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A massive week from Roughy this week, and were the Pies all to get their averages, a 2200 would be about par for the week I reckon.
How has the long weekend treated you?

Ready for the long stint of no-public-holidays as we head into the home stretch?

How many more upgrades do you need? Trades in hand?
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In February and March we called for entries for the 2014 TS Challenge and have had 237 willing entrants.



Here's the 2014 TS CHALLENGE draw, last year's Masters Series Round of 16 teams in yellow, 6 other randomly drawn bye teams in grey !!


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Living in WA, I was very keen to watch the Hawks vs Eagles game on right now. I tried to turn on my laptop at the start of the game and it wouldn't power up Not sure what's wrong with it, and I couldn't get it working, so now I'm resigned to my phone and the wireless I then realised there was no Round 12 thread up yet, so here 'tis ... Go Hawks!

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The Podfather is back. Apologies for missing last week; was a late withdrawal due to a busy schedule. But now we're back and ready to bring you some more left-field options that can potentially, save your season.

In the first edition, I looked at 7 players. In the two matches following the article, all of these players scored 100+ in at least one of their appearances. Unfortunately, we did see a little inconsistency with their other scores. This, however, is something we will come across with all our premiums (one G.Ablett got 75SC recently). You just need to back yourself and consider whether players featured here are right for your team.

There are some solid options this week, with the midfield providing some well-known PODs, and a particular left-field option that could become a handy M8/M9. There's a blue and white flavour to this week's edition and doesn't it look appealing? Let's jump in!

Josh P. Kennedy (Syd) - Mid - $657,600 - 122.8 - 6.57%
You'll have to fork out top dollar for old mate JPK, but at this stage, you'll pay anything for guaranteed points. 2012 was a top year for Kennedy, however he has gone to a new level this season, absolutely racking up the SC points. His lowest score is 91 (only score below 100) and has topped 130 on four occasions. The best part about him is that no one can stop him. The best example is Hawthorn sending Langford to him in Rd8 for a return of 153SC. He's the number 1 midfielder at the club and should continue to dominate. In fine form, JPK will continue to average 120+. Ablett's only opponent for the Brownlow.

Nick Dal Santo (NM) - Mid - $575,500 - 113.8 - 5.48%
The most appealing thing about North Melbourne is that they have a pretty soft draw for the rest of the season. This should equate to more SC points for their better players. NDS certainly fits into this category, enjoying an excellent season floating around the NM midfield and back line. He continues to rack up possessions...

<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background: #fcfcfc;][span style='color: #444444;]Rockliff led the way last week with an incredible 182 to help give Brisbane their second win for the season. Cloke returned to form with a massive 164 whilst Murphy was brilliant in a losing side scoring 156. Howlett had a great game finishing with 150 whilst Taylor Walker (146), Malceski (144), Ward (142) and Devon Smith (139) were next best. Craig Bird (137) and Rory Sloane (136) rounded out the top ten.
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background: #fcfcfc;][span style='color: #444444;]Recent game - Round 3 2013: Geelong scored a tight 16 point victory a Etihad Stadium last year winning 119 to 103. Andrew Walker (137) and Chris Judd (130) top scored with Stokes (125) not far behind. No other Geelong player scored over 110.
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background: #fcfcfc;][span style='color: #444444;]Rd 3 2013: 74 SC points, 14 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background: #fcfcfc;][span style='color: #444444;]Rd 11 2012: 154 SC points, 29 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background: #fcfcfc;][span style='color: #444444;]Rd 9 2011: 121 SC points, 29 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background: #fcfcfc;][span style='color: #444444;]Rd 21 2010: 110 SC points, 27 disposals
<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background: #fcfcfc;][span style='color: #444444;]Rd 5 2010: 98 SC points, 19 disposals
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The 2014 NBA Finals series kicks off tomorrow morning, between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs.
We've got a couple of Aussies, in Patty Mills and Aron Baynes, playing for the Spurs.

I'm not going to go into any detail here, but if youre looking for a decent preview of the series, have a look at THIS ONE: http://grantland.com/features/nba-finals-preview-heat-spurs-2014/

Boy, thursday already? This week has flown by!



Teams below!



