TooSerious

<p class="MsoNormal">[span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Oh, it’s
finally over after 4 days. About time too. Cause this week your score will be
based on how your backs went, and yeah, mine struggled. But check it out for
yaself if you look at ya score and you’ve had a shocker (below 2100) your backs
would have struggled and if you had a ripping weekend (above 2300) check you
backs and I bet your backmen have been awesome. If ya had an about average,
check your backs and you would see a couple of good ones, and some bad ones.
But, yeah, I will go into more detail about that during the week. But, for now
lets do a quick review of Stars and Flops. And, it will be only quick cause
FanFooty decided to arse-up on me.
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<p class="MsoNormal">[span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">[span style="font-size: 1.4em;">STARS
[span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">5. Chris
Newman – 137
[span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">I got in
trouble for not including him last week so I will give him the gig this week.
He is in some fine touch averaging 127 in the last 5 weeks. He must be taking
midget’s ball who has only averaged 86 in the same period. Happy now, Lucas?<o></o>

<p class="MsoNormal">[span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">4. Scott
Thompson – 147
Speaking
of fine form, what about this boy he has an average of 139 points the last 3
weeks. And, not only is he getting touches but got 6 snags in a Burton-less forward line this week. <o></o>

<p class="MsoNormal">[span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">3. Chris
Judd – 150
Oh, this
bloke is a SuperCoach legend with 16 of his 32 disposals being contested (a
game high), and a efficiency of 88%. Special mention to Nick Stevens (109) and
Kade Simpson (121) making the most of SuperCoach rewarding good players in
close games....

BUDDY is a bloody superstar. But ferrets that follow running back are wankers. The reason these players (Gilbee, Birch, McLeod, Shaw, Stiff, Milburn etc) dont play in the midfield is cause they cant handle being tagged. So, stop it. We need those cheap touches.

Stay tuned this week, I will whip up some awesome stats on ferrets and running backmen. Get excited.

Oh, we still have one more day to go. But, Im sure this weekend will be remember for the Buddy and Gablett shows. Oh, and Nick Stevens 107 in the final term. Cox, Riewoldt and Birchall have been some big let downs so far. While BJs efficentcy lets him down yet again and Gilbees helps him out yet again. More information on all the ups and downs tomorrow.&nbsp; Hows your team going?

Just before you make any trades and captain selections read this...

1. A downgrade is a must this week. If downgrading a back go for Wilkes, if downgrading a midfielder (which I dont think anyone would) go for JPK, and if a forward go for Jarryd Morton.
2. Also, an upgrade is also on the cards this week. Gilbee looks good down back. Roo, BJ and Chapman are all cheap down forward and in the midfielder it could be any one of 20 players.
3. Brown looks like the pick for captain this week. But, Im worried about his knee. Cox and Cross are always safe bets.
4. What to do with Waters and Burton?&nbsp; If you got 10+ trades then trade. Less than 10, dont. Simple as that.

Goodluck.

Two big ins for Geelong, Chapman and Mooney are surely to please Supercoach fans this week. For those that have N.Thompson and Hawkins this may the week to trade them out, both are out this week, SDT returns. Johnson is out also for the Tigers due to injury. The suspensions of Burton, R.Murphy and Waters hurt supercoachers throughout the country. One gun out (Sewell) and one gun in (Hodge) for the hawks, Morton and Kennedy keep their spots. 7 changes for the WCE this including Hunter and Masten in, McKinley dropped. Cassisi, Bell and Waite back for their respective teams. Plenty of oportunities to downgrade injured, dropped or 'Peaked' player this week to a number of 'cheap' players that are named for there sides this week.

Tip of the week - must downgrade Tippett if you still have him on your bench (BE 113) and will only go down from now on, to J.Morton[span class="Normal">

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North Melbourne

B: Daniel Pratt, Josh Gibson, Scott Thompson
HB: Gavin Urquhart, Michael Firrito, Ben Davies
C: Matt Riggio, Adam Simpson, Brady Rawlings
HF: Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Scott McMahon
F: Matt Campbell, David Hale, Lindsay Thomas
Foll: Hamish McIntosh, Daniel Harris, Ed Lower
I/C: Sam Power, Shannon Grant, Leigh Brown, Leigh Harding
EMG: Ben Ross, Shannon Watt, Josh Smith

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">In: Davies, Thompson, Brown
Out: Nathan Thompson (knee), Corey Jones (ankle), Shannon Watt
New: Ben Davies (Williamstown/Collingwood)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Geelong

B: Tom Harley, Matthew Scarlett, Andrew Mackie
HB: Darren Milburn, Max Rooke, Corey Enright
C: Joel...

(As exerted from the AFL site)

WA vs NSW
They were among Western Australias best, along with lively small forward Michael Walters, John Bennell and Clint Gartlett. They kicked nine goals between them and complimented the work of midfielder Kane Lucas. His ball-winning ability and usage was exceptional.

And we all know how small forwards go

The athletic potential and promise of Nick Naitanui was again a feature. He laid a game-high seven tackles and had 20 hit-outs, as he continues to learn the rucking craft.

For NSW/ACT, Ranga Ediriwickrama was prolific. He gained 25 disposals and was one of his sides best. His clean hands and quickness around the ground was a feature.

Rams midfielder Jeremy Kirkwood also displayed a disciplined game, curtailing the exciting Daniel Rich.

