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So, with the pre-season already halfway gone, I reckon its time to remind all you guys about our iThink competition.


Now, not only does it have a great prize, but as an added bonus, well be sending around an iGroupThink newsletter to everyone who has put in say- 50 entries. The newsletter will pretty much be an average of what people believe will happen- but will display on mass, the players that we all believe will be improving.




That said, you gotta be in it- and signed up for the newsletter, to get it! Anyways, on with the original pitch.


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Shaun from <a href="http://www.bladerunnerpropertyservices.com/">Bladerunner Property Services[/url] has stepped up to the plate! What’s he offered? Well whilst the good folks at Bladerunner Property Services are out there mowing lawns and otherwise dirtying their hand making other peoples yards look awesome this summer, the winner of our iThink competition could be playing their choice of game console package. Think a new xBox with Kinect package, a slimline Playstaion or a Wii with a variety of games would make your year? Then thank Shaun and get into iThink.


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How to play? Its over the break-
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Here’s what it says on the competitions page:

So what is the iThink competition? Its all about predicting a players average SC/DT score over the season. Reckon Bartel will average 120 for the season? Put it in. Think Stanton will get 110 in DT? Get it in there.

Scoring: If you can predict the correct average, rounded down (SC or DT) for a player over the year, to within 2 points either way; and that player plays at least 5 games- youll score a point. Get both SuperCoach and DreamTeam right for the one player and you score 3...

So, another round of the NAB has come and passed. Can I just preface this by saying, its great to see a full game of footy! That 20/20 stuff is alright as a sometimes thing, but it just seems to lack the intensity of a full 4 quarter battle.

Anyways, its a big post, so grab a coffee and enjoy.
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Melbourne v Essendon
So, the weekend started off strongly on Thursday night with Melbourne taking on the Bombers. Call me biased if you will (ok- call me biased, Im passionate, its how I roll), but the new Bombers gameplan was very effective the other night. Defensively they were very sound and there frontal presure was brutal. They managed 5 of their 18 goals through caused turnovers in their forward 50. Not too shabby.
- <a href="http://tooserious.net/player.php?id=82&pcid=13014&name=Brent%20Stanton">Brent Stanton[/url] looked in fine form top scoring for the Bombers with 24 touches through the Nathan Jones tag.
- <a href="http://tooserious.net/player.php?id=39&pcid=12979&name=Angus%20Monfries">Monfries[/url] put in an excellent game, notching up 17 touches, a huge 8 tackles and a handy bag of 2.2.
- <a href="http://tooserious.net/player.php?id=366&pcid=13235&name=Patrick%20Ryder">Paddy Ryder[/url] showed us just why he could be your #2 ruck picking up a health 10 touches, 9 hitouts and 3 goals, its just a shame he didnt get F/R eligibility- I reckon hes be a lock if he had!
- <a href="http://tooserious.net/player.php?id=285&pcid=13172&name=Leroy%20Jetta">Leroy Jetta[/url] was electric, boy the kid has got a good handball on him. Jo has been telling me all summer that hes due for a breakout year, and who knows, maybe he is?
- <a href="http://tooserious.net/player.php?id=1047&pcid=13583&name=Dyson%20HEPPELL">Dyson Heppell[/url] put in an excellent effort in both the 1st and 3rd quarters and has definitely done enough to be selected in every team.
- <a...

With the (fantasy) playoffs only a few weeks away, we have our first teams that have dropped out of the race - after losses this week, Team Fezkat, Team Stowie and Doobia Dominators are all out of the playoffs equation; however they all can still obviously have a big influence in who does make the playoffs!

Matchup 16 was a big round! 14 days in total; including the All Star weekend; including the trade deadline; and including some huge matches in our league. Fudge, Chris &amp; Smitty and Walesy all beat teams above them to keep their finals hopes alive - and the Sixers and DSK both put up massive scores to get the job done in close games!