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<p style='color: #555555; margin-bottom: 15px;]B: Jared Rivers, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HB: Corey Enright, Harry Taylor, Mark Blicavs<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
C: George Horlin-Smith, Joel Selwood, Mitch Duncan<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HF: Steve Johnson, Hamish McIntosh, Jesse Stringer<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
F: Jordan Murdoch, Tom Hawkins, Jimmy Bartel<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
FOLL: Dawson Simpson, James Kelly, Cameron Guthrie<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
I/C: Jed Bews, Steven Motlop, Billie Smedts, Mathew Stokes<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
EMG: Brad Hartman, Jackson Sheringham, Josh Walker
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OUT: Jackson Sheringham (omitted), Travis Varcoe (unavailable)
<p style='color: #555555; margin-bottom: 15px;]CARLTON:
<p style='color: #555555; margin-bottom: 15px;]B: Andrejs Everitt, Michael Jamison, Simon White<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HB: Chris Yarran, Sam Rowe, Zach Tuohy<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
C: Kade Simpson, Marc Murphy, Sam Docherty<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HF: Jeff Garlett, Jarrad Waite, Troy Menzel<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
F: Levi Casboult, Lachie Henderson, Mitch Robinson<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
FOLL: Robert Warnock, Bryce Gibbs, Dale Thomas<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
I/C: Dennis...

Welcome once again to a new edition of the TooSerious Best Buys.

This week saw some massive scores, some shockers, and a fair few upsets, making it all the harder to sort the wheat from the SC chaff.
Incredibly there are no rookies on the bubble this week. None. Either that or my sorting abilities should come into question. So instead we've thrown in 2 players who are either on the bubble or rookie priced, and a whole swag of upgrade options to try and accommodate this weeks trading needs.

The Best Buy for the week, is Tex Walker. A massive game on the weekend saw Tex fly into contention for a lot of sides, and with his heavily discounted pricing should see him as one of the most popular trade-ins for the round. The Crows look a much better unit with Tex in the side, and even though the Suns back-line isn't exactly the best in the comp, the rest of their team certainly make up for it and are by no means 'easy-beats' any more. Along with Tex are a few other fallen premium type KPF's this week, all at a great price, but all risky choices as well.




DEFENSE
ROOKIES





Angus Litherland (HAW) DEF 165.7k 48 +46k

Litherland earned himself a reprieve on the weekend, and then followed up by pumping out a 115 for the coaches that backed him in. No longer on the bubble but suddenly a lot more appealing, Litherland is still priced at 165 grand and is facing a 46 grand price rise after his next game. Obviously his Job Security is a bit suspect, but his last outing certainly can't have done his chances much harm.

MID-PRICERS





Matthew Jaensch (ADE) DEF 417.3k 94

Jaensch appears to be back in form after a recent minor injury, belting out a 128 in his last match to bring his season's average to 94. Priced cheaply at around 420 grand and currently sitting in around 32,000 sides Jaensch is no longer much of a POD but has shown the potential to still be worthwhile.



Shannon Hurn (WCE) DEF 448.8k 83
Hurn has been...

Clearly Sydney was the team of the round (to my delight, hail Tippo!), but that doesn't mean a team full of Swannies in the current HindSight line-up ... or does it? For the season to date, Sydney is most represented of all teams, but Port is barely getting a mention.
Number of players by team per round:
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Number of players by value per round:
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Round 11 season to date
Initial Team Selection:
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Notable changes compared to last week:
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<li>Defense: OUT - Cutler (BRL); IN: Smith (ADE)</li>
<li>Midfield: OUT - Pendlebury (COL), Spina (ADE); IN: Macrae (WBD), Taylor (BRL)</li>
<li>Ruck: King (MEL); IN - Derickx (SYD)</li>
<li>Forward: OUT - Fasolo (COL); IN - Higgins (WBD)</li>
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I have changed the sorting of the above table so that it is a lot easier to see the trades by round as they are now mostly grouped together.
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Round 11 Team Selection:
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Notable season-to-date
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<li>Still one 'unused' rookie on the ruck bench.</li>
<li>No St. Kilda, Melbourne and GWS; 4 each from Sydney, Adelaide and Collingwood.</li>
<li>Amazing 13 guns and 5 premium guns (from 1 each in the initial team selection).</li>
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All the details, round by round - season to date, including captains and bench movements (not shown above) can be foundhere

Tell you what, if you told me at the start of the year that the Suns would be playing for 2nd place at the mid-sesaon mark, I would have raised my eyebrows. Also wouldn't have believed that Port would be on top at the halfway mark.

Sydney smashing Geelong by 100 points after losing earlier in the season to the GWS. Again, wouldn't have believed.

Tell you what though, these Sunday night games- as a footy fan, I like- but from a fantasy standpoint- I wanna know my scores already!

That said, fielding Charlie Cameron with Shenton and Ambrose on the bench- regretting that decision already. Happy with O'Briens ton coming in for Swan though.

How have you all gone?