Calvin’s Captains – Rd. 16 UPDATED

Posted by Calvin on 14/7/10 • Categorised as Calvin's Captains

Righteo. Last week I did it again! Oh yeaahhhh! V8 TIME!!
Swanny was my number #1 pick and again did not let us down with another huge 141. A huge 61% of people took him as captain this week and will most likely again this week. Montagna was my #2 pick and he had 129 and Gary Ablett is having a few low ones these days (low 100′s I mean) and he racked up 109. The other boys were solid but this is another week were old V8 drilled 5×100+ scores. What more do you want? But with that said… I did it with your help! Thanks heaps for last weeks effort lads, but unfortunately you guys were too good! I’m calling on your help again as I am once again snowed under with work. But I promise you that I will be back next week with the normal much loved Calvin’s Captains format.

Help Calvin Out

As before and last time… fill in the form below and lets try to cover as many of the GUN players as possible. Lets cut the crap and not cover Presti and those twits. The more guns we can cover the better stuff we are going to have. Once I’ve seen enough… I will post up more Top 5 and also have a poll ready to go! Should be up by Thursday Arvo. Thanks again guys and lets work together here in the land of DT TALK to drill more rippers.

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As before I have started the research, showing how it’s done with my man DANE SWAN. The more details the better lads so get to it!

Player: Dane Swan
Vs: St Kilda @ MCG
Form:In case you have been dead over the last few weeks, Swanny has been going off with 141 and 161 in his last 2 weeks. His form has been awesome and you can nearly just pick him based on this alone.
History: He averages just 93 in his last 3 against the Saints with scores of 112, 89 and 79. This is not good!
Consider This: He played them last in Rd. 3 this year where he had 26d for 112pts (tagged by Geary, pffth). Clinton Jones went to Didak (84) which is good news for us and might go to him again. But what happened in the games where he had 89 and 79. The 89 was the QF last year where he only had 24d and went head to head with Lenny (Jones went to Didak again) and in the 79 game which was in Rd. 7 that year, and Jones did tag him then for his 24d and Swan hurt his knee in that one as well. The good news here is that Jones has gone to Didak in the last 2 times they met. Swanny should be free, and with the form he is in… eeeww. Swan had 150 in his last game at the MCG on top of that. But they are playing St Kilda… one of the best lock down teams this year. Worried? Not me.. he should be fine! You must back him in based on form alone.
Predicted Score: 120

How can you not have Swanny as #1. He has been on FIRE (hence the pic). The other guys are going to smoke it as well this week so fingers crossed that you have a good pick with your captain this week! For me… SWANDAWG!! But I must admit… Hodgey and Bartel look very promising… Thanks for your help too guys

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983 Comments

Brappinalong
July 14, 2010 • 8:37 pm

Your mid cover isn’t that flash -Armstrong?? Maybe use Martin as cover and spend another 100-150k on upgrading Armstrong, Is Ryder worth upgrading over say Jamar (-16 less pts ave) but surely that HUGE saving could go to upgrading to a premium in your back/forward line?? maybe i’m way off the mark here…what’s your team
- baconb
  July 14, 2010 • 8:51 pm
  
  I got 534k in the bank 5 trades.
  
  Backline.
  
  Enright/Carrots/Hodge/Gilbert/Goddard/Hunt/ Waters (webberly/henderson)
  
  Mids
  
  Bartel/Hayes/Pendlebry/Swan/Martin/Selwood (shuey/armstrong)
  
  Rucks
  Hille/Sandilands (Lobbe / Warnock)
  
  Forwards
  
  Pav/ Goodes / Gia / Brennan / Brown / Pods/ Betts/ ROK ( Davis / brown / betts atm)
  - baconb
    July 14, 2010 • 8:55 pm
    
    ranked like 9k not great, whats your rank?
    - Brappinalong
      July 14, 2010 • 9:09 pm
      
      Ranked high side of 13K- not as good as you!!! I’d just be stoked to crack the top 10K before finals.
      Your team looks strong apart from Hunt and the Martin aspect- imagine a Boyd in ya mids?? No matter what though champ you just have to finish top4…. Can you hold out for hille? and save a trade
      - Brappinalong
        July 14, 2010 • 9:25 pm
        
        Well If I was in your shoes….I would upgrade Armstrong to Boyd (cost 230K) and relegate Martin to bench with a very confident E, then make the ruck trade to Ryder. From here on in sit with your three trades and 300k. Next move would be hunt to Lake or Malceski.
  - :P
    July 14, 2010 • 9:02 pm
    
