Season Report

[hibbo]

How'd your team go? Copy & Paste to share.
NOTE: When filling out sections such as 'Best Forward' make sure you consider consistency, games & price - not just highest average.

Overall ranking:
Highest rank:
League(s) finish:
Biggest score:
Best Defender:
Best Midfielder:
Best Ruckman:
Best Forward:
Best 2 rookies:
Team MVP:
Who you wish you had:
Worst pickup(s) from start:
Best trades:
Regrettable trades:
Any DT rule changes/site improvements:
What you learnt for next year?
Last DT thoughts:

Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)?
Who wins Charlie?
2009 GF teams and who wins?


P.S Yes I know DT needs to open before this can be filled out.

[CFC 1979]

1st year playing.WELL HERE WE GO ( I am assuming your mean our team not overall );

Overall ranking: will put in when finalised
Highest rank: 6062
League(s) finish: 4th ( lost GF by 45 )
Biggest score:  2178 ( PF )
Best Defender: Goddard just over Broughton
Best Midfielder: GAJ
Best Ruckman: Sandilands
Best Forward: Roo
Best 2 rookies: Rich + Zeibell
Team MVP: GAJ
Who you wish you had: Dal Santo ( killed me in GF )
Worst pickup(s) from start: Spudtrenko - unreliable little shower
Best trades: Harvey to Roo + M Brown to Clark
Regrettable trades: Wundke ( didn't play a game ) + Wells ( spud )
Any DT rule changes/site improvements: Seemed very twittery today ( scores did not match up to total )
What you learnt for next year? 1. Go into GF with at least 1 trade + cash 2. GAJ permament capt 3. Very different from SC when picking players 4. Have your team right at start for eliminator
Last DT thoughts: I hate NDS + Beams. L Brown is a SPUD.
2011 - You will need probably 1 player per team on each position including emerg to cover bye


Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)? Bombers
Who wins Charlie? GAJ
2009 GF teams and who wins? CATS V SAINTS ( CATS BY 4 GOALS )

[hibbo]

1st year playing.WELL HERE WE GO ( I am assuming your mean our team not overall );

Spot on.

[2Fat2Old]

Overall ranking:17,165
Highest rank:1,747
League(s) finish:Premier
Biggest score:2,211
Best Defender: Goddard
Best Midfielder:Bartell/GAJ
Best Ruckman:Sandilands
Best Forward:ROK
Best 2 rookies:Rich/Beams
Team MVP:Bartell/Gaj
Who you wish you had:Swan/Montagna
Worst pickup(s) from start:Spud (wanted to axe him all year but never did)
Best trades:Rich to Bartell
Regrettable trades:Keeping the Spud Franklin
Any DT rule changes/site improvements:
What you learnt for next year? Access to FF from the start of the year = Handy
Last DT thoughts:Yeah baby 1st premiership after 2 runners ups

Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)? No body they don't make it. HAHA 1 year wonders
Who wins Charlie? Swan/Gaj/Goodes
2009 GF teams and who wins? Crows & St Kilda (same result as 1997)

[Prospector_1]

Overall ranking: 8234
Highest rank: 7397
League(s) finish: Runner Up from Third, Eliminated First Prelim from First, Eliminated Second Semi from Seventh
Biggest score: 2210
Best Defender: Goddard
Best Midfielder: Selwood from start, Gibbs from round 15, Montagna from round 18
Best Ruckman: Cox from start
Best Forward: N. Riewoldt
Best 2 rookies: L. Anthony, Broughton
Team MVP: Goddard
Who you wish you had: Ablett, Bartel, Corey
Worst pickup(s) from start: Pestinko, Malceski
Best trades: Pestinko --> Grimes, J. Riewoldt --> ROK, both in round 9.
Regrettable trades: Jacobs --> NicNat round 14 to cover for Cox - went Cox --> Petrie round 16, shoulda been ruthless at round 14
Any DT rule changes/site improvements: No
What you learnt for next year? No Rischitelli, No J. Riewoldt, No Malceski knees, No T. Tuck, No worn out Lucas lookalikes.
Last DT thoughts: Here's to having fun in finals DT, and an even better year in 2010.
Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)? Don't like their chances.
Who wins Charlie? Goodes to be the indiginous Skilton.
2009 GF teams and who wins? Saints & Cats, I hope the Saints can do it for their fans. I want to see Harvey on the front page of the paper holding that cup up at last. Hope he gets to!

