SnooperCoach - Afl Supercoach 2010 Clipboard

Our team has been printed below along with the trades so far.

Another round of footy comes to an end and where do we stand?

For many of us, headaches are mainly being caused by the forward line. No doubt Riewoldt's injury has cost sides one trade, and most went the Jonathan Brown. However, for those already with the Brisbane star, the choice was more difficult. An in depth analysis of the point distribution shows us that winning sides are producing alot more points and stars than the losing sides. With that in mind, players in winning sides to consider up forward are Alan Didak, Matthew Pavlich, Paul Chapman and Leon Davis.

The form of Adelaide has impacted the supercoach output of a much hyped Kurt Tippet, who is struggling for form. The options are to either persist with him and hope he and the crows improve, or call the $125k loss now and move him on for a star or an upcoming 3rd week cash cow such as James Podsiadly or Tom Rocklif.

Other areas of concern are in the ruck. It seems points are hard to come by on a consistent basis unless you already have Aaron Sandilands. Nic Natinui and Matthew Kreuzer are providing the goods seemingly every second week or so.

The form of Michael Barlow continues to blossom, but as usual it doesn't affect coaches much because everybody has him. The difference will come when people decide what to do with him, and when the right time to offload him is. Midfield A-Graders appear to be also prevalent in winning sides such as Leigh Montagna, Nick Dal Santo, Dane Swan, Gary Ablett Jnr, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Cross, Lenny Hayes, Scott Pendlebury and Adam Cooney. Perhaps their price may drop a bit in upcoming rounds, but for those chasing the overall glory, these players should find their way into the midfield ASAP.

Once again, Captain choice is problematic for coaches who are lacking Gary Ablett Jnr, though Dane Swan and Nick Dal Santo are providing handy Captain scores aswell.

Nick Malceski finally hit the wall this week, with many coaches jumping on him over the past 2 weeks. Heath Shaw was the star down back against a tired Hawthorn. Simon Goodwin might be showing signs of fading, scoring a 61 against Carlton.

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Point accumulation for the Supercoach season has begun, and its been a very high scoring round. All the big stars seemed to fire, with tons being notched up like the Australian Cricket team on a day one Sydney wicket. It was Fremantles first gamer Michael Barlow who smashed 151 in his first hitout, parralleling Michael Clarke on debut in Bangalore 2004 innings of the same total, 151. Fantasy nerds around the web are all flicking through the record books, and many are claiming his score the highest ever for a debutant.

In the west, all the talk is about Michael Barlow. The midfielder turned on a consistent full game display, sparking talk in forums of captain selection next week against the Bombers. This Barlowsteria echos the exploits of Greg Broughton in 2009, who also looked good with 112. The other usual scorers dominated for Fremantle in Aaron Sandilands, Paul Duffield and Mathew Pavlich. Before too much excitment is wrenched from the game, lets see how they play away from Perth. Adelaide were utterly dissapointing given the much preseason hype about the status of their list. A few players looked underdone. Patrick Dangerfield scored a healthy 93 while Kurt Tippet flopped with 50.

It began on Thursday night as the final teams were named, and with the inclusion of Relton Roberts and Ben Nason, many coaches punted and slotted one of the two or both into their benches. To no avail however, as both scored poorly. Roberts nudged a few cheap kicks after long leads to the backline. Nason killed the ball by foot, except for one great running 50 metre goal which settled him.

For the blues, Eddie Betts and Andrew Carrazzo were the SC stars, though 10 other blues made the ton.

The usual suspects at Geelong did the damage in the scoring. Gary Ablett jnr, Jimmy Bartel and Joel Selwood proved they are focused on another big year chasing their third premiership. Selwood won contested footy and tackled hard. Bartel found space and read the play. Ablett was just Ablett, ominipresent and kicking goals aswell. Ominious signs for their season and you can feel very good about their performances if you selected them.

The Bombers, as anticipated, provided a very even spread in their scoring with most of the side falling in the 60 - 90 bracket. All eyes were on Scott Gumbleton, and many will be cursing their gamble on his selection. However, in just his 6th senior game and battling the reigning premiers with a bulletproof backline, coaches should not jump off him just yet.

Ben Howlett played a solid first game, scoring 62 and doing some nice things. With three key bombers knocking on the door for selection in round 2 though, his borrowed time may have already expired. David Hille will also put many ruck lineups depth to the test in round 2, as he looks likely to be suspended for a charging offence.

The Hawks dominated a weak young Demons team, and shared the points around. Notable performances were popular 2010 pick Luke Hodge with 121, Carl Peterson with 71 and perrenial downhill skier Rick Ladson with 91.

Demon Jordie McKenzie was the only real positive for the dees. Hyped top 2 draft picks Tom Scully and Jack Trengove were overwhelmed by a much stronger opposition, and posted rookie like scores.

Stars Nick Riewoldt and Brendon Goddard are clearly worth their starting price as both hit big hundreds and looked in sparkling form. Many Nick Dal Santo owners will be slightly irritated at the Brett Kirk tag that stifled his scoring.

Sydney gun Ryan O'Keefe was at home in the midfield, finding the ball at will. It was Nick Malceski who stole the show with 139, reminiscent of his 2007 scoring. If his knee holds together, more scores like this are sure to follow.

