<p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]Round 13 17.07 - 19.07 Bleak week <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]In the Southern Hemisphere, the third week of July is considered the Bleak Week. No better way to celebrate the cold, miserable Australian winter than chasing a bag of wind through the ankle-deep slush of a Tasmanian footy paddock. <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;] <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]Birdsville Battlers v Gundagai Grasshoppers <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]Mt Beauty Uglies v Venus Bay Vultures <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]Iron Knob Codpieces v Waikikamoocow Incorrigibles <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]Charlies Opening Spelunkers v Nunawading Nuffas <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]Whitsunday Warriors v Lovely Banks Lilacs <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]Powlett Plains Packers v Wagga Wagga Wombats <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]Larrikin Lagoon Lefties v Gariwerd Cockatoos <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]Darraweit Guim Dirigibles v Foul Bay Chickens <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]Cradle Mountain Devils v Marble Bar Misfits <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;] <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;] <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;] <p style='color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: #ffffff;]
Name of the week is very apt. It has been effing freezing in Melbourne this week and by the looks of my team selection this week, it will indeed be a Bleak Week.
Misfits Squad for R13 Def: Rory Laird, Jack Hombsch, Josh Bruce, Zac Williams Mid: Callan Ward, Daniel Rich, Lachie Whitfield, Dunstan (Mav Weller) Ruc: Ryder Fwd: Devon Smith, Marco Paparone, Caleb Daniel, Adam Tomlinson (Josh Kelly) Int: Elliot Yeo, Riley Knight (Day) Changes; Knight to IC, Weller to ME, Tomlinson to Fwd, Out: Nahas (Inj) In: Kelly
Cradle Mountain Round 13 team In: Nick Vlastuin, Jake Lever, Toby Nankervis (making his ORFFA debut) <p style='margin: 12pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]Out: Drew Petrie (suspended), Sam Gilbert (omitted) Lee Spurr (omitted [span style='color: #333333;]DEF Michael Hurley, Nick Smith, Jake Lever, Nick Vlastuin (Sam Gilbert) <p style='margin: 12pt 0cm 0.0001pt;]MID Scott Pendlebury, Dyson Heppell, Liam Shiels, Jack Redden (David Zaharakis) RUC Toby Nankervis (Jordan Roughead) FWD Dayne Zorko, Tom Boyd, Adam Goodes, Jack Steele (Ben Kennedy) INTER Steve Johnson, Shaun Grigg
Gariwerd Cockatoos Out: Andrew Mackie In: Tom Hickey Def: Lynden Dunn 0 Sam Fisher 0 0 Zach TUOHY 0 Brodie SMITH 0 0 Mid: Brett Deledio 0 Chris Masten 0 Matt Crouch 0 Nathan Jones 0 Mitch WALLIS 0 0 Ruc: Tom HICKEY 0 Andrew Mackie - oop 0 Fwd: Taylor Walker 0 Allan CHRISTENSEN 0 Levi CASBOULT 0 Chad Wingard (C) 0 Jeremy Cameron 0 0 Int: Shannon Hurn (VC) 0 Cameron GUTHRIE 0 Touk Miller 0 Grav, how did your team get so good?! I think Im in trouble this week down in the lagoon.
Goonies team - updated In - Crameri Out - Duryea, Broomhead, Mzungu Def - Lumumba, Gibson, Baguley, Firrito (Schofield) Mid - Lewis, Priddis, Montagna, S Mitchell (Suban) Ruck - Goldy Fwd - Monfries, Goddard, TT Lynch, J Lloyd (Crameri) I/C - S Selwood, Daniher
anthak wrote: Gariwerd Cockatoos Out: Andrew Mackie In: Tom Hickey Def: Lynden Dunn 0 Sam Fisher 0 0 Zach TUOHY 0 Brodie SMITH 0 0 Mid: Brett Deledio 0 Chris Masten 0 Matt Crouch 0 Nathan Jones 0 Mitch WALLIS 0 0 Ruc: Tom HICKEY 0 Andrew Mackie - oop 0 Fwd: Taylor Walker 0 Allan CHRISTENSEN 0 Levi CASBOULT 0 Chad Wingard (C) 0 Jeremy Cameron 0 0 Int: Shannon Hurn (VC) 0 Cameron GUTHRIE 0 Touk Miller 0 Grav, how did your team get so good?! I think Im in trouble this week down in the lagoon. Casually trading out most of my young talent and draft picks for old yet reliable dogs may yield some improvement in the swamp. Depth now being tested. If anyone sees Will Langford, tell him we have destroyed all the evidence, its safe to come home.