I want to point out to everyone that our trade deadline is fast approaching!! All trades need to be proposed AND ACCEPTED prior to 7am Melbourne time on Thursday. There were a heap of trades leading up to the NBA trade deadline - I wonder if ours will play out the same? There was one today between Fez and Steve (JJ for Hickson) which was a good start...

Over the break I will have the usual reviews and previews; however I have also included the run home for the teams pushing for the last few playoff spots::::::

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Ill start with the run home. There are only 3 rounds remaining - there are the 3 aforementioned teams that cannot make it (as well as the two bye teams); and 3 teams that have playoff spots sewn up (Run TMC, Kings of Karlos, and Jasmines Mob); I also highly doubt that Heaver and Micka will miss, so I will not include them here. I will now list all 10 other teams (in order of their current ranking) and who they have in the run home:

Team anthak (10-6): Dannys Lebronts, Run TMC, Doobia Dominators (should win at least 1, but probably 2)

Wade Machine (9-7): Team Heaver, Under Achievers, Do Something Knicks (should win at least 1 game, but that might be it - looks to be a massive final game)

Fudges Sixers (9-7): Team Fezkat, Team Heaver, Under Achievers...

It has all the hallmarks of a block buster.
Reid vs his brother
Lappin vs Longmire

A Swans side desperate to knock up a win over the Magpies
Plenty of young talent getting a gig in two strong finals teams

Lets hope we see some exciting football as Sydney ramps up their box to trap the Pies swarm ...

Tonight, Im heading along to Docklands, and Im looking forward to seeing:
-USA v Canada (McNamara v Pyke)
- Lachlan Keefe in KPD
- Goodes in the midfield (unless the Swans want to lose)
- Swans look like a team of half forwards and half backs.  Would like to see who is likely to end up playing where (like the ROK of ages)
- All the hype about Jack, whether he is the real deal
- Krakouer in the midfield rotation
- Leon Davis across half back
- See if Peter Parker is the incredible hulk

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COLLINGWOOD
1. Leon Davis, 2. Chris Tarrant, 5. Nick Maxwell, 7. Andrew Krakouer, 8. Harry OBrien, 12. Luke Ball, 13. Dale Thomas, 14. Luke Rounds, 15. Leigh Brown, 17. Dayne Beams, 19. Cameron Wood, 20. Ben Reid, 21. Sharrod Wellingham, 23. Lachlan Keefe, 25. Tom Young, 26. Ben Johnson, 27. Simon Buckley, 28. Ben Sinclair, 30. Brent Macaffer, 32. Travis Cloke, 34. Alan Toovey, 35. Alex Fasolo, 36. Dane Swan, 37. Kirk Ugle, 38. Scott Reed, 39. Heath Shaw, 45. Tom Hunter, 48. Jye Bolton, 50. Shae McNamara

SYDNEY SWANS
1. Mark Seaby, 2. Rhyce Shaw, 3. Jarrad McVeigh, 4. Daniel Hannebery, 5. Ryan OKeefe, 7. Brett Meredith, 8. Trent Dennis-Lane, 9. Nick Malceski, 10. Daniel Currie, 11. Jed Lamb, 12. Josh Kennedy, 13. Andrejs Everitt, 14. Craig Bird, 15. Kieren Jack, 16. Gary Rohan, 20. Sam Reid, 21. Ben McGlynn, 22. Byron Sumner, 23. Lewis Johnston, 24. Jude Bolton, 25. Ted Richards, 26. Luke Parker, 29. Martin Mattner, 32. Lewis Jetta, 33. Jarred Moore, 37. Adam Goodes, 38. Mike Pyke, 39. Heath Grundy, 42, Paul Bevan

Join the listening on SEN, and if it sounds interesting, join the Channel 7 trademarked delayed...

Only on Foxtel, but I guess we have to be happy its live unlike tomorrow night.  But I dont have Foxtel either so its stuffed either way.  SEN?  

