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[bomberboy]

What about the encumbant? Wouldn't surprise me if they gave BJ another year. Has he indicated publically he doesn't want it?

With all due respect to BJ, not really captaincy material. Was awesome of him to step up, but Heppell is the future of our club.

 

[Jordan]

How does the gc port bye round work? Is it still best 22 scores on field or only the best 18 like the other bye rounds?

 

[Nathan]

How does the gc port bye round work? Is it still best 22 scores on field or only the best 18 like the other bye rounds?

Normal round

 

[Bomber18]

Mitch Cleary ‏@cleary_mitch 2m2 minutes ago
Confirmed - Dyson Heppell will be unveiled as @EssendonFC captain tomorrow

 

[bomberboy]

Mitch Cleary ‏@cleary_mitch 2m2 minutes ago
Confirmed - Dyson Heppell will be unveiled as @EssendonFC captain tomorrow

Hell yeah.

 

[Bomber18]

Interesting little article from Cooney. Has revealed that Lake indeed used to junk it up for his fantasy side back in the day.
http://www.ntnews.com.au/sport/afl/...s/news-story/ecec3ef5c9b45d0c750b13aec2d7940d

Adam Cooney reveals tricks players use to boost their own SuperCoach scores

Adam Cooney, Herald Sun
February 7, 2017 4:16pm


I USED to hate SuperCoach as a player.

Sometimes I thought I had a reasonable game, I might’ve racked up 20-odd touches, possibly jagged a sausage, the team has a win, the coach has praised you after the game for your efforts (few and far between for me!) and you venture into the lockerroom with a mild strut going on, sit down exhausted, grab a slice of pizza check and a couple of tweets only to find you’re in the gun because haven’t accrued enough points for Simmo’s SuperCoach team Simmossupershaggers or some similar ridiculous name.

Talk about putting a dampener on things after a good win!

CHAT LIVE WITH ADAM COONEY FROM 11am EDT WEDNESDAY TO HELP HIM PICK HIS SUPERCOACH TEAM

But some players I ran out with over the years couldn’t get enough of it.

They were in multiple competitions, had a handful of teams that they would monitor on a day-to-day basis checking other players’ form and injuries.

This wasn’t to gather information about the next time we would come up against them. All they wanted to know was who was in and who was out, who was getting plenty of the nut, only to satisfy their SuperCoach needs.


At times I was also suspicious that some players who were heavily invested in SuperCoach let it creep on to the field of battle.

Their classic trick was to handball to a teammate but give it just enough flight so the player has to stop their momentum receiving the ball, forcing them to dish it back to the original handballer. The Scott West SuperCoach special point builder I think they call that! (Although I don’t think Scott played in the SuperCoach era, unfortunately for us all.)


I won’t name any other culprits but guernsey numbers 25 and 36 at the Dogs spring to mind when it came to another little trick to boost their own points.

On many occasions in junk time late in a quarter these two rogues would kick the ball back and forth to each other time and time again when it was completely unnecessary, only to gain extra points for their teams (they would select themselves regularly as captains of their own side).


Adam Cooney with former Bulldogs teammate Brian Lake before last year’s Grand Final. Lake may or may not have had a keen interest in his own SuperCoach scores. Picture: Michael Klein
Alas, the sun has set on my distinguished career as a player, so now I feel the time is right for me to give SuperCoach the time it rightfully deserves. What I need though from the public is help and guidance in picking and maintaining an elite squad which will see ChasCooneysChampions right in it at the pointy end of the SuperCoach season.

My priorities for picking my side must include the best blokes in the game, minimal football nerd status and well balanced inside/outside players mixed with well balanced on-field/off-field operators.

I like players with beards. Moustaches are out (sorry, Joe) but I will make room for excellent post-goal celebrators (I will accept players who dab, but I draw the line at a shotgun celebration)

Your help in this cutthroat competition is greatly appreciated.

 

[Goodie's Guns]

Interesting little article from Cooney. Has revealed that Lake indeed used to junk it up for his fantasy side back in the day.
http://www.ntnews.com.au/sport/afl/...s/news-story/ecec3ef5c9b45d0c750b13aec2d7940d

Saw this article, I had to do a quick little google search as to who was number 25 at the Dogs back a few years ago, and it makes sense that it was Lake and Ryan Hargrave who were milking the points. Hahaha

 

[Jordan]

Can someone point me in the direction of the thread on the impact of a floating ruck cover option in your forward line does

 

[Bomber18]

Saw this article, I had to do a quick little google search as to who was number 25 at the Dogs back a few years ago, and it makes sense that it was Lake and Ryan Hargrave who were milking the points. Hahaha

I just assumed Hargrave was the no. 25 without the google search ahah

 

[bwright]

Generalish question - I've often thought about the need for having a final season point total to work towards as a goal and use that as a point to work team structure around from round 1. Logic being that if you are to finish first you will need x points so that requires a certain amount of points each week. In theory it will help to make decisions around when I'll need to upgrade, how much money I'll need players to make and what scores I need them to be producing to generate that cash.

