If I mess up my own selections this week, I will not be doing this captain segment again! Kane, Kane and now Richo have killed me. Richo’s injured 48 was like poison on my already wounded body! Ok, this week it looks like it always does with the average of the player over the last 3 games Vs their opponent. Grab yourself a Bundy, kick back and enjoy!
Lets get warmed up with some league leaders that even Mathman would be proud of.
BEST DT SCABBERS (uncontested possies)- Kane, Corey, Mitchell, Carrazzo and Jordan McMahon.
BEST 4 POINTERS (tacklers)- Kirk, Jude Bolton, Ball, Cassisi, Hayes and Kelly.
BOOT KICKERS (kicks) -Didak, Marc, Bocky and Swan.
FOOT CATCHERS (marks) - Riiicho, Rievoldt, Clinton Young and Bocky.
TIME ON GROUND - Heath Shaw 99% and Buddwood 98%
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Carlton Vs St Kilda
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Reivoldt - 97
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Hayes - 106
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Stevo - 74
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Marc - 76
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Judda - 72
Gone cold Chris Judd is maybe battling injury but is definitely battling the DT scorer at the moment. In his last 3 this year he is only averaging a freezing 74. On the other hand, Stevo is going offa lately with scores of 121 and 122 in his last 2 games. But going offa even more than that is Nick Rievoldt! With scores of 125 and 138 featuring in his last 4 games Vs the Blues, he averages 140 in his last 2 games in 2008. Go Rieioivldlt. Hayes is a likely starter but double check that before you click him!
LAST TIME THEY MET: Rd 2 - Saints won by 40. Marc had 122 (23d, 6t), Gibbs 111 (26d, 12m), and Luke Ball 109. Hayes had 90 and Reivoldt had a little Waite on his back for his 82, but he’s pushing up the ground heaps these days and should be fine. Stevo knocked up 76 and Judd was tagged by Leigh Fisher for his small 56.
Collingwood Vs Adelaide
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Swan - 128
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Shaw - 112
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Thompson - 90
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Goodwin - 91
Wholey shit! Swan shit! He has scored 100+ the last 4 times he’s played Vs the Crows with an average of 32t and 12m. Lock that in! Crows can’t even spell “tag”, get on him. Do it now! Shaw is an option as well as the Crows will leave him alone. He averages 112, but had 140 last time they met with 28t and 18m. Ohhh! Anyone buying tickets for this Shawrollercoaster?
Geelong Vs Fremantle
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Corey - 105
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Pav - 102
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Ablett - 92
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Bartel - 99
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Chapman - 83
Oh Ablleettt! Umm … maybe… consider this! He was slightly off last week, but that was bound to happen after such an awesome run. He had 78 last week and had 76 Vs Freo in round 6 this year. Crowley gave him a heavy duty filthy tag and will do it again. The ump’s will be looking closer this time! Joel Corey has averaged 101 in his last 3 this year and in his last 2 games Vs Freo he has averaged 32t a game. Bartel had a huge 145 last week and should go ok. Chapman averages 83 here and has only scored 100+ 33% of the time this year. Boo! Pav has kicked a total of 9.3g in his last 2 Vs the Cats and averages a very healthy 102 and Rhys Palmer will get the Pink Pig rash this week like he did last time they met. Took him days to wash it off. Big question mark here is Ablett, who’s brave?
LAST TIME THEY MET: Rd 6 - Geelong won by 1. Sandilands whooped it with 128 followed by Pav’s 124 (5.4g). Corey had 112 and Ablett got his 76 from just 15d. Carr went to Bartel, as Jimmy had 85 and Chapman scratched up 83!
Essendon Vs Brisbane
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Brownie - 120
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Black - 106
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Stanton - 88
Simon’s Black day continues. In his last 2 games he averages 62, but the good news is that he does average 106 here, along with 27d and 6t. Browndawg is like betting on the red dawg at Wentworth Park on a Monday night. He averages 120 in his last 4 Vs them and averages 20d, 12m with a total of 9.4g. Stanton…umm, no one cares! Go dawg!
Port Adelaide Vs Kangas
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Kane - 100
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Harvey - 94
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Chad - 82
Harvey has averaged 102 in his last 3 games this year and might get the Kane tag. Kane himself averages a solid 100 and knocked up 131 last week (41d). Back in early 2006, Kane had a massive 153 on the Roos (34d, 14m, 3t, 1g). Chad Chad Chad… what do we do with you? In 2 of his last 3 games this year he has had tiny scores of 44 and 50. Certainly hurting the big fella is. Cross his off you list, that’s if you haven’t already crossed him off your team list.
