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For those who take it way too seriously

Week 1 of finals and we had some entertaining ones, to be fair some people were more entertained than others.

Foul Bay Chickens vs Birdsville Battlers

1296 vs 1347

Well, that set the cat amongst the chickens for sure, Foul Bay were raging favourites with most agencies, though suspiciously not by the FA’s inhouse Chief Bet (one word or two?) operated by Foul Bay management.

Foul Bay defence was well, foul, Shaw batted almost 20 below average, Bartel couldn’t find his average and used Dawson’s, whilst Biggs and Frawley turned into Irish famine solutions. In the mids Dangerfield became Cautionfield at best and Cunnington apparently wants a slot at the Misfits. Mumford starred along with dollhouse and Betts while Vince, Selwood, & Kelly battled manfully.

For the Battlers, subpar performances from Ebert and Lloyd were their only concerns though I’m sure JC would like to not have to play Taylor and McEvoy onfield in their current form. Treloar starred, Atkins and Dea batted well above average whilst the rest of the team performed at or above expectation.

Larrikin Lagoon Lefties vs Darraweit Guim Dirigibles

1232 vs 1210

Close contest this, not unexpected given the variance in averages between the two for the season proper was only 58 points and the backup coach for the Lefties is bloody glad he wasn’t in charge this week.

KI dude would be very happy with the performances of Mitchell and Bugg in particular, whilst Fisher will be asked to do extra laps at training in his wheelchair and Tom Lynch won’t be able to look to many in the eye. The remainder of the team put on a very even performance.

Chris on the other hand had highs and lows and very few averages, Rance, May, Tyson, Hrovat & Gleeson all played well above their normal standard whilst Young, Edwards and Newnes have all been asked to “Please Explain”, Ceglar doesn’t need to, he’s special.

Mount Beauty Uglies vs Gariwerd Cockatoos

1189 vs 1172

Close contest this (theme), odd...
draw for week 4 - 2016 TS Masters Series Grand Final (Round 22)

Match 15 - SF Bulls (@tyze1 – ranked 836) vs TrigaGotzNoHeartFC (@Mick – ranked 2027)

2 of the ORFFU crew face off in the Masters Series Grand Final, if I recall correctly this is Tyze1’s 2nd time in the decider after a runners up effort in 2013. Good luck fellas !!

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In 2013 we started the TS Masters Series as a midseason knockout competition

In 2014 we also held the TS Challenge, TS Shield and TS Plate and changed the Masters Series to the best 32 teams on the site towards the end of the year.

In 2015 @TopHeavy took out the 2015 TS Shield while @BlueSteele took out the 2015 TS Masters Series (run on a 24 team 5 week knockout format).
http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/winners-of-the-2015-ts-masters-series-and-ts-shield-grand-finals-are.7714/

In 2016 the Masters Series is back !! Unfortunately due to time constraints we won't hold the TS Shield this year.

If we get 24 teams nominated of a sufficient standard (approximately top 5k or better, a higher cutoff should be achievable) we will run the comp as a knockout comp during rounds 19-23, if not we will look to hold a 16 team comp (Rds 19-22 or 20-23)
Please note Trading Games teams are eligible – they have 10 sides in the top 5k


What you have to do by the 12 noon Thursday 28th July cutoff

1 – join the TS Group (if you didn’t do this at the start of the year)

HOW TO JOIN: If you're ALREADY REGISTERED
Simply click...
Looks like those guys in lockout land are busy watching the Olympics. I know I have been! :D

That said, it was nice to see the two cellar dwellers pick up a win for the week!

On the fantasy front, was glad to have the weekend off as 7 of the 8 finalists in my league would have knocked me off this week! Think it's time to burn my final trades to get Petracca off the field! :D
ROUND 21 TEAMS (ALL TIMES AEST)

WESTERN BULLDOGS V COLLINGWOOD
Friday 12 August, 7.50pm, Etihad Stadium

BULLDOGS
B: S.Biggs, F.Roberts, E.Wood
HB: J.Johannisen, J.Hamling, M.Boyd
C: L.Hunter, M.Bontempelli, L.Picken
HF: L.Jong, J.Stringer, C.Smith
F: T.Dickson, T.Boyd, C.Daniel
R: J.Roughead, L.Dahlhaus, J.Dunkley
I/C: M.Suckling, Z.Cordy, N.Hrovat, L.Webb
EMG: T.McLean, W.Minson, J.Adcock

