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So Carlton with the Bye and the all important semi-final upon us.

Leaves us all to ask- what does the General have to serve up tonight?!

Full teams over the break

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Fremantle v Collingwood

PS &#8211; Fri Aug 26, 6:40pm
Fremantle
B: Peter Faulks, Luke McPharlin, Ryan Crowley

HB: Greg Broughton, Michael Johnson, Nick Lower

C: Garrick Ibbotson, Michael Barlow, Tendai Mzungu

HF: Clayton Hinkley, Nathan Fyfe, Paul Duffield

F: Kepler Bradley, Christopher Mayne, Zachary Clarke

Foll: Aaron Sandilands, Nick Suban, Stephen Hill

I/C: Byron Schammer, Rhys Palmer, Clancee Pearce, Jack Anthony

Emg: Benjamin Bucovaz, Joel Houghton, Justin Bollenhagen
In: Paul Duffield, Byron Schammer, Kepler Bradley, Clancee Pearce, Peter Faulks, Jack Anthony, Nick Lower

Out: Antoni Grover (Hamstring), David Mundy (Ankle), Matthew Pavlich (Calf), Hayden Ballantyne (Hamstring), Adam McPhee (Foot), Alex Silvagni (Concussion), Jayden Pitt (Groin)
Collingwood
B: Leon Davis, Ben Reid, Heritier O&#8217;Brien

HB: Tom Young, Chris Tarrant, Tyson Goldsack

C: Dayne Beams, Dale Thomas, Alan Didak

HF: Ben Sinclair, Ben Johnson, Alex Fasolo

F: Steele Sidebottom, Travis Cloke, Leigh Brown

Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Andrew Krakouer

I/C: Dane Swan, Alan Toovey, Chris Dawes, Jarryd Blair

Emg: Cameron Wood, John McCarthy, Luke Rounds
In: Leon Davis, Ben Johnson, Chris Dawes, Andrew Krakouer

Out: John McCarthy, Lachlan Keeffe, Luke Ball (Soreness), Simon Buckley
Milestones: Ben Reid &#8211; 50 games
Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs

MCG &#8211; Sat Aug 27, 2:10pm
Hawthorn
B: Brent Guerra, Josh Gibson, Thomas Murphy

HB: Grant Birchall, Ryan Schoenmakers, Shaun Burgoyne

C: Cameron Bruce,...

Hi all,

I guess its the 2nd last edition of Be The Best as Impromptu remains P1 but we also have Shagga and Yamum in the drivers seat as well in P2 and P3.

Theres probably 8 teams in the running for the main prize, and in some ways thats being generous on these teams, but weve seen charges from a long way out, and I guess they are still possible providing everything goes right for these teams.   Any others and wed need to have some seriously strange results happening with multiple PODs and captains really shaking up the mix.

Heres my take: Impromptu is looking solid.   The only team that can really damage his in terms of defence is the Cunning Stunts (P4), but being 259 behind, its a big gap to make up on this alone.   Therefore the gap needs to be breached with not just defence, but also rucks.   Captains makes a difference, and to be honest, its hard to see mids being a key area of swings unless there are early injuries.   Which are, of course, possible.

In terms of the team that I think can do the most damage to Impromptu, Id suggest it is 2008 winner, resident quiet man and fast finisher Lings Bandits (P8).   There is a strong defence, backed with the strongest coverage of Gibbs/Scotland.   The midfield pits Murphy/Judd, Dal Santo/Selwood.   Pretty even, but you could see Lings team getting an edge.   Then you have the forwards, where again Johnson and Rioli are entered for again maximum pain to the P1.   Combined with Le Cras with WCE neat run home, you can see a team finely balancing risk and reward.   This is emphasised by Mumford in the R2 slot where Petrie is up against it.

On these changes alone, without captains influence, I could see potentially 80-90 points going the way of the Bandits each round.   This would leave the rest in the lap of the risk taking captain selection.   And of course, if I were Impromptu, Id stick with the most solid choice that I can, and if I were the Bandits, I would maximise the pain by using a...

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Yeeha! Into the top 1000!!

Awesome Donors!

We scored 2,366 in Round 22. Which was good enough to move us up almost 300 places to, the new pb ranking of, 864th!! Our bench selections were as good as could be expected, and our cap choice was almost spot on.

