Calvin’s Captains – Rd. 17 UPDATED
Last week, I personally went with my new mate Seaman Love Swan (ha ha), he has been in smoking form and was wicked. Now… for all those people who last week said “Calvin, why isn’t Gary Ablett in your top 5?”… we’ll I guessed that was answered by the people who had him locked in for his 81! My point I’m trying to make here is… listen to the Irish pirate, he’ll guide you through. Hodgey was even solid for me with 126, but my top 5 was let down my Bartel for his 72, but who hasn’t be burnt this year doing that?
Now… yeah, I’m once again snowed under with work and will not be able to piece together an article and will once again call upon you guys to get this stuff rolling again. Hopefully the last time this year, but I said that last week. But seriously, snowed under big time and need the time to keep the bosses happy.
So simply… cut and paste the following in and last week we saw some ripper player reviews so keep them coming. The more details the better! Details are the key… for example, I told you last week that Clinton Jones would go to Didak as he has done it for the last 2 times, that info is golden and sold Swanny for me with the big C. Good luck and thanks again guys!
I’ll kick the ball rolling as I have had good luck with this guys, and I’ll start it with DANE SWAN.
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Player: Dane Swan
Vs: Richmond @ MCG
Form: Smoking! Scores of 138, 141, 161 in his last 3. No one in the AFL is even close to the numbers that this boy is putting up at the moment.
History: Richmond are his 2nd worst team to play across his career. With previous scores of 125 (2009) and 89 (2008) and even 62 (2007) it is safe to say that the 125 in Rd. 20 last year is his only ripper. In that game he had 34d, 2g and was tagged by Jackson (then Rance).
Consider This: He was smacked in the face. But it’s not like having your house shot at like Travis Cloke experienced (which really unsettled his year) so Swan should be 100% fine to go. Roy made a good quote the other day: “If Malthouse rests him for this… what message does it send to the public thugs out there who hate opposition teams and players? Hit em and they’ll rest?” Right on Roy, Swan will be fine. Last time they played the little dirty rabbit (Jake King) tagged Didak and really should be going to him and it seems Swanny should be let off the tagging hook again. Last week Richmond only gave the Roos 2×100+ scores but this doesn’t concern me in the slightest. Swanny loves the MCG and has previous scores there of 138 and 150 in his last 2. You’d be a gutsy dude to be putting a “C” on anyone else this week I reckon.
Predicted Score: 121
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Now here is your thingy, get into it guys and try to cover as many of the big guns as possible!
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jt’s top 10 so far:
Swan
Monty
Ablett
Goddard
Hodge
Chapman
Goodes
Sandi
Hayes
Bartel
Good golly, i got all of them. Decisions decisions people.
u hav hayes?
hahahhaha
Nah i dont mate… i just said i did. Are you blind?
Your starting to get annoying jt368
Kevin is your last name Sheedy? Stop criticising other coaches!
Why is having Lenny Hayes funny?
Thanks for the support Perth power.
Kevin, stop with the personal attacks and constant criticism, gosh.
yeah wat is funny about having hayes?
I agree.. Lenny Hayes is a gun!
Lenny is a star!!
Hayes is awesome…
im with kev. f**k hayes and f**k stkilda
i hope i dont regret getting hayes for barlow
i have read all of the jt368 comments and their all pissers keep it up mate
Your welcome mate, glad someone takes life not so serious.
You seriously read all of his comments??? GET A FUCKING LIFE
16 comments in all… takes me 57 seconds to scroll down and read them all… just don’t see how he is wasting his life.
So 16 comments is all you’ve left on this site…..yeah ok. And if he needs to get a life- how the hell can he be wasting one that doesn’t exist???
deary deary me. Are you another blind bugger on this site? E4L clearly meant the comments on this topic.
Just a tip for Brappin: Everyone can determine how old you are just by the clear lack of maturity in your comebacks. They are of primary school level, thus, is your age
“If you go for Adelaide and your name is Kevinf21, you might aswell just die right now… otherwise change teams cause you and your team is just a joke.” jt368 does this reflect your age well??? Now go away!!!
