(bionic) MIKES MAGIC

[Brett Kay]

You guys rock. Thanks for the good wishes, but shhhhh, we're trying to keep a lid on it!



SuperCoach was my main aim, we have some cash leagues running there, so naturally that is where I put my energy pre season. I put the Dream Team together on a whim, 10 minutes max, but it is a lot of the same strategies. I think I had about 24 of the 30 players the same on both SC and DT teams at start of round 1. After Round 4 I was top 100 in both SC and DT so started to take DT seriously. Unfortunately this is when I made my worst trade of the year. Jobe Watson to Brett Stanton looked good on paper and I thought it might be the move that propelled me up the rankings but instead has been the source of much angst and frustration. That move cost me $100k and a trade and has since cost me around 300 points. I'm currently 248 points off the leader.

I busted out of my Eliminator match this week thanks to Gia's junk time.(He was on 31 at 3Q time and finished on 85....) so that means the only prize left up for grabs in this rather top heavy structure is the Toyota for 1st overall. I've taken some risks in the last few weeks that will either win it or loose it for me. I am the only player in the top 10 that has the Sandi/Ryder ruck combo. Almost all the others have Sandi/Cox. In the 7 or 8 rounds leading up to round 15, Ryder outscored Cox by about 20 points a game. Best case scenario for me is Cox averages 70 pts a game from here on in and Ryder keeps his 95 - 100 average going. Round 15 has left me a little shattered as Ryder gets a 66 and Cox gets 104......

4 trades left to cover injuries(anyone know whats up with Beau Waters?) My high risk unique players are Stanton, Ryder, Goodwin and Gilbert. Players I don't have and would like to see hit poor streaks: Cox, Gibbs, Judd, Scotland.


Giddyup!

Been loving Montagna and Boyd in my midfield. But yeah my defense has taken a pounding. Had to use 5 trades at the start of the season to have 0 blots.
Had Ebert this week on the bench hit 97. Thank god Waite wasn't playing for Carlton.

Would love to see your team list. Guessing Hodge, Goddard, Ablett are there as well?
Been doing the Ryder, Brogan, Hudson combo for my rucks, has worked well against the teams i am playing. I am aiming for the Losers Premiership LOL

[bennymacca]

wait, you have ryder, brogan and hudson in your team? and ebert on the bench?

you sir, are leaving cash on your bench.

benches should be for rookies only

the biggest skill in dream team is picking the rookies at the right time, and being able to upgrade your starting players to superstars.

i missed out on getting rockliff this year, which has hurt me.

[BionicMike]

Would love to see your team list. Guessing Hodge, Goddard, Ablett are there as well?

All starters this season for Mike's Magic


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[BionicMike]

i missed out on getting rockliff this year, which has hurt me.

Rockliff, Pods and Barlow are 3 of the best Fantasy rookies ever. Key members of Mikes Magic!!!!


Picked up all of them based on pre season form.

[bennymacca]

3 players killed me early season, hargrave, jolly and j-brown.

traded riewoldt when he got injured and picked up brown, then brown got injured and lost over 100k.

originally chose harvrage instead of goddard, worst choice ever!

similarly for jolly instead of sandilands.

that put me on the back foot for year, so as a result my team has been pretty crappy. i only average about 2k this year

never been close to the top 100 though, my best was about top 3000 which was about 3 or 4 years ago, when one of my leagues was top 200.

[Brett Kay]

wait, you have ryder, brogan and hudson in your team? and ebert on the bench?

you sir, are leaving cash on your bench.

benches should be for rookies only

the biggest skill in dream team is picking the rookies at the right time, and being able to upgrade your starting players to superstars.

i missed out on getting rockliff this year, which has hurt me.

Did the average per player rule. First year remember. And then always have someone decent in reserve.

Have 4 rookies on the bench, and the backup is there so they put up good scores and keeps the points level. Dont have Hodge or Ablett in my team.

[bennymacca]

Did the average per player rule. First year remember.

fair enough. everyone does bad in their first year. sounds like you are doing pretty well for your first year though

[Brett Kay]

Did the average per player rule. First year remember.

fair enough. everyone does bad in their first year. sounds like you are doing pretty well for your first year though

First win, got a 2100 score underneath my belt. Hoping to stay in the bottom 9 so i can go for a run at the losers premiership.

All in time though.

[bennymacca]

2100 is a good score in anyone's books.

to average that is another matter. (i dont do that either)