TooSerious

So, the official results for the Too Serious leagues are in.

The TooSerious Legends SMASHED the TooSerious Champs!

So, here are the lucky prize winners.

From the Champs:

1st: McGregor Booms - Clint - $650.
2nd: WTF Just Happened - Clint - $100.
3rd: Squad Spudwick - Julian - Wine.

With the grand final winner being: The Ninja Penguins - Michael - $50 and Wine.

From the Legends:

1st: Windy Hill Wizards - Ilmar - $650.
2nd: Kismet - Dennis - $100.
3rd: Impromptu - Jay - Wine.

With the grand final winner being: Windy Hill Wizards - Ilmar - $50 and Wine.

So, Im going to need these people to get in contact with me so that we can arrange payment/delivery of wine.

Cheers folks, it was great fun! I reckon next year will be even bigger!

(PS- The B&F will be saved for next week, maybe even the week after... so keep tuning in... )

So, weve had interest in running an end of year drinks, so Im thinking a quietish pub, in the middle of the city (For ease of access), where we should be able to drink a few tasty beverages, talk crap about football, and watch what should be one heck of a game.

So, Im thinking my favorite pub should do the trick, The Mitre Tavern.

The Mitre Tavern
5 Bank Place
Its a lane off that runs between Collins and little Collins, between William and Queen.
Or, in google maps: <a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?rlz=1C1DVCB_enAU335AU335&sourceid=chrome&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=the+mitre+tavern&near=Melbourne+VIC&fb=1&split=1&gl=au&cid=0,0,17407796689266160097&ei=PXCeSp-fOsz-kAXVhPDZBA&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1">here[/url]

Im thinking the game starts at 7ish, so rocking up around then should do the trick.

Anyways, Ive no idea how many people will make it, nor can I promise a good time, but Im sure that the more that show up, the better it will be. Give us all a chance to put faces to names or even meet some of you mightnt post, but enjoy lurking.

Before I start my first ever TooSerious post, I would first like to take the opportunity to officially thank Walesy for all the work he does on the site, it has been a godsend to me over the last year and a half.  Also to Lucas, knighty and all posters who freely offer up advice every week even if they are giving up trade secrets.  If there is a question needed to be answered, guaranteed someone on this site knows the answer such is the wealth of knowledge.

Ok, now that thats off my chest, Walesy has asked me to put toghether a sort of SuperCoach year in review for my all conquering Buster Gonads.  So here it is...

Pre Season:

I think getting the right team before Round 1 is the most important part of the season.  Without a strong initial team, too many trades are wasted on getting competitive.  I tried to create a nice blend of premiums who were decently priced, some injured
returning players who i could depend on, some severely under priced stars and then the un-tried rookies.  The one exception to this is the great one, Gary Ablett Jnr.  Not having him would be like racing the Tour de France not for Team Astana, whats the point?  So pre-season Im hoping for a top 1000 finish after a top 2,000 finish in 08.

So my initial team was:

Backs : Goddard, Fisher (my only 2 premiums in defence), Drummond, Chornes, Raines, Houlihan (returning from injury), Hill, Petrenko, Broughton (rookies).

Mids : Gaz (my pride and joy, show him off to all the girls etc etc...), Judd, Gibbs, Selwood (4 premiums in the middle, altho i went Gibbs and Selwood as two, what i thought, under priced premiums), Skipworth (returning from injury), Rich, L Anthony, Otten (rookies).

Rucks : Cox (duh...), McIntosh (under priced proven performer), Spencer and Jacobs (no money on the bench in the rucks, complete waste!).

Forwards : Chapman, Buddy, Delidio, Pavlich (4 premiums here too), Higgins (star who was WAY under priced), Krakeour (thought a break out...

So there we have it, a huge year in football thats had many highs and lows. The end to Geelongs in air of immunity, St. Kilda trying to fill those vacated boots, Last years premiers missing the finals, an 8th spot that just didnt want to be sown up.

So the biggest news for the year? Chris "Buster Gonads", regular commenter and all round good guy, has taken out the grand prize!

Top year lad. Seriously, you played the year beautifully, and never lost you cool. Youre an inspiration to the rest of us!

But we didnt all come first. So post your ranking if you want to have a little brag. I myself came 1323. Was aiming for better, but really dropped off in the past few weeks.

But hey, while Supercoach is giving out 50k- weve still got a good 2k to hand out to all the lucky winners.

Not just that though, but thank so much to a very generous donation, weve got some lovely bottles of wine to send out to both of the TS league Grand Final winners, to truly celebrate your win!

Also, thanks to the same generous donor, weve also got some lovely bottle of wine to give to the people who came third in overall points in both the leagues. I like to call them the Krispy special.

Ill work out and contact the winners in the not too distant future (and get a post up as well) - So Bray, if you could email me the results and scores of everyone over in the Champs, that would be fantastic!

Ill also announce the winner of the TooSerious Best and Fairest. I havent checked the scores on it for a number of weeks now, so even Im excited to see how it works out!

Also, I gotta slip this in somewhere.

Alms, Alms, Alms for the poor. I got five kids to feed man. Seriously though, Im sure weve helped, so if you can tip a few bucks into the jar on the way out, well be very appreciative.

Now, Im sure Ive forgotten something, but hey, until I remember it- peace out!

...

alright, enough break. What now?

Well, first of all, weve got the DreamTeam Finals comp...

So, its all done. Nothing more can be done except to watch.

And what I saw tonight- Le Cras is well and truely on next years radar. Heck, Lids might even have done enough to get a spot in next years squad... Even if *gasp* hes reclassified as just a mid... (touch wood)

On a completely different note (And I dont often talk about my personal life, but...) - I bought a new house today! Woohoo! So even though Ive missed all mah grand finals, still a winner.

