TooSerious

A swag of outs on Thursday night followed by late withdrawals and SC relevant players dropping like flies as the games are playing out

Lets hope the round has some monster scores mixed in for a bit of light relief

Fingers crossed your teams manage to avoid the pain better than most

It's been an eventful week in these parts, but hopefully that's in the past as we strive towards round 7.

Also, lets hope that we get some good news in this weeks team sheets. It's been brutal this year!


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Etihad Stadium, 7:50pm AEST Friday, May 15
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<p style='color: #474747; margin-bottom: 15px; background-color: #ffffff;]B Michael Hurley, Dustin Fletcher, Mark Baguley<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HB Martin Gleeson, Cale Hooker, Michael Hibberd<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
C Dyson Heppell, Jobe Watson, Courtenay Dempsey<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HF Kyle Langford, Jake Carlisle, Travis Colyer<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
F Jackson Merrett, Patrick Ambrose, Joe Daniher<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
FOL Tom Bellchambers, Brent Stanton, Brendon Goddard<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
I/C Jason Ashby, Ben Howlett, Jake Melksham, Zach Merrett<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
EMG James Gwilt, Shaun McKernan, Orazio Fantasia<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
IN<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
Dustin Fletcher, Kyle Langford, Jason Ashby<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
OUT<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
David Zaharakis (Ankle), James Gwilt (Omitted), Will Hams (Omitted)
<p style='color: #474747; margin-bottom: 15px; background-color: #ffffff;]NORTH MELBOURNE
<p style='color: #474747; margin-bottom: 15px; background-color: #ffffff;]B Lachlan Hansen, Scott D. Thompson, Michael Firrito<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HB Shaun Atley, Robbie Tarrant, Sam Wright<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
C Shaun Higgins, Jack Ziebell, Ben Jacobs<br style='margin: 0px; padding:...

ESSENDON v. NORTH MELBOURNE

Recent game: Elimination Final 2014 MCG – North Melbourne 93 defeated Essendon 81.

Watson v. North Melbourne

EF 2014: 99 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 1 2014: 157 SC points, 38 disposals
Rd 21 2013: 116 SC points, 21 disposals
Rd 20 2012: 154 SC points, 32 disposals
Rd 1 2012: 107 SC points, 28 disposals

Average is 127 SC points with 31 disposals.

Note: Good record against North Melbourne include two scores over 150. Scored a massive 157 SC points in Round 1 last year playing head to head against Ziebell. Had a disposal efficiency of 89%.

ADELAIDE v. ST KILDA

Recent game: Round 23 2014 Adelaide Oval – Adelaide 141 defeated St Kilda 62.

Dangerfield v. St Kilda

Rd 23 2014: 100 SC points, 26 disposals
Rd 4 2014: 87 SC points, 19 disposals
Rd 8 2013: 89 SC points, 20 disposals
Rd 12 2012: 86 SC points, 28 disposals
Rd 18 2011: 75 SC points, 18 disposals
Rd 6 2011: 94 SC points, 16 disposals

Average is 89 SC points with 21 disposals.

Note: Poor record against St Kilda with no scores over 100. (Sloane scored 141 SC points from his 30 disposals and picked up 3 Brownlow votes in the game last year (playing head to head against Steven)).

HAWTHORN v. MELBOURNE

Recent game: Round 20 2014 MCG – Hawthorn 115 defeated Melbourne 65.

CARLTON v. GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY

Recent game: Round 14 2014 Spotless Stadium – Greater Western Sydney 100 defeated Carlton 92.

Murphy v. Greater Western Sydney

Rd 10 2013: 73 SC points, 20 disposals
Rd 6 2012: 89 SC points, 27 disposals

Average is 81 SC points with 24 disposals.

Note: Missed the game last year. Poor record against the Giants and most recently effectively tagged by Shiel in the game in 2013.

SYDNEY v. GEELONG

Recent game: Round 11 2014 SCG – Sydney 148 defeated Geelong 38.

Selwood v. Sydney

Rd 11 2014: 98 SC points, 30 disposals
Rd 22 2013: 131 SC points, 24 disposals
Rd 4 2013: 163 SC points, 31 disposals
Rd 23...

ksssss.