    I reckon thats a pretty good team
    i recon you should keep hille (heard he will be back next week)
    maybe upgrade hunt and armstrong (not martin because he is the perfect cover for the rest of the year)
    - baconb
      July 14, 2010 • 9:07 pm
      
      copped 5 weeks of 0s and nothing seems to be changing…
      - Brappinalong
        July 14, 2010 • 9:11 pm
        
        Fuck it then roll the dice and ditch him!!!
      - baconb
        July 14, 2010 • 9:16 pm
        
        hrmm what else I posted the team you asked any other thoughts?
      - Brappinalong
        July 14, 2010 • 9:28 pm
        
        I posted above some thoughts….another is down the track upgrading Brennan to a chappy or even chappy for Armstrong DPP for Pav/Goodes
      - baconb
        July 14, 2010 • 11:20 pm
        
        hey thanks mate,
        sorry I didn’t see your other post till just then.
        
        Think your spot on with those 2 trades!
        
        Cheers mate
    - Sammy H
      July 15, 2010 • 9:38 am
      
      He’s 2 to 3 weeks.
      
      Mate, you’ve got to consolidate as private league is your only hope. Who is the worst out of Hunt / Dusty / Hille / Brennan / Brown / Betts-Davis.
      
      In my mind, you’re stuck with Brennan and Brown, which is bad, but you’ve five trades only. Hille, Hunt and Dusty/Betts-Davis require upgrading, however, you can only choose three (Betts-Davis are one, you choose who is worth, hint they’re both sh*t and should never have been in your team in the first place… all that glitters is not gold… refer Brennan). I would bring in some big guns for Dusty Hille and Hunt with your cash (play the balancing act, only use three trades).
      
      Then hold 2 for inevitable injuries.
      
      Bottom line, choose a better team, never bring in has-beens and opportunistic forwards ever.
      
      Good luck for 2011
Mozzanator
July 14, 2010 • 8:53 pm

Hey ziebell to higgins or ziebell to scully
any thoughts please comment
- baconb
  July 14, 2010 • 8:56 pm
  
  ziebell to goodes
  - Rubitonurnuts
    July 14, 2010 • 9:07 pm
    
    from the sound of the options prob cant afford goodes? if so, pav would be my pick.
    
    if its between higgins and scully then definitely higgins.
    - baconb
      July 14, 2010 • 9:18 pm
      
      goodes.
      
      but yeah if you cant afford goodes then higgins
:P
July 14, 2010 • 9:38 pm

Player: Chris Judd
Vs: Sydney @ Ethiad Stadium
Form: (Most Recent first) 115, 99, 86, 69, 95 not great averaged 100 in last 3
History: 109, 107, 79, 92, 92
Consider This: Chris Judd started the year killing it averaging 116 in his first 7 matches then in the following 4 games slacked off could juddy be back to his early year great form after 115
Wouldnt pick him as captain over the likes off ablet,swan and chappy.
Predicted Score: 110 certain 100
:P
July 14, 2010 • 9:47 pm

Player: Sammy Mitchell
Vs: Brissy @ AU
Form: Last game 128, then 98, 112 ave 109 last 3
History: Last match against brisbane he scored 132 then in 2008 he scored 127 and 87
Consider This: Mitchell looks good for this game coming off a weeks rest (hand) and a 128 befor it also his last game against brissy was 132
mitchel has NEVER this year had 2 100+ games in a row
Predicted Score: 130 if he plays
Nath
July 14, 2010 • 9:52 pm

Player: Jimmy Bartel
Vs: Adelaide
Form: 137, 94, 94, 139 over the last 4 rounds.
History: Played Adl 8 times in his career for an average of 104. Last year played Adelaide twice for 111 & 121!!!
Consider This: Ablett is a little off the boil compared to his usual output as it seems he is not getting the same support he is used too. With this it looks like Selwood and Bartell are picking up the slack and playing Adelaide this week is a pretty easy pick.
Predicted Score: 120-130.
dt lad
July 14, 2010 • 10:19 pm

off topic, why was gumby out?
injury?
KGB
July 14, 2010 • 11:01 pm

Hey guys, what’s the better double trade?

Maguire > Ashley Smith
Sidebottom > Swan

Bower > Strijk
Sidebottom > Swan

…or other alternatives?
- talbot
  July 14, 2010 • 11:19 pm
  
  wait till smith is on the bubble first. might not even make 3 games
- Blue boys
  July 14, 2010 • 11:54 pm
  
  Obviously you want Swan……..and with good reason.
  Really tough one mate, kinda toss of a coin stuff.
  Bower’s quad has been so shit this year, could go down at any time and Maguire has always been bit injury prone and foot injuries can be crap……..just ask Petrie or Matthew Egan (Geelong 2007).
  