Squads for tonights Demons-Bombers game are as follows:

MELBOURNE
1. Matthew Warnock, 2. Nathan Jones, 3. Clint Bartram, 4. Jack Watts, 6. Matthew Bate, 7. Jamie Bennell, 9. Jack Trengove, 12. Colin Sylvia, 14. Lynden Dunn, 15. Ricky Petterd, 16. Jack Grimes, 18. Brad Green, 19. Addam Maric, 20. Colin Garland, 21. Lucas Cook, 22. Brent Moloney, 24. Liam Jurrah, 27. Jared Rivers, 28. Joel MacDonald, 34. Stefan Martin, 36. Aaron Davey, 38. Jeremy Howe, 39. Neville Jetta, 40. Mark Jamar, 42. Jake Spencer, 44. Rohan Bail, 46. Sam Blease, 47. James Strauss, 50. Michael Evans

ESSENDON
1. Jay Neagle, 2. Ricky Dyson, 5. Brent Stanton, 6. Angus Monfries, 7. Leroy Jetta, 8. Jason Winderlich, 9. Brent Prismall 10. Mark McVeigh, 15. Courtenay Dempsey, 17. Jake Melksham, 18. Michael Hurley, 20. Henry Slattery, 21. Dyson Heppell, 22. Jake Carlisle, 23. David Myers, 24. Alex Browne, 26. Cale Hooker, 27. Luke Davis, 29. Alwyn Davey, 30. Patrick Ryder, 31. Dustin Fletcher, 32. Travis Colyer, 33. Mark Williams, 34. Kyle Hardingham, 40. Ben Howlett, 43. Michael Hibberd, 44. Tom Bellchambers, 45. Stewart Crameri, 46. Josh Jenkins

I think both teams could have the up curve put next to their names as both have been subpar for quite a few years (even though Dons fans will say we made the 8 in 09 realistically they lost more than they won - a LOSING season)

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Robbie Gray takes to the stage tomorrow night in the Alice Match that the Tigers feel obliged to play. He isnt aboriginal, mores the pity, but he is praying to the injury gods that he can capitalise on his decent preseason. Im sorry Robbie, there are no injury gods. On that note, Travis Boak is back in for a run which will be instructive. He polled well in the Brownlow last year which means the umps love...

Finally, the game week is over after 13 days with teams having 2 games, teams playing in Europe and Cup competition during its all said and done. Man Utd and Arsenal have gone clear of the chasing pack and though United have a game in hand (Chelsea Away) they only lead Arsenal bgy 1 point. 7 points back is Man City who lost that chance to keep up to the other 2 with a 2-1 derby loss so so long ago with a wonder strike from Wayne Rooney. Spurs catchup game against Blackpool went horribly wrong and had the chance to leep frog Man City but lost 3-1. Tottenham are suffering from the Champions League they seem to perform so well there (1-0 away win) against AC Milan but seem to have a bit of a lul the game after. Chelsea are struggling and Ancelotti could be on his way out very soon if they dont start getting some results. Liverpool have turned around a very poor start to the season and now find themselves sitting 6th 8 points away from 4th since "king" Kenny took charge. Ruil Meriles has been the differnece scoring in 6 of the last 7 games. Down at the Relegation end its the 4 teams starting with W in trouble. Giant killers Wolves still find themselves bottom of the table 3 points from safety.

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No idea what happened in the 5A-Side games results havent been updated, but RVP looked to be a popular captain choice with the 2 gameweeks and relative easy games and started of well scoring 13 but looks as he was rested for Arsenals League Cup match-up on Sunday. Fabregas limped off after 10 minutes this morning but well have to wait and see on that Theo Walcott has been ruled out of the League cup final with an ankle sprain, not sure how long he will be out for. Charlie Adam will miss the next 2 games for picking up 10 yellow cards over the season. VDV played in the Champs league but again was ruled out of the Blackpool game, so time will tell on that injury. New Liverpool striker Andy Carroll is still injured but the reds hoping he will be available in 2...

