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I dont know how any serious SuperCoacher, or DreamTeamer plays without their copy of AFL Prospectus. But, I just thought it would be interesting to list my team in what Fantasy Freako says about my players and the find out who of you guys can guess what quote matches which player. Also, at the end I ask my readers for a hand in selecting my side.

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BACKLINE
1. Dont be surprised if he becomes one of the competitons elite in 09. Get on.
2. Hes one of the best defenders for any fantasy competition.
3. We all love ***** and will be cheap as chips. Dont miss out.
4. A major disapointment in 08. If he gets freed up hell be worth a punt.
5. Went backwards last year, but his price makes him an attractive option.
6. Will be underpriced because of his injury-riddled o8. Should bounce back.
7. Dont consider him in 09. Long-term hell be a SuperCoach star.

MIDFIELD
1. Cops a heavy tag everyweek but this doesnt faze him.
2. He is a bargain in both competitions, but in particular SuperCoach
3. He is a magnet and is worth every cent. Under the odd in 09.
4. And early draft pick entering his third year, get on now.
5. If hes fit and firing in the pre-season he could be one of the bargains of 09.
6. Hell be the Palmer of 09, but his SuperCoach potential is greater because his kicking is so good.

RUCKS
1. I know he is expensive, but if you dont have him you will lose.
2. If he gets a pre-season under his belt, strongly consider because of his price.

FORWARDS
1. Superstars come at a price, but many, like this bloke, are worth every cent.
2. Injuries let us down in fantasy land when it matters most. Pick at your peril.
3. If you hear a whisper that he will play in defence make sure you get on.
4. Ageing key forward returning from injury, but his price is far too tempting.
5. The potential is there if gets more time in the middle, hes a guaranteed improver.
6. Hes cheap bu risky - consider as an emergency if the early signs are good.
7. Has...

Just to word up the average punter at home (And the writers! ), Ill be moving TS over to some new hosting in the next day or two.

So, what does this mean to you? There will be a period- and Ill warn you before we enter it- where any changes that you make here, wont be reflected across to the new location.

Im hoping this period will only run for a couple of hours.

Ill see what I can do about moving things across today (Wednesday)... most probably during the lunching hour.

Hi all,

Just wanted to have something more substantial in my first post than celebrating Nick Maxwell getting one over the AFL tribunal.  Well done son.

Each team is going to have a different strategy in 2009 SuperCoach. 

Many already have thoughts of loading up one position with blue chip players (defence mainly).  I have a word of caution about this strategy.   Generally the best teams in SuperCoach have a balance, just like in AFL teams you need a strong defence, midfield, forward and ruck division.

The aim of the game is to be over 2000 points EVERY WEEK, and to get close to averaging 2300 late in the season, which means every member of your team needs to get to average 100 points-per-game.

The strategy I used in 2008 was simple. 

10 blue chips who will get 100 points per game lock away (set and forget), 10 midrangers who might have averaged 50-85 points last year who will go close to getting to 100, and 10 rookies (under 150000) who will appreciate in value.   Trades: 5 for injuries, 10 for rookie-cash cow-upgrade, 5 for elevator side swaps.

Blue Chips - look at past performance.  Choose consistency and value.  Get a captain you can trust - one of Hodge, Ablett, Judd and Bartel.   Wait for the other 3 to have some form slump and trade in later.

Mid-rangers - look for guys either injured last season (Nick Stevens of 08 could be Paul Hasleby of 09), or those who will "come of age" during the season - players like M Murphy, Gibbs, Thomas and Ellis appear to be in this boat.  These are critical selections and you will need to select players who will get averages more than their price.

Rookies - look at players who will get game time, particularly in the first 3 rounds.  Watch the NAB Cup very closely for team selections.   Set your team up ready to go, but then in that fateful 90 minutes after team selections are posted on the first Thursday of the comp, ensure you have most of your team playing week 1.

After that, its all luck and...

Hello Supercoaches and Dreamteams.

I hear to gauge interest in the Official TooSerious Fantasy League.

Currently, we are planning on running Three Supercoach Leagues and One Dreamteam League.

But I guess that all depends on the interest we receive.

I believe that the cost of entry into each league will be different (Pending on what level of interest we get on each cost bracket.)

So share your interest by leaving a comment or send me an email to the following- too.serious.team.management AT gmail DOT com.

So far the planned price brackets would be $5, $20 or $50. So place your vote!.

The payout structure is pencilled in as follows (Though suggestions to improve it will be noted.)

1st place in overall score (50%)
2nd place in overall score (25%)
3rd place in overall score (18.75%)
Grandfinal Winner (6.25%) - Essentially your money back and a free TS subscription for next year.

Essentially, we want to reward a good overall score to get the TS name into the top 20!

Unlike most cash leagues that reward a strategy that is counter-conducive to getting a great ranking.

So yeah, get in fast because we can only run so many of these things...

These are players that had awesome 2007s, struggled in 2008 making their prices tempting in 2009. Heres my top 10 list of players that will come back after a shocking 2008.

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10. Andrew McLeod (2007 Ranking: 28, 2008 Ranking: 109)
One of the greats of game was left a little rattled with the CHB sweepers being tagged out of the game. This hurt his scores all year, but no doubt - like all champions - he will bounce back in 2009.

9. Tarkyn Lockyer (32, 11o)
Had only eight scores over the 100 mark in 2008, and his average drops from 103 to 87 in 2008. But with his scores in 05 and 06 also being quite high averaging in the 90s. Its hard to see Lockyer continuing the bad form seen last year.

