Fri R16: Cats demolish Bulldogs. Mulligans solid Vs Bashers
July 21st 2007 05:48
The Mulligans got off to a solid start in this week’s Friday night game as the intense Cats tore apart a shell-shocked Bulldogs.The Cats extended their winning-streak to 11, ruthlessly smashing the Bulldogs in the first half to run out 75 point winners 20.18 (138) to 9.9 (63) at Telstra Dome.
Brownlow favourite and confirmed Dreamteam GUN, GARY ABLETT JNR, continued his scintillating form to run rampant with 35 disposals and 130 Dreamteam points. I have had Gary Ablett Jnr in my Dreamteam the last 2 years, but lost patience with him this year. Needlessly to say, I cringe when he dominates as he did last night. His work ethic has improved so much this year. We can only hope he has a couple of bad games before the end of the year so his 2008 price isn’t unaffordable. A few of the coaches at the top of The Hardnuts league have GOD JNR, so here’s to hoping The Mulligans can keep him quiet in the DT finals.
Despite a preference for 2-point disposals, new gun Mulligans recruit JIMMY BARTEL racked up a very solid 117. He’ll drop a further $3,500 this week, so I’d expect some more coaches to jump on him before the next lockout, however The Mulligans coach is delighted to have Jimmy’s 117 in the cupboard, with the OP cloud hanging over his predecessor. I am assuming that the Bashers have held onto CHRIS JUDD this week, with Clarke to cover if he misses.
The only sour note for The Mulligans last night was the injury of LINDSAY GILBEE (34), which may be balanced by the similar misfortune which befell WOJCINSKI, who scored a paltry 8 points before retiring to the pine with his knee strapped. I must hope coach of The Bashers either put Wojcinski into the 22 ahead of MARTIN CLARKE, or that Judd is a late withdrawal (in order for Wojcinski’s 8 to count).
Discussion boards have been littered with disgruntled coaches crying of having to “carry” Gilbee over the past few weeks. I expect those that offloaded him this week will be clicking their heels today. Many more will be inconvenienced by Gilbee’s injury, including my Hardnuts opponents over the next 2 weeks, so I may nurse him through to the finals and cover him with JW SMITH in the meantime.
R16 GEE Vs WBD DREATEAM OVER 90’S
GEELONG
Andrew Mackie 134
Gary Ablett Jnr 130
Joel Corey 120
Joel Selwood 118
Paul Chapman 117
Jimmy Bartel 117
Darren Milburn 96
Corey Enright 92
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Tom Williams 100
Matthew Boyd 97
Scott West 95
Daniel Giansiracusa 93
Brad Johnson 93
Nathan Eagleton 90
POINTS OF NOTE:
LINDSAY GILBEE (34) INJURED! Lindsay will shed about $21k this week, vindicating the coaches who dropped him in the past couple of weeks. He will miss at least three weeks with a torn left calf muscle.
TOM WILLIAMS (100). Plenty of tackling and marks saw Tom Williams crack his second ton in the past 6 weeks. He will rise approx $27k. Not bad, as last night was only his seventh game. One to keep in mind for ’08, if you don’t have him now.
ANDREJS EVERITT (77). Spida Jnr got plenty of it across half-back in his third game and looks to be another ready made playing back emergency for DT coaches that have him. Being his “burst” game (the third game for the season, when the first price change occurs), the $82,300 rookie will shoot up about $40k this week with another negative break-even for Round 16.
CAMERON MOONEY (82). Another player I vowed “never again” seems to have gotten his act together. Looked set for an enormous night with four straight goals in the first half, before spending a lot of the second half getting work on a sore hamstring. My league opponent this week (The Bashers) had him, so was happy to see him keep a lid on it!
SCOTT WEST (95). The DT legend will drop approx $20k this week, bringing him down to about $308,000. Was his usual prolific self and will be getting eyed by coaches everywhere. I won’t be touching him this week, seeing how he grimaced with pain when kicking last night. Very cheap for a guy of his calibre, and will come down even more, but there is a suitable risk attached. Be warned. You’d want enough spare trades in case he gets injured, rested or misses games in the vicinity of Rounds 20-22.