Jonathan Brown and Brendon Fevola showed they will wreak havoc in season 2010, as defenders wet their pants every time the ball is in the vicinity. Brown scored 130 after his five goal heroics, and was probably more deserving of a 150 given his 3 match winning goals in the last term. Fevola gave a typical display of the good and the bad, kicking 3.7 and being punished for his inaccurracies with a 58 form the SC gods.

The Eagles were evenly spread. Notable mentions go the Beau Waters and Dean Cox. Waters poked his left foot kicks about effectively for a junk time 78. Meanwhile, a SC powerhouse may be set to tumble in 2010, with Dean Cox looking slow and was unable to get into the game. Coaches should already be earmarking his trade for next week if his scoring doesn't improve, as the 600k price tag will plummet on this form.

Of interest in the Football Park match, Mitchell Banner, Ryan Bastinac, Jack Ziebell and Cameron Hitchcock all lived up to their preseason hype. All contributed enough to give coaches faith that they will play consecutive matches early in the year.

The Pies and Bulldogs match was played at a level above the others of in the round. Dane Swan was outstanding. Winning the ball, creating goals, and seemingly running all day. Heath Shaw was left to his devices in the backline, sheepdogging an impressive 139. Surely a forward tag will follow after this performance. Alan Didak, Paul Medhurst and Leon Davis all looked impressive around the Leigh Brown decoy key forward.

Robert Murphy was also a star, using his natural skills to make the opposition look silly. He scored 130, but of course the problem of injury always surrounds him. Matthew Boyd seems to have been shafted by the Dumbledore supercoach adjudicators, scoring only 106 after a 39 possession match with one goal and 14 contested possessions. Barry Hall overcame his first test for brain explosions, after keeping his fist in the pockets when confronted by several dogs after a knock to Sharrod Wellingham.

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The preseason has provided us with the final snippets of players prospects for the upcoming season. Some new roles, some returning player and some gun youngsters have raised the eyebrows of fantasy coaches. In this jumbled mess of talent, coaches have to settle on a 30 player squad. It never feels like enough. So who to pick then?

The list has been narrowed to the below players. Pending round one selection surpises, the side chosen will consist of only the below players, who have been selected after analysis by the SnooperCoach media team. We have also decided on an innovative ruck lineup, which will be explained in a later entry.

For now though, here are the list of players to choose your team from:

* Based on Round 1 selection

The first NAB Cup round has now finished and what have we learnt from this scrappy limited insight?

Firstly, the remarkable performance of Nic Naitanui kicking 4 goals and scoring 178pts was not what anybody expected. Despite this dominant performance, one can't help but feel he won't play a better game this year. The absence of David Hille and Paddy Ryder in the ruck played a huge part, not to mention the absence of his fellow mentor Dean Cox. Unless Naitanui continues this kind of dominance in the next few rounds of the NAB, he will not be in the mix for selection.

Michael Voss is possibly the greastest SuperCoach addict of them all. His off season trigger happy trading antics mirror the behaviours of an obsessed Supercoach tragic looking to shuffle his side weekly. No doubt Voss is suffering a servere case of post purchase dissonance as he ponders "What have I done?". We all know the feeling Michael.

Simon Goodwin produced a 92 point first half and 146 for the game against the demons to catapult our ranking back to 375. In contrast, those teams reaping the benefits of Mathew Richardson had a major setback with the Tigers champ injuring his hamstring while scoring 18. Likewise, many used the injury of Hayden Skipworth to inject the ever reliable Brent Harvey into their forward lineup. Unfortunately for those sides, Boomer will miss 12 weeks, and dropped in price after his zero.

A below par week for the side, but still in the top 1000. For now.

Adam Goodes saved the day almost single handedly with his 180 odd. But some worrying signs shot up elsewhere. They come in the form of Brent Harvey and Steven Hill. These problems will be discussed below when considering trades for the week.

Despite the poor performance of Sam Mitchell, it is certain he can bounce back after copping a heavy tag from Brett Kirk.

With one round out of the way, it is time to reveal all our teams to the work colleagues and friends. It's also time to rant about how we all had player 'x' our side but got traded out at the last minute.

Those involved last year remember that the SuperCoach servers crash and burn in the lead up to the first game. This year was no exception. In the hour leading up to the lockout, players with injury clouds like Lenny Hayes, Simon Black, Robert Murphy needed to be culled from many sides.

But the one that hurt was the ommision of Greg Broughton in the final side for Fremantle. This caused a last minute strategical change which saw Scott Lucas, Peter Burgoyne, Ricky Petterd be reshuffled to Simon Goodwin, Ryan Houlihan, Stephen Hill. The thinking was to have three Fremantle backline rookies to ensure the position was filled each round.

Below is a final shortlist of players to choose from the SnooperCoach analysis. Some corrections from the Early Analysis have been made based on NAB cup form, particularly in reference to the rookies. The list reflects a fairly conservative style team structure. Some gambles have been included on the end. Reasons for ommitting some players from the outset have also been explained at the bottom.

When the season begins on Thursday, SnooperCoach will be updated weekly with commentary from the rounds big movers.

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If all the stats and formulas are crunched together to produce the "mathematically strongest team in the world of Supercoach" it would still falter. All the player stats and facts mean nothing if not put into some form of context. The context may include the venue, opponent, position, injury, suspension, the team, time of year etc. Plus, one attribute many forget to consider is the important aspect of the player characteristics.

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