THEME: FF Anonymous Round Placed in round 1 at the end of the most intense period in a fantasist's year. Raising awareness for the plight of those people (and their loved ones) who suffer from the rapidly emerging fantasy football addiction. Our version of the Gambler's Anonymous cards on the back of the toilet door at a Casino! Wagga Wagga Wombats v Gariwerd Cockatoos Larrikin Lagoon Lefties v Waikikamoocow Incorrigibles Gundagai Grasshoppers v Venus Bay Vultures Foul Bay Chickens v Wineglass Bay Packers Darraweit Guim Dirigibles v Charlies Opening Spelunkers Nunawading Nuffers v Whitsunday Warriors Birdsville Battlers v Mount Beauty Uglies Cradle Mountain Devils v Marble Bar Misfits Lovely Banks Lilacs v Iron Knob Codpieces Get them in here....
Provisional Spelunkers team to travel to Darraweit (is the game still on @chris88 with the bushfires raging?) Def: Riley Bonner, Oscar McDonald, Liam Duggan, Jayden Short (Jack Bowes) Mid: Zac Merrett, Marcus Bontempelli, Andrew Brayshaw, Mark Blicavs (Darcy Tucker) Ruck: John Ceglar Fwd: Cale Hooker, Mitch McGovern, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Jack Lonie (Bayley Fritsch) Int: Rory Atkins, Bailey Dale (Oliver Florent)
The Misfits are fired up and seeking to take that extra step this year. Provisional side heading to Cradle Mountain is; DEF Rory Laird, Daniel Rich, Jake Lloyd, Nick Haynes - Jimmy Webster MIDS Josh Kelly, Marc Murphy, Callan Ward, Lachie Whitfield - William Snelling Ruck Patrick Ryder FWDS Joe Daniher, Devon Smith, Caleb Daniel, Daniel Venables - Ben Keays INTERCHANGE Matthew Kennedy, Tim Taranto - Billy Longer
The Cows have a mini-crisis with wounded midfielders (Brouch, Hall, Hannebery, Prestia). Whoever we are playing this week should feel quietly confident. Oh, it's Jelly Guy - so much for the "quiet" bit. Tentative team D - Hibbo, J McGovern, Burton, Morrison - Byrne M - Mitchell, Fyfe, Newman, Howe - Allison R - S Jacobs F - Menegola, McLean, Papley, M Robinson - Parfitt I/C - M Wood, J Dunkley - B Williams
The game is on most certainly, though the pre match sausage sizzle has been canceled .... So nice that all the guys who swapped between our teams during the off season will get to catch up with former teammates. Hopefully no one kicks the wrong way early on! Meanwhile due to having up to four Richmond players - Rance, Astbury, Shed, Caddy - running around for me on Thursday, I'm utterly unsure of my team right now. Would say Rance and Caddy will definitely get a run, Astbury might end up on as an emergency and Shed could be on interchange. We'll see.
While you are at it, if Ceglar doesn't get named (and I don't think he will), you can put a fork in me... I'll be done!