My problem with that theory is I always forget it by the end of each season and so never take note of what winning teams have scored for the year. I admit that I have not searched very hard but I haven't come across that info anywhere in my searches this pre-season, can anyone in the community out there point me in the right direction? Any thoughts on the legitimacy of the theory??

 

[stephen]

Generalish question - I've often thought about the need for having a final season point total to work towards as a goal and use that as a point to work team structure around from round 1. Logic being that if you are to finish first you will need x points so that requires a certain amount of points each week. In theory it will help to make decisions around when I'll need to upgrade, how much money I'll need players to make and what scores I need them to be producing to generate that cash.

My problem with that theory is I always forget it by the end of each season and so never take note of what winning teams have scored for the year. I admit that I have not searched very hard but I haven't come across that info anywhere in my searches this pre-season, can anyone in the community out there point me in the right direction? Any thoughts on the legitimacy of the theory??

I do a similar thing when compiling a team but mostly focusing on scoring required before we start upgrading.

I use 2200 as the number for that purpose. FWIW I averaged 2176 for first 6 rounds in 2015 and was ranked 749, and averaged 2179 for the first 6 rounds in 2016 and was ranked 4870. Quality of rookies obviously has a big effect on par.

I think you should be averaging 2430 or so with a complete team after the byes to be maintaining a ranking in the top 1000 (I averaged 2426 last season in that period and dropped about 40 places)

PS Welcome!

 

[bwright]

I do a similar thing when compiling a team but mostly focusing on scoring required before we start upgrading.

I use 2200 as the number for that purpose. FWIW I averaged 2176 for first 6 rounds in 2015 and was ranked 749, and averaged 2179 for the first 6 rounds in 2016 and was ranked 4870. Quality of rookies obviously has a big effect on par.

I think you should be averaging 2430 or so with a complete team after the byes to be maintaining a ranking in the top 1000 (I averaged 2426 last season in that period and dropped about 40 places)

PS Welcome!

Very hand info, thanks stephen!

 

[THCLT]

Anyone else noticed that there's a real lack of D/M options for this year? I only counted 18 in total, so maybe this is the year we forgo trying to complete the D/M link for our completed team?

Just to put this into perspective, there are:

D/R = 1 (L Surman)
D/F = 20
F/M = 85
F/R = 18

 

[Junior Wölf]

Anyone else noticed that there's a real lack of D/M options for this year? I only counted 18 in total, so maybe this is the year we forgo trying to complete the D/M link for our completed team?

Just to put this into perspective, there are:

D/R = 1 (L Surman)
D/F = 20
F/M = 85
F/R = 18

Berry would have complemented Hibberd (Nth) quite well if the former didn't have knee surgery.

 

[THCLT]

Berry would have complemented Hibberd (Nth) quite well if the former didn't have knee surgery.

You still have McGrath, albeit at $72K more expensive.

The premium D/M options in Adams, Kelly, Vince, Broadbent, Lloyd & Co. doesn't exactly screams out 'Pick Me' either.

 

[Junior Wölf]

You still have McGrath, albeit at $72K more expensive.

The premium D/M options in Adams, Kelly, Vince, Broadbent, Lloyd & Co. doesn't exactly screams out 'Pick Me' either.

Just not the year for the defenders. Although, there seem to be a few more defender rookies than other years.

 

[Bomber18]

Has anyone else noticed that Fanfooty have the WRONG stats for Roughy's 2015 season? They have him averaging 90.8 but he actually had 96.4! That's very misleading to the average coach!

 

[bomberboy]

Has anyone else noticed that Fanfooty have the WRONG stats for Roughy's 2015 season? They have him averaging 90.8 but he actually had 96.4! That's very misleading to the average coach!

Is that including his finals scores?

 

[Bomber18]

Is that including his finals scores?

No, including his finals scores in 2015 he had 97.

 

[Nathan]

Has anyone else noticed that Fanfooty have the WRONG stats for Roughy's 2015 season? They have him averaging 90.8 but he actually had 96.4! That's very misleading to the average coach!

Footywire is the one-stop-shop for this sort of information.