TooSerious

Afternoon all - fair bit on at work this week, so will leave you with the leaderboard(s) below, and this weeks votes over the page:

TOOSERIOUS PUBLIC COUNT:
14 - J. Watson
12 - M. Boyd
11 - C. Judd
10 - A. Goodes, B. Moloney
9 - J. Selwood, D. Swan, L. Franklin, J. Bolton

HOLEYS COUNT:
12 - J. Watson, M. Boyd, A. Goodes, J. Selwood
10 - B. Moloney
9 - C. Judd, D. Swan, L. Franklin, S. Thompson

Oh yeah - and whilst the thought of having no Collingwood supporters at work is usually a good thing, I havent been able to stick it to anyone since Fridays big win.  So to Lucas and co. - GO THE MIGHTY CATS!

<!--more-->[span style="text-decoration: underline">Cats v Pies

TS count:
3 - J. Selwood (9)
2 - H. Shaw (6)
1 - D. Thomas (3)

Holeys count:
3 - J. Selwood (12)
2 - S. Johnson (4)
1 - H. Shaw (5)

[span style="text-decoration: underline">Roos v Dees

TS Count:
3 - D. Wells (3)
2 - T. Goldstein (4)
1 - A. Edwards (1)

Holeys Count:
3 - T. Goldstein (6)
2 - D. Wells (3)
1 - A. Edwards (1)

[span style="text-decoration: underline">Crows v Suns

TS Count:
3 - G. Ablett (6)
2 - P. Dangerfield (4)
1 - S. Thompson (7)

Holeys Count:
3 - G. Ablett (6)
2 - S. Thompson (9)
1 - P. Dangerfield (2)

[span style="text-decoration: underline">Bombers v Lions

TS Count:
3 - D. Zaharakis (3)
2 - T. Rockliff (4)
1 - D. Myers (1)

Holeys Count:
3 - D. Zaharakis (3)
2 - D. Myers (2)
1 - A. Monfries (1)

[span style="text-decoration: underline">Swans v  Power

TS Count:
3 - J. Bolton (9)
2 - A. Goodes (10)
1 - J. Kennedy (1)

Holeys Count:
3 - A. Goodes (12)
2 - J. Bolton (5)
1 - J. Kennedy (1)

[span style="text-decoration: underline">Hawks v Saints

TS Count:
3 - L. Franklin (9)
2 - L. Hodge (4)
1 - S. Fisher (2)

Holeys Count:
3 - L. Franklin (9)
2 - S. Savage (2)
1 - J. Lewis (2)

[span style="text-decoration: underline">Dogs v Tigers

TS Count:
3 - L. Gilbee (3)
2 - M. Boyd (12)
1 - C....

So, Ive been locked to the laptop this weekend, with strict instructions from Jo- Fix the damn speed issues- Theyre painful and nobody likes the feeling of getting lockout every damn week. Well, Im paraphrasing a little, Im pretty sure there were a few more f-bombs in there, but the idea comes across just as well when translated to a PG-13 audience. Anyways, the end result Im hoping should speed the site up a little during the non-peak hours, but should help out the servers significantly once the masses come in to get their trades on. Of course, with such changes is always the risk of me breaking stuff, so keep an eye out and let me know if anything sucks.

Now with that done, lets jump over the break and see what happened this week
<!--more-->

We kicked off the round with the match of the round and boy, did it live up to the hype! A hugely spirited contest which saw Geelong almost kick themselves out of the game, only to hold onto a slim 3 point victory. As Leigh Matthews once pointed out, if it bleeds- Which means the 2011 season is now officially open for business! The top scorer for the game was joel Selwood, whos 29 touches, 17 of which were contested, secured him a 153SC. Favored replacement for Grimes, Heath Shaw rewarded his coaches with a massive 149SC, and while Im talking Grimes replacements, he was a far cry from Enrights 68SC. StevieJ was the third highest scorer with a very nice 136SC, his recent midfield time has been a real boon to his scoring. Daisy picked up a 127SC while Joel Corey had a nice return to form with a lovely 122 off 33 touches. The biggest suprise package for the though was Simon Buckley, I know Jo was contemplating holding Grimes this week and playing Buckley, but his 52 average wasnt inspiring confidence, that said though, his return of 94 would have more that put a smile on her face. Outside of Enright, there were a few other disappointments, Chappy continued his poor post-bye behaviour with a 70SC, Dawes didnt do much...