We could have done slightly better with bench selections, but we would never have been bold enough to start Puopolo over Broughton, or Prestia over Pavlich, so we cant be too critical there. And our captains choice of Ablett was a great decision, as he was our 3rd best player this week, and we would have been unlikely to choose Boyd or Mummy as cap; and it should also be noted that our VC - Swan - was our next highest scorer too.

We won one league match and lost one too... which means we are in 3 prelims this week. The loss was by 25 points to Gnewitt - coach of the Cunning Linguists - who was up for a bit of banter in <a href="http://tooserious.net/ucantbetooserious-%E2%80%93-donor-team-round-21#comments" target="_blank">last weeks thread[/url] which was great! - Same cant be said of the result though

Over the break, Ill outline the leagues in a bit more detail, and you will also find our players round 22 scores as usual::::::

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1. <a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/player/130">Scotland[/url] (DEF)
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2. <a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/player/110">Gibbs[/url] (DEF)
<td align="right">102



3. <a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/player/632">Goddard[/url] (DEF)
<td align="right">122



4. <a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/player/575">Deledio[/url] (DEF)
<td align="right">95



5. <a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/player/627">Fisher[/url] (DEF)
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Welcome back to the League v League competition and my goodness werent there some upsets last weekend. Some late runs from the lower ranked leagues are not unexpected given players could have left their trading salvos to right to the very end.

The results:
TS Donor Kebabs 35974 lost to TS NBA Crew 36100
TS Platinum 35860 lost to TS Tin Lids 36748
Too Serious Donors 35892 defeated TS 2Sec Too Slow 35799
FF v TS Challenge 35167 lost to TS Superleague 35677

Three of the top 4 are out, and only the Donors remain from the ranks of the top 20s.

So for this weekends matches, its down to 4 leagues to be Crowned the Inaugural League vs League Too Serious Knock Out Challenge Victorious Representatives!  Join and have a look after the break!

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First Prelim:
TS NBA Crew v TS Superleague
AKA The Salary Cap Challenge!

Form line in finals:
TS NBA Crew
Round of 16: 38511 - defeated TS Premier League
Semi Finals: 36100 - defeated TS Donor Kebabs

TS Superleague
Round of 16: 38405 - defeated Waaaay Too Serious
Semi Finals: 35677 - defeated FF v TS Challenge

On paper this looks like a fairly easy win to the NBA Crew.  They have done the hard yards beating two strong leagues in their first two battles, and this one should be like swatting flies.   An interesting aside is the clear drop off of scores from one game to another.   Obviously most players copped the putrid Petrie-Pavlich double.   The NBA Crew will need to be on their game, but you would suggest it would take $$$ of Superleague-esque proportions (or maybe just NRL) to see them miss a GF position.

Second Prelim:
TS Tin Lids v Too Serious Donors
AKA The battle of Notes vs Coins (nickel and tin)

Form line in finals:
TS Tin Lids
Round of 16:  38754 - defeated TS I am Serious
Semi Finals: 36748 - defeated TS Platinum

Too Serious Donors
Round of 16:  38506 - defeated TS Expats
Semi Finals: 35892 - defeated TS 2 Secs...

Hi all,
Not a huge amount to say, because frankly we dont have too many trades around. And what a week it has been with injuries, suspensions and rumours abounding as the General comes once again late in a year to stalk his territory.

Personally, being a General myself, I cant think that my friend Soreness is going to be doing too much more than irritation the next fortnight. Facts remain that teams in the running for finals need continuity more than rests (on the whole) and as such may be rested through training or by being moved to half forward instead of on-ball during a match. Teams out of the finals are generally out of Supercoach teams. A lesson learned by yours truly after getting in Sylvia for the last 3 games. At least he played one (unlike Shaw).

So, down to business. If youre like me, you need to find coverage for one defender, a mid and two forwards. If youre like me, you have or can only use two trades. And if youre like me, you have stuff all coverage on the bench because they go and smash a leg (Strauss/Toy), a person (Hibberd/Sylvia) or maybe a coach in future (Bewick/Richardson).

Im left with some awkward choices but thankfully, others in my league matches are in just the same pickle, so its helpful to know Im not on my own.

So there are a range of options. Do you go hard this week and consider a trade out of Judd/Murphy to win this week. Remember there are no prizes for top score next week if you are eliminated. Using Judds money, you can get Selwood, and with MPP it could cover the forwards in one hit (with someone like Mzungu or Smith). Whacko!

