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The dreaded byes are here for SuperCoach, and a whole raft of outs and injuries have come along for the ride. With any luck we'll see a few of those players that missed last week return, but personally I wouldn't bet on it. Due to the byes the format for Best Buys has changed a bit this week, where players not playing this round have not been included and a list of when teams have the week off added to the top. Keep in mind that many players listed here will be missing next week, so don't overextend yourselves when rushing to cover donuts.

The Best Buy was a tough one this round, with two contenders going head-to-head for the title and only the bye structure separating them. The winner in the end, was Ollie Wines. In great form this season after a brief injury lay-off Wines has stepped up his game and is looking to be an SC force for years to come. The other contender was one David Armitage, who only really missed out due to not playing next week. While he may not have gotten the title this time around, be sure to look out for his stats as he is in some serious form this season.


Round 11: ADE, RIC, WBD, BL, CAR, HAW

Round 12: GCS, StK, SYD, COL, ESS, FRE

Round 13: NM, GWS, PTA, WCE, GEE, MEL


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DEFENSE
ROOKIES





Tom Clurey (PTA) DEF 150k 48 +24k
Clurey looks like a good downgrade choice this week, averaging 48 after his 54 last outing to be on the bubble and facing a 24 grand price rise. Unfortunately however Hinkley has indicated that Trengove is a likely in this week which means Clurey has questionable job security at best, shame really.



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Jeremy McGovern (WCE) D/F 444.6k 93 6.8%

McGovern hasn't set the world on fire like his coaches were hoping, but with the injury issues among the Eagles back-six it's forgivable really. What he has done though, is average 93 points and has D/F eligibility which is great for those already fielding Missy. Priced well at under...

First round of the byes, so I've got to ask:
On a scale from 1 to DISASTER, how does your team stand up?
ROUND 11
PORT ADELAIDE v GEELONG
Friday June 12 at Adelaide Oval, 7.50pm (AEST)
POWER
B: J.Hombsch, A.Carlile, J.Impey
HB: M.Broadbent, T.Jonas, J.Pittard
C: S.Colquhoun, T.Boak, B.Ebert
HF: R.Gray, J.Westhoff, C.Wingard
F: P.Stewart, J.Schulz, A.Monfries
Foll: M.Lobbe, H.Hartlett, O.Wines
Inter: M.White, S.Gray, A.Young, T.Clurey
Emer: B.Ah Chee, K.Mitchell, A.Moore
In: S.Colquhoun
Out: K.Amon (calf)
CATS
B: J.Rivers, H.Taylor, C.Enright
HB: J.Thurlow, T.Lonergan, J.Bews
C: A.Mackie, J.Selwood, S.Motlop
HF: C.Gregson, J.Walker, S.Johnson
F: J.Murdoch, T.Hawkins, S.Kersten
Foll: M.Blicavs, D.Lang, J.Caddy
Inter: J.Kelly, R.Stanley, M.Stokes, C.Guthrie
Emer: M.Luxford, J.Kolodjashnij, J.Jansen
In: R.Stanley
Out: M.Luxford


GOLD COAST SUNS v FREMANTLE
Saturday June 13 at Metricon Stadium, 1.40pm (AEST)
SUNS
B: A.Saad, H.Schade, K.Kolodjashnij
HB: C.Cameron, J.Leslie, J.Lonergan
C: L.Russell, T.McKenzie, A.Raines
HF: D.Stanley, TJ.Lynch, J.Harbrow
F: P.Wright, C.Dixon, T.Miller
Foll: T.Nicholls, M.Rischitelli, M.Hallahan
Inter: S.Lemmens, B.Matera, A.Boston, N.Malceski
Emer: M.Shaw, Z.Smith, J.Hall
In: N.Malceski, C.Dixon, J.Leslie
Out: G.Broughton (Achilles), S.May (groin), K.Brooksby (calf)
DOCKERS
B: C.Pearce, L.McPharlin, L.Spurr
HB: G.Ibbotson, A.Pearce, T.Mzungu
C: T.Sheridan, N.Fyfe, C.Sutcliffe
HF: S.Hill, M.Taberner, D.Pearce
F: M.Walters, M.Pavlich, H.Ballantyne
Foll: A.Sandilands, D.Mundy, L.Neale
Inter: J.Hannath, H.Crozier, N.Suban, M.Barlow
Emer: J.Griffin, P.Duffield, M.de Boer
In: L.Spurr, T.Mzungu, J.Hannath, A.Pearce
Out: M.Johnson (hamstring), P.Duffield, C.Mayne (illness), Z.Clarke
WEST COAST EAGLES v ESSENDON
Saturday June 13 at Subiaco Oval, 4.35pm (AEST)
EAGLES
B: S.Butler, W.Schofield, B.Sheppard
HB: S.Selwood,...