Hawthorn Vs Sydney
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Kirk - 103
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Hodge - 87
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Mitchell - 73
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Buddwood - 69
Buddwood is struggling more than the AFL dream team show on the AFL website at the moment. That’s like watching a car crash, but less exciting! He averages 69 here and is not in anyones consideration, especially as they play the Swans. BUT! Sydney gave up 3 x 100+ scores last week. One being Didak 123 and Dane Swans 130. Unusual that’s for sure. Kirk is in Brownlow form at the moment with his last weeks score of 131 (29d, 9t) to with his previous scores of 114, 109, 101 he’s certainly the best in the form player here.
Western Dawgs Vs Melbourne
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Cross - 126
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Cooney - 94
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Green - 92
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B.J - 75
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Bruce - 81
In his last 4 games Vs Melbourne, Cross has had 139, 102, 112 and 149 to go with his form, where he averages 115 in his last 2 this year. He averages 29t here and I’m saying … SOLD big fella! Brad Green continued his great year last week, when had another great score of 145 last week. A few here to consider, Nathan Jones not being one of them!
LAST TIME THEY MET:Rd 2 - Dawgs won by 95, yep ninety five! Cross had 139, Murphy 121 and James Mc 108. Green had 86 and B.J was tagged by Bruce who scored 43 playing full back most of the day. Cooney had 67 but lost 15 points in frees against.
West Coast Vs Riiichoo
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Priddis - 93
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Cox - 89
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Richo - 89
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Kerr - 95
45 disposals to Priddis last week for his 135 was ultra impressive as was Kerr’s 43d for his score of 111 (rather small with so many touches) - but he is in doubt as he still recovers from the sting ray barb. Priddis averages 93 here and should be worth a thought if you have him! Cox has been in great from on one foot still. 124 and 115 in the last 2 weeks gives his chances a great boost here for the #1 job! Richo, oh Richo! (headshake) I know you were injured big gun but… 48? As my captain? Why not, everyone else has been killing me. He has been in hot hot form before that, scoring 93+ in his last 11 games, until I gave him the C. Lift big gun, but you wont be giving me my double points this week. That’s if he plays… there are question marks ? like that one ? and that one.
CALVIN’S TOP PICKS FOR ROUND 14
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DANE SWAN
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DANIEL CROSS
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JONNO BROWN
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NICK REIVOLDT
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JOEL COREY
ROUGHIES: HEATH SHAW, SIMON BLACK
With my personal captain not scoring above 80 in 3 weeks now, my new personal averages for me is …. 102.4 (but I do have a shit team to pick a gun from). Hey! But! My top 5 picks here each week have been awesome - I just don’t have any of them…. and YES I know I missed Ablett off the selections this week!
I am probably going BROWNIE or KANE CORNES at this stage so stay clear of them ha ha! - but seriously! Save yourself!
SSSSSSwwwwaaannnyyy…. you’ve got the job!! Finally I have Calvin’s top pick in my side!!
vin vin..
should i go kornes, bartel or browndawg?
im not sure.
atm Jimmy’s locked in and Carr might tag him, but carr sucks complete ass doesnt he?
and browny is my vice?
your last three weeks have let me down a little, show me the way and restore some faith!
jonno brown or roo for me
i bought ablett last week 2 b captain 4 season but umm….that didnt work, my likely 2 b new recruit this week, jimmy bartel might get the duty or should i go corey???which of the 3 geelong midfielders should i choose?i no 1 of them will fire as always
Calvin, my league opponent this week, can I guess from this post that you’re trading Nath Jones for Dane Swan this week?
I tried reading between the lines, but didn’t see anything but white computer screen.
Browndaaaaawg for Khy me thinks
A little Waite on his back… ha ha, way to homophone it up, Vin! I love a good homophone. But I like homonyms better. And we all know what Chopper likes, after that appearance in London.
Browndawg for me as well. Is it worth it trading Palmer for Mitchell if I only have 3 trades left?
Crossy all the way, lock in skipper for the next 3 wks. Just look at who they Vs, hes gonna tear it up!
SusCnt - sorry about the bad tips lately dude, but they are killing me too. I’d go Brown, Bartel, Kane in that order in our crew. But who knows.
Chook - eat shit. Can’t trade out Nath Jones, got shit all trades left. Gotta hold 1 for Cox cause he’ll call it quits soon.
daisy is a gun - I’d personally go Corey over Bartel and Gary this week. Freo nearly beat them by tagging Gary (Crowley) and Jimmy (Carr), Corey will be free and they might try that again.
