TooSerious

Hey guys - sorry for the late (and rather short) post, has been one of those weeks.  This weeks votes as follows:

(p.s. just a reminder, for those that watch any games over the next 3 weekends, please give your 5-4-3-2-1 (5 being best) in the round review, to assist with the last few rounds where a lot of the competitions keep votes to themselves from here on in (i.e. coaches votes).  Can you also put a reminder in your post Walesy? Thx )

Blues v Dons:
3. J. Garlett
2. C. Judd
1. S. Grigg
...no apologies

Roos v Dockers:
3. B. Harvey
2. B. Rawlings
1. H. McIntosh
...L. Adams, C. Garlett

Swans v Hawks:
3. K. Jack
2. A. Goodes
1. H. Grundy
...R. OKeefe

Pies v Cats:
3. A. Didak
2. D. Swan
1. S. Pendlebury
...S. Wellingham

Lions v Eagles:
3. M. Rischitelli
2. J. Brown
1. A. McGrath
...S. Selwood, J. Brennan, S. Black

Saints v Power:
3. A. Schneider
2. L. Hayes
1. B. Goddard
...no apologies

Dees v Tigers:
3. J. Frawley
2. B. Green
1. D. Jackson
...T. Scully, L. Dunn, L. Jurrah

Dogs v Crows:
3. D. Giansiracusa
2. S. Thompson
1. N. Eagleton
...D. Cross

OK its come down to this, Im in 3 semi finals this week and staring down the barrel of defeat in all of them.

How could this happen?  My side is falling apart a bit, but Im prepared to do some patch up work and see that do the trick.  I know like Geelong my best is good enough to take home some premierships, but like the Cats I am also aware that the time to get right is now not next week.   So heres my thoughts on the players who can make a difference in the teams youre selecting this week.  I will go for the top 5 premiums and the top 5 value selections.  If you cant find anyone in here then I will have a list of sub 400 players Id have a stab at.

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Assumption: All players already have Hodge, Goddard and Ablett.  Everyone else is fair game.

PREMIUMS
DEF: Lake, Johncock, Milburn, Scotland, Bock
MID: Swan, Selwood, Montagna, Judd, Cross
FWD: Didak, Goodes, Chapman, Riewoldt, Franklin 
RUC: Mumford, McIntosh, Jolly, Jamar, Ryder

VALUE
DEF: Gilbee, Enright, Gilbert, Johncock, Scotland
MID: Chapman, Dal Santo, Judd, Tuck, Cooney
FWD: N Riewoldt, Giansiracusa, OKeefe, Pavlich, J Riewoldt
RUC: Cox, Ryder, Bradley, Hille, Hudson

THE SUB 400 CLUB:
J Riewoldt, Enright, Gilbert, OKeefe, Ryder, Cox - and to be brutally honest, not much else to recommend.  Will try to help people on request.

OK thats all from me, now over to you.  Best of luck if youre playing.  And if youre not, I wouldnt bother trading.  That is of course, unless youre in a good spot for overall.

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Round 19 and man, Im feeling a severe case if deja vu right now. Taking out the iScent prize for the second week in a row is matty.hutch!! Can one of you guys step up and stop his domination of this event please!?! Seriously!

This week he got the prize with 3 near misses, which was just enough to edge out Resch by two points. The winning team was:

namescoreDifference

Jobe Watson1019

Adam Goodes56

Brent Harvey124

Dane Swan411

Matt Priddis41

Brendon Goddard227

Brett Deledio1030

Daniel Cross1015


And the full results over the break...
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UserscoreDifference

matty.hutch46133

resch48150

gnewitt55153

daveo1562168

buzz62199

joshuac64207

celinef68214

Superblues68340

parlabane71221

lw73223

mattybomb2273470

spuddy76266

MajorLazer76306

simonoz76283

reservoir dogs78194

asanque79321

The Mob Goes Wild81300

Danaz81345

fozzer81119

Dartmoor Demons82285

Kel83394

jinnasaur84332

Stripey84401

Micka86342

anthak89247

ajackl0791266

tyze92224

prem98455

ricoh100462

Fish101359

worksafe105299

parasite107244

benj107380

griff107316

payney3110697

bulldogs17112406

Pickle112319

julianc112721

Alright guys,

BIG EDIT: Sorry everybody for the delays on finishing the post, my cable was down at home last night and I had to wait to get to work to finish it off. Oh, and Martin ONeil has resigned as manager of Aston Villa 4 days out from season start.

Firstly, lets start with all the links, leagues and codes available to punters at TS for this season.

Fantasy Premier League (FPL): http://fantasy.premierleague.com/
league codes: 225694-84040 (TS Head-2-Head 1)
99771-116683 (TS Head-2-Head 2)
32457-12154 (TS Aggregate League)
28680-25276 (required to join FF.uk 5-a-side comp) - see below to join the 5 a side competition. (no relation to oz site)

I Know The Score (IKTS): http://iknowthescore.premierleague.com/
league code: FB103-IOG - an EPL tipping comp with an added twist...you have to predict the scores as well (you still get points for getting the tip, just bonus points on predicting the scores.

