TooSerious
For those who take it way too seriously
Well Round 1 didn’t go exactly to plan with Melbourne upsetting GWS and Dangerfield upsetting Hawthorn. From a purely tipping point of view, 7 tips and a good margin on Thursday night wasn’t a devastating result, but we are hoping for a bit of an improvement. Thankfully this week (for SC and tipping purposes) all the teams have been named in one go, and TipBetPro has come up with the following tips for Round 2 of the AFL season.
This week we are tipping:
Collingwood to beat Richmond
Port Adelaide to beat Adelaide
Melbourne to beat Essendon
North to beat Brisbane
Fremantle to beat Gold Coast
Bulldogs to beat St Kilda
Geelong to beat GWS
West Coast to beat Hawthorn
Sydney to beat Carlton
Full game write ups, and bet recommendations up can be found at:
http://www.tipbetpro.com/#!current-round/cee5
And read over for more info on margins, tip confidences and an in-depth look at one of the emerging stories of the year – the young guns of the Western Bulldogs
This week we are tipping:
Collingwood to beat Richmond
Port Adelaide to beat Adelaide
Melbourne to beat Essendon
North to beat Brisbane
Fremantle to beat Gold Coast
Bulldogs to beat St Kilda
Geelong to beat GWS
West Coast to beat Hawthorn
Sydney to beat Carlton
Full game write ups, and bet recommendations up can be found at:
http://www.tipbetpro.com/#!current-round/cee5
And read over for more info on margins, tip confidences and an in-depth look at one of the emerging stories of the year – the young guns of the Western Bulldogs
All the ins and outs for Round 2 are over the break
ORFFL Round 1 Review:
Poowing Potoroos 1241 defeated Bonnie Doon Bandits 878
After the year from hell and a bottom placed finish in 2015 the Potoroos got off to a strong start with a solid win over the Bandits. The big news from down Poowong way was the return of Gaz who pulled out a lazy 139 after a limited pre season. After the great one it was a pretty even performance with only Bob Murphy tonning up.
With more holes than Blackburn Lancashire it was always going to be a struggle for the Bandits. Playing 2 short in the midfield and a donut in the ruck after Nafan’s bizarre decision not to play Grundy spelt doom right from the start. Josh Caddy raised the bat providing some relief but it could be a long season for the Bonnie Doon boys.
Tarwin Lower Pigs 1099 defeated Bundalong Bullfrogs 1021
Standout performances in defence and attack were enough for the Pigs to fall over the line against the Bullfrogs. Docherty, Hogan and Stringer all tonning up with strong support from Rory Lobb (100) in the ruck made up for a sub par midfield performance and a 0 up forward with Josh Green and The General not fronting up. With Rising Star nominee and ORFFL no 2 pick Clayton Oliver in the wings Pendles and co will need to keep on their toes if they want to keep their spots in the starting 4.
For the Bullfrogs it was a case of all fit hands on deck as they fronted without a ruckman and no-one available to even fill the breach. It ultimately proved terminal as they went down by 78 points. Somebody obviously found Trent although it was a quiet night for the Tiger captain. Maybe he thought it was still September. Although the Tigers got up, Bundalongs 4 prong Tiger forward line couldn’t get them over the line. More injuries, this time to Talia do not bode well for 2016 down at the Pond.
Mallacoota Magicians 1174 defeated by Sarah Island Savages 1536
The Savages proved to any doubters that they will be a force again in 2016 going...
Poowing Potoroos 1241 defeated Bonnie Doon Bandits 878
After the year from hell and a bottom placed finish in 2015 the Potoroos got off to a strong start with a solid win over the Bandits. The big news from down Poowong way was the return of Gaz who pulled out a lazy 139 after a limited pre season. After the great one it was a pretty even performance with only Bob Murphy tonning up.
With more holes than Blackburn Lancashire it was always going to be a struggle for the Bandits. Playing 2 short in the midfield and a donut in the ruck after Nafan’s bizarre decision not to play Grundy spelt doom right from the start. Josh Caddy raised the bat providing some relief but it could be a long season for the Bonnie Doon boys.
