TooSerious

For those who take it way too seriously

Well, not my team, but yours.

Only three people have seen my team. But only two can tell you about it.

Having ones team rated isnt for everyone, I know Im not partial to it- cause hey, weve all got to keep a little mystique in this relationship.

BUT. I am more than happy to rate your team, give you a second opinion, or in my absence, leave it to the capable hands of everyone in the community. Theres a lot of smart folk here.

So, get into the comments. Theres two days to go- Lets get RATING!
It seems our resident commenter, JJ, has been a busy little beaver.

Hes provided the <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArdRXbSKFDeodF9tOWRMU3d5akIxbXJURk03M0FOVFE&amp;hl=en">NAB and NAB Challenge stats here[/url]. In a handy dandy spreadsheet.

In his own words
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Ive added a value and adj value column. Value is price/avg score and adj value is that number multiplied by 1.125 to account for the lower preseason game time. If a player gets under 5311 adj value then theyre scoring you more points than you paid for them (these players are highlighted green). As expected ALL of the good value is in the cheaper players. Not a single $500k+ premium other than Goodwin had an adj value under 5311. Heres the top 20 value players in various price ranges

Top 20 cheap (sub $200k)

Rockliff, Tom ($1,266)
Bastinac, Ryan
Barlow, Michael
Howlett, Ben
Roberts, Relton
Moles, Brodie
Shuey, Luke
Banner, Mitchell
Silvagni, Alex
Podsiadly, James
Peterson, Carl
Hitchcock, Cameron
Jetta, Lewis
Hardingham, Kyle
Martin, Dustin
Banfield, Todd
Smith, Alistair
Roughead, Jordan
Strauss, James
Waters, Beau ($2,512)

Top 20 mid ($200-400k)

Robinson, Mitch ($3058)
Naitanui, Nick
Hooker, Cale
Medhurst, Paul
Harding, Scott
Hall, Barry
McGinnity, Patrick
Malceski, Nick
Johnstone, Travis
Jones, Brett
Betts, Eddie
Cook, Myke
McEvoy, Ben
O’Brien, Harry
Suckling, Matt
Seaby, Mark
Macaffer, Brent
Jones, Nathan
Brown, Mitchell
Lower, Ed ($4403)

Top 20 high ($400k+)

Ball, Luke ($4273)
Gram, Jason
Goodwin, Simon
Jackson, Daniel
Tippett, Kurt
Selwood, Adam
Green, Brad
Enright, Corey
Rosa, Matt
Kelly, James
Schneider, Adam
Hodge, Luke
Houlihan, Ryan
Watson, Jobe
Griffen, Ryan
Lockyer, Tarkyn
Jones, Clinton
Judd, Chris
Rawlings, Brady
Winderlich, Jason ($5,817)
</blockquote>

Youve done a great service to the community JJ.

Now, I just need to figure out how I can fit in Stanton and get Waite back...
Its at that pointy end of the pre-season. After all the NAB games have been played. Youve been tweaking your team for what feels like an eternity and its finally rolling around to lockout.

Youve pawed through training reports, analysed stats, read a million opinion pieces on why such-and-such will have a good year, but have you picked a good team?.

Whether you are a new player or a seasoned professional, the dynamics of a team is often the side of SuperCoach that is most often overlooked.

So, what makes a winning team?

Some will say picking the right rookies is the key, others will tell you that value players are where its at. Some believe that captain selection is the be all, while others might say your bench. Some believe that your trading strategies are what will bring home the bacon while others believe that its all a case of lady luck, blessing your players with a purple patch and others with an ACL.

Its a very simple question, but for everything that people say is required to win SuperCoach, it has a very simple answer- A winning team scores the most points.

Its a simple truth that often gets overlooked, but can have a profound effect on selecting your team.

Yes, all those points mentioned above are all important parts of making a winning score, however, if youre seriously planning to have a real stab at winning, youve got to consider how all of those parts will come together to score your team the most points.

And more importantly, you need to get yourself a strategy, from day 1, that you will try to implement through the year.

So, where do you begin?

(This is a very long post; see the rest over the break)
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Personally, I tend to separate players into three categories. Premiums, Improvers and Rookies.