IN: M.Suckling
OUT: D.Morris (Hamstring)

MAGPIES
B: J.Marsh, N.Brown, J.Howe
HB: J.Smith, T.Goldsack, B.Maynard
C: S.Sidebottom, A.Treloar, J.Aish
HF: R.Wills, D.Moore, T.Varcoe
F: A.Oxley, J.White, J.Blair
R: B.Grundy, S.Pendlebury, T.Adams
I/C: J.De Goey, L.Greenwood, T.Phillips, J.Crisp
EMG: B.Macaffer, T.Cloke, A.Toovey

IN: T.Goldsack, A.Oxley, D.Moore, J.De Goey, T.Phillips
OUT: B.Reid (Knee), T.Cloke (Omitted), M.Williams (Omitted), B.Crocker (Concussion), M.Cox (Shoulder)

BRISBANE LIONS V CARLTON
Saturday 13 August, 1.45pm, Gabba

LIONS
B: T.Cutler, D.Merrett, D.Gardiner
HB: M.Close, H.Andrews, S.Mayes
C: T.Rockliff, B.Keays, L.Taylor
HF: P.Hanley, A.Smith, E.Hipwood
F: R.Lester, J.Walker, D.Zorko
R: S.Martin, D.Rich, M.Robinson
I/C: R.Bastinac, J.Jansen, R.Mathieson, M.Hammelmann
EMG: J.Clayton, L.Dawson, J.Paine

IN: S.Martin, M.Close, J.Jansen, T.Cutler
OUT: J.Green (Foot), L.Dawson (Omitted), N.Robertson (Knee), J.Schache (General Soreness)

BLUES
B: Z.Tuohy, S.White, K.Simpson
HB: S.Docherty, J.Weitering, L.Plowman
C: D.Armfield, P.Cripps, B.Boekhorst
HF: J.Silvagni, L.Jones, E.Curnow
F: D.Cuningham, L.Casboult, D.Buckley
R: M.Kreuzer, B.Gibbs, S.Kerridge
I/C: A.Phillips, M.Wright, D.Thomas, S.Rowe
EMG: N.Graham, A.Everitt, K.Jaksch

In: L.Jones, D.Cuningham
Out: A.Walker (Retired), N.Graham (Omitted)

HAWTHORN V NORTH MELBOURNE
Saturday 13 August, 1.45pm, MCG

HAWKS

B: T.Duryea, J.Frawley, S.Burgoyne
HB: S.Mitchell, J.Gibson, G.Birchall
C: I.Smith, L.Shiels, B.Hill
HF: L.Breust,...
4 sides remain in the hunt as the first season enters the all important last 2 weeks
@stowie, @YAD69, @That KI Guy, @choppers

fun fact 1 - only 4 sides sat at #1 on the ORFFF ladder this season, and all 4 made the prelims! Useless Loop (Rd1), Chinchilla (Rounds 2-5), Neptune Island (Rounds 9-10), and Drouin (Rounds 6-8 and 11-15)

fun fact 2 - the lowest each side ever sat on the ladder was - Useless Loop 13th (Rd7, they were actually outside the 8 for Rounds 5-8), Drouin 5th (Rd1), Chinchilla 4th (Rds 12-15), Neptune Island 3rd (Rds5-6).

but I digress..................... Finals Results so far
QF1 - Drouin Dropbears 1234 defeated Chinchilla Chumps 1205
QF2 - Neptune Island Noahs 1263 defeated Black Swamp 29ers 1081
EF1 - Cockburn Avengers 1406 defeated Mole Creek Glow-Worms 1127
EF2 - Jan Juc Ducks 1185 defeated by Useless Loop Virgins 1391

SF1- Chinchilla Chumps 1168 defeated Cockburn Avengers 1162
SF2 - Black Swamp 29ers 1255 defeated by Useless Loop Virgins 1452

Another big round of finals last week has seen the Avengers and 29ers bow out for 2016 in contrasting fashion after a low scoring nailbiter at Chinchilla and a shootout at the Paddock, with both losing coaches having yet more reasons to detest the purple muppet (aka Ross the Boss).