Tarwin Lower Pigs 1099 defeated Bundalong Bullfrogs 1021
Standout performances in defence and attack were enough for the Pigs to fall over the line against the Bullfrogs. Docherty, Hogan and Stringer all tonning up with strong support from Rory Lobb (100) in the ruck made up for a sub par midfield performance and a 0 up forward with Josh Green and The General not fronting up. With Rising Star nominee and ORFFL no 2 pick Clayton Oliver in the wings Pendles and co will need to keep on their toes if they want to keep their spots in the starting 4.
For the Bullfrogs it was a case of all fit hands on deck as they fronted without a ruckman and no-one available to even fill the breach. It ultimately proved terminal as they went down by 78 points. Somebody obviously found Trent although it was a quiet night for the Tiger captain. Maybe he thought it was still September. Although the Tigers got up, Bundalongs 4 prong Tiger forward line couldn’t get them over the line. More injuries, this time to Talia do not bode well for 2016 down at the Pond.
Mallacoota Magicians 1174 defeated by Sarah Island Savages 1536
The Savages proved to any doubters that they will be a force again in 2016 going...
What a terrible start to the season for the donors, not in the least bit helped by the Easter weekend and my complete lack of availability to actually look at team sheets. Seriously Mr AFL, why organise the first round of the season for the Easter break – its nearly as stupid as having an opening round over two weekends.
I think its best to start from the beginning, it seems like a logical place. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived an ogre…. Wait a minute….
Season 2016 for the donors started with a couple of polls as to who we want in our team, and a few random suggestions from some of the donors themselves. Thanks to all who contributed to the initial make-up of the team. We were torn on a pure GnR strategy, or a mid-pricer per line strategy, but that became clearer when we found out that after the first couple of passes at team selection, we have around 12 positions remaining to select, and only $1M available – an impossible scenario. The lack of obvious rookies didn’t help either way.
After a few days of messing around before I went AWOL, the donor team for round 1 2016 came to look like the below, which wasn’t changed during the round…
Defence:
H Shaw, B Houli, R Laird, J Weitering, M Brown (Ess), M Hartley – M Adams, A McDonald-Tipungwuti
Midfield:
N Fyfe, P Dangerfield, G Ablett, D Wells, C Mills, C Oliver, S Kerridge, C Petracca – C Menadue, J Clayton, A Davis
Rucks:
T Goldstein, M Gawn – D Wyatt
Forwards:
D Martin, L Dahlhaus, M Barlow, A Hall, J Stringer, D Rioli – J Schache, B Kennedy
This team, and the way we selected the lineup, gave us a measly 2,002 points for round 1, with a ranking of 84,809. Is there anyone out there who didn’t beat that??? We’ve given away a lot of ground already, so it’ll be catch-up from here on out!
The team was selected as listed above, with AMT the defence emergency covering Hartley, and Menadue the mid emergency covering Petracca. Clearly there’s a few holes and donuts that may...
I think its best to start from the beginning, it seems like a logical place. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived an ogre…. Wait a minute….
Season 2016 for the donors started with a couple of polls as to who we want in our team, and a few random suggestions from some of the donors themselves. Thanks to all who contributed to the initial make-up of the team. We were torn on a pure GnR strategy, or a mid-pricer per line strategy, but that became clearer when we found out that after the first couple of passes at team selection, we have around 12 positions remaining to select, and only $1M available – an impossible scenario. The lack of obvious rookies didn’t help either way.
After a few days of messing around before I went AWOL, the donor team for round 1 2016 came to look like the below, which wasn’t changed during the round…
Defence:
H Shaw, B Houli, R Laird, J Weitering, M Brown (Ess), M Hartley – M Adams, A McDonald-Tipungwuti
Midfield:
N Fyfe, P Dangerfield, G Ablett, D Wells, C Mills, C Oliver, S Kerridge, C Petracca – C Menadue, J Clayton, A Davis
Rucks:
T Goldstein, M Gawn – D Wyatt
Forwards:
D Martin, L Dahlhaus, M Barlow, A Hall, J Stringer, D Rioli – J Schache, B Kennedy
This team, and the way we selected the lineup, gave us a measly 2,002 points for round 1, with a ranking of 84,809. Is there anyone out there who didn’t beat that??? We’ve given away a lot of ground already, so it’ll be catch-up from here on out!