A Premium is a player that is already at the top of their game. Think Ablett, Bartel and Chapman from Geelong, or Swan, Pendlebury and Didak from Collingwood. Dont forget though, even though 90% of premiums are...
<h1>[span style="color: #000000">ESSENDON</h1>
2008 POSITION: 12
2009 POSITION: 8 - eliminated in Elimination Final by Adelaide
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 8-12
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="436"><col span="1" width="89"></col><col span="1" width="96"></col><col span="1" width="82"></col><col span="1" width="92"></col><col span="1" width="77"></col>
<tbody>

<td width="89" height="20"> 
<td width="96">DEF
<td width="82">MID
<td width="92">RUC
<td width="77">FWD



<td height="20">PREMIUM
<td width="96"> 
<td width="82">Watson
 
 



<td height="40">POT. PREM.
<td width="96"> 
<td width="82">Winderlich
Stanton
Ryder
<td width="77"> 



<td height="40">VALUE
<td width="96"> 
<td width="82">Prismall
McVeigh
Hille
<td width="77">M Williams
Gumbleton



<td height="220">AT THE MARK
<td width="96">Fletcher
Lovett-Murray
Dempsey
Hurley
Pears
Houli
Atkinson
Hooker
Quinn
Daniher
Myers
<td width="82">Welsh
Hocking
Dyson
Lonergan
Houli
H Slattery
Zaharakis
<td width="92">Laycock
<td width="77">Monfries
Hurley
Davey
Reimers
Neagle
Quinn
Daniher
Jetta



<td height="80">SUB 200s
<td width="96">Slattery
Carlisle
<td width="82">Melksham
Hardingham
Long
Colyer
<td width="92">Bellchambers
<td width="77">Still



<td height="60">ROOKIE LIST
<td width="96">Crameri
<td width="82">J Williams
Marigliani
Howlett
<td width="92">Bock
<td width="77">Silverlock



<td height="20">INJURED
 
 
 
 




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<h1>[span style="color: #000000">HAWTHORN</h1>
2008 POSITION: 1 – Premiers
2009 POSITION: 9
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 3-8
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="470"><col span="1" width="89"></col><col span="1" width="98"></col><col span="1" width="109"></col><col span="2" width="87"></col>
<tbody>

<td width="89" height="20"> 
<td width="98">DEF
<td width="109">MID
<td width="87">RUC
<td width="87">FWD



<td height="20">PREMIUM
<td width="98"> 
<td width="109">Mitchell
 
 



<td height="20">POT. PREM.
<td width="98">Hodge
<td width="109">Hodge
 
<td width="87">Franklin



<td height="60">VALUE
<td width="98">Ellis
Brown
Ladson
<td width="109">Lewis
Burgoyne
Ladson
 
<td width="87"> 



<td height="160">AT THE MARK
<td width="98">Birchall
Gibson
Guerra
Gilham
Whitecross
Murphy
Dowler
Suckling
<td width="109">Bateman
Tuck
Osborne
Morton
Muston
Shiels
Young
Savage
<td width="87">Renouf
<td width="87">Roughead
Osborne
Dowler
Morton
Hooper



<td height="60">SUB 200s
<td width="98">Schoenmakers
Lisle
Stratton
<td width="109">Williams
Duryea
<td width="87">Lowden
Grimley
<td width="87"> 



<td height="60">ROOKIE LIST
<td width="98">Milne
Sierakowski
Johnston
<td width="109">Moss
Kayler-Thomson
<td width="87">Skipper
<td width="87">Stokes
Peterson
Breust



<td height="40">INJURED
 
Sewell
<td width="87">Taylor
Bailey
Rioli




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<h1>[span style="color: #000000">SYDNEY</h1>
2008 POSITION: 5 – Defeated in the Semi Final by Western Bulldogs
2009 POSITION: 12
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 9-13
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="380"><col span="1" width="89"></col><col span="1" width="67"></col><col span="1" width="75"></col><col span="1" width="65"></col><col span="1" width="84"></col>
<tbody>

