TooSerious

One more week until the luck factor is gone, and it all comes down to analysis.  And with just the one week to go, its worth a look at which teams may require the final round to decide their overall votewinner:

Adelaide: Scott Thompson should be relatively safe here 12 (12)

Brisbane: Very interesting, I have Brown on 11 based on raw numbers, with an adjusted tally of (11), whilst Rischitelli on 12 raw votes, but only (9) adjusted.  Raw tally is based on 3,2 & 1 given for each game, whereas the adjusted tally takes into consideration both cheap votes, and games where the raw numbers sees them say 4th or 5th best on ground.

Carlton: Judd is home 17 (16)

Collingwood: Swan home on 37 (33), with Pendlebury making up ground late on 19 (18)

Essendon: cant see them winning another game, so Watson should be safe on 8 (9).  Fletcher the only danger on 6 (5)

Fremantle: may come down to Sandilands playing or not - currently have him on 13 (13), with Barlow still marginally ahead on 15 (14)

Geelong: 3 left in contention: Ablett 21 (19), Selwood 19 (17) and Chapman 16 (16), with Bartel not too far behind 16 (14)

Hawthorn: Hodge the safest bet going around on 27 (24)

Melbourne: Probably as wide open as it gets, with one game to play, the following are a chance: Sylvia 8 (8), McDonald & Green 7 (7), Frawley 6(4), and Moloney and Bruce 5 (5).

North Melbourne: Swallows game on the weekend has broken the deadlock he has shared with Harvey: 15 (14) v 12 (12)

Port Adelaide: 3 chances - K Cornes 10 (10), followed by Cassisi and Boak 8 (7).

Richmond: 3, maybe 4 chances here - I have Deledio in front and he is definitely good value 11 (9), followed by Tuck 8 (7), and Riewoldt and Newman 5 (6).

St Kilda: very similar to Geelongs four: Goddard 19 (18), Hayes 18 (17), Montagna 16 (15) and Dal Santo probably a touch far away 15 (13)

Sydney: Goodes home 15 (14)

West Coast: Priddis home, but only four wins for the year so not too many...

Hello again EPL fans,

What a weekend we had in the worlds best football league. Who would have thought we would see 3 drummings to tune of 6-0. Chelski and Newcastle (against Villa - could be strife brewing in the midlands) did the job over their respective opponents away from home, while Arsenal returned to form at the Emirates against a lowly Blackpool.

In the round of braces, Anelka & Kalou each scored a brace for the Blues, as did Nolan for the Jordies but the big news of the round was a couple of hatricks scored by Theo Walcott and Roy Carroll (who were both amazing value in FPL at the start of the round).

Other results saw Tim Cahill open his account for the season against Wolves but it was not enough and the Toffees had to settle for a draw after an Ebanks-Blake strike levelled the scores, although there was a late chance for the Tofs to take the 3 points.

Fulham scored 3 second half goals at the Cottage against a Man Utd outfit that was missing Rooney (fantasy coaches cringe) but the scores ended up 2 all after Hangeland made up for his own goal with a late strike to split the points.

Craig Gardner also scored a brace at home to Blackburn to give the Brumies there first win of the season, while West Brom opened their account with a 1-nil win over Sunderland. West Ham remain pointless after an Elmander brace and an own goal from Matthew Upson but this result could have gone the other way if Carlton Cole had of converted a penalty chance.

The Yids put 2 past Stoke City to leave the Potters waiting to open there account for the season thanks to a brace from Gareth Bale (the second was a cracker), but the win did not come without controversy as a late equaliser for the Potters that seemed to clearly cross the line was not given by the referee.

So with one game to go for this round, Chelsea remain on top as the only team to take full points for the season with an amazing GD of 12 early into the season, while Wigan bring up the...

So, we appear to have just finished the penultimate round of the year- heres hoping that youve all managed to score at least 1 grand final appearance.

Anyways, this round saw a fair bit of carnage fly our way- but checking the comments- there have definitely been a few bit scores!

