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After a wildly successful debut last season, the ORFFA Women’s Round is back. Most importantly, the round is marked by our two female coaches leading their improving teams into battle.

Wagga Wagga Wombats 1057 defeated Mount Beauty Uglies 716

The statisticians were heard muttering that if @bama was able to field a full team on the park, he would have knocked off the marsupials, with his Uglies averaging 71.6 per player to the Wombat’s 70.4. Ranga Oliver knocked up a 124 and Wildman Sicily smashed out a 145 for Wagga Wagga. What @Lenny120 would give for Sicily to be available more than every other week because of suspension. For the away team Jack Graham tallied 131 and the people’s beard knocked out a lazy 127, without a checkside or irate front row fan to be seen.

Whitsunday Warriors 1194 defeated Marble Bar Misfits 1141

The Warriors took care of the undermanned misfits in a fairly pedestrian affair, with Richard Douglas(132) and Kane Lambert(120) the only players giving a shit for the home side. Lachlan Fogarty battled on in the ruck for a scintillating 33, exactly half of the Misfit’s full time ruckman Ryder. Daniher will be out for a few weeks with the good old osteitis pubis, apparently unrelated to his highly heralded performance of the Nutbush in the Tiki Bar the night before.

Charlies Opening Spelunkers 1014 defeated by Iron Knob Codpieces 1195

If @ChiefRussell was concerned his mid season draft pick was going north, then I certainly tried to put that to rest with a meagre 1014. The fact that I jumped up a ladder spot based on season scoring differential will cause the offices of ChiefBet to go into meltdown. The Bont pulled out late when his zungwang blew a vessel, and the rest of the team were their normal average selves. The men with the protruding genital protection took care of business in the pit, with...

Another week rolls by, and again I'm gunna get done in the second-to-last game of the weekend for my cash league.

Gunna need some heroics from Murray to snag a chance (Needs to match Hibberds 96)- If only his SC score was matching his DT!

Anyways, how have you all gone this weekend?

Guelfi and Mirra omitted - ouchy !! Let's hope the Friday 5pm cull doesn't add any of the other popular rookies to increase the SC pain to unbearable levels.

There seem to be some site issues at the moment, hence why this has been created under the FORUM rather than the BLOG section - please be patient !

What trades have people decided on this week ??

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ROUND 7 TEAMS (All times AEST)

GEELONG CATS v GWS GIANTS
Friday May 4 at 7:50pm, GMHBA Stadium

CATS
B: Henry, Blicavs, Stewart
HB: Bews, Kolodjashnij, Tuohy
C: Thurlow, Selwood, Selwood
HF: Gregson, Ratugolea, Crameri
F: Menegola, Hawkins, Murdoch
FOLL: Smith, Dangerfield, Duncan
I/C: Cunico, Fogarty, Guthrie, Kelly
EMG: Buzza, Constable, Parsons, Stanley

IN: Selwood, Crameri, Smith
OUT: Parsons, Stanley, Horlin-Smith

GIANTS
B: Finlayson, Tomlinson, Shaw
HB: Haynes, Davis, de Boer
C: Whitfield, Shiel, Corr
HF: Lloyd, Himmelberg, Hopper
F: Ward, Griffen, Reid
FOLL: Patton, Coniglio, Shipley
I/C: Taranto, Langdon, Keeffe, Buckley
EMG: Bonar, Cumming, Simpson, Mohr

IN: Keeffe, Buckley
OUT: Cameron, Deledio

WESTERN BULLDOGS v GOLD COAST SUNS
Saturday May 5 at 1:45pm, Mars Stadium

BULLDOGS
B: Suckling, Naughton, Cordy
HB: Johannisen, Young, Crozier
C: Williams, Hunter, Richards
HF: Dunkley, Bontempelli, Wallis
F: Dahlhaus, Boyd, Gowers
FOLL: English, McLean, Macrae
I/C: Lipinski, Dale, Daniel, Jong
EMG: Trengove, Webb, Honeychurch, Smith

IN: Young
OUT: Wood

SUNS
B: Harbrow, Thompson, Joyce
HB: Weller, Spencer, Bowes
C: Rosa, Lyons, Sexton
HF: Ah Chee, Day, Young
F: Ainsworth, Martin, Ballard
FOLL: Witts, Miller, Swallow
I/C: Rischitelli, Crossley, Holman, Scheer
EMG: Hall, Leslie, Brodie, Willis

IN: Ah Chee, Ballard, Rischitelli, Crossley, Scheer
OUT: May, Lynch, Barlow, Lonergan, Fiorini

ESSENDON v HAWTHORN
Saturday May 5 at 2:10pm, MCG

BOMBERS
B: McKenna, Hurley, Saad
HB: Ambrose, Hooker, Baguley
C: McGrath, Goddard, Mutch
HF: Laverde, Stewart,...

