Inaugural Titans Forums Dream Team Competition - 2011

[Boofhead]

Hey everybody, 2011 dream team is back and this year, it gets serious!

I'm looking for a handful of dedicated dream teamers who regularly update their teams on their lunch breaks, while in bed with the mrs or just generally are into it big time.

Will organize some type of prize, maybe a buy in, maybe even a trophy. Will work this out at a later stage

PM YOUR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PLEASE
Serious dream teamers only (aka filling your team with the whole Titans squad and Darren Lockyer will earn instant face palm)

This thread is for discussion of this league only so if anyone wants to make another league and discuss it... GTFO this thread!

GO!

[Boofhead]

Sign up at:

http://dreamteam.nrl.com/

[Boofhead]

15 spots available.

Registered so far.

1. Kwigbo

[DIEHARD]

I know Ive been slack in the past and been a lamb for the slaughter, but I'd love to have a go.

If you want a trophy I can help with that. I'll show you some stuff Boof

[Boofhead]

The competition will be a $10 buy in (if 16 people play that will be a prize pool of $160) with the winner taking away $100 and the runner up $60).

Don't be shy to enter guys, especially you legion folks!

Will be a heap of fun with plenty of banter along the way. 13 spots remain.

1. Boofhead
2. Kwigbo
3. Diehard?

[Boofhead]

Finding the bargains
Lone Scout | Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:31:00

So, time to get down to business and plan ahead for how you're going to dominate rugby league's most addictive game this year.

There's plenty of time to finalise your squad before the NRL season kicks off next month. If you haven't already, sign up now and check out last week's column for the basics and some early tips on which players to buy.

Don't forget, if you register before March 11, you could be eligible to win $10,000 worth of early bird prizes. This season there will also be weekly cash prizes, plus the major prize - a Toyota FJ cruiser! There will be over $75,000 in total for prizes!

This week I'm taking a look at some strategies to keep in mind for hunting down those bargain buys who will help make your team a dominant force come the end of the season.

SPOT THE BARGAIN BUYS
Being able to find a bargain is one of the biggest advantage that successful Dream Team coaches have over the rest of the pack. Spotting the big name players is pretty easy – they're the most expensive players for a reason. But finding the players who are undervalued and will make you money is the key – find them early on, and you won't be constricted by the $4.2m salary cap come the end of the season.

It's important to keep in mind that your team will improve as the season goes on. So, you may start with one big-name playmaker, a gun hooker and three or four good forwards, but – if you trade smartly – end the season with an entire forward pack, two hookers and two halves all scoring big points each week.

To get to that point, you need to jump onto the bargains early – and trade them out when the time is right. Buying a player for $100,000 and selling him for $250,000 will mean you have an extra $150,000 above and beyond the original salary cap to spend on your team.

When scouting the bargains, remember that each player's value changes based on their recent form – specifically, their past three games. So, if a player scores well in his three most recent games, his value should go up, and if he scores poorly in those games, it'll go down.

This is crucial to keep in mind early on, because it means that a player's value won't change at all until he has played three matches. So you can track cheap players for a few weeks before making the decision whether to snap them up. If timed right, the player's value may take a big leap the week after you buy him.

A good example of this from last season was Canberra second-rower Shaun Fensom. Largely unheard of before the season began, Fensom was valued at $112,200 when he began the year with scores of 39 and 61 – big numbers for a player so cheap.

Dream Team coaches who snapped him up at that point were instantly rewarded, as Fensom posted another big score of 58 the following week and his value jumped a whopping $61,600. Coaches who took another week to jump onto the Fensom train still benefited, with his price leaping another $53,000 following Round 4.
By Round 7, Fensom was valued at $274,700 – his season peak. At this point, the canny coaches sold him off to raise cash to be spent on big name stars later in the season.

The point I'm making is, you can spot the value buys if you follow the scoring closely early in the year. The earlier you buy them, the more you'll cash in.
Of course, there's already a swag of cheap players waiting to be bought right now. Some will be great value buys.