GOALS
Western Australia: Daly 5, Bennell 4, Walters 3, Garlett 2, Marsh
NSW/ACT: Kirkwood, McNeil, Ruffles, Sleeth

BEST
Western Australia: Walters, DeBoer, Lucas, Hill, Daly, Bennell, Pearce, Mather, Warner
NSW/ACT: Clisby, Ediriwickrama, Klemke, Fenaroli, Bryce, Gumley, McNeil, Frail, Kirkwood

SA vs TAS

South Australia had winners in North Adelaide trio - Rhys OKeeffe, Dale Armstrong and Lewis Johnston (four goals).

For Tassie, Mitch Robison and Jesse Crichton were prominent with their pace through the midfield.

(And just to keep it in one place)

County VIC vs Metro VIC

Metros Jack Watts contested mark, 45 metres out from goal, with 15 seconds remaining resulted in an accurate major under pressure, topping off an impressive game from the 194cm tall forward. He finished with four goals.

Vic Countrys left-footed midfielders Nick Suban and Nic Heyne were both outstanding contributors for their side. Heyne took a spectacular one-handed mark in the goalsquare, which was a magic moment.

now, to keep a watch on future games...
The fixture is:
NSW/ACT v Vic Country, Saturday June 7, 12.30pm, Henson Park
South Australia v Western Australia, Sunday June 8, 12.35pm, AAMI...

Hey all Im Jacob but please just call me sizza. Ive been given the chance to be a trial blogger, and must i say what a great opportunity this is. I really enjoy fantasy football and love this site. This year Im just in the Supercoach competition but Im still interested in the Dream Team. Feel free to drop me a comment about whatever and whenever you want. I look forward to supplying this site with hopefully very informative and enjoyable read.
Cheers&nbsp; &nbsp;
Sizza

Gday guys,

If ya reading this leave some love, we love it. Come on, guys. If I dont get atleast get 10 comments in this blog alone (praise us, bag us, talk shit - we love it all the same) I will never do another Dogs Best Buys, come on, surely that helps you with ya weekly trades? Surely. I know ya all reading this cause I can see we are getting hits, but wheres the love? Like the great Walesy once said we get paid in comments. Lift ya game.

Oh, and I might as well welcome three new bloggers to the team - Frank, Ethan and Jake. Welcome boys. Hopefully you get more love than me. Haha.

Thanks,
BrayDog.

<p class="MsoNormal">The name is VQ and with Bray-dogs endorsement, I hope to be providing you all with a weekly blog about my Supercoach team. But wait... hold on... its not all about me venting my frustrations publically! Im hoping itll be an opportunity for people get some insight into the players in my team and the decision-making processes I agonize over weekly. Ranking, Scores, Form and all. Its discussed here.

To Infinity and Beyond!

-VQ

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<p class="MsoNormal">[span style="color: #6600ff;">&nbsp;[span style="color: #ff6600;">The VQ TEAM BLOG! - ROUND 11

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Team: Viking Quest
Round 10 Score: 2234
Overall SuperCoach Ranking: 923
Cash stashed $241,500
Trades left: 11


BACKS
Rd 10 Scores:&nbsp; H. Shaw (31), Mattner (129), Roughead (88), Gilbee
(135), C. Cornes (57), Goddard (147), Ibbotson (71), Myers (66), Proud
(0)

This week saw the advent of a number of VQ (Viking Quest) players
finally repay the faith shown in them by their coach. This was the week
where undoubted quality such as Gilbee and Goddard
finally showed some form. Whats more important is that both players
games were recognised by Champion Data with rankings of 135 and 147
respectively.

My advice is if you need a quality defender who is under the odds, then you cant go past either of these two. In particular Goddard, who amassed 28 possessions at a whopping efficiency of 98%. Goddard is elite for efficiency, and has been for a number of years now (90% in 2007 for the 7 games before injury). Gilbee was great on the weekend but has been the subject of recent tags (and may get Birss on him this week) and like Heater Shaw (31) and Johnscock (48) has...

Well its time to sell those rookies with most starting to peak. Given most people have a combination of Wonaeamirri, Hill, Jack, Morton, Bird, Tippett, Rioli and Gamble there is plenty of dollars to be made.

But who should you upgrade to? Buying the most expensive player you can afford isn’t necessarily the best option and just like selling at the right price, you should make sure you try and buy at the right price.

So, focusing on price, here are my “Gun”, “Mr. Consistency” and “roughie” selections across the backline, midfield and forward line.

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Backline

Gun:
Andrew Mackie: $382,200. Expensive but a gun, and no
one has him (only 4,557 owners!!). 60pts round 1 and got injured then
73 &amp; 76 coming back from injury in rounds 5 and 6. Since then =
137, 97, 86 and 102. That’s an average of 105.5 over the past month!

Mr. Consistency:
Nathan Bock: $341,700. Consistency and
backline don’t really go together and Bock isn’t super consistent but
with an average of 86.80 and low of 60 he’s not a bad pick at a good
price. Birchall is another option but doesn’t seem to have the ability
to 100+ like Bocky.

Roughie:
Andrew McLeod: $251,400. With a name like McLeod
it’s a rare “roughie” but with a price like $250k it’s hard to ignore.
Maybe wait a week or two and make sure there isn’t some underlying
injury causing his recent bad scores (first 7 weeks he averaged 82.14,
last 3 weeks he has averaged 38.66), but at this rate you could
“downgrade” Wonaeamirri to McLeod!?!?

Midfielders

Gun:
Jimmy “don’t call me James” Bartel: $417,100. Is a DT
star and about as cheap as he will get. Averaging 106.3 and down
$79,700 in price! Get on him. Tackles, kicks goals, takes marks, and
has a bloke named Ablett grabbing the attention next to him.

Mr. Consistency:
Simon Black: $396,800. Black’s middle
name is consistency. Average of 99.22 with a low of 83 and a high of...