No, not really but when i mentioned that i was 17 or 21 or even 35 that reflects my age, clear and accurate.
am i the only one considering getting Tim Houlihan next year
Not sure if he will be consistently in the best 22.
yeah that’s the only worry bloody worsfold good coach but makes some stupid decisions
he isnt a good coach. judd and cousins won him a premiership. it had nothing to do with his coaching.
How are Carlton and Richmond doing in recent years
no you dickhead brappinalong i read the last roughly 20 and i saw that he started chatting you idiot!
Me the dickhead?? I’m not an “eagle4life” c**t
oh yeah good comeback dickhead look how stupid your name is Brappinalong seriously WTF!!!
It’s called being unique – or not giving a shit what my name is…
so you care what other peoples names are but not your own and actually it’s called being boring
No worries Eagle, now back to the footy.
who should i bench Gia, Grundy or Pods?? was my intention to have grundy as back up for injuries for the rest of the year but his form warrants a starting berth so im leaning towards gia. wat does everyone think??
i reckon gia pods his playing at skilled and grundy hasn’t been too bad
grundy
Gia surely has to hit some form soon, it’s a 50/50 between him and Grundy
thanks fellas appreciate it, im leaning towards grundy but still about 50/50 with gia and grundy. Youve convinced me with pods and for interest sake, my other forwards are chapy, pav (who deserves the bench of late but has to much potential to be sitting on bench), goodes, voldt (could also go to bench but i reckon he will come good) and franklin.
Gia or Grundy… Grundy will porbably spud it up now that he did good for one week.
no gia isn’t consistant enough and is in bad form look at his last three weeks and it doesn’t look like he’s going to the mid either
ha yeah f**k you buddy
u have a tiny dick and balls
I reckon Pods. Playing at Skilled, i’m tipping another 5 goal performance
Me too.
history says he’ll get 5 eh
Thinkin of pickin up either judd or murphy or ablett or hayes
who do u think i should pick up out of those 4?
i’m kinda a judd hater but i respect what he did with wce but i got him plus 63k for barman (Barlow) i reccomend him and also won’t get rested BTW i also have hayes out of the 4
In terms of uniqueness, i’d go murphy. But realistically, Ablett, still.
judd’s cheap
I’m currently receiving counselling for my Barlow trade. Got Ablett in over Montagna/Boyd. P*SSED. Only way I will not regret this trade is if GAJ doesn’t get rested and starts scoring half decently. Montagna will definitely be rested in the upcoming weeks now that Goddard and NDS have had thier turn. Why did I think Ablett would turn his sh*t around? *Sigh* Another bad decision.
Actually St Kilda are on the ropes and have got a fair bit to prove. Don’t think Montagna will get rested. btw didnt think you could get counseling for dt, if thats possible, im sure i could find a uni that will let me get a PhD DT.
stkilda are not on the ropes you tool. theyre third for f**k sake.
settle down champ, i think he just means that they were beaten last week and will want to put out a convincing effort to eliminate any thought that they are sliding.
to be honest i don’t regret any trades this year except for hall to dawes rest have been all reasonable
Well no doubt Calvin will recommend Swan again- his heads and shoulders above everyone for consistency and will get my big C click of my mouse. Go Swan Dawg!!!!
+1
Not sure about this but ……
Player: Jason Winderlich
Vs: NM
Form: Smashing it!! 100, 126, 94, 113 avg. – 108.25
History: Only played North twice in his career for 118 (2007) and 80 (2009)
History At ES: Last five have gone 104, 45, 118, 71, 100 …. a bit of inconsistency there
Consider This: Even though his history against North hasn’t been very extensive, his form is what to look at, with another 100+ score predicted IMO. However if his inconsistency at Etihad continues, could be a 70-80 score. Be Careful
Predicted Score: 106
yeah you should defo put winderlich as your captain
swannie or joey as the big C this week? tough decision. no sleep for the next 2 days
Sorry Calvin but dont even bother wasting your time anymore with this.
If you have Swan make him your captain.
If you dont, think about what you have done, then head to the gold coast to try and scout some good rookies for next year cos this year your team is f**ked.