Keep an eye out for players who missed all or most of last season through injury or because they were playing overseas, and also those young guns who starred in the Toyota Cup and could make the step up to first grade this year.

Want some names? You'll have to stay tuned until next week’s column, when I'll pick out some of the best value Dream Team players to watch. (An early teaser: Manly have a young gun in the halves who is likely to get a lot of game time this year, and is less than $80,000.) Until then, keep following me on Twitter and Facebook, where the debate about bargain buys has already begun.

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http://www.facebook.com/nrllonescout

[Steelers]

I'm keen. Just spent 2 hours on my team and I am still not sure if I like it.

[Boofhead]

11 spots remain, sign up while you can!

PM me if you interested.

1. Boofhead
2. Kwigbo
3. Diehard
4. Steelers
5. Lonegull

[Boofhead]

7 Spots remaining guys, this competition will fill so get in there.

1. Boofhead (Robina Redbacks)
2. Kwigbo (Decatur Fist)
3. Diehard (Brisbane Diehards)
4. Steelers (Pie Shop)
5. Lonegull (Lonegulls Longnecks)
6. Steve
7. MitchHendo
8. MJF
9. Blaze Ross
10. nzchamp
11. dee13

[nzchamp]

im in brutha,i signed up but it kept telling me my log in details were wrong so i will sort it out this week & be ready for the 1st round

[DIEHARD]

Hey Boof, Ill give you the $10.00 in Round 1 brother.

[Boofhead]

No worries Brad.

6 Spots remaining guys, any friends or family who are interested are definately welcome.

Once we got all 16 will worry about the buy in.

How is everyone's teams going? Found any good buys???

[Boofhead]

Come on lads, get on board!

[dee13]

Put me down

[dee13]

Do we have to enter into a particular league or just enter into the comp in general

[Boofhead]

Will send you the league code brother.

[Steelers]

im in brutha,i signed up but it kept telling me my log in details were wrong so i will sort it out this week & be ready for the 1st round

Seems to be a common problem with some people. A couple of my mates haven't been able to join my league because of this.

[Boofhead]

Few kinks in the system, on top of that some of the stats being wrong.

Persist guys, I have sent out the league codes - get into it!

[dee13]

I give up. Im out.

That NRL.com site sucks. I have tried for 2 days to register and it won't let me register. Im now very tired of it and Im giving up.

[Titanic]

If there's space, then I'm registered (Barking Sphincters). PM the code or wipe me, whatever.

[Boofhead]

Scrapping buy in guys, maybe for another year, too hard to assemble people!

LEAGUE CODE - 466034 if you want to join the league!

[Tamwelg]

Scrapping buy in guys, maybe for another year, too hard to assemble people!

LEAGUE CODE - 466034 if you want to join the league!

I joined. Team T-Rex

[Ryan]

I give up. Im out.

That NRL.com site sucks. I have tried for 2 days to register and it won't let me register. Im now very tired of it and Im giving up.

Anyone wanna start\join a league in the Courier Mail Supercoach?

[Steelers]

Less than 24 hours to get your team finalised. There is a reason why I am still awake at 1am :D Oh and I noticed there are about 4 or so people who haven't finished their team in the comp, so I would advise that they do that or else they get kicked out.

[Boofhead]

Getting mine finalized too, plenty of great buys out there!

[kwigibo]

Yeah, a lot of cheap no name starting forwards out there, who's gonna be this year's Fensom?

[Boofhead]

The obvious one is Houston, he will get up to around 240k.

[Steelers]

I have a problem with my final position. Choose Matt Orford and run the risk of him not playing for a week or two or choose Luke Capewell. The rest of my side I am finally content with.

[DIEHARD]

OK my team is in!

[kwigibo]

I have a problem with my final position. Choose Matt Orford and run the risk of him not playing for a week or two or choose Luke Capewell. The rest of my side I am finally content with.

