DREAM TEAM CHAT LIVE–ROUND 14, THE RESUMPTION OF NORMAL TRANSMISSION

Back to normal programming, unless your like me & still have Pendlebury on the bench. Injuries & poor form have absolutely cruelled my ambitions in this game this year, so you may wish to avoid my latest recruit Sam Mitchell 😉

How about you? How are you travelling? Did you trade this week? Spill the beans, throw in any subs, late changes, rumours et al in the thread below & good luck to your mob this weekend, lord knows my mob needs some ….

BYE ROUND POLL

In an even teamed AFL competition, do you believe that there should be a bye round?

ADIOS BYE ROUNDS….WHERE’S YOUR TEAM @?

Scored 1592 and have moved quickly to provisionally bring in Sammy Mitchell &  Sam Gibson for Shiel & Greene. This finishes the midfield group & leaves me with 180k to throw @ my next defensive upgrade. This will come in handy given the lack of growth in most of my cash cow defenders. Rucks are in a bit of strife for me as well from R2 down. Am hoping that Giles finds his sea legs as Zac Smith did after a mid season blip last year so I can grab another 2 def prems for finals. If it all goes to plan–pleeeease go to plan–then I’ll be cherry ripe come finals and wont need to trade out 1 or 2 of Dusty/Whitecross/Heater or Giles/Redden. Have 6 trades left after using 5 for last round/this round. My next bout of trades will come as the numbers fit for upgrades.

How are you placed @ the minute? Comment in the thread below…

ROUND 13 … LAST OF THE BYES … LIVE CHAT

Finally, we get to the end of the bye carnage, I’m relatively ok this week after the computer/trading disasters of last friday evening. Will have 4 donuts this week, two in defence, one mid and a forward. Have bought in Scott Thompson, Sam Shaw and rolled the dice on Corey D’Dell’Olio. He is a F9 in a settled forward line and hopefully will not require senior selection and made the deal fit. Except for this week. Please play. Gave up Cameron Guthrie, Kyal Horsely & Rhys Stanley so feel good about getting a gun. I want to bring in an under-priced Sam Mitchell cherry ripe from his bye next week to complete the mids next week then a defender the following week & I’ll be done until finals, presuming I make it.

Still, Geelong and Sydney have kicked things off, how are you placed this weekend? Spill the beans in the thread below, late changes, subs, your trades etc etc…

TRADING POLICIES

As we enter the last of the bye rounds, our thoughts begin to turn to the last 6 rounds of competition & finals. How are you placed? How many trades have you got left? Will you be trading 3 blokes this week to get that extra premium in, or are you going to be holding off in preparation for finals. Computer drama prevented me from trading last week so I am looking to trade today just in case I can’t get on-line later on in the week. I have 11 trades left, which, while is a good position to be in, is offset by the fact that injuries and poor form have stymied my efforts @ finalising my squad and poor league results which means I’ll need to probably make 4-7 trades to set me up for a finals crack. Mind you, I’m in some cracking leagues this year.

Complete the poll & reveal your trading intentions in the thread below….

ROUND 12 BYE SAGA PART 2 WRAP UP

Computer dramas have left me in limbo which makes me realise how important these devices are to my functionality. Still, we’re here to talk footy so how did you go? did you get badly burnt or did you trade your way out of it. I couldn’t get in to trade so am left with 11 trades, but have multiple donuts on most lines. I have heard that the AFL wants to expand the byes next year which will be a killer move for fantasy football in my opinion. Those that are good are happy to have these elements in place to illustrate their superior playing ability, but most people are not in that category so they play to be able to have their best cattle on the park and try to beat their mates. It is very similar to the decline in active players as the season progresses because lets face it, once you run out of trades, the game loses a big chunk of it’s appeal.
That said, we are nearly through and can start thinking about the run home, how are you placed? More importantly what is your score & thoughts on this weekend?

Talk in the thread below….

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ROUND 11 ROUND UP

Injuries, byes, suspensions & rubbish scores on dream team would seemingly complete a terrible weekend, but no, I had a random bloke fall on me and my mac late sunday arvo destroying my screen in the process Taken me until today to get a replacement up and running and we are back into it tomorrow night. I’m not a fan of footy being played outside of weekend or public holiday hours so this will be an interesting test given this is the first time I’ve been on-line since late sunday arvo. Not sure what I’ll be doing trading wise @ this stage, but for those I scored a staggering 1,498 which amazingly gained me 4/5 wins. How’d you go?

ROUND 11 LIVE DREAM TEAM CHAT

How are you faring? Did you choose Redden over the big O? How about Krooza and the big 211? Can the Dees make it 2 in a row, will Swan run out on monday, and how many donuts are you planning on eating this weekend?

The best news is that Herr Demetriou is hinting that there will be SIX, yes SIX bye rounds next year. It could be the end of fantay football as we know it…….

Still, post your scores in the usual format, that being score/players used/GAJ, trades, subs, late changes,league results etc etc and whack em in the thread below.

ROUND 11 TEAMS

Better late than never, teams are, as always, in the thread below in case you should need them over this long weekend. Hope your organised for the byes, or battening down the hatches in preparation.

ROUND 11, BYE ROUNDS PART 1-LET THE CARNAGE BEGIN!

The dreaded bye rounds are here! Are you prepared? What are your plans, trades, etc? Can you avoid the donut? I don’t think it’s possible. I’m missing two–one in the ruck– having made a triple trade bringing in Chappy, Stevie J & Marley Williams for JMac, Porpoise & D.Smith. I’ll probably have 4 out next week and anywhere between 1-3 the following week depending on trades.

RD 10 DONE & DUSTED

So how did you go? I cracked 2132 which got me 2/4 League victories. Thank God for Buddy & Gaz because I had a couple of underperformers. Place your scores, heroes & villains in the thread below.

ROUND 10 IS UNDERWAY

No trades for me this week. How about you? Lodge your trades, tips, late changes, scores, rumours etc in the thread below….

ROUND 10 TEAMS

Teams will be in the comment thread below. Feel free to add something if you wish. Final Sunday teams are up.