Round 8 Supercoach Fat Chew
YES MATE, IT’S TIME WE TOOK YEO SERIOUSLY
Any lingering doubts we had about Elliott Yeo need to be set aside, this bloke is the read SuperCoach deal
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Another week of carnage?
Bont-99
Johannisen-77
Dahlhaus-65
Unfortunately only 2 popular premium picks, Yeo and Macrae, hit the ton
Cookie cutter teams aren't going to last this year. Maybe we should change our tactics
How is 99 carnage? Do you really expect 120+ every week?
Agree. If 99 is a low score he's gold
It's just the SC testing us. We need to stick to proven strategies and tactics if we want to be at the pointy end comes season end
Everyone has Dalh
Or they will once his price drops in 2 weeks.
Yeo tagged him and kept him low then got let loose for his 109 did his job well !
That's the trouble when you have more players from the one side, I don't have any doggies (mids) in my team, I only have Boyd in the ruck….
Our only bubble this week Mutimer is getting more of the ball every game, looked solid last night. Had he kicked straight it could have been a good sc result.
I grabbed him this week. Was good against Port as well. Hopefully he can keep his place through the byes and make me some more cash.
He's been serviceable in the last 2 games. I'm hoping he keeps his spot. But the way things are going he's getting dropped for sure
Cripps takes his spot as soon as he's fit
Was very hard at it in the WAFL watched a couple of his games and he has Adjusted to the tempo well.
First time all year I've VCd Bont.
Same mate.
Same Jock.Got him in this week too.Still got 99 on a poor week…got Yeo in as well…Danger C i reckon
Was Bont or McCrae this week. Got Bont. McCrae after the bye. Got yes instead of McCrae 3 or 4 weeks ago so can't complain
2nd time for me. last time he got 88! That makes 8 weeks with no VC score to loophole, although I'm not alone on that poor result. Still shagging on regardless :/
Very pleased with the Yeo trade in. Started slowly, but came home like a runaway train.
Put the VC on him, but once again, it aint good enough to loophole. (109) So the VC rut rolls on to 8 straight games.
Hopefully Danger's ribs would have settled down after that knee from Roughie 3 weeks ago. I reckon he played with a hairline fracture in one of his ribs since and thus his slightly reduced output. That protective guard he was wearing would not have helped either. Rib injuries are extremely painful and can take weeks for the pain to subside. I think I will whack the C on him this week. I am hoping he will be back (or nearly) to his old self and build on that 110 he scored last week.
Cheers
I'm in the same situation. What worries me is that I've passed on a number of similar VC scores only for my C to completely spud it. I think 120 would be a passable score for a C and now ask myself, do I risk a 109 for the sake of only 11 points?
Then again, the last time Rocky played the Hawks, he got 146.
Pendles played the first 4 rounds last year with broken ribs. Soon as he recovered he went ape shit after many traded him. It's about 4 weeks now for Danger. Hoping he replicates Pendles
Gee that's one area im firing in VC or C last weeks 128 from Bont is the lowest iv taken all year with a season high of 174
I've have a shocker with captains this year. The only week I didn't have the Vc or C on Gary was the 210 week. Makes a huge differnwce when you get it right
Have you tried Eddy
Well im going the Doc this week as my VC Pieman,had it on Bont in the lead up but switched just b4 game started last nite, Doc is Due for a 130 + game should see plenty of it against Stk.
Danger should be over the ribs and the Bombers will be a tired lot coming off a hard run and it was 30 in Perth last weekend expect him to run riot in 2nd half
. So if The Doc fails the C goes to Danger
Sloane was an option but the Vince tag might go to him tonite.
Doing the same Stirlsy, carn Doch.
Pleased I put the C on Rocky!!! Less pleased with his shoulder popping out in the dying minutes. 🙁
Another disgraceful exhibition of goal kicking last night WB v WC.It's been going on for years and nobody at these clubs give a shit.
I feel sorry for the young bucks today watching this sub standard facet of the game that missed out on the greats Locket,Dunstall,Mckenna,
Wade etc.
I agree. Sometimes I also wonder if enough time/resources are spent on goal kicking. I know there is a lot of pressure during match time to kick straight, but gee whiz the amount of straight forward misses are staggering. It is probably the only facet of the game which has not improved over time. (May have gone backwards)
Forward line coaches should adjust the width of the goal posts during training. Perhaps halve the width from 6.4 metres to 3.2 metres. It would obviously make it harder to kick goals and force players to concentrate harder to kick truely. Then come match day, players will think the goals are as wide as the Flemington straight after training in and refining their skills in much more difficult conditions.