Provisional Hoppers Squad for the opening round of 2018: Defenders: Mills - Hardwick - Weitering - Hunt (Coffield) Mids: Neale - Adams - Cripps - ECurnow (Rayner) Ruck: Grundy Forwards: Billings - CCurnow - Stringer - Martin (Fisher) I/C: Cocky - McCluggage (Cameron)
Provisional Blimps pending all manner of variables, other teams and locking in Richmond players: DEF: Rance, May, Savage, Byrne-Jones (Astbury) MID: Coniglio, Goddard, Newnes, Lyons (Lewis) RUCK: Z Smith FWD: Caddy, Walters, Gunston, Jack (Brown) I/C: Hoskin-Elliott, Hill (Edwards)
*gets pumped for another ORFFA season *opens ts leagues and realises is 2 yrs into 5 yr rebuild *slumps dejectedly into Patrick Stewart pose Any other opponent would be licking their lips at the thought of facing the reigning premier sans Hall, Prestia and Crouch. Alas, chels gets a free hit this week (as do most teams) as we continue our soul-destroying rebuild. Provisional half a team that might line up if all the stars and planets align... Def - Brayshaw, McKenzie, Duryea, Perryman (Wagner) Mid - Ross, Phillips, Weller, Berry (Atley) Ruck - Cameron Fwd - Mathieson, Hayward, Daicos, K Langford (Broomhead oop) I/C - Dumont, Shipley (Ainsworth)
Cradle Mountain Devils Round 1 2018 team vs Marble Bar Misfits New: Paul Seedsman – drafted as a free-agent at the 2018 PSD Def: - M Hurley, J Lever, N Vlastuin, P Seedsman (A Naughton) Mid: - S Pendlebury, D Zorko, D Heppell, D Zaharakis (S Grigg) Ruck: T Nankervis Fwd: C Pedersen, T Membrey, J Gresham, A McDonald-Tipungwuti (J Roughead OOP) Int: J Steele, J Redden (Z Jones) Cradle Mountain are close to full strength, only missing one automatic selection in Tom Lynch who is injured with a side strain. New recruit Liam Picken who would have been in contention for the F4 spot is out indefinitely with concussion. Another of the Devils new mature age recruits from the PSD in Paul Seedsman makes his club debut at D4. We expect a very tight contest with the Misfits who comfortably accounted for the Devils in week 1 of the 2017 finals.
Hoppers Squad for the opening round of 2018: Defenders: Mills - Hardwick - Weitering - Hunt (Zuthrie) Mids: Neale - Adams - Cripps - ECurnow (Rayner) Ruck: Grundy Forwards: Billings - CCurnow - Stringer - Martin (Fisher) I/C: Cameron - McCluggage (Marshall)
Battlers team for round 1: DEF: L McDonald, Witherden, Ryan, Doedee MID: Treloar, Blakely, Sheed, Hunter RUCK: Witts FWD: Acres, Taylor, Turner, Hipwood IC: Clarke, Robertson All the best to first gamer Tom Doedee, and also to recent arrivals Hipwood and Clarke in their Battlers debuts.
Crap, I've only just learned that Hill and Adams are injured and won't play. Clearly not paying any attention to pre-season injuries. I'll enter my final team in league page and replicate it below. I think I'll just have all my Richmond guys play from last night - less confusing. Hopefully Hill can come back soon, apparently Adams won't be back for quite a while - that's what I get for forgetting to put him in my provisional side in the first place! DEF: Rance, May, Savage, Adams (Astbury) MID: Coniglio, Goddard, Newnes, Lyons (Lewis) RUCK: Z Smith FWD: Caddy, Walters, Gunston, Brown (Jack) I/C: Hoskin-Elliott, Hill (Edwards)
Warriors travelling to Nudawading Upstream: DEF: Johanissen, Suckling, Tarrant, Marchbank (Andrews) MID: Wines, I. Smith, Harmes, Gibson (Douglas) RUC: Simpson (McIntosh OPP) FWD: J. Cameron, Lambert, Motlop, Patton (McCartin) I/C: Boak, S. Gray
Misfits ended up lucky to name a full team in position, only 2 emergencies, not a wonderful start.. DEFENDER Rory Laird, Daniel Rich, Jake Lloyd, Nick Haynes - Jimmy Webster MIDFIELDER Josh Kelly, Marc Murphy, Callan Ward, Lachie Whitfield - RUCK Patrick Ryder FORWARD Joe Daniher, Devon Smith, Daniel Venables, Tim Taranto INTERCHANGE Matthew Kennedy, Billy Longer - Adam Tomlinson Thanks for Fucking NOTHING Carlton, TEN BLOODY MINUTES you had him for, and broke him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Late change for the Blimps- Jack comes back in for Brown, who will apparently be swimming in wet conditions up on the Gold Coast on the weekend.
Why? Because footys back and because we can. Results after two early games: Wombats 3/275 vs Cockies 2/150 Lefties 2/119 vs Cows 1/90 Hoppers 5/470 vs Vultures 1/74 Chooks 2/143 vs Packers 3/236 Blimps 3/269 vs Cavemen 5/335 Nuffers 0 vs Warriors 3/226 Birds 1/86 vs Uglies 5/432 Devils 6/470 vs Misfits 5/341 Lilacs 2/97 vs Cods 2/172