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So you doubled down last week?
Fear not, you didn’t miss out on too much. Plenty more bargains to be had.

Player of the week

Zach Merrett Ess Mid $506K BE 61 Avg 83
Yep he’s back. Three round average of 110. Still available at a sweet price. Done deal.

Premiums

Defenders

Kade Simpson Carl Def $521K BE 83 Avg 109
Feels like the new Yeo this year. Great ceiling but can’t stay on the ladder.

Elliot Yeo WC Def $532K BE 93 Avg 100
With that huge 150 now out of his calcs, Yeo has probably levelled out for now. Who am I kidding. Get on the rollercoaster and scream with 35,000 others.

Michael Hurley Ess Def $549K BE 84 Avg 105
Locked top 6 defender. Consistent as.

Shannon Hurn WC Def $480K BE 84 Avg 102
Good pick up by tk.
Shagger is certainly winding back the clock with a respectable 89 last season and backing it up with some nice tons this year. Blip on the radar in round 5 but smashed out a 130 last week to put his hand up. Signs pointing to top 10.

Alex Witherden Bris Def $500K Be 66 Avg 96
Not a noted premium but certainly continuing where he left of last season. Only one score under 89 so far. Consistent. Firming as a top 10 defender.

Jeremy Howe Coll Def $463K BE 33 Avg 95
Monster career best game last week. Just reinforces his sizable standard deviation this year. Risky.

Mids

Josh Kennedy Syd Mid $441K BE 66 Avg 86
Maybe think twice before you jump on this week’s hype train. Second ton for the year on the back of two sub 60 scores. I’d be wanting a lot more evidence to suggest he’ll be a worthwhile selection.

Jackson Macrae WB Mid $596K BE 98 Avg 123
Picked up where he left off a couple of rounds ago. Ripping it up with Suns and Lions to come. Only in 5% of teams.

Scott Pendlebury Coll Mid $572 BE 93 Avg 110
Has flown under the radar a little bit. Not anymore.

Andrew Gaff WC Mid...

For those that care, take a look in here for the latest review of the ORFFA

As the Western Derby approaches the end of the 3rd its time to recap Round 6.

Big Maxy has gone HUUUGE as have plenty of others, Danger has gone sub 100 so will be a tasty price pretty soon and 10 or so rookies have played their first game of 2018.

How has your team gone and how are your team and TS leagues ranked (once lockout is over) ?

Cripps and the Bont have fired up for Friday night footy, here are the teams for the remaining games (as at Thursday night)


Friday, April 27
Western Bulldogs v Carlton at Etihad Stadium, 7.50pm AEST

WESTERN BULLDOGS
In: L.Hunter, H.Crozier, B.Williams
Out: T.Dickson (hamstring), L.Webb, M.Honeychurch

CARLTON
In: C.Marchbank, M.Kennedy
Out: J.Lamb, J.Garlett

Saturday, April 28
Geelong v Sydney at GMHBA Stadium, 1.45pm AEST

GEELONG
In: T.Hawkins, C.Gregson
Out: D.Menzel (groin), J.Thurlow

SYDNEY
In: R.Fox, D.Robinson, B.Ronke
Out: D.Hannebery (groin), L.Franklin (foot), D.Towers (injured)
New: Ben Ronke (Calder U18)

North Melbourne v Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium, 2.10pm AEST

NORTH MELBOURNE
In: L.Davies-Uniacke
Out: S.Higgins (concussion)

PORT ADELAIDE
In: D.Barry, A.Johnson
Out: H.Hartlett (knee), L.Thomas (suspension)

Greater Western Sydney v Brisbane Lions at Spotless Stadium, 4.35pm AEST

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
In: N.Shipley, Z.Langdon
Out: D.Simpson, T.Greene (foot)
New: Nick Shipley (NSW/ACT U18)

BRISBANE LIONS
In: D.Rich, O.McInerney
Out: L.Hodge (rested), R.Bastinac
New: Oscar McInerney (Casey)

Hawthorn v St Kilda at University of Tasmania Stadium, 7.25pm AEST

HAWTHORN
In: J.Worpel, S.Burgoyne, W.Langford
Out: J.Sicily (suspension), L.Shiels (back), C.Glass
New: James Worpel (Geelong U18)