  Strijk looks pretty solid but Smith is bit unknown. If they are likely to be your 9th defender may not matter so much so really down to who you prefer out of Bower and Maguire!!!!
  
  Or you wait and hope Swanny has a couple of shockers (eg 110′s). :-)
  - KGB
    July 15, 2010 • 12:01 am
    
    True, it’s more about who I want more out of Maguire/Bower – Maguire probably won’t play this week but the problem with Bower, quad aside, is that Walker is taking his ball out of the backline and if (if..) Maguire’s fit he’d probably score more. Coin toss might be a good idea in the end, heh.
    - KGB
      July 15, 2010 • 12:02 am
      
      And, I’ve waited for Swan to have shockers, and have gotten real tired of my opponents having him as captain and hammering me :/
    - housn
      July 15, 2010 • 7:06 am
      
      Flipping a coin is great for making decisions. It works not because it settles the question for you, but because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know which option you really want most.
      - Blue boys
        July 15, 2010 • 1:00 pm
        
        Hahahahaha, thats great and oh so true!!!!
brad16
July 14, 2010 • 11:25 pm

6 trades,$127000, 613 overall

defence- hodge, goddard,enright,malceski,waters,heath shaw, hargrave (webberly,stijk)

midfield-swan,monty,ablett,bartel,gibbs,boyd (gysberts, jetta)

rucks-sandi, jamar (warnock, no name)

forwards- rok, goodes, gia, didak, buddy, pods, higgins, (t-rock, kangas o keefe)

option A-trade jetta – blair for 100k

option b- no trades

wats ur thoughts on my team. who should i look to upgrade after (thinking maybe higgins to chappy).
- Blue boys
  July 14, 2010 • 11:39 pm
  
  If you are looking between Blair and Jetta as bench cover i reckon Jetta will be back soon (2 weeks???). Would be surprised if Blair still in the Pies side at that stage.
  
  Only improvements that could be made are Chappy (or Nick Riewoldt) up forward, probably for Higgins like you say.
  Or Heath Shaw up to someone like Gilbert (who should drop in price over next 2 weeks). Main gain in that is consistency, although i am hoping Shaw can rip it up again soon.
  - brad16
    July 15, 2010 • 12:11 am
    
    yer i was thinking of uprading shaw or even hargrave to a gun who averages 100 like gilbert. im no not a fan of scotland so screw him.
- J Mc
  July 15, 2010 • 8:51 am
  
  Very similar side to mine…
  
  I have Gram instead of Malceski
  Selwood instead of Gibbs
  Tippett/Hille instead of Jamar
  Pav instead of Goodes.
  
  i am looking at keeping Shaw, as he has an awesome record against the team he’s playing rd 22.
  
  Hargrave i’m looking to upgrade.
  
  I’ll look to change Hille to Ryder, with Tippett left as cover. (with DP, him and Rickliff effectively cover mid, ruck and forward)
  
  And i might bring in Riewoldt for either Gia or Higgins depending on next few weeks.
magic34
July 14, 2010 • 11:51 pm

Very much 50/50 atm between Swan and Bartel.
If I go on form it’s Swan (hard to ignore 300+ in the last two weeks)
If I go on history it’s Bartel (so hard to ignore that 67 last time I skippered him).
Probably Swan. Might just load up on Bartel on sportingbet instead, win-win.

On another note, looking for some trade advice.
Forward line: O’Keefe, Goodes, Gia, Rioli, Pods, JBrown, Ziebell. (Davis, Griffiths).
DON’T Laugh! Lol.

Obviously want to upgrade Ziebell. I can get anyone under 420K, I’m looking at Pav. This would keep some room in the bank and give me a proven DT gun (and hopefully some friggin consistent scores).
BUT given my scheissenhausen Forwardline should I go for somebody more expensive like Didak or Buddy (assuming his ankle is nothing serious)?
- Jezza
  July 15, 2010 • 2:45 am
  
  out of those 3 personally i would go for pav but its ur choice. How many trades u have left?
  - .Nathan.
    July 15, 2010 • 9:10 am
    
    Wait for Reiwoldt to come down in price?
  - magic34
    July 15, 2010 • 10:07 am
    
