2008 AFL Dream Team..Reviewed!

Okay well….hi for the first time in a couple of weeks we are currently taking a break, thus the reason for the lack of posts yet thought we better just have a review of normal DT for 2008 and a quick preview into Finals DT 2008.

AFL Dream Team for season 2008, We had some absolute guns this year that made it to DTL status which of course means Dream Team Legend Status. Some of the standouts were; Gary Ablett, Jimmy Bartel, Dean Cox, Joel Corey, Dane Swan, Kane Cornes, Matthew Pavlich, Scott Thompson, Matthew Richardson and Daniel Cross. These guys all had stellar years averaging 97+!

Of course it was a year filled by injuries as well with many big names being forced to miss games. We had the trade drought towards the end of the season, with trades becoming very scarce. So this raises the question, how did you go? Where did you finish? Win league? Make any m,istakes you will fix next year? Reveal all in a comment.

AFL FINALS DT PREVIEW

Okay well finals DT starts this week and we have managed to get a bit of a league going, seems the winner will have ultimate bragging rights on the site all summer.

So how did you pick your side? Of course we all know there could only be 3 per team, what tactics did you use? Did you use your three Geelong players as midfeilders (Ablett, Bartel, Corey) or did you use them as backmen (Milburn, Mackie)??? Similar circumstances with the Hawthorn team with three of their midfeilders easily capable of playing in the midefield. Well reveal your tactics below and let’s get into Finals DT.

Okay so that’s all for now, we are still having a break so not sure when we will be back, Will try to get some Finals DT posts up however. The Couch Crew….

AFL Teams Round 21

Okay heres the teams, everything remains fairly as expected except for the shock exit of some of the rookie guns of season 2008. Shane Valenti gets the axe from Melbourne, Albert Proud sits out for Brisbane, Dale Thomas out with a calf injury, Geelong get Scarlett, Chapman and Milburn back. Allright well for the full list of teams read more.

Remember that full teams for Sunday’s games will be out tomorrow night.

Couch Capitanos – Round 21 Dream Team Captains

It’s semi final time in Dream Team and now the biggest descions of the year come in to play. Trades are at minumum, injuries are flowing faster than an old man’s digestive system, players are coming into form and going out of form, suspensions are hitting hard as are omissions and players taking rests. Coaches are pulling their hair out and going ape-sh*t with this information overload squashing their innocent minds. They need someone to save the day and grab that place in the wonderous Grand Final. Last week 50% of the avid viewers of Couch Capitanos were left in the cold as they had no answers and went into the weekend without a clue, without a purpose. A demoralising loss followed, and losing coaches cried in anger and sadness ‘WHY? WHY WASN’T COUCH CAPITANOS RELEASED?’ Well i can safely say that the technical difficulties are over and Couch Capitanos is here to SAVE YOUR DREAM TEAM!!!

Break Even Bin – Round 21 AFL Break Evens

Can you hear that squeak? That’s the break even bin being wheeled out onto the side of the road ready for YOU to come and collect it. Might i just add that it is full ready for the thrid week of AFL Dream Team Finals or less importantly Round 21 of the 2008 AFL Season.

This week in the bin the guns are back but so are those who you just want to hit! Unfortunately though now break evens are probable becoming less important and so some 20,000 of you will be able to restrain yourself from breaking the screen when you hear who has the largest break even, (cough couch Ryan O’Keefe)

Allright so let’s get into it, we shall start off with this weeks worst break evens; and the number 1 worst break even position goes to……

Injury Update Round 21

It’s Prelim Finals time, and for those who were hoping to have nice easy injury run in these last few weeks of final’s you may want to look away as some big names have come up with some big injuries…..

Monday Injury Wrap

Okay well Dj’s big injury report is not untill tomorrow night but due to amount of injuries heres just a quick look at the blokes that are under injury clouds due an injury on the weekend aka Round 20 and could perhaps give them an excuse for a poor score. A full detailed analysis on their injuries will be up Tuesday night.

Okay kick it off with the Collingwood boys, John Anthony was kicked in the head, Shane Wakelyn had back problems, Dale Thomas copped a corkie and Shane O’bree had a thigh problem. Okay Essendon now, Jason Laycock was poked in the eye, David Hille did his hand (out for season), Dustin Fletcher had a groin problem, Courtney Dempsey did a Hammy (out for season). Next up to the plate is Beau Wilkes from West Coast, he copped a ripper of a bump from Jamar. The swans had Tadgh Kennelly pop his shoulder out again, Jarrod Moore had an ankle issue. The Roos had Michael Firrito cop a corkie, Drew Petrie also got a corkie, Matt Campbell had a hamstring problem. Freo’s Andrew Browne was helped off by trainers with a corked calf. Finally, St Kilda’s Jason Gram suffered a corked hip.

AFL Finals Dream Team

Well it’s back again to the relief of many dream teamers who failed miserably in season 2008!

Okay so make sure you all sign up and get stuck into it, remember you can be part of three different leagues so why not join up and be a part of the Dream Team Couch league? Do so entering the following league code:
DTC DALZEILL -  388984

Okay Okay, now for those of you who were not involved in AFL Finals Dream Team last year here’s how it works

An ‘Absolute Gun’ or a ‘No Fun’ weekend

Bowden gets a huge 173 in Round 20!

Well that is the question, has round 20 been an absolute gun of a weekend for you or has it just been no fun? With some of the guns posting unbeleivable scores and some of them having what could be called a week off, how did it affect your overall score? Just to add a bit of extra confusion we saw some standout performances from some of the young guys. So once again the question is raised An ‘Absolute Gun’ or a ‘No Fun’ weekend?

Some of the big names who pulled out big scores…. Brent Stanton (113), Cameron Bruce (138), Andrew Embley (134), Barry Hall (123), Gary Ablett (126), Jimmy Bartel (122), Brett Deledio (125), Joel Bowden (173), Jordan McMahon (130), Matthew Richardson (154), Lance Franklin (120), Brent harvey (121), Sam Fisher (127), Lenny hayes (119) and Nick Reiwoldt (126).

Mims’s Friday Feature

Last Friday was the proposed debut of the Friday Feature for the Dream Team world. Due to certain computer technicalities, although I assure you I’m far from a noob and a French exchange which occupied some of my precious time. I apologise to everyone who got up before sunrise, constantly F5ing waiting for the feature to arrive. Some even risking their whole DT year refusing to leave the website and update their own team, most likely in need of a lot of help.

This is where Mims’s extensive knowledge comes into play. There are lots of options for the first week of finals, with extensive outcomes. The number of trades really decides your options
If you have zero: Watch your team crash and burn!
If you have one: Save it, AFL players balls seem to drop off near the end of the season, you’ll need it when Ablett decides he needs just one more week, purely to increase his Brownlow odds.
If you have two: Remove all zero scoring players, if you have more than two you don’t deserve a run in the finals.

The Finals Buzz

 As the pressure of finals in nearing the AFL world, the players are feeling the heat. Players are fighting for their spot in the side and every thing counts. One major thing all AFL and DT couches alike love seeing from their players is a massive tackle count. With each tackle worth 4 valuable points more than any other stat, except a goal, they are crucial in boosting a player’s score. It comes as no surprise that Sydney  is equal on top for the club tackle count due to there stop start style of play. Brett Kirk is on top of the player tackle count with 116, but it is players who are more consistently good that you would go for. Jimmy Bartel, Joel Corey and Scott Thompson have great tackle counts of above 90 and all average more than 100 DT points a game. As the players in the top teams will be fighting for selection you can be guaranteed effort and generally results in terms of DT points.