Weve got another user-generated article, this one was put together Griff and looks at a topic that Im certain will be discussed at length over the NAB.

Without further ado-

Hi everyone, griff here with my first board article. I wanted to generate some discussion on what everyone is planning with regards to supersubs.

With the byes this year, it is more important than ever to have good bench coverage. A lot of you will do this through MPP, and probably look to build up a player or two on your benches that can score well, and sub for almost any line through MPP links.

The question is, who, and how?
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The common MPP structure is to have MPP premiums as forwards and defenders linking to MPP rookies on the midfield bench, as there are a dearth of pure forwards and defenders with premium status, as highlighted nicely by Lucas’ last article.

This however means that you can’t slaughter those MPP rookies, unless there is another worthwhile option with the same multi-positioning on the bubble to go to. This is unlikely, given the limited lists below:

M/F Rookies

Tendai Mzungu (FRE)
Thomas Schneider (HAW) (Rookie Listed)
Isaac Smith (HAW)
Dion Prestia (GC)
Ian Callinan (ADE)
Nick Winmar (STK)
Dylan McNeil (SYD) (Rookie Listed)

D/M Rookies

Taylor Hine (GC)
Warrick Andreoli (STK) (Rookie Listed)
Ben Jacobs (PA)
Dan Nicholson (MEL) (Rookie Listed)
Bradley Harvey (BL) (Rookie Listed)
Dyson Heppell (ESS)
Michael Hibberd (ESS)
Xavier Clark (BL) (Injured, out for season)
Simon Buckley (COL)

So the MPP rookies you select to start with may need to stay in your side all season, and perhaps become your permarookies & supersubs.

If you want a Waters or Maguire type as your supersub, someone that gets too close to premium status to spend a trade on, you’ll need to keep them on hand AS WELL as your original MPP rookies, or find MPP downgrade targets.

If you are advanced enough to upgrade positions 23 & 24 to...

<p style="text-align: justify">Big news today is the trade of Melo to the Knicks! Massive trade involving 3 teams, 12 players and 2 draft picks (which beats my trade to get Durantula from our TooSerious Knicks). To paraphrase chris88 from his comments today in last weeks thread: The Knicks gave up half their team, mostly young improving players and ‘all’ their draft picks, for a star who cant play D, an old PG and bench shit. :lol: Another way of putting it [the official way] is: C. Anthony, C. Billups, C. Brewer, S. Williams, A. Carter and R. Balkman go to the Knicks; while W. Chandler, R. Felton, D. Gallinari, T. Mozgov, a first-rounder and two second-rounders go to the Nuggets, and A. Randolph and E. Curry head to the T-wolves. I’m missing something in regards to the 2 players going to Minnasota?? But anyway, thats how it went down.
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<p style="text-align: justify">After this trade, Mozgov and Turiaf were both snapped up from the FA’s pretty quickly. I reckon its hard to know how this will affect the players involved in a fantasy sense – but there are a few things that I will throw out there: 1) Turiaf will now be starting for the Knicks. 2) Afflalo and Nene have some competition now at the Nuggets, which may or may not be a good thing for their game. 3) Anthony Randolph should see a lot more min at the TWolves. 4) Just after I suggested that Walesy drop him, a player who was also a big part of our mammoth 3 team trade – Sheldon Williams – should see more game time at NY (admittedly, its not hard to improve from DNPCD’s).
<p style="text-align: justify">The trade deadline is now only a few days away, so it will be interesting to see if there are any other trades on the horizon.
<p style="text-align: justify">Tomorrow we have games on again, after a 4 day break for the All Star action. Im going to give a quick rundown of the All Star weekend – including mock All Star starting 5’s for our league...