PORT ADELAIDE v. GEELONG

Recent game: Round 6 2014 Adelaide Oval – Port Adelaide 107 defeated Geelong 67.

Selwood v. Port Adelaide

Rd 6 2014: 82 SC points, 17 disposals
SF 2013: 129 SC points, 27 disposals
Rd 20 2013: 160 SC points, 28 disposals
Rd 9 2013: 91 SC points, 18 disposals
Rd 14 2012: 149 SC points, 27 disposals
Rd 3 2011: 134 SC points, 34 disposals

Average is 124 SC points with 25 disposals.

Note: Poor recent game against Port Adelaide with only 17 touches (although he operated at 94% disposal efficiency). He played against Cassisi in that game. Four of his past six scores, however, are over 125. His score in Round 9, 2013 was sub-effected; he was subbed off at three quarter time to have a rest after accumulating 18 touches at 89% disposal efficiency.

Gray v. Geelong

Rd 6 2014: 101 SC points, 20 disposals
SF 2013: 74 SC points, 18 disposals
Rd 20 2013: 85 SC points, 24 disposals
Rd 9 2013: 106 SC points, 23 disposals
Rd 3 2011: 72 SC points, 16 disposals

Average is 88 SC points with 20 disposals.

Note: Poor average against Geelong with only two scores over 100 (barely!) from five games. Spent a lot of the game last year playing against Harry Taylor.

GOLD COAST v. FREMANTLE

Recent game: Round 2 2014 Patersons Stadium – Fremantle 87 defeated Gold Coast 39.

Fyfe v. Gold Coast

Rd 2 2014: 118 SC points, 29 disposals
Rd 15 2011: 116 SC points, 23 disposals

Average is 117 SC points with 26 disposals.

Note: Only played two games against Gold Coast. In the game last year, picked up 29 disposals with an efficiency of only 55% (although 19 possessions were contested).

WEST COAST v. ESSENDON

Recent game: Round 21 2014 Etihad Stadium – Essendon 77 defeated West Coast 74.

Watson v. West Coast

Rd 21 2014: 93 SC points, 30 disposals
Rd 20 2013: 118 SC points, 32 disposals
Rd 14 2013: 127 SC points, 29 disposals
Rd 7 2012: 150 SC points, 36 disposals
Rd 22 2011: 83 SC points,...

It was a long round and a massive score to Callan Ward. Wish I gave him the big C! Was thinking about it.
Will let you know when the stats are up- Will try to get them up before I sit down to watch game of thrones.
ps. No spoilers in the comments.

Oh the huge manatee!

I'm gunna crack this one early, cause the donut man is here.

He wants to talk.

Massive chance to climb this week if you've dodged the bullets.

Coming up to the byes, hope you have a nice 8-10-12 spread across the 3 weeks!

