The Standing Room
It’s become a tradition of mine folks.
Sunday morning. Last weekend of the Supercoach season. We head down to Point Leo. I spend some time on the old 6’2”. Reconnect with nature. Spend some time with the young kids. Peter sits on the beach and reads a book. Crouching heads out the back for a spear fish.
I use the time out there in the lineup to do a lot of thinking.
I think about the season that we’ve had as a community. The season I’ve had as a fantasy footballer. My mates who have it all on the line in Supercoach Grand Finals. About the off season.
Lets spend some time here today sharing with each other. What stories have defined your season? Any tales of Grand Final weekend. Triumph? Disaster? What will you take with you into season 2017 after what you’ve learnt this year?
See you in the comments folks. Remember, we’re cranking the podcast and the content right through the off season so stay around the joint.
Let’s chat
CHRISSY HAMOND IS THE MAN TO BEAT FOR THE COACHKINGS $1000
@jock_reynolds it may have taken the season but it happened! pic.twitter.com/QhRT13KtXj
— Chris Hammond (@fatboyfat7) August 27, 2016
Pendles Neale Johainisson +109 points versus Bont Treloar GIBBO SUCKLINGPIG…….OH SH!T I'M FINGERED.
What's the update Hed?
Down the bottom Jock.
Despite naming a league after Jock’s underwear (Jock’s Jock) I managed to not make the finals of my own bloody league by percentage (of about 1%).
For the first 12 weeks I managed to pick the exact worst option for captain. I blame the big man upstairs. (Not you Jock).
Once again I vow not to blow all my trades with 2 or 3 weeks to go in the season. Gambling is my work though after-all.
Once again I vow to pick only 2 mid pricers next year despite the fact there are probably 8-10 dead certainties to have a huge break out year. Almost none of them will.
I hope there are some more stay at home options for Coachkings next year. My location has little AFL interest, and Mrs Bubb doesn’t let me out much anyway.
NEVER said this before but C”MON PIES! I don’t want to go to bloody Homebush next week. Nobody does.
Bub – I'll tell you one FACT. Any midpricer selected in my team next year would need to a dead set, rolled gold, no braining lock. Had enough of these tin arse middies
Lads, I am doing the opposite! So many injured guns looking likely to pick from, the value is immense. I know the carnage will be BRUTAL but… I'll love it anyway 😀
Pendles & Boyd & 120 point lead vs Steven Neale & rich
First one
Hells bells, Jock! With a physique like that I'm gonna have to switch to Carlton Draught!
What worked this year: Sticking with straight guns and rookies. All my trades were up or down to proven premiums or basement rookies. I started with Libba and Wells as my only two midprice selections and they both paid off. Didn't get sucked into flavour of the month picks like Rich or Zaha.
Held my trades. Had 5 going into the finals series
What didn't: The flip side to guns n rooks is I missed out on the breakout players like Zerrett and Bont. Probably not ruthless enough either, especially early. Held Laird and Barlow when they were going through their injury/form/ross lyon enforced absence. I also held Sam Gray for way too long than I want to admit. I didn't reach full premium until round 18 and since then I've averaged 2470 and moved up nearly 9k rankings in 4 weeks
Lesson for next year: I'm pretty happy with my strategy this year. Held off trading early until my rookies fattened up then traded as long as there was a downgrade option. Holding injured players, especially early on, is something I won't do next year. Having a premo on the pine for more than a 1-2 weeks is a killer
You don't get a rig like this looking at yourself in the mirror Kev. Plenty of roughage. 150 burpees a day. It all pays off.
Great work on the ranking climb mate, and on your initial team discipline with just the two midpricers early.
Been a hell of a season
Even if Neal is playing will he out score anyone everyone from that game?
Or …
Use my last trade to swap Neal for another? I.e Bont..
I have time to trade in Hawk/Coll also.
I have just traded Neal for Bont. Hoping the bont goes huge to win me the GF
Did the same…. fingers crossed it pays off.
Goodluck hoot. In my league its bont +108 vs neal and dahl.
Thanks but Bont was crap. Haha
Ohh well. If i had my time again id have done the same move as it seemed logical at the time.
Hope my mid 2400 was enough to stay top 30.
I did the same also, because I couldn't wait to see if Neale was in (had my own real life footy final to play — we came second). Might cost us a few points.
With my last trade, I traded Mitch Robinson to Nick Riewoldt.
#sharkmove
#jockreynolds
#goroogo
Massive
Assuming that move will win u the GF
Sensational stuff!!
One Touch Wonder would be proud of that move
Stay down Gibbo!
Pendles, Treloar, Dahl, 100 v Howe, Gibbo, Hunter, JJoh
Collingwood looking a real chance of keeping Hawthorn out of top 4!