ST KILDA
In: J.Webster
Out: H.Clark

Adelaide v Gold Coast at Adelaide Oval, 7.10pm ACST

ADELAIDE
In: M.Crouch, D.Mackay
Out: J.Kelly (hand), K.Hartigan (hamstring)

GOLD COAST
In: M.Barlow, M.Spencer
Out: M.Rischitelli, D.MacPherson (leg)

Sunday, April 29
Essendon v Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, 1.10pm AEST

ESSENDON
In: J.Laverde, M.Leuenberger, P.Ambrose, K.Langford, K.Mutch, B.McNiece, J.Ridley, D.Clarke, S.McKernan
Out: J.Begley (knee), T.Bellchambers (rested), J.Green (hamstring), D.Myers (rested), M.Hartley
New: Kobe Mutch (Bendigo U18), Jordan Ridley (Oakleigh...

Wagga Wagga 1167 def Charlie’s Opening 980
The Wombats did just enough to keep things comfortable against the winless cave dwellers. Sicily (123) was great until he remembered he’s an epic wanker and acted accordingly. Lycett decided to surprise Coach Lenny with a 116 and Oliver (104) was the pick of the mids. On the downside, only a lack of available players may save Barrass (23) this week.

An interesting tactic from the Spelunkers coaching staff as they choose to spend the weekend watching u18 prospects rather than attend their own game, no doubt confident that the seeds of the tank tree will bear fruit this year. Had they been there, they would’ve enjoyed the efforts of Merrett (114) and Atkins (104), but not much more. Only Dale (40) genuinely stunk it up, while everyone else was just a bit ‘meh’.

Lovely Banks 1133 def Some witches hats (aka the Lefties) 801
An easy and stress-free week on the track for the Lilacs as they enjoyed light training against some witches hats. Track watchers said Heeney (123), the Hoff (106) and Jonas (105) looked the pick of the bunch during the drills, while Tom Stewart (62) took the opportunity to take a week off from channelling Corey Enright. Now sitting at 3-2, there’s plenty of optimism amongst Lilacs supporters this year.

For the ‘Hats/Lefties, rumours abound that Ross (160) and Berry (96) may find themselves dropped this week for attempting to positively impact the result. Most of the others were either missing or not very good.

(That review will properly bite me on the arse should the Lefties beat Birdsville this week!)

Iron Knob 1410 defeated Gariwerd 1046
A strong showing from Jimbo’s men saw the Knob post their best score of the season and the highest score of the round. Gray (137) was the standout but ten scores over 90, including six tons, highlighted the Codpieces dominance. Mirra (54) and Darling (42)...

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But before we get hasty, we need to be thinking about which premos we realistically think will be top shelf in their respective positions for the rest of the year. Remember there’s still plenty of footy to play out and aggregate is just as important as average when deciding on premos you are bringing in at this point of the season.

The list below is purely my take on which premos have bottomed out (or still represent value based on average) and are worthy considerations to fill your top shelf for the remainder of the season.

Player of the week

Elliot Yeo WC Def $506K BE 40 Avg 101

It will no doubt be a rollercoaster as he occasionally gets thrown into a different role. Pretty much lock him in as a top 6 defender regardless. This will probably be the cheapest we’ll see him all season.
Edit - WARNING, possible late out with injury

Premiums

Kade Simpson Carl Def $532K BE 99 Avg 117
Another locked top 6 defender that has all but bottomed out after matching his 141 BE this weekend. Could wait another week without massive price jump.

Zach Merrett Ess Mid $486K BE 71 Avg 77
Is Zerrett back? Back to back tons would suggest so.

Top 8 mid? Coin toss I reckon but has form. Don’t be put off by the slow start, that’s his MO. Previous two seasons (where he has averaged 109+ for the year), he started with only 3 tons in first six games. Not to mention his concussion affected round 1.

Clayton Oliver Melb Mid $581K BE 117 Avg 115
Can probably wait a week or two but can’t see him getting much cheaper. Solid odds for top 8.

Stephen Coniglio GWS Mid $540K BE 98 Avg 121
Why on earth haven’t you got him yet? Do it. Do it now!

Joel Selwood Gee Mid $533K BE 122 Avg 108
Cleared to play. Basement price. Even money chance of top 10 mid. Can probably wait a week.

Patrick Cripps Carl Mid $545K BE 84 Avg 116
Had us a little...

A long round of footy saw some great scoring from Gawn, Fyfe, Cripps and others and some disappointing scores from the likes of Dusty and Titch and another suspension for Sicily.

Scores seem to be final in SC - congrats to Wu Tang Clan who scored the highest in my 3 TS leagues, the 25% mark was 2239 and 50% mark was 2170.

Let us know how you went !