The team was selected as listed above, with AMT the defence emergency covering Hartley, and Menadue the mid emergency covering Petracca. Clearly there’s a few holes and donuts that may...
(with special guest performance by Graeme)
Gundagai Grasshoppers 1127 def by Foul Bay Chickens 1364
With snoz’s round 1 line up light on for Pies players and sporting an unhealthy smear of Blues, one might expect a foul aroma exuding from the tucker box. However a (relatively) respectable 1127 was enough to keep the heat on the Chooks for most of the game. Sporting an injury list longer than Schindler’s, the Hoppers 2nd and 3rd tier kids were left to lead the show. Solid efforts from Martin, Stringer, Cripps and Neale were well supported by debutants in Mills and Weitering. A standout performance from Danger and his feathered midfield cohort flattered a patchy effort elsewhere. Coach CR will be grateful that Pav’s beheading skills are still a little rusty.
Mount Beauty Uglies 1138 def by Wagga Wagga Wombats 1344
With “match of the round” being spruiked from the highest peaks to the deepest burrows, all eyes were on this heavyweight match-up. Unfortunately, the Uglies were hit with a smattering of late outs with Bennell, KK and Reid all struggling due to missing the pre-season Arizona trip. Most telling was the low number of centuries among the Mt Beauty camp, one is pretty low right? On the flip-side, the visitors racked up 5 tons and a few 90’s for good measure to ice this one early. Nice showings from Gibbs, Shiel, Prestia and Bob Murphy were backed up by new-comers Oliver and Picken off the bench. The woes continue for the Uglies with Sidey off for a two week hair-sampling holiday.
Nunawading Nuffers 1161 def by Gariwerd Cockatoos 1325
With a number of team mates still partying hard from the night before, the Nuffers stumbled onto the field with their interchange nowhere to be seen. Despite the mismatch, the Cockies were unable to take the ascendancy early with Miller and Walker stifled by a no-nonsense Nunawading backline lead by Simpson and Wood. Nic Nat and Hickey battled out an epic ruck war around the ground...
Gundagai Grasshoppers 1127 def by Foul Bay Chickens 1364
With snoz’s round 1 line up light on for Pies players and sporting an unhealthy smear of Blues, one might expect a foul aroma exuding from the tucker box. However a (relatively) respectable 1127 was enough to keep the heat on the Chooks for most of the game. Sporting an injury list longer than Schindler’s, the Hoppers 2nd and 3rd tier kids were left to lead the show. Solid efforts from Martin, Stringer, Cripps and Neale were well supported by debutants in Mills and Weitering. A standout performance from Danger and his feathered midfield cohort flattered a patchy effort elsewhere. Coach CR will be grateful that Pav’s beheading skills are still a little rusty.
Mount Beauty Uglies 1138 def by Wagga Wagga Wombats 1344
With “match of the round” being spruiked from the highest peaks to the deepest burrows, all eyes were on this heavyweight match-up. Unfortunately, the Uglies were hit with a smattering of late outs with Bennell, KK and Reid all struggling due to missing the pre-season Arizona trip. Most telling was the low number of centuries among the Mt Beauty camp, one is pretty low right? On the flip-side, the visitors racked up 5 tons and a few 90’s for good measure to ice this one early. Nice showings from Gibbs, Shiel, Prestia and Bob Murphy were backed up by new-comers Oliver and Picken off the bench. The woes continue for the Uglies with Sidey off for a two week hair-sampling holiday.
Nunawading Nuffers 1161 def by Gariwerd Cockatoos 1325
With a number of team mates still partying hard from the night before, the Nuffers stumbled onto the field with their interchange nowhere to be seen. Despite the mismatch, the Cockies were unable to take the ascendancy early with Miller and Walker stifled by a no-nonsense Nunawading backline lead by Simpson and Wood. Nic Nat and Hickey battled out an epic ruck war around the ground...
So, footy's back- that's a good thing! 
How many of you are cracking 2200 this week? What's par?
How good have the rule changes been!
How good is ANZAC day gunna be?
HOW GOOD IS IT TO NOT HAVE THE SUB?!?
Stats are gunna be interesting this evening, what with a new codebase and stuff, so bare with me as we go.
How many of you are cracking 2200 this week? What's par?
How good have the rule changes been!
