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[FAITH]

Faith FC:

Pick 3. Lance Franklin - Swans
Pick 34. Gary Ablett Jr - Geel
Pick 39. Clayton Oliver - MFC
Pick 70. Steele Sidebottom - Collingw
Pick 75. Dyson Heppell - Ess
Pick 106. Nathan Jones - MFC
Pick 111. Zac Tuohey - Geel
Pick 142. Brad Hill - Freo
Pick 147. Shannon Hurn - WC
Pick 178. Tom Bellchambers - Ess
Pick 183. George Hewett - Swans
Pick 214. Jarryn Geary - Saints
Pick 219. Dan Menzel - Cats
Pick 250. Sam Gray - Port
Pick 255. Scott Thompson - North
Pick 286. Jake Kelly - Adelaide
Pick 291. Liam Ryan - WC
Pick 322. Alex Keath - Crows
Pick 327. Cam Pedersen - MFC
Pick 358. Nathan Vardy - WC
Pick 363. Jordan Gallucci - Crows
Pick 394. Tyson Goldsack - Collingwood
Pick 399. Aliir Aliir - Swans
Pick 430. Curtly Hampton - Crows
Pick 435. Lee Spurr - Freo
Pick 466. Reilly O'Brien - Adel
Pick 471. Jake Neade - Port
Pick 502. B.Jarman - Adel
Pick 507. J.Atley - Port
Pick 538. C.O'Shea - Carlton

B: J.Geary - S.Thompson - J.Kelly
HB: S.Hurn - A.Keath - Z.Tuohey
C: S.Sidebottom -G.Ablett Jr- D.Heppell
HF: G.Hewett - L.Franklin - S.Gray
F: B.Hill - D.Menzel - L.Ryan
R: T.Bellchambers - C.Oliver - N.Jones
I: C.Pedersen - N.Vardy - J.Gallucci - T.Goldsack

Emerge: A.Aliir, C.Hampton, L.Spurr, R.O'Brien, J.Neade, B.Jarman, J.Atley, C.O'Shea

Pick 3 with 8 goals, delicious

 

[Scorpus]

Happy with my selections so far.

25 of my squad played round 1, with two injured (Tom McDonald and Dale Morris) and three overlooked (Sam Gilbert, Joel Hamling and Daniel Nielson). Six of eight depth players got a round 1 gig

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Midseason rating

Team Name: The Velvet Fogartys

Rnd 1 Pick 17 - Brodie Grundy (Collingwood) - Gun pick. Big chance for AA.
Rnd 2 Pick 20 - Jonathon Patton (GWS) - Probably the worst pick ever.
Rnd 3 Pick 53 - Josh Bruce (St Kilda) - And the second worst.
Rnd 4 Pick 56 - Cale Hooker (Essendon) - Going ok.
Rnd 5 Pick 89 - Christian Petracca (Melbourne) - Going ok.
Rnd 6 Pick 92 - Michael Walters (Fremantle) - Few injury problems but going ok.
Rnd 7 Pick 125 - Jack Martin (Gold Coast) - Good pick.
Rnd 8 Pick 128 - Lachie Hunter (Western Bulldogs) - Meh season. Has fallen back after a good 2016-17.
Rnd 9 Pick 161 - Josh Caddy (Richmond) - Good pick.
Rnd 10 Pick 164 - Devon Smith (Essendon) - Good pick.
Rnd 11 Pick 197 - Steven Motlop (Port Adelaide) -
Rnd 12 Pick 200 - James Sicily (Hawthorn) - Good pick.
Rnd 13 Pick 233 - Kade Kolodjashnij (Gold Coast) - Can't say I've really noticed him much.
Rnd 14 Pick 236 - Jacob Hopper (GWS) - as above
Rnd 15 Pick 269 - Daniel Wells (Collingwood) - well, he's set foot on the field.
Rnd 16 Pick 272 - Alex Pearce (Fremantle) - Gun pick
Rnd 17 Pick 305 - Alex Fasolo (Collingwood) - started injured then injured again. A write off.
Rnd 18 Pick 308 - Nathan Brown (St Kilda) - Meh
Rnd 19 Pick 341 - Oliver Florent (Sydney) - Yeah he's going ok for 341
Rnd 20 Pick 344 - Lewis Young (Western Bulldogs) - Barely played.
Rnd 21 Pick 377 - Aidan Corr (GWS) - Meh
Rnd 22 Pick 380 - Josh Dunkley (Western Bulldogs) - having a stinker
Rnd 23 Pick 413 - James Harmes (Melbourne) - going alright
Rnd 24 Pick 416 - Mark Baguley (Essendon) - Ok I spose
Rnd 25 Pick 449 - Clay Smith (Western Bulldogs) - Yet to see him
Rnd 26 Pick 452 - Tom Hickey (St Kilda) - just ok
Rnd 27 Pick 485 - Tom Nicholls (Gold Coast) - Blah
Rnd 28 Pick 488 - Lincoln McCarthy (Geelong) - Blah
Rnd 29 Pick 521 - Josh Green (Essendon) - dropped, stinks
Rnd 30 Pick 524 - Tom Bell (Brisbane) - maybe he retired?