I read something a while ago that the sports scientists are to blame for poor goal kicking, every meter ran and every kick gets recorded at training, and they're only allowed a certain number of kicks per training session. Back in the days the greats would be on the ground for hours just having shots on goal, but now they get told they can only have 10-15 shots and not allowed to kick anymore.
Try being a Collingwood supporter. They are atrocious at goal kicking & have been for a very long time. Only team in recent times that's been go at it is the Hawks
In fairness to today's boys they cover a lot more ground. I suspect the "greats" accuracy would drift if they had just run a couple of km before taking a set shot from 50m.
50m shots i can accept but when their 30-40 m out directly in front set shot no excuse
We mostly have athletes not footballers
Think of the great footy minds of 15 years ago and beyond….
These days it's about beep tests, 20 mtr timed acceleration speeds, reach, pinch tests, standing jump ect ect ect. Awesome for identifying ability but you cannot measure a football brain
Richard maybe you could offer your elite goal kicking skills and knowledge to a few clubs
yeah a player runs 80 mtrs @90% of his best sprint speed marks the ball gets limited time to take his shot and may have to deal with a breeze that you can't feel on ground level due to stadium heights and entry points.
30-40 mtrs straight in front is NOT straight forward period!
Very true. But all these armchair critics who probably struggled to get a kick at local footy would do so much better
Anyway……..
Bulldogs just won the flag. I suggest that's why they don't give a shit.
Agree that the greats were fantastic kicks for goal but many of them were one out not three players on them like now and got their goals from about 20-30m out. Now it is more tactical with spare players behind the ball.
Brilliant exhibition of goal kicking by the cats last night.Set shots that sprayed left and right of the main sticks even Motlo[ps shot in the last qtr looked like he never kicked a footy before.Even Chris Scott said it was woeful.And we pay good money each week and these so called footballers get 100's of 1000's each year do dish this crap up.
100 percent heard that one of the main reason for poor kicking is that the footy boots these days have a plastic finish on them that decreases the grip when the ball is kicked. In years gone bye the football boots were leather and combined with the laces produced better connection with the ball therfore much more accuracy.
Your a genius!! You have to inform all teams of this asap.
Who do you think will average more over the rest of the season?
Hannebery
or
J.Steven?
Hanners
Steven but he tends to butcher the ball
He goes to the butcher for kicking practice and haircuts
Hard to say, depends what you want them for.
Hanners for reliability and consistency but Stevens if you're looking for a good VC loophole option because his ceiling is crazy high.
is it too risky to trade in T Adams now? Have to make a decision before the brisbane lions game…..
who are you trading out for it?
beams for adams..
I'm thinking of doing the same thing. Beams out for Adams – let's hope he's not a late out!
Perfectly fine trade!
Agree, do it
As Adams injured his hand during training this week. Thar was enough for me to hold off another week in case it is serious
yeh thats what i was thinking yet i cant find any details on what the injury is
That's a call you have to make, scoring was never going to be an issue but he's never played more than 18 games in a season…are you confident that this year will be his first?
Got Yeo in very hesitant but happy with the selection. No more games at the mcg for the eagles so that helps
Starting to think the only way for Yeo to start scoring 70's again is for me to trade him in. The premo's I trade in from week to week have a fantastic record of turning into complete spuds
Rance who suits my bye structure or Lloyd whom I believe will be more consistent and has a higher ceiling.
The answer is in your question. The player who will be a consistently higher scorer
Agree, focus on the end game
Thinking Docherty C over Danger.
thats what im doing
The key question is the Pendlebury baby watch!
Yep – has anyone got an update on Pendles becoming a dad?
Want to trade him in today – now very cheap, and with a BE of 90.
Only year that I haven't started with him, and have regretted it most weeks.
Got sucked in by Treloar having a full preseason, and also having such a strong finish last year.
nothing on his missus instagram account
Going off some of Alex's instagram posts she is about 38 weeks. First babies typically go late so i reckon we are good to around 40 weeks
Swanny will be all over it. He's very excited about having a little one.
Was thinking of bringing in Dusty but his grammar Trent Cotchin has entered the convo. Obviously a big POD, but seems to be scoring well with the added help in the midfield for the Tigers.
More consistent and could potentially average more than Dusty, who's the better choice?
Im looking at Dusty for next week . Has a BE of 124 , shouldnt go up much more than his current price of $519,300 if he beats the BE . I think Richmond have a pretty good run home according to CD .
