This week sees the Preliminary Finals in ths @aflfantasy Draft League, to see who gets to play off for the a shot at the title next week.
The Match Ups are
Dahmsey79 (@dahmsy79) v Piston-Broke (@sparkesy43) and Lockout (@o07) v Playing for Draft Picks (@shesasaint)
To be honest I don't care about the second game yet, and I won't until I need to know who I play in the Grand Final next week.
For now, it's all about the Prelim.
Dahmsey79 has drawn on his good fortune on draft night, and experience through the course of the season to make it this far Undefeated with an average margin of 237.75 pts
Piston-Broke has only dropped 6 from 17 matches this year, including 3 of their last 4, with an average winning margin of 80.41 pts
Last time these two sides met, the margin was a mere 23 points, with an unexpected 100 point game from Jasper Pittard proving the difference.
In 1987, the movie Predator was released, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. He didn't say a lot in that film, but his standout line was "If it bleeds, we can kill it!" . This line was famously quoted in 2001 by then Brisbane Lions coach Leigh Matthews when his young side took on an Essendon team that had been the dominant team in the league for the past three seasons. History tells us that the Lions won that day, and went on to win the first of their three consecutive Premierships. @sparkesy43 quoted it again today..... Almost poetically, our respective teams here are supporters of Brisbane (dahmsy) and Essendon (me).
So let's have a look at the line ups
Defense -
Dahmsy79 - Angus Brayshaw, Bachar Houli, Ryan Burton, Jasper Pittard & Tom Doedee (avg 379.3)
Piston Broke - Zach Tuohy, Brodie Smith, Jack Bowes, Blake Hardwick & Jake Carlisle (358.9)
Advantage Dahmsy
Midfield -
Dahmsy79 - Jack Macrae, Dayne Beams, Jack Steven, Tim Taranto, David Swallow, Jack Sinclair & Jordan Dawson (avg 642.1)
Piston Broke - Luke Parker, Brayden Fiorini, Nathan Jones, Paul Seedsman, Andrew McGrath, David Zaharakis & Dom Sheed (avg 586)
Avantage Dahmsy
Ruck -
Dahmsy79 - Max Gawn (avg 110.9)
Piston Broke - Brodie Grundy (avg 118.4)
Avantage Me
Forwards -
Dahmsy79 - Michael Barlow, Tom McDonald, Jack Ziebell, Christian Petracca & Matt Taberner (avg 407.4)
Piston Broke - Kyle Langford, George Hewett, Aiden Bonar, Mark Hutchings & Jake Melksham (avg 367.3)
Avantage Dahmsy
Emergencies
Dahmsy79 - Riley Knight (avg 66)
Piston Broke - Aaron Francis, James Worpel & Callum Sinclair (avg 210.6)
This really doesn't mean much other than I have a slightly higher propensity to be able to cover late withdrawals.
So on paper, it's hard to mount a case for Dahmsy to lose, but having said that, this is Fantasy Football, and the Gods can be cruel, so either way, we'll be watching with interest to see how this unfolds......