Overall a pretty shizenhausen list of draftees. Eight out of 30 that I'm happy with.

 

[1990crow]

Rams FC

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FB: Grant Birchall ~ Steven May ~ Matt Scharenberg
HB: Nathan Wilson ~ Daniel Talia ~ Marley Williams
C: Jaeger O’Meara ~ Dustin Martin ~ Jack Newnes
HF: Lewis Taylor ~ Tom Hawkins ~ Jake Melksham
FF: Brandon Matera ~ Peter Wright ~ Mark LeCras
R: Stefan Martin ~ Stephen Coniglio ~ Scott Selwood
Bench: Jackson Thurlow ~ Lachie Weller ~ Sam Gibson ~ Karl Amon

Emergency: Dale Thomas, Mark Hutchings, Adam Cerra, Paul Ahern, Lyndenn Dunn, Sam Wright, Dawson Simpson, Lukas Webb

Melksham, S.Martin, Dusty, Lewy Taylor, Talia, Le Cras have been good.
Too many injuries to Birchall, May, Omeara, Wright, Coniglio, Selwood

 

[Danger in Texas]

Yeah the only good value picks that I can see in my lot are Curnow, Kelly, Parfitt, Bailey Williams and maybe Mason Wood, now that he's back from injury. The other picks are either bang on or below.

Not the best year of drafting for me. Sam Jacobs in round 2 really stands out

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Team name: Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies

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07- Joe Daniher
30- Dylan Shiel
43- Taylor Adams
66- Jack Viney
79- Isaac Heeney
102: Lachie Henderson
115- Dane Rampe
138- Kade Simpson
151- Luke Breust

B: Dane Rampe - Jack Hombsch - Luke McDonald
HB: Kade Simpson - Lachie Henderson - Tom Cutler
C: Dom Sheed - Dylan Shiel - Jared Polec
HF: Mav Weller - Joe Daniher - Isaac Heeney
F: Luke Breust - Sam Reid - Jamie Cripps
1R: Jordan Roughead - Jack Viney - Taylor Adams
INT: Angus Brayshaw - Adam Kennedy - Koby Stevens - Alex Sexton

EMG:
Taylor Duryea
Harry Perryman
Jaidyn Stephensen
Zac Bailey
Tommy Sheridan

 

[Scorpus]

