The names that we are waiting on are Luke Hodge and Paul Chapman. Chappy is listed as a test, but his replacement is on notice. So, one would assume he will be playing on Saturday. DT Talk’s own Hodgey has nothing wrong with his ribs - however I am sure they will cop a bit of attention this week! Could that stop you putting him in your team anyway?

THE OFFICIAL INJURY LISTS (AS PROVIDED BY THE CLUBS) 

GEELONG
Paul Chapman (hamstring) - test
Matthew Egan (foot) - unavailable
Brent Prismall (knee) - unavailable
  
HAWTHORN
Trent Croad (foot) - available
Luke Hodge (ribs) – available
Cameron Stokes (hamstring tightness) - test
Tom Murphy (back) - test
Max Bailey (knee) - unavailable
Ben McGlynn (knee) - unavailable
Luke McEntee (hamstring) - unavailable
Garry Moss (groin) - unavailable
Beau Muston (knee) - unavailable

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VOTING CLOSES 11:59PM TONIGHT! 

Last week we said goodbye to Joe Ingles and Bliss n Eso… and he say hello to the big Preliminary Finalists. Medders vs Chad and the Sonic Manipulator vs Big Billy. Vote below… the winners are through to the Grand Final next week! (This week’s voting closes next Tuesday at 11:59pm).

1st PRELIMINARY FINAL - Paul Medhurst vs Chad Cornes

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2nd PRELIMINARY FINAL - The Sonic Manipulator vs Billy Brownless

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Tonight is a big night… most of our Dream Team heroes will be right up there! DT guns Gary Ablett, Jimmy Bartel with underestimated DTer, Brent Harvey leading the way. We all love a punt and will throw quite a few dollars on some of our boys tonight… but I think Dream Team is effecting my judgement a little. For starters, one of my boys, Brent Stanton, isn’t on The Tote’s Sportsbet list for Essendon players. He is “Any Other Player” paying $12! Now I don’t know, but surely he is a pretty good chance to get the most votes for the Bombers? He was ranked 16th in DT (David Hille was next, a fair way behind) and played all games, is a goal kicking mid-fielder… he has got a bit going for him! Hmm… so this got me thinking, there must be a few “good bets” to be getting on for tonight while we are knocking back some beers! I reckon that everyone should have a scull for any player that was in their 2008 Dream Team! That’ll surely get you pissed… unless you are Vin and had the likes of Nathan Jones in your team!

Let us know your hot tips in the comments:

Brownlow Top 3 (in order):
Smokie:
Hot Tips to bet on:
What’s your Brownlow tradition/drinking games:

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The lockout is now over and how about this… one week to go and the leader of the whole DT competition is a member of the massive DT Talk league. Nice work Ronnie and your very original team name, The Dreamteam! Good luck leading into this week mate! We’re rooting for you!

For us, Chopper is leading being ranked 73rd in our league and 421st overall, then comes Roy - 672nd/5,127th, Warnie - 761st/6,241st, Tit-ed - 950th/9,081st and lastly, Calvin - 1,138th/13,998th.

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The big day is next week and we will all be gassing to the Hawks and the Cats getting DT scores for us. But before we get ahead of ourselves, let us know how you went this week in the comments. After that you can dream of having 12 Cats in your side… ahhh… ABC!

Finals DT Name:
Week 3 Score:
Hits:
Misses:
Rant and Rave here:

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With triple points up for grabs this week your quest for the date with your club captain is up for grabs (wicked prize… pity if you’re a Richmond supporter)

 Let us know how you’re going… hopefully you’re doing better than Vin..

Team Name:
Current Score:
Captain:
Players Remaining:

Chop wants to send a cheerio out to the Hawks for tmow night… Go the Wood you good thing

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FIRST PRELIMINARY FINAL

Geelong
B: Tom Harley, Matthew Scarlett, Josh Hunt
HB: Darren Milburn, Harry Taylor, Andrew Mackie
C: Joel Selwood, Cameron Ling, Corey Enright
HF: Steve Johnson, Cameron Mooney, Jimmy Bartel
F: Travis Varcoe, Tom Lonergan, Mathew Stokes
Foll: Brad Ottens, Joel Corey, Gary Ablett
I/C: Max Rooke, James Kelly, David Wojcinski, Mark Blake
EMG: Shannon Byrnes, Ryan Gamble, David Johnson

In: Kelly, Wojcinski
Out: Paul Chapman (hamstring), Brent Prismall (knee)

Western Bulldogs
B: Dale Morris, Brian Lake, Tim Callan
HB: Lindsay Gilbee, Stephen Tiller, Ryan Hargrave
C: Josh Hill, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Cross
HF: Robert Murphy, Mitch Hahn, Brad Johnson
F: Jason Akermanis, Will Minson, Scott Welsh
Foll: Ben Hudson, Ryan Griffen, Adam Cooney
I/C: Nathan Eagleton, Daniel Giansiracusa, Jarrod Harbrow, Shaun Higgins
EMG: Andrejs Everitt, Farren Ray, Callan Ward

No change

SECOND PRELIMINARY FINAL

Hawthorn
B: Brent Guerra, Trent Croad, Thomas Murphy
HB: Grant Birchall, Luke Hodge, Rick Ladson
C: Chance Bateman, Sam Mitchell, Jordan Lewis
HF: Michael Osborne, Lance Franklin, Campbell Brown
F: Mark Williams, Jarryd Roughead, Cyril Rioli
Foll: Robert Campbell, Brad Sewell, Shane Crawford
I/C: Stuart Dew, Xavier Ellis, Brent Renouf, Clinton Young
EMG: Stephen Gilham, Jarryd Morton, Travis Tuck

In: Ellis
Out: Cameron Stokes (hamstring tightness)

St Kilda
B: Jason Blake, Max Hudghton, Brendon Goddard
HB: Sam Gilbert, Sam Fisher, Jason Gram
C: Clint Jones, Nick Dal Santo, Robert Harvey
HF: James Gwilt, Nick Riewoldt, Leigh Montagna
F: Stephen Milne, Justin Koschitzke, Luke Ball
Foll: Steven King, Lenny Hayes, Adam Schneider
I/C: David Armitage, Andrew McQualter, Raphael Clarke, Robert Eddy
EMG: Michael Gardiner, Shane Birss, Aaron Fiora

In: Ball
Out: Jarryd Allen

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He did such a good job last week that we got him back (even if he told us not to get Montagna)! Enjoy the stats… (more…)

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Ablett or Bartel or Corey or ALL? What little cat package are you looking at this week? It’s such a luxury clicking on the big ABC through the centre line, but this takes up half your cat quota! Personally this week I went for the B/C combo with a Mackie, Johnson, Ottens and Stokes as side dish. But what would I know? I’m trying a few roughies hoping some other more predictable dudes stuff up. But I’m going terrible in this as 2008 is not my year and I don’t believe I deserve Ablett. What I do know is … Captain selection. My hot tip: Read “Calvin’s Captains Rd 16” which was when both these teams met each other last. Plus read the work Aaron did in his Captain research (coming soon). Cut and paste the thingy below.

ABC Combo:
Lock in Captain:
Roughie Captain:
Rating out of 10 of your ‘care’ towards Finals DT:

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The biggest thing to note here is that Paul Chapman won’t be playing this week, so don’t pick him!

Also, be wary of take-a-Chance-on-me, Chance Bateman who hurt his ankle at training this week. So, I wouldn’t risk him (not that he would be a contender anyway - hey Chop!).

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