Either way, we'll get the teams up as they come out.
<p style='color: #474747; margin-bottom: 15px;]FREMANTLE v RICHMOND
<p style='color: #474747; margin-bottom: 15px;]FREMANTLE
<p style='color: #474747; margin-bottom: 15px;]B Clancee Pearce, Luke McPharlin, Lee Spurr<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HB Garrick Ibbotson, Michael Johnson, Tommy Sheridan<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
C Paul Duffield, Nat Fyfe, Danyle Pearce<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HF Michael Barlow, Matt Taberner, Michael Walters<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
F Chris Mayne, Matthew Pavlich, Hayden Ballantyne<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
FOL Aaron Sandilands, David Mundy, Stephen Hill<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
I/C Nick Suban, Cameron Sutcliffe, Zac Clarke, Lachie Neale<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
EMG Tendai Mzungu, Hayden Crozier, Jack Hannath<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
IN<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
No Change
<p style='color: #474747; margin-bottom: 15px;]RICHMOND
<p style='color: #474747; margin-bottom: 15px;]B Dylan Grimes, Jake Batchelor, Alex Rance<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HB Bachar Houli, Troy Chaplin, Nick Vlastuin<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
C Anthony Miles, Trent Cotchin, Kamdyn McIntosh<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HF Ben Griffiths, Shane Edwards, Steven Morris<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
F Brett Deledio, Jack Riewoldt, Ty Vickery<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
FOL Ivan Maric, Dustin Martin, Brandon Ellis<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
I/C Shaun Grigg, Taylor Hunt, Connor Menadue, Corey Ellis<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
EMG Nathan Gordon, Liam McBean, Matt Arnot<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
IN<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]...

FREMANTLE v. RICHMOND

Recent game: Round 13 2014 MCG – Fremantle 105 defeated Richmond 85.

Fyfe v. Richmond

Rd 13 2014: 128 SC points, 33 disposals
Rd 17 2013: 88 SC points, 27 disposals
Rd 5 2013: 93 SC points, 23 disposals
Rd 21 2012: 77 SC points, 21 disposals

Average is 97 SC points with 26 disposals.

Note: Poor record against Richmond with only one score over 100 which was his most recent game playing head to head against Cotchin. In the two matchups in 2013, he initially played head to head against Cotchin before Jackson was sent to tag him in the second half of each game.

CARLTON v. ADELAIDE

Recent game: Round 10 2014 MCG – Carlton 81 defeated Adelaide 76.

Dangerfield v. Carlton

Rd 10 2014: 97 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 5 2013: 89 SC points, 20 disposals
Rd 8 2012: 174 SC points, 35 disposals
Rd 5 2011: 104 SC points, 21 disposals
Rd 4 2010: 52 SC points, 14 disposals

Average is 91 SC points with 20 disposals.

Note: Poor record against Carlton with only two scores over 100 from his past five games against them. Most recently played whilst nursing sore ribs. Scored a massive 174 in Round 8 2012 when he was matched up against Gibbs and Curnow.

GOLD COAST v. SYDNEY

Recent game: Round 12 2014 Metricon Stadium – Sydney 109 defeated Gold Coast 74.

Kennedy v Gold Coast

Rd 12 2014: 126 SC points, 28 disposals
Rd 2 2013: 110 SC points, 28 disposals
Rd 18 2012: 127 SC points, 33 disposals
Rd 16 2011: 81 SC points, 16 disposals

Average is 111 SC points with 26 disposals.

Note: Most recently played head to head against Stanley. He also kicked two goals. Solid record but no big scores over 130.

ESSENDON v. GEELONG

Recent game: Round 15 2014 Etihad Stadium – Geelong 89 defeated Essendon 80.

Selwood v. Essendon

Rd 15 2014: 138 SC points, 26 disposals
Rd 7 2013: 100 SC points, 19 disposals
Rd 17 2012: 83 SC points, 19 disposals
Rd 12 2010: 91 SC points, 24 disposals
Rd 1 2010:...

Hey, hey FYI ORFFL folks. The midseason trade and draft period is fast approaching so here be dates, provisional except for the opening of the trade period. Discussion below.

Opening of the MidSeason Trade Period: Mon 8th June, at the conclusion of the Mel vs Col match.
Closing of the MidSeason Trade Period: Thurs 18th June, at the conclusion of the Ade vs Haw match.
Delist 'em If You Got 'em: Frid 19th June, at the conclusion of the WCE vs Ric match.
Beginning of the MidSeason Draft: Sat 20th June, at the conclusion of the PTA vs Car match.
Closing of the MidSeason Draft: When all teams have 26 players.