Things are fixed.

All seems good in the world.

Still have 2 more tweaks to do, but they shouldn't affect the site too much.

I really don't want to do this, but I don't have much of a choice.

The Best Buy this week is Tom Mitchell.


I'm sorry.


DEFENSE
ROOKIES





Daniel McKenzie (StK) D/M 117.3k 71 +63k

McKenzie is on the bubble this week sporting an average of 71 and looking at a likely price rise of over 60 grand. With D/M positioning and other defensive and midfield rookie options struggling with form or injury he looks to be a popular trade in target this week.



Henry Schade (GCS) DEF 123.9k 53 +37k
Schade is also on the bubble, and in a Gold Coast team that has been severely hampered by injury. Averaging 53 and facing a price rise of around 37 grand he should hopefully get a few more games but will have questionable job security when others return to the side.



MID-PRICERS





Corey Enright (GEE) DEF 498.1k 98 2.3%

Enright seems to have found some of his previous form again, scoring 126 in his last game to bring his average over the last 3 rounds to 112. Sitting in just over 2% of teams he is a huge POD, but given his age a risky one.



Heath Shaw (GWS) DEF 491.6k 97 25.9%

Heater had a somewhat quiet game against the Hawks, managing a score of 89 to bring his average to 97 for the season. Sitting in over &amp;frac14; of the teams in the comp he isn't a massive POD but is always a risk of scoring 120+.



Liam Picken (WBD) DEF 492.8k 95 2.8%
Picken has been a huge surprise over the last few rounds, scoring 119 in his last game and currently holding an average of 134 over the past 3 games, compared to his average of 57 from his first 3 matches this year. Sitting in under 3% of teams he has huge POD potential, but any coach that has him will be worried about a return to the tagging roles of seasons past.



PREMIUMS





Tom McDonald (MEL) DEF 500.3k 114 12.5%

McDonald isn't showing any signs of slowing down at the moment, racking up another 120+ on the weekend and breaking the 500...

This weekend saw the FIXture committee elect to celebrate International Players Round, where all overseas players and coaches are held up to the sun like a baby Simba in Raffiki's hands. Not sure why the Lion King reference, but just like the Lion King the Brisbane Lions saluted on the weekend reminding all of us that when a club or player has to move, it can take a while for some players to adjust.
This round has particular relevance for our friends across the trench at Waikikamoocow, and also for our expat coaches in NYC (Gundagai is now a small neighbourhood just off Central park) and Thailand (the Whitsundays are going to be renamed Koh Whits in recognition of their Thai based leader, which is far better than some other options ending in 'Whits').
Also a lot of pre-game hype given to our players from overseas Myke Pyke from the Lilacs, Zach Tuohy from Gariwerd, and others.
Onto the round, and what a cracking round it was. 6 games decided by less than 50 points, a number by less than 20, and a total winning margin across the league of only 631 points. Last year some games would have pushed that as an individual winning margin and it is a very good indicator of how the league is evening up.
Individual game reviews below:

Birdsville Battlers 1223 def Lovely Banks Lilacs 1204
What a match, Big Myke Pyke led the team out to a stirring rendition of 'O Canada' and then it was the under rated Lilacs who notched their first win last week up against the vastly improved Birdsville team who can't really lay claim to being battlers anymore.
The Birdsville defence lit up with Tom McDonald (123) and Mr. Std Deviation Corey Enright (126) repelling countless attacks from the Hobbit (48). Mitch Duncan (153) owned the ball in the guts for the Lilacs, with Josh Caddy (107) and Adam Saaaaaaaaad (106) providing great support, but too much was left to too few, with seven Lilacs players scoring below 70.
It wasn't all roses on the Birdsville side either, with...

Yep, with Pendlebury only scoring 102 on Friday night, we put together a quick list of potential captains, which went to a vote.

The list was:
JPK - 135 points.
Beams - 111 points.
Danger - 90 points.
Goldy - 100 points.
Gray - 143 points.
Bonts - 113 points.
Guess which one we picked???