The week opened with Geelong putting Carlton to the sword, though I reckon the Blues looked alright- reckon if Judd can get back onto form, they could definitely cause a bit of an upset in september. Chappy top scored for the game with a 133, but didnt do enough to bring his salary back to $500k- remind me next year to never pay more than $500k for any forward upgrade! Enright level him on 133 while Gibbs pulled in 130 off 26 gutsy touches. The boy copped a fair wack from Pods (whos looking to sit out the SuperCoach grand final for it). As mentioned, Judd was off the boil, disappointing with 75 and for next years bargain- Coreys 63 could make him a delightful price if he can get over his knee right (big risk for mine though).

Next up we saw the Saints take on the Tiges. Richmond put out up a spirited effort but couldnt manage to get over the line in the final quarter. Not suprisingly though with Montaga scoring 172 and Dal Santo 170. Lil Riewoldt looked back to his best with a massive 7.1 and 159 points. At the other end though, Kozi kkicked 5 (112) whil Roo Snr managed a mighty 136 kicking 3.3. Connors went alright with an 85 impressing over Dustins meek 40. But Im hoping youve all upgraded them by now!

Hawthorn guarenteed their finals appearence with a thumping of the Fremantle seconds team by a massive 116 points. Burgoyne once again top scored for the hawks, with a 171- talk about hitting form at the right time of the year! Gibson came next with a 148 and as youd expect in a gamae where Hawthorn dominates, Franklin took out 3rd with 5.1 for 129. Broughton top scored for the Dockers and for mine is playing a great role- which would make him excellent value as a DEF...

Its the penultimate round. Kicking off with the Blues V the Cats.

Carn Gaz, if there was ever a time to shine as captain! (Or yanno, Roo for the betting man)

Also, for the EPL crew out there- theres a couple of other mini-games over on the FanFooty forum that you might like to have a crack at:
Durty Fooker (Pick a player who you think will get a red/yellow card)
<a href="http://www.fanfooty.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2169">viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2169[/url]

Choose Wisely (Pick highest points player in FPL week not picked already)
<a href="http://www.fanfooty.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2168">viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2168[/url]

Alright, just a quick post cause its late-

EPL and A-League movement predictions are up and running on the old TS.

edit- theres a EPL/A League link up the top there, just logout once youre there to get back!

Anyways, Ill get it more streamlined in the future- I just figured that you guys would want to know who to trade into.

Also, salary movements are not accurate- well only know what that will be after round 3; however, its all relational- so it should be a good enough guide.

Also, youll get to see the original TS in all its retro glory.

One last thing, when you get in, youll need to change the round back to round 1 (round 2 for ALeague) - click on the round number and it then allows you to change it. )

So check it out- theres a good chance that its buggy and slow- but hey, its completely untested since the server move- but it looked like it went alright when I was in there.

So, do we trust that the Browndog is back? Or do we panic because Pav is out? Theres some good ins this week, put just as many outs. Hayes having a break makes my brownlow bet want to cry- he was meant to be best on ground these last two weeks.

Oh, and someone call Harvey- Tell him that "soreness" is too "obvious" and makes a bit of a "mockery" of everything- at least be a little more specific about the soreness.

INS: Corey, Rioli, Ball, Rohan, Cooney, Grant, Brown, Hurn
OUTS: Hayes, Pavlich, Mundy, Hille, Bock, Knights, Vince, Higgins, Maguire, Sheppard
Extended Bench: Trengove

Full teams are over the break.