    I’ve got 6 left with 147K in the bank. I’d really like to upgrade this week. If I went Ziebell to Pav then I’d see my forward line as being “complete” (i.e. all keepers) but I can see myself needing to use another trade for injury or poor form on someone like Brown, Pods or Rioli. So I guess that’s why saving a little money is quite appealing
DMC
July 15, 2010 • 7:49 am

montagna, chappy or gibbs, bit put off that montag might get a rest, chappy might do a hammy & gibbs prob play all yr but not score as much. wat are your thoughts, please help.
orbs
July 15, 2010 • 8:31 am

Good work everyone!
Hey Calvin can you put some voting buttons on here, i want to see where everyone is leaning. I have personally gone Swan the last 2 weeks for a total of 602 points (surely a record??). But given st.kildas lock down game, and swans form i reckon he is a chance to get the jones tag (even though he is sort of untaggable). I am leaning towards bartel.
- Calvin
  July 15, 2010 • 9:27 am
  
  poll will be up this arvo guys
The Billygoats
July 15, 2010 • 8:35 am

swan or ablett
take price into consideration
i have $270k in the bank and 5 trades left
my midfield is monty,bartel,pendles,ball,martin and ziebell
take resting and everything else into consideration too
thanks
Donk
July 15, 2010 • 9:15 am

I’d be interested to see if Geelong rest any players this week. Last year in round 14 they played St. Kilda, which was a pretty hard, brutal game. Similar to the Hawthorn game on the weekend. They then had to travel to Brisbane and left out about 8 or 9 players. Now I know they did have some legitimate outs and the Gabba is a hard surface, so they could have been factors.

Heading to Adelaide after a big game against Hawthorn they might just rest 1 or 2 players this week… Considering Mooney and Corey will be back in and Hawkins a possibility (most probably play VFL) I wouldn’t be surprised to see a couple rested this far out from finals.
edge
July 15, 2010 • 9:42 am

i’m not sure about the whole resting philosophy this year – neither geelong or stkilda have position #1 or #2 stitched up. last year they were ahead of the pack by miles and miles. plus a lot of key players have already missed a week or two here or there – i think they’re going to want to get continuity and consistency with the players they have on the park, then they might rest one or two of the more fragile players towards the finals, but only in say round 20 or 21.

re: captains – really torn this week. it’s hard to go past swan, isn’t it? surely on the MCG he’s going to be so hard to shut down. boyd is the other i like but darwin is a bit random – port with a new coach – who knows what might happen? so many variables!

eliminator matchups are up. down to 128 teams remaining.

me: him

gilbert vs fisher
hayes vs bartel
kornes vs j. selwood
chappy vs goodes
cyril vs gia
buddy (or gumby) vs dangerfield or henderson

ratten – please shut down goodes this week. buddy – get your damn ankles sorted you goose!

essentially it’s coin-flip time. good luck to anyone else still active
- tkol
  July 15, 2010 • 9:52 am
  
  Im still active… Mine is just as close as yours!
  
  Scotland Gilbert
  Fisher Shaw
  Waters Hunt
  Bartel Dal Santo
  Cox Trengove
  Goodes Chapman
  Gia Higgins
  
  Me Him
  - edge
    July 15, 2010 • 10:10 am
    
    wow, that looks very tight. does collingwood have a dedicated tagger? you’d be hoping they go the shutdown on NDS. if that happens, you’re just about home.
    
    are you still locking in ablett for the C each round? if not, swan?
    - tkol
      July 15, 2010 • 10:19 am
      
      I am sticking with Sweet Merciful Jesus!
      I always get Swans score at least once. Ablett has still been scoring his 110′s which is great!
      Nearly cost me 2 weeks ago when i scored 2411 and my eliminator opponent had 2406
  - talbot
    July 15, 2010 • 10:31 am
    
    for you Tkol i’d probs go:
    
    Gilbert
    Fisher
    Waters (if he plays)
    bartel
    cox
    chapman (just but close to even if goodes plays mid)
    higgens
    
    makes it 4- 3 to you but its only gonna take a massive score from one player to sway it either way
- tkol
  July 15, 2010 • 10:05 am
  
  your game i would rate like this
  gilbert
  bartel
  selwood
  chappy
  cyril
  goodes
  
  4 – 2 your favour
  - magic34
    July 15, 2010 • 10:10 am
    
    I’d be backing both you guys to come through with a win, but that’s on paper of course. Eliminators aren’t won on paper as they say in the classics!
- Spotted Bacon
  July 15, 2010 • 12:25 pm
  
  Wouldn’t ever pick a captain whose playing in Darwin, The Climate is so different that all sportsmen perform below their best unless they are used to the conditions, Bulldogs will arrive the day before the game which is not nearly long enough to aclimatise
Young GUNS
July 15, 2010 • 10:07 am

Bloody Franklin……………….

