tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-727346175753919792012-02-21T16:59:19.033+11:00Not to be confused with DC Talk, a talentless hip-hop trio who promote their religion, Christianity, with the catch-phrase: "Jesus is still alright with me". No, this is DT Talk, a talentless-yet-hip trio who promote their religion, the AFL dream team competition, with the catch-phrase: "Juddy is still alright with me".34Jnoreply@blogger.comBlogger901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-26979385659215685982007-12-06T21:01:00.000+11:002007-12-06T21:08:48.267+11:00

DT Talk has moved up in the world with it's own official dot com! Head on over to www.dreamteamtalk.com and check out what we will look like in 2008! The site will aim to help everyone with their Dream Teams offering advice along with the humour that made this original blog so entertaining. The DT Talk VidCasts will be back again with a new 'pre-season' episode coming very soon! So, what are you

34Jnoreply@blogger.com95tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-4753930765875890402007-10-09T08:36:00.000+11:002007-10-09T08:46:55.988+11:00

The final DT Talk for 2007! Ohh.. sad times! Basically a wrap up of the DT Talk finals league.. the announcement of two new competitions... a live video link up with Jarryd - the winner of the DT Talk finals league... and take a step back in time with the credits and some highlights of DT Talk this year! Thanks heaps for watching.. add us on myspace.com/dttalk and be keen for a big one next year!

34Jnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-24729471028356608922007-09-30T18:12:00.000+10:002007-09-30T18:37:22.361+10:00

Congratulations to Jarryd with his DT, "Penultimate Team". He wins a DT Talk Bocks Set of the 2007 episodes, a DT Talk T-Shirt and we'll throw in a stubby holder too. Nice work!DT TALK LEADERBOARD(league rank, team name, coach, score this week, total points, national ranking)1. Penultimate Team - Jarryd - 7984 - 20675 - 16th2. The Gunny Bombers - Luke - 9128 - 20645 - 22nd3. Pusti Malakas - Peter

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-80316206885773182222007-09-26T20:46:00.000+10:002007-09-26T20:48:43.901+10:00

We learn that ROY is sitting pretty - 3rd in DT Talk League and 13th in the nation! Good work big boy! We announce our answer to the Brownlow - the DT Talk Awards (original title huh?!)... with best and worst game, DT Sinners, best DT Talk moments and more! We also check out the biggest Chop's Chopping Block of all time and finally announce who everyone should have as captains this week!

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-24686480061435836072007-09-23T20:45:00.000+10:002007-09-23T20:55:49.179+10:00

This is the business end of the season, do or die, and all of that other crap... Quadruple points means that your captain is a very valuable man (score over 125 and you join the 1000 club). Every is probably thinking about the same captain, but there are some others here to consider. Some of the top choices are as follows.GeelongGary Ablett Jnr. 2007 Average: 98.5, Career Average: 73.4vs Port -

34Jnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-87249531839995361522007-09-23T02:44:00.000+10:002007-09-23T03:06:04.672+10:00

Wow.. Big news for DT Talk fans.. Our Super Hero and Super Host, Roy has made the top 13! Yes, top 13 of the whole world in DT! Good work big gun! And we can't take anything away from Jarryd who is 2nd in the nation.. or even the consistent Jackson whos is 11th. The DT Talk league has some stars! Good work people! Lets see if one of us can win the car!DT TALK LEADERBOARD(league rank, team name,

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-50205011470876096192007-09-19T09:52:00.000+10:002007-09-19T10:35:38.144+10:00

Here comes the nerdyness of the DT Talk boys. How many points would the actual 2007 All Australian Team get if they all got their average one week (rounded to the closest whole number).B: M. Scarlett (64), D. Glass (41), D. Milburn (85)HB: A. McLeod CAPT (84), M. Egan (42), C. Brown (59)C: K. Cornes (107), J. Bartel (114), C. Cornes (101)HF S. Johnson (95), J. Brown (94), B. Harvey (96)F: B.

