Questions for WildRover (50k winner)

[m8rix]

I know I would like to ask some questions to the winner of supercoach 2009, lets hope he is gracious enough to answer some of our questions.

Of course these are some of Big Footy's top 10 finishers that could also share some wisdome with us common SC'rs

PK Le Grand - 2nd
tman24 - 3rd
Snake_Eyes - 4th
jacksonp11 - 5th
della - 8th
woodyman - 9th

 

[m8rix]

Congratulations Buster! great season!

I would love to see your trade history, do you reckon you could share??? please?

Same to the top 10 finishers, what an effort guys!

 

[della]

i finished 8th lol, am happy to discuss anything not related to supercoach lol.

 

[Parasite]

Yeah, initial team selections and trade history would be nice .

I think he already posted his starting team on tooserious somewhere, but I can't remember where.

I'd also like to know how many times you sat a 'gun' on the bench in favour of a 'lesser' player in anticipation of a poorer game for the gun player? Got any examples?

 

[hellfire]

Ah 50 grand... you luck SOB!

Congrats to Buster.

 

[Daitro]

bank account details please

 

[Walesy]

i finished 8th lol, am happy to discuss anything not related to supercoach lol.

What are you wearing?

 

[Parasite]

What are you wearing?

Not gettin' any recently Walesy?

 

[Judd_Magic]

I'd like to know what the next step is that you guys have taken to go from a good supercoach (inside top 400) to an elite supercoach (inside top 10)

 

[Walesy]

Not gettin' any recently Walesy?

They did say *anything*

 

[sens]

I'd like to know what the next step is that you guys have taken to go from a good supercoach (inside top 400) to an elite supercoach (inside top 10)

I'll answer this one:
Luck.

 

[HibSam]

What rank did you finish in 2008 Wildrover (or other top 10 coaches)?

Gun/Rookie OR 'more mid-pricers' strategy the way to go?

And what you going to do with the 50K Wildrover?

 

[Pelkanet]

What rank did you finish in 2008 Wildrover (or other top 10 coaches)?

Gun/Rookie OR 'more mid-pricers' strategy the way to go?

And what you going to do with the 50K Wildrover?

Not hang around here that's for sure

 

[woodyman]

Will sms him to let him know theres a thread about him so he can give his insights.
Much of this has been done in the 2010 thread.
Rookies mega important and Picking the right premiums. But a lot of luck is involved.

Wildrover/Buster Gonads/Chris initial team was good without being awesome, but his trades through the year were almost perfect. Picking up guys before they peaked at the right time... eg ROK and DIDAK.

 

[Judd_Magic]

The 4 that I regret not picking up are Drummond, Chapman, Swan and Montagna.

Had my reasons for not picking the first 2 (injury history) but they still would have been handy scorers while Swan and Montagna took their games to a whole new dimension and would have got me alot more points then having Bartel.

 

[WildRover]

hey all....i just got home from work, but will do my best to answer the q's....i have posted a year in a review to Walesy from tooserious, so check that out when the post goes up, it's got pretty much everythin thats been asked....i will check again at work in the mornin to answer q's....

 

[woodyman]

sounds like hes too busy spending the money.... lol ...

 

[dlanod]

What plans do you have to waste the money? Do you plan on following the example from http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,26006020-401,00.html?from=public_rss and spend it all on coke and boob jobs?

 

[Fabregas]

great read mate and well done on winning! next year we will hunt you down

 

[Koutafidamedis]

I think the main question is if you have just won 50k why haven't you taken a few days off work to recover?

 

[muttonchops]

Thought people would enjoy this. The winners season, its a good read.