<td width="89" height="20"> 
<td width="67">DEF
<td width="75">MID
<td width="65">RUC
<td width="84">FWD



<td height="40">PREMIUM
<td width="67"> 
<td width="75">Goodes
OKeefe
 
<td width="84">Goodes
OKeefe



<td height="60">POT. PREM.
Shaw
<td width="75">J Bolton
Kirk
J McVeigh
 
 



<td height="60">VALUE
<td width="67">Mattner
Kennelly
Malceski
<td width="75"> 
Seaby
<td width="84"> 



<td height="180">AT THE MARK
<td width="67">C Bolton
Richards
Grundy
Roberts-Thomson
Bevan
<td width="75">Kennedy
McGlynn
Bird
Jack
Barlow
Smith
Hannebery
ODwyer
Meredith
<td width="65">White
Mumford
<td width="84">Bradshaw
Grundy
Moore
Veszpremi



<td height="80">SUB 200s
<td width="67">Heath
<td width="75">Thornton
Rohan
Jetta
<td width="65">Currie
<td width="84">Rohan
Johnston
Dennis-Lane
Sumner



<td height="60">ROOKIE LIST
<td width="67">McKaigue
<td width="75">Gilchrist
Gordon
McNeil
<td width="65">Pyke
Orreal
<td width="84">Playfair
McNeil



<td height="20">INJURED
 
<td width="75"> 
 
<td width="84"> 




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<h1>[span style="color: #000000">PORT ADELAIDE</h1>
2008 POSITION: 13
2009 POSITION: 10
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 7-12
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="418"><col span="1" width="89"></col><col span="1" width="72"></col><col span="1" width="112"></col><col span="1" width="65"></col><col span="1" width="80"></col>
<tbody>

<td width="89" height="20"> 
<td width="72">DEF
<td width="112">MID
<td width="65">RUC
<td width="80">FWD



<td height="20">PREMIUM
<td width="72"> 
<td width="112"> 
 
 



<td height="40">POT. PREM.
<td width="72">C Cornes
<td width="112">Cassisi
C Cornes
 
<td width="80">Gray



<td height="20">VALUE
<td width="72">Krakouer
<td width="112">Pearce
 
<td width="80">J Westhoff



<td height="220">AT THE MARK
<td width="72">Chaplin
Surjan
Broadbent
Pettigrew
Carlile
P Stewart
Nash
<td width="112">K Cornes
Salopek
Boak
Davenport
Broadbent
Hartlett
Thomas
Carr
Logan
P Stewart
Harding
<td width="65">Brogan
<td width="80">Tredrea
Motlop
Schulz
Ebert
Salter
M Motlop



<td height="100">SUB 200s
<td width="72">Moore
Trengove
<td width="112">McMillan-Pittard
Banner
<td width="65">Lobbe
Trengove
Redden
<td width="80">M Westhoff
Thompson
Moore
Lobbe
D Stewart



<td height="80">ROOKIE LIST
<td width="72"> 
<td width="112">Meyer
Johns
<td width="65">Cloke
Bass
<td width="80">Cloke
Hitchcock
Webb
Dawson



<td height="20">INJURED
 
Rodan
 
Butcher




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<h1>[span style="color: #000000">FREMANTLE</h1>
2008 POSITION: 14
2009 POSITION: 14
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 12-15
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="395"><col span="1" width="89"></col><col span="1" width="74"></col><col span="1" width="85"></col><col span="1" width="74"></col><col span="1" width="73"></col>
<tbody>

<td width="89" height="20"> 
<td width="74">DEF
<td width="85">MID
<td width="74">RUC
<td width="73">FWD



<td height="20">PREMIUM
<td width="74"> 
<td width="85">Pavlich
Sandilands
Pavlich



<td height="40">POT. PREM.
<td width="74">Broughton
Duffield
<td width="85"> 
 
 



<td height="20">VALUE
<td width="74">Hayden
<td width="85"> 
 
<td width="73">Ballantyne



<td height="180">AT THE MARK
<td width="74">Johnson
McPhee
Grover
Dodd
McPharlin
Tarrant
Bradley
Suban
Thornton
<td width="85">Hasleby
Schammer
Mundy
Ibbotson
Hill
Palmer
Crowley
Van Berlo
Hinkley
<td width="74">Bradley
Clarke
<td width="73">McPhee
McPharlin
Solomon
Headland
Mayne
Walters
Murphy