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-84376137522264442362007-09-18T20:55:00.001+10:002007-09-18T21:04:40.931+10:00

The final four teams battling it out for a Grand Final berth are pretty close to full strength, which is nice for DT coaches.Collingwood's Josh Fraser should return after being a late withdrawal last week (which hurt some DT's). Matthew Egan from the Cats is apparently 'doubtful', but at the All Australian team function thing last night, he said he was right. Watch this space!News today said that

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-26247295693736903032007-09-18T02:03:00.000+10:002007-09-18T02:05:53.966+10:00

In the 15th installment of the amazingly popular (haha) DT Talk YouTube Show, Roy is delightend in the Chris Judd to Carlton rumours and we check on the DT Talk Finals League after a new ad celebrating DTOPIA (not Septopia as the AFL are calling it). That Chris Crocker 'guy' from the internet (leave Britney Spears alone) isn't happy about the treatment that Nathan Bock has received on the show

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-12290261145375731462007-09-16T18:40:00.000+10:002007-09-16T19:30:01.261+10:00

Well, another huge week in the DT Talk Finals League! We had the extra time in the Eagles v Magpies game (good for some extra DT Points), some blokes who didn't 'buddy' step up this week, late withdrawals and a double points round that made our scores look bigger!The correct answer for captain this week was Dane Swan with 316pts followed by Matt Priddis (286pts), Dean Cox (278pts) and Shane

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-40052914338848852472007-09-15T11:59:00.001+10:002008-12-12T02:40:53.991+11:00

The brand spanking new DT Talk T-Shirts are available for pre-order from eBay. Head on over to www.ebay.com.au and search for DT Talk or click here to go straight to our listed items.Featuring everyones favourite masked man, Chopper, they contain his catch phrase "I'm Not Happy" on a very tough black shirt!These professionally made tees will be posted first week of October. Cost of the shirts is

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-55171129424539980832007-09-13T23:51:00.000+10:002007-09-14T10:20:00.641+10:00

Big news is that the Juddernaught - Chris Judd is out with Ben Cousins (ink related hamstring injury). Way not to step up in finals boys... But West Coasters will be happy that Ashley Hanson and Chad Fletcher are back (decent DT point getters).Kangas got rid of Corey Jones for his god awful DT score (and his sore foot) and Leigh Brown to bring in draftee Lachlan Hanson (can he hit the DT big time

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-87848681311323877672007-09-11T21:24:00.000+10:002007-09-11T21:56:41.757+10:00

This week is a jam packed episode with an update of how the biggest DT Finals league is going (yes, our DT Talk League), we hear from an angry Vin in the States who has had a few too many light beers and we check out what Ben Cousins' tattoo really says. Our old mate AB from Perth sent in a new song - so we made a film clip for it - another tribute to Kevin Sheedy called "Sheedy Yeah", this

34Jnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-25793465875392067172007-09-11T09:17:00.000+10:002007-09-11T09:42:37.772+10:00

Some big injuries for DT Finals coaches to think about ahead of this weekend's Semi Final matches.Firstly, the West Coast Eagles will be depleted - say goodbye to Ben Cousins for the year with a torn hammy, captain Chris Judd who has been carrying an "I-can't-run-or-get-the-ball-or-even-make-my-DT-coaches-happy" injury for a while now, is likely to miss this week and Matt Rosa will miss with a

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-43066396799302003072007-09-10T08:13:00.000+10:002007-09-10T08:38:08.328+10:00

228... yes that's right 228 people entered the DT Talk Dream Team Finals league and what a hot contest it is! Some very average performances by so called DT guns (Brent Harvey, Joel Corey - we're looking at you!)DT TALK LEAGUE LEADERBOARD:(league rank, team name, coach, score this week, national ranking)1. pixies - Nikita - 2129 - 272. PAFCsince1870 - Daniel - 2112 - 533. ChipsIsNotGoodAtDT -

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-17385539600844582992007-09-05T22:22:00.001+10:002007-09-05T22:24:24.918+10:00

The Mad Monday Episode of DT Talk features Warnie celebrating his DT league win over Vin in style with a lap of honour on Launceston's AFL venue, Aurora Stadium (also see what happens when 'security' come). We announce the HUGE prizes for the winner of our DT Talk finals league (remember to join, league code: 648912) and give you some handy hints leading into the series. Due to popular

34Jnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-71855391087609613302007-09-04T17:54:00.000+10:002007-09-04T19:17:27.567+10:00

Geelong coach Mark Thompson has just made the job of being a coach in the all-new AFL finals dream team competition* that bit harder by confirming that gun middie Jimmy Bartel will start in the Cats' qualifying final against the Kangaroos on Sunday.With a limit of three players from any one team, Joel Corey, Paul Chapman and Gary Ablett were shaping as the obvious must-haves in blue and white

34Jnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-55871219439893435442007-08-30T04:46:00.000+10:002007-08-30T04:50:01.751+10:00

Part OneThis is part one of the 'movie length' (oh well, 20mins) Grand Final Edition of DT Talk! In this video we find out about Warnie making the Grand Final against Vin, have a listen to some of our mates talk about DT this year, catch up with Vin in the USA, our opinion on possible changes to the DT competition for next year - please vote NO, We check out the latest odds in Gamble-Vin, answer

34Jnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-38926954023742232652007-08-24T17:10:00.000+10:002007-08-24T17:18:50.915+10:00

A possible Brownlow Medalist, but more importantly, this year's best DT player, Jimmy Bartel will be our for the rest of the (Dream Team) season. He has had surgery to remove his appendix, but the club is hopeful that he will be back for finals. This doesn't help the 48,000+ DT coaches that have been happy with his 2288 points this year at an average of 114.4 points per game. A massive spanner in

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-41305090682487415102007-08-23T07:08:00.000+10:002007-08-23T07:15:02.251+10:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP7k39Q9EQE Here is this week's installment of DT Talk the YouTube show. Stay tuned next week for a HUGE Grand Final week show - something special up our sleeves! Hope you enjoy!

34Jnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-42030448564979473662007-08-15T20:25:00.000+10:002007-08-15T20:26:38.296+10:00

34Jnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-72049328891173226052007-08-09T06:41:00.000+10:002007-08-09T06:42:35.394+10:00

Watch it now.. its good!

34Jnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-77291570930883819072007-08-02T21:35:00.000+10:002007-08-02T22:10:39.275+10:00

Here are my 'hot tips' for captain selection this week:Gary Ablett Jnr: averages 90pts vs Richmond (inc. 129 in rd 6 this yr)Bomber Bartel: averages 90pts vs RichmondJonathon Brown: averages 85pts vs Kangaroos (last 3: 75, 141, 100)Peter Bell: averages 100pts vs WC in the last 13 gamesChad Cornes: averages 82pts vs Adelaide (last 3: 115, 126, 137)Tyson Edwards: averages 89 in last 7 games vs Port

34Jnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-2078486354894093802007-08-02T21:05:00.000+10:002007-08-02T21:32:47.069+10:00

Many DT coaches (amount of coaches in brackets) welcome back Justin Koschitzke (87,648), Lance Franklin (75,585), Scott West (60,239), Dustin Fletcher (35,032), Xavier Ellis (33,959), David Wirrpanda (28,444), Tim "who" Boyle (22,176), Sam Mitchell (21,224) and Aaron Davey (15,711).Over 65,000 coaches will be scratching their heads over Aaron "weak arse shit" Sandilands who will miss the rest of

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-88568902116057781892007-08-01T17:21:00.000+10:002007-08-01T17:43:02.547+10:00

This week we discuss our "Players of the Week"... We check out how each of us went with our "Gamble-Vin" bets and place our bets for this round... Cross to Vin in the USA for "Letters to Calvin"... and we give another player the chop on "Chop's Chopping Block"... along with some other fantastic banter between your favourite footy show panellists! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhvm_2bc06IThis is

34Jnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-66701830097804709352007-07-30T20:03:00.000+10:002008-12-12T02:40:54.344+11:00

Sorry to post this, but a bench player of mine (who has been getting a run since Wirrpanda has been out) had an awesome game on Saturday night...Troy a couple of months back has this to say about him:"I recon before the weeks games you should have a look at the amount of people in the country that have selected Jarrod Brennan. Then, at the start of next lockout, have a look at how great that

34Jnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-6802071960430411302007-07-30T19:47:00.000+10:002007-07-30T19:50:54.295+10:00

Well.. kinda DT, kinda not... if you want ANOTHER challenge in your little DT world, then this could be for you: The Coke Zero AFL All Australian Game. Wow!Basically, (I haven't looked at it properly yet) you pick who you think is going to be All Aussie players and you get points and can win some prize... check out the details here: http://allaustralian8.virtualsports.com.au/ and maybe you can be

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-49101068376185203932007-07-26T20:54:00.000+10:002007-07-26T21:24:26.326+10:00