But they didnt
Lachie Neale you absolute superstar
Every non-hawks supporter in the country right now: "F*ck you hawthorn"
Big game cats v hawks.
Cats by 28 for me.
Pretty happy with outcome. Hawks get to play at home, big advantage
Bloody Rioli is looked after, 90+ points for 10 touches and 3 goals rofl
Riewoldt had 21 marks and 9 goals for 187, by that he should be 300+
joke!!
29 points behind (thanks Treloawsome) with Bont and Suckers vs Neale and JJoh…..
A turd in the face to you Gibbo never again.
Close!?
3 qtr time still 30 odd down. Need big qtr from the Bont. He's stitched up and hopefully chargin.
Bloody Neale is unstoppable atm.
Need Bont to lift
2442 with whatever Boyd ends up with. But will lose by about 40 I think. Have to wait for emergencies to get sorted. Lots of ups and downs. My Buddy and Treloar countered by his Zaha and Cripps as POD
Ok. Boyd has to beat Dahlhaus by 17. Don't think it will happen. So probably 2480 and lose to a 2500. Fair end to the season and that should keep me under 10k in rankings for the first time!!
Still a chance I'd say mate!
Not over yet. Neverweaken!
Boyd up by 16. Love supercoach. Otherwise would care for last game of the season at all 🙂
Boyd beats Dahl by 20. But think emergency is Mcveigh. So lose by 7. Good gf though ended 2494 may even move into the 8ks
Lose 2499 to 2511. Good GF.
Now to next year. Who are locks. Who to gamble on
Bont lifting. Keep lifting you beautiful man
Brought in Bontempelli instead of Selwood. Great decision that was.
The numbers for Selwood didn't lie. He plays well last game of year.
Bont nothing to play for
Got robbed by champion data to lose by 50 points in my cash league.
Rioli, what a joke
He had Franklin on the bench, so I was laughing in a good spot to win, all of a sudden pulls out 2 trades to trade birchill and Dalhaus to a none playing forward and Boyd, gets him an extra 90 points.
Safe to say I'm mad right now 🙁
Ended up 2526 and won cash and work league. Don't think it will be enough to get me back in top 10. Oh well, good season. Congrats to everyone who won their grand finals, and I hope Shemm has done enough to hold on.
Great season
Well done johnno, excellent effort
Well went down in granny by 50 odd points.
Scored @2480 which would have won me both my cashies if I hadn't of spewed out a pathetic 2280 last week. That's the game tho. Time for another beer cheers. Go Shemm
Like a good horse Pieman, stuck your head out when it counted. Well done mate, excellent effort.
Great stuff!
2 trades I didn't see that coming.
Too 2k finish this year, best year for me so far
Won 5 out of 6 grannies with a score of 2560, Treloar incredible after being zero at quarter time to post 150, cant wait till 2017..
The Phantom rolled me in 3/6 Leagues…….kent.
I see The Phantom actually tied his Adelaide Advertiser league. Sadly there are no GF replays in fantasy!
https://twitter.com/ThePhantomSC/status/769837852…
Yep, The Phantom knocked me off too, I scored 2500, went down the rankings a little to finish 572. Still very happy to have my highest finishing rank.
2551
Good week
Easy GF win
Will I rise from 2k in the rankings?
You pipped me by 2
You pipped me by 2 … too!
2547 for Team Addicts.
Finishing season strong
I think I will get it tattooed on my forehead. TRADES ARE VALUABLE. MUST KEEP TRADES!!!
Had none for the last 4 weeks
I'll remind you again at the start of next year.
Woohoo! 2457 got me over the line in both my GF's.
Thanks to all for a great year,
Go Shem!
Unbelievable, won the GF by 1 point in The True Believers.
Thanks SCaddict fro the invite..
Awesome stuff Nifty. Your Danger VC was telling in the end if only just.
Not wrong, thanks again mate, we'll do it all again next year..
I think I will get it tattooed on my forehead. TRADES ARE VALUABLE. MUST KEEP TRADES!!!
Is there a community league to compete for the top group rank?
With all the knowledge surrounding us all, itd be a good idea.
If so id be keen to get involved in 2017.
How many of the top 500 ranked are part of this community?
Good luck all.
I was top 500 for most of the year but sadly faded and finished 1149 after being ravaged by injuries after the byes. Still my best ever so lots of hope next year for the InfloriousBasterds… Preseason starts after Mad Monday.
2594 – My highest SC Score ever, thanks to those who have replied to my questions and thoughts over the season, 1k in the pocket today – Cha Ching !
Finished strong. Well done
Great stuff Blush!!
