One groin, one hamstring: two major decisions facing fantasy coaches pre-lockout this week.
Gary Ablett jnr‘s groin and Matthew Richardson‘s hamstring are the two big injuries heading a number of key names this week. The Geelong maestro and Richmond big man are the main two fantasy concerns, as well as Paul Medhurst who will have a test this week on his ankle. Ablett is set to miss 2-3 weeks, while Richo is in doubt for the rest of the season, news his coaches dread to hear.
The number one team in Dream Team has both of these players; is this the week to make your move?
Youngsters Hamish Hartlett and Dayne Beams could also be facing weeks on the sidelines, midfields are starting to look a little weaker.
Dustin Fletcher didn’t get the right result he was looking for in his 300th match, a 43 point loss to Brisbane and a left leg injury which will see him miss 3-4 weeks. Some good news for the Bombers fans and for those fantasy fans that held onto him, Hayden Skipworth is listed as only a week away from returning.
Daniel Pratt may miss a couple of weeks after injuring his knee in Friday’s loss to Collingwood. News doesn’t get much better for the Roos, who are already missing captain Brent Harvey. Ryan Crowley is out indefinitely with a troublesome ankle.
In other games, Hawthorn hung on for a thriller against a gallant Blues, Fremantle were too strong for West Coast in the local derby, while in Adelaide the Power got over the top of the Crows. Sydney beat Richmond after a spirited fightback from the Tigers in the last term, Geelong were challenged early but showed their class in defeating Melbourne. Meanhile at Etihad Stadium, St Kilda continued their ruthless run against an average Bulldogs team.
At the tribunal, John Anthony has been handed a one match ban for head-butting, while Simon Taylor proved he has learned nothing in the past month and faced his second suspension of the year, a two match ban for an altercation with Setanta O’hAilpin.
There were no major upsets on the field and in fantasy footy, some teams shined while a few dove. This week also heralded the opening of FanFooty’s new match blogs, what were your thoughts?
* Also remember, the Shocker and Star man are based on the fantasy scores and their influence on your fantasy teams with some recognition given to their on-field performance.
Collingwood 19.13.127 def North Melbourne 11.9.75
After a massive week full of media and criticism, Collingwood were able to produce the goods on Friday night. They kept their up and down season going with a 52 point win over an average North Melbourne outfit. Heath Shaw and Anthony Rocca were late withdrawals, but their replacements Anthony Corrie and Sharrod Wellingham impressed. The Pies have still been unable to produce consecutive wins, but will have a chance to correct that record when they play the unbeaten Saints this week. The Kangaroos who were missing chief playmaker Brent Harvey looked tired and were unable to hit targets. They kept up in the first one and a half quarters before Collingwood strode away to take the game comfortably.
As with the solid fantasy midfielders at Geelong, Collingwood’s trio of Davis, Swan and Pendlebury continue to assert themselves among fantasy ranks. Leon Davis was dynamic, using the ball superbly as always. He had 27 touches and booted two goals, including the opener. It seems Dane Swan never plays a bad game, on Friday he had 33 touches and seven marks. Scott Pendlebury broke the shackles and earned another high round of fantasy scores, he also had a pleasant 31 possessions. Josh Fraser came back from a week of scrutiny well, and Nick Maxwell returned well from suspension.
Those who traded Hille to Hamish McIntosh would have been very happy with the HMac’s form on Friday night: 20 touches and two goals, as well as a decent amount of hit outs. Adam Simpson had 34 touches, Gavin Urquhart played his best game of the year and Drew Petrie did well after his fantastic first goal.
Star man: Tarkyn Lockyer (133 DT/150 SC). Played a role different to normal up forward and shone. Booted four goals, had 25 possessions and limited the creative Scott McMahon to just nine disposals.
Shocker: Scott D. Thompson (16/24). Halted Thomas’ effect on the game but didn’t do a lot himself. Just seven possessions, two of which were clangers, I presume that wouldn’t have pleased his owners.
One to watch: Brent Macaffer. A boy on the bubble this week, he looked lively especially early!
Hawthorn 16.10.106 def Carlton 15.12.102
When you think of these two sides’ most recent battles, your mind instantly turns to last year in round 22 when Lance Franklin booted his 100th and Brendan Fevola fell agonisingly short of his ton. Fev would have felt worse on Saturday than August 30th last year, he failed to kick the winner with only moments remaining. A lot was riding on that kick, obviously a chance to win the match, a chance to salute Dick Pratt’s great life and last but not least our fantasy teams, a lot of coaches including myself have the Fevster, the extra points wouldn’t have sat badly with me.