The story of this round are the 'outs' which will hurt many DT coaches who are fighting for a position in the 8. Many, including my DT Talk vidcast conterpart, Roy, are saving their trades for the finals... but, it seems, trades may have to be used! Especially when some of these dudes are the big guns.These are some of the guys who are out this week, and the amount of DT coaches who are

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-12094975547144636802007-07-25T22:11:00.000+10:002007-07-25T22:16:06.820+10:00

Now, I don't know if this will work, but here goes... DT Talk Episode #7 is now online for your viewing pleasure!!See "10 Questions in 10 Seconds" with Tackling Tit-ed, a skit about the "DT Player of the Week" (which is much more pro than anything we have ever done!), "Gamble-Vin", answer a letter and the sensational "Chop's Chopping Block"...Watch it now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

34Jnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-17581735222411963942007-07-25T21:12:00.000+10:002007-07-25T21:31:00.982+10:00

We don't have enough time to answer all questions on the DT Talk vidcast... so, I have decided to post some questions here (especially ones that we do answer, but run out of time to put on the show). So here goes:Jarred wrote: "hello fellow dream teamers. i am in a league wit my mates and with 2 weeks to go just sitting outside the 8. i have james hird sitting on my bench and want to no whether

34Jnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-26703779623827445222007-07-25T15:37:00.000+10:002007-07-25T16:11:19.903+10:00

Another coach bites the dust. As with Neale Daniher, Chris Connolly and Denis Pagan before him, Essendon legend Kevin Sheedy was today lauded for the professional and manner in which he conducted himself at the press conference which announced his "dignified" exit.It'd be a nice change if some of these blokes went beserk at these things. You know, like Sheeds shattering the desk with the face of

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-79594573979688692882007-07-25T07:18:00.000+10:002008-12-12T02:40:54.614+11:00

Good morning! This is a bit of a test, as the great man, Chook, has struck a 5-figure deal with us to get our thoughts written down here on the original (and best) DT Talk Blog!Anyway, I know I can never write as good as Chook, but I am just letting you know that the new DT Talk Vidcast (Episode # 7) will be available at our YouTube site later tonight! We have a couple of segments that need to be

34Jnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-35591353222698917452007-07-24T00:36:00.000+10:002007-07-24T00:49:48.373+10:00

Can't get enough of those likable blokes who put together the DT Talk vidcasts each week? They don't know it yet, but, after some serious wheelin' and dealin' at the trade table, Vince Misdom and Merv Gray have been axed to make way for our on-screen superheroes Warnie, Roy, Chopper, Vin and the Vin Twin.Don't fear, the boys will still pump out the weekly talk show that's so far beamed Nathan

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-30513643710900900902007-07-22T21:18:00.001+10:002007-07-22T21:18:08.215+10:00

Watch this now.Gamble-Vin returns. The Vin Twin debuts. AFL players chip in. It's just all-round awesomeness.Watch it.

34Jnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-9371090893610092152007-07-12T11:17:00.001+10:002007-07-12T11:17:30.321+10:00

We've come to expect laughs on the DT Talk show, but now we're getting teary, too.The DT Talk team announce the departure of panelist and all-round legend Calvin, who, if the rumours are to be believed, has been headhunted by ESPN to front their fantasy NFL coverage in the US.On a lighter note, the boys ponder the merits of a DT vice-captain, Vin gives us the latest captaincy odds and Chopper

34Jnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-64623385859218796642007-07-09T22:13:00.000+10:002007-07-10T01:45:29.277+10:00

Dream Team farmers, it's time to go to market.Two of this season's best cash cows, Melbourne middie Ricky Petterd and turbo-boosted Essendon forward Alwyn Davey, are on their respective clubs' long-term injury lists after serious ouchness struck in round 14.Dees doctors reckon Petterd was only minutes away from death after he suffered a collapsed lung in Sunday's match against Carlton. They say

34Jnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-89629887594528813702007-07-06T14:26:00.000+10:002007-07-06T14:53:00.777+10:00

There'd be a fair bit of saliva on keyboards across the country this week as DT coaches drool over the addition of Richmond's messiah, Nathan G. Brown ($235,600, fwd), and Collingwood's quick-learning kid Marty Clarke ($69,600, ctr) to their teams.Both are set for big price rises (Brown up almost $40k and Clarke a mighty $60k) if they maintain the impressive form shown thus far. In fact, Clarke's

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-25218953701247176672007-07-06T13:46:00.001+10:002007-07-06T13:46:08.264+10:00

This has been up for a while now (sorry, guys), but that doesn't make it any less watchable.This week, Warnie lauds his team after it soared into the 2100s, Street Talk makes it debut at a recent "fun"-ction, and, because it's Heritage Round, the boys revisit one of their shows from the mid-90s. Banana.Chook.