8. Jed Adcock (14, 190)
I dont know alot about what happened to Jed in 2008, but hopefully he returns to score 110 week in, week out.

7. Adam McPhee (62, 215)
Never really was a SuperCoach great, even in 2007 he only averaged 94. But at his price it will be nice to see 94 next to his name every week.

6. Hamish McIntosh (175, 289)
Ham McBurger. When is Ham going to be part of the Maccas menu? Oh, and is McIntosh really going to be part of Kangaroos menu in 2009? With Hale as the number ruckman and Petrie rotating through the ruck and the forward line. Watch how Dean plays him in the NAB cup before selecting.

5. Lindsay Gilbee (19, 46)
Not a massive drop, but those backline taggers hurt Gilbee a little in 08 but he will be back in 2009. A must buy.

4. Paul Chapman (10, 39)
Speaking of must buys, Chapman has had his first injury-free preseason in two seasons. Watch out for him in the Geelong midfield in 2009 and some big scores will be on order.

3. Heath Shaw (23, 75)
This man was the SuperCoach story of 2008, starting the season strong and slowly but surely, each SuperCoach Coach would find room in his budget to fit him in, then we seen some of the biggest falls from grace. Getting tagged weekly and scoring...

But that was expected. Its a heck of a lot of data Ive loaded into this thing over the holidays.

Anyways, Thanks guys, Ill get the ffollowing things fixed up.

- No stats for Dal Santo.
- No stats for Van Berlo.
- No stats for N G Brown.
- No stats for N J Brown.
- No stats for S D Thompson
- No stats for J P Kennedy
- Scott Thompson has 28 games (has been merged with Scott D Thompson.)
- No Chris A Johnson for the Blues

Hmmmm, I guess someones script didnt like dealing with Spaces in names.

And the 5 row issue.

Can someone who has said 5 row issue please email me a picture of their screen?

Or even better- Save the webpage as a HTML file and email it to me?

Thank you!

Priced at $712,000, or an average of 132 - Is <a href="http://www.xalia.com.au/?page=player&amp;id=182&amp;pcid=7100">Gary Ablett[/url] Worth the price tag?

There is room for it to go either way.

Firstly the pros.

Ablett last year, up until round 13, was averaging a MASSIVE 146 points per round. The next closest player was Adam Cooney, on 121.

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So right off the bat, thats 25 points per week, you would have been better off selecting Ablett for. However, theres more. Because Ablett would wear the captain mantle- that effectively would have brought his upside to an extra 50 points per week.

Which will really add up over a season.

If he starts next season, the way he did this season, his cheapest price would be Round 4, $678,800 while at round 13, he would be sitting on a massive $778,700

But here comes the alternative. The sceptic that says Ill get him when he comes down in price. So lets play with that.

Ablett, in round 5 of last year, put on a unforgettable 254. Changing that to a leasurely 115, and we find the following.

Round 8 - $595,700 - Which includes a 62 in round 6.
Round 13 - $748,000.

Its amazing to think though, that one game, while having a small affect in the long run (30k difference overall), can potential create an ideal trading moment. (80k cheaper than otherwise.)

Now, the two important questions.
Who was the 254 against. And who was the 62.

The 62, coupled with an 81 later in the year. (and an injury in both games) was against Freo.
The 254 strangely enough, was against the Swans. (Followed by a 155 later in the year). Sydney Proof? Another Pro?

So lets look at these games. Geelong play Sydnet twice. Once in round 7 and once in round 20. Both could be good.

However, they also play Fremantle twice. The first game is in round 12 - So that salary killing game is a while off, however the second game is in a potentially season destroying round 22.

Which has danger all over it.

So what do we think? It Ablett a lock...

First it was <a href="http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/">Supercoach[/url], now <a href="http://afl.virtualsports.com.au/">DT [/url]has opened.

$50k prize money in one.
Your choice of 5 cars in the other.

Good times ahead peoples.

Good times.

(Man I love this time of the year)

Lets go BETA already.

So, TS has been rebuilt from the ground up. Im hoping that it is now more stable.

Along with the rebuild however, there is now a lot of new functionality and data availiable.
(Some of it is active now, some of it wont work til the official figures are released and the season starts, and some of it is still in my head).

The first thing you will notice is that there is a lot more data around the place. Sadly, it is restricted to players who are still of AFL lists however.
Firstly, you can now go back into the past to view results from other years (with the above caveat). (ignore the salaries from prior years though, they arent right).

Not only that, clicking on a player will now bring up a wealth of information on said player. From their past DT/SC/Y! scores, to their actual stats come gameday.
Clicking on a game here will bring up a list of all players who played that game. [STILL IN HEAD]
Clicking a team will bring up team based stats, including Total scored for, and Against. [CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT]

All links will be linkable- provided you are logged in, so linking to someones page/calculator will be easy. (currently the calculator isnt on the front end- and it wont be until the season starts.)

On the accounts page, youll notice some new features over the old site. Namely, the Reference numbers, and the Watchlist Management.

Using the SC/DT/Y! reference numbers, TS will- once the season starts- be able to automatically sync itself up with your currently published (see- viewable by all) team. If there is future demand to make that work faster, it should also be posible to hookup as username/password feature to have it log in automatically to your account and suck out the details. But thats only if people want it (Voting buttons at the ready).

The Watchlist management will allow you to create your own watchlists, rather that be restricted to the one I game you last year. They are customisable, per competition, and will allow you to...