Meanwhile, Drouin and Neptune Island have been able to rest up as they now take on the surviving teams from Week 2


Week 3 ORFFF Finals Fixture (AFL Round 21) - as always first named is the home side

Preliminary Final 1 – Drouin Dropbears (1st, 14-1) vs Useless Loop Virgins(7th, 8-7)
Last time they played (2016, ORFFF Round 14) – Drouin Dropbears 1233 defeated Useless Loop Virgins 1173 (60 points)
http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/orfff-2016-round-14.89582/... more over the break...
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Courtesy of @graeme :)

Round 17 (AFL round 20), the final H&A round for 2016

The Lefties Round; The Latin adjective sinister/sinistra/sinistrum originally meant "left" but took on meanings of "evil" or "unlucky" … and in English "sinister". In French, droit(e) means both "right" and "straight" (humph). While gauche means "left" and is a synonym of maladroit, literally "not right", perhaps "clumsy". In Sanskrit, the word "वाम" (waama) stands for both "left" and "wicked." So a fun round looked likely if viewed from the right or should that be the left? Oh, our review looks at things a little differently – why are you surprised?

Despite excellent prescience from the FIXtures Committee in scheduling fixtures that should have been critical to the composition of the top eight most of the final positions on the ladder were determined before the round began. The numbers in parenthesis were the ladder standings going into the final round.

Larrikin Lagoon [2] 1291 defeated Foul Bay [1] 1218

The bookies’ pets were far enough ahead of the Lefties to probably maintain their first pick in the finals advantage. The penultimate fixture of the round presented us with the prospect of Danger and Ducky performing what many pundits assumed would be the coup de grace;except Chris Scott decided to indulge in the sort of shenanigans Sam Newman might have thought were OTT. While Danger (who must be in his own SC team) decided to win his first round finals match the only way he knew possible the head Leftie (Lucifer?) drew a line in the sand and denied the chooks a win away from home. Sam Day’s 32 was trumped by BJ’s 36, and with many similar small gains the LLL eked out a victory which may be the entrée for the round 23 final. But who would you have as favourite now?

Iron Knob [3] 964 were defeated by Mount Beauty [4] 1468

Equal on 44 points before the round there was a lot to play for, viz the third choice of...
Olympics and SC finals. It's all happening.

I'm happy cause Australia is on top of the ladder, and I now get the week off in my cash league. Squeaked over the line in the last game with Priddis' heroics! :D

Also cooked a killed Snapper and prawn bisque. #winning

How have you guys gone?
Well given trades are running out (for everyone I assume), I thought I'd do one more Best Buys as at this point in the season its not about making money or the future - its about who you can afford and who will do well in the last few rounds.

So read on for the last Best Buy of the season.
With many thanks to @Lenny120

ORFFA ROUND 16 REVIEW


*Big thanks to Walsey for all his work with the ORFFA*

Nunawading (1152) def by Gundagai (1297)

Although an irrelevant game in terms of shaping the top eight, there’s nothing like taking winning confidence into next season. The Grasshoppers have now won two on the trot and look like they are finally starting to piece the puzzle together. Led by a dominant midfield of Adams (123), Cripps (118) and Neale (112), Gundagai comfortably beat the Nuffers, who didn’t get enough from their lower tier players despite a great effort from JPK (137). A win against the Lilacs this week could see Gundagai finish as high as 11th, whilst the Nuffers close out the season against Cradle Mountain.

Mount Beauty (1229) def Waikikamoocow (869)

Mount Beauty has been very impressive all year and this week was no different, easily defeating the injury ravaged Incorrigibles. Led by Sidebottom (108) and Gawn (108), the Uglies are sitting very nicely in third position going into the last round and now have a crucial game against Iron Knob to determine third and fourth positions. For the Incorrigibles, Hannebery (144) starred. However, barring a miracle, they are now out of the finals running and will have their eye firmly on 2017.

Foul Bay (1340) def Whitsunday (1301)

Not many fans turned up to watch this one, with the Foul Bay faithful just counting down the days until finals and expecting a routine victory here. It was the opposite, as the Warriors almost caused a shock upset, going down by just 39 points. Nonetheless, the Chooks are looking as ominous as ever with top spot secured and just one loss for the season. Usual suspects Dangerfield (144), Shaw (129) and Bartel (100) showed their class, whilst Betts (138) scored his first ton since round 10. The Warriors were led by Wines (116) and Birchall (115) but ultimately were overpowered.

Wagga Wagga (1128) def by Darraweit...
Seeing some big scores around the place this week, heck, cracked the 2500 mark myself- always nice! :D

Funny thing is, there wasn't too many massive scores in that- just no real failures. Ksssss.

How are you guys sitting leading into the finals? My cash league, I'm sitting 2nd, with 3 trades in hand- so hopefully we can come home with the silverware this year!