1. Marcus Bontempelli - been one of the better players in an awful Dogs side
2. Dayne Zorko - been good last few weeks after a quiet start
3. Eddie Betts - could have started better but playing well now
4. Callan Ward - bit up and down but one of GWS best players
5. Jake Stringer - hard to get a read but too high for sure
6. Tom McDonald - injured early, but gun status now
7. Zac Smith - Can't get a game
8. Isaac Smith - in AA wing form
9. David Mundy - played every game and playing his role
10. Shaun Burgoyne - injured early, coming back now
11. Richard Douglas - doing okay I guess
12. Luke Hodge - see above
13. Joel Hamling - absolute lock in the Freo defence
14. Dylan Grimes - absolute lock in the Tigers defence
15. Jackson Trengove - might redeem himself if he plays more
16. Tim O'Brien - don't rate him, in and out of the side
17. Matthew Suckling - excellent pick in the 17th round, one of the Dogs best players
18. Jarrad McVeigh - having a much better season than last year
19. Alex Neal-Bullen - playing really well at the moment
20. Liam Duggan - not the best but playing consistent football for a 20th round pick
21. Kamdyn McIntosh - played every game and playing his role
22. James Stewart - played every game, averaging 1.5 goals per game
23. Dale Morris - missed half the season
24. Nick Robertson - a lock in the Brisbane side taken in the 24th round
25. Sam Gilbert - finished I reckon
26. Jack Bowes - not exactly dominating but played 8/9 games and is clear best 22
27. Jackson Nelson - 7 game so far but might be out of favor now
28. Matt Rosa - might not play too many
29. Ed Langdon - my best pick by far, averaging 25 touches from the 29th round
30. Daniel Nielson - won't play this year

B Luke Hodge - Joel Hamling - Dylan Grimes
HB Shaun Burgoyne - Jackson Trengove - Jarrad McVeigh
C Matthew Suckling - Callan Ward (c) - Isaac Smith
HF Dayne Zorko - James Stewart - Richard Douglas
F Jake Stringer - Tom McDonald - Eddie Betts
R Zac Smith - Marcus Bontempelli - David Mundy
I Alex Neal-Bullen - Liam Duggan - Dale Morris - Tim O'Brien

E Kamdyn McIntosh - Nick Robertson - Sam Gilbert - Jack Bowes
E Jackson Nelson - Matt Rosa - Ed Langdon - Daniel Nielson

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Can’t even remember who I picked but I think I’ve had a heap of injuries already.

 

[FAITH]

Any updates on this Scorpus ?

 

[Scorpus]

Any updates on this Scorpus ?

I'll start compiling the results with games played after the conclusion of the H&A season

 

[1990crow]

Not looking great on paper.

FB: Grant Birchall ~ Steven May ~ Matt Scharenberg
HB: Nathan Wilson ~ Daniel Talia ~ Marley Williams
C: Jaeger O’Meara ~ Dustin Martin ~ Jack Newnes
HF: Lewis Taylor ~ Tom Hawkins ~ Jake Melksham
FF: Brandon Matera ~ Peter Wright ~ Mark LeCras
R: Stefan Martin ~ Stephen Coniglio ~ Scott Selwood
Bench: Jackson Thurlow ~ Lachie Weller ~ Sam Gibson ~ Karl Amon

Emergency: Dale Thomas, has Mark Hutchings, Adam Cerra, Paul Ahern, Lyndenn Dunn, Sam Wright, Dawson Simpson, Lukas Webb

D.Martin. Still happy. Still a chance for the Brownlow.
Hawkins. Still a chance for the Coleman.
Talia and May. Gun KPDs good seasons.
LeCras. Very good year.
S.Martin. Behind Grundy, Gawn but probably the no. 3 ruck.
Coniglio. Gun.
Melksham. Good player.
Taylor. Solid year.
Omeara. Likewise, building late.
Wilson. Meh. Okay.
Williams. About the same.
Weller. Good in patches.
Dale Thomas. Surprise year.
Scharenberg. Pretty good. Knee surgery
Knewnes. Ok season.
Dunn. Good despite injury.
Cerra. Outstanding first year.
S.Selwood, Wright, Matera and Hutchings serviceable.
Simpson injured but ok when played.
Birchall and Wright. Good players just injury cruelled.
Thurlow, Amon, Gibson, Ahern, Webb output just over one player.

