. This is in keeping with the reduced squad sizes this week as we bravely play through the bye rounds. Continue reading over the break to find out how many doughnuts Mawson can manage in a side stacked with North players..............<!--more-->

Marble Bar v Waikikamoocow

Youd have to be on the Kiwis to back up their big win from last week, given the recent form of Marble Bar. The only factors might be the huge 6000 km road trip to get there and baking heat. Mind you it is winter at Marble Bar.

Iron Knob v Nunawading

Iron Knob scored 1419 and LOST last week. Given that Nuna managed a princely 825 last round, the Codpieces might just get over the line this week.

Mt Beauty v Namatjira

The Uglies flying at the moment, whilst the Nungas unlucky to get beaten last week and still searching for that elusive first win.

Charlies Opening v Gariwerd

The Cockies just cant seem to get home in the close ones, and have played much better than their ladder position would suggest. The Spelunkers need a win at the Pit to climb back into the eight.

Mawson Base v Birdsville

Only looking at about 9 making it on the field for Mawson this week due to a surfeit of Kangaroos players.  Birdsville needing a win to stay in touch and they just might get one this week down at the Freezer. Weather is forecast for fine and is currently -28 C, so it could be a day for the long sleeves.

Cradle Mountain v Whitsundays

The Warriors whisked away from their sub tropical paradise and the delights of the Tiki Bar to a snowy mountaintop to face a good side. Draw your own conclusions as to the likely result.

Gundagai v Darraweit Guim

Match of the round here, with the Guim travelling up the Hume. Sandi v Mullet in a cracking ruck duel which may well decide the...

Well, teams are in, and Redden looks to have made the cut!

No half dozen donuts for me this week! Just the bakers half dozen.

A shonky baker that is.

How many donuts you munching on this week?

Absolute. Carnage

I reckon the only question we need to ask ourselves: Original glaze or assorted?

Ins: Kreuzer, Enright, Hawkins, Heppell, Malceski, Swan
Outs: Bower, Scotland, Duffield, Horsley, Parker, Pendlebury
Extended Bench: Redden

Also, if you got todays newsletter, you would have noticed a link through to <a href="http://myfootyboots.com.au/">MyFootyBoots.com.au[/url]

What you would have missed however, cause Im a bit of an idiot, is the special offer I forgot to include!

If you use the promo code TooSerious, youll score yourself $10 off any order. (Expires Wed 13th June at 11:59pm.) - So if you are in the market for some boots, check em out!

Anyways, check over the break for a full list of teams.

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<h3>Carlton v Geelong Cats</h3>
ES &#8211; Fri Jun 08, 7:50pm
Carlton
B: Christopher Yarran, Michael Jamison, Matthew Watson

HB: Bryce Gibbs, Lachlan Henderson, Nick Duigan

C: Zach Tuohy, Chris Judd, Kade Simpson

HF: Mitch Robinson, Matthew Kreuzer, Andrew Walker

F: Jeffrey Garlett, Shaun Hampson, Eddie Betts

Foll: Robert Warnock, Brock McLean, David Ellard

I/C: Dennis Armfield, Aaron Joseph, Andrew Collins, Joshua Bootsma
Emg: Kane Lucas, Andrew McInnes, Edward Curnow
In: Matthew Kreuzer, Lachlan Henderson, Nick Duigan

Out: Paul Bower, Heath Scotland (Calf), Edward Curnow
Geelong Cats
B: Matthew Scarlett, Tom Lonergan, Josh Hunt

HB: Corey Enright, Harry Taylor, David Wojcinski

C: Taylor Hunt, Joel Selwood, Paul Chapman

HF: Mathew Stokes, Tom Hawkins, Mitch Duncan

F: James Kelly, James Podsiadly, Steve Johnson

Foll: Trent West, Joel Corey, Jimmy Bartel

I/C: Andrew Mackie, Steven Motlop, Cameron Guthrie, Orren Stephenson
Emg: Tom Gillies, Jesse Stringer, Billie Smedts
In: Joel Corey, Corey Enright, David...

This is going to be a lightning edition given the fact that I am very pressed for time at the moment. To recap on Round 10, all I have to say is sorry to Ablett. Sorry for doubting the perma-captain. With many jumping off the perma-captain last week, he responded with a huge 155 from 53 disposals. Over the break are the numbers for Round 11 ...
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Ablett v. St Kilda

Rd 19 2011: 138 SC points, 34 disposals
QF 2010: 75 SC points, 21 disposals
Rd 13 2010: 154 SC points, 32 disposals
GF 2009: 123 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 14 2009: 105 SC points, 27 disposals
QF 2008: 136 SC points, 35 disposals
Rd 4 2008: 115 SC points, 26 disposals
Rd 10 2007: 103 SC points, 27 disposals

Average is 119 SC points with 28 disposals.

Note: Very solid record against St Kilda despite copping the Clint Jones tag. One poor game in the Qualifying Final last year but otherwise good scores. Taking that 75 out, his average jumps to 125. Scored a huge 155 last round which had followed scores of 111, 150 and 125.

Sandilands v. Richmond

Rd 7 2011: 162 SC points, 23 disposals, 43 hitouts
Rd 15 2010: 128 SC points, 19 disposals, 39 hitouts
Rd 5 2010: 145 SC points, 16 disposals, 42 hitouts
Rd 10 2009: 119 SC points, 17 disposals, 45 hitouts
Rd 21 2008: 69 SC points, 9 disposals, 28 hitouts
Rd 4 2008: 54 SC points, 7 disposals, 17 hitouts

Average is 113 SC points with 15 disposals and 36 hitouts.

Note: Good average against Richmond. Fantastic recent average in his past four games with an average of 139 SC points, 19 disposals and 42 hitouts. Rebounded last week with 122 which had followed a poor game of 71 (with games of 100 and 126 prior).