A Gonad Bustingly Good Year

Before I start my first ever TooSerious post, I would first like to take the opportunity to officially thank Walesy for all the work he does on the site, it has been a godsend to me over the last year and a half. Also to Lucas, knighty and all posters who freely offer up advice every week even if they are giving up trade secrets. If there is a question needed to be answered, guaranteed someone on this site knows the answer such is the wealth of knowledge.
Ok, now that that’s off my chest, Walesy has asked me to put toghether a sort of SuperCoach year in review for my all conquering Buster Gonads. So here it is…
Pre Season:
I think getting the right team before Round 1 is the most important part of the season. Without a strong initial team, too many trades are wasted on getting competitive. I tried to create a nice blend of premiums who were decently priced, some injured
returning players who i could depend on, some severely under priced stars and then the un-tried rookies. The one exception to this is the great one, Gary Ablett Jnr. Not having him would be like racing the Tour de France not for Team Astana, whats the point? So pre-season I’m hoping for a top 1000 finish after a top 2,000 finish in ‘08.
So my initial team was:
Backs : Goddard, Fisher (my only 2 premiums in defence), Drummond, Chornes, Raines, Houlihan (returning from injury), Hill, Petrenko, Broughton (rookies).
Mids : Gaz (my pride and joy, show him off to all the girls etc etc…), Judd, Gibbs, Selwood (4 premiums in the middle, altho i went Gibbs and Selwood as two, what i thought, under priced premiums), Skipworth (returning from injury), Rich, L Anthony, Otten (rookies).
Rucks : Cox (duh…), McIntosh (under priced proven performer), Spencer and Jacobs (no money on the bench in the rucks, complete waste!).
Forwards : Chapman, Buddy, Delidio, Pavlich (4 premiums here too), Higgins (star who was WAY under priced), Krakeour (thought a break out season was on the cards), M Brown, Garlett, Walker (my 3 rookies).
Now the real stuff begins, the season starts and the Gonads go ok up until the first trading point of the year in Rounds 3 and 4. At this point my aim for the season remains at top 1000 as i have made a solid start sitting 166th after Round 4. My first trade came in Round 3, as it should for everyone unless you have nailed your initial team to perfection. Mine was the waste of space Raines for Shannon Hurn, and lo and behold, this was by far my best trade of the year. Hurn was a GEM! Round 4 saw Liam Anthony traded to Dayne Beams in an attempt to hit up some cash.
Two fantastic weeks follow this and at the end of Round 6 i am sitting 18th and have used 1 more trade, Ryan Houlihan who did his job to Chris Newman who made a rather slow start to the year. This is a bog standard upgrade, and rounds 6-8 are really the ideal first upgrade times.
So here i am, 6 rounds in and sitting 18th, and now i start to believe a top 50 spot is on the cards. But the first real problem has come up, Gary Ablett has gone down for 3 weeks. This was a huge decision, keep the champ and lose the points, or play a trade earlier than wanted. I took the risk and traded out Gaz and brought in Sewell. The next few weeks also saw me make a further 5 trades to take me to the end of Round 9. Out of interest, those trades where:
Rd 7 : Walker < Warren (money maker)
Rd 8 : Skipworth < Cockie, M Brown > J Brown
Rd 9 : Hill < Grimes
After round 9 i had managed to climb to 12th and thought, a couple of smart trades, luck with injuries, and i’m a shot at top 10 here. The excitement was beginning. Round 10 rolled along and Higgins went down with suspected OP, so time to trade the young star, and in came, according to woodyman, the devil himself. Ryan O’Keefe got a spot in the side. And boy what a trade this one was. I think i made 3 season defining trades, number 1 was Hurn, and number 2 was definitely ROK. He came into the side and averaged about 140 for the next 4 weeks. What a gun!
3 more weeks and 5 trades later, i had hit the top 10 for the first time in my SC career. For those interested, the trades were
Rd 11 : Beams < Muston, Otten > Gary Ablett. The great man was back and my perma-captain back in place.