You better play

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/98228/default.aspx
- tkol
  July 15, 2010 • 10:25 am
  
  You would think Brisbane is a walk in the park this weekend for Hawthorn.
  I dont see any reason in risking him now when he is the key to Hawthorn finals campaign.
  Buddy owners should be expecting the worst!
- Donk
  July 15, 2010 • 10:53 am
  
  And Gumbleton makes yet another appearance on the ground for me, I think I have just about played him every round this year.
  - orbs
    July 15, 2010 • 11:02 am
    
    As shit as he is, i bet you have a soft spot for him now.
    Mitch Brown for me last year played all the way into the finals, as much as a spud as he is, i always hope he plays well for what he gave to my side for the 09 season.
    - Donk
      July 15, 2010 • 11:46 am
      
      Agree there with both Gumby and Brown. Brown was awesome coverage all year for me too.
Patto.
July 15, 2010 • 11:53 am

Bit off topic but people are posting cr@ppy teams and saying they are ranked 5-10k. WTF???? I feel like I have been robbed as my team is actually half decent.

I’m ranked 23k, I’ve traded in players at the wrong time, copped donuts etc
Team below:
Gram, Kelly, Enright, Malceski, Waters, Hargrave, Hodge (Davis, Strijk)
Swan, Ablett, Bartel, Jelwood, Stanton, Ball (Gizzy, Shuey)
Cox, Sandi (Trengove, Worncock)
Chappy, Pav, ROK, Higgins, Gia, Pods, Brown (Hitchcock, Griffiths)

How the hell can I be ranked 23k and other people that have bloody Nason/Hunt still on field are ranked 5k? *Sigh*
- Chartreuse
  July 15, 2010 • 12:19 pm
  
  I feel your pain…and I primarily blame Mark Seaby…hence why my 2011 DT side will probably be named ‘No Seabies’ in honor of the Simpsons ‘No Homers’ episode. His disgraceful performances post his 120+ score that sucked me into trading him in, at the expense of Jolly (who has been serviceable since)…and then his injury which resulted in several subsequent useless and failed trades led to several crap scores.
  
  I will ignore the technicality that someone pointed out, ie the name allows for at least one Seaby.
  
  Ranked about the same though have been improving in leaps and bounds last couple rounds…was in the 30K range only a couple weeks ago. Aiming for top 15K which i think would be decent since im a DT rookie coach…have learnt heaps and wont be making same mistakes next yr.
- leegend
  July 15, 2010 • 12:24 pm
  
  Mistakes, I’ve made a few (first full year)
  Rank 44906
  
  Hodge, Goddard, Scotland, Kelly, Grundy, Kennelly, Bower (Webberley, Heath)
  Swan, Montagna, Ablett, Gibbs, Ball, Mitchell (Trengove, Shuey)
  Sandilands, Bellchambers (Hille, Grimley)
  Chapman, Pavlich, O’Keefe, Pods, Peterson, Grant, Brown (Gumby, Stewart)
  
  It looks not a bad team, but it hasn’t all come together in the same week often.
  
  Now, the “benchmark” 2000 a week average will put you Ranked 26133, which is what, top 8%?
  
  I’m resetting my sights on my public league (rather than the 2 DTTalk leagues ranked in the top 600), so will probably bring in Boomer this week.
  
  Nason/Hunt could be 1 weak link compared to at least 5 I count in my team…
  - Kiwiii
    July 15, 2010 • 1:05 pm
    
    u serious? peterson, grant, brown(gumby cover), bellchambers
    
    there’s a consistent -300 on what you should have
    - leegend
      July 15, 2010 • 1:17 pm
      
      Hargrave, Leon Davis, Voldt, Medhurst, Hall, Gray at the start messed me up
      
      Bellchambers was only a recent addition directly to cover Hille.
      This week probably Harvey/rookie to replace Peterson/Grant with Brown back on the field hopefully
- Rubitonurnuts
  July 15, 2010 • 12:29 pm
  
  stanton, ball, brown, gram is your answer …. plus no monty, boyd, goddard
  - leegend
    July 15, 2010 • 12:47 pm
    
