TooSerious

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!

<a href="http://iscent.com.au"><img style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://tooserious.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/iScent.com_.au_RGB.jpg" alt="" />[/url]

Round 20 has come and gone, the winner of course was Matty... oh wait, no- I was just used to typing that. the winner for this week was Micka with a magnificent score of 35. The thing is, a pick of Brennan meant that 15 points were scored over 7 games. Magnificent tipping!

For the record, the winning team was:

namescoreDifference

Dane Swan29

Chris Judd13

Greg Broughton215

Gary Ablett115

Travis Boak49

Jared Brennan2047

Brad Sewell311

Brendon Goddard22


And the full results over the break...
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UserscoreDifference

Micka35111

Pickle41192

matty.hutch45222

fozzer46109

celinef47193

pop49186

asanque52237

simonoz57229

payney358320

buzz59167

The Mob Goes Wild63280

parlabane64195

prem64285

stowie69165

lw69263

gnewitt69278

benj70197

worksafe72265

piCARSO73846

griff74264

AK74296

quazy88875279

Dartmoor Demons77315

Kel78321

joshuac81262

Pencil Me In..86370

bulldogs1788359

jrolfe90289

anthak93193

thespine93316

sikoseto94336

bfish95804

Psychobabble96352

haysiebbh101313

Minge103486

spuddy104376

mkidd105400

ajackl07108461

Danaz110416

jinnasaur126368

Superblues132529

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.

Without further ado, lets begin shall we...<!--more-->

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...

Still a couple of days away from having access to my database, so leaderboards will be a couple of days away...this weeks votes in the meantime:

Pies v Bombers
3. T. Cloke
2. D. Swan
1. S. Pendlebury
...J. Blair

Blues v Tigers
3. C. Judd
2. H. Scotland
1. J. Waite
...L. Henderson, J. Garlett

Swans v Dockers
3. S. Mumford
2. D. Hannebery
1. B. McGlynn
...K. Jack, G. Broughton, T. Kennelly

Cats v Dogs
3. G. Ablett
2. J. Selwood
1. C. Enright
...no apologies

Port v Eagles
3. K. Cornes
2. D. Cassisi
1. T. Boak
...M. Thomas, D. Cox

Crows v Lions
3. R. Douglas
2. K. Tippett
1. M. Clark
...N. van Berlo, B. Symes, S. Black, T. Rockliff

Hawks v Dees
3. B. Sewell
2. S. Burgoyne
1. C. Bruce
...L. Franklin, X. Ellis

Saints v Roos
3. N. Riewoldt
2. J. Gram
1. B. Goddard
...S. Gilbert

Howdy all, you might notice a fancy new little widget at the top of the page here by <a href="http://www.footytips.com.au">FootyTips.com.au[/url]. The good folk over there ask me to put it up to see what footy fans think of it.

Theres actually a fair amount of info found in there, so I figured Id throw it up- give it a looksee.

Theres also a version for the A-League if anyone would like me to throw it up for the off season?

So, were fast closing in on the end of the year - Only two rounds to go before we put the cue in the rack for another year and take out our notepads for next year. I just want to remind you all that we be here- posting whatever tidbits of ifo we can dig up through the off-season, so dont forget to pop by every once in a while. Particularly if youre in one of the EPL comps- Joshy is still looking to keep up with discussions on that and Ill be getting the salary predictions up and about sometime this week- so keep an ear (eye) out for that.

Anyways, onto the review- we had a couple of good games, but thats certainly not how it started with the Bomber mercilessly put down by the pies to the tune of 98 points. Its been a tough two weeks for us Bombers, but thats not to take away from the Pies, theyre in ripping form at the minute and for there sake, hopefully peaking at the right time of the year. Cloke led the way kicking 5.5 for 143 (with a solitary handball), while Swan came a close second with 142 Benny Johnson tied with rookie Jarrad Blair for a might 133. The only Bomber in the top 10 was Watson with 119, those Hille did respectible with a 104. All in all though, it was a great night for anyone with a Pie in your team, except for Didak who scored 67 (I guess not *every* can score big though. )

Another thumping saw Carlton blaze away from the Tigers by 91 points. Led through the midfield by Juddy (146) and Murphy (137) made it tough for the tiges. Garlett put in a great 4.2 effort for 132. Funnily, Waite also kicked 4.2, had a few more touches and marks, but only managed 110. But thats Supercoach for ya. Warnock has hit his straps and is rewarding coaches who have been hit by the ruck injuries returning a solid 105. Tuck top scored for the Tigers with a 115 while Cousins was close behind with a 111. Down the other end of the spectrum, Lil Riewoldt struggled with a score of 40, and with his poor finish to the season might see him as a bargain leading...

Looks like someone hacked my personal gmail account (not the TS account), then stole, spammed and deleted my contact list.

I apologise to anyone out there that has been affected.

As a reminder to everyone- backup your contact lists! Even if its living on GMail!