Premiums
If you don’t know about Steele Sidebottom and how he’s been tearing the comp a new one yet then you need our help more than I thought. If you don’t know about him, you won’t have him and at $600k he’s probably a little dear for you right now so here’s 3 other Premiums that should be on your radar:
Paul Chapman ($527,600, 103.11, 90) – He’s still cheap. Angry and cheap! Give his bald head a rub Benny Hill style and climb aboard.
Steve Johnson ($507,800, 90, 90) – Gave the competition something to think about with a truckload of midfield time last Friday night against the Dogs and a SC score of 146. I think I read somewhere online that he’d made himself captain in his own SC team. I am seriously considering him for my forward line.
Jarryd Roughead ($500,600, 100.38, 107) – What bothers me about Roughy is: what happens to his scores once Bailey comes back? If he heads back to the frontline to play as a key position forward he’s not going to score nearly as much as he is in the ruck where he’s near the ball the whole time. Hmmmmm….
Mid-Pricers
Sam Wright ($351,100, 72.75, 35) – Wouldn’t know him if I fell over him and have yet to see a North game this year so I can’t really offer an opinion as to how he goes about it but over the last 4 weeks he’s gone for a pair of 83’s and then a 97 against the Lions on the weekend. Whacko!
Danny Stanley ($422,300, 98, 62) – Shhhhh keep this one under your hat because no-one knows about him yet but in his first 2 games for the year, Stan has achieved the impressive results of a 92 and a 104. He played every game last year for the Suns and averaged 78. If he’s gotten better, which it looks like he has, you might want to give him some thought.
Kurt Tippett ($465,800, 102.56, 74) – In his second week without trusty mulletted sidekick, Tee Dub, K-Tip belted out his third ton in a row. Y’know how I said that a standard deviation under 20 was good? Kurt’s is 32.04. He can go big (eg R1’s 150) but he can stink it up with the best of them too (R5: 65 and R6: 42). You’d be worried if the coach you were facing had him but I’d steer clear.
FYI: Jay Shulz ($358,800, 76.29, 13) has had a couple of handy weeks: 110 and 96, Drew Petrie ($459,900) has found some recent form – 122 & 121, and Luke Breust ($429,000) looked lively against the Tiges on Saturday – he’s averaged 101 over the last 3.
Value Picks
No bargain basement prices for you here this week but some good performers nonetheless.
Dayne Zorko ($170,500, 66.33, -79) – Followed up his ton with an 83. Those who didn’t pick him up last week (myself included) are having their resolve tested.
Andrew McQualter ($246,100, 87, -23) – Not cheap cheap but his first 2 games as a Sun (he was a Sainter last year) have seen returns of 80 and 94.
Ahmed Saad ($221,600, 66, -18) – He scored a ton (105 to be precise) and 2 weeks ago nailed an 81 so I’m giving him a shout out.
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Zorko’s first up sub score means he’s still cheap enough, but won’t be for long with that BE of -79.
It seems all the good forwards have the round 12 bye so I’ll have to wait till after round 12 considering I’ve already got Sidebottom, Chapman and Smedts rotting on the bench.
Interesting to note that Johnson has had 3 tons this year (169, 102, 146). The 169 was against Melbourne when Selwood was out and the 146 last week was when Kelly was out. So if Kelly’s back then I would choose Chappy over Johnson.
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Agree Motts Sideass is too dear so i brought in Beams instaed for my Mids already have Chappy in my fwds and i needed M/F to try and work around the bye rounds.
Also Motts when do we get to see yours BS’s and Ducks Team and Overall Ranking’s?
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You’re welcome to go in and have a look at my boys, Dazz. Team name: The Maulers. Overall ranking: 29,982.
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I think passing on Zorko was the right move for Motts. Do it again this week, not worthy of a spot in your team. Just some friendly advice from the guy playing you in LoEC1 this week…
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And there I was for a second thinking you were being genuine.
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I’m 15,058…. But dropped about 10000 spots in last 2 weeks… And scores weren’t even that bad… Prob ‘cos I don’t have Sideass.
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Who do I contact to gig in your comp next year?
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Kennedy to Zorko! Thoughts?!?
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In the 3 games bailey and roughead were both in the side, roughead’s scores were 121, 118 and 133. wouldnt be too worried about a scoring drop off
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The weeks that both Roughead and Bailey were in the team in 2011 (rounds 9, 10 and 11) there was a large absence from the Hawthorn team. A 201cm, large absence to be exact. David Hale missed those weeks and, while I’m not a Hawthorn supporter and could easily be howled down by their faithful as being wrong about this, I don’t see Hale leaving the team. This, in turn, means Roughead no longer plays the number 2 ruck role that has been so lucrative to his scoring. I think this would explain the: “what happens to his scores once Bailey comes back?” question.
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touche…
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David Hale i have heard hates doin the ruck work (can anyone confirm this??) so maybe Roughead may still be number 2 ruck??
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Bailey as No.1 Ruck with Hale and Roughy alternating btw Fwd and Ruck, though Roughy will tend to be more of the ‘joker’ and have a stint down back at times.
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Any love for Dustin Martin?
TU: Dustin Martin, $452,700, BE 84, Ave 87.9
TD: Dayne Beams, $546,800, BE 79, Ave 105.1
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Martin is very good value.
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Martin is good value. I watched most of the Hawthorn/Richmond game and all of the Collingwood/Adelaide game. Martin is a seriously good player. Beams is a star
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No room for ROK Motts…. Was thinking he’s pretty good value for punters and hitting some form.
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If ROK scores a ton this week he’ll get a mention.
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Just saw Tom Hawkins just had knee surgery, but only expected to miss one week….. Wonder if it has anything to do with the fact they are playing GWS and have the bye coming up.