On that night last year it was Fev and Buddy shooting out, on Saturday Fev was still there but Buddy’s sidekick Jarryd Roughead kicked eight goals to win the game for the Hawks off his own boot. Just seven days earlier, Essendon fought back late to win on ANZAC day, if the Blues had have got up it would have been a perfect match. It wasn’t to be, and that might be the win that will kick the Hawks into action on season ’09.
Brad Sewell showed why he is a fantasy gun with 32 touches and a game-high 10 tackles, which are usually underestimated in fantasy scores but when your player is laying so many can easily earn you 30-40 points. Sam Mitchell had 35 possessions, he never really had a direct opponent. Youngsters, Beau Dowler and Brendan Whitecross‘ prices increased heavily and earned valuable points for their teams.
Marc Murphy, Bryce Gibbs, Nick Stevens and Chris Judd were all gallant for the Blues and earned some nice points for your fantasy teams. Brendan Fevola tried his heart out for the Blues and Jarrad Waite was good across half-back. My replacement for Hille and I’m sure many others too, Matthew Kruezer performed well against Simon Taylor.
Star Man: Jarryd Roughead (142/146). Kicked eight goals which won the game for the Hawks, also took a game-high 11 marks which included two contested grabs.
Shocker: Setanta O’hAilpin (34/35). Didn’t do much apart from kick a goal.
Ones to watch: Luke Hodge and Lance Franklin. Haven’t been able to deliver like last year, their prices are very low, is this the week to get them?
Fremantle 13.9.87 def West Coast 9.20.74
The West Australian derby has a knack of always evening the sides, no matter of how good they are in comparison with each other. This year neither team will be any good, but Fremantle are probably at the lower end of the spectrum. Nevertheless, they inflicted West Coast’s first loss of the season at Subiaco. The Eagles had a massive seven extra shots on goal but was unable to convert when it needed. The game was up and down, eventually won by Fremantle, getting home by 13 points.
Fantasy whipping boy Stephen Hill, delivered the goods in the first indication to say that Fremantle were not crazy in picking him ahead of Daniel Rich. Many fantasy coaches bagged him earlier in the year after he continued to look too young and skinny to compete at the top level; not Saturday, he had 21 touches plus two goals. Paul Duffield had a nice 34 touches and Byron Schammer had 30. Garrick Ibbotson had 24 touches, half of which were taken after marks. Not many coaches have Antoni Grover, but for those that did, he had his best fantasy game of the year. Matthew Pavlich finished the game off strong after an early foot injury.
For the Eagles, the trusted two again stood up in a fantasy sense. Dean Cox and Matt Priddis scored DT tons and were the only Eagles players to top 80. Cox had the better of Aaron Sandilands , beating him in the hit outs – a very hard task – and Priddis was good around stoppages. Other Eagles who impressed were Adam Selwood and Shannon Hurn.
Star Man: Paul Hasleby (117/107). Won his fourth Glendinning Medal (the highest of any player) and was clearly dominant. Had a game-high 35 touches which would have pleased his owners.
Shocker: Brett Jones (39/22). 12 possessions which included three clangers, no real standout shocker for this match.
One to watch: FanFooty forum. After weeks of copping heavy criticism, there is no doubt that Stephen Hill is the new God for fantasy coaches. Watch for those who say, “Oh I’ve stuck with Hill from day one,” “Oh you’re a star, Hill.” These were probably the same people bagging the young fella a month ago.
Brisbane 17.9.111 def Essendon 9.14.68
Brisbane’s young guns were the inspiration for its 43-point win over Essendon in Dustin Fletcher’s 300th. Both sides had mixed results in comparison to the week before. Brisbane bounced back well from a hammering at the hands of Geelong, while David Zaharakis wasn’t able to repeat the efforts of the ANZAC day clash.
Jonathan Brown looks to be back in vintage Jonathan Brown form. He took 13 marks, five were contested and you know when he’s taking the contested marks he is in form, the big man also kicked five. We will hear more from him this week on the Footy Show! Luke Power kicked three to add to 24 touches and Troy Selwood got the better of Brent Stanton. Simon Black and Travis Johnstone also impressed.
Jobe Watson continued to pick up a stack of the ball, a game-high 36 touches! Jason Winderlich kicked two goals and touched the pill 23 times. Heath Hocking played well, Matthew Lloyd celebrated his 900th goal with some decent scores and Patrick Ryder continued on with last week’s form.
Star Man: Jonathan Brown (136/135). Read above.
Shocker: Jed Adcock (50/43). Just the 15 touches, he needs to realise that more fantasy sides need his output!