    Stanton was gunning it pre season and early in the season, but has had a role change slightly
    Brown and Gram injuries you can’t really predict
    Ball was a value pick who’s on his start value and delivered exactly what was predicted from his price, I wouldn’t say he’s been a failure for teams who got him and used the coin elsewhere
    - Rubitonurnuts
      July 15, 2010 • 12:55 pm
      
      didnt say he was a failure, he asked how he could be ranked there? ive had all those players but are no longer in my side and shouldnt be at this time of the year still.
- edge
  July 15, 2010 • 1:16 pm
  
  a lot of people have simply taken too long to get their team effectively “completed”. if you’re playing with a group of mates and the league win is your priority, it’s all well and good. but if you’re a lone ranger like me and you’re just focused on overall / eliminator, then you probably play it a bit differently.
  
  my team, for example, has been effectively ‘set’ since round 10/11. sure, i’m risking it by only leaving a handful of trades, but over the last 4-5 rounds when people have been worrying about filling out those last couple of positions, i’ve been reaping the rewards of making the trade early.
  
  holding onto brown has also been a big mistake a lot of people have made – even before he was dropped he wasn’t scoring that well. they were always going to be conservative with him. same with mcguire. the david hille situation is just bad luck for a lot of people. if you traded him immediately, that’s a stroke of good fortune, but due to the split round he was only expected to miss a couple of games. as soon as he re-injured the hammy, though, he should’ve been traded.
  
  holding rookies / cash cows until they have squeezed every little drop of $ out of them is another error some people make. points > $. if you have an opportunity to pick up a gun player cheaply, just do it, even if your rookie hasn’t peaked.
  
  i had a CRAP start to the season – had to lock in my team a week early and couldn’t really do much for the first 2 weeks because of wedding / honeymoon but trading aggressively has got my ranking up to ~150 odd.
  
  my 0.02
  - Gazinator
    July 15, 2010 • 1:34 pm
    
    Totally agree, this is what I did too. Too many bargains early on.
    
    I had 6 trades left at the break, now I have 4. But team set and now just crossing my fingers :-)
  - Patto.
    July 15, 2010 • 2:03 pm
    
    Yer, I have certainly made a few of those mistakes. Still got Maguire actually…will turn him into Gram next week though. Been waiting for a bargain…
Gazinator
July 15, 2010 • 12:37 pm

Managed to salvage my year quite successfully, after making a few blunders with picking some duds in my initial team I can quite happily say the worst is behind me.

6 weeks ago found myself at 30,000th overall and averaging 2006 ppg and a team not quite firing properly.. Now I’m ranked 3,382 and averaging 2093 ppg with 4 trades left and $100k in the kitty.

Team: Gazinator
Goddard, Hodge, Enright, Goodwin, Waters, Shaw and Hargrave (Strijk and Davis)
Swan, Hayes, Bartel, Jelwood, Montagna and Boyd (Banner and Jizz)
Sandi and Cox (Dumb and Dumber)
Chapman, ROK, Didak, Brown, Pods, Giansiracusa and Hall (Hitchcock and Griffiths)

Would love to upgrade Hargrave to Gram and Hall to Voldt, Pav or Goodes. But I think I will have to just accept my backline is locked in as is (ewww).

3rd year coach.
Crows
July 15, 2010 • 12:47 pm

One player left to fill my team. Should I get Higgins or Brennan??? both are dirt cheap…low 300k
- jt368
  July 15, 2010 • 12:52 pm
  
  Higgins
  - Crows
    July 15, 2010 • 12:54 pm
    
    Why Higgins?
    - Gazinator
      July 15, 2010 • 12:56 pm
      
      Brennan is too upredictable. Higgins has talent and is great when fit.
      - Crows
        July 15, 2010 • 12:57 pm
        
        Higgins is it…cheers
Rubitonurnuts
July 15, 2010 • 12:57 pm

more consistent …
Crows
July 15, 2010 • 12:57 pm

Higgins it is should I say lol
- tkol
  July 15, 2010 • 1:00 pm
  
  Any other options?
  - Crows
    July 15, 2010 • 1:05 pm
    
    Nothing much better in that price region…I only have $333,000 to spend with only 3 trades left. Hoping to save two for the finals. Just will use one trade to trade Grant to Higgins.
Crows
July 15, 2010 • 1:03 pm

Sweating on Mitchell…hopefully he gets up hey…also Waters

Team will look like this

Hodge, Goddard, Scotland. Enright, Malceski, Water, Kelly (Silvagni, Webberley)

Swan, Montagna, Ablett, Chapman, Cooney, Mitchell (Gysbert, Mc Neil)

Sandilands, Cox (Roughhead, Lobbe)

Thomas, O’Keefe, Gia, Didak, Pods, Rockliff, Higgins (Hitchcock, Davis)
- Crows
  July 15, 2010 • 1:12 pm
  
  Been persisting with Ablett as captain lol…crazy. Surely he will go nuts against the Crows and the Saint’s will heavily tag Swanny after his performance last week.
  - Gazinator
    July 15, 2010 • 1:32 pm
    
    Not sure about that, didn’t sound like Swan was particularly effective with his disposals?
    