[timskul]

the better of 2 teams i had, worse one had a 10 point less avg per round

Overall ranking: 731
Highest rank: 688 (round 21)
League(s) finish: Premier Premier runner up - 2/3 gf wins
Biggest score: 2268
Best Defender: Goddard
Best Midfielder: GAJ
Best Ruckman: HMac (sandi wasnt in long enough)
Best Forward: Riewoldt
Best 2 rookies: Anthony & Broughton
Team MVP: Winderlich (best value for price)
Who you wish you had: M Clark instead of sandi
Worst pickup(s) from start: Raines, David Johnson, Hentschel, Lucas
Best trades: Fletcher-Ryder, Hill-Grimes, Warren-didak(@349k), Houlihan-Goddard
Regrettable trades: none really exept oculdve gotten m clark instead of sandi
Any DT rule changes/site improvements: past season player stats in their info eg avg scores games played and prices in past seasons
What you learnt for next year? Dont jump the gun on trades early, save more for injury
Last DT thoughts: No old players eg lucas

Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)? Carlton
Who wins Charlie? GAJ
2009 GF teams and who wins? Geelong win over WB

[Crows90]

Overall ranking: 33,258
Highest rank: 26,647
League(s) finish: 7th
Biggest score: 2166
Best Defender: Goddard
Best Midfielder: Ablett
Best Ruckman: Clark
Best Forward: Stevie J
Best 2 rookies: Mustin, Anthony
Team MVP: Goddard
Who you wish you had: Swan
Worst pickup(s) from start: Buddy
Best trades: Buddy to Higgins
Regrettable trades: Trading Ablett when injured
Any DT rule changes/site improvements: Nah its all good!
What you learnt for next year? Dont make to many early trades
Last DT thoughts: Dissapointed to have a poor finish to the season. Oh Yeah and Swanny is a MUST HAVE for next year.

Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)?
North Melbourne or maybe West Coast?
Who wins Charlie? Leigh Montagna
2009 GF teams and who wins?
St Kilda to beat Collingwood in the Grand Final by 26 points.

[cshc23]

Overall ranking: 22nd
Highest rank: 22nd
League(s) finish: 1st + GF
Biggest score: 2466 (round 17)
Best Defender: Goddard
Best Midfielder: Boyd -> SUPER consistent and not many ppl had him!
Best Ruckman: Mitch Clark
Best Forward: Riewoldt
Best 2 rookies: Broughton + Beams
Team MVP: Goddard/ Boyd
Who you wish you had: GAJ (brought him in the team for only 2 games then got ride of him when he got injured!!!!!!
Worst pickup(s) from start: Petrenko
Best trades: Cox to Clark, Ziebell to Riewoldt, and Houlihan to Broughton
Regrettable trades: GAJ - Mitchell when he got injured but Mitchell averaged around if not over 100 since round 7 so maybe not???
Any DT rule changes/site improvements: nope - all seems good!
What you learnt for next year? keep trades for the GF!!!! played with 21 players - thankyou Simon Hogan for playing out of your skin!!!! (still scored 2236 though  :) )
Last DT thoughts: Quite happy with the season best finish ever! wish I hadnt used all my trades in the Prelim final but still got through in the end so no complaints!

Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)? Bombers and Eagles to make it not Hawks!!!!!!!!!! ( i hope)
Who wins Charlie? Montagna
2009 GF teams and who wins? Saints and Doggies - saints by 5 goals

[Damoman]

Overall ranking: 995
Highest rank: 657
League(s) finish: 1st in total pts, bowed out of finals
Biggest score: 2343
Best Defender: Goddard
Best Midfielder: GAJ
Best Ruckman: M. Clark
Best Forward: Reiwoldt or chappy?
Best 2 rookies: Rich, Broughton
Team MVP: Riewoldt Gibbs
Who you wish you had: Swan, SJ
Worst pickup(s) from start: Anthony, Shane Edwards, Hentshel, Malceski
Best trades: bringing in Gilbert, M.Clark
Regrettable trades: Bringing in Buddy too early, Didak too late, A. Lovett at all.
Any DT rule changes/site improvements:
What you learnt for next year? More depth in the midfield, Dont stack it.
Last DT thoughts:

Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)? Brisbane
Who wins Charlie? Selwood
2009 GF teams and who wins? Saints Pies. Saints by about a goal

[antman]

Overall ranking:5639
Highest rank:4054 rd15
League(s) finish:1st & 1st won both GF's
Biggest score:2224
Best Defender: goddard
Best Midfielder:selwood j
Best Ruckman:h-mac
Best Forward:deledio (2 big scores in the finals) or riewoldt
Best 2 rookies:rich & broughton
Team MVP:RIEWOLDT
Who you wish you had:swann ,gibbs, didak, chappy, jb(this could go on for a while)
Worst pickup(s) from start:raines, malceski, hentchel, presti(bloody lockout).
Best trades:rich-ablett, dawson-hargrave, al davey-pavlich, cox-clark.
Regrettable trades:okeefe-mcmahon, hodge-grimes.
Any DT rule changes/site improvements:
What you learnt for next year? I say this every year keep yuor trades(might have to write it on the back of my hand like deledio does!!)
Last DT thoughts:A good year and hope to improve next year.

Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)?essendon(i hope campbell snipes lloyd that would be sweet!!)
Who wins Charlie? montagna
2009 GF teams and who wins? st kilda and geelong stkilda finally wins #2

[hibbo]

Overall ranking: 2562
Highest rank: 1817
League(s) finish: Won 2 GF's
Biggest score: 2308
Best Defender: Goddard
Best Midfielder: J Selwood
Best Ruckman: Clark - just gets the nod over HMAC.
Best Forward: Riewoldt
Best 2 rookies: Broughton & Rich
Team MVP: Goddard
Who you wish you had: Swanny of course, but I should've got Gibbs at the start.
Worst pickup(s) from start: Luke Ball, Raines, Hentschel, Myke Cook and Butler.
Best trades: Rd 3 - Out Raines; In Hargrave / Rd 7 - Out Skipworth; In Riewoldt / Rd 12 - Out Warren; In Didak
Regrettable trades: Rd 10 - Out Higgins; In Aaron Davey
Any DT rule changes/site improvements: Players B/E should be on their individual page.
What you learnt for next year? You can rise up the rankings very quickly + need 4 trades for finals.
Last DT thoughts: Best season for me, goal was for top 2000 - didn't quite get there, but there's always next year!

Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)? Hawks will make it and the Bombers will give way to finish 9th.
Who wins Charlie? Tie between Swan & Goodes - Goodesy makes a late charge to get there. Close behind are GAJ, Montagna, Selwood & M Murphy.
2009 GF teams and who wins? Saints vs Dogs and of course the Sainters win!

[Bic]

Overall ranking: 1,579
Highest rank: 729 Rd 18
League(s) finish: 1st, Lost in semi... yep straight sets!
Biggest score: 2,285
Best Defender: B.Goddard
Best Midfielder: D.Swan just over B.Gibbs
Best Ruckman: McIntosh (chose him over Clarke when Cox went down..)
Best Forward: P.Chapman
Best 2 rookies: G.Broughton, D.Beams
Team MVP: D.Swan
Who you wish you had: L.Montagna
Worst pickup(s) from start: S.Tuck, J.Fraser
Best trades: OUT: Malceski IN: Broughton
Regrettable trades: OUT: Hill IN: Cheney
Any DT rule changes/site improvements: nope
What you learnt for next year? Don't jump the gun too early.
Last DT thoughts:Two years in a row finishing first in my league, both times out in straight sets... Gotta win it next year...

Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)? Essendon will finish bottom 4.
Who wins Charlie? Three way tie! A. Goodes, D.Swan, C.Judd
2009 GF teams and who wins? Geelong vs Adelaide, Geelong wins.

[jehan]

Overall ranking: 1904
Highest rank: 1819 rd21
League(s) finish: 2nd and 1st
Biggest score: 2416 rd16 (rank118 for that round)
Best Defender: Goddard
Best Midfielder: Selwood or Mitchel from the start, Gaz when I got him and Goodes toward the last 4 or five. 
Best Ruckman:HMAC
Best Forward: Roo, O’Keefe
Best 2 rookies: Broughton and M. Brown/Anthony…never actually played a game for me. 
Team MVP: Mitchell/Goddard
Who you wish you had: Swan, M. Clark
Worst pickup(s) from start: Ottens, Raines, Pestinko, Shaw. 
Best trades: Shaw to Goddard, rd4, Pav to Roo, rd5(sideways but awesome), Haselby to Ablett, rd12.  Pestinko to Grimes rd9. 
Regrettable trades: Sandilands to HMAC rd5, was my first year of DT young and rash.  Grimes to Ryder the week he got injured then used last trade on Ryder the next week, then he came back after just one. 
Any DT rule changes/site improvements? none really. 
What you learnt for next year?  Always ALWAYS have a trade for the GF, cost me this year…Bloody Buddy…less trades early. 
Last DT thoughts:  My first year…was disappointed to lose a GF but pretty damn happy with my performance.  Matured as the season went on and was really happy with overall rank.  Sounds a bit like a footy team haha. 

Which top 8 team makes way for Hawks next year (or don’t they make it)?  Not too sure, hope the swans get in though!!
Who wins Charlie? Goodes/Swan/Ablett…not sure about any saints…Mitchell would have been a show but got suspended. 
2009 GF teams and who wins?  Any of the top 4 can get there and maybe Adelaide.  Doggies the smokie for me. 

[jehan]

wooops, forgot to throw in rich as best rookie.