One to watch: Cale Hooker. In Hille’s absence may find more games. Still priced fairly low.
Port Adelaide 15.15.105 def Adelaide 12.7.79
Port Adelaide cemented a top-four spot with a win over bitter rivals Adelaide on Saturday night. The Power game plan was too strong for the Crows as they failed to have a big forward to kick them a winning score. Down Port Adelaide’s end Daniel Motlop and Warren Tredrea chipped in with three goals each.
The Cornes brothers were again instrumental in Port Adelaide’s win. Kane had 37 touches and Chad had 27 plus two goals and Chad would have been my winner for the BOG medal. It was won with a left-field decision: big man Dean Brogan took the honours. He had 16 possessions and 27 hit outs and had the better of the ruck. Daniel Motlop played another Motlop game, full of the least expected, some flashy things and at times very terrible. Tredrea had the better of Ben Rutten with three goals.
Bernie Vince was easily the best for the Crows, on the field and in a fantasy sense. He compiled 29 disposals, 12 marks and two goals to stem the flow for the Power. Nathan Bock dominated his duel with Brendan Lade who played more up forward.
Star Man: Chad Cornes (129/140). Read above.
Shocker: Taylor Walker (30/18). Largely unsighted the whole night, just the one goal from five disposals.
One to watch: Hamish Hartlett. May miss a couple of weeks and a popular fantasy player. With Ablett and possibly Richo and Beams missing this week can you afford him to take a donut?
Sydney 14.10.94 def Richmond 11.9.75
Sydney weathered a late storm to gain a win over a determined Richmond side on Sunday at the SCG. Is that the only opening sentence reported on this game that hasn’t started with “that tackle” from Martin Mattner? Mattner stopped Richmond’s Jack Riewoldt from drawing the scores level midway through the last term, from what looked to be a certain goal before Mattner brought him to ground. Sydney were dominant in the first half before a goal on the half-time siren from Angus Graham gave the Tigers a glimmer of hope.
Rhyce Shaw celebrated his 100th in style, 25 possessions including the first goal. Big Lewis Roberts-Thomson was a force down back, taking marks from Richmond inside 50s. Ted Richards was the best DTer on the ground and had 22 disposals and 14 marks. Ryan O’Keefe would be pleased Hall and O’Loughlin are back, it freed him to go up the ground for much of the day.
The Tigers were unable to find a big target up forward, with Riewoldt, Mitch Morton, and Richo kicking just two between them. Mark Coughlan looked in good form, 19 touches plus his normal five tackles. Joel Bowden did what he does best and Brett Deledio would have pleased some of his fantasy owners. Richard Tambling played well as the lead-up forward in his best game of the year. Adam Pattison had 15 hit outs and 15 disposals.
Star Man: Martin Mattner (95/118). Apart from the tackle he was a general down back all day
Shocker: Mitch Morton (40/40). Richmond need him to kick goals, he didn’t kick one.
One to watch: Mark Coughlan. Very cheap and his price rises this week.
Geelong 15.21.11 def Melbourne 10.8.68
Geelong was troubled early, and if it wasn’t for a Cameron Mooney goal just minutes out from the first siren, Geelong would have been trailing Melbourne! They woke up after quarter time and then looked in control for the rest of the match. They hardly raised a sweat, let’s be honest and accounted for Melbourne by 43 points.
Those who traded Brent Harvey to Paul Chapman could do no wrong. Chapman again dominated on his favourite ground in the world, topped 160 in both DT and SC and had 41 disposals plus a goal. Jimmy Bartel was the other player to top 40 touches on the day, he had 41, he played very wide of Aaron Davey. Joel Corey, Corey Enright, Andrew Mackie and Joel Selwood topped 30 touches, Travis Varcoe was lively and Steve Johnson kicked 4.3.
The Demons need a star, someone they can turn to when they’re down. When they were down Sunday and in fact the whole season, no player had lifted himself and those around him. The closest player to that is Aaron Davey. He was good yesterday but they’ll need more from him if he is to be a match winner. Cale Morton and Brock McLean could hold their heads high.
Star Man: Paul Chapman (161/163). Read above.
Shocker: Addam Maric (44/-1). Deserves the shocker, -1 in SC. Seven of his 13 touches were clangers as well as 2 FA.
One to watch: Russell Robertson. Fairly cheap and played reasonably well on Matthew Scarlett.