Virtual Sports EPL Dream Team: http://epldreamteam.sportal.com.au/
league codes: 984118 (FF.uk) &amp; 110339 (TS)

Now for handy links to get you through the season:

general - <a href="http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/">www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/[/url]
forum - <a href="http://www.fanfooty.co.uk/">http://www.fanfooty.co.uk/[/url] (no relation to oz site)
news - <a href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/archive/1">http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/archive/1[/url]
injuries - h<a href="http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php">ttp://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php[/url]
salary predictor - <a href="http://www.fiso.co.uk/crackthecode.php">http://www.fiso.co.uk/crackthecode.php[/url]
game reviews - <a href="http://www.zonalmarking.net/">www.zonalmarking.net/[/url]

Now, a step by step guide to registering for the FF.uk 5-A-Side competition (which is awesome and I urge everyone to get involved, you dont do anything different throughout the season,...

Hey guys, its only gunna be a quick review this week- time is lacking.

It all started on Friday with the Bombers putting in an insipid 4th quarter to go down by a ka-jillion points. Didnt stop Stantons new half-back role from getting him the top score.

Saturday saw the Hawkers go down to the Swans and the Dockers go down to the Roos. Finals ON! Jack top scored with a 178 while Grundy returned to form and Mumford continued his. Hodge continued to struggle with a tag. Meanwhile, Jetta kicked his first goal for the year! 1.19. Harvey dominated with a 144 (off 163DT), while A. Edwards put in his third good game in a row. Freo didnt get a single ton, which summed up their night!

Saturday night saw another pair of upsets and saw my tipping go 0/5. Macaffer smashed out his second 150 in three weeks and is in massive form! In the other game, big JB finally came back to form, kicking 5 goals and getting the Lions up by 5.

Sunday saw me finally get a tip on the board. Go the sainters! Finishing with 15 of the top 17 scorers for the game, I think that if you had any non-Kozi saints, youve done alright. The dees won while Mitch Morton has been playing a very stat-friendly role since coming back. Top scored this game with a 145 so keep an eye on him if hes playing the same role next year!

The final game for the round saw the doggies fall across the line against the Crows. A 1 point lead at 3 quarter time saw them win by 8 with Adelaide kicking a single point in the final quarter. From what I hear though, it was raining like a somebish. The dogs winning still didnt get them the top score with 4 crows being in the top 5.

Anyways, thats the review. Not my best- heck probably my third worst, but hey- these things happen!

How did we all going in the finals? Still in? cashed in your second chance? Scored 1721 but still won by 71? Let us know!

Stats will be up once they open.

Alright, Im gunna disappear for a few hours- cant have you guys telling me the scores!

Carn Bombers!

so, last week damaged the Defenders. This week its looking like forwardlines and Rucks that will suffer. Skipper and Sandilands will see a bunch of Zeros this round, particularly if Trengove doesnt make the cut, meanwhile, coaches already smarting from Pods on the bench now have to contend with Gumby, Rioli and Ballantyne going down.

Ah well, at least weve had a number of inclusions to that backline. Shaw, Maguire, Johncock should help, while Davis and TDL might help the forward line if youve got em.

INS: TDL, Bartel, Shaw, Maguire, Johncock, Davis
OUTS: Gumbleton, Skipper, Rioli, Sandilands, Ballantyne, Dangerfield
Extended bench: Jackson Trengove, Jack Trengove, Webberly, Davis, Higgins

Full teams are over the break.

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FRIDAY AUGUST 6Essendon v Carlton
MCG @ 7.40pmEssendon
B: Heath Hocking, Dustin Fletcher, Courtenay Dempsey
HB: Mark McVeigh, Michael Hurley, Cale Hooker
C: David Zaharakis, Jobe Watson, Brent Stanton
HF: Kyle Hardingham, Jay Neagle, Travis Colyer
F: Angus Monfries, David Hille, Alwyn Davey
Foll: Patrick Ryder, Bachar Houli, Ben Howlett
I/C: Kyle Reimers, Sam Lonergan, Jason Winderlich, Brent Prismall
Emg: Nathan Lovett-Murray, David Myers, Jake CarlisleIn: Winderlich
Out: Scott Gumbleton (ribs)Carlton
B: Jordan Russell, Michael Jamison, Aaron Joseph
HB: Dennis Armfield, Paul Bower, Shaun Grigg
C: Heath Scotland, Chris Judd, Bryce Gibbs
HF: Kade Simpson, Lachie Henderson, Marc Murphy
F: Shaun Hampson, Jarrad Waite, Eddie Betts
Foll: Robert Warnock, Andrew Carrazzo, David Ellard
I/C: Marcus Davies, Jeff Garlett, Richard Hadley, Mitch Robinson
Emg: Joe Anderson, Mark Austin, Setanta OhAilpinIn: Hadley, Armfield, Davies, Robinson
Out: Brad Fisher, Andrew Walker, Chris Johnson, Chris Yarran (ankle)New: Marcus Davies (Tasmania U18)

SATURDAY AUGUST 7Sydney v Hawthorn
SCG @ 2.10pmSydney
B: Paul Bevan, Ted Richards, Rhyce Shaw
HB: Nick Malceski, Heath Grundy, Tadhg Kennelly
C:...