Rd 12 : Chad Cornes injured was immediately replaced by a too cheap to resist Corey Enright.
Rd 13 : Warren < Ballantyne and my 3rd genius trade. My next trade was by far the riskiest move of the year. I thought, if i don’t take a chance, i won’t win this thing. So the choice was the Krak-whore to Riewoldt or Didak. I went against all logic and reason and picked up Didak. GREAT MOVE!!!
13 rounds down, sitting 4th overall, but i’ve used 14 trades. By now I am thinking i can win this thing. From previous years i knew some of the leaders would be low on trades and just enjoying their time in the sun. So i thought, bide my time, keep up, then sprint to the line.
Round 14 passed without incident, then came Round 15. Only 1 trade, Muston < Anthony to free up same cash. A solid 2467 and into 1st place. 15 trades used. 7 rounds to play. $50k was on the cards.
1 trade in each of the following 2 rounds of Cox to Petrie and Franky Grimes to Hodge. So, Round 17 passes, i am sitting 3rd, and preparing for my final assault. The sprint had arrived and i decided this was the time to make my move.
And the storm happened in Round 18. The Gonad boys let rip. A single trade of Rich to Montagna, a score of 2621 and i was back to first. A position i was not to let go of for the rest of the year. The sprint to the line was on in earnest, i had the lead and i had my finalised team. The only trades i was going to use now was to cover injuries. And then Round 19 happened….it had been written about in prophecies from ages passed but non believed those old folks who claimed the myth was true…the armageddon of SuperCoach had arrived, the end of the world. Luckily i had trades to play with, all be it only 1. Chappy went down, i had to go defensive. I checked my main challengers and all but 2 had Leon Davis, so in came the Igniter. I put in a respectable 2100 with thanks to a whopping 170 from Hurn, and the race was down to two, the Gonads and Le Grand.
At this point i still had 1 trade up my sleeve. Everything told me to use the trade, build the lead and hope for the best. I resisted the temptation and kept that 1 card up my sleeve to play.
Round 22, the lead maintained, nay extended, to 158 pts. Buddy GONE, Newman GONE. Thank god i kept the trade. Who was going to do me the most damage. This was obvious, Riewoldt v Melbourne. He had to come in.
Friday night rolls along. Hurn, what a star! 130 from only 18 touches! Unheard of!
Along comes Saturday and a trip to Geelong. Out runs Ablett looking freshly shorn and the Geelong sun sparkling off that bald head. He destroys Freo to the tune of 146 precious captain points. Who could ever doubt the messiah? But then news filtered through from the radio of woodyman as we are walking out the stadium. Lloyd has taken to Brad Sewell with a sledgehammer, Sewell is gone not to appear again. Suddenly i’m half a player down. But Gibbs is going nicely, 37 touches but only 115, it’s alright, he did ok. Gibbs did his part beautifully with a fantastic end to the season.
Saturday night, Goodes is killing the Lions. Oh CRAP!!! Drummond is gone at half time aswell. All of a sudden i am a full player down. To make matters worse, Goodes somehow produces a 156 point massacre from barely 20 touches? Not only do the umpires love him, but so do Champion Data.
The nerves are jangling, but DREW PETRIE TO THE RESCUE!!! 119 points in the rain and wind in Adelaide.
Sunday, judgement day. I have a healthy lead, but by no means insurmountable. St Kilda v Melbourne, Dal Santo is killing it in Dream Team points, Montagna struggling. But hey, the gods love Montagna and he beats Dal Santo 155 - 129. Fisher aswell, a lovely 113 and i’m pretty much home and hosed….Until Lockyer delivers 54 in the first quarter. But at least Swan is struggling. The final scores roll in, Dogs slowed down Lockyer to a 124, Gilbee in one of his best games of the year delivers 121. But Swan only 98, Didak a nice 80.
10pm : Staring at the computer screen, the results are out, woodyman on the phone, Rex Hunt singing. A froffy is cracked - in true English style it was a Fosters, oh the shame of it all!
The year of the Gonads is complete!