How good is ANZAC day gunna be?
HOW GOOD IS IT TO NOT HAVE THE SUB?!?
Stats are gunna be interesting this evening, what with a new codebase and stuff, so bare with me as we go.
Rightio-o. The ORFFL is back in town! And you know what that means? Actual FOOTBALL begins again!
What's more is @walesy has this amazing new, ultra-turbo-powered TSLeagues! If you haven't checked out yet, you must. Not simply because it's how you enter your team week-to-week for the ORFFL, but also because it's absolutely amaze-balls! It has a rising star and a brownlow tally and everything! Although I do find it a bit convenient that Todd Goldstein won the ORFFLow Medal last year and suddenly, by walesy's this new feature appears. Colour me dubious.
We're having some err 'technical difficulties' loading the fixture that @bgt2110 so lovingly supplied (big ups bro), so in the mean time here's the fixture for Round 1 of the 2016 ORFFL Championship Premiership PirateShip Season!
Round 1
Jimcumbilly Jackrabbits vs Coulta Couldabeens
Bundalong Bullfrogs vs Tarwin Lower Pigs
Smiths Beach Seagulls vs Milikapati Snakes
Poowong Pootoroos vs Bonnie Doon Bandits
Sarah Island Savages vs Mallacoota Magicians
Humpty Doo Hammerheads vs Mount Buggery Disappointments
Glenrowan Gunslingers vs Woy Woy Wizards
Queenstown Quolls vs Purnululu Bungle Rangers
Popanyinning Pyrite vs Warburton Wanderers
Whooooo-Weeeeee! Talk about action packed. At this stage of the season - year zero, anything could happen. Coaches please do the league a solid and get us off to a good start by entering teams. Usual Thursday loophole applies: if you want to play someone from the tigs vs blues game, they need to be selected before the game starts. Everyone else before Saturdays first game. We here at ORFFL HQ reserve the right to be absolute hardarses about this.
Get excited, and good hunting on the weekend coaches!
Oh and call us if you need any help. I'll be around for most of the day/evening.
What's more is @walesy has this amazing new, ultra-turbo-powered TSLeagues! If you haven't checked out yet, you must. Not simply because it's how you enter your team week-to-week for the ORFFL, but also because it's absolutely amaze-balls! It has a rising star and a brownlow tally and everything! Although I do find it a bit convenient that Todd Goldstein won the ORFFLow Medal last year and suddenly, by walesy's this new feature appears. Colour me dubious.
We're having some err 'technical difficulties' loading the fixture that @bgt2110 so lovingly supplied (big ups bro), so in the mean time here's the fixture for Round 1 of the 2016 ORFFL Championship Premiership PirateShip Season!
Round 1
Jimcumbilly Jackrabbits vs Coulta Couldabeens
Bundalong Bullfrogs vs Tarwin Lower Pigs
Smiths Beach Seagulls vs Milikapati Snakes
Poowong Pootoroos vs Bonnie Doon Bandits
Sarah Island Savages vs Mallacoota Magicians
Humpty Doo Hammerheads vs Mount Buggery Disappointments
Glenrowan Gunslingers vs Woy Woy Wizards
Queenstown Quolls vs Purnululu Bungle Rangers
Popanyinning Pyrite vs Warburton Wanderers
Whooooo-Weeeeee! Talk about action packed. At this stage of the season - year zero, anything could happen. Coaches please do the league a solid and get us off to a good start by entering teams. Usual Thursday loophole applies: if you want to play someone from the tigs vs blues game, they need to be selected before the game starts. Everyone else before Saturdays first game. We here at ORFFL HQ reserve the right to be absolute hardarses about this.
Get excited, and good hunting on the weekend coaches!
Oh and call us if you need any help. I'll be around for most of the day/evening.
As promised, TipBetPro has crunched the numbers, inputted the teams and come up with the following tips for Round 1 of the AFL season.
This week we are tipping:
Richmond to beat Carlton (we had them winning by 1, they won by 9 - we are fairly happy about that)
GWS to beat Melbourne
Gold Coast to beat Essendon
North to beat Adelaide
Sydney to beat Collingwood
Bulldogs to beat Fremantle
Port to beat Saint Kilda
West Coast to beat Brisbane
Hawthorn to beat Geelong
Full game write ups, and bet recommendations up can be found at:
http://www.tipbetpro.com/#!current-round/cee5
And read over for more info on margins, tip confidences and an in-depth look at the one of the closer games of the week – Sydney to only just beat Collingwood (we aren’t quite tipping the Pies, but its close).
This week we are tipping:
Richmond to beat Carlton (we had them winning by 1, they won by 9 - we are fairly happy about that)
GWS to beat Melbourne
Gold Coast to beat Essendon
North to beat Adelaide
Sydney to beat Collingwood
Bulldogs to beat Fremantle
Port to beat Saint Kilda
West Coast to beat Brisbane
Hawthorn to beat Geelong
Full game write ups, and bet recommendations up can be found at:
http://www.tipbetpro.com/#!current-round/cee5
And read over for more info on margins, tip confidences and an in-depth look at the one of the closer games of the week – Sydney to only just beat Collingwood (we aren’t quite tipping the Pies, but its close).
Man, it felt good typing out that title.
Footy's back!!! YEAAAAAAHHHH!
Teams over the break
Footy's back!!! YEAAAAAAHHHH!
Teams over the break
Welcome Everybody to the 2016 Trading Games league!
*** TEAM UPDATED - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHANGE TO THE ONE SHOWN BELOW BEFORE SATURDAY ***
What's it all about? Basically every year some of the leaders in the community gather together and choose the players picked in a team we all start with. The players in every team in the group start the same before the round 1 lockout. Then, as the year progresses, and trades are made, the challenge becomes finishing on top of the group with the most points overall. That's it; just use your trades and your emergency/captain picks wisely, and turn the team we all start with into a winning team by scoring the most points.
Rules:1. EVERYBODY must start with the exact same 30 players. No exceptions.
2. You don't use your main team, we would prefer if you 'invited' your daughter, wife, grandfather etc to create a team that you help to manage throughout the year. Don't join this league if you don't want to follow rule 1.
3. Like always, let's have fun and keep positive. Banter is expected and welcomed! Anyway, the whole thing is up in the air for discussion as always. What are your thoughts to make it interesting again this year?
Throwing this post up to gauge interest in this year's effort. It's getting pretty close to the deadline, so I'll get a team up shortly. Will be very cookie cutter I reckon (Unless there's any objections to that in the comment below)
Will also have to throw a shoutout to the Two-Time champion, @Buzzboys - you gunna throw down for the triple crown this year?
How to Join?
Step 1: Sign up to the Trading Games group
http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/afl/classic/group?cic=615554
Step 2: Makes sure you have the correct team entered! Prior to the Melbourne-GWS game the team should look like this:
Step 3: Choose your captain/vice captain and any emergencies. You could...
*** TEAM UPDATED - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHANGE TO THE ONE SHOWN BELOW BEFORE SATURDAY ***
What's it all about? Basically every year some of the leaders in the community gather together and choose the players picked in a team we all start with. The players in every team in the group start the same before the round 1 lockout. Then, as the year progresses, and trades are made, the challenge becomes finishing on top of the group with the most points overall. That's it; just use your trades and your emergency/captain picks wisely, and turn the team we all start with into a winning team by scoring the most points.
Rules:1. EVERYBODY must start with the exact same 30 players. No exceptions.
2. You don't use your main team, we would prefer if you 'invited' your daughter, wife, grandfather etc to create a team that you help to manage throughout the year. Don't join this league if you don't want to follow rule 1.
3. Like always, let's have fun and keep positive. Banter is expected and welcomed! Anyway, the whole thing is up in the air for discussion as always. What are your thoughts to make it interesting again this year?
Throwing this post up to gauge interest in this year's effort. It's getting pretty close to the deadline, so I'll get a team up shortly. Will be very cookie cutter I reckon (Unless there's any objections to that in the comment below)
Will also have to throw a shoutout to the Two-Time champion, @Buzzboys - you gunna throw down for the triple crown this year?
How to Join?
Step 1: Sign up to the Trading Games group
http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/afl/classic/group?cic=615554
Step 2: Makes sure you have the correct team entered! Prior to the Melbourne-GWS game the team should look like this:
Step 3: Choose your captain/vice captain and any emergencies. You could...
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