    Yeah he racks up the possessions but his kicking ain’t the greatest. Surely pendles and Didak are still big on their radar?
    - Crows
      July 15, 2010 • 1:37 pm
      
      But he did get the highest coaches points…he mustve been pretty effective. So maybe they may try to stop him this week.
  - tkol
    July 15, 2010 • 2:09 pm
    
    what about Sylvia? Absolute gun who will rack it up to get himself a brownlow invite!
hollys heros
July 15, 2010 • 1:22 pm

who would be the better option out of pav, sylvia or higgins?
- Rubitonurnuts
  July 15, 2010 • 1:29 pm
  
  pav
leegend
July 15, 2010 • 1:22 pm

Question – do people have “selection decisions” or a clearly best 22 each week?
- Ike
  July 15, 2010 • 6:37 pm
  
  I have a big selection decision this week, well not really, as Dangerfield is my weakest fwd so he goes into the bench for Brown. But Is a worry as Danger might actually start scoring 90-100′s soon.
jt368
July 15, 2010 • 1:32 pm

my team – ranked 2k
hodge, goddard, gilbert, enright, waters, eski, kennelly… webb, hunt
swan, ablett, monty, boyd, bartel, hayes… rohan, mcniel
sandi, trengove… hille, warnock
chappy, pav, rok, goodes, buddy, pods, rocky, higgins… gumby, brown.

6 trades, 3.6k
- Crows
  July 15, 2010 • 1:38 pm
  
  Nice…got trades up the sleeve too…well done
  - jt368
    July 15, 2010 • 1:56 pm
    
    thx yer holding them has been a good move… hopefully finish in the top thousand.
- hunter
  July 16, 2010 • 4:53 am
  
  Yeah really nice. 10 forwards wish I could have that many!
hollys heros
July 15, 2010 • 1:33 pm

Player: Montagna
Vs: Collingwood
Form: Awesome, 130 over last 3 weeks
History: only averages 86 against them, but hopefully he will pump out a huge one
Consider This: Average of 130 over last 3 weeks suggests he’s in fine form and ready to pull out another huge one
Predicted Score: 125 – 135
Young GUNS
July 15, 2010 • 2:28 pm

With no bias I think I have the best team going into the end of the season:

With the purchase of Pav and Lake this week and 5 trades left

I will have

Hodge, Goddard, Enright, Waters, Shaw, Fisher, Lake, …Bench Webberly, strikj

Swan, Gablett, Bartel, Boyd, Selwood, Montagna……. Bench Gysberts and Shuey

Sandi Cox Bench… who cares Warnock 77k

Chappo, ROK, Goodes, Franklin, Pods, Pav and one of Gumby, Fyfe, Jaench

Just wanted to put it out there

Captain this week will be Swan
Wraygun
July 15, 2010 • 2:46 pm

Off topic but i curious
Injured Players to pick up next year
Drew Petrie, Andy Otten, and Jed Adcock thats all i can think of, who else?
- Ike
  July 15, 2010 • 6:34 pm
  
  If you were ‘curious’, I’d say Hille would probably be the injured player you would most likely be able to ‘pick up’. nudge nudge wink wink lol
constant_variable
July 15, 2010 • 3:03 pm

G’day guys!! Any Swans fans out there who could tell us if Goodes is going to be sticking in the midfields or was that just a one off thing??!
- Young GUNS
  July 15, 2010 • 3:50 pm
  
  Well I am a HUGE Swans fan…………
  I would not be able to tell you 100% that he will play in the mids every week but if they keep winning and they have enough personel to take the fwd roles… IE Bradshaw, TDL..ect.
  
  Roos will keep him in the mids if the team keeps winning aswell.
- Birdy
  July 15, 2010 • 5:45 pm
  
  i reckon he’s 50-50 at the moment, but when bradshaw gets back he will be in the middle almost always
Funny Rooster
July 15, 2010 • 6:19 pm

Man!! Every single week!

Kinda confused as to why all the clowns post comments here about who they should and shouldn’t trade and how good is their team..