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Friday August 20Geelong v Carlton
MCG, 7.40pmGEELONG
B: David Wojcinski, Matthew Scarlett, Josh Hunt
HB: Darren Milburn, Andrew Mackie, Harry Taylor
C: Paul Chapman, James Kelly, Jimmy Bartel
HF: Shannon Byrnes, Cameron Mooney, Daniel Menzel
F: Steve Johnson, James Podsiadly, Travis Varcoe
Foll: Mark Blake, Joel Selwood, Gary Ablett
Int: Corey Enright, Joel Corey, Mathew Stokes, Tom Hawkins
Emg: Taylor Hunt, Jeremy Laidler, Simon HoganIn: Corey, Blake, Taylor
Out: Jeremy Laidler, Taylor Hunt, Brad Ottens (illness)CARLTON
B: Dennis Armfield, Michael Jamison, Marcus Davies
HB: Jordan Russell, Paul Bower, Bryce Gibbs
C: Heath Scotland, Richard Hadley, Kade Simpson
HF: Jeff Garlett, Jarrad Waite, Marc Murphy
F: Eddie Betts, Lachie Henderson, Shaun Hampson
Foll: Robert Warnock, Chris Judd, Aaron Joseph
Int: Andrew Carrazzo, David Ellard, Shaun Grigg, Mitch Robinson
Emg: Sam Jacobs, Setanta OhAilpin, Andrew WalkerNo changeSaturday August 21

St Kilda v Richmond
Etihad Stadium, 2.10pmST KILDA
B: J.Gram, J.Blake, S.Gilbert
HB: C.Jones, S.Fisher, J.Gwilt
C: B.Goddard, N.Dal Santo, F.Ray
HF: A.McQualter, J.Koschitzke, L.Montagna
F: B.Peake, N.Riewoldt, S.Milne
Foll: B.McEvoy, D.Armitage, A.Schneider
Int: S.Dempster, L.Miles, A.Pattison, J.Geary
Emg: T.Simpkin,...

Hi all,

Welcome to one of the crucial Best Buys sessions.  Its important now that with everything on the line in the leagues you have a team that can win two weeks.  Most players are now struggling with not enough cover, so youll be copping players like Phil Davis in starting teams left right and centre, let alone seeing zero a few times.

The advice to give is more for next season.  In the process of getting your team together, think about the future MPP availability, but not at the expense of the starting list.  The MPP is crucial to the extent that it allows you to switch bench players to and from the side.  Im not convinced that my midfield was up to scratch this year having to cover a MF option.  If none of the good midfielders are MFs - and Im talking premium-good - then Id be thinking the flat starting six of strong mids is the way (and the only way) to go if you are looking for big things.

My trading advice for this week - do whatever it takes to win.  You want to play the GF.  I know you might blow all your trades, but for the sake of one game, I think its worth it.

Oh, and by the way, with my two judicious trades, and the performance of Phil Davis covering for J Brown, I managed to win one of my more important league battles.  Im up against it this week, but theres still hope as I beat my opponent when he had the bye by a clear amount, and hes going to need some trades too this week to cover weaknesses.  So long as I dont get stung in the same manner, it might end up a tight one.

<!--more-->OK so were really after premium options here but this week Ill do it a little different.  Its basically if you have X to spend/trade into.

I will set the low bar at sub 400, then sub 500, then anyone left.  Per position, top 5, in personal order of preference.  Lets go, remembering that Im literally trying the trade mainly for this round, and the next.  So some choices could seem a bit random.

Sub 400
DEF - Gilbee (if healthy),...

So, you guys might have noticed a new field on the Stats page. Its a shiny new field that will only display if youre looking at data from round 20 onwards. Its called "Next Year".

What youll find is that its a prediction of next years values. For Supercoach, it works pretty darn well from next year, Dreamteam however, its predicting a MagicNumber(TM) of 4200. (Because SuperCoach stays the same from year to year, it should be pretty good.

Now, one thing Ive taken liberties with are the discounting- Ive applied a simplified method of 0 games = 40%, 1 game = 30%, 3 games = 20%, 6 games = 10% - but you can see the percentage and original salary by mousing over any player who has an * next to their salary.

Basically, a fairly conservative approach.

What does it mean? means we can hunt for bargains already- and one that stands out like the proverbial dogs... bits... it Drew Petrie- A premium ruck with a solid history, with a conservative 20% discount will come to the low low price of $235k. Almost cheap enough for a bench option that MPP pending, could cover the rucks and forwards. Definitely will be cheap enough if he scores a 40% discount!