AKERMANIS (60). My league opponent this week has him, so I was rapt to see him kept goalless and give away a few free kicks.
OTTENS (61). Thrashed Darcy in the ruck but missed a couple of goals. Bashers & Mulligans both have him, so happy for him to have quieter weeks when he has no bearing on the outcome of my league match.
JARROD HARBROW (66). One of few bright spots on a dark night for the Dogs.
TOM HAWKINS (29). Missed a couple of shots at goal, but is showing enough to suggest he’ll rack a big score or two before the end of the season… if he can keep getting a game with this mob!
MITCH HAHN (45) – INJURED! Will have surgery today on his right shoulder, ruling him out for at least 5 weeks and effectively ending his Dreamteam season.
DALE MORRIS - INJURED! Was a late withdrawal with back spasms. 


ADAM COONEY (41) REPORTED! Topped of a dirty night when he was reported for striking the ginger glove (Cameron Ling) in an off-the-ball incident during the third quarter. Another Ling scalp after a 31 disposals the week before. Forget the Sydney factor... What about the Ling factor?!
R16 HARDNUTS LEAGUE MATCH Vs THE BASHERS
The Bashers and The Mulligans share Chad Cornes, Dustin Fletcher, Heath Shaw, Nigel Lappin, Brad Johnson (93), Paul Chapman (117), Brad Ottens (61), Jed Adcock, Scott Pendlebury & Lance Franklin. I have Chad Cornes as Captain. Bashers had Lappin last week and Lockyer the week before. Bashers is a one-eyed Magpie supporter, so think he may have gone back to Lockyer against the Bombers this week.
That leaves the league match equations this week as follows:
BASHERS vs MULLIGANS
BACKS
LOCKYER vs McPHEE
McCLEOD vs KOSCHITZKE
NEWMAN vs GILBEE (34)
CENTRES
SWAN vs BARTEL (117)
JUDD vs SCOTLAND
KERR vs FOLEY
WOJCINSKI (8) or CLARKE vs MURPHY
RUCKS
FRASER vs COX
MOONEY vs EVERITT
FWDS
PAVLICH vs RIEWOLDT
AKERMANIS vs LLOYD
NATHAN BROWN vs LUCAS
How am I looking?????
Brownlow favourite and confirmed Dreamteam GUN, GARY ABLETT JNR, continued his scintillating form to run rampant with 35 disposals and 130 Dreamteam points. I have had Gary Ablett Jnr in my Dreamteam the last 2 years, but lost patience with him this year. Needlessly to say, I cringe when he dominates as he did last night. His work ethic has improved so much this year. We can only hope he has a couple of bad games before the end of the year so his 2008 price isn’t unaffordable. A few of the coaches at the top of The Hardnuts league have GOD JNR, so here’s to hoping The Mulligans can keep him quiet in the DT finals.
Despite a preference for 2-point disposals, new gun Mulligans recruit JIMMY BARTEL racked up a very solid 117. He’ll drop a further $3,500 this week, so I’d expect some more coaches to jump on him before the next lockout, however The Mulligans coach is delighted to have Jimmy’s 117 in the cupboard, with the OP cloud hanging over his predecessor. I am assuming that the Bashers have held onto CHRIS JUDD this week, with Clarke to cover if he misses.
The only sour note for The Mulligans last night was the injury of LINDSAY GILBEE (34), which may be balanced by the similar misfortune which befell WOJCINSKI, who scored a paltry 8 points before retiring to the pine with his knee strapped. I must hope coach of The Bashers either put Wojcinski into the 22 ahead of MARTIN CLARKE, or that Judd is a late withdrawal (in order for Wojcinski’s 8 to count).
Discussion boards have been littered with disgruntled coaches crying of having to “carry” Gilbee over the past few weeks. I expect those that offloaded him this week will be clicking their heels today. Many more will be inconvenienced by Gilbee’s injury, including my Hardnuts opponents over the next 2 weeks, so I may nurse him through to the finals and cover him with JW SMITH in the meantime.