Provisional Hoppers............. DEF: Stratts / Ox / JKolo / Mullett (Scharenberg) MID: Rocky / Neale / Cripps / Brayshaw FWD: Stringer / McCarthy / Cameron / McCartin (Amon oop) RCK: Grundy I/C: Witts / Curnow IN: McCartin, JKolo OUT: Adams
ChiefRussell wrote: Name of the week is very apt. It has been effing freezing in Melbourne this week and by the looks of my team selection this week, it will indeed be a Bleak Week. Roughead returning, Bartel and Kelly back and fit again, a playing ruckman in Zac Smith for the first time in a few weeks, Ziebell and Dahlhaus sitting on the bench ... I'm taking odds at ChiefBet that you'll be perfectly fine!
Meanwhile, I'm down to 17 fit players .... IN: Brown, Gleeson, Maric, Greenwood OUT: Edwards (inj), Vickery (AFL plot), Ross (omitted), Wood (who is bloody unlucky after last week I reckon) Greenwood, Brown and Gleeson all debuting for the Guim. Butler and Edwards on standby for debuts as well if Harvey decides to put the vest on again. <table cellspacing='10] <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Def: [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDef1_7]Alex Rance [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDefScore1_7]0 [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDef2_7]Steven MAY [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDefScore2_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency][span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDefB1_7]Sam Butler [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDefScoreB1_7]0 [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDef3_7]Nick Haynes [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDefScore3_7]0 [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDef4_7]Jack Newnes [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDefScore4_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HDefScoreB2_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Mid: [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HMid1_7]Brent Harvey [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HMidScore1_7]0 [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HMid2_7]David Armitage [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HMidScore2_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HMidScoreB1_7]0 [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HMid3_7]Stephen Coniglio [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HMidScore3_7]0 [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HMid4_7]Dom Tyson [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HMidScore4_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HMidScoreB2_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Ruc: [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HRuc1_7]Ivan Maric [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HRucScore1_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HRucScoreB1_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Fwd: [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HFwd1_7]Eddie Betts [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HFwdScore1_7]0 [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HFwd2_7]Justin Westhoff [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HFwdScore2_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HFwdScoreB1_7]0 [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HFwd3_7]Michael Walters [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HFwdScore3_7]0 [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HFwd4_7]Ben Brown [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HFwdScore4_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HFwdScoreB2_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Int: [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HInt1_7]Levi Greenwood [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HIntScore1_7]0 [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HInt2_7]Martin Gleeson [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HIntScore2_7]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency][span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HIntB1_7]Shaun Edwards [span id='dnn_ctr718_View_rptFixture_HIntScoreB1_7]0 In happier news, I think Jen is welcoming back about 7 players this week after being absolutely destroyed by injuries last week.
Bleak Week - you do not know you are alive CR. Try facing IK with a bare 15 man squad i.e., no emergencies). I may not be able to sit down for the best part of a week. Latest sick room victim - Jamie Elliott. The 'talent' sitting out this week would be the basis of a good side. Still, there may be teams even worse off?