Isn’t this section for Calvins Captains? How is all your teams drivel relevant? Aren’t there many more relevant places to seek advice on the DT site?
- Brappinalong
  July 15, 2010 • 6:44 pm
  
  I guess as each fresh new post appears from the DT Talk guys people see it as the most immediate opportunity to get advice and help e.t.c. Engaging with others who share a passion for this frustrating, enjoyable and addictive game is warranted. I guess you have a point but what can you do to prevent it…..nothing apart from not reading it.
Ike
July 15, 2010 • 6:29 pm

I’ve got all of the captain choices this week, again, man, this is bloody impossible. Might go with Bartel despite Swans form as Captain vs St Kilda has serious chance of ending in tears.
Shaun Dawgs
July 15, 2010 • 6:43 pm

Havent traded Barlow out yet is Daniel Connors a too risky pick to bring in???
Coming off a 95, 116, 132. Although before that he had: 77, 72, 73, 53
Suggestions??
- Brappinalong
  July 15, 2010 • 6:46 pm
  
  Barlow was a premium-Connors isn’t. Upgrade don’t downgrade.
  - Gazinator
    July 15, 2010 • 6:50 pm
    
    +1
  - Shaun Dawgs
    July 15, 2010 • 7:11 pm
    
    true…I dont kno who to go I want Ablett but I dont think hell play the full games…
    - Brappinalong
      July 15, 2010 • 7:15 pm
      
      Mate without knowing your Mids it’s hard to say.
      - Shaun Dawgs
        July 15, 2010 • 7:17 pm
        
        Swan, Bartel, Selwood, Ball, Barlow, Mitchell (Gysberts, McNeil(which is basically Gumbleton because of DDP))
      - Brappinalong
        July 15, 2010 • 7:19 pm
        
        Easy!!! Barlow – Boyd. Same coin
      - Brappinalong
        July 15, 2010 • 7:27 pm
        
        Or Monty, decisions decisions……
      - Shaun Dawgs
        July 15, 2010 • 7:41 pm
        
        Yeah I will probably go to Boyd
Gazinator
July 15, 2010 • 6:49 pm

I will captain Bartel this round as my league opponent isn’t that good, but Bartel has burnt me 2/3 times I’ve captained him (67 and 94). The other time was 130 something.

Plus I’m a sucker for a friday night captain! Carn Bartel!
The Riz
July 15, 2010 • 7:30 pm

With Browny back this week, should I force Dangerfield to the bench…?? He’s been doing ok with a few 70 and low 80′s….in Browny’s absence.
jim cowski
July 15, 2010 • 8:32 pm

Swan (C)
Bartel (VC)

Thanks Calvin
pbesson
July 15, 2010 • 8:36 pm

Hey guys I’m currently 650 overall and league doesn’t matter, I’m going for highest overall I can.
I have 5 trades left, my team is finished in the backs, mids and rucks.
I was thinking of possibly upgrading rocky to chapman and pods to roo next week, I have enough money.
Do you think it’s worth trading or barely an upgrade, would you do it?
- :P
  July 15, 2010 • 8:47 pm
  
  man your team must be good
  keep rocky, wouldnt you?
  riewoldt will be good soon though not next week but the next
  whos on your forward bench
  - pbesson
    July 15, 2010 • 8:51 pm
    
    It’s coming along nicely, carrazo worst back, j selwood worst mid, Sandi cox.
    Yeah that’s what I was thinking his form is so good at the moment, what do you think about chapman for pods this week?
    Fwd bench is TDL and playfair
Leroy
July 15, 2010 • 8:50 pm

i think i might pass on Swannie as captain this week. I cant trust who Jones will go to.
I think i might take the Monty train! Collingwood tend not to tag, and can see him having a huge one.
what ya think?
enjay
July 15, 2010 • 9:01 pm

start goose or webberley? richmond playing the kangas, and the lions playing the hawks.

and goose coming back from injury, although being a lions fan im tempted to start him…

thoughts??????
CrimsonRaven
July 16, 2010 • 12:35 am

Taking the risk with O’keefe this round because I’m against an easy opponents and the top eight is already pretty much sewn up.
Shaun Dawgs
July 16, 2010 • 5:29 pm

Bartel or Swan as captain….bit of a toss up with the Jones tag
Blues_FC
July 18, 2010 • 9:23 am

Awesome. Although 5 out of my 6 mids scored over 120 this round, I chose to put the C on Bartel who gave me a f**king shitty 72.

Jimmy Bartel and Bomber Thompson, you are a couple of f**king c**ts and I hope you slip over in the shower and lose a nut.

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