Or you could decide straight swapping in defence or up forward. Its only two rounds to go, so heres a list of players who I think would be worth considering...

Mids - Mitchell, Priddis, Moloney, Hodge, Swallow, Beams, Thompson, Selwood. All have claims, though Mitchell, Hodge and Priddis I think have the General Star over them.
Defenders - Gibson and Bock the standouts...

Just a few cliffnotes and a couple of big movers over the break guys.

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Klasnic showed us all some class, scoring a goal against ManC, at his low price, and two big scores, expect to see some good movement. No other real cheap options to make cash up forward though, Dzeko scored again and looks a decent mid-price option though, but probably wont generate the kinda cash you need early.

I traded De Laet into R Taylor last week, and while Im very happy with Taylors cleanie and goal, I might be looking to get back into De Laet - his goal will see some great movement. Ward is the third cheap defender that will make you some quick cash over the next few weeks.

De Gea and Vorm are both looking great value as a keeper if you made the mistake of paying top price for one!

The lack of cheap midfielders who got a goal and cleansheet is a little sad, but was pulled off last week by Jarvis, and at 6.7mil, if you feel confident over the next two weeks Away to Villa, then home to Tottenham, he could make you some solid coin between now and GW5 when he plays QPR. Enough to even sideways to one of the Big5 midfielders.

Anyways, a quick look around the league reveals the following.

TooSerious - From 62nd, up to 36th.
WayTooSerious - From 15th up to 7th. (With Yani still getting a special mention )
TooSerious Esq III: From 82nd down to 216th - oh noes guys!!
TooSerious IV: From 40th up to 17th, great climb guys!!
TooSerious V: From 39th up to 32nd

Any ways, the stats are on their way up, just need to finish calculating these darn Kangeroos that were missed on the weekend!

Getting to the very pointy end of the season folks, and whilst the win seems to be relatively locked away, the fight for places is in full flight.

With both Judd and his main rival Pendlebury failing to poll, all of Boyd, Swan, Ablett, Goodes and Scotty Thompson continue their push into the low 20s, all capping off excellent individual seasons respectively.  Three of those players: Boyd, Ablett and Thompson have done considerably well given their teams are at the wrong end of the ladder, and can all lay strong claims to AA selection this year - Ablett the only automatic inclusion in a year where the midfielders seem to have dominated even more than usual.

Swans has finished the season off the way he started it all those weeks ago - and youd have given him a real chance to win outright this year had he not played injured through the middle part of the season.  His resurgence has come at a time when Pendleburys influence has waned, and has pushed Scotty to last on my list of confidence for most votes per team, which now runs as follows:

1. Ablett ($1.01)
2. Thompson ($1.11)
3. Boyd ($1.09)
4. Mitchell ($1.18)
5. Judd ($1.11)
6. Dal Santo ($1.40)
7. Goodes ($1.59)
8. Watson ($1.10)
9. Moloney ($1.18)
10. Black ($1.40) / Selwood ($1.35)
12. Swallow ($1.50)
13. Priddis ($2.55)
14. Cotchin ($2.10)
15. Hartlett ($9)
16. Fyfe ($2.10)
17. Pendlebury ($1.88)

Odds in brackets are Centrebet odds - which of course you cant multi.  Very limited value, which leads me to think a straight up bet is the only way to go this year...whilst the top 10/11 are the lockiest of locks, youll only get a return of $6.50...so maybe something like Thompson, Mitchell, Judd, Dal Santo, Goodes, Moloney, Black, Selwood, Swallow &amp; Priddis for a more like-able $27-1 is in order.

Then all that you really have standing in your way is a big Cox.

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TS:
3 - J. Lewis (3)
2 - K. Simpson (2)
1...

So, howd yall go this weekend? Win all your leagues or just bask in the glory of a week off?

Plenty of bullets this week, but a couple of good efforts- still, a pretty low par I reckon.

The review will be late tonight, Ive spent the majority of the day outside play with the kiddoes! - Then tonight, theres a certain NFL draft Ill be taking part in so the stats might be a little late as well!

Ah well, good thing theres just 2 more weeks to go then hey!

Alright, if youre lucky (or unlucky) enough to be playing in the semis this week, good luck!!

If not, heres hoping you smash out a big one to up your ranking a little.

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