Best 22 for the year.
Dunn May Scharenberg
Williams Talia Wilson
Thomas Martin Weller
Martin Coniglio Omeara
Melksham Wright/Simpson Taylor
LeCras Hawkins Matera
Cerra Wright Knewnes
Hutchings/Selwood

 

[FAITH]

Faith FC:

Pick 3. Lance Franklin - Swans
Pick 34. Gary Ablett Jr - Geel
Pick 39. Clayton Oliver - MFC
Pick 70. Steele Sidebottom - Collingw
Pick 75. Dyson Heppell - Ess
Pick 106. Nathan Jones - MFC
Pick 111. Zac Tuohey - Geel
Pick 142. Brad Hill - Freo
Pick 147. Shannon Hurn - WC
Pick 178. Tom Bellchambers - Ess
Pick 183. George Hewett - Swans
Pick 214. Jarryn Geary - Saints
Pick 219. Dan Menzel - Cats
Pick 250. Sam Gray - Port
Pick 255. Scott Thompson - North
Pick 286. Jake Kelly - Adelaide
Pick 291. Liam Ryan - WC
Pick 322. Alex Keath - Crows
Pick 327. Cam Pedersen - MFC
Pick 358. Nathan Vardy - WC
Pick 363. Jordan Gallucci - Crows
Pick 394. Tyson Goldsack - Collingwood
Pick 399. Aliir Aliir - Swans
Pick 430. Curtly Hampton - Crows
Pick 435. Lee Spurr - Freo
Pick 466. Reilly O'Brien - Adel
Pick 471. Jake Neade - Port
Pick 502. B.Jarman - Adel
Pick 507. J.Atley - Port
Pick 538. C.O'Shea - Carlton

B: J.Geary - S.Thompson - J.Kelly
HB: S.Hurn - A.Keath - Z.Tuohey
C: S.Sidebottom -G.Ablett Jr- D.Heppell
HF: G.Hewett - L.Franklin - S.Gray
F: B.Hill - D.Menzel - L.Ryan
R: T.Bellchambers - C.Oliver - N.Jones
I: C.Pedersen - N.Vardy - J.Gallucci - T.Goldsack

Emerge: A.Aliir, C.Hampton, L.Spurr, R.O'Brien, J.Neade, B.Jarman, J.Atley, C.O'Shea

Ok team without being brilliant I think.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

The Mad Katters:

B: J. Bews P. Davis D. Gardiner
HB: C. McKenna R. Burton J. Howe
C: M. Duncan J. Steele C. Salem
HF: C. Daniel B. Brown H. Bennell
F: J. Garlett J. Schache T. Papley
Foll: M. Kreuzer Z. Merrett J. Berry
I/C: J. Graham H. Crozier B. Hardwick D. Lang
EMG: T. Varcoe W. Setterfield T. Colyer

Depth:
J. Joyce
J. Leslie
A. Smith
E. Himmelberg
N. Coffield

#11: Ben Brown
#26: Zach Merrett
#47: Matthew Kreuzer
#62: Mitch Duncan
#83: Jeremy Howe
#98: Phil Davis
#119: Jeff Garlett
#134: Ryan Burton
#155: Jack Steele
#170: Tom Papley
#191: Christian Salem
#206: Caleb Daniel
#227: Josh Schache
#242: Jed Bews
#263: Harley Bennell
#278: Jarrod Berry
#299: Connor McKenna
#314: Jack Graham
#335: Darcy Gardiner
#350: Hayden Crozier
#371: Blake Hardwick
#386: Darcy Lang
#407: Travis Varcoe
#422: Will Setterfield
#443: Travis Colyer
#458: Jesse Joyce
#479: Jack Leslie
#494: Archie Smith
#515: Elliot Himmelberg
#530: Nick Coffield

The less said about this team, the better.

 

[Scorpus]

My team rejigged accounting for form/injuries. Games in brackets, out of 20.

B Luke Hodge (17) - Joel Hamling (17) - Dylan Grimes (19)
HB Liam Duggan (19) - Jackson Trengove (14) - Jarrad McVeigh (16)
C Ed Langdon (19) - Callan Ward (c) (20) - Isaac Smith (20)
HF Dayne Zorko (20) - Jake Stringer (18) - Richard Douglas (15)
F Alex Neal-Bullen (20) - Tom McDonald (15) - Eddie Betts (16)
R Zac Smith (3) - Marcus Bontempelli (17) - David Mundy (20)
I Shaun Burgoyne (13) - Nick Robertson (19) - Kamdyn McIntosh (17) - Jack Bowes (14)