So its time to win some finals.  Not sure about saving too many trades now because its the business end.

I have 4 trades, but I also have Rioli and Dangerfield, and Im sure others are in a similar boat working out whether to trade or hang tough for a round.  My advice is with that many trades left, you are needing to use them to get the result you want.  Otherwise you face the prospect of no premiership at the end of the year.

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My Best Buys this week will once again be premium and value top 5s per position.  Comments afterwards would be appreciated; and feel free to say Im wrong.

PREMIUMS:
(Assuming all here have Goddard, Hodge and Ablett)

DEF: Lake (daylight), Gilbee, Kelly, Broughton, Fletcher
MID: Swan, Selwood, (a fit Judd), Pendlebury, Cross, Montagna
FWD: Didak,  Riewoldt, Goodes, Franklin, Harvey
RUC:  Sandilands, Jolly, Mumford, Ryder, Jamar

I know youll note a few fossils crept in here.  Ive looked at the Dons and Kangas draw and its not the worst for these players in terms of the positions they are in.  So yeah champs of the 300 club like Fletcher and Harvey deserve credit for stellar seasons, and they could be your men come SuperCoach finals time.  Otherwise Id suggest no surprises.  OK Chapman is missing from the Forwards.  Im just thinking he could be the one given a week off soon.  Just a hunch it might even be this week...(but my hunches have been terribly wrong this year...)

VALUE:

DEF: Scotland, Enright, Gilbert, Houli, Russell
MID: Cooney, Watson, (Bartel/Judd if fit), Gibbs, Hayes, Bruce
FWD: Riewoldt, Giansiracusa, Pavlich, Higgins, Varcoe
RUC: Sandilands, Ryder, Hille, Cox, Jolly

Happy trading this week, and above all win the first final and set things up for the rest of August!

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Round 18 for the iScent comp has a fair few less participants than usual, sorry about the downtime that we had this weekend, sadly it couldnt be helped. Hopefully it wont happen again and at worst, the site is running much faster now- so thats a plus!

Anyways, this week we had an easy win for Matty.Hutch, and from what I can tell, it all come down to not selecting Luke Hodge. Great win mate, theres an email crossing the interwebs as we speak.

Onto the winning squad for this week:

namescoreDifference

Brendon Goddard113

Dane Swan132

Brad Sewell38

Joel Selwood1018

Cameron Bruce1029

Shane Tuck220

Daniel Cross26

Matt Priddis119


And the full results over the break...
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UserscoreDifference

matty.hutch30145

payney344184

Fish54172

parlabane57150

joshuac58226

gnewitt59198

spuddy63314

gromanin64238

Danaz67263

haysiebbh68228

parasite69221

thespine70249

The Mob Goes Wild74292

Stripey75340

buzz75242

sikoseto76322

stowie76213

ajackl0777290

tp80336

griff81235

Psychobabble84407

celinef85313

benj85281

Pencil Me In..86336

michelago88261

jinnasaur93363

Chipper111450

bulldogs17112438

So were into the business end of the year and its been an absolute cracker of a home and away season topped off with a belter of a penultimate round.

The Pine Warmers shaped up some sweet games this round and a few interesting outcomes resulting in a plumet or 2 in the ladder standings, meaning that some big teams missed out on finals.

The league moved up this week into 16th overall (13 points off 15th so dont give up those not playing finals) and is still averaging 2200 per round. No real thrillers but Prospectus Boy and Liquid both moved up 3 places to sneak into the 8, while Life Post Richo (chris88) and Year Of The Cats (chris 88s other half) both dropped key games and dropped out of the 8...unlucky mate.

The Orange Boys on the other hand did not have such a dramatic end to the season and the top 8 did not change since last round. Ranked 169 overall and averaging 2140; a fantastic effort and 2 thrillers this round with Banana Slugs losing in a tight one to The Mob Goes Wild by 8 points, and Half Time Heroes getting over WesternRoys by 29 points and costing them a finals berth.

Well done to all who made finals, and bad luck to those that didnt but please keep putting your best teams out so we can maximise our ladder positions.

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ROUND 18 RESULTS
LiQuiD2,166def2,110PowerfromPort

Veni Vidi Vici2,203def2,048steamed hams

Jackson Harvey FC2,106def1,927fcmeh

Year of the CATS2,110def by2,308tiger4life

Krunchy Nuts2,043def by2,170Prospectus Boy

Thunder Guns1,905def by2,070Whoknows?

Snotties1,991def by2,0919/11WasAnInsideJob

Life Post-Richo1,953def by2,238Razors



Pos.TeamWL%ScoreAverageTotalPChange

1Whoknows?105103.102,0702238.1740,28740u1

2Jackson Harvey FC105102.562,1062216.3339,89440u1

3Krunchy Nuts10599.702,0432218.5639,93440d2...