Scops: Hawthorn play Sydney this week, so it’s not the greatest time to be picking up Hawks. Then again, Mitchell has a tasty b/e and Palmer has done his dash, monmey-wise. If you’re happy to accept a 80-90 from Sam this week, then I’d go for it.
Ha ha good one Chook, you do look a little over Waite yourself. Good captain pick T-Roy!
It is gonna be tough to chose one out of Cross, Corey, Bartel, B.J and Brown
haha, no worries vin.
cheers man, ill lock in the big dogg.
and if he scores me a century, my shout next party you’se have! haha
gaablleeett
I thimk swan is the go!!!!!
Murphy, Roo or Cross. Guys really need help !
ive already locked cross in. my opponent doesnt have him so i should be laughing. was considering jb and the volt, but crossy is my man for the first time all season.
is salopek gonna be alright when he gets back? does anyone know how an achilles injury will affect a player. hopefully it doesnt stop him from kicking.
come back SALOPEK.
brown dawg or corey???
i have the top 4 here
cross is gonna get my #1 here i think ive got swanny but in tough conditions just reckon cross is almost impossible not to tear it up!
going jb as vice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
crossy rack it up 150 plz mate u superstar!
Robert Shirley will probably tag Swan though so he might not score huge…
Off the subject, but Shannon Grant suspended for 1 week for disciplinbary resaons….
Crossy by a whisker with Corey and Brown Dog vying for VC.
Still get a strange feeling Bartel might nab 130+ though.
great captains choice calvin good stuff….except for that comment about stanton. Even though i wouldnt select him as captain, i still think he will get 110 plus this week and anyone that got rid of him earlier in the year would feel as though they have wasted a trade considering his scores are alot higher, he is handling a tag heaps better and jobe watson is probably gonna get tagged from now on anyway. he is the perfect dt player and the only reason he was struggling at the start of the year was due to learning to deal with a tag which wont happen anymore anyway. go stantdog!!!!!!!!!!!
why doesnt McVeigh get the #1 tag from the bombers?
i thought he was thier best midfielder
Go Stantdog Woo Hoo !!
“Shawrollercoaster” lol so bad.
Bartel vs. Kane vs. Cross vs. Browny???
Toughest cappy decision for me yet.
Browny vs Corey???????
Calvin, I can’t believe that you have slagged off the official Dream Team TV show. Fair dinkum, if you don’t get excited when you hear the words “and now, over to Miranda,” then you need to take a good hard look at yourself!
As for captain selection this week… I don’t have Dane Swan, so Daniel Cross it will be!
Mark - probably true about Stanton. But I doubt he’s anyones #1 pick or even top 3 picks. But, yes, I do agree he’s been going ok, but he’s a mile off the C job.
Michael - actually never seen the show, he he, but Im just going off what I heard. I will watch it this week though cause I hear ‘DTtalks own’ Jonno a.k.a Collingwood made an appearance! Oh and on that… lock in SWANNY this week Jonno #1.
will welsh tag deledio? what are your guys thoughts
ablett vs bartel vs corey vs jono brown vs riewoldt…tough choice
^Probably, he is Richmonds in form mid and Essendon will want to shut him down.
It’s Swanny all the way for me this week. WHAT A LEGEND
In all honesty the show itself is ordinary but I became a committed fan the instant Miranda made an appearance. You will see exactly what I mean!
guys you have to do me and alot of other dt talk fans a huge favour. next week could you please completetly payout and destroy the afl.com.au’s dt show?? its an absolute joke. Dide you see their weekly scores at the end of this weeks episode?? some of the advice they give you indicates they dont do it.eg: shwass once said in an episode to get brendon fevola into your team when his break even was 160 and was coming off a score of 36. In the same episode he said he got 1680 and he seemed to think that was a good score. i rekon u should pay it out in the same style u did to corey…that party guy that went on big brother. ask them questions and then put footage from their show after your questions. eg: do you guys actually have dream teams??? then get shwass to b like….um no. please do it….they wouldnt even have dream teams and your show shits all over it
Essendon are playing Brissy!! Lids is playing against the very inept WC, who are generally not great taggers.
Swannie suitors beware, Robert Shirley is the in-form tagger of the comp at the moment. Swan could take him forward though.
So many decisions, may just go with Bartel this week. I thought he wasn’t quite right before the break, but he looks the goods after a fortnight off.
yeah. fuck yeah.
amen to that mark. haha
great idea mark. that show is so annoying. warnie could u start makin the arrangments for next tuesday?
yer hate that show
haha… we’ll see what we can do!! got something to mention about it already…
(i’m in the middle of writing school reports at the moment… so… have lots of work to do… but for the sake of DT, i can put that to the side!! haha…)…
calvin u cant stop doing it i get my tips from u and as of last night i worked my average to be 111 as captain (rounded off) thanks m8
My opponant doesn’t have Swan, Cross or Ablett. How can I possibly choose from those 3.