Firstly, the team summary. We had an average score this week: 2,111. This gave us an average rank: 41,494.
In the overall standings we're sitting at 33,117 with an aggregate of 12,384 points. There's no top-1000 scores coming from this side, yet!

Lets have a look at the team:
Defence:
K Kolodjashnij 94
H Shaw 89
J Newnes 87
J Gibson 83
B Smith 75
A Oxley 72
Bench of A Saad 106 (E), and K McIntosh 47.
Its always a good sign when your highest scoring player on a line is sitting on the bench. We had six chances to get that one right, and didn't. With Saad also being our only defender topping the ton, even though there were no absolute disaster scores, it was really only an average week down back. The Saad for Oxley swap would have given us an extra 34 points.

Midfield:
JP Kennedy 135
D Beams 111
P Cripps 104
S Pendlebury 102 (VC)
P Dangerfield 90
T Miller 85
N Krakouer 66
A Vandenberg 56
Bench of: I Heeney 41 (E), C Ellis-Yolmen 0, and J Nelson 0.
No points lost there, with our bench score being the smallest on the line. Some good scores from our premiums, with JPK and Beams doing well. Danger was a disappointment, although dropping Cripps would have been a bigger disappointment! He may end up being a D9 keeper if he keeps this up. Krak and VDB were both less than impressive, and with CEY out, Heeney out, and Nelson not making the final cut, there may be some culling to do.

Rucks:
T Goldstein 100
N Naitanui 77
Bench of M Cox 0.
Nothing has changed in the ruck line, although the NicNat ice is getting thinner.

Forwards:
R Gray 143
D Martin 124
M Bontempelli 113
M Clark 78
D Swan 72
J Hogan 65
Bench...

I brought in Barlow this weekend, so I'm pretty happy with that trade, but then, I also brought in Glenn, upon which I'm not so happy about.

Also unfortunately, I was one of those unlucky coaches who traded out of Salem this week! Missed his 117 and corresponding triple awesome price rise.

Ah well, can't win them every week. (Or any week so far! )

How have you guys gone this week?

ps- with tonight being Mothers Day, there's a good chance the stats will be delayed through to tomorrow...

super Saturday with games on at 145, 210, 435, 510, 720 and 8 something

don't get mixed up if you are playing the loophole for Clark, Oxley and Brown or anyone from the early saturday games

good luck to all

Round 6. Well and truly into the upgrade zone. Let's hope we've got a free run of it and aren't dealing with bloody outs!

(Suns, I'm looking at you!)

Teams as they come out.


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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]<abbr title='MCG' style='border-bottom-style: dotted;]MCG</abbr>, 7:50pmAEST Friday, May 8, 2015

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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]<abbr title='Full Back' style='border-bottom-style: dotted;]B:</abbr>Alan Toovey,Nathan J. Brown,Marley Williams

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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]<abbr title='Half Back' style='border-bottom-style: dotted;]HB:</abbr>Tom Langdon,Jack Frost,Tyson Goldsack

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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]<abbr title='Centre' style='border-bottom-style: dotted;]C:</abbr>Adam Oxley,Dane Swan,Jack Crisp

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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]<abbr title='Half Forward' style='border-bottom-style: dotted;]HF:</abbr>Jamie Elliott,Jesse White,Travis Varcoe

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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]<abbr title='Full Forward' style='border-bottom-style: dotted;]F:</abbr>Patrick Karnezis,Travis Cloke,Jarryd Blair

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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]<abbr title='Followers' style='border-bottom-style: dotted;]FOL:</abbr>Brodie Grundy,Taylor Adams,Scott Pendlebury

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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]<abbr title='Interchange' style='border-bottom-style: dotted;]I/C:</abbr>Sam Dwyer,Jarrod Witts,Tony Armstrong,Tim Broomhead

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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]<abbr title='Emergencies' style='border-bottom-style: dotted;]EMG:</abbr>Jonathon Marsh,Jordan De Goey,Corey Gault

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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]IN: Jarrod Witts,Tony Armstrong,Tim Broomhead

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<p style='margin-bottom: 15px;]OUT:Corey Gault(Omitted),Paul Seedsman(Glute),Jackson Ramsay(Shin)


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