Sorting the data by Year-to-Date movement, sees Fev at the top of the list, priced at $260k and Neon Leon priced at $363k. Cox might turn a few heads priced at $467k and Bernie Vince at $412k has for to raise interest.

Andy Otten looks like hell be priced at $242k, which will put him into most squads I reckon.

At the top of the tree, we see B. Goddard at $695k, Swan at $687k and Ablett at $683k- then it falls away to more affordable levels with Judd at $634k).

So there we go, for those of you whos seasons are over- next year has just begun! Have a little looksee and tell us where you see the bargains!

Hello all,

Welcome to the first of 38 round reviews for this years EPL (has anyone noticed on Foxtel that its now called BPL [Barclays Premier League] and not EPL?)

This will basically be a place where all things football can be discussed (other football leagues included), trades targets/rate my team, fantasy results/fixtures can be bragged about, and banter can be thrown around like it is going out of fashion (and lets admit it, there has not been enough of it thus far).

Each week I will write up a review of EPL games played, a tipping guide, injuries/cards to watch for, and general issues (double game rounds, game postponements, etc).

Remember that the transfer window is still open until the end of the month, so anything can happen.

Hope everyone is happy with this and feel free to request anything I may have missed.

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Firstly, the big rumour news is that the Shwarzer deal is pretty much done and that he is on his way to the Emirates. While this is unofficial, he has handed in his transfer request. City have 24 hours to finalise the offer for Milner; otherwsie he is staying with the Villians, Liverpool have agreed to terms for Brad jones and that seems to be a done deal. Jermaine Jenas could be off to Italy on loan from Tottenham, and the scum are chasing Craig Bellamy from City.

Notable misses from the fixtures on the weekend include ZGogbia (fined $70K for no show), Fabregas (chest infection but is a lock this week), and Boswinga who is expected back from injury mid Spetember. Joe Cole (3) and Lauriet Koscielny (1) will miss for cards picked up their game. Anyone looking for captain selection need look no further than Drogba, Lampard &amp; Fab in that order.

Heres the results/scorers from the weekends games.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester City
Aston Villa 3-0 West Ham
Downing 15 - Petrov 40 - Milner 66
Blackburn 1-0 Everton
Kalinic 14
Bolton 0-0 Fulham...

Hi all,

Sorry but I was too busy to be Too Serious with the leagues review last week... and these tables were nothing short of a bar star do to pull together; much harder than the regular seasons versions.

So this week I have rolled them both into the one review for yall.

Now with the TS20 league, all I know is that SoupS has a slender lead after being knocked off in the semi this week (I think by stick but not sure). This ones gonna come down to the wire and the rumour mills are suggesting there could be sneaky captain choice this week...

In the other 2 TS Leagues we have been reviewing this season, the top 4 in both leagues are all playing in a prelim...lets hope the AFL finals dont turn out that way. :lol:

There were no real tight games other than Prospectus Boy getting over the line in an elimination final by 20 points, and Half Time Heroes by 4 points in a qualifying final.

The full review is over the break...<!--more-->

PINE WARMERS - ROUND 19/20 RESULTS
MAJOR PREMIERSHIP

<tbody>

1st Qualifying Final
 
1st Semi Final
 
1st Prelim. Final



Whoknows? 
2,061
Whoknows? 
2,331
Razors 



Razors 
2,140
LiQuiD 
2,213
Krunchy Nuts 



1st Elimination Final
 
2nd Semi Final
 
2nd Prelim. Final



9/11WasAnInsideJob 
1,991
Krunchy Nuts 
2,306
Jackson Harvey FC 



LiQuiD 
2,050
Prospectus Boy 
2,223
Whoknows? 



2nd Elimination Final
 



tiger4life 
1,983



Prospectus Boy 
2,003



2nd Qualifying Final
 



Jackson Harvey FC 
2,121



Krunchy Nuts 
2,057



 




MINOR PREMIERSHIP

<tbody>

1st Qualifying Final
 
1st Semi Final
 
1st Prelim. Final



Life Post-Richo 
1,964
Life Post-Richo 
2,212
Year of the CATS 



Year of...