Swan might cop a hard tag from Shirley, i’m not so sure. I’ve got Ablett, Bartel, Thompson and Swan but i think i’m going to go Robert Murphy…
thanks warnie!! give em a real serve
Are you a teacher Warnie.
Yeah… teach DT… you are my students… but like all good teachers: “do as I say, not as I do”…. (my team is stinking)…
Hahaha… But seriously does anyone (other than johnathan) have a team that is not stinking?
yea mine. now ranked 731 in aus. quite happy with that and coming off a score of 2,259 but certainly not up there with the likes of jonathan
Well i’m ranked 5th so i’d say i’m going sweet.
Johnathan is a bit of a homo I heard!
poor fairley - kind of like the middle child of dt talk. just not quite as good as johnathon but better than pretty much everyone else. good luck mate.
oiii, 6 trades left
thinking (strangely) trading pendlebury
i love pendlebury but if i trade him i can get people of the calibre of bartel or corey or deledio or black and they are veryy enticing
what should i do???
Crossy FTW. He was my mainstay cap until he had a quiet patch and I switched to a few dodgy Buddwood weeks, then some paydirt Gablett weeks (and a poo tickets one), but it’s good to have you back in the big chair, champion.
Give that trash can hell this week!
haha hodgey do you reckon? i’m only 105 points short of jonathan… if he has one week where he gets 2100 and i get 2200 we are equal… but ofcourse he has the ranking so he’ll get all the attention… i think i can get him though, he starts meyers and palmer, he has weakness.
Guys I doubt any of you were going to but I just watched Goodwin mention him as a danger and he will probably get tagged ! Cross, Murphy, JB or Roo ?
ab454 - cheers! Fingers crossed on JB then!!
Funny shit here boys! Love your work, stick to those top few picks of mine and we’ll be all like Jonno Mr #1 soon.
As for the AFL Dream Team show - I’ll watch it for the 1st time 2mrw and let you know my opinion then. Touche lads
well youre right in it then fairley. i didnt really check into it.
looking at it now though im tipping you to win it. brilliant midfield, best ruck combo, fantastic forwards and a steady backline. probably the best team ive seen. not one rookie. how many trades have you got left?
u should be doing the dream team show for afl.com.au i totally agree also
i got a hard choice this week my options
Cross
Brown
Bartel
Marc
Rooey
im leaning towards cross but its still not locked in
Brown or Riewoldt? Opponent has both so I will just have to hope for the best.
Calvin!!! What to do what to do??? 1st v 2nd in our league, who do I go as capt, Heath Shaw or Kane Cornes???
What do I do? I write Calvin’s Captains!
But like the Warnedawg, I am also a DT educator
is that another CALism?
Well its a big captain week with so many potential high scores its crucial to get right. My gut is saying Ablett but my head is saying swan.
Now to clear up a few matters:
Tit-ed: aka Wanker!
Fairley: Mate if you want some of the lime light just let me know.
GO PIES!
The AFL’s DT video is corny as fuck. Their news stock market style DT report should be good, but it stinks - it’s certainly no Tom Petrovski effort.
And as if Jonathan was going to reveal how many trades he has left!!
Francis Leach is merely a presenter, not an AFL expert - he wouldn’t recognize a football if he ate one. Leach should go back to hosting Triple J’s metal show.
Perhaps in DTT’s (possible) parody you could confuse Leach with look-alike Adam Spencer (formerly of Triple J) and give Leach Adam’s wonky eye. Might as well give him an amputated arm while you’re at it…
Haha, good work Johnathon, yeah big captain week, but I think Ablett will be angry after last weeks efforts…..Go with your gut mate!
So many great choices this week but I’ll take Vin’s advice for once and go Swan (over Pavlich, Riewoldt, Cox, Ablett, Sandilands and JB in about that order).
Swan
Cross
Ablett
Bartel
Cox
Browndawg
BJ
Rievvoldt
Pav
who to pick…
By the way, who said Shirley is the #1 form tagger in the competition? Are you on drugs?
Yeah I’m with Fairley. Jonno #1 is always getting the spot light, maybe causes he’s #1, but yeah Fairley I’m jealous too.
Shirley the #1 tagger! great call. ummm NO
Tit-ed is a wanker.