Swan v. Melbourne

Rd 12 2010: 173 SC points, 38 disposals
Rd 2 2010: 93 SC points, 21 disposals
Rd 11 2009: 139 SC points, 32 disposals
Rd 2 2009: 121 SC points, 33 disposals
Rd 11 2008: 76 SC points, 18 disposals
Rd 20 2007: 99 SC points, 24 disposals
Rd 11 2007: 86 SC points, 23 disposals

Average...

Hi all.

Best buys comes to you this week from about halfway along the central midlands of Tasmania, and as you probably noticed there was a bit of a delay in getting it up this week. This was mainly due to me going away for a couple of nights and forgetting my modem, so I’ve had to drive 200k to come home and press the “publish” button. So my apologies for the tardiness, and for the rushed Best Buys.

This week sees the start of the bye rounds, and will require some sound planning and plenty of luck to emerge from unscathed. At the moment all I can really say on this is good luck to all and personally Ill be copping a few donuts for the sake of saving some trades over these byes, and I reckon I wont be alone. Everyone else should please ignore my poor example and feel free to discuss bye-round trades and strategies in depth in the comments.

After a massive weekend of footy last round there are some interesting options emerging, and a lot of surprise results. The forwards went big, and some of our mainstays didn’t.

My tip for the week this week, is one Travis Cloke. He’s a big risk looking at his numbers so far this season, but if you’ve seen his current price also then I’m sure you’ll be aware of the massive reward there also. Collingwood will need to finish the season strongly this year, as they have not shown the same dominance of years previous, and Cloke looks to be the man to lead them to it. As Sidey and Beams pick up more taggers hopefully it allows Cloke off the leash a little more later in the season, and results in some nice points for his coaches.

Again my apologies for the briefness of this weeks article, and I hope it can still be of good use to many. I’ll see you over the break.


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As I was reminded of the bye round teams this week are ADE, BRI, GWS, NM, WCE and WB, so do NOT trade players from these teams into your team unless you have coverage. Great options for next week though.

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The Best...

The Kiwis break through for their first win of the season, a new ladder leader and an epic high scoring match to finish the round in a veritable cornucopia of excitement which awaits just beyond the break.................

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Powletts Plains 1369 def Marble Bar 886

Every so often Buddy just has one of those weeks that makes every player on the ground irrelevant.  Doughnuts galore for Marble Bar as they are on the wrong end of one of those Buddy special games. Cameron Wood comes on as a sub for Jolly and cranks out 157 in a fantastic coaching move by saurian carnivore coach.

Darraweit Guim 1160 def Far Kew 1015

The Guim do enough in a low scoring affair on a rain affected ground. Swan still out and Thompson way under par not helping the Frogs cause, along the with the lack of a good pavement style cafe in Darraweit.

Whitsundays 1112 lost to Venus Bay 1148

A close encounter, with Joba and Josh Drummond getting the Vultures home . A Motlop doughnut and lack of bench cover probably cost the Warriors four points here.

Birdsville 1039 lost to Foul Bay 1357

A big 6 from Cripps did nothing to help the Battlers cause as the Chooks notch up another win and take over top position in the process. Who would have thought Danyle Pierce would have suddenly turned into  a premium? Certainly not me.

Gariwerd 1196 lost to Gundagai 1214

Another close one here, with tons from Wright and Fasolo sealing the deal for the Hoppers away at the Grampians. Snoz a bit of a quiet achiever recently as the Hoppers sneak into 6th. The Cockies must surely be the unluckiest club so far, having nothing go their way in the close ones.

Namitjara 1251 lost to Cradle Mountain 1367

CM must be just about the in form side of the comp after the last two weeks, Daisy, Stevie J and Hey Jude all going 150+ this week. Nungas can take heart from a much improved performance this week and surely must crack through for their...

Trade Season! It is on. Now is the time to wheel, deal and screw over your ORFFL counterparts, all the while telling them that the pitter-patter they feel on their back is just the rain of a Melbourne winter. Over the break, I'll supply the important dates and a refresh of the rules, given some people's natural disinclination to actually go and look them up. You know who you are.

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DATES OF IMPORTANCE
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<li>The ORFFL Midseason Trade period begins now until the conclusion of the last match in R12.</li>
<li>All ORFFL delistments must be made prior to 9pm AEST Monday 18th June. To delist a player(s), all you need to do is PM prior to this date and time with a list and I'll take care of the rest (I'll be PMing walesy my own list).</li>
<li>The ORFFL Midseason draft will begin at 9pm AEST Tuesday 19th June. There'll be a post on the main page. Hopefully we can get everyone on board on that night, but if not it will be the standard 24-hour time limit to take your pick. Let me know if you can't make it on here that night, there is wiggle room at this stage.</li>
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TRADE RULES
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<li>You can trade picks (to the mid-season draft and the pre-2013 draft) and players. Trades can be uneven (eg. 2 players for 1)</li>
<li>You MUST have 26 players on your list going into R14. Meaning if after the end of the trade and delistment period, you have 22 players, YOU HAVE TO DRAFT 4 PLAYERS.</li>
<li>Trading works on the 50% Veto system. If 50% of the non-involved teams veto said trade, trade does not go through. Teams will have roughly 48 hours to veto a trade proposed (eg. If a trade is proposed at 2.15pm on a Tuesday, ORFFL coaches have until 10pm on a thursday to cast their votes. I'll be checking/ratifying at 10pm, basically).</li>
<li>If you put in a trade on Sunday 17th June, ORFFL coaches have until 7pm AEST on Monday 18th June to veto it.</li>
<li>All proposed trades should be posted IN THIS THREAD. Likewise, all...