<p style='color: #424242;][span style='letter-spacing: 0px;]PURNULULU BUNGLE RANGERS
<p style='color: #424242;][span style='letter-spacing: 0px;]A bit like Glenrowan, the PBR could be a lot of things if they had their full complement of players on the park; a contender for the flag most importantly. First they lost Liberatore preseason to a knee injury, then they lost Swallow during the season to another knee injury. Losing two premier MIDs in a squad that has only four then Myers then a motley collection of F/M's has turned the PBR from a possible contender to a team that will probably finish the season outside the 8.
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<p style='color: #424242;][span style='letter-spacing: 0px;]This seemingly paints a damming portrait but it ain't really like that at all. Losing MIDs of the calibre of Liberatore and Swallow would wound any team and when fit and coupled with Selwood and Treloar you have a rotation that will be as good as any for the next 4 years. Then up FWD the Rangers have six names averaging over 79ppg and a further four that I'd wager plenty of other clubs would love to have in their side.
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<p style='color: #424242;][span style='letter-spacing: 0px;]The...

With the byes fast approaching SC is becoming more difficult by the week, with a whole range of factors needing to be considered before every trade. While it generally isn't a great idea to bring in a player this week who won't be playing next, coaches have a wide range of individual strategies for dealing with the byes so these players are still included in the Best Buys for this round.

So it seems that the Best Buy curse has returned, with Rocky performing well for those that brought him in but re-breaking his ribs and is now listed on the AFL website as being 4-6 weeks away from playing again. Sorry about that. While he will be sorely missed by those like me that grabbed him last week, a fair few coaches will be in the position of having to bench him to maintain trades and hoping he returns sooner rather then later.

Due to the byes there is a bit of a shortage of Best Buy contenders this round, with players like Hodge taking a week off next round, so we've had to make do. This brings us to the Best Buy for this round, Heath Shaw. Inconsistent and sometimes stupid, Shaw has had a good run this season and is yet to be suspended, as well as having the round 13 bye. Realistically he probably wont be scoring big every week, but always has the potential to do so and at the moment is more consistent then a lot of the other defenders going around. As the Best Buy this week he will likely spud it up on the weekend, but here's hoping he can fight the curse and come out firing against a struggling Lions side.

Also included this week is a list of the bye rounds for reference.

Round 11: ADE, RIC, WBD, BL, CAR, HAW

Round 12: GCS, StK, SYD, COL, ESS, FRE

Round 13: NM, GWS, PTA, WCE, GEE, MEL

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DEFENSE
MID-PRICERS





Josh Gibson (HAW) DEF 481.6k 97 14%

Gibson has been good this year, although a bit up and down. He scored a nice 119 in the last game to bring his average for the season to 97, which while not great...

[span style='color: black; background: #fcfcfc;]Birdsville Battlers 1152 def Whitsunday Warriors 1018

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[span style='color: black; background: #fcfcfc;]With the Warriors safely loading 6 defenders onto the Hook Island Express Cessna for the short trip to the deep sou-west, officials were left red-faced as only one disembarked onto the Birdsville strip. While many ice-fuelled, paranoid central Queenslanders were pointing the finger at the Blackall Blackhole&amp;rdquo;, it appears more likely that the Whitsunday backline were mesmerised by the duty -free delights of Longreach International and failed to re-board following a routine fuel stop. Consequently, Johannisen's (101) donut stall was over-run with customers with Jetta (108) feasting heavily. With one arm, one ear and a dining table tied behind their back, the Warriors still managed to put up a blistering effort. JJK (148), Boak (122) and Wines (123) all dipped into the pot of gold after channelling the rainbow spirit to give the home side a bloody huge scare. A late flurry from Taylor (98), saw the Battlers scrape through for an un-deserving win.

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[span style='color: black; background: #fcfcfc;]Battlers - Ebert 134, Jetta 108

[span style='color: black; background: #fcfcfc;]Warriors - JJK 148, Wines 123, Boak 122, Johannisen 101

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[span style='color: black; background: #fcfcfc;]Powlett Plains Packers 1225 def Charlies Opening Spelunkers 1130

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[span style='color: black; background: #fcfcfc;]The Packers continue to surprise many as they continue to get the job done with dogged team-footy. The Troggs can consider themselves unlucky as Grundy and Savage pulled out late and...