Interesting point Jason, has anyone done any research on which teams have the best draw for the end of the season? Or is it too early to tell?
Here is the article i was referring too
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/t…
Keep looking at Cotchin. Doesn't seem to have bad games. On my watch list
I traded Treloar for Yeo. At half-time I was digging my own coffin.
But in typical Yeo-Yo fashion, he bounced back (see what happens when the coach doesn't make him tag Bont?).
This might be the season-defining trade.
Hopefully Simpson learns from that and tries to leave Yeo floating across half back. Takes intercept marks for fun when he is 🙂
Pendles or danger as captain?
No way I would make Pendles capt this week what if he actually does leave at half time? Danger for sure this week, Pendles far too risky this week.
Danger. He's not expecting a baby
Actually just looked that up. Dangers mrs is due in July! Christ when will this madness end!!!!
Right. Before you make any capatain selections check for babies
Hahah thanks guys I forgot about the baby
Swanny again
raaaahhhh no more babies
Just wondering what a 'cookie cutter' team refers to?
Cookie cutter, Just google herald sun how to pick a super coach team in five minutes. Result = a team that looks and smells just like everyone else's.
It means a lot of people had very similar teams at the start of the season. Doesn't really matter too much as injuries and trades make people's teams different mid season in particular.
Yup some people pay top dollar and other pay for dropped prices
Cookies (players you select) are cut from a dough (range of all players). Rather than choose your own shape, one can use a pre made stencil such as a circle or star shape (most commonly picked players from online sources) to make their tray of 30 delicious cookies.
(Last part sounds a bit weird)
A team which is devoid of POD players. POD players are those which low ownership rates.
POD stands for point of difference
Wanting to loop Newman into Marchbank and Stewart , but worried Newman might be a late in. Think I will just leave March on field with the E on Stewart
Should have played Newman on the field!!!
Der Fred.
Who's everyone putting the C on this week?
Danger again, I know the moment I change the gods will bite
tich
I went Rocky as VC so take the 147,i had Zerret as C just in case not l going Danger or Pendles again this year will look at my backs Laird or Doc both so consistent.
Had the Bont as VC, weighing up who I should put the C on. I'm tossing up between Titch or Danger, thoughts?
Tich vs Brisbane = big tag, take care
Who might it be tagging him?
Mitch Robinson not playing.
Titch it is then
VCd YEO but goin Sloane. Should tear Melb apart at home. Thoughts?
Can't argue with that
Tossing up between Sloane and Danger if Doc fails.
The worry on Sloane is the tag for mine and im leaning towards Danger because of that, but Sloane at home is hard to stop.
Thinking Murphy for captain. Fyfe keeps spudding it. Or Selwood but is he fully fit
Murphy over the other 2
Agree but follow ur gut mate
Which 2 to start on ground.. Barret, Berry or Fisher.. thoughts please
Barrett and fisher
Barrett would be my first choice . Then maybe Berry and Fisher
I like berry. Playing in guts
No robinson or Beams. Berry and barrett
Ebert looks the goods after his bye was a burnman for me like wingard and yeo
It hurts mate I know
I had Ebert and Dixon last year and they burnt me now this year they are flying
Take Mutimer's 53 or roll dice with Fisher? Also fielding Barrett.
I'd take that 100%
I'm in a similar boat Mutimers 53 or go with Barrett?
Im in same situation. Have decided to roll the dice and start fisher. . If someone asked me pre-season would i be happy with 53 from my M8 i'd of said no so not going to settle for that
Enjoy the Yeo ride all year suckers! As soon as he gets a tiny bit of attention, back under 70
I don't have him but even so your call is a big one
I think it is Yeo handing out the attention….Didn't he tag the Bont for the best of 3 quarters last night? Still tonned up and the Bont didn't get there. Not bad for a tagger.
Not sure he tagged him but was on him when ever Bont went forward. If Yeo was a bit cleaner last night he was looking at 130 plus.
Bont dominted with the Yeo tag then Yeo changed his system in the 2nd half.
Bont just was a bit lazy in the 4th. Didnt maximise opportunity. Waited for the ball more than usual.
Yeo got his ton from being loose in def… intercept marks, clearance kicks to no man's land etc… CD love him.
He will join my team after rd 12. Similarly priced i hope.
Loved the way he took contested marks in defence which equates to big points. The advantage of playing multiple positions means he will be quiet some of the game then unleash the rest of the time.
Is Treloar only going to be 1 week or more? Looking to hold if it's only one week. If not I'll trade Treloar for Rocky
Just heard a whisper that Treloar may have groin problems like he had before at GWS. The official line out of Collingwood is it's an ankle. Time to move Treloar on I think
I'm holding for now… can't afford to sideways yet.