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-62231981454886267392007-07-04T16:58:00.000+10:002007-07-04T17:15:34.116+10:00

Geelong coach Mark Thompson reckons DT points leader Jimmy Bartel will pull on the boots this Friday night, despite being rushed to hospital during the Cats' round 13 clash.Thompson said: "At tha moment he's in, its a day-to-day th'n yeah yeah baby. Today he was really bubbly, bright n alert. There was a shawty bit of doubt yesterday, thats gizzy today, he might come in tomorrow wit a few

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-48597571100666956232007-06-28T17:27:00.001+10:002007-06-28T17:27:31.032+10:00

Geelong gun-stopper Cameron Ling may have a tough time tagging his opponent this week... to see why you've got to watch the third, and funniest, installment of the DT Talk vidcast with Roy, Vin and Warnie.The episode also features The Shocking Truth - a new segment that this week stars some squinty, mumbling bloke (me).Take 10 minutes to have a look at this inimitable vidcast (except by The Footy

34Jnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-59634106506231892762007-06-26T13:55:00.000+10:002007-06-26T14:03:14.841+10:00

In the previous post, Merv Gray noted that Dream Team's most popular player, West Coast whiz Chris Judd, will miss round 13 with a groin injury.That body blow's now a one-two punch with the competition's second-most-picked player, St Kilda big man Justin Koschitzke ($284,300, bac/fwd) , hurting a hammy at training today. Early estimates have the injury sidelining Kosi, up almost $15,000 after his

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-85728161224511435482007-06-25T23:54:00.000+10:002007-06-26T00:15:59.936+10:00

You might have seen the bit in the blog head up there that says "Juddy is still alright by me".Well, he ain't. (But the headers have been done in Photoshop [snazzy, eh?] and I can't be bothered changing them all).Thousands of DT coaches had to make an early morning call to their midfield emergencies to cover the West Coast star when he pulled out of Sunday's loss to the Saints. Both of mine had

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-28168618066380525942007-06-25T21:35:00.000+10:002007-06-25T21:37:07.502+10:00

Is the poor form of Wrecking-Ball Hall ruining your Dream Team hopes?Did you snap up the One-Handed Wonder, Jared Brennan, after his sizzling start to the year, only to see him sucking gigantic ass after round two?Were you tempted by the 2006's greatest DTer, best and fairest winner or leading goal-kicker and then swore/sobbed as Jonathan Brown, Adam Goodes and Brendan Fevola whittled away

34Jnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-17897130231055151792007-06-22T14:13:00.001+10:002007-06-22T14:13:10.864+10:00

So, it's Thursday night - teams night - and you can't make a trade. The best way to fill the Robert DiPierdomenico-sized hole in your DT week is by watching the second episode of DT Talk's vidcast.This week, FanFooty's fearless leader Paul Montgomery stars in the 10 questions in 10 minutes segment via satellite, while Roy has a crack at Adelaide yo-yo Nathan Bock. This is Logie-winning material.

34Jnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-45777733336635888782007-06-19T20:13:00.000+10:002007-06-19T21:04:44.916+10:00

The Darwin politician allegedly punched by Freo forward Chris Tarrant ($311,700, fwd) says he doesn't want police to charge the former Magpie - good news if Taz is holding down a spot inside your DT's forward 50. Before you breathe a sigh of relief, though, remember that the Dockers were pretty heavy-handed when fellow forward Jeff Farmer played up earlier this year. Tarrant's worth more to the

34Jnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-14741067031644418962007-06-15T08:54:00.000+10:002007-06-19T10:38:02.459+10:00

Every week on the Big Footy forum there's countless numbers of DT coaches wanting to know who to pick as their on-field leader. As Hodges noted yesterday, these are the coaches without Jimmy Bartel.Deciding who to entrust double-point duties to can be bloody nerve-wracking, so use this fail-safe checklist to take the sting out of choosing your captain.1. Are they injured, suspended or shithouse?

34Jnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-1959725250150540772007-06-14T17:49:00.000+10:002007-06-15T02:22:36.448+10:00

You might have seen the official Dream Team vidcast at http://www.afl.com.au/. A couple of blokes chin-wag for a while before an AFL player joins them for a chat.Well, we can't promise AFL stars each week, but DT Talk's own vidcasting team does boast the services of Chopper - an axe-wielding wild man who has no time for underachieving DTers. Each You Tube episode also features the rest of DT

34Jnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-54450663706670723272007-06-07T18:50:00.000+10:002007-06-15T02:31:26.462+10:00

So a big Aussie bloke and a tough-as-nails Irishman go the fisty-cuffs. I'm not talking about the Blues' training ground bust-up, but a bar-room brawl here in Queenstown, NZ. Yes, the DT Talk gang is enjoying a mid-season break across the Tasman. This post, then, is merely an impassioned plea to the four people who read DT Talk to stick with us until our return in round 11.Maybe four was a bit

34Jnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-34365851034584200232007-06-01T00:24:00.000+10:002007-06-01T00:38:33.757+10:00

Okay, this post is purely the result of boredom running rife at work tonite.The lowest-scoring DT teams for round 9, bar all the incomplete teams that nabbed a dougnut, were *drum roll* Juddy3 and Br1sbane in a tie with 26 each. Juddy3 reached the giddy heights of 26 points courtesy of since-dumped Richmond forward Jack Riewoldt, while Br1sbane managed his spectacularly shit score through

34Jnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-27603653836473177082007-05-31T19:48:00.000+10:002007-05-31T21:35:36.552+10:00

At $294,800, fit-again Adelaide skipper Mark Ricciuto isn't likely to tempt too many coaches this week but, hey, there are plenty of suckers out there. No doubt Roo will make me eat my words......like Rhan Hooper has done. Earlier this week, Brisbane coach Leigh Matthews indicated that Hooper did his dash when he, um, dashed from the Lions den during the pre-season. Well, he's been named along

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-30175757272986603812007-05-29T16:54:00.000+10:002007-05-29T17:13:15.140+10:00

We all know how serious this Dream Team business can be. Unhappy with recent performances from his side, Warne Dawgs coach Bobby Child has posted the following letter to all 30 AFL players on his roster. This is not some dumb gag. He actually sent this letter to the players, I shit you not. (PS - if the letter has an impact on his side's DT ranking, I'm getting on the blower to Heath Shaw).Dear “

34Jnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-57146640300299074092007-05-28T20:33:00.000+10:002007-05-28T22:23:16.010+10:00

The guessing game is over for the 918 DT coaches who have kept the faith with runaway Brisbane recruit Rhan Hooper - Lions coach Leigh Matthews looks certain to keep him sidelined for the rest of the season.For those who can't recall Hooper (fwd, $158,900), he's the little Lion that went AWOL in the pre-season. Lethal today said: "He's suffering from the fact that he had two months away from

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-27875681460996535182007-05-28T18:45:00.000+10:002007-05-28T20:33:06.003+10:00

Richmond forward Nathan Brown (fwd, $235,600) looks set to take a step towards regaining his place in the Tigers line-up by turning out for Coburg this weekend.That may be bad news for coaches who have brought in enthusiastic but largely ineffective Richmond forwards Jack Riewoldt and Cleve Hughes in recent weeks.

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The St Kilda-Hawthorn match last weekend has copped a hiding, with most people other than Sydney chief Paul Roos lambasting it as "ugly" and other nasty things like "a blight on our game".In DT terms, though, it was the Sydney-Port Adelaide game that was the absolute shocker. The stat of the round, 310, was the total number of DT points produced by Brett Kirk (31), Ryan O'Keefe (37), Chad Cornes

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WARNING: The following may be distressing to some West Coast fans.At a loss to explain the dip in Daniel Kerr's recent Dream Team form, the DT Talk team commissioned a report into the oft-troubled Weagles star.The investigation found that the reduction in Kerr's points production happened to coincide with the emergence of celebrity singing show It Takes Two. Closer inspection of the programme, in

34Jnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-82296777901761697602007-05-20T23:52:00.000+10:002007-05-21T00:12:38.940+10:00