I dropped Orford for McCrone on the news that he's unlikely, figuring Mccrone will get a lot of kick meres if Orford's out.

[Steelers]

524 points with one game to go. I have Aiden Tolman and Jake Foster left to play. Slightly disappointed with some of my players this week :(

[Boofhead]

509 with Aiden Tolman and Liam Fulton to play, injuries suck!

[Blazertaser]

7 Spots remaining guys, this competition will fill so get in there.

1. Boofhead (Robina Redbacks)
2. Kwigbo (Decatur Fist)
3. Diehard (Brisbane Diehards)
4. Steelers (Pie Shop)
5. Lonegull (Lonegulls Longnecks)
6. Steve
7. MitchHendo
8. MJF
9. Blaze Ross
10. nzchamp
11. dee13

I didnt join up? im already in 3 dreamteam comps?

[Boofhead]

I didnt join up? im already in 3 dreamteam comps?

Well aware.

[Steelers]

223 points after tonights games. That was from 4 players. One of them was my captain though. Should be a strong round :)

[Steelers]

223 points after tonights games. That was from 4 players. One of them was my captain though. Should be a strong round :)

Ended up on 722 points, barring any late updates to the scores. Anyone top that? :thumbsup:

[Boofhead]

Bro you weren't too far off the top score which was around 750!

Do you have any cash in the bank?

I scored a respectable 668 this week.

[Steelers]

Bro you weren't too far off the top score which was around 750!

Do you have any cash in the bank?

I scored a respectable 668 this week.

45th for the round and now 120th overall. Not bad for my first year of Dreamteam! If I had of played my reserves differently I could have been 5th overall for the round... :laugh:

I have $50k left to play with. Thankfully though I don't think I am not looking to make a trade this round. Maybe 1, but I'll decide on Friday :)

[Steelers]

731 this week, taking me to 40th out of 72550 competitors. Starting to wish everyone else was willing to throw in some cash ;)

[Boofhead]

Well done mate, killing it!

My overall is 1,130, got some catching up to do!

[DIEHARD]

OK Ive cleaned up my team and Im ready! :fight:

[Steelers]

Battling against MitchHendo this week. I'm up 231 - 132 at the moment but my captain is Corey Parker and his is Cameron Smith. Going to be close!

[Boofhead]

Should of made Riley a reserve, he should rack up 35+ tonight.

Buhrer killed it and he wasn't in my 17!

[Tamwelg]

Awaiting tomorrows final tally, but as it stands I'm going down this round by 2. T-Rex Matt 731 Vs 733 Harry's Aces.

[Steelers]

Awaiting tomorrows final tally, but as it stands I'm going down this round by 2. T-Rex Matt 731 Vs 733 Harry's Aces.

You obviously had Cameron Smith as he got a whopping update and is on 78. Final score T-Rex 773 - 735 Harry's Aces. It might update again before lockout finishes though.

Meanwhile MitchHendo had Cameron Smith as captain. Ended up closing a 46 point gap to win by a point. 754-755. Hoping for an unlikely final update that reduces Cameron Smith's points by 1 :laugh:

[Tamwelg]

Woohoo, unless Cam Smith gets a heap of points chopped I might take this round. Feel for you Steeler, 1 point ouch. Smith is listed on nrlstats.com as making 37 (152m), so I don't know how accurate that is.

[Boofhead]

Cam Smith was everywhere last night! I made him captain in last minute!