That is all.
ha ha true – glad we get some normal comments in here other than the bunch of girls who come in here and act tough on the keyboard
+1 to both of you, not having swan sucks!! i just pick different captains most weeks, although i aint quitting this year, still averaging 2150
good old coin flip. before you know the result you already know who you want when the coin is still in the air. good to see boyd on the list calvin he wasn’t on last week. I have it down to swan or boyd every week now gone with swan the last 4 & doing the same this week. I hope swanny kills it & at the end of the game flashes a nice smile for the camera to the clown that sucker punched him.
I think we should start a… “Protect Swanny Group” we all take turns looking after him 24-7 making sure he doesn’t ever miss a game. Personal Servant/Bodyguard in return for HUGE SCORES!! hahaha go swanny!!
at least the tour should be fuking amazing good tonight
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cycling/andy-schleck/story-fn3owcsl-1225895474382
easiest captain decision I’ve had all year
How can you go past a bloke who has scored me about 880 points in the last 3 weeks
Swan vs Richmond = Big points
especially with daniel jackson out, he might have gone to swan. Hardwick seems to actually see swanny as a threat unlike some coaches. For those that are interested this is a qoute from hardwick on their website…
“Dustin Martin gets a chance to play against a great player in Dane Swan or Scott Pendlebury … so for every player that we put out there, it’s going to be a good challenge for them.”
“I think he [Swan] is almost untagable,” Hardwick said.
“Even when you tag him, he still gets 30 [possessions]. He’s a terrific player and a guy that seems to get better every year.
“So from our point of view it’ll just be a huge challenge for whoever picks him up and hopefully we can keep him to a reasonable number.”
Hopefully Martin goes to him, can’t imagine Martin playing a defensive role!!!!
Wondering if Calvin’s captains will have to be renamed Calvin’s Vice Captains next year since 100% of people will be selecting Swan and locking him in as C? Or am I the only modestly smart bloke here?
GO Captain Swan…you have single handedly dragged my team from the horrible depths of the overall DT rankings.
good call but… people were saying the same about ablett a while back and you dont read those comments anymore. PLUS… some people like going unique, hoping Swan fails… each to their own I guess
or you could call it, “Calvins captains for those who missed the swan boat!”
I have neither Swan or Ablett.. Makes the risk and dreamteam far more interesting
I’m going unique and putting bartel up again even after a poor show last week.
Why the hell is Matthew Boyd not suggested
He’ll deffs be my captain with scores of 143, 116, 114, 121, 142 and 133 in the last 7 weeks
He’s only had 2 off games with scores of 86 and 75
Id go with boyd over ablett, but not over swan against richmond
boyd is mentioned he’s in calvin’s poll.
one word: DARWIN. I was looking at ait aswell and was seriously thinking about it but then remembered how exhausting last week was. I know he’s fit but you never know how they will bounce back
WANRING – any bitching little sooks in here, who come to act tough on a keyboard and mouth off other can piss off or be banned. Yep… I’ve seen enough. I’ll get Warnie on to yas!!
Calvin, you spelt warning wrong……..haha.
Good call…………though i felt a little intimidated by your keyboard tone.
Oh and warnie… see my graphics?? Impressive hey?
very impressive stuff
swan (C)
montagna (VC)
Thanks calvin
S is for Super,
W is for Wonderful,
A is for Awesome,
N = NO BRAINER!
+1
ha nice work!
I’m throughing up swan and montagna
Swan because of his fantastic form and montagna for his uniqueness
I’m throwing up at your grammar.
I’m also throwing up on your grandma.
……and how many times has your mum told you not to eat your whole dreamteam before tea!
ha
i know ablett is in top five this week but does anyone elso seem somewhat unconvinced by his last month. Whether its an injury, gold caost decision or whatever, he doesnt look like the gazzaa ive seen for the last 3 years. I know his history might be good and people saying he’ll bounce back but im just not convinced.
got everyone in that top 5 ahha dilemas dilemas (although good dilemas) lol ive officially taken the captaincy away from ablett for the first time (when hes played). i dont care if he kills it, im teaching him a lesson ahhaha so im thinking swan + richmond = prom king and queen surely. locked and loaded (until i change my mind like i have the last three weeks and go scurrying back to ablett like always haaha)