I just got burnt Treloar into Rocky. Sums up my whole year 🙁
Berry, Hampton or Barret on field?
C on Danger or Sloane?
Neither lol
2 questions
1. Is heeney the real deal? or will his summer lovin sickness come back and bite him again.
2. Good downgrade target for Jaeger (yep- still have him!)
Should I get Heeney or Wingard?
Heeney I think. Wingard may play more forward again after the bye
Need a league win – have to trade out either Beams or Treloar. I'm thinking Beams – am I right?
Hard one, both could be back next week but both could still be carrying the aftereffects. I'm thinking trade out Treloar as Beams scored much better than Adam before the quad.
Trade out Beams I did. Treloar is an ultra premo and Beams has a history with injuries.
C has officially left Danger for Doc. Plz don't blow up in my face.
Jarrod Berry! You star! 35 SC at quarter time. Keep going son!
Sweet he was my other trade in for Hampton, bloody Newman better not be a late call up now he's my loop.
Berry sitting on the bench with the E on him. Hopefully an 80 odd from Berry today. Looks like Mitch Hibberd my loophole slave will get some field time in the backline. Stewart can move off the field and onto the bench.
Quarter time Saints vs Blues.. Well done to all coaches that traded in Steven, and also those who have the C on the Doch.
Amazes me no one gives the Doch some rough treatment or a tag
Those who have Kruezer and Murphy need congratulating too. Bloody Kruezer has towelled up every ruck he's come across including max, I might have to get him after round 11
Kruezer has gone to another level, just worried about his injury prone history. His price will skyrocket if he keeps this up, might have to do the same and grab him sooner rather than later.
Credit needs to go to Wombats
Put his plums out on chopping block long b4 R1
Bloody ridiculous. He belongs in the backline. A turd this size could have been avoided if it wasn't for some bizarre coaching. Not impressed.
Looks like they just moved him back. He was lost in the forward line
Just noticed that. Good. His output should improve from here.
Everything is turning shite atm, thinking I need a captain differential, Adams not the craziest idea in the world?
Traded him a couple weeks ago.
StNick poohing his pants AGAIN! I doubt he'll finish as a top 10 fwd trade him this week if you still have him
Let's see what his score is at the end shall we?
Yep, you were right, pretty poopy…he's even gone backwards in points.
Ridiculous comment to make early in the first qrtr. you're a joke mate
Blues doing really well, should be in front. C Doc leading the way.
Well done Joshua, Doch was awesome!!
Nothing on here in WA free to air, WAFL game about to start Dockers 2s so ill look at that and listen to stk v car.
Doc going ok a bit quite that qtr so cheer harder while you drink Hedski…
Lubing up for the cats game tonight Stirlsy.
Let us know how Luke Ryan goes Stirlsy
Gotta have faith Hedski Doc did the job,
Will do Pieman. Peel are well on top.
Bang!!
Ryan's stats at bottom of page now Pieman he played well.
VC on Zerrett, Danger, Selwood or Eddie Betts?
Eddie Betts?…that'd take some big brass balls haha
Billings finally starting to look like he belongs in AFL might be a sneaky gap filler during the byes. Roberton seems to be struggling with a soft tag and I'm sure other AFL coaches will take note of that, I'll be delaying getting him until after the byes. StNick to TMitch or Rocky this week I reckon
Billings need to show some more consistency first before I'd consider picking him.
Rocky smashed his shoulder up
Who comes off Taranto or SPP to take Berrys score? Thoughts appreciated
SPP
Rocky has dislocated his shoulder. WOW
As harsh as it may be. I was waiting on when it was gonna happen, the guy has burnt me 3 years in a row. Totally stayed away from him this year.
I dont have Rocky and this is why. BRILLIANT PLAYER, but always seems to break down at some point. Every year it happens. Some coaches will be shattered after this. Be interesting to see how many weeks he he will miss.
I've been burnt by him many years, great player to have when he's firing, but he never plays a full season, either injury or suspension.
Dam. TMitch or Cripps maybe
Up to 3 months out, ala Joel Smith..bummer for Rocky owners, especially if they brought him in this week!
It didn't look much, I guess he will be the talk this week. What % ownership?
9.4 %…he beat his B/E too, by 2 points
9.4% Another week and it would have been 15-20% I guess!
great score this week captain
Take Barretts score or play parsons?
The way rookies are going I'd take it. And can't forget the 19 last week
There is no way McEvoy is actually a legitimate pick. Surely not right?
