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Still no guest today, nobody loves us! :’( Oh well, the good news is that with the advent of the AFL Finals Dream Team we have lots more to talk about coming into September. Before the round review, we go through the rules of the finals comp in detail, and also talk a bit about the survey which VirtualSports ran this week hinting at some changes to Dream Team next year, including the possibility of buying extra trades via purchasing Coca-Cola products.

In the Round 21 Review we look at Chris Judd, Sam Fisher, Jess Sinclair, Andrew Carrazzo, Jeff White, Byron Schammer, Adam Goodes, Sean Rusling, Anthony Corrie, Kris Massie, Brad Sewell, Clinton Young, Adam Cooney, Steven Salopek, Danyle Pearce, Nathan Ablett, Kane Johnson and Nathan Lovett-Murray.

For Crack the Ton, we chose the following:
Matt Priddis: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes.
Luke Hodge: m0nty said yes, Molly said no.
Andrew Carrazzo: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes.
Lindsay Gilbee: m0nty said no, Molly said yes.
Paul Chapman: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes.
Jed Adcock: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes.
Ryan O’Keefe: m0nty said no, Molly said no.
Matthew Lloyd: m0nty said yes, Molly said no.
Sam Fisher: m0nty said yes, Molly said no.

We get back to the Finals DT and go through each finals-bound side to see which three players are most likely to get picked by fantasy players. Then m0nty asks Molly some questions about which of the exotic statistics to be found in the live scoring pages of RealFooty Stats would be most suitable for inclusion in scoring systems of fantasy competitions: spoils, score assists, inside 50s, rebound 50s, critical errors and nine-point goals are all discussed.

This won’t be the final episode of the Coaches Box for the year due to the Finals DT comp keeping our interest up, so we’ll see you next week!

 

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We have no guest today. Judge for yourself about how that affects the quality of the show! We start off with the news that lenny hayes=god did, in fact, get his stolen trade back. Then, it’s onto the round review. We talk about James McDonald, Paul Medhurst, Andrew Walker, Lance Whitnall, Scott Lucas, Adam McPhee, Patrick Ryder, Kyle Reimers, Scott Gumbleton, Brett Peake, Jason Blake, Ed Barlow, Jed Adcock, Nathan G. Brown, Quinten Lynch, Justin Westhoff, Ben McGlynn, Steve Johnson, Hamish McIntosh, Daniel Giansiracusa, John Meesen and Ben Hudson.

In Crack the Ton, we had a special edition for Joel Corey who has five consecutive 120+ scores, something only done before by Nathan Buckley. On the question of whether Corey will get yet another 120: m0nty said yes, Molly said no. On the rest of the players, whom we were only predicting flat tons, we went the same way each time.

Matt Priddis: we said no.
Lindsay Gilbee: we said yes.
Joel Bowden: we said yes.
Nick Dal Santo: we said yes.
Luke Hodge: we said yes.
Tarkyn Lockyer: we said no.
Nigel Lappin: we said no.
Barry Hall: we said no.

Finally, we talk a bit about the issues around running fantasy leagues with significant cash payments involved, as in this BigFooty thread. We also talk about the development of new fantasy football products for the future, particularly for the casual player. Molly comes up with some ideas about getting fantasy footy into pubs, and m0nty mulls over how to get post offices involved a la TipStar. We also talk about how crucial it is for Fairfax to get a comp going for The Age next year.

 

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After the rest of the EliteDre@mte@mers chickened out for varied reasons (flu, new baby, saving Gotham City…) we had to bring in Skooks as our last minute guest, who first appeared in episode #10. We talk about his much-discussed trade of Jake King for Jordan Lewis off the bat, then get into the round review.

For round 19, we chew over the performances of Josh Fraser, Adam Pattison, Troy Simmonds, Brett Deledio, Luke Power, Chance Bateman, Heath Scotland, Chad Cornes, Danyle Pearce, Andrew McDougall, Travis Johnstone, Sam Gilbert, Tadhg Kennelly, Matt Rosa, Matt Priddis, Eddie Sansbury, Ivan Maric, Jonathon Griffin, Scott Gumbleton, Matthew Pavlich, Daniel Gilmore and Andrew Embley.

