NO POOFTAHS - Facebook S14
*new trades in italics
FR John Smit (SAF) - $1,277,500
FR Saia Faingaa (AUS) - $657,500
LK Victor Matfield (SAF) - $1,195,000
LK Nathan Sharpe (AUS) - $1,200,000
LF Rocky Elsom (AUS) - $1,247,500
LF Schalk Burger (SAF) - $1,200,000
HV Morne Steyn (SAF) - $1,245,000
HV Quade Cooper (AUS) - $1,270,000
CT Juan De Jongh (SAF) - $725,000
CT Matt Giteau (AUS) - $1,317,500
OB Francois Steyn (SAF) - $1,015,000
OB James O'Connor (AUS) - $1,200,000
Team Value: $13,380,000
Cash in Bank: $1,011,350
And... all out of transfers. Not sure how it happened - I didn't feel like I was crazy - but there you have it - in the lurch once more. I'm assuming it's because I ran out of transfers last round and had to make a few extra transfers at the beginning to catch up.
Anyway, stuck with Juan De Jongh. At least he is on the bench - maybe I can hope for an early injury to Habana.
Otherwise, I'm pretty happy. My money situation is improving, which means I'll be able to afford a proper team for the rest of the tournament, instead of props and reserve locks.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Week Seven: Andrew's Team
THE ORCADIANS - Facebook S14
*New buys in italics
FR John Smit (SAF) - $1,277,500
FR Saia Faingaa (AUS) - $657,500
LK Nathan Sharpe (AUS) - $1,200,000
LK Victor Matfield (SAF) - $1,195,000
LF David Pocock (AUS) - $1,032,500
LF Pierre Spies (SAF) - $1,195,000
HV Morne Steyn (NZL) - $1,245,000
HV Quade Cooper (AUS) - $1,270,000
CT Jean De Villiers (SAF) - $1,230,000
CT Matt Giteau (AUS) - $1,317,500
OB Drew Mitchell (AUS) - $1,110,000
OB James O'Connor (AUS) - $1,200,000
Team Value: $13,930,000
Cash in Bank: $2,363,350
My team last week was solid but unimpressive, rising a few spots in the world rankings to 37th but still 300 behind Pikey in the league, who is now 11th in the world. I badly need a surprise package in my team over one of these last few weeks to make a difference.
This week sees a lot of replacements for my culled All Blacks. In the front row, Faingaa seemed like the best choice, though I'll be annoyed if Moore comes on early - Deans' constant chopping at changing at hooker is very infuriating for us fantasy managers!
Nathan Sharpe's blinder in round 5 sees him slot into the locks over Dean Mumm, though I suspect there'll be little difference between their points in the end.
I brought David Pocock into the loosies, hoping that the Springboks lack of a fetcher will allow him to make merry at the breakdown. Against my better judgement, I'm sticking with Pierre Spies. It really seems like the testrugby scorers are watching a different game to me, since last week he got almost exactly the same as Smith, Burger and McCaw despite being completely invisible. There's clearly some bias going on (does someone have a man-crush on him?) and I'm counting on it continuing for another week.
In the halves, it really was a toss up between Genia and Cooper. Genia's been either sublime or ridiculous with his scoring thus far, while Cooper's single game was solid if unremarkable. Genia seemed like more of a gamble so I chose the flyhalf instead.
The open centre berth was between Giteau and the returning Fourie. Giteau's form has been better so he gets the nod. Plus, I feel certain that the Wallabies will be smelling Springbok blood and give a good scrap so going for an all-Bok centre pairing seemed foolish.
In the backs I just couldn't bring myself to pick any Boks... Habana's reasonable score last week is anomalous with his usual form, Pietersen's a downright liability (points wise) and Steyn will either score a gazillion or less than 50, there's just no telling. With safety first as my motto, I plumped for the Wallaby wings - O'Connor and Mitchell will score at least 250-300 apiece or I'll eat my hat...
Good luck everyone!
*New buys in italics
FR John Smit (SAF) - $1,277,500
FR Saia Faingaa (AUS) - $657,500
LK Nathan Sharpe (AUS) - $1,200,000
LK Victor Matfield (SAF) - $1,195,000
LF David Pocock (AUS) - $1,032,500
LF Pierre Spies (SAF) - $1,195,000
HV Morne Steyn (NZL) - $1,245,000
HV Quade Cooper (AUS) - $1,270,000
CT Jean De Villiers (SAF) - $1,230,000
CT Matt Giteau (AUS) - $1,317,500
OB Drew Mitchell (AUS) - $1,110,000
OB James O'Connor (AUS) - $1,200,000
Team Value: $13,930,000
Cash in Bank: $2,363,350
My team last week was solid but unimpressive, rising a few spots in the world rankings to 37th but still 300 behind Pikey in the league, who is now 11th in the world. I badly need a surprise package in my team over one of these last few weeks to make a difference.
This week sees a lot of replacements for my culled All Blacks. In the front row, Faingaa seemed like the best choice, though I'll be annoyed if Moore comes on early - Deans' constant chopping at changing at hooker is very infuriating for us fantasy managers!
Nathan Sharpe's blinder in round 5 sees him slot into the locks over Dean Mumm, though I suspect there'll be little difference between their points in the end.
I brought David Pocock into the loosies, hoping that the Springboks lack of a fetcher will allow him to make merry at the breakdown. Against my better judgement, I'm sticking with Pierre Spies. It really seems like the testrugby scorers are watching a different game to me, since last week he got almost exactly the same as Smith, Burger and McCaw despite being completely invisible. There's clearly some bias going on (does someone have a man-crush on him?) and I'm counting on it continuing for another week.
In the halves, it really was a toss up between Genia and Cooper. Genia's been either sublime or ridiculous with his scoring thus far, while Cooper's single game was solid if unremarkable. Genia seemed like more of a gamble so I chose the flyhalf instead.
The open centre berth was between Giteau and the returning Fourie. Giteau's form has been better so he gets the nod. Plus, I feel certain that the Wallabies will be smelling Springbok blood and give a good scrap so going for an all-Bok centre pairing seemed foolish.
In the backs I just couldn't bring myself to pick any Boks... Habana's reasonable score last week is anomalous with his usual form, Pietersen's a downright liability (points wise) and Steyn will either score a gazillion or less than 50, there's just no telling. With safety first as my motto, I plumped for the Wallaby wings - O'Connor and Mitchell will score at least 250-300 apiece or I'll eat my hat...
Good luck everyone!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Round Seven: Team Announcements
South Africa: 15 Francois Steyn, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Janie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Gurtho Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Butch James, 22 Juan de Jongh.
Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Butch James, 22 Juan de Jongh.
Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 James O'Connor, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (c), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Salesi Ma'afu, 2 Saia Faainga, 1 Benn Robinson.
Subs: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 James Slipper, 18 Ben McCalman, 19 Scott Higginbotham, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Anthony Faainga.
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