I said it before and I will say it again I will not start with nor bring in glass boys
Rocky, JOM, D.Swallow and Murphy are peanut brittle
Ballsy…with a little bit of crazy thrown in, hope he stays for the whole game for ya.
So do I Russ. So do I…!!! Hope the missus holds up for the next 2 hours. I just have a feeling he'll go huge today.
Steele could be the best value pick of the year. I'd hate to be one of the poor coaches who traded him out or didn't start with him.
well he was named as a villain last week can u believe it!
Guy is a great F6 all year long
Agreed. I always new he was a gun. Started him last year as well but hard to break in to that GWS side. Although burnt me last year, i was never going to not pick him this year.
Picked Roughy over him Kev, got rid of Roughy now he's coming good!!!
I started roughy too, traded him fairly early for yeo and about $40k extra. Just hoping the burns don't repeat from last year.
Same here hedski..oh well, dem's the breaks.
I am pretty happy I didn't start with Steele,so I don't know why you would think that. Had so many meh games
Avg 93 for a 347K player. Up 100K in price, not the worst of choices!
Your loss is my gain. Thanks.
Patty Cripps you absolute star. Ive only been waiting 8 rounds for this but it has been worth the wait
Not sure what his be was but I'll be looking at him next week Holty.
He sure is a gun…wonder how much he'll go up by next week?
Same Holty, it was only a matter of time.
How many weeks will Rocky miss?
He could be out for several months depending on how serious the dislocation is, and if he needs surgery or not.
You'll need to trade him out regardless.
Take Barrett 60 points or roll the dice on Powell Pepper in China?
Seeing as how he could die from pollution inhalation half way through the game, I'd say take Barrett's score.
spp mate
Thank you captain titch, showing the rest of my so called premium midfield how it's done.
Woohooo! Well done mate. Yeo just did not make it for me this week. Over to you Danger. Dont screw it up.
Was going Danger if Doch didn't work out TH, hopefully he goes huge tonight, go cats.
Yep my streak continues 132 will do me.
who for Captain guys please, can't decide
Fyfe, Danger, Selwood or JPK
Selwood
I'm taking Berry's score and leaving Stewart on the bench. Take Barrett's score or go SPP?
SPP
I'm doing same. Take Berry ahead of Stewart, but give SPP a run ahead of Barrett.
lol, who's a good replacement for Rockliff?
Selwood/martin/zorko maybe
Cripps. Cheap as chips
Had VC on J Steven (111) take it or chuck the C on Fyfe/Buddy/Danger /JPK/Hanners?
Steele Sidebottom take a bow sir. What a goal!
Looks like Steele might've finally pulled his head out of the side of his bum
Takes smurphs 108 or c Zerrett/danger (thinking zerrett)
Should i take jack stevens 110?
I don't know, maybe if the rest of your team's travelling ok. Who's your captain choice?
Had VC on TMitch (135). Do I take this or keep the C on Danger and hope he outscores that?
Take that anyday Sir
Agree. Take it Mate.
Take the punt on Danger!?!?!#@!
Seriously though, every week i see people asking whether they should take their VC pick score or not. For goodness sake people, you should be setting youself a score that you'll be happy with.
I always set myself for 130+ from my VC 125 may be the borderline. Anything below I'd take a punt on my C for the week.
There are many people out there unsure of their own decision making..not sure why, Supercoach requires constant decision making, for 6 months.
I consider that part of the fun and challenge of it….as opposed to constantly asking other people what to do.
I have 130+ set, but I had to ask because it's Danger.
Thoughts community on Otten to Rance? already flicked Hampton to Berry as well
Did the same trades Daniel, time will tell.
Sounds good…can't hurt your team, only strengthen it.
Had Rocky from the start.
Knew I should't have checked his massive 3/4 time VC score and got all happy.
The SC Gods saw and decreed " Oy … None of that being happy with your team stuff this year …"
I'd be pretty with 147…
How about with a multiple month injury ?
Am very happy with 147.
Not that happy that his arm almost fell off a few minutes from the final siren.
C on Docherty!!!! Yeah the boys
Me VC going off!
Who was it
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Kelly.
Your timing seems impeccable David.
Happy Taranto is showing his worth however my opponent has Kelly…
Kelly going mental. WHE scoring. Taranto E for Treloar going well. Good times this weekend. Even murph as captain I'm happy with. Steele did well.
Of course SuperCoach Sunday shall strike again
Taranto looking good for a 90
who for captain
JPK Fyfe Danger or Selwood