E James Stewart (11) - Tim O'Brien (12) - Sam Gilbert (9) - Jackson Nelson (10)

Injured: Matt Suckling (11) - Dale Morris (9)
Permanent Reserves: Matt Rosa (5) - Daniel Nielson (0)

Pretty happy with the midfield. Ward, Mundy and Bontempelli is a decent inside midfield, Bont probably a little down considering he was my first pick. Good support from Smith and Langdon on the wings who were both steals. Zorko is a very handy half forward rotation though again a little down on prior years. Douglas okay. Bowes decent young support. Would have been great to get more from Suckling but handily replaced by Langdon who was originally a bench player.

Botched the ruck pick again. Smith just didn't play enough games. Luckily Trengove actually did ruck so I meet the second ruck rule.

Forward line okay without being amazing. McDonald is currently a top 10 goal kicker (42 goals), Stringer done reasonably well (30) and Neal-Bullen came from absolutely nowhere, what a steal (23). Zorko good support (26). Betts only okay by his standards (25). Bont also kicked a few (22) as did Smith (24) so a good rotation in there. Stewart (15) and O'Brien (4) major disappointments who I originally had in the best 22. Not much forward depth.

So far I have the #9, #24, #31, #35, #38, #42 and #44 highest goal kickers in the league. 7 of the top 50 is a pretty good result actually. Unfortunately this game is not decided on goals.

Defence quite solid without any stars, except maybe Grimes. Duggan very good. Hodge and McVeigh played around the amount of games I expected and both still decent. Hamling okay. Trengove pretty crap but I expected that. Burgoyne I expected more games from but injuries. Robertson had a solid season but not a star. McIntosh played a decent amount of games. Would have liked an extra forward or mid on the bench instead of ~9 defenders but that's life. Morris injured a disappointment. Didn't expect Nelson or Nielson to play much.

10 of my best 22 are from teams that will likely make the finals, so that's alright I guess. Didn't draft any Collingwood players, though Hawthorn making the 8 was a nice surprise. Compensated for Adelaide not making it.

As for Player Ratings I have the #3, #9, #15, #32, #39, #48, #64, #86, #98, #105, #118, #143, and #146 out of the top 150. That's above average.

Overall I reckon my team is good, not as good as the team I assembled last year though. Probably not good enough to win it.

EDIT: Actually my squad has played 435 games total so far, and I won last time with 428 games played, and there's a bit over a round to go, so I'm probably in with a shot to win

 

[Scorpus]

Some interesting teams out there. Danoz has some great starting players but zero depth on the bench. Daniel1812's two key forwards barely played and both are decent. Mr MysteryGuest obliterated with injury, losing Scully, B. Crouch and Treloar for a huge chunk plus Walker was really down on form. A few others would be pretty disappointed with their early picks like Dixon and Patton.

Maggsy snaring Tom Phillips with pick 343 is an absolute steal, best of the draft. Angus Brayshaw with 331 and Jaidyn Stephenson with 439 two great picks by Daniel1812. My pick of Ed Langdon at 516 not too bad either

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Some interesting teams out there. Danoz has some great starting players but zero depth on the bench. Daniel1812's two key forwards barely played and both are decent. Mr MysteryGuest obliterated with injury, losing Scully, B. Crouch and Treloar for a huge chunk plus Walker was really down on form. A few others would be pretty disappointed with their early picks like Dixon and Patton.

Maggsy snaring Tom Phillips with pick 343 is an absolute steal, best of the draft. Angus Brayshaw with 331 and Jaidyn Stephenson with 439 two great picks by Daniel1812. My pick of Ed Langdon at 516 not too bad either

I'm going to fire Burton tomorrow

 

[FAITH]

Scorpus get to work

 

[FAITH]

Scorpus get to work

 

[Deaneus!]