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hello ladies and gentlemen..
Im thinking Mitch Robinson.. Good POD, im more worried bout Stevie J’s low scores then excited bout his high scores..
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Robinson has scores of 50, 54 and 75. He also has scores of 121, 128 and 161. Are you sure that Mitch’s scores aren’t doing the same thing to you as Mr. Johnson’s?
While Murphy out indefinitely a plus for him, I see his scoring and Steve Johnson’s not being too dissimilar. I hate these kind of players (SuperCoach wise). Inconsistency kills me…
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i cant quite remember, but i think Stevie J. has more lower scores then Robinson..
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I’m sure it was Sidebottom (and Zaharakis or Hurley) I mentioned here preseason and y’all talked me out of it. Not that I’m saying I can’t make my own decisions but sometimes you really need to stick to your guns #hindsight
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Yeah, I had Dangerfield in the pre season as well. But I thought I had too many mid pricers (Lake, CADDY
, Steelebutt) and everyone said Guns ‘n’ Rookies was the way to go.
Looks like the mid pricer might be the way to go next year. Luke Ball to be the Lenny Hayes of 2013?
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add Bock to the mix..
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I still stand by the fact that Sidearse wouldn’t be doing aswell if Luke Ball didn’t get injured.
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But Ball did get injured Crabby. That should have set the alarm bells off. Someone had to step up and Beams was underdone at that stage. Once Fyfe went down, Sidebum was a no brainer.
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Had to press the delete button because what I was going to post was too biased.
There is only one Lenny Hayes
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GG, do you not wish Luke Ball was still doing his work for us? Part of the FURL for my money. Did not like the public stick (concentrating on his negatives & ignoring his great positives) he gave Ball, yet he was willing to play his favourites such as McQualter & Eddy etc. Ball’s lack of game time + easy misses for goals by Sneider etc during Geelong GF cost us big style.
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Of course! He is a wonderful player.
Nah, I still hold firm that it was Raph Clarke who cost us the 2009 GF. I will never change my opinion about that. I was there and saw it with my own eyes. In the freezing cold rain for 2 something hours.
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I was also there at the game & R. Clarke certainly did not help us on the day, however he was not alone as letting us down that day. I nearly included Clarke in with the other two, however quality is quality & FURL putting 90% game time (rather than Ball’s 50%) into two of the best in & under players going around in Ball & Hayes to ensure NDS & Montagna could do their damage would have made up for Ralph’s clangers.
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Thinking of grabbing both chappy and Stevie j but not sure if both is to much. Should I get both ore one and zaha?
T/up both
T/down zaha and chap/Stevie
Thanks guys
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Picked up zaharakis 4 weeks ago and have not been disappointed.
Sneaky suspicion Mr ” I’m the angriest triple premiership winner you have ever seen” Chapman is due for a rest either this week or before their bye.
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Yer I have the same feeling bout mr angry, I was gonna pick up zaha a while ago but jumped on sidebum, just not to confident of zahas run home
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why would he miss a game if he gets a rest in rd12? that makes no sense to me..
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I think Geelong don’t have the leisure to rest players as much as they previously have this year… Fourtunate for SC players, not so much for Geelong supporters…
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Kennedy to Walker…..good or bad idea?
Thanks.
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Hey SCT coaches, I’m on a plane this afternoon & won’t have access to SCT or SC till Sunday night …………Grrrrrrrrrr!!
Sorry about the early post regarding captain choice, but I want to get it right just in case my team has some late changes before the round starts
T/UP………Selwood v GWS at the cattery
T/D………..Ablett v Magpies at the ‘G’
Cheers SCT coaches
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Has to be GAJ, he is the permacapt for a reason. He won’t be happy with his score last week & the pies don’t really have a designated tagger as such.
Then again Selwood could monster the giants, but I would / will be going GAJ
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Cheers Stacky, solid advice.
Gazza it is!
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Where are you flying to Catta, the moon??
I’d stick with GAJ. pies are not big tagging team, even though I think Clarke might follow him around. Don’t trust Joelwood.
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PORPOISE ALERT!! WOOP! WOOP!
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/crows-must-choose-between-jason-porplyzia-and-taylor-walker/story-e6frf9jf-1226373935354
I think its a bit of a beat up, but I was planning on flicking the aquatic creature this week anyway.
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Traded him out firstbthing Monday morning for Stevie j
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Sounds like a subtle rocket to me.
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Why no Sidebottom?
The little description in the first line is not enough…
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Mitch Robinson to take Murphy’s place. Beams iffy (great last half of the season last year but is more a DT player and Swan to come back and is not cheap). Dustin Martin to go Bang (in a good way) in the 2nd half of this season.
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What does everyone think of
milera to stanley, plus 80k
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milera to N Riewoldt?
Really cant make up my mind, Nroo has been going alright but i reckon stanleys looking good
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To trade or not to trade ..
4 upgrades left (5 if I move Giles on, trades permitting). Leagues my interest, but also overall points in my league. It’s tight at the top but I’m there.
Bugg & Coniglio > Bootsma & Sidebottom (Bootsma JS not good but no cash and am keen on Sidey before he rises and burns me with points even more – M/F good too).
OR
Hold fire (13 trades atm), wait on the next downgrade option (surely they will come)..
Thumbs up – do it
Thumbs down – it’s a whole new ball game after the byes and there’ll be others (Tthompson, Boyd, Selwood, JPK, et al…)
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Help
A.Kennedy + Milera to Darley and Chapman T/U
A.Kennedy + Porps to Darley and Dangerfield T/D
Do we still try and go to Dangerfield, or should I settle with a Chapman, Zaha, O’Keefe?
Already have Sidebum and Martin.
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