R16 GEE Vs WBD DREATEAM OVER 90’S
GEELONG
Andrew Mackie 134
Gary Ablett Jnr 130
Joel Corey 120
Joel Selwood 118
Paul Chapman 117
Jimmy Bartel 117
Darren Milburn 96
Corey Enright 92
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Tom Williams 100
Matthew Boyd 97
Scott West 95
Daniel Giansiracusa 93
Brad Johnson 93
Nathan Eagleton 90
POINTS OF NOTE:
LINDSAY GILBEE (34) INJURED! Lindsay will shed about $21k this week, vindicating the coaches who dropped him in the past couple of weeks. He will miss at least three weeks with a torn left calf muscle.
TOM WILLIAMS (100). Plenty of tackling and marks saw Tom Williams crack his second ton in the past 6 weeks. He will rise approx $27k. Not bad, as last night was only his seventh game. One to keep in mind for ’08, if you don’t have him now.
ANDREJS EVERITT (77). Spida Jnr got plenty of it across half-back in his third game and looks to be another ready made playing back emergency for DT coaches that have him. Being his “burst” game (the third game for the season, when the first price change occurs), the $82,300 rookie will shoot up about $40k this week with another negative break-even for Round 16.
CAMERON MOONEY (82). Another player I vowed “never again” seems to have gotten his act together. Looked set for an enormous night with four straight goals in the first half, before spending a lot of the second half getting work on a sore hamstring. My league opponent this week (The Bashers) had him, so was happy to see him keep a lid on it!
SCOTT WEST (95). The DT legend will drop approx $20k this week, bringing him down to about $308,000. Was his usual prolific self and will be getting eyed by coaches everywhere. I won’t be touching him this week, seeing how he grimaced with pain when kicking last night. Very cheap for a guy of his calibre, and will come down even more, but there is a suitable risk attached. Be warned. You’d want enough spare trades in case he gets injured, rested or misses games in the vicinity of Rounds 20-22.
AKERMANIS (60). My league opponent this week has him, so I was rapt to see him kept goalless and give away a few free kicks.
OTTENS (61). Thrashed Darcy in the ruck but missed a couple of goals. Bashers & Mulligans both have him, so happy for him to have quieter weeks when he has no bearing on the outcome of my league match.
JARROD HARBROW (66). One of few bright spots on a dark night for the Dogs.
TOM HAWKINS (29). Missed a couple of shots at goal, but is showing enough to suggest he’ll rack a big score or two before the end of the season… if he can keep getting a game with this mob!
MITCH HAHN (45) – INJURED! Will have surgery today on his right shoulder, ruling him out for at least 5 weeks and effectively ending his Dreamteam season.
DALE MORRIS - INJURED! Was a late withdrawal with back spasms. 


ADAM COONEY (41) REPORTED! Topped of a dirty night when he was reported for striking the ginger glove (Cameron Ling) in an off-the-ball incident during the third quarter. Another Ling scalp after a 31 disposals the week before. Forget the Sydney factor... What about the Ling factor?!
R16 HARDNUTS LEAGUE MATCH Vs THE BASHERS
The Bashers and The Mulligans share Chad Cornes, Dustin Fletcher, Heath Shaw, Nigel Lappin, Brad Johnson (93), Paul Chapman (117), Brad Ottens (61), Jed Adcock, Scott Pendlebury & Lance Franklin. I have Chad Cornes as Captain. Bashers had Lappin last week and Lockyer the week before. Bashers is a one-eyed Magpie supporter, so think he may have gone back to Lockyer against the Bombers this week.
That leaves the league match equations this week as follows:
BASHERS vs MULLIGANS
BACKS
LOCKYER vs McPHEE
McCLEOD vs KOSCHITZKE
NEWMAN vs GILBEE (34)
CENTRES
SWAN vs BARTEL (117)
JUDD vs SCOTLAND
KERR vs FOLEY
WOJCINSKI (8) or CLARKE vs MURPHY
RUCKS
FRASER vs COX
MOONEY vs EVERITT
FWDS
PAVLICH vs RIEWOLDT
AKERMANIS vs LLOYD
NATHAN BROWN vs LUCAS
How am I looking?????
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