[Steelers]

The pain of defeat is softened by the fact that I am still 70th overall :)

[Tamwelg]

Never Too Old 655 def by 704 TitaniumDonkeys
Lonegulls Longneck 619 def by 660 ALL BLACKS
Brisbane Diehards 498 def 401 Masta Splinter
T-Rex 773 def 735 Harry's Aces
Robina Redbacks 758 def 631 Barking Sphincters
Happy Chinas!!! 601 def by 679 Unseen Academicals
MitchHendo 755 def 754 Pie Shop
Freddy's Ferrets 712 drew 712 Decatur Fist

[Steelers]

HOLD THE PRESSES! From the LoneScout's FB page:


Standby dreamers. Word filtering in that Cam Smith's score MAY be adjusted. Something to do with the stats supplier redefining run metres. Will fill you all in if/when I get anything concrete

I might be back in business! :laugh:

[Tamwelg]

HOLD THE PRESSES! From the LoneScout's FB page:



I might be back in business! :laugh:

I thought there had to be an error there.

[Tamwelg]

Smith is now listed on nrlstats.com as making 24 (126m) as compared to previous of 37 (152m).

[Tamwelg]

HOLD THE PRESSES! From the LoneScout's FB page:



I might be back in business! :laugh:

Cam Smith points went down by 3, so you got a win by 2 :drinkies:

[Steelers]

Another week, another win :D
Taking on Brad Fittler this week. Think I might be in for my first loss of the season. His team doesn't look too bad.

[Steelers]

Brought in James Maloney for Albert Kelly this week.

G. Widdop
A. Glenn
M. Gasnier
L. Brown
E. Taylor
D. Cherry-Evans
J. Maloney
L. Bailey
C. Smith
A. Tolman
C. Parker (c)
D. Stagg
D. Johnson
-
B. Ross
C. Houston
M. Allgood
T. Symonds

Should be good for 750+

[Blazertaser]

Brought in James Maloney for Albert Kelly this week.

G. Widdop
A. Glenn
M. Gasnier
L. Brown
E. Taylor
D. Cherry-Evans
J. Maloney
L. Bailey
C. Smith
A. Tolman
C. Parker (c)
D. Stagg
D. Johnson
-
B. Ross
C. Houston
M. Allgood
T. Symonds

Should be good for 750+

I guess we have quite a similar team, but why do you have corey parker as captain over cam smith?

[Steelers]

I guess we have quite a similar team, but why do you have corey parker as captain over cam smith?

I figured he would have a thousand tackles tonight in the rain :laugh:

[Boofhead]

Pretty good week for me, 810!

[Steelers]

Pretty good week for me, 810!

Solid!

[Steelers]

My team for Round 9

FLB: G. Widdop, W. Hopoate
CTW: A. Glenn, M. Gasnier, J. Reed, E. Taylor, L. Brown, M. Aubusson, B. Jones
HLF: D. Cherry-Evans, J. Maloney, T. Symonds, B. Henry
FRF: L. Bailey, A. Tolman, B. Ross, M. Allgood
2RF: C. Parker, D. Johnson, T. Robinson, D. Stagg, C. Houston, S. Fatiaki
HOK: C. Smith, N. Fien

Likely to play
Backing up
Not playing
The Will of Hasler

I know that Round 9 is a bye round for our league, but I still want to score big :thumbsup: Have to make 2 trades this week.

[Boofhead]

Smith, Brown
Sims, Hannant, Tolman, Ross
Johnson, Buhrer, Parker, Stagg, Houston, Shackleton
Cherry Evans, Prince, McGuire, Symonds
Glenn, Brown, Champion, E.Taylor, Aubusson, Morgan, Jones (Maybe!)
Widdop, Gordon

[Boofhead]

Could make two trades but probably won't, I have chewed through plenty already!

[Blazertaser]

The team that i could put together for this week:

Hooker: Cameron Smith (Hopefully he plays, because my only other hooker is Casey McGuire)
Front Row: Adam Woolnough, Luke Bailey, Ben Ross
Second Row: Trent Waterhouse, Corey Parker (C), Tagataese (I have no other forwards left, as Halatau, Houston and Tupou arnt playing)
Halfbacks: Daly Cherry-Evans, Elijah Taylor, Dane Gagai
Centres: Mark Gasnier, Jason Nightingale (Hopeful), Tafeaga Junior-sau, Jharal YowYeh (I have no other centres left, as Gordon, Morgan and Filiga arn't playing)
Fullbacks: Will Zillman, Matt Bowen

[Steelers]

:laugh: The loss of Luke Douglas cost Boofhead a win and leaves me undefeated at the top of the ladder :)

[Steelers]

Also how many trades does everyone have left? I still have 16. Some of my mates in another league are down to 4 :laugh:

[Boofhead]

:laugh: The loss of Luke Douglas cost Boofhead a win and leaves me undefeated at the top of the ladder :)

Traded out Tolman for him... massive mistake!

