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Sam Mitchell, Luke McDonald, Zach Merrett and Langdon's 128 sitting on the bench.

It's been a rough week in Supercoach, at least Ablett is still a god.

How have you gone?

Carlton v Collingwood, it's always a big game. It's also a nice little captains loophole.
I'm gunna try my luck with Beams tonight I think- who are you going with?

<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #fcfcfc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;][span style='color: #444444;]One rookie and some familiar faces made up the top 10 for last round. Leigh Montagna led the way (in a losing team) with 174 and he was followed by Boak with 156 and Rioli with 154. Marc Murphy with 148 and Ablett with 145 were next best. Rookie Aish was brilliant with 144 and he was followed by Swan (143), Boyd (143), Hannebery (138) and Sidebottom (138).
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #fcfcfc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;][span style='color: #444444;]Recent game - Round 15 2013: Collingwood scored a comfortable 41 point victory, 118 to 77. Usual suspects Pendlebury (154) and Swan (148) led all scorers whilst Kreuzer was next best with 136. Macaffer tagged Simpson in the game.
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All the ins and outs for round 7

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B: Simon White, Michael Jamison, Sam Rowe<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HB: Zach Tuohy, Andrew Walker, Kade Simpson<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
C: Heath Scotland, Andrew Carrazzo, Mitch Robinson<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HF: Brock McLean, Jarrad Waite, Dale Thomas<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
F: Troy Menzel, Lachie Henderson, Levi Casboult<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
R: Robert Warnock, Marc Murphy, Bryce Gibbs<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
I/C: Andrejs Everitt, Dylan Buckley, Kane Lucas, Jeff Garlett<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
EMG: Matthew Watson, Tom Bell, Sam Docherty
<p style='color: #474747; background-color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: 15px;]IN: Andrew Carrazzo<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
OUT: Chris Yarran (hamstring)
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B: Nick Maxwell, Jack Frost, Marley Williams<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HB: Clinton Young, Lachlan Keeffe, Heritier Lumumba<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
C: Steele Sidebottom, Brent Macaffer, Dane Swan<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
HF: Sam Dwyer, Jesse White, Luke Ball<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
F: Jamie Elliott, Travis Cloke, Tyson Goldsack<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
R: Brodie Grundy, Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;[/img]
I/C: Jarryd Blair, Tom Langdon, Jarrod Witts, Josh...

As the 2014 season settles into it's stride the potential future stars of SC begin to emerge, and we start to get a much better picture of how teams and players will fare over the year. A lot of the early bolters have dropped off, and some of the stars from previous years have now gotten back into the swing of things, coupled with the bye rounds fast approaching to make for some crucial rounds of trading.

Luke Dahlhaus has impressed enough this season to be the week's Best Buy, and after missing one game earlier on with injury is still a relatively obscure pick. His contested play style, natural improvement and overall improvement from the Dogs all contribute to this nicely, and with a comparatively good bye round he will probably be a popular trade-in over the coming weeks. Playing more in the midfield, but still kicking the occasional goal, gives Dahl a more fantasy friendly role this season and one I expect will continue to deliver him solid scores.



DEFENSE
ROOKIES





Darcy Gardiner (BRI) DEF 117.3k 42 +24k

Gardiner hasn't been getting too much attention lately, sipping under the radar for many coaches but bringing himself onto the bubble nonetheless. Averaging 42 from his first two games and looking at a price rise of around 25 grand he looks a decent downgrade target in defense.



Tom Cutler (BRI) DEF 154.4k 51 +41k
Cutler Isn't on the bubble any more, after last week playing his third game and increasing in price by a bit, but at around 150 grand and averaging 51 he still offers some decent value. Some might not be too happy with fielding two Brisbane rookies in the same line, so for those not interested in Gardiner Cutler still has some cash generation left in him yet.

MID-PRICERS





Lynden Dunn (MEL) DEF 433.7k 93
Dunn has stepped up his game so far in 2014, culminating in a big 133 on the weekend. Still only averaging 90 however, and in a poor side to boot, Melbourne have a decent run into...

Six rounds done and one more to go before the bye rounds. In addition to listing the initial team selection, round by round trades and last round's team selection - which I'll continue to provide - I want to start looking at some of the strategy elements. I'll try to setup the analysis so I can easily repeat and refine them later on in the season.
Last week I had a quick on-the-fly look at team representations with a few surprising and not so surprising factlets. This week let's have a look at level of GnR strategy, but first the teams and trades:
Round 6 season to date
Initial Team Selection:
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Six weeks in to the season, seems like the perfect time to recap on what the Footy God's have brought us so far in Year 2014. My Cats were on top of the world until I saw the fast flowing Power run rampant over them on Sunday night at the world-class redeveloped Adelaide Oval. Boak starred. As did Cornes, Gray, Hartlett & Ebert. In fact they've been playing well all year, and all make my current top 50.



Throughout the season (in the interest of promoting discussion and taking you away from thoughts not involving football), I'm going to throw up my current:
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<p style='margin-left: 54pt;]1. Brownlow Count,
<p style='margin-left: 54pt;]2. Interim Top 50, and
<p style='margin-left: 54pt;]3. Interim AA Side



Let's hear your thoughts over the break.


Brownlow Count



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<p style='margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]Only two teams remain undefeated after Round Six ORFFA action.
<p style='margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]Charlie's Opening 1251 d Birdsville 1205
<p style='margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]A wonderful effort by an undermanned Charlie's Opening side saw it take out a close win over Birdsville and consolidate a spot in the top 4.
<p style='margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]Led by 174 from a rampaging Leigh Montagna, the Spelunkers enjoyed a relatively even effort across the board, with only Kieren Jack (111) and Shaun Atley (103) joining Montagna in breaking the 100 point mark. A series of good scores across the board covered for the loss of Thomas Nicholls and the lack of a ruck replacement.
<p style='margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]Conversely, it was Birdsville's ruckman Ben McEvoy that scored well for his team with 135, while Mark Murphy (148) continued his return to form. However the Battlers' forward line continues to battle, with form concerns over a number of its tarting four forwards.
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<p style='margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]Lovely Banks 1142 d Gundagai 1095
<p style='margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]It was a case of so near yet so far for the Grasshoppers, who came within a late-game effort from Mitch Duncan to recording its first win for the year - ultimately narrowly going down to the Lilacs.
<p style='margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]Despite playing one player short, Gundagai held the lead late in the game, and with the Lilacs' Mitch Duncan struggling initially, a boil over looked on the cards. However Duncan picked up his game, scoring 86 and for the second week in a row provided key late-game points to help his team to the win.
<p style='margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]Dane Swan (143) and Jed Adcock (122) put in Anzac Day specials to lead the improved Lilacs, who now sit in eighth place but still have concerns over the form of a couple of key players. For Gundagai, Lenny Hayes scored 112 and big Sandy 99....

Franklin's knee, Fasolo. What else hit you this week?

Were you on Aish? Or stung by him on the bench?

Me? I scored a 2176, which looks slightly under par, but just slightly.

How'd you go?

Stats will be up later this evening.

ANZAC day is exciting, isn't it.
Love the idea of having a day off work to catch a game of football (And yanno, the whole ANZACs and stuff).
Lest we forget.