It is that time of the year again where we look forward to another huge round of ORFFF football in Round 9 and @leematty1 can brush off their best trading threads ahead of the 24-day long midseason trading period opening on Tuesday night 26 May. This week's fixture with teams currently in the top 8 in bold:- Drouin Dropbears (6-2, 2nd) vs Port Lincoln Power (UOC, 6-2, 4th) Neptune Island Noahs (6-2, 3rd) vs Mt Thirsty Boozers (5-3, 8th) - the home side are playing their 190th ORFFF match Sherwood Magpies (6-2, 5th) vs Macquarie Island Whales (5-3, 6th) - the visitors are celebrating their 170th ORFFF match Black Swamp 29ers (6-2, 1st) vs Nangkita Bucks (3-5, 12th) - the home side are playing their 170th ORFFF match Rutherglen Fugitives (3-5, 10th) vs Useless Loop Virgins (5-3, 9th) - the home side are also playing their 170th ORFFF match The Stony Ponys (2-6, 13th) vs Walpole Woylies (5-3, 7th) Wedge Island White Pointers (3-5, 11th) vs Heard Island Shags (1-7, 15th) Maralinga Atoms (2-6, 14th) vs Jan Juc Ducks (0-8, 16th) Once again we start the round on a Thursday night before a full lockout for the Saturday 1:15pm game so please lock your players in early and tweak again on Friday or Saturday as needed. After that we have AFL round 12 off before playing ORFFF Round 10 in AFL Round 13, with Tigers and Giants players having the week off. Best of luck to all teams.
Drop Bears Blakiston, Balta, Florent, Mac Andrew (Bo Allan) Brayshaw, Darcy Wilson, Naicos, Bruhn (Trezise) Luke Jackson Zac Bailey, Sheezel, Ginnivan, Shai Bolton (Chol) Seth Campbell, Hopper (Mitch Lewis)
Ducks are back to just the 14 players including top ups for this week with an eye to the MSD. I'm sure we don't keep records for this but the Ducks have 7 AFL listed emergencies this week which is pretty crazy in itself (Hastie, Travaglia, Visentini, CDT, Gross, H Oliver, Leake for those playing at home) - hardest part of team selection was picking the emergency line just in case of a late in.
Heard Island Shags In: Lachie Jaques, Elijah Tsatas (we try again), Sam Clohesy, Zane Zakostelsky, Cameron Nairn (and likely Riley Hardeman). Out: Jedd Busslinger, Nik Cox, Calsher Dear, Sam Davidson, Tom Burton. (Burton likely to come back in as a late inclusion) DEF: Riley Bice, Ryan Maric, Lachie Jaques, Judd McVee (Harry Schoenberg -oop) MID: Elijah Tsatas, Jagga Smith, Sam Clohesy, Zeke Uwland (Tom Burton) RUCK: Zane Zakostelsky (Riley Hardeman -oop) FWD: Josh Treacy, Patrick Voss, Zane Duursma, Cameron Nairn (Sam Davidson) INT: Massimo D'Ambrosio, Jake Soligo
The unofficial scoreboard has the 29ers 12/1191 leading the Bucks @Dale Duivesteyn 12/1002 early in the last quarter The home side will look to extend their lead with Thomas and Daniels playing in the Sunday early game before the Bont brings it home later in the afternoon against the visitors trio of Dale, Windsor and Treloar to complete the contest.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1526428/fantasy-tppsdpps-revealed-check-out-the-position-updates Flanders remains as Fwd/Mid in SC and ORFFF footy
The final unofficial scores have the 29ers all out for 1446 and winners by 256 against the Bucks @Dale Duivesteyn (1190).
Rollover is likely to be delayed so please feel free to share your team scores and/or results if you wish. Also the midseason draft in the AFL is on Tuesday night, the final draft order is below. Round 1 1. Essendon 2. Richmond 3. West Coast 4. Carlton 5. Port Adelaide 6. North Melbourne 7. St Kilda 8. Collingwood 9. Western Bulldogs 10. Adelaide 11. Melbourne 12. Hawthorn Rounds 2 and 3 13. West Coast 14. Port Adelaide 15. Collingwood 16. Melbourne 17. Port Adelaide 18. Collingwood 19. Melbourne
You guys won't sack me as the Ducks Coach right? Even though my W-L record is almost as bad as Essendon's? I've at least had some September appearances this century!
Even if that was a thing the Ducks have the 9th best winning percentage of all ORFFF teams so most likely other teams (mine included) would be ahead of you in the sack the coach queue.
This week's round review is brought to you by ChatGPT and is inspired by the 1970's trio the Goodies. Round 9 of the ORFFF opened with all the dignity and composure of a custard pie fight at a church social, and by the end of it there were ladders overturned, ducks flapping about in panic, and one shark-themed football club attempting to win a match by hiding behind the couch for two hours. The headline act belonged to the Wedge Island White Pointers, who staggered past the Heard Island Shags 986 to 975 in what statisticians are already calling “technically football.” It was the third-lowest winning score in ORFFF history, though several witnesses insist both teams should actually receive a participation ribbon and a thermos. The White Pointers spent the final quarter hanging onto their lead with all the desperation of Tim Brooke-Taylor dangling from a runaway tandem bicycle, while the Shags launched attack after attack only to discover every forward entry had been replaced by a large Norwegian haddock. Elsewhere, the Sherwood Magpies fluttered elegantly into the top four after defeating the Macquarie Island Whales 1318 to 1158. The Whales began brightly enough, but the Magpies eventually pecked them to bits with the efficiency of a black-and-white demolition crew armed with tea trays and mildly sarcastic remarks. Not to be outdone, the Walpole Woylies also snuck into the four by flattening The Stony Ponys 1450 to 1280. The Woylies now occupy the finals places with the furtive grin of Graeme Garden disguising himself as a traffic warden, while the Ponys were left wondering how a marsupial roughly the size of a loaf of bread had just run over them with a steamroller. At the bottom of the table, the Jan Juc Ducks continued their noble campaign to corner the market in disappointment, falling 969 to the Maralinga Atoms’ 1231. This result all but guarantees the Ducks will receive first pick in the upcoming midseason draft, and scouts report they are already examining several promising prospects, including a half-fit ruckman, a Labrador that can mark overhead, and what may simply be Bill Oddie wearing a fake moustache. The Mt Thirsty Boozers poured another strong vintage over the Neptune Island Noahs, winning 1369 to 1100 in a match where the Boozers appeared capable of scoring from the car park, the buffet line, and possibly another postcode entirely. The Drouin Dropbears overcame Port Lincoln Power 1246 to 1195 after ambushing them from the trees in textbook Dropbear fashion, while the Black Swamp 29ers produced the score of the round with a hefty 1446 against the Nangkita Bucks’ 1190. The 29ers are now rumbling along like an overloaded mining cart with no brakes and several highly questionable steering decisions. Finally, the Rutherglen Fugitives escaped with a convincing 1378 to 1235 victory over the Useless Loop Virgins, whose season continues to resemble an instructional film entitled What Not To Do With A Football Club. So with one round remaining before the midseason draft, the Magpies and Woylies have pinched places in the top four, the White Pointers have escaped with one of the ugliest victories since someone tried to play football in diving flippers, and the Ducks are polishing the number one draft selection like a man who’s won a raffle prize consisting entirely of mystery meat and unresolved potential.