TooSerious

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...

Hi guys,

With only 10 days to go, players are probably looking to get some feedback on there starting teams for 2010 (I know I am!!! ). Now with so many comps floating out around there, and different scoring systems relating to those comps, it is important to specify which comp your team relates to - either VS or FPL - in order to get the best feedback for you team!

Ill start it off...with willys FPL team!!!

GK – Sorensen (SC) Soderberg (NEWC U)
DEF – Givet (BR) Foley (WW) Shawcross (SC) Carr (BIR C) Bramble (SUN)
MIDS – Ferguson (BIR C) Barton (NEWC U) Jarvis (WW) Lampard (CHE) Fabregas (ARS)
FWD – Tevez (MAN C) Rodellega (WIG) Rooney (MAN U)

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A quick edit from Walesy, just to bring attention to the following-
<blockquote>
In the interest of a little cross site fun, the guys over at <a href="http://www.FanFooty.co.uk">FanFooty.co.uk[/url] (no link to fanfooty.com.au), are running a little competition revolving around the FPL competition.

Basically its teams of 4 make up a squad- and squads then play against each other.

From what I can tell, little to no extra participation is required, but itll be good to build a little cross site... thingamajig.

So if youd like to sign up, <a href="http://www.fanfooty.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&amp;t=2013">head over here[/url] and let us know youre interested- we can work out teams once we figure out how many are interested. </blockquote>

Dane Swan continues to power away in the 2010 Brownlow medal count, polling in a record 8 straight games.  Has anyone ever put together 2 months of brilliant, consistent football?  The stats dont lie: over the last 8 weeks (in which the Pies are undefeated), Swan has averaged 36 possessions, 134 DreamTeam points, 146 SuperCoach points and an amazing 8 coaches votes...Im calling it early: Swan will win this years Brownlow Medal.

Other news out of this weeks games: Fletcher and Stanton are keeping things interesting at Essendon, with Watson unlucky not to poll.  Ablett and Selwood are looking most likely to sit third on the podium, both putting in another strong performance.  Abletts 2 puts him at outright third on 18, with Selwood now on 17.  Colin Sylvia has put in a very impressive month of football, polling 8 votes in the last 4 weeks, and now leads the Melbourne count.  Michael Rischitellis 2 in this game also sees him leapfrog Brennan and Brown at Brisbane - should be some good odds here (although none of his 7 votes are guaranteed...).

Richmond is an interesting one, Shane Tuck put in his second guaranteed three for the year, and yet I still have him 3 off the pace from Deledio.  Deledio has been ultra-consistent in a lot of Richmonds wins, without really starring, whilst Riewoldt is sure to poll as well.  As of round 18, I see Deledio 6-11, Tuck 7-8, and Riewoldt 5-8.  Hopefully will get some clarity over the last few rounds with which way this onell go.

Matthew Boyd is another thats had a fantastic month, polling in each of the last 4 games (9 votes), and moves to outright lead at the Doggies on 15.  Should be decent odds on Matty, with Cooney the favourite.

Last game of the round saw Sandilands pick up the medal for best player on the ground - however I, along with Champion Data seem to disagree...58 SuperCoach points when youve got a bloke thats kicked 6....give us a break!

All of this weeks votes over the page:...

So, its been a long weekend for me, if I see one more SQL error, Im gunna tear out my hair! but, weve gotten through the worst of it- it should be smooth sailing from here on in. Heck, should even be faster than before as well, which is a nice little perk.

Anyways, the season is done, its all finals now baby- so its time to trade hard if youve got em, to stay competitive. Well yanno, provided your opposition isnt carrying their own problems.

But thats next weeks problem, so lets look back at this week-

It all started on Friday, with the Bombers continuing on the great Essendon rollercoaster, this time dominating the highly rated Saints by 5 goals. Although dominated, it was Goddard who top scored with a 133. Perenial whipping boy, Bachar Houli top scored for the Bombers with a 127 in his 4th game for the year. Fletcher came in 3rd with a solid 122. It should be noted the Stanton scored a nice 117 playing off the half back line, which could be a lucritive option at a discount price. Gram looks to be offering a great deal in the backline, scoring 110 and costing just a little over $300k. Riewoldt looks to have bottomed out at $440k, an with a couple of tons under his belt looks a perfect upgrade in the forwards. Hille made his long awaited return and a score of 83 looks good for those suckers- I mean coaches- who have held him through his "3 week" injury. On the low side, S. Fisher put in a shocker with 32 points, while Gumbleton scored just 33 points and looks to have picked up a season ender.

Game two for the round saw the Pies smash through the Blues, with Swan doing what Swan does and scoring a 152- falling just a few dollars short of the magical $700k mark. Pendlebury came next with a 139 while Didak put up a 136, and is in great form moving into the finals. Ball looks to have hit his straps with a 134, hes now been averaging 104 points over the past 7 weeks- not too shabby! Griggs top scored for the Blues with a 113, knocking up his second ton...

Better than ever!

Stronger, Agiler, more dynamic than ever!

Sorry so much about the downtime, but well be better off for it.

So, basically everything should be up and running again,stats, blogs, live scores- everything.

But if things dont work, let me know- ASAP.

So, weve got the blog up and running- which is good. Now to get the rest of the site back up and running.

Also, carn the Bombers!!

Finally, we had to go back a day to restore the database, so we lost some of the stuff that happened on Friday. I have the iScent and tips that were entered though, so Ill transfer all that here.

Sheesh, its been a long 14 hours! Heres hoping we finish up soon.

Please keep this to trade talk.  If you dont I will go back through the list whenever I log on and delete your post.

Let the debate on trades specifically related to fantasy football follow: