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Looks like trade week is upon us. Here's the key dates.
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<strong style='color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 14px;]Friday October 9[/b][span style='color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]- NAB AFL restricted free agency offer and unrestricted free agency period begins
<p style='color: #2e2e2e; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; background-color: #ffffff;]Monday October 12, 10am*- NAB AFL Trade Period begins
<p style='color: #2e2e2e; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; background-color: #ffffff;]Sunday October 18, 5pm- Close of NAB AFL restricted free agency offer and unrestricted free agency period
<p style='color: #2e2e2e; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; background-color: #ffffff;]Wednesday October 21- NAB AFL restricted free agency matching offer three-day period ends
<p style='color: #2e2e2e; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; background-color: #ffffff;]Thursday October 22, 2pm- NAB AFL Trade Period closes
Feels like a big trade period up coming, would love to get your thoughts on the trades as they come through.

<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Time constrained this week, so a very short review for you all to muse over.
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]King of Karlos Defeated by Billy Bass (114 v 121)
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]King of Karlos - Despite strong performances by Brees, Manning, Bell, KoK were not quite good enough to knock over Billy Bass. Williams did a nice job as Shady's replacement in Buffalo, and Tucker proved to be clutch in the Ravens win over Pittsburgh. Little input from the KoK wide receivers and tight end at the heart of this loss - Landry struggling gin a struggling team, Cooks still not living up to potential, and Olsen not Cams favourite target this week.
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Billy Bass - A brilliant team effort from Billy Bass. Rodgers, Palmer, Forsett, Woodhead, Hopkins, Catanzaro and the Packers D/ST all scored a minimum of 13 points! Green was a TD away from another big day in Cincy, whilst Hilton was well targeted by Hasselback in Indy's lucky win over the Jags. Only the Fins Cameron failed to muster much of a contribution, but when the rest of your team is scoring so well, who needs him eh??
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Waito's Warriors Defeat Jimbo's Juggernaut (72 v 67)
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Waito's Warriors - The Warriors notched an important win over their NFC rivals on the back of Jimbo not playing a D/ST essentially, but a win's a win, and the win brings the Warriors level with the Juggernaut after the first month. Winston was shaky but still topped double figures, whilst Bennett was massively targeted by Cutler in the Bears win over the Raiders. Hauschka was superb in...

There is now less than 30 days until the season starts. Teams have now assembled for training camp and the preseason games will commence towards the end of this week.





During the next week you should receive an email asking you to join your respective league. Please accept this invitation as soon as possible.

The draft for all leagues will be held on Sunday 25th of October at 10pm (AEDST).





This will give everyone an opportunity to assess the preseason games and take into account which players are injured at the time of the draft.

If you can't make the live draft, you can set up a pre draft list whereby the system will select the next available player on your list when it is your turn.

You can also participate in the mock drafts in the ESPN fantasy basketball site to get a feel as to how the draft works.

In regards to the draft, the following will apply:

There will be 60 seconds between each pick

Leading up to the draft, teams will be able to trade picks. I will set up the draft pick order in the ESPN site this weekend.

For those of you have not played ESPN fantasy basketball, feel free to ask any questions in the comments below and someone will be able to answer your question.

Nat Fyfe should have done enough to hold on to this year's Brownlow medal, after bolting out of the gates before -a form slump and some missed games towards the end of the season. Whilst not a foregone conclusion - the $2 most bookies have on him is about where it sits on my review of the numbers. In simple terms, he is a 50/50 proposition, with any of Hannebery, Priddis, Dangerfield, J.P. Kennedy and S. Mitchell all a chance to upset on the night....

It's only round 2 and already it is a case of who is left standing as injuries and poor fantasy form reek havoc through the league. Check out the review written by Johnson, is your team living up to expectations ?

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<p style='text-align: justify;]A short review of the week 2 match-ups.
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<p style='text-align: justify;]Canuck Warriors defeated by King of Karlos (50 v 94)
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<p style='text-align: justify;]Canuck Warriors - A wholly disappointing round for the Warriors, with only Teddy Bridgewater coming to the party. Teddy threw for 153 yards, 1 TD and even ran one in himself in the Vikings divisional win over the Lions. But outside of Teddy, it was pretty much a disaster. Allen went from chocolates to boiled lollies (16 yards and a fumble), the Ravens D/ST was obliterated by Oakland, and whilst Bradford (224 yards, 1 TD, 1 fumble) contributed a little, he, and the rest of the Eagles, were just awful for much of their clash against the Cowboys. Ingram (53 yards, 1 TD) struggled against a much-improved Bucs D, but at least got a TD, whilst Stewart (62 yards) and Maclin (57 yards) were so-so in their teams losses. Cook (47 yards) and Jennings (12 yards) did little to inspire much confidence in them being consistent contributors this season. I said last week that they lack depth at RB and consistency at QB, and so it proved to be again this week and something Canuck are either going to have trade to improve or start looking ahead to 2016. Mallet posted some good numbers on the bench, but I am not sure he is the answer at QB for Canuck, and with Freeman the only RB on the bench, who seems second in line to Coleman at the Falcons, things aren't looking promising down Canuck way
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<p style='text-align: justify;]King of Karlos - Another solid performance by KoK, but this time...

There's no better place to discuss finals footy than with like minded people.

Let us know your tips for the games, and who you think will take out the big one on that [span style='text-decoration: line-through;]last Saturday in September first Saturday in October.

All the banter, all the discussion, all the trials, tribulations, pain, suffering, and sheer ecstasy of finals footy. We'd love to hear it all.

We currently have 3-6 spots available with 5-6 emergencies waiting in the wings.

6'10', hawker, and doobs all played last season and are yet to re-commit.

Lets give them all until the end of the Hawthorn Fremantle prelim this weekend. If we don't hear from them by then, then we'll give the emergencies a go.

3 players from last season said they will not go around again this year, so Ive now given their spots to the 3 emergencies in the front of the queue.

Here's how our leagues are looking:

Each division is ranked based on last season's final standings, and then teams promoted and relegates up and down accordingly.
If there are any teams who drop out this year, all teams will move up in the order they are listed here:

Teams inboldhave NOT recommitted yet.


<p class='p1' style='color: #000000;][span class='s1]PREMIER:Stowie;Ruddy;HEAVER;Karlos;Rev;Mick;jet;Dabombers;Steve;LiQuiD_SiXx;bgt2110;anthak.
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<p class='p1' style='color: #000000;][span class='s1]DIVISION 1:Walesy;Owen;Fez;Pearcey47;crossy;Philosoraptor;costak;Jasmine;rodgo;headmandude;yumcha;ddsaints.
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<p class='p1' style='color: #000000;][span class='s1]DIVISION 2:nicksnow; 6'10;maggots;Don_Cottagers;trav00;doolz;underachievers;HEATalicious;OutKast_au;Rad_E_Cool;tasho;Spurs_jay.
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<p class='p1' style='color: #000000;][span class='s1]DIVISION 3: lethal;smokinjoemisiti; hawker;Lano24; doobs;Jmulldihno;Peaches;Jaammiiee;BradM;Emes; chris88; grav.
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Once the Hawks game is finished this weekend, I'll try to start sorting out the leagues.

Emes, macca118 and Danners, can you all please PM me your email address for me to send invites to. cheers.



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We have also had a...

Thanks to Johnson who has written a review of all the week 1 results, how did your team fare this week ? Be sure to leave an opinion.










Week 1 TS NFL Australia

A short review of the week 1 match-ups.

Yo Yo Marshawn defeated King of Karlos (111 v 96)

<p style='text-align: justify;]Yo Yo Marshawn - Despite the insipid performance by the teams legendary QB (Manning - 175 yards, 1 INT, 0 TDs!), strong performances at RB and TE led Yo Yo Marshawn to a solid first-up win. Forte (141 yards, 1 TD) found plenty of room in the Bears loss to the Packers, and Lynch (100+ all-purpose yards), whilst TD-less, was his usual Beastness against a loaded Rams D. Eifert was the surprising star though, 100+ yards and 2 TDs was huge day for the Bengals TE. The Fin's D was strong against Washington, whilst Jeffery (78 yards) and Matthews (102 yards) were solid, if not so spectacular, contributors, though Matthews drop late will not be looked upon too favourably in Philly I don't imagine. QB issues are probably their main worry at this early stage of the season.
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<p style='text-align: justify;]King of Karlos - Brees was Brees against Arizona, 355 yards and a TD, but he lacked support, with only Lacy (99 all purpose yards and 1 TD) and exciting Miami WR Landry (53 yards and a return TD) really performing. Getting little out of Olsen (targeted 3 times for 11 yards only) would have been surprising and disappointing, and of course, Bell was sorely missed and KoK will do well to even split whilst Bell remains suspended. Walker (43 yards, 1 TD) was an interesting, but good, selection in the flex spot, whilst youngsters Cooks (49 yards) and Coleman (80 yards) showed enough to suggest they could be strong scores throughout the season. Plenty of improvement in KoK, but in a short season, early losses can be critical.

Rigil Kentaurus defeated Canuck Warriors (98 v 97)

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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]This post will be split into two parts - the actual results first and then hopefully an open discussion with everyone about leagues for next year.
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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]TooSerious League Results (to be updated)
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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]35th: TooSerious Division 4 - won by Julia with '007 Golden Guns' thanks to a remarkable finals run coming from 7th!
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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]59th: TooSerious Division 1 - SuperSquad2015 defeated SF Bulls
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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]88th: TSChamps GrpsFGH
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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]102nd: TS Champs GrpsDE
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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]112th: TS Champs GrpsFGH - BlueBaggers defeated Beast Mode
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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]120th: TS Champs GrpsCH
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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]132nd: TS Champs GrpsADF - SimplytheBruest defeated SuperSquad 2015
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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]208th: YahooTS v5.0 - SuperSquad2015 defeated Lings Bling
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<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]483rd: TooSerious Hawks
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Round 23 saw us miss only one scoring player, with Steele named in the squad, but not making the final team. We scored 2,272 for the week, at a ranking of 8,427. Our season aggregate ended at 49,881 just short of the 50k mark, which gave us an overall rank of 5,577. We're quite happy with that!

Like most teams, our side for the final round had lots of ups and downs. Lets take a look at them.

Defence
K Kolodjashnij 121
N Malceski 120
J Gibson 105
H Shaw 97
B Houli 79
B Smith 43
Bench of B Maynard 57, and L Hodge 0.068
Despite their team troubles, and the general pumping they received, the Gold Coast boys did the job for us down back, with 121 for Kolo and 120 for Eski. Gibson was the only other ton-topper down back, while Cheater just missed out. Houli was serviceable against the Roos-Magoos, while Smith was as average as his surname, and likely burned any chance of us picking him at all next year! Rookie Maynard outscored Smith, costing us 14 potential points, while Hodge did his best to contribute, offering to supply the booze, but drinking it all on his way to the game.

Midfield
J Selwood 142
C Ward 140
M Priddis 127
J Kennedy 121
A Treloar 86
S Pendlebury 85
P Dangerfield 78
J Nelson 49
Bench of D Swan, H Bennell, and N O'Brien, all donuts.
Some very premium scores from some of our premiums, with two 140's and two 120's leading the way in the midfield. Of these four, Ducky, Ward, Priddis, and JPK, it was only JPK who was in our starting line-up. Conversely, our three remaining premium mids had some very un-premium scores, with Treloar, Pendles, and Danger averaging 83 between them. Rounding out our mids was rookie Nelson, with 49 points more than Hodge, Swan, Bennell, and Goldstein!

Rucks
N Naitanui 133
M Gawn 101
Bench of T Goldstein 0.
Finally a change to our ruckmen, with Goldy taking an undeserved week off, forcing us to play musical chairs with our DPP's. Fortunately the earlier NicNat outs forced...