Phillip "Molly" Malone is one of the most prolific Web pundits on Aussie Rules footy with his blog Mollyzine and podcast Molly's Monday Machination. He's an engineer and a Hawk fan, and you'll see his name everywhere.
#46: Round 18 2008, live on Talkshoe
No, we haven’t been drinking with any footballers this week, and no, we haven’t got incriminating photos taken on our iPhones. At least, not that we’re telling.
Of course, we have to talk about the humongous disaster of Alan Didak and Heath Shaw. Molly and m0nty spend the first 30 minutes of the show going through all the implications both in fantasy and in real AFL terms, including a highly detailed discussion of trade options plus m0nty predicting an Eagles-level meltdown of the Collingwood Football Club in 2009.
Back to the rest of the round review: Beau Dowler, Matthew Lloyd, Matthew Bate, Nathan Van Berlo and Nick Stevens are surveyed.
A look at Brad Ottens leads to a lengthy perusal of the ruck options for 2009, with particular reference to finding the “default” #2 and #3 ruck options - likely options include Matthew Kreuzer, Matthew Leuenberger and next year’s top draft prospect Nicholas Naitanui.
Then it’s Chris Newman, Daniel Wells, “Triple-D” Bradd Dalziell, Albert Proud, Robert Murphy, Barry Hall, Jason Gram and Danyle Pearce.
From the derby, the boys discuss the kids in the Freo midfield including Byron Schammer, Brett Peake, Rhys Palmer and Garrick Ibbotson, while for the Eagles Mark LeCras and Matt Priddis are canvassed.
m0nty brings up a BigFooty thread about reclassifications and the boys try to ascertain what positional changes will happen for next year’s VirtualSports competitions.
In the captain choices, it’s hard to go past the Geelong, Carlton and Port Adelaide midfields, while options in the forwards are looking less tasty this week and the backs are giving us nothing.
Good luck for your fantasy finals campaign!