<td height="80">SUB 200s
<td width="74">OBrien
Robertson
<td width="85">Morabito
Hall
Crichton
Bollenhagen
<td width="74"> 
<td width="73">Ruffles
Bucovaz
Fyfe
Houghton



<td height="60">ROOKIE LIST
<td width="74">Pearce
Shepheard
Silvagni
<td width="85">deBoer
Barlow
 
<td width="73">Sibosado
Shepheard



<td height="20">INJURED
 
Solomon
 
 




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<h1>[span style="color: #000000">RICHMOND</h1>
2008 POSITION: 9
2009 POSITION: 15
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 14-16
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="366"><col span="1" width="89"></col><col span="1" width="76"></col><col span="1" width="64"></col><col span="1" width="72"></col><col span="1" width="65"></col>
<tbody>

<td width="89" height="20"> 
<td width="76">DEF
<td width="64">MID
<td width="72">RUC
<td width="65">FWD



<td height="20">PREMIUM
<td width="76">Newman
<td width="64">Deledio
 
 



<td height="40">POT. PREM.
<td width="76"> 
<td width="64">Tuck
Cousins
 
<td width="65"> 



<td height="60">VALUE
<td width="76"> 
<td width="64">Cotchin
Connors
Martin
 
<td width="65"> 



<td height="160">AT THE MARK
<td width="76">McMahon
Polo
Moore
McGuane
King
Rance
Post
Thursfield
<td width="64">Tambling
Foley
Jackson
Collins
White
Edwards
Hislop
Thomson
<td width="72">Simmonds
Graham
Vickery
<td width="65">Morton
Riewoldt
Nahas
Edwards



<td height="80">SUB 200s
<td width="76">Farmer
Grimes
Webberley
Nason
<td width="64">Farmer
<td width="72">Browne
<td width="65">Taylor
Griffiths
Astbury
Dea



<td height="120">ROOKIE LIST
<td width="76">Polak
<td width="64">Hicks
Contin
OReilly
<td width="72"> 
<td width="65">Polak
Hicks
Gourdis
Gilligan
Roberts
Westhoff



<td height="20">INJURED
 
 
 
 




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<h1>[span style="color: #000000">WEST COAST</h1>
2008 POSITION: 15
2009 POSITION: 11
2010 EXPECTED POSITION: 7-10
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="392"><col span="1" width="89"></col><col span="1" width="73"></col><col span="1" width="106"></col><col span="1" width="60"></col><col span="1" width="64"></col>
<tbody>

<td width="89" height="20"> 
<td width="73">DEF
<td width="106">MID
<td width="60">RUC
<td width="64">FWD



<td height="20">PREMIUM
<td width="73"> 
<td width="106">Priddis
Cox
 



<td height="20">POT. PREM.
<td width="73">Hurn
<td width="106"> 
 
<td width="64">LeCras



<td height="60">VALUE
<td width="73">Waters
<td width="106">Kerr
Masten
Shuey
Naitanui
<td width="64"> 



<td height="180">AT THE MARK
<td width="73">Glass
Spangher
S Selwood
Mackenzie
Nicoski
Brown
Wilkes
B Jones
<td width="106">A Selwood
Embley
Rosa
Butler
Dalziell
Houlihan
Ebert
McGinnity
Swift
<td width="60"> 
<td width="64">Lynch
Kennedy
Hansen
McKinley



<td height="80">SUB 200s
<td width="73">Schofield
Sheppard
Smith
J Jones
<td width="106">Neates
Stevens
<td width="60"> 
<td width="64">Notte
Weedon



<td height="60">ROOKIE LIST
<td width="73">Wilson
Strijk
Hams
<td width="106">Cockie
Oakley-Nicholls
Stevenson
<td width="60">Sullivan
<td width="64">Wilson
Broome



<td height="20">INJURED
 
 
<td width="60"> 
 




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