Richmond must this week decide whether to send Dean "did you see my debut?" Polo to the surgeon after his shoulder popped out of its socket again this weekend.Polo ($244,100, ctr) returned to the field after the dislocation on Friday night, but he suffered the same injury in the pre-season, indicating it could be a long-term problem.The Tigers are definitely going to lose

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West Coast whiz Dan Kerr has taken his Brownlow Medal bid, ripped it up into little pieces, doused it in petrol and thrown a match in to the mix. You could piss on the pile to put it out, Dan, but let's face it - Charlie's not going home with you this year.A high front-on bump against Melbourne Do-It-All-Man Cam Bruce has landed Kerr at Tuesday's sitting of the tribunal, where Freo's Michael

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Blood trickling down Ben Holland's forehead and into his eyes saved the Demons defender at the AFL tribunal tonight*. It seems the blood stopped him seeing straight, causing Holland to high-five Brad Johnson's face. For his part, Johnson was today let off a charge of head-butting Holland.Now, I'm a fan of the red and the blue, but if Holland had got Johnson suspended this week, subsequently

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That was the DT points difference between Hawthorn midfield duo Sam Mitchell (125) and Luke Hodge (104) in round 7. I know because, after an awfully close contest, the winner of this Sunday afternoon intra-club duel looked set to decide whether I won or lost my DT league game.You see, I had Hodge and my opponent had Mitchell in what proved to be a tight tussle. (I followed it from my computer at

34Jnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-79607835479150043092007-05-14T12:37:00.000+10:002007-05-14T13:14:57.383+10:00

All DT coaches worth their salt abide by this unspoken rule: never dip into your little bag of trades until after the teams are named on Thursday night. Better still, wait until just before lock-out on Friday arvo.Ricky Petterd wrecked the weekend of a whole bunch of DT coaches who failed to follow this rule and snapped up the Melbourne rookie during the week. Those coaches couldn't resist the

34Jnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-82571218430525607962007-05-08T22:37:00.000+10:002007-05-08T23:11:00.868+10:00

Dream Team coaches who've been basking in the warm glow of Dean Solomon's improved DT form this season will have to bench the Fremantle defender this week after the tribunal ordered him to sit out the Dockers' match against Hawthorn.The former Essendon player ($218,300, bac) has been rubbed out for kneeing Brisbane's Jason Roe.Also at the tribunal, St Kilda tagger Steven Baker ($268,200, bac) was

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That was the highest individual DT score posted by Adelaide in its clash with Collingwood, making the Crows the only side that failed to crack the 100-point barrier on the weekend. Four other teams (Carlton, Sydney, the Kangaroos and Fremanlte) managed just one player in triple figures, while the club with the most 100-pointers was Essendon, which had seven. Goal-greedy Geelong had six players

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Carlton coach Denis Pagan should put Jordan Bannister on the paddock, sit back and watch the DT points flow like el vino. You see, Bannister's initials have him destined for DT greatness.At the back of the All-JB team you've got Richmond's rebound ace Joel Bowden. He can link up with Geelong gun Jimmy Bartel, whose forward target is none other than Brisbane beast Jonathan Brown. The ruck division

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Can someone have a word in the ear of the West Coast management group? Apparently the club is set to put Ben Cousins (ctr, $374,200) through a series of stringent conditions before they let the former substance abuser and Brownlow medallist play again.One of those conditions should be that Cousins give struggling DT coaches a chance to shine by performing so terribly that he drives his exorbitant

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A bit of biffo at the local disco has seen Freo forward Jeff Farmer (fwd, $257,900) bumped from the Dockers' squad just a week before he finished serving his ban from a pre-season incident. At least that was for an on-field discretion.The 2200 DT coaches who'd stuck by Jeffrey through his current suspension should know the Dockers have banished the alleged bouncer basher to the WAFL wilderness

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The mind-boggling number of DT points Western Bulldogs dogged midfielder Scottie West racked up in round 5.To put that in perspective, 169 was the number of DT points Carlton blood-nut Lance Whitnall had after four rounds. And you could have had five Adam Goodeses this week (28 points) and you'd still fall short of the Westinator's output this week. What a weapon.