There is no Boys on the Bubble segment this week as it’s too late in the season, though m0nty names Scott Gumbleton as the Bubble Boy of the Week anyway. Then in Crack the Ton (which Molly won last week 7-5) we make our selections as to whether we think the following captain prospects will score 100 Dream Team points this week:

Matthew Pavlich: m0nty said no, Molly said no, Skooks said no
Matt Rosa: m0nty said no, Molly said no, Skooks said yes.
Nigel Lappin: m0nty said yes, Molly said no, Skooks said no.
Scott Lucas: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes, Skooks said yes.
Daniel Cross: m0nty said no, Molly said yes, Skooks said no.
Andrew Carrazzo: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes, Skooks said yes.
Gary Ablett jnr: m0nty said no, Molly said yes, Skooks said no.
Adam McPhee: m0nty said yes, Molly said no, Skooks said no.
Chad Cornes: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes, Skooks said yes.

There is plenty to talk about regarding fantasy footy scandals this week, and we get stuck in to the lenny hayes=god hacking incident, as well as revelations about the fiddling of Super Coach scores. Finally, we take up an old EDT argument about whether it showed skill to pick Joel Corey at the start of 2007 or just dumb luck… and Skooks gets accused of a bit of luck himself with the King pick!

As promised, here is episode #9 of the DT Talk video podcast, which includes the now-infamous call to Adelaide FC where Warnie talks to Rhett Biglands’ mum:

 

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This week we welcome Tom Nightingale, author of the wildly popular weekly Talking Points posts on the FanFooty blog, and co-founder of the new fantasy football blog Dream Team Hero. Tom also contributes to the official Coca-Cola Zero Dream Team site. We start off by going through the DT Hero site, and talk a bit about various fantasy media outlets, such as Dream Team TV and Dr Dream Team.

In the Round 18 Review, we discuss Andrejs Everitt, Tom Williams, Robert Murphy, Daniel Cross, Nick Dal Santo, Jordan Russell, Josh Fraser, Steven King, Jake King, Matthew Leuenberger, Kasey Green, Ivan Maric, Jonathan Griffin, John Meesen, Brendon Lade, Michael Newton, Amon Buchanan, Jordan Lewis, Patrick Ryder, Michael Braun, Robert Warnock and Daniel Gilmore.

In the Boys on the Bubble segment m0nty quickly whips through Luke Brennan, Shaun Grigg and Stephen Tiller, then spends a bit more time talking with Molly about Wayde Skipper and Daniel Connors, and then chooses Nick Gill as Bubble Boy of the Week.

In the Crack the Ton segment, Tom has already left us but m0nty and Molly make their selections.
Darren Milburn: m0nty said yes, Molly said no.
Luke Power: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes.
Nick Riewoldt: m0nty said yes, Molly said no.
Brendan Fevola: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes.
Robert Murphy: m0nty said no, Molly said no.
Brendon Lade: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes.
Dean Cox: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes.
Matthew Pavlich: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes.
Josh Fraser: m0nty said no, Molly said no.

Finally, in the general footy talk segment we stick to fantasy issues: the recent outbreak of unpleasantness on the FanFooty blog, plus more discussion about the future of fantasy football media.

 

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Here is the second part of the 13th Episode. You can find the first episode here.
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This week we have our first guest not to come from the EliteDre@mTe@mers league, but he’s a fantasy superstar nonetheless: CASHA, whose team Casha’s Killa’s is currently ranked #1 in Super Coach and is ahead of the second-ranked team by a massive 447 points. His Dream Team lineup of the same name is also ranked 87th, just in case you thought he was a one-trick pony.

Then it’s on to the round 17 review. Quinten Lynch, Wayde Skipper, Leigh Montagna, Jarrad Waite, Matthew Lappin, Paul Hasleby, Matthew Warnock, Rhan Hooper, Dane Swan, Jake King, Nathan Foley, Troy Simmonds, Barry Hall, Lance Franklin, Nick Gill, Damien Peverill, Nathan D. Brown and Brendon Lade all get a mention.

In the Boys on the Bubble segment the only two players worth looking at are Ryan Jackson and Djaran Whyman, and m0nty eventually chooses the former as BBotW.

In the Crack the Ton segment, the selections were as follows.
Jared Brennan: m0nty said no, Molly said no, CASHA said no.
Corey Jones: m0nty said yes, Molly said no , CASHA said yes.
Damien Peverill: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes, CASHA said yes.
Heath Shaw: m0nty said yes, Molly said no , CASHA said no.
Matthew Lappin: m0nty said no, Molly said no , CASHA said no.
Barry Hall: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes, CASHA said yes.
Matthew Pavlich: m0nty said no, Molly said yes, CASHA said no.
Ben Cousins: m0nty said yes, Molly said yes, CASHA said yes.
Nick Dal Santo: m0nty said no, Molly said no, CASHA said yes.

Finally, in the general football talk segment we stray back to fantasy issues: specifically, the launch of the All-Australian fantasy game, and the decision by FanFooty to discontinue live feeds of Super Coach scores.