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Hey Guys

Hope everyone had a merry Xmas and Happy new year and wish everyone who is invovled or knows people involved in the QLD floods all the best.

What a busy time the English Premier League is over Christmas, 4 league games over the space of 9 days very hectic. Man Utd still are heading the back with a good Xmas period where they gained 10 points out of a possible 12 and are still undefeated through 20 games. Cross town rivals Manchester City are 2 points back having played 2 extra games. With the new trasnfer window open Man City have splashed the cash and bought Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg for 27m pound, also have loaned out Wayne Bridge to West Ham for the rest of the season, they to took 10 points out of a possible 12. Arsenal sit 3rd another 2 points back on Man City with a game in hand having picked up 8 points in their last 4 games. Spurs occupy 4th meerly thanks to Chelseas great decline, although the Blues did win 7-0 against Ipswich the same team that beat the Gunners at home Thursday morning in the Carling cup. Sunderland are the big movers currently sitting in 6th. Other notable teams have Newcastle sitting 8th only 2 points away from sitting in the european positions. Blackpool just under them in 9th after being predicted to be worse then Derby County when they only scored 11 points in the prem a few season back. Liverpool currently only 4 point above the drop zone and sitting in 13th position and have recently signed Kenny Dalgleish. His first game in charge was a 1-0 loss to Man U in the Fa cup and now a 2-1 loss to Blackpool. not a very good start. The Villains are currently struggling bad and although they rescued a point in a 3-3 draw against Chelsea, which so far is my match of the season they are sitting in the relegation zone. 2 points seperate the bottom 7 teams so will have a very intersting relegation battle as well as title race.

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Team P GD PTS
Full Barclays Premier League table
1 Man Utd 20 24 44
2 Man City...

And the winner is...
Well get to that in a minute. Id first just like to give a shout out to all those involved with the QLD floods. Doing it tough up there at the moment and I wish everyone the best.

Next, to thank all those who competed this year in the first TS NFL fantasy comp. I had a great time running the comp and putting up these weekly reviews as well as a great season playing. By the end a few trades got done, most were in the hunt all the way through and hopefully everyone thought it was a pretty good way to spend the supercoach offseason. Ive got a few ideas on improving the league for next season, so hopefully most will be back and maybe a few more can join the fun. Anyway, without further ado...
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The 2010 TS NFL FANTASY winner is... THE PACK!!!

Well done mate. After a nail biting playoff game to make the Superbowl, The Pack tore it up in the big one, winning 213-136.

It was played over two rounds. In week one The Pack was helped along to a healthy 107 points with The Patriots D/ST top scoring with 24 and overall having seven players put up double digit scores. On the other hand Sam Crow again was relying on his star QB Michael Vick to keep him in the hunt. Vick top scored with 20 but with only two other players putting up doubles and the Chargers giving him -2 he was heading into week 2 a huge 45 points behind.

Week 2 was more of the same. The Pack having seven double digit scores to five and a huge 31 points from Arian Foster negating his 0 from Knox and -1 from Woodhead. Sam Crow had to bench his star, Vick and the replacement, Freeman was his top scorer with only 17, add to that two zeros and it the result was never in doubt. The Pack winning by 77 points to take home the inaugural TS ring. Well done to The Pack and also a big shout to Sam Crow for making it this far, better luck next time.

So, thats about it for season 2010. As your league commissioner, its been great and hope to see you all next year...

So, did anyone else get this email?

<blockquote>Dear 2011 AFL Prospectus buyers,

Thank You for your purchase and patience! The book printing is now complete and our fulfilment agent completed the packing this morning. Your book is now in the hands of Australia Post (or Australian Air Express) and en route. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoy producing it.

Regards,
Champion Data Prospectus Team.
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Cmon lucky getting delivered tomorrow!! Though now I have to ask- How the hell am I supposed to release the new TS this weekend if Im busy reading the prospectus?!

Edit: Seems our very own regular, stkildathunda, has got too much time on his hands and has pulled out the majority of interesting Utilities (and non-utilities.) And as we all remember, utility translates to DP. Theres a few delicious rookies in that mix!
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Robert Murphy – Utility
Higgins- Utility
Gilbee- Utility
Callum Wilson Utility
BRAD SHEPPARD – UTILITY
Jesse White- FWD only
Gary Rohan – Utility
OKeefe- Utility
McGlynn- Utility
Josh P Kennedy- Mid Only
Lewis Jetta- Mid Only
Grundy- Utility
Goodes- Utility
JACK STEVEN – UTILITY
Stanley- Utility
Winmar- Utility
Gwilt- Def only
Gram- Utility
Goddard- Utility
Gilbert- Utility
Post- Utility
Morton- Utility
King- Utility
Farmer- Def only
Edwards- Utility
Deledio- Utility
Astbury- Utility
Trengove- Utility
Salter- Utility
Moore- Utility
Lobbe- Utility
Jacobs- Utility
Davenport- Utility
Chad- Def only
Broadbent- Utility
Ziebell- Mid Only
Petrie- Utility
Rawlings- Def Only
Harvey- Utility
Greenwood- Utility
Sylvia- Utility
Pettard- Utility
Green- Fwd only
Dunn- utitlity
Bennell- utility
Rioli- Fwd Only
Osbourne- Utility
Morton- Utility
LAdson- Utiltiy
Hodge- Mid Only
Hale- Utility
Ellis- Def only
Bruce- Def only
Joel Tippett- Utility
Prestia- Utility
Taylor Hine- Utility
Sam Day- Fwd
Brennan- Utility
Smedts- Utility
Menzel-...