Sure, its a bit late- but hey, the next round aint for a while.
<div>

With a fair break between Weeks 3 &amp; 4 lets hope we don’t forget about this come round 16 and sorry for getting the results up so late!!

The fight for the total points championship really hotted up last week and Tunas took full advantage of some horrible scores out there, jumping from a lazy 15th to 1st place with a impressive score of 2112. The top 12 places are separated by only 70 points but I would now say after Tunas performance that even those 100-150 points back aren’t out of it just yet.

Congratulations to the teams that made it into the final 4, I will endeavour to do a couple previews much closer to when these fixtures are set to be played.

<!--more-->

WEEK 3 (Round 6)

Match 25 – The Hornswagglers: 1902 Lost [span style="color: #ff0000;">simonoz: 1926

Match 26 –Charlie’s Chiefs: 1900 Lost [span style="color: #ff0000;">Rommel’s Legion: 1963

Match 27 –Argonauts: 1814 Lost [span style="color: #ff0000;">IPIKDA WONG PRAYER: 1992

Match 28 –The “ELeviathans” : 1917 Lost [span style="color: #ff0000;">Green Jellybeans: 2000

WEEK 4 (Round 16)

Match 29 - <a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/?p=other_teams&amp;lid=1&amp;tid=5968" target="_blank">[span style="color: #0000ff;">[span style="text-decoration: underline;">Rommel’s Legion:[/url] vs <a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/?p=other_teams&amp;tid=16306&amp;lid=1" target="_blank">[span style="color: #0000ff;">[span style="text-decoration: underline;">simonoz:[/url]

Match 30 - <a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/?p=other_teams&amp;lid=1&amp;tid=1179" target="_blank">[span style="color: #0000ff;">[span style="text-decoration: underline;">Green Jellybeans:[/url] vs <a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/?p=other_teams&amp;tid=49466&amp;lid=1" target="_blank">[span style="color: #0000ff;">[span style="text-decoration: underline;">IPIKDA WONG...

So, a coded message from our resident captains expert has reveals that shes tracked the secret *wink wink* to Brussells and is hoping to have it extracted shortly has once again left it to me to delve through the depths of whos playing to figure out where the best value in captains lie this week.

I gotta say, its a toughy though, not for a lack of options, more so in narrowing down which of the many to choose from!

Read the full analysis over the break.

<!--more-->
Swan v Geelong

Round 19, 2010: 131SC, 32 disposals
Round 9, 2010: 106SC, 25 disposals
Round 3, 2009: 116SC, 30 disposals
Round 9, 2008: 109SC, 29 disposals

Form: 124, Ave against Cats: 117

Notes: Classic Swan here, he racks up the disposals against Geelong and with that, scores decent scores- good enough for captain though?!

Pendlebury v Geelong

Round 19, 2010: 110SC, 24 disposals
Round 9, 2010: 96SC, 18 disposals
Round 3, 2009: 95SC, 25 disposals
Round 9, 2008: 141SC, 26 disposals

Form: 121, Ave against Cats: 100

Notes: While he has certainly stepped up again this year, he does look to have struggled against the Cats in recent times, though will the pink pig be up to the job again?

Chapman v Collingwood

Round 19, 2010: 99SC, 23 disposals
Round 9, 2010: 114SC, 29 disposals
Round 3, 2009: 160SC, 35 disposals

Form: 114, Ave against Pies: 124

Notes: His 160 was a huge game, and had he not had such a shocker last week, Id be telling you to lock him in, but the Chapster should definitely be in consideration this week.

Selwood v Collingwood

Round 19, 2010: 94SC, 23 disposals
Round 9, 2010: 83SC, 27 disposals
Round 3, 2009: 101SC, 26 disposals
Round 9, 2008: 68SC, 17 disposals

Form: 112

Notes: Wow, thats an ugly record! Id probably look elsewhere.

Watson v Brisbane

Round 21, 2010: 81SC, 17 disposals
Round 19, 2009: 111SC, 32 disposals
Round 6, 2009: 117SC, 36 disposals
Round 15, 2008: 117SC, 24...

With all the excitement of the last week or so, the Premiership Coach competition got pushed to the back burner a little bit. Not entirely a bad thing as it gave an opportunity for more of you guys to enter and answer the question:

Assuming the first 5 picks were: Selwood, Cooney, Ablett, Riewoldt and Swan- who would be your selection if you’ve got the 6th pick and why?