 

[Walesy]

*slaps muttonchops with a wet trout*

You could at least give us a link if you're gunna post the whole article...

http://tooserious.net/?p=634

 

[Judd_Magic]

Wow!

After reading Wildrover (Busta Gonads) post I think I have seen the light and have gathered the strength and inspiration to crack top 10 and have a go at the $50,000 next year.

This has been a great season for me and I have learnt a hell of a lot in my 2nd year.

Have a pretty impressive CV too to hold me in good stread for next year aswell. The honor role reads -

Finished 361 overall in the rankings with a highest peak of 187

Beat 2nd overall (Le Grands Legends) in the Preliminary final of Bigfooty Div 7 (Massive scalp! ROFL!)

Won the Bigfooty Div 7 Grand Final by rolling The Perfect Beast by 43 points playing a man down (Duddy) and Newman and Stevie J on the bench while he had a full strength team.


Bring on nextr year, I am quitely confident!

 

[della]

i finished 8th after a slow start i didnt trade that much early on, its about setting ya team up early then hoping u don't get mega injuries etc.

i picked a few unique players early on like Mckay from Adel who did a great job avg close to 80 1st 6-7 weeks b4 i was able to upgrade him

it seems most people knew early on that blokes like krak, Higgo etc were pure gold and they both did the job early on esp kraks.

getting rok in there mid stages was great luck, i was tossing up btw him and steve johnson, had i gone the other way i would of struggled to make top 100 little own top 10.

i took 2 big risks early on, not getting roo or buddy, i was vindicated with not getting buddy but nt getting roo hurt me, i went pav instead and he did a great job but roo was awesome all yr. i think at one stage i was one of only 2-3 in the top 100 who didnt have buddy.

trading out ablett and getting mitchell and judd for him then trading him back in when he came back also helped me and bolsted my mid stocks, having goodes also which was abit unique but i felt he could have a good yr esp after a massive pre season

all in all a great yr for me in supercoach, i found it hard watching games at times, being a big punter on the AFL its hard watching sometimes as u have to hope at times some of ya players play bad cause u have backed the opp team etc, that was very hard, still i enjoyed my yr esp the 2nd half of it and look fwd to 2010, now just hope the Cats can win the flag.

 

[Tman24]

Hey guys.

Thought id share my team with you if you are interested. I ended up finishing 3rd which i am pretty happy about!

My initial team:

Goddard, Fisher, Adcock, Cornes, Malceski, Raines, Hill (Suban, Broughton)
Ablett, Judd, Selwood, Callan Ward, Rich, Otten (Ziebell, Anthony)
Cox, McIntosh (Spencer, Jacobs)
Chapman, Harvey, Goodwin, Deledio, Fevola, Higgins, Krakouer (Brown, Walker)

ROUND 19
OUT Chapman ($617,900)IN Pavlich ($463,300)

ROUND 18
OUT Higgins ($427,300)IN Harvey ($414,400)


ROUND 17
OUT Adcock ($481,500)IN Hargrave ($557,700)

ROUND 16
OUT Cox ($548,000)IN Clark ($471,700)

ROUND 14
OUT Sidebottom ($267,100)IN Jurrah ($144,200)OUT Rich ($427,700)IN Hayes ($608,800)

ROUND 13
OUT Jacobs ($156,500)IN Naitanui ($169,200)OUT Cornes ($470,000)IN Hodge ($430,200)

ROUND 12
OUT Otten ($404,100)IN Dal Santo ($520,600)OUT Walker ($251,900)IN Ballantyne ($94,200)

ROUND 11
OUT Hill ($325,700)IN Newman ($490,600)OUT Zaharakis ($261,100)IN Muston ($94,200)

ROUND 10
OUT Suban ($235,500)IN Drummond ($557,900)OUT Raines ($262,100)IN Grima ($94,200)

ROUND 9
OUT Krakouer ($395,900)IN Franklin ($445,300)OUT Brown ($242,800)IN Sidebottom ($124,200)

ROUND 8
OUT Ziebell ($323,900)IN Cooney ($438,000)OUT Malceski ($315,000)IN Grimes ($188,400)

ROUND 6
OUT Harvey ($487,900)IN Riewoldt ($582,100)

ROUND 4
OUT Ward ($185,500)IN Zaharakis ($94,200)



My initial team was pretty good with the exception of Malceski, Raines and Ward.

Round 19 was very costly for me as i had 5 saints out and others. I only scored 1800 that round, 1 and 2 scored about 2100.

And Round 9 Franklin instead of Okeefe!! ouch...

Hoping to go a couple better next year!

Cheers