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Just coz you're gunna have some spare time up your sleeve between the Anzac clash and the regular stuff on the weekend...You've got $10m to spend on your action movie dream team. You must have one ass-kicker, one thinking man's action star, one villain, one ass-kicker doubling as the flick's hot chick and two action scenes.Ass-kickersYou must have one player in this position. Jean-Claude Van

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It's 4am, you're pissed off your nut and you can't find the key that unlocks the front door.Okay, you get a key in the lock and twist. It snaps off and makes a loud clinking sound as it hits the tiles. You wonder who put tiles outside your front door. Five minutes later, you realise it isn't your house.What's any of this got to do with DT, you ask? Well, picking your team on a Wednesday morning

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Sheema Tamatoa, who was making her fantasy comp debut last year, trumped thousands of "football experts" and walked away with the grand prize – despite having never followed AFL before. What? The startling snippet above was found on Coke's Dream Team site. Seems knowing a thing or two about footy is not a prerequisite to winning the DT comp.

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People, or whatever you are, Troy is back...I recon that my brennan article last week was harsh, but he still managed to underachieve against my bold prediction. Even though the bar I so harshly set him was the equivalent to the 1 metre high jump. You know, in high school where they place the bar at the same height as the mat for the dud kids. I apologise to all those people that did get him in,

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Finally, an explanation for the high number of possies Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell racks up each week. Hawk hard-nut Luke Hodge has revealed that Mitchell is the captain of his dream team. Everytime Hodge looks to off-load the footy, finding Mitchell must be his first priority. The only mystery left is why Hodge doesn't implore handball-happy Mitchell to kick it more?

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A comment to the previous post shouldn't go unnoticed. Warnie noted that, back when he had hair, Hawthorn full-forward Jason Dunstall would have amassed 214 DT points in a match against Richmond. On that day in 1992, Dunstall had 25 kicks (75 points), 4 handballs (8), 18 marks (54), 5 frees for (5), 2 frees against (-6), 17 goals (102) and 5 behinds (5).Warnie goes on to question whether that was

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Anyone else in the Pepsi AFL Nightmare Team competition?In this comp, you try to trade in the expensive-but-worth-it Bowden but get the just-as-expensive-but-far-crappier-and-not-even-selected-this-week Bowden instead. You use your second trade on Nathan Ablett, thinking "if I fuck up and get the wrong brother again, at least Gary Jnr can pull his weight". You do fuck up, but not by picking Gary

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What a sneaky prick Mick Malthouse has turned out to be. Clearly the Collingwood coach has Shannon Cox, Alan Toovey and Brad Dick in his AFL Dream Team side. The week before the players' prices start to shift, Malthouse names all three $82,300 youngsters in the Pies' team to play Richmond tomorrow night. Making way were Daniel Nicholls and Shane Wakelin, and the injured Ben Johnson.On a busy

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Brisbane Lions coach Leigh Matthews is closing on Essendon counterpart Kevin Sheedy's record of feeding ambigous or misleading line-up information to media. The latest out of Leigh's mouth is that ruckman Jamie Charman will make his season debut against Sydney this week. He could. But how many times have DT coaches been burnt after taking Matthews on his word. He also reckons Richard Hadley and

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-44935980506395434372007-04-11T23:58:00.000+10:002008-12-12T02:40:57.465+11:00

DT Talk is delighted to announce that it has struck an exclusive deal with AFL Dream Team expert Troy. Starting today, the celebrated columnist will bring his insightful comments to the world's best blog about the AFL Dream Team with a green background. Take it away, Troy...Here are my top 5 things I recon about this weeks DT.1. I recon that it isn’t healthy that some nights I lose sleep, laying

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That's the Grand Canyon-like chasm between the number of points Hawthorn defender Danny Jacobs produced in rounds one and two. Clearly the 5000-odd DT coaches who jumped on the bandwagon last week thought Jacobs was capable of reproducing the heroics of round one, when the big Hawk notched a league-best 150 points. It didn't happen in round two, when he chalked up a miserly 47 points against

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Melbourne's goal-kicking burden looks set to fall on Brad Miller and Cam Bruce with news that captain David Neitz and Russell Robertson could miss the next month of AFL action with knee injuries. Fellow forward Aaron Davey has been anonymous in the first two rounds, while long-time servant Adem Yze was dropped in round two. If the Dees are to have any impact on the scoreboard, then, it looks

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The extended Easter round can be the cause of much thumb twiddling as DT coaches are forced to wait until Tuesday to praise/trash their team's performance. In the meantime, DT addicts can get their fix with this: the Coles Farmland $2 Cheesecake sitcom dream team competition!You've got $12 million to pick two central characters