St Kilda 14.20.104 def Western Bulldogs 11.10.76
As I said last week, St Kilda are true contenders. They proved that theory in the twilight game late Sunday, non prescription cialis getting the better of the Western Bulldogs. The Bulldogs needed a win in order to go into the top four, they were unable to produce a win and now sit mid-table at 3-3 and face Adelaide away this week. They don’t want to be 3-4.
St Kilda’s fantasy scores were very respectable, all players contributed with at least a half-century in both DT and SC. Nick Riewoldt again had the yips in front of the sticks, booting 4.5 and lowering Dale Morris‘ colours. At least St Nick is having the shots on goal. Lenny Hayes got the better of first year boy Liam Picken and Farren Ray was superb against his old mob. Sam Gilbert became a little more defensive but that didn’t stop him from getting some high fantasy scores.
Jason Akermanis was probably the pick of the Dogs, he had 20 touches, five tackles and kicked two goals. Ryan Hargrave had 24 touches in the backline, which doesn’t mean a lot these days other than fantasy points. Matthew Boyd had one more touch than his opponent NDS and Daniel Cross had just four kicks among 19 disposals.
Star Man: Brendon Goddard (141/175). 33 touches, six tackles and a goal. Apart from his high stats he also looked the best on ground.
Shocker: Mitch Hahn (42/41). The only real tall in the Bulldogs forward line, struggled to have a big output.
One to watch: Adam Cooney. He looked a lot better than pre-surgery. Wait a couple more weeks and he’ll be as cheap as chips.
What are your thoughts after round 6?
How are you using your trades this week?
How many do you have left?
With Ablett out who are your thoughts for captain this week?
What are you doing with Ablett and Richo?
Any young players that catch your eye?
Who will fall first, St Kilda or Geelong?
Welcome to a free-for-all in the comments.
WCP
May 5, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Nice wrap up thanks Mitch. Anyone prepared to gamble on Buddy for captain against an undermanned Essendon? He has kicked 9 goals against them in 2 of his last 3 matches. Food for thought…
WorstDreamTeamer4Life
May 5, 2009 at 8:59 pm
What are your thoughts after round 6?
I’m screwed
How are you using your trades this week?
2. Doing something about Ablett. Undecided on what exactly. Probably keeping him though. Just need more cover. (grr @ Beams, Hartlett and Ablett)
How many do you have left?
Not enough :'( (Well if i ONLY get 2 more LTIs then i can still make my “impossible dream team” as i like to call it. But that’ll require perfect rookie selections.
With Ablett out who are your thoughts for captain this week?
Cox…. Chad… Selwood?
What are you doing with Ablett and Richo?
Don’t have Richo. So if he comes back from injury OK i might pick him up for ~300-320k
Any young players that catch your eye?
I think there’s some. None that really intest me. Not interested in Coughlan, Collins, Macqualter (can’t spell :P)
Who will fall first, St Kilda or Geelong?
The Saints
Resch
May 5, 2009 at 9:00 pm
What are your thoughts after round 6? While not wishing injuries on anyone the Gablett one adds interest to the rest of the year
How are you using your trades this week? 1 probably or maybe cop a donut
How many do you have left? 15
With Ablett out who are your thoughts for captain this week? Big Cox v Dees
What are you doing with Ablett and Richo? Waiting a week for some guns with high B/E to drop and ponder things
Any young players that catch your eye? Cotchin and Watts in the VFL
Who will fall first, St Kilda or Geelong? Depends on injuries, Geelong?
Toolavich
May 5, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Awesome round rap Mitch!
I’m in SuperCoach only…scored a reasonable 2108 points this week. Really sweating on Didaks return as I’ve been taking a doughnut in my forward line last 2 weeks. Have 3 rookies already in Ziebell (on ground)Sidebottom and Wade Thompson sitting on bench as forwards, oh the horror!
Looking to trade rookies to make $$$$ now….Petrenko for Hurley in the backline is looking a nice cash trade maybe…and I have Rich, A Otten and G Moss for leverage in the midfield to cash for premiums.
GAJ isn’t a worry for me…I was one of the dilberts who didn’t pick him and make him a lock as Captain….don’t tell me how many points it’s cost me…I’ll turn green.
cheers.
pikla
May 5, 2009 at 9:19 pm
To WCP… Hell no!!!
sportztragic
May 5, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Thanks for the wrap Mitch informative as ever, understand that they are focussed on ‘fantasy performance’ rather than ‘actual performance’ so being a fantasy novice that’s why I read them!
My side is average at best scoring around the 2000-2100 in supercoach however for the first time this season I can say that I’m lucky not to have the ‘son of god’.
Having said that, what are my thoughts after rnd 6? Possibly 50pts closer to the GAJ teams for the next 2-4 weeks!
