It’s the one injury that will destroy just about every fantasy team: the premier ruckman in the game is proppy. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for the ‘Premium DT’ Category
Junkyard Devil: 2009 AFL Round 1 fantasy selection teasers
Dean Laidley is one of many coaches who love to sabotage fantasy hopes by dropping kids too early. Read the rest of this entry »
Neo-Juddites unite: Most over-rated fantasy AFL players for 2009
The fantasy hype machine is louder than ever this pre-season, but some don’t deserve spruiking. Read the rest of this entry »
AFL gambles with fantasy football future
The AFL has listened to gamblers but continues to ignore fantasy coaches who had their teams ruined. Read the rest of this entry »
Early birds get the smokie: Super Coach 2009 opens
The News Limited competitions have opened, giving us our first official glimpse at the fantasy year. Read the rest of this entry »
Full 2009 AFL Prospectus player position changes
With a bit more time, I’ve had a chance to get some more information from the 2009 AFL Prospectus on changes to player positions and classifications, some of which has important fantasy implications. Read the rest of this entry »
Early Premium Dream Team mock draft: preparation
2009 will be the first full year of the Premium Dream Team private league product from VirtualSports. Having launched halfway through 2008, Premium DT introduced many Australian fantasy footy fans to the private draft league concept for the first time. The FanFooty blog will carry much PDT-focused content in 2009, and we’ll kick things off with a “mock draft”. First, let’s do some number-crunching. Read the rest of this entry »
2008 AFL preseason and rookie draft review
Of course Ben Cousins is getting all the headlines, and rightfully so with the Tigers jumping into the three-ring circus that Cousins’ life has been for years. However, fantasy coaches sifting through the 81 picks in the 2008 preseason and rookie drafts looking for value may end up taking more notice of other, less infamous players. Read the rest of this entry »
Under 18 championships statistics for 2008 AFL draftees
Unfortunately I can’t give you full statistics from the Under 18 championships this year. VFL stats also seem to be thin on the ground. If anyone knows of a freely available source, I’d be much obliged. At least we have some numbers to go on with from the Fantasy Freako newsletter earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
TAC Cup statistics for 2008 AFL draftees
Now we’ve gone through the WAFL and SANFL draftee statistics in the previous two posts, time for the main course: the Victorian kids. They’ve mostly been running around playing each other in the TAC Cup this year, and there is plenty of fantasy value to be mined out of this table! Read the rest of this entry »