Alright everyone, as we know, we take things pretty serious in these parts. However, sometimes things happen that are even more serious.

The floods that are occuring up in QLD are one of these times.

So Im here to ask you all to dig deep and make a donation to the poor guys up there.

<a href="http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html">The Premiers flood relief appeal[/url] is the easiest way to go- and at last check had raised over $32 mil.

Which aint a bad effort! But still, every little bit will count, so Im hear to offer TS Donor status next year for anybody who donates $20 or more to the relief effort.

Simply email me a copy of the proof of donation once youve made it- Actually, wait until after this weekend to email because youll need to create a new account once the release gets pushed up- and Ill hook your account up to the donor list.

Anyways, to all you guys up in QLD, good luck from everyone here!!

We just had an amazing week with so many close games, and some huge scores! Most notable was Karlos score of 1589! Only problem was, was that it was against Elbonz :lol: haha - In fact that was the only blow-out! With all 9 other games decided by less than 141 points; and 6 of them were actually less than 105 point margins! Im fairly certain we havent seen such a close round so far. I also need to break it down further and mention that there were 3 games decided by less than 40 points. - Thats full on! I havent been able to keep a close eye on the league this last week, but Im sure it got exciting for those that did! I also need to add that my mob just notched up their 6th win in a row - which matches Owens record streak - but only 1 person can hold the trophy at once, so Ill wait until someone actually breaks Owens record to award the trophy (assuming someone will, but it may not happen).

When I set up the current poll, I stated that I would narrow it down to 2 options after a few votes were in; But, we have been sitting on 9 total votes for a few days now, and all are on 3 different options, with March 2nd easily leading; but more importantly, the other 2 are tied for 2nd - and even if their votes were combined, it wouldnt be enough to knock off the 2nd of March - So I have decided to stop the poll, and declare March 2nd 2011 as the winner, and therefore - the date of our trade deadline. If there are any objections to this, please email me, or post a comment down below.

The next thing to work out, is how much our home field advantage should be in the playoffs. During our playoffs, the side with the better regular season record is always the home side, so it is only fair that they also get some sort of advantage - in the way of a points head start. At the moment, I have tokenly set it up as 1 point headstart to the home side; but I want to have a vote to decide the amount of points we offer up for this...  There is a new poll up for this...  Jump on and...

Happy new year everyone! Firstly just want to thank those that have, for voting in the poll again. I think it was a good idea of Ruddys to set it up again with only the 2 options. At the moment it is all tied up with 5 votes each! Next vote wins???  Nah, it all depends when I can get on the net, and who is in front at the time.

Wow, Owen has made a statement! The highest score in the league this round, from only 40 games played, including just the one game from his best player - Rajon Rondo! Run TMC are definitely shaping up as the team to beat. On top of the points for ladder by almost 400 points! And leading the league with a 8 and 1 record, equal with Jasmine. Well done Owen! I dont play you until the 2nd last week, so hopefully you have top spot sewn up by then, or something, and take it easy on me. :lol:

Down the other end of the ladder: Last week there were 4 teams on either 4 or 5 game losing streaks, and 3 of those teams had a win this week - Leaving Steve in 3rd last place, on a 6 game losing streak.Well done to DSK, UAs and Stowie for notching up your first wins in a while!

As Steve has made the most trades in the league, I thought it would be interesting to compare his original squad with what his output has actually been. If Steve had have stuck with his original players that he drafted, he would be on 8509 points; whereas he has actually scored 8476 points. So there is not a great deal of difference there, especially considering his points against is 9891 - the 4th worst in the league. But he would have been able to grab a few players from FAs to cover injuries, and things may have been a lot different. I have to publicly admit that your honesty, Steve, did not help you, in a way. I have already revealed this to you in an email a while ago, that the only reason Derrick Rose was on my radar in the draft, was because you rated him as a potential top 10 pick. I was lucky enough to have a pick 2 spots before your 2nd pick, and I was even...

Just getting a quick blog up tonight as i just got back from holidays and it seems the other one wont allow comments anymore

Quality work with the forward dating on the post Walesy- it totally made it look like you were sitting up, all new years, working tirelessly on the blog with your good readers are out there enjoying themselves.

yeah... forward dating...

Anyways, its the start of the year- and what I like doing at this stage of the year, even though we are still far out from the season, is to enter in my first team for the year.

To put whats been learnt so far in the offseason out there and try to make an outfit that will stay competitive come round 1. Honestly, I reckon this is my best year yet and Im thinking about entering this team once SuperCoach opens in a months time and just walking away until round 1.

Its just that good!.

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Alight, maybe not *that* good, but heck- I reckon itll go alright.

On the plus side though, Fantasy footy is back officially in 31 more days! WooHoo!

So, the team-

Defenders
Bryce Gibbs: With back eligibility, he will find himself as one of the top 5 backs by ther end of the year. Just lock him in early.
Brett Deledio: See Gibbs.
James Kelly: With Ablett moving on, it opens some space in the Geelong Midfield. I see Kelly as the early frontrunner to benefit from this- possibly enought to round out the top 5 with Goddard and Lake.
Scott Selwood: Mid priced at an average of 64, but averaged 88 over his last 10 weeks. Definite keeper material if he can replicate that.
Jed Adcock: Durability is the big concern here, and of course his pre-season role will be of great importance- but if he ticks the right boxes, and 85+ average at a price of 63 is well worth the outlay.
Andy Otten: This kid looked the goods last year before going down with an ACL. Hell need to be monitored
Dyson Heppell: The first slider in the draft was picked by a team sorely lacking in the midfield. He should get games early and should get a run through the middle- both are what were...

Alright, so Ive been a bit absent lately but better late than never, right? Currently we are half way through the equivalent of NFL Fantasy Superbowl! Its been a cracking season, one of the closest comps Ive been involved in and has been a real good way to keep the fantasy mind sharp over the off season. Just before I get into the review Id like to thank all involved and also the fellas on here who dropped in from time to time to say hello and watch from afar. I will still do a final wrap up next week but I thought Id get this out there early. So onto the semi finals review and a quick run down of where were at now.
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Ill start with my match-up, MR WIGGLES vs THE PACK. After the first week, Mr Wiggles was holding what I thought was a healthy lead of 36 points thanks largely to a dominant display from Tom Brady and RunDMC. RunDMC put in his nomination for touchdown of the year on his way to scoring a huge 38 points. So I was pretty confident heading into the second week of the matchup. However, as it has been all season, in this league anyone can beat anyone on their day and so it was that The Pack had a huge turn around and was very quickly able to wipe away the deficit. It came down to the very last game of our matchup. It was a sticky situation for me as it was my beloved Patrots against the ever consistent Green Bay Packers, with me holding Tom Brady from the pats and The Pack holding The Patriots D/ST. I wanted the patriots to win and I wanted Brady to do well but I also needed the D/ST to go quite average, something had to give. It was Brady, he had a quiet day, with about a minute on the clock I was a point down and with the last play of the day the Patriots got a fumble and a sack and I was done for, going down by 5 points and seeing my late run of wins come to a crashing halt also bow out of the comp, well done The Pack and onto the Superbowl for you!

The second semi was SAM CROW up against UNDER ACHIEVERS. This wasnt nearly...

I thought the low amount of NBA games during the week would have resulted in close games in our league; however, i think, because there were big variations in the amount of games played between different teams - ie 4 to some teams, and only 2 to about half the teams and even just the 1 for Toronto - there ended up being mostly 1 sided afairs, with only 2 games decided by less than 100 points - and 100 points was a lot in this low scoring week.

This week saw Jasmine, Owen and Danny10 continue on their winning ways; however the other top 4 team - Heaver! - finished up with a loss in a relatively high scoring game against myself - Team anthak. Heaver finishing as the highest scoring losing team for the round.

Mid table, we saw Dan drop out of the top 8 after 3 straight losses. And down the bottom we still have the two obvious teams holding up the ladder. Fudge is still on the move, winning his 3rd game in a row, and there are a few teams down there with 4 and 5 game losing streaks!

In the NBA, San Antonio has the best record in the league with only 4 losses; while Boston still lead the East, with the same record as Dallas who have been hot for the last few weeks. As for individual leaders: After a 44 point effort on xmas day, Durantula has increased his lead on top of the points with 28.1 ppg; Rondo has not been playing so his healthy ave of 13.8 apg is still easily enough to lead the league; and Love continues to lead the league in rebounds with 15.7 rpg. Bogut and CP3 both still lead the blocks and steals respectively; while Westbrook has cut down on the TOs, leaving the door open for Rondo to jump to the lead averaging 4.15 TOpg. A special mention needs to go out to Lebron James who is the first player to record more than 1 trip-dub this season, and after 2 TDs in his last 5 games, he now has 3 for the season! In our league, Rondo and Paul lead the league in fppg, both with 58.3 pg.

Now over the break - the usual - reviews of matchup 8 games; and...