It may be Bleak Week, but I am doing a happy dance - I have a full team. Lilacs Round 16 Team <table cellspacing='10] <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Def: ]Jack Grimes ]0 ]Jed Bews ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency]]Jed Adcock ]0 ]Dane Rampe ]0 ]Tom Langdon ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Mid: ]Matt Rosa ]0 ]Scott Thompson ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency]]Matthew SHAW ]0 ]Mitch DUNCAN ]0 ]Josh CADDY ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Ruc: ]Peter Wright ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Fwd: ]Craig Bird ]0 ]Sharrod Wellingham ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] ]0 ]Hayden Ballantyne ]0 ]Kyle Langford ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Int: ]Darcy Lang ]0 ]Billy Hartung ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency]]Alex Pearce ]0 Out - Pike,Moore, Pearce, Shaw & Adcock IN - Wright, Bird, Duncan (Woo Hoo), Langford & Grimes Just a little excited to have Duncan back
Jen wrote: It may be Bleak Week, but I am doing a happy dance - I have a full team. Lilacs Round 16 Team <table cellspacing='10] <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Def: ]Jack Grimes ]0 ]Jed Bews ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency]]Jed Adcock ]0 ]Dane Rampe ]0 ]Tom Langdon ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Mid: ]Matt Rosa ]0 ]Scott Thompson ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency]]Matthew SHAW ]0 ]Mitch DUNCAN ]0 ]Josh CADDY ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Ruc: ]Peter Wright ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Fwd: ]Craig Bird ]0 ]Sharrod Wellingham ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] ]0 ]Hayden Ballantyne ]0 ]Kyle Langford ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency] ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' rowspan='2]Int: ]Darcy Lang ]0 ]Billy Hartung ]0 <td style='text-align: left;' class='Emergency]]Alex Pearce ]0 Out - Pike,Moore, Pearce, Shaw & Adcock IN - Wright, Bird, Duncan (Woo Hoo), Langford & Grimes Just a little excited to have Duncan back And still to return either soon or for 2016 - Heeney, Saad, Stanley, White, Carlisle (and Chapman for what it is worth). The Lilacs are getting there, slowly but surely.
chris88 wrote: ChiefRussell wrote: Name of the week is very apt. It has been effing freezing in Melbourne this week and by the looks of my team selection this week, it will indeed be a Bleak Week. Roughead returning, Bartel and Kelly back and fit again, a playing ruckman in Zac Smith for the first time in a few weeks, Ziebell and Dahlhaus sitting on the bench ... I'm taking odds at ChiefBet that you'll be perfectly fine! I will admit that it was good (and much needed) to get Bartel back and it will be a nice surprise if Roughead plays. Kelly is named, but still injured, and while it is a blessing not to play half points in the ruck, I may as well play half points because Zac Smith is not going to cut it as a forward. Selwood is suspended (which you conveniently left out of your summary haha) so it is a net even result from last week at Chookland because my team looks like: Ins: Roughead (hopefully), Z. Smith, Kelly, Murdoch Outs: Selwood (suspended), Ray (omitted), Yarran (omitted), Stokes (omitted).
graeme wrote: Bleak Week - you do not know you are alive CR. Try facing IK with a bare 15 man squad i.e., no emergencies). I may not be able to sit down for the best part of a week. Latest sick room victim - Jamie Elliott. The 'talent' sitting out this week would be the basis of a good side. Still, there may be teams even worse off? Iron Knob is back to making sure that everyone who plays them has trouble sitting down now that the little master is back. Will be fascinating to watch Ablett v Fyfe in the Knob v Cows clash.
ChiefRussell wrote: chris88 wrote: ChiefRussell wrote: Name of the week is very apt. It has been effing freezing in Melbourne this week and by the looks of my team selection this week, it will indeed be a Bleak Week. Roughead returning, Bartel and Kelly back and fit again, a playing ruckman in Zac Smith for the first time in a few weeks, Ziebell and Dahlhaus sitting on the bench ... I'm taking odds at ChiefBet that you'll be perfectly fine! I will admit that it was good (and much needed) to get Bartel back and it will be a nice surprise if Roughead plays. Kelly is named, but still injured, and while it is a blessing not to play half points in the ruck, I may as well play half points because Zac Smith is not going to cut it as a forward. Selwood is suspended (which you conveniently left out of your summary haha) so it is a net even result from last week at Chookland because my team looks like: Ins: Roughead (hopefully), Z. Smith, Kelly, Murdoch Outs: Selwood (suspended), Ray (omitted), Yarran (omitted), Stokes (omitted). Selwood and Vickery currnetly chatting about the guessing game that is the MRP ....
chris88 wrote: ChiefRussell wrote: Name of the week is very apt. It has been effing freezing in Melbourne this week and by the looks of my team selection this week, it will indeed be a Bleak Week. Roughead returning, Bartel and Kelly back and fit again, a playing ruckman in Zac Smith for the first time in a few weeks, Ziebell and Dahlhaus sitting on the bench ... I'm taking odds at ChiefBet that you'll be perfectly fine! Ziebell 125 Cunnington 110 or so. Shaw 125 Dahlhaus 130+ Smith 116 in the ruck. Bartel and Kelly 100 each. Hawkins 85 despite barely touching it. Dangerfield, Roughead, etc to come. Chief, your team is second for a reason - you really have to have more faith in them