How many trades? 1 definate, going to chop T.Walker and in the abscense of any other options that I can see take a punt on McCaffer
15 trades left
Captain choices?? same as usual judd, cox, bartell, volt maybe chad
Luckily no GAJ or richo problems
Young players? Mccaffer for me, more out of needing a cheap forward, Nahas for continued price increase and Collins for potential price increase.
St Kilda to fall first, Cats unstoppable this season, too much pride at stake after last year.
keep the reports coming!
Mighty
May 5, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Beams isn’t on Collingwoods injury list, I hope he plays i need him to cover Ablett. Going to hold onto Ablett (although it’s a lot of money to have on the bench and Neon is looking like a great pickup) and hopefully the kids can put up decent scores to get me some wins over the next few weeks (playing against people who don’t have Ablett)
There are plenty or kids/rookies around who are worth looking at in all positions.
DEF
Hurley-should play his second game soon
Hooker-made his debut. Looks like he’ll play now that Hille is out for season.
Greenwood-likely 3rd game this weekend.
David Johnson(GEE) is fairly cheap but I don’t expect him to hold his spot for long
MID
Cockie-Debuted against Freo
DeBoer-Debuted against West Coast
Sheldon-Debuted against Essendon
Polkinghorne-3rd game coming up
Liam Anthony (KAN) could be back in 1 week he is one of the higher rated youngsters.
Tom Swift (WCE) talk of him playing his first game this week.
RUC
Mike Pyke- Canadian learning the game but at a rookie price may be worth it. Although i expect him to get replaced by Jesse White, Pyke should earn a few more games later in the year, especially if Sydney fail to make the finals.
FWD
Maccafer- looks like he will hold onto his spot in the forward line. likely 3rd game this week.
Lee
May 5, 2009 at 10:27 pm
I’ve taken the “guns and kids” strategy too far, with disasterous results in my midfield. I have Ablett (out), Beams (out), Hartlett (out), Robinson (probably out) and Zahrakis (possibly out) this week. That’s FIVE potential donuts in my midfield alone, with only two trades to cover it! Yes, my team is worth a million bucks more than when I started but I’m bleeding trades. Didak on the bench in my forward line is also hurting.
Hopefully Zaharakis plays and/or Robinson gets a recall, otherwise a donut in my midfield is guaranteed. Even then, I’m still going to have to trade Ablett down to Swan and Robinson/Zaharakis/Beams up to Coughlan, just to avoid another two zeros.
To think that a fortnight ago I was approx 2oooth in the rankings and sitting pretty!
Gonzo!
tim
May 5, 2009 at 10:34 pm
I have seen a lot of theories on the best way to deal with ablett. lots of inventive trading or the sit and hope. I am stuck. But i were to trade, GAJ would just end up back in my team.
This is how i see it (SC btw…).
in 5, 6 or so weeks, when GAJ is being nursed back by the cats, he will be at his lowest price. At this point he would be about the same price as or cheaper than sam mitchell.
Mitchell has scored 147 and 155 in the last fortnight, and plays Ess, freo, melb and adel in the next month. He is at his lowest point for some time. I therefore would love to pick him up now. If i trade GAJ to mitchell i will gain 210k 44k. This can then go towards some serious upgrades.
When GAJ’s lowpoint comes up in those 5-6 weeks (depending on when he returns)I will be able to upgrade trav tuck to him, using a couple of cash cows that have been traded during GAJ’s absence. I will then have GAJ for the remainder of the season, when he is at his best.
If i did not trade GAJ, the mitchell boat will have well and truly sailed, and i would lose at least 60-70 points a game with dangerfeild replacing him.
My theory will you 2 more trades than if i left GAJ alone, and just dealt with cash cows and some upgrades. At this stage i have 15 trades left.
I know it is a game of luck, and you cant predict the future but it is the same either way. GAJ could never return to freakish form, or even the field.
Mitch, Monty and everyone else, how do you rate this plan?
Richo's Hammy
May 5, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Good on you mitch, not a bad wrap. Did you get beaten at school for proof reading or something 😛 just yankin ur agots mate.
I’d love a little section, on each game-review, that gave the “NEW BOYS” (under 3 games)a quick rating.. maybe based on
1. holding their spot
2. How they performed / whether they looked up to it
3. Getting some kicks/points in the future
Cheers cobra
Team_Lactose
May 6, 2009 at 12:06 am
Mitch,
What can i say as a long….ish term supporter of yours im very pleased to say your stickin it. Great write up bud and please keep them coming.