Pick 15 - Josh P. Kennedy - 5th in B&F, not a great season though


Pick 22 - Jesse Hogan - 47 goal season, didn't make top 10, but still good


Pick 51 - Nic Naitanui - good season but injured


Pick 58 - Bryce Gibbs - 4th in B&F, good season


Pick 87 - Jason Johannisen - 7th in B&F


Pick 94 - Brendon Goddard - 10th in B&F


Pick 123 - Jamie Elliott - unsighted


Pick 130 - Sam Mayes - not a great season


Pick 159 - Jake Lloyd - won the B&F at Sydney


Pick 166 - Daniel McStay - okay season


Pick 195 - Jack Crisp - 4th in B&F, great season


Pick 202 - Jack Watts - didn't make top ten in B&F, very disappointing


Pick 231 - Ryan Bastinac - disappointing


Pick 238 - Zaine Cordy - disappointing


Pick 267 - Hugh Greenwood - 5th in B&F


Pick 274 - Shane Kersten - disappointing


Pick 303 - Shane Savage - disappointing


Pick 310 - Paul Puopolo - disappointing


Pick 339 - Matthew Broadbent


Pick 346 - Ryan Lester - disappointing


Pick 375 - Shane Biggs - disappointing


Pick 382 - Rhys Mathieson - disappointing


Pick 411 - Michael Johnson - disappointing


Pick 418 - Trent McKenzie - ha ha ha ha ha


Pick 447 - Harry Morrison - nope


Pick 454 - Matthew Lobbe - nope


Pick 483 - Ryan Schoenmakers - nope


Pick 490 - Brendan Whitecross - nope


Pick 519 - Harry Cunningham - 10th in B&F

Pick 526 - James Aish - didn't make top ten but had a good season

After about pick 200, i should have used Excel's random number generator

 

[Scorpus]

I'm working on collating all the data required for the final results

 

[FAITH]

I'm working on collating all the data required for the final results

any updates Scorpus ?

 

[Scorpus]

And the winner is...

Scorpus

Uhhh.... yeah. Awkward. Two years in a row.



Top 5:

1. Scorpus
2. Danger Zone
3. Danger in Texas
4. 1990crow
5. AdelaideFan14

Now part of the reason I won is because the scoring is heavily weighted to games played. My squad played 500 games. Only four teams (the top 4, in exact order) had a squad that played the full 484 games possible.

I was then able to edge out Danger Zone with two AA squad members, and 8 top 5 B&F finishes, compared to Danger Zone's two AA team members, one AA squad member, and 5 top 5 B&F finishes

FAITH is the one player who is an outlier for games played. It's likely, with a scoring system that favors performance more, that FAITH would have won the game. FAITH had four AA team members and 7 top 5 B&F finishers.

That's why I suggested a scoring system for 2018/19 that is more heavily weighted to player performance. My squad was good but it had a lot of mid-tier players rather than superstars.

adelaidecrows placed themselves at a significant disadvantage by only drafting 20 players

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Once again, I was placed near the bottom in the pre-season ratings and end up finishing a lot higher than expected. Hopefully I don't do a Port and win the January premiership.

 

[Scorpus]

Best Picks of the Draft

• The highest scoring player in the game was Brodie Grundy with 50.82 points, drafted by Drugs Are Bad Mackay? with pick 17.
  
  
• James Harmes taken at pick 413 by Drugs Are Bad Mackay? was an absolute steal. The 31st highest scoring player in the competition having played 25 games and finished 3rd in the B&F at Melbourne
  
  
• Lachie Whitfield (Kristof, #137), Shannon Hurn (FAITH, #147) and Shane Edwards (Mr MysteryGuest, #167) were top 15 scoring players taken outside the first 100 picks
  
  
• Other extremely good picks: Mark Blicavs (Maggsy, #199) was the 21st highest scoring player. Jack Redden (AdelaideFan14, #273) a steal with a top 30 finish. Tom Phillips (Maggsy, #343) and Blake Hardwick (roo2macca, #371) also very good, both finished top 50 for scoring.
  
  
• Tim Kelly with pick 503 to Danger in Texas was the best draft pick beyond 450. He was the 63rd best player.

 

[Scorpus]

Once again, I was placed near the bottom in the pre-season ratings and end up finishing a lot higher than expected. Hopefully I don't do a Port and win the January premiership.

Your squad had very strong depth. 19 players played more than 18 games. But you struggled with the awards, with only one AA squad member