Cream rises again.
Won my league by 18 points, but feel it's tainted … my opponent loopholed Mason Cox in to take Dangerfield's 155 VC score, but he forgot to emergency Todd Goldstein and therefore went with only one ruckman. Steve Bradbury?
Not for mine. You need to be full focussed during the finals and you displayed the superior discipline in my book.
Spouses, parenting, work, even basic bodily functions all become secondary when a grannie is on the line!
lol agree SC, also Cam was obviously favoured by the SC Gods which shows he has the force within.
3/3 Grand Final wins including a coveted cash league. For the first time ever, I finished in the Top 2% rankings. Genuine thanks to Jock and the wider SC Community for your brilliant guidance through a bumpy Season 2016.
Hits – trading in Merrett, Rocky & Zorko in the bye rounds;
Misses – KK, Deledio, Gunston & Rich.
Are their prizes for top 10?
Yes I believe so for the first time this season I think.
There was at least one team in the top 10 that was ineligible for prize money due to operating multiple teams so the prize money should extend to at least 11th as I understand it.
Finished 13th overall. Any chance that 3 people in top ten were cheating?
I see Raj was still in top 10
Does Essendon count?
Yeah pretty sure essendon counts
Significant Oom! Well done mate
Giant Killers comes from behind to snatch the $50,000 after a humongous 2683.
Commiserations Shemm who appeared to be in the box seat going into the final weekend.
The ecstasy and agony of big stakes fantasy footy!
Feel sorry for Shemm. Big difference between $50k and $5k. Great season
Giant Killers beat Shem by 9 points, Shem had a 2503 but Killers had a 2683 final round
Congrats to all the Grand Final winners on this site.Hard luck to Shemm going under to giant killer ( aptly named } by 9
Lads five years playing this game we love, many heartbreaks, GF losses, Prelim final losses however, today was crowned SC champion of my private league, the feeling is one I can't explain and the reason I love this game so much is for this… Thanks to all you legends for the years of up skilling, advice and guidance.
Now after a week of celebrating we focus on next year to defend the title!!
Cheers
Top 5k also… Buzzing and cheers to you legends
Yay. Climbed up and just scraped into the 8k range. 8917. First year of taking this game seriously and actually having a decent strategy. Master stroke was having Docherty from the start. One of many dumb moves was trading in Zaha after a few good scores. Learnt a hell of a lot from everybody here and thanks to the whole community.
Aiming to be in the top 5k next year.
Bad luck Shemm, if I could I would swap my final round score of 2522 with yours so you would win.
Stiff luck being beaten by a team scoring 2683 to get you just.
Great season, proves the information shared by this community is top notch
holy smokes. He came from the clouds. Bad luck mate
I forgot to add… I also traded Lachie Hunter for Adam Treloar!
#notonebuttwosharkmoves
#yeahbaby
I won every game from round 11 onwards and lost it all in the big stage 🙁
Onwards to 2017 for Boltons Blues
My best year ever. Joined 10 leagues. Made 9 GFs. (5 top 1/2, 4 bottom 1/2). Won 8 (4 top 1/2, 4 bottom 1/2).
Finished just outside the top 5k. The sobering thought is I need to find another 1000+ points to get near the top 500. Already thinking how I can squeeze a few more next year. Thanks for all the advice during the year community, and especially Jock and his crew.
Great season Cap!! You should be extremely proud of that effort son
Arousing victory INP
Thanks to all the contributors community, great year particularly considering it looked to be all over this time last year!
Finished very poorly on 2346 thanks to a very rookie double mistake.
Wanted to take Danger's VC score and had the Bont as C – so my only option at the time (that I thought…) was to put Phillips (not playing – again so I thought) on field as C with Ward on bench. Bad move – got Phillips score as C as he did play, and to make it worse I forgot to put the E on Ward and had Petracca instead.
Total points loss of almost 200 points! Lesson learnt – stay focussed for the whole season, missed out on my highest score of the year.
Finished 609. Happy. Rolled in my GFs. Sad.
Thanks to a great and fun community. Obviously to Jock and his band of merry men, but also to Derek, INuts, Southern, Don't Blush etc, etc.
This site makes the game a hell of a lot more entertaining.
Hope you all back a winner during the spring carnival.
And SCaddict of course …
A top 1000 finish is always a great result with so much outside your control that can go wrong.
I actually finished 609th in AFL Fantasy (yes that "other" game) coincidentally!
How do people in the top 10 claim their prize?
No doubt the organisers will contact the relevant parties via their supplied personal details after doing some sort of check to ensure the winners have complied with the comp's t&cs.
In other words if you're a prize winner just sit tight as the cash will be yours soon enough.