Nice Rookie Keeper ya got there mOnty!!
Team_Lactose
May 6, 2009 at 12:10 am
@ Richoshammy, mOnty,
I agree richo and at mOnty maybe even a “Bubble” icon for the boys on the bubble.
Just a thouhgt.
WorstDreamTeamer4Life
May 6, 2009 at 2:03 am
Get FFGenie… sort by games =< 2 played.
Bubble found.
Resch
May 6, 2009 at 6:13 am
@ Tim
Lots of people left Ablett out of original teams because they thought he would drop in proce and he didn’t – then scambled to trade for him in the last couple of weeks, wasting trades and potential cash from cash cows (my opponent last week did).
What happens if they rest him and he comes back and picks up where he left off? If any player could do it – he could. You would have to use 2 pretty reasonable players to get him back.
The game is all about risk and luck but trading (or not) is a thing you can control.
Ed
May 6, 2009 at 8:13 am
@Resch & Tim
Ablett’s breakeven for his 1st game back is 215/216 on too serious & FF genie and I think it’s unlikely he’ll play a full game in his 1st game back, but will instead be rested on the bench. Despite being the son of god, he’s not superhuman, so there is no doubt he’ll drop in price. does anyone know what judds scores were like when he came back from his 1st “3 weeks” off with the same injury a few years back?
Andy
May 6, 2009 at 8:43 am
Ablett isnt the son of god….. Brett Ebert is. Old Russell could do anything and everything.
Brad
May 6, 2009 at 8:51 am
Tarkyn Lockyer was on SEN this morning and did not sound overlly concerned about Dayne Beams.
No talk of adducter strains, sounded more like he copped and corkie and considering the Pies dont play until Monday night he has every chance of playing IMO.
There is not one word about Beams having an LTI on the Collingwood website or over at BigFooty, judge that as you will.
Charlie
May 6, 2009 at 9:07 am
@TIm: If Ablett comes back and scores 3-4 rounds of 90 – 110, I think the best case scenario for buyers is ~$420,000.
The idea of Geelong (who are dominating and care about nothing other than being 100% on GF day), the idea of Geelong playing Ablett when he wasn’t 100% is ridiculous, so don’t bank on him getting low TOG and low scores – he’ll miss an extra week before he’s played below 100%.
~$420,000 is best case on Ablett.
tom
May 6, 2009 at 11:38 am
Instead of Ablett getting low tog he will miss an extra week so that he is 100%. This means an extended time, 3-4 weeks, for Ablett coaches to have a rookie on the ground, not that exciting an idea.
Tim’s idea is however a fairly good solution, as we dont exactly know how long he will be out for and with his high breakeven coaches should be able to moniter how he goes when he finally makes his return and not be worried about how much extra they will have to pay to get Ablett.
I will weigh it up as the week goes on and work out if i will be able to find a suitable trade to get the little master back when he makes his return.
Heater
May 6, 2009 at 11:41 am
Mitch, I must say, piss poor effort this week, you didnt listen to ur peeps and put player scores next to the players, and what you wrote about was just a big bunch of mumbo jumbo. i think u require a bit of extra spice, a joke or something or a nickname every now and then would be good. but this plain old boring barry cow shit puts me to sleep. anyone can copy the reports from the paper of the weekend game. this is fanfooty.com.au, and ur acting like ur writing for ur primary schools bulletin at the moment.
Les
May 6, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Decent write up this week but please, if you are going to post it at least proof read it, so many typing and grammatical errors and most notably… the word is DOMINANT, this must be the most often misspelt word this side of loser. As in it was a dominant performance. You can not have a dominate performance, you can dominate someone.
Loving not having Ablett and Richo and better yet, taking Riewoldt last week instead of Richo.
jb
May 6, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Les, who caers abuot grama or evn spelng.
You can raed tihs cnat yuo? we can work it out mate, this is Fantasy Footy – not English Lit.
BTW only a novice would have even considered Richo over Roo last week.
jy
May 6, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I couldn’t read more than 2 paragraphs of that tripe. Learn to spell and use grammar properly. Not that hard. Give it to your mum to proof read if you have to. Here’s the first tip. When the “s” at the end of a word is used because the word is a plural, you don’t have to use an apostrophe.
Brad
May 6, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Ok time for a post with a question and not complaining about spelling. Im relatively new at this and am wondering when is the best time to look to upgrade. This is probably like asking how long is a piece of string but my point is if you hold on to your cash cows until they platuea and premiums go up at the same time, will the cash cows go up by more? It seems pointless holding your trades if at the end your either spending the same or more on an upgrade. Thoughts on this would be appreciated.
dedem
May 6, 2009 at 1:05 pm
How are you using your trades this week?