I love the way people ‘name drop’ their entire team asking for who to have as captain. Start by ruling out all the shit ones and look at the top picks from the article you have just read. Ah sorry, I’m just jealous cause I don’t have that many to choose from. Touche.
Ablett is shit… and overrated… go with Swanny Jono!!
There is said it… (haha… with lots of sarcasm… and maybe looking like Gilbert McAdam after he says that Chad Cornes is soft!!
yeah roy… it was… the goat is losing it!! massively…
Mathman to the rescue!
Today Mathman is going to share a poem he wrote about how much he would like to have gablett in his team.
Its called Gary Ablett is a DT God:
Ive been meaning to tell you
Ive got this feelin that wont subside
I look at you and I fantasize
You are mine tonight
Now Ive got you in my sights
With these hungry eyes
One look at you and I cant disguise
Ive got hungry eyes
I feel the magic between you
And Ive got hungry eyes
Now Ive got you in my sights
With these hungry eyes
Now did I take you by surprise
I need you to see
This love was meant to be
*wipes away a tear*
Mathman away
I don’t know who to make my captain!
I have a choice of:
Scott Thompson
Lenny Hayes
Nick Stevens
Dean Cox
Nick Riewoldt
Lance Franklin
I don’t know who to choose!
Whitey 23 i’d go Scott Thompson, due for a massive one.
Scotty T is usually my captain but he has let me down the last few weeks so im not sure.
Black’s got Ostitus Pubis
Jonathan: did you get to meet Miranda?
Michael - she comes with the car!
Mathman… you are a legend!! We want a weekly post from you… email us: dttalk@hotmail.com - get your people to talk with our people!!
Hmmm, mathmans poem sound kinda familiar?!?!?!?
Michael sadly is due in court with a restraining order being placed upon him!
Probably going for Rooey, but Marc is tempting me!
Rumour has it Buddy Franklin has clocked up his third strike for positive to a drugs test. Shit could hit the fan there…
WOW! Insider who, what, where, why?
What is going on?
Mathman to the Rescue!
Mathman wrote that poem about Gablett sr in the 80s, and Eric Carmen ripped it off to use in the movie Dirty Dancing! What a jerk!
It made him feel like the numerator when someone tries to divide a fraction by zero! Terrible!
Mathman will consider doing a weekly column if it will help him with his goal of ridding the internet of mathematical errors!
Mathman Away!
haha, insider please elaberate???!!! :S
“Hungry Eyes” written & performed by ‘Eyeopener’.
hungry eyes was originally performed by eric carmen for the dirty dancing soundtrack. The eyeopener version is a crap techno ripoff released a couple of years back.
Eric carmen is where its at
Oh shit, I thought everyone was saying Eric CarTman.
If Buddy is out with a 3rd strike, lucky just say it’s Chopper doesn’t get tested!
gabett, mr reliable vs freo
or
cross, mr reliable but not as good vs melb
toughy, any help?
‘lucky chopper doesn’t get tested’ - nice mess up vin
jamzee - crossy all the way dawg
who should i go captian cross bartel pav
Tyson, my top 5 order says it all dawg. CROSSY
ok vin
who would u trade in out of brownlow jimmy and cross the handball master?
my average for captain this year is 110. pretty happy with that. i hope i can keep that up for the rest of the season
Vin I might go for a risk and do Crossy..
I have Gablett, Bartel, Corey, Cox, Pav, Brown, Kornes and soo on but I dunno.
Im feeling kind fo safe with Crossy.
What a gun! So happy I did the trade Judd –> Crossy last week
Oh and Vin ill give you the chop if Crossy does shit. Im comin 34th soo he better help me get into the top eight
Lozza, I’m Calvin from Calvins captains. I’m never wrong, only on my picks!
CROSSY will be fine for you, the safest pick for you anyway. Jimmy or Ablett could go off, I say ‘could’, but the numbers say SWAN but you have #2 pick CROSSY, you’ll be right, safe bet!
no-one to tag bartel, he’ll towell.
i have to beat my best mate who im playing this week. im tossing up between putting heath shaw (who loves the MCG and will rack up marks) or JBrown hu’s gonna take a dump on the bombers backline. wat should i do????
i need major help! im tossing up between putting heath shaw and j brown as captain. what would you do??? i think they are both gonna own this wkend
chris i would put brown his a bit more concistant then shaw and who knows what adelaide will do with shaw they might even get massie to tag him so i would leave him but then again if someone like johncock was to go on him shaw would own because johncock runs off his players alot.
Lenny Hayes
“Stanton…umm, no one cares!”… time to take note now I think. What a score tonight!