Anyways, while this is a thread for discussion on round 22- theres a plan for a post-season-TS-drinks, so can we get a quick straw poll on which weekend people would prefer- 2nd round of finals or 3rd?

It all comes down to this.

One day in August.

The day when Supercoach dreams are made. And crushed.

Across the nation, Supercoaches are making the finals teaks to their squads.

Using the last of their trades if theyre lucky enough to have them.

Setting their captains and their benches (again- if youre lucky enough to have em.)

Speaking of bench coverage.

The battle for the greatest prize is reaching its pinacle. And it looks like it might come down to a battle of atrician.

Franklin out (+1 PK Le Grand)
Newman out (+1 Buster)

That said though, its a 150 point difference, and football is a funny thing with both teams having 9 players different.

While Im here, Ive gotta give a shout out to the Black Sun Empire. Hes been making a massive charge of things in the past couple of weeks. Up to 14 and looking good to crack the top 10. Tarqs, keep thumbing your nose at the DreamTeam Gods my friends, and the SuperCoach gods will reward...

Just to word all those prize winners out there, as were approaching the end of the season, Ill be contacting all the winners to confirm payment and stuff.

League winners, Grand final winners and of course, the winner of the inaugral Too Serious Best and Fairest award.

Who will it be on that most extravagant of night of nights?

This wont be the last post for the season, so I wont pour on heavy the excitement revolving around next year, but Im pretty excited. We had big changes this year, and Im imagining big changes for next.

Anyways, good luck to you all in your finals.

And CARN THE BOMBERS!!!!!

Right, Im gunna move this to a post as I feel there is the chance it could take over the comments section of one of the fantasy posts.

Franklin knocking Cousins unconcious. Not a nice thing to do, but sure it should be fine being in the spirit of the game?

I believe it should be, sadly, due to a similar incidend at the start of the year, Nick Maxwell scored a 4 week suspension, which he got off on.

Prompting a change in the wording of the rule.

<blockquote>
The new wording of the rough conduct ruling states a player can be reported where in the bumping of an opponent, reasonably or unreasonably, he causes "forceful contact to be made with any part of his body to an opponent’s head or neck and instead of bumping, the player had a realistic alternative to contest the ball; or tackle the opponent."

Previously, Law 19.2.2(g)(vii) simply stated a player could be reported for "engaging in rough conduct against an opponent which in the circumstances is unreasonable"
</blockquote>

So while the rule itself might be BS- The rule is on the books, and until changed, will see cases like this Buddy one, scoring time on the sidelines.

The only way I can see Buddy getting off is if he can successfully argue that the bump was his only option. That he couldnt have laid a tackle... Gunna be a tough rap to beat I reckon.

Heres hoping that if he does cop 2 weeks, that the outrage that his the media will be enough to get such a clumsy rule overturned.

Apparently, over this weekend, there was a cricket match.

Also, there was, from what Ive heard, a match for the Bombers the secure a finals birth.

Also, apparently, I was playing Sheeds in the only league I was drawing breath in. The "work" league in which Ive dominated the entire year.

I scored 2174 and my rank got pushed out to 1,247. Is it wrong to drop the F-Bomb at a time like this?

On the plus side, I didnt score 1247 to drop to 2174...

And also, The Busters! Pushing their lead out to 150! Go you good thing!

Seriously, if you win and you get interviewed, drop the name of the site! Seriously man! I mean, TooSeriously...



Anyways, stats will be up tomorrow. I need a stiff drink I thinks... And Ill try to get a more definitive analysis tool for the Finals comp up and running... (Though its not that difficult to analyse using the current DreamTeam screens... so maybe Ill leave that one and concentrate on getting the EPL stuff finished up... )

EDIT - Stats are up!

Alright, first things first. Round 21 is just about underway. Good luck Buster!

Next, EPL is starting up with ManU failing deliciously over the week!

the iinet comp has dropped to second though, not helped by a particular "bunchoflosers" who has put together a squad that looks determined to bring the league down. Carn son, please lift your game else Ill have too start naming and shaming!

Onto some good news, within the old TooSerious, Ive gotten it set up for the new EPL season. Now all I have to do is fix the old TooSerious, cause its slightly sometimes not working properly. Its probably close at the moment to the breakevens, but the salary calcs arent really trying until after this week.

To use it, make sure you have logged in before you try going to it. however, the caveat is that if you try to get in there before I fix it, your account has a good chance of not working (as its a whole different site and therefore uses your *old* login from last year!) - But, if you just *must* get in, Ive got a test account set up, Max. password- max.

Please dont change the password on the account, else you might wind up on the jerk list.

Anyways, good luck with the round. Carn the Bombers!

So, its come to the last two weeks, and its looking like its Buster Gonad vs PK Le Grand.

Luckily, Chris himself has supplied this handy dandy chart on the differences between the squads.

<blockquote>Drummond v Lockyer
Hurn/Fisher v Gilbee
Hodge v Suban/Grima
Montagna v Swan
Sewell v Dal Santo (oh i don’t like this one)
Gibbs v Goodes
Petrie v Jolly
Didak v Riewoldt

his bench cover is a LOT LOT better than mine so i gotta hope my team stays on the park…</blockquote>

So, here comes the fun part- With One trade remaining, what would you do?

Im thinking it might be fun to make suggestions, under the basis that in two weeks time, we can come back, and work out which suggestion would have been the best.

Whether you, as a temporary SuperCoach, would have the nouse, nay, the cajones to use your last trade over the last two weeks to hold off the challengers and take out the prize?

For refernce, heres a link to the squads.
<a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/?p=other_teams&tid=12086&lid=1">Buster Gonad[/url]
<a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/?p=other_teams&tid=13285&lid=1">Le Grands Legends[/url]