[kwigibo]

Traded out Tolman for him... massive mistake!

The guys hasn't missed a game since 2006, trading him in is perhaps the most justifiable mistake in history. Unless you think maybe that meant he was due.

[kwigibo]

Also how many trades does everyone have left? I still have 16. Some of my mates in another league are down to 4 :laugh:

12, finally starting to show dividends though, top scorer this week. The irony is, my second team that I neglected has more trades left and is worth about 200,000 more (but scoring 50-100 points less).

[DIEHARD]

-1424 Jesus. Im third last.

OK Ive traded a couple players.

Just tell me one thing, do the subsitutes count for scores? Or just players on the field?

[Steelers]

-1424 Jesus. Im third last.

OK Ive traded a couple players.

Just tell me one thing, do the subsitutes count for scores? Or just players on the field?

You have 13 playersand then you choose a bench of 4 players from your reserves, who all score 4 points. So you should end up with 17 scoring players.

[DIEHARD]

Thanks for that Steelers! Ive been educated!

[Steelers]

Let's just hope you don't get too educated and defeat me in Round 18 :thumbsup:


You have 13 playersand then you choose a bench of 4 players from your reserves, who all score 4 points. So you should end up with 17 scoring players.

I have no idea how I actually typed that, but that 4 isn't meant to be there :laugh: It is meant to say 'who all score full points'.

[DIEHARD]

Im determined not to be the neighbourhood BYE anymore. No more freebies! Hahaha

Gold Coast Titans and the Brisbane Diehards both turn it around in Round 13

[DIEHARD]

I have no idea how I actually typed that, but that 4 isn't meant to be there :laugh: It is meant to say 'who all score full points'.

I follow ya! :salute:

[Nick]

I have no idea how I am on top of the ladder!? I must have had the easiest draw to the start of the season.. i have scored almost 600 points less than second place! Time to change my name too..

[Steelers]

I have no idea how I am on top of the ladder!? I must have had the easiest draw to the start of the season.. i have scored almost 600 points less than second place! Time to change my name too..

I'm the one in 2nd place and I've had over 600 more points scored against me than you have :thumbsup:

[Boofhead]

Getting to the pointy end of the competition now!

[Steelers]

I am happy with most of my team, but my centres have really dropped off in form, and with only 1 trade left thanks to a massive amount of injuries in the last 6 weeks I am in a bit of trouble!

[Boofhead]

I am happy with most of my team, but my centres have really dropped off in form, and with only 1 trade left thanks to a massive amount of injuries in the last 6 weeks I am in a bit of trouble!

I have no trades left after Harrison and Stagg got broked.

Do have some depth in the CTW's fortunately!

[Boofhead]

Prince and Hannant broken down... No trades. Fark.

[Steelers]

FINALS TIME

Pie Shop (1) vs (8) Barking Sphincters
TitaniumDonkeys (2) vs (7) Decatur Fist
MitchHendo (3) vs (6) T-Rex
Robina Redbacks (4) vs (5) Never Too Old

[Steelers]

I'm without Hannant and Gallen this week. 1 trade left but not willing to use it yet. Also just saw that Elijah Taylor isn't named. Might be time to bring in Halatau :\

[kwigibo]

4 trades left, but Hannant and Prince are big losses. Luckily I hung onto Lewis Brown and Tony Williams so Taylor won't be missed. Y'all gonna get fisted by the Decatur Fist!