I may trade beams but ill see. Malceskis gone though
How many do you have left?
….12…. I KNOW!
With Ablett out who are your thoughts for captain this week?
Well i dont have him but gibbs is mine. Carlton v Freo = Nice scores
What are you doing with Ablett and Richo?
Richo for Krakouer
Any young players that catch your eye?
Swift is in this week
Who will fall first, St Kilda or Geelong?
Saints.
Nice wrap mitch, keep it up!
benno
May 6, 2009 at 1:15 pm
yes, i’m another whose ‘guns n kids’ strategy has made my side a little shaky. particularly when i have not stuck with underperforming or injured kids (grimes, hill, anthony). every week i’m plugging a hole and this week it’s huge. richo for franklin is the easy deal but i had been getting excited about trading skipworth up for buddy. and i can’t keep starting rance and petrenko can i? as for ablett, well lucky i play supercoach where players’ scores stay static when they’re injured.
benno
May 6, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Mr faust, there’s nothing wrong with expecting serious websites to have their spelling and grammar correct. There are plenty of us who care about it – it just makes for better reading. Not sure what that’s got to do with lesbians. Still bitter about your bad trade are you?
That said, I liked yr wrap this week Mitchell. Nice work – they’re getting better each time.
Les
May 6, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Dr Faust… Im going to guess that sounded a hell of a lot funnier to you in your head because it just made you sound stupid in reality. Go back to pre-primary because that is the level of your comment.
benno
May 6, 2009 at 1:22 pm
btw m0nty, mitch – it may be time for the picture of pav to be replaced by the story of the week (pick of 2 – richo or gaz)
adz
May 6, 2009 at 1:52 pm
with ablett out my mids are weak so looking at cashing in on walker & upgrading robinson this leaving 427k for a premo mid which is the best buy, am thinking between- brad swell, kane cornes, joel selwood or marc murphy
who do you think would be the best buy??
Analyst
May 6, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Nice write up mitch. Getting better each week.
Big PAULY
May 6, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Great writeup mate…Thinking of trading Beams for Coughlan as I have enough dosh to do this.. thoughts on that fellas?
When’s Broughton coming back? The fucker is only in my team as he’s $86K..
I have Swift and Beams on the bench, if Swift plays shall I upgrade Beams to Coughlan???
Ropes
May 6, 2009 at 2:33 pm
SC talk.
Robinson —> Coughlan
Walker —-> McCaffer
15 trades left.
Sit and wait till Jesus gets back and trade either Mackay, Rich or Cogs down and upgrade 7th forward.
Malceski lives another day. He did look much better this past week however.
Chuck Norris
May 6, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Sc Sc Sc
Nice wrap Mitch. I’m in a bad spot right now. After amassing a third best in the whole comp in R4 with 2587 SC pts, the Chuck train is grinding to a halt.
Firstly, I guess I should comment on the GAJ situation. To me, it’s good and bad. Bad, because he my’s captain but good, because
every other decent SC’er has him as well. I think he’ll take two off and come back ASAP, as not to compromose his Brownlow tilt
too much. He would hate to miss another Brownlow, as he was a walk up start last year but missed 4 and let the pretenders like
Conney and Goodes in to contention, and as we all know the Western spud won it.
I have numerous issues regarding trades. I had a shocker when Boomer got injured. I traded Lachie hansen in and in his first week in my side a seen below. When you look at this history there have been some flops and some wins. The Krak/Gilbert trade has been awesome, though Kraks output will drop now the Burgoynes are back. Gettin rid of Macki was mistake, but he was frustrating the shower out of me (60’s) so I turfed him and he’s averaged 100 sice I taded him out. Thanks mate. But Hansen, Hartlett and Warren would have to take the biscuit from lame trades. I had to lose Hartlett this week as I had no one to cover GAJ on the sidelines and made an alcohol influenced trade for Cotch in Monday night. Now it appears he will not line up with Tiges R7. Frankin was a dud on the weekend but he was picked up cheap so he’s got a week or two. Two things (apart from beer) have
my trades over the past few weeks:
1. I’m in the top 1000 overall in SC, so I’m thinking if I can pull out a couple more 2400pts plus weekends, I could be a contender
2. I’ve played guys in my league who I cannot think of losing to.
OUT Hartlett ($200,500) IN Cotchin ($360,000)
ROUND 6
OUT Harvey ($487,900) IN Franklin ($463,900)
OUT Robinson ($168,200) IN Hartlett ($159,200)
ROUND 5
OUT Yarran ($149,200) IN Warren ($94,200)
OUT Mackie ($403,200) IN Hansen ($335,500)
ROUND 3
OUT Hentschel ($214,900) IN Krakouer ($217,800)
OUT Raines ($279,900)IN Gilbert ($302,200)
Chappy 35
May 6, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Herald sun said Hartlett is fine. So no spuds for me if he plays. I am keeping Gazza no point trading him can use the 2 trades i would use trading him, to sell a rookie and get a gun. Bringing in Brown for richo and couglan for beamsy. might even make Tigers V Lions worth watching!!!!