If we were running a game of Premiership Coach like the donor team, Buddy would have been the clear winner for 6th pick with 10 votes and three of our winners picking him for their team.

Without further ado, who were those winners?
<!--more-->

Random.org gave us: <img src="http://tooserious.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Random.og-PC.jpg">

The full list of entries will be shown below the break but that means our winners of a copy of Premiership Coach were...

(insert drumroll here)


25.Kewell - Buddy
9.Fez - Buddy
17.Avooo - Buddy
30.Midge001 - Pedersen
7.Mattoc - Jonno Brown

To claim your prize, get hold of Walesy at too.serious.team.management@gmail.com

Congratulations guys and enjoy!

If anyone who missed out on winning a copy wants to fork over your hard earned to get one, just head on over <a href="http://www.premiership-coach.com/PC2011_Purchase.html">here[/url], itll cost you a fiddy, $35 if youre upgrading from 2010, but if you are into management games, definitely give it a looksee!


The full list of entries were:
1.asanque - Buddy
2.stkildathunder - Sandi
3.Kristof - Buddy
4.joshua - Judd
5.DavisJD - Travis Cloke
6.FlyUp - Hurley
7.Mattoc - Jonno Brown
8.Ruddy - Ryder
9.Fez - Buddy
10.LiQuiD SiXx - Jobe Watson
11.Moblets - Buddy
12.Eldinto - Dustin Martin
13.Hawksman - Buddy
14.nibbo22 - Pavlich
15.Grogfather - Goddard
16.Too Hottie - Didak
17.Avooo - Buddy
18.Ratatouille - Priddis
19.Dockersman - Jurrah
20.Fish - Judd
21.Bearfly - Sandi
22.port leschenault - Dane Swan
23.gummers - Chappy
24.Simonoz - Dustin...

So, the final teams are in, Liberatore, Conca and Puopolo all made the cut this week which is great news.

I was gunna put a live pre-lockout-last-minute chat up, but looking at the speed issues that lockout causes, I reckon it would just degrade into people lamenting the lag.

So, feel free to talk last minute trades in here- and join us in the live chat once the game starts! As a plus, its live on the telly- so it works out well!

Live chat is up and running <a href="http://tooserious.net/live_scores.php?page=gameday&id=10250369&process=live">here [/url]. Log in to join us!

Hey guys, I was gunna just chuck this in the wall, but found myself typing way too much!

Anyways, Ive found a bug which means that some of the teams in your league tracker might not have been grabbed- Ive got a busy day, so Im unlikely to be able to fix it today, so if you can, jump into your league and hit SAVE - This will grab the latest version of your league to track.

Also, if youre an eager beaver, you can do this shortly after lockout finishes to get your tracked teams before I run the process which goes and gets them. (Which I tend to do on a Tuesday night, but sometimes, that stretches out to Wednesday)

Cheers all!

Hey guys, welcome to the inaugural live teams chat. Well be (or yanno, you can too) posting up the teams, lamenting our outs, doing a bit of trade talk- and well, in general, clowning around- so if you want, login and join the fun! heck, crack open a stubbie or two if the mood takes you an enjoy- hopefully it all works out! If not, theres always tweaking!

Looks like weve got a few solid ins this week, but thats offset by a few outs, and a few non-ins. Higgins and Rioli as set to sit another week out.

Bewick will make a few coaches smile while the naming of Jacobs is fantastic! his D/M eligibility is a great thing to be trading down into if you can get it.

The biggest out for the week will have to be Harris, followed closely by Toy- heres hoping you dont have them coming in for Judd or Gibbs!

Anyways, the big ins and outs are:

INS: Bewick, S. Johnson, Jacobs, Suckling, Winmar (again!), Liberatore
OUTS: Stanton, Grimes, Pedersen, Toy, Harris, Montagna
Extended bench: Puopolo, Savage, Winmar, Liberatore, wallis, Conca, Gaff

Full teams over the break.