Throughout the NAB cup, we get a lot of data, some of it a lot more useful than others. One of our regulars here, Inkersaint, has put together this collection of tables which reviews the NAB scores so far against a players salary in order to determine the cost per point- Which really is one of the better stats in the pre-season. Were going to do this as a weekly thing, because these lightning scores are a little wacky - but well see what we can make of them.

Sitting as the king of the hill is none other than Hawk rookie Tom Schneider. Coming in as the only player priced at less that $1000 per point- his dual position eligibility would have made him a high priority on many watchlists. The caveat- IF he can make it onto the senior list. Hes obviously throwing down and making the claim- but hell need to continue to impress. That said, if he gets promoted through the year, he could be an excellent downgrade option.

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Richmonds Jake Batchelor came in as the best value defender at 1068. With previous successes in Richmond picks coming in the form of Andrew Raines and Relton Roberts, Id be tempted to watch closely before I jump in. But when you look at the key differences a) He doesnt appear to be made of glass, and b) he goes alright with the footy, then you simply have to add this kid to your watchlist. Hes a tall attacking half-back flanker who averaged 21 touches though the TAC cup this year. While sure, Richmond had a lot of outs- he certainly didnt do himself any harm.

Behind Schneider in the midfield was Sydneys Craig Bird. That said, he played, and starred in one game in a line up who smashed the young GWS side by 79 points in only 40 minutes of football.

In the rucks, we see a second Richmond player topping the list, this time its mature aged Tom Derickx, who really does have a spectacular name. He got himself to the top of this list through his stand up performance against the Pies. Though he did go missing against the Blues, he cant...

Hi all,

Thought I would post a quick thread for everyone to discuss the current weeks fixtures and each club injury lists (and how this affects your SuperCoach team).

The big issue currently facing all Super Coaches out there is the fact that Petrie has been suspended for Round 1; coupled with a bye in Round 3 means he shouldnt/wont figure in many teams plans now...or will he???

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Adelaide
(practice match v Fremantle at Thebarton, Saturday)
James Craig (hamstring) - TBC
David Mackay (groin) - test
Sam Shaw (back) - 1 week
Nathan van Berlo (hamstring) - 1 week
Bernie Vince (knee) - 1 week
Will Young (shoulder) - test

Brisbane Lions
(practice match v Western Bulldogs at Visy Park, Saturday)
Callum Bartlett (knee) - indefinite
Jamie Charman (achilles) - indefinite
Xavier Clarke (knee) - indefinite
Josh Drummond (hip) - 3 weeks
Pearce Hanley (ankle) - 2 weeks
James Polkinghorne (hernia) - 1 week
Jack Redden (hand) - 2 weeks

Carlton
(practice match v GWS at Manuka Oval, Saturday)
Lachie Henderson (hip) - 2-3 weeks
Matthew Kreuzer (knee) - 6 weeks
Luke Mitchell (shoulder) - 4 weeks

Collingwood
(NAB Cup quarter-final v Sydney at Etihad Stadium, Friday)
Nathan Brown (knee) - season
John Ceglar (knee) - 2-3 weeks
Brad Dick (shoulder) - 1 week
Alan Didak (shoulder) - 1 week
Tyson Goldsack (virus) - 1 week
Josh Thomas (foot) - 4-6 weeks

Essendon
(NAB Cup quarter-final v Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, Thursday)
Darcy Daniher (groin) - TBA
David Hille (knee) - 3 weeks
Nathan Lovett-Murray (calf) - 1 week
Tayte Pears (foot) - TBA
Kyle Reimers (thigh) - TBA
Michael Ross (hip) - TBA
Ariel Steinberg (knee) - 2-3 weeks
Andrew Welsh (abdominal) - 1 week

Fremantle
(practice match v Adelaide at Thebarton, Saturday)
Hayden Ballantyne (foot) - 2 weeks
Michael Barlow (broken leg) - TBA
Matthew de Boer...