TooSerious

We here at Too Serious think its a damned shame that there are all these dedicated fantasy football coaches and not enough ways for them to be repaid for their efforts with some cold hard cash. So we got to thinking that there needs to be a fantasy Brownlow equivalent and who better to provide it than... us.

How it works
Each week, points from 3 to 1 will be awarded to the players who have the highest score, per game, from each competition (3 being the highest and 1 the third highest). These scores will be tallied throughout the season to find our fantasy football best and fairest players. Ahh yes. The fairest bit. Any player who is suspended throughout the season is immediately disqualified.

How to play
The rules are - You pick one player from DreamTeam and one player from Supercoach. You cannot pick the same player twice and you cannot pick two players from the same team (so kiss goodbye to your Ablett/Bartell combo right now ). Pick these guys carefully because once youve picked them, theyre yours for the season.

The winner at the end of the season is the guy who has the highest score with his two picks totals combined.

How to enter
Any person who donates (or has donated this year) $10 or more to TooSerious is allowed to enter. Just email your two picks with your user name to me at Too.Serious.Team.Management@gmail.com before round 5 lockout. That would be Friday, 24 April 2009 To avoid any confusion, please make it clear who is your SuperCoach pick and who is your DreamTeam pick. Remember you dont need to actually coach a team in both competitions to play in this one. Just take a stab.

To become eligible to enter (if youre not already), hit that donate button up there and go to town on that bad boy.

The prizes
Currently, the prize pool is $500. In the case of a draw, the prize pool will be split evenly between the winning competitors. I say the prize pool is *currently* $500...

Last but not least we have the forwards. Most of these should have been on every fantasy coaches radar, but pick them up if you havent already got them.
· Shaun Higgins, WB, $223,400 (BE -81) 50% of the competition have Higgins, but if you are one of the other half who doesn’t make him your number 1 priority, as he is performing like someone priced twice as much.
· Hayden Skipworth, Essendon, $219,700 (BE -78) Another popular pick, but if you don’t have him get him now before his price skyrockets.
· Taylor Walker, Adelaide, $94,200 (BE -23) Like the other 2, he’s popular. But strongly consider him if you don’t have him yet, as his scores should improve now Hentschel is out.
· Steve Johnson, Geelong, $471,800 (BE 7) Surprisingly, he’s my first Cat. But Stevie J is playing brilliantly in the midfield and kicking crucial goals, which makes him a must have. For a similar price, also look at Collingwood’s Leon Davis ($513,300, BE 43)
· Eddie Betts, Carlton, $363,100 (BE -7) The little genius is doing as well as his team, in no small part to him. Expect his average to level out below his current 105, but he’s still a good pickup.
· Nathan Krakouer, PA, $217,800 (BE -36) The role change to half back is doing wonders for Krakouer, who’s ball use makes him an excellent SuperCoach option, much like Shannon Hurn and Linday Gilbee.
Also have a look at:
Mark Le Cras, West Coast, $320,100, BE -14, Average 96
Aaron Davey, Melbourne $425,300 BE -4, Average 121
Mitchell Brown ,West Coast, $94,200 BE -32, Average 42’

Knightys top picks:

If you don’t already have Skipworth and Higgins, get them. If not, Stevie Johnson should be highly considered, while Krakouer is a good replacement for Hentschel.

So that’s the bargains of the week. As you can see, there are plenty of options this week, depending on exactly what your team needs. Don’t forget to look out...

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Did you have a Jolly good time this week, or did your scores go down Hill?

Plently of issues have also cropped up Brad Ottens missing 4-6 weeks, Cheney and Robinson not quite as good as Round 1, Browns report and Hentschels knee.

Let us know how your players went who starred and who flopped?

First three games are gone. And, Im off to the worse possible start!

Hopefully you guys are doing better.

Bad news for the Pendle holders... Good news for us Beamers? Cmon you good thing!

<blockquote>COLLINGWOOD forward Anthony Rocca is still a chance to play against Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday, but midfielder Scott Pendlebury appears in some doubt.
Speaking ahead of his team’s clash with the Demons, coach Mick Malthouse said Rocca could yet come into calculations for a late call-up despite his absence from the named emergencies.
"These are the idiosyncrasies of selection on a Thursday night," Malthouse said.
"We don’t train [for the final time] until today.
"He’s trained very well but I’m not prepared to comment too much on our final 22 other than to say what’s been in the paper has been selected at this stage."
Even if he doesnt line up for the Pies, Malthouse said Rocca would definitely play at some level this weekend.
Pendlebury trained away from the main group on Wednesday and was missing from Fridays session.
"Scott wasn’t out there. He’s a bit sore," Malthouse said.
"People are sore. You’ve got to make sure they’re 100 per cent ready to go. We’ll weigh that up." </blockquote>
<a href="http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/74320/default.aspx">http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/74320/default.aspx[/url]

Alrighty, between the injuries, Ive been tightening up the place.

Theres been a handful of bug fixed go in. Which is nice.

The astute user would have noticed the new field on the Player Page. Its hiding down on the right there.

Titled - TOG. Time of ground. From my understanding, this statistic is hard to find online in any meaningful way- so well try to keep it up to date here.

Also, Ive done some work on the live Supercoach scores. Technically, I havent tested this - so its only tonight where we will find out if it work, but Im really hoping to have the quarterly scores back.

(Though if it breaks, I wont be around to fix it anyways! Anyone want to email me if something goes pairshaped! take screenshots. )

Youll notice that the named players are back in the mix this week. And just to remind the masses out there what they all mean.
Green ball - named.
Orange ball - named on an extended bench.
Half orange/red - named as an emergency.
Red ball - Well, this one is kinda gone now... awwww, silly red ball, just taking up space.

So yeah, good luck with this weekend everyone. Keep your eye on those sneaky blues and heres hoping the Dockers and Bombers name everyone in my list.

Cheers.

Those backline woes just never die.

Micheal Hurley is <a href="http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/74258/default.aspx" target="_blank">gone for a month[/url]. That makes Kyle Cheney look like the only downgrade option for most teams for Andrew Raines.

Its sad for the youngster and those that picked him up. But for those that dont see could see Hill, Petrenko, Cheney, Suban peaking when he comes back for his 3rd match.

I dont have time this week to do research for you all, but I can say that Johnno Brown is as tempting as a threesome with Lara Bingle and Jen Hawkins. Others that look to score big are Pavlich and Brent Harvey after a poor first week. If you do have Ablett, well you should not have even read this far. Bartel, Corey, Selwood also should be strongly considered against a weak Richmond outfit.

For all your captain reasearch click <a href="http://tooserious.net/example.php?page=gameday" target="_blank">here[/url].

Howdy all.

Its time for some Round 1 Talk.

Already Im 0/1 for my Tips.

Happy happy to have the footy season back!   How are your teams going?  SuperCoach preferred, but if you want some DreamTeam action Im sure theres enough fans here to chat.

Poor Cousins.   If any result and the injury sustained would drive a man back to the addiction it would be this.  Hope it all works out for him.