<!--more-->


Essendon
B: David Myers, Michael Hurley, Henry Slattery
HB: Dyson Heppell, Dustin Fletcher, Cale Hooker
C: Leroy Jetta, Jobe Watson, Ben Howlett
HF: Angus Monfries, Patrick Ryder, Jake Melksham
F: David Zaharakis, David Hille, Kyle Reimers
Foll: Tom Bellchambers, Mark McVeigh, Sam Lonergan
I/C: Heath Hocking, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Kyle Hardingham, Stewart Crameri
Emg: Brent Prismall, Travis Colyer, Michael Hibberd

In: Myers
Out: Stanton

Brisbane
B: Josh Drummond, Daniel Merrett, Ashley McGrath
HB: Pearce Hanley, Matt Maguire, Jed Adcock
C: Tom Rockliff, Simon Black, Luke Power
HF: Jesse OBrien, Mitchell Clark, James Polkinghorne
F: Todd Banfield, Joel Patfull, Bryce Retzlaff
Foll: Matthew Leuenberger, Jack Redden, Daniel Rich
I/C: Cheynee Stiller, Sam Sheldon, Ryan Harwood, Rohan Bewick
Emg: Matt Austin, Broc McCauley, Joshua Green

In: Sam Sheldon,...

Alright, with all the excitement of the last week, it seems that we have two rounds of nominations to get through this week, been a few big turn arounds over this time, the current dual leaders have both either been dropped, or gotten themselves injured, but I get the feeling that Curnow, with his upcoming price drop, will actually benefit under this scoring system so hes still definitely the unbackable favorite at the moment - That said though, we do have a new entrant who has flown up to join the top of the pack, read more over the break
<!--more-->

Round 6 Rising star

5 – Thompson
4 – Darling
3 – McCauley
2 – Hartlett
1 – Toy

Luke Thompsons younger days saw a shoulder dislocation mean that he was unable to attend the Draft Camp, this saw him slide past the national draft and fall into the Rookie pool. It was from here that the 20 year old KPP was pick up by the Adelaide Crows. Making his debut in round 4, weve seen him put out scores of 73, 78 and 126 which were enough for an $84k rise and the round 6 nomination. An LTI to team mate should see Luke get a good chance to further improve. (Yes, he got a 54 in round 7, but hey- the GC this week should make up for it)

Round 7 Rising Star

5 - Nahas
4 - Thompson
3 - Lower
2 - Harris
1 - Petrie

Richmonds Robin Nahas burst onto the scene in round 2, 2009 after winning the Fothergill-Round medal (An honor also bestowed to Barlow and Hibberd) the year before. After falling away in form in his 2010 season, a big preseason in 2011 showed a glimpse of what was to come. Amazingly, Nahas secured his nomination coming from a price tag of $328k and adding another $387k! This is all due to his recent awesome form, a 99, 149 and a 125 have lifted his 3 round average to 124- Gotta wonder how many will be willing to take the risk on trading into him!

Current Nominations: Curnow, Smith, Liberatore, Thompson, Nahas
Current Votes:
9 – Curnow*, Liberatore*, Thompson*
5 – Smith*, Nahas*
4...

Just a few things to get out there.

First things first would be an apology for anyone whos suffered through some downtime weve had recently. Walesys working hard on getting a few speed fixes through which should greatly improve lag time around the site but in the doing, it would seem he knocked out access to the stats for IE users. It should be back to normal now but if it happens again or you just want to get TS moving faster generally - <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/">Google Chrome[/url] is the browser which works the best followed pretty closely by <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/">Firefox[/url].

To less boring news - Today is the day we send out our inaugral newsletter! Ducks are being put in a row as I type and it will be going out this afternoon. If you missed it last week, theres a taste of whats to come <a href="http://tooserious.net/TSNewsletter.php">here[/url] minus the ads for Dans. To kick it off, IASbet have put up a $120 in free bets exclusive to Too Serious with the details in the newsletter. Edit: Make that $150 in free bets. Awesome!

If you want to get in on the fun, go to your profile via the sidebar. Under the profile pic, it says "Thats you!" with an edit button. Click that bad boy, go down to under your basic details and theres some boxes to check there to allow us to send you emails and bobs your uncle. Or someones uncle, Im sure. You might want to check that youve got your right email address whilst youre in there.

If youre just reading along at this point and havent registered yet, youll need to register with an account for TS. Its super easy. I hate filling out forms to register for stuff on the net so we made it short and sweet and theres a swag of benefits - you can save your team and properly use the tools for the stats, comment on blog posts and join in the chat in the <a href="http://tooserious.net/forum">forum[/url] for starters. You can register for an account <a...