[Boofhead]

4 trades left, but Hannant and Prince are big losses. Luckily I hung onto Lewis Brown and Tony Williams so Taylor won't be missed. Y'all gonna get fisted by the Decatur Fist!

Can it get any worse for me? Soward is now in doubt...

[Steelers]

Can it get any worse for me? Soward is now in doubt...

No No No No No!
I traded DCE to Harrison just before Harro got injured, then I went Harro to Soward and he has performed poorly since.

Not to mention since I traded Soward in the Dragons haven't won a game :laugh:

[Boofhead]

I'm in real trouble... need a freak injury to get away with a win here.

[Boofhead]

Cronk, Soward and Prince injured in my halves...

[kwigibo]

Got to avoid the trade rage

[Boofhead]

Bakuya must be making your stomach turn a bit mate!

[kwigibo]

Bakuya must be making your stomach turn a bit mate!

Didn't need him fortunately, Hodkinson did the goods for me. Will lose a bit of trade value though, hate those early injuries.

[kwigibo]

Oh, Stu, I feel bad for you, you're gonna get beat by me in this league and the Legion league.

[Boofhead]

Oh, Stu, I feel bad for you, you're gonna get beat by me in this league and the Legion league.

Mass injuries please! :thumbsup:

[kwigibo]

You might just get lucky here. Suck it up, Bailey, who misses a game with the sniffles? ;)

[Boofhead]

You might just get lucky here. Suck it up, Bailey, who misses a game with the sniffles? ;)

Widdop having a huge game mate, Merritt is gonsky - I was close to playing Hannant but all the later reports had him out. Will still be close mate.

Cameron having a huge one could win it for you, I went Parker.

[kwigibo]

Lucky for me Soward has been such a dud, all year really.

[kwigibo]

Cameron having a huge one could win it for you, I went Parker.

With Cronk out and all the backup hookers having to fill in elsewhere, I don't see why you'd not go Smitty (C) this week.

[Boofhead]

With Cronk out and all the backup hookers having to fill in elsewhere, I don't see why you'd not go Smitty (C) this week.

Pulled out last minute - thought he would be doing less work out of the ruck. Need Parker to have a huge game now.

Ben Creagh was invisible.

[kwigibo]

At least Dallas Johnson pulled his finger out for you. Where was that 2 months ago, Dallas?

[kwigibo]

You are just Mr lucky this weekend, aren't you?

[Boofhead]

You are just Mr lucky this weekend, aren't you?

Dunno man, Parker could still bite me on the ass.

[kwigibo]

No Hannant, I'll be bloody lucky to pull this one out.

[Boofhead]

Houston sin bin. Mate... That is rough.

[Boofhead]

Congratulations everyone!

1st Preliminary Final
Pie Shop vs Robina Redbacks

2nd Preliminary Final
Mitch Hendo vs Never Too Old

[kwigibo]

Houston sin bin. Mate... That is rough.

If I was a stupider man I'd suspect witchcraft here. This is like the 9 unlikely calamities that struck Mr. Burns' softball team, except they still won.

[Boofhead]

Good luck Steelers, I will need another slight miracle to happen to get away here.

[kwigibo]

Now I will lose in my other league because Glenn Stewart is an idiot. And Badger is too for getting him sent for 10 in the first place.

[Steelers]

It is going to be close Boof. I have to deathride Soward and Creagh for the sake of my DT season :laugh: I made my last trade this week. brought in Nathan Smith for Lewis Brown.

[Boofhead]

It is going to be close Boof. I have to deathride Soward and Creagh for the sake of my DT season :laugh: I made my last trade this week. brought in Nathan Smith for Lewis Brown.

Was hoping you brought in Halatau when you said. :laugh:

It's going to be close for sure, need Parker to have a full 80 minutes blitz.

[Boofhead]

Tariq Sims... :nope:

[kwigibo]

At least my B team beat you in the legion league, Stu.