Chuck Norris
May 6, 2009 at 3:23 pm
About the skipper spot, to me Coxy is a walk up start. WC should soundly beat the Dees this weekend. How often do WC get to stay in Perth 2 weeks in a row. So you’ve got that, plus the fact that Melbourne’s ruck dept. still have their L plates. I’m only looking for 140 x 2 and I reckon it’s a monty. Also add they’ll come out hard afer losing to the pathetic dockers. Pick Goddard at your peril. After his big one earlier this year, he came back with a 113. To me, he’s not the type to go 150 week on week. But it’s only a guess.
I’m so glad I’ve got Steve Hill coming good. His 138 on the weekend was like a gift from the gods. Especially when you consider I benched Rance, when it was touch and go after Hill’s 76 the previous week. Looks like a taste of things to come as someone has to pick up Palmer’s slack now the young champs LTI.
Was especially warmed by Kennett taking on the little maggott Adrian Anderson. The sooner Dimitriou, Anderson, Geischen and KB are totally removed from the AFL the better. They carry on like they work for the wizard of Oz. The way Anderson sent the complaint to Hawthorms CEO rather tha Jeff was pretty silly. They should burn this lot at the stake on GF day as pre match entertainment along with the despicable Carro Wilson. (Maybe KB can get away with just a good flogging).
I just hope Skippy is back sooner rather than later, Liam Anthony get’s picked the moment he’s fit and Steele Frontbotton finally get a call up.
Chuck Norris
May 6, 2009 at 3:27 pm
@adz – grab Selwood
Tim
May 6, 2009 at 3:31 pm
@ Chuck Norris.
Your biggest problem in SC might not be poor scoring or running out of trades, it might be wearing out your keyboard and being unable to pick your team at all.
Brevity. Brevity’s the key!
Chuck Norris
May 6, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Dont Drink and Trade
Chuck Norris
May 6, 2009 at 3:33 pm
@Tim – yeah like I care what a fool like you thinks?
Brad
May 6, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Late minute news aside im thinking of, skipworth to mccaffer and butler to sewell. then next week if the breakevens are tempting i should be able to do ziebell to franklin. thoughts on this
Chuck Norris
May 6, 2009 at 3:37 pm
@Tim can compress the least words into the smallest idea of any man I know
Chuck Norris
May 6, 2009 at 3:39 pm
@Brad – dont trade Ziebell yet. His workload will increase now Boomers gone. He’s got at least another $80 – 120K of upside in the next 3 weeks. But then again, Buddy could do the same.
Olly
May 6, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Fremantle too strong for the Eagles?? You’d think this bloke didn’t even read the headlines. 20 behinds lost the match, not freo :/
Chuck Norris
May 6, 2009 at 3:42 pm
@Tim – you’re self-taught man with a great admiration for your teacher…
Charlie
May 6, 2009 at 3:57 pm
@ Brad and Chuck. Over-estimating Ziebell there guys.
Even if he scores 90 for the next 4 weeks (and he’s yet to score 90 once this year), he’d rise ~$65,000. More realistically, I guess ~$50,000 in 4 weeks.
(rather than up to $120/- in 3 weeks like Chuck said!!!)
CyclopZ
May 6, 2009 at 4:03 pm
I have Broughton aswell – sitting on him since the start of the year and his first perfomance was promising…. heard he could be back this week. I have beams and Hartlett and im hoping they both take the ground this week and earn me some much needed cash.
Chuck Norris
May 6, 2009 at 4:11 pm
@Charlie – I’m tipping 100 – 120 pt scores from Ziebell over the next 3 months
adz
May 6, 2009 at 4:19 pm
@ chuck norris
i have selwood & gibbs & ablett as my big three, this is for dream team.
tim
May 6, 2009 at 4:52 pm
@ chuck norris
the post at 3:31 pm wasn’t me, just some poser.
do u have any real advice on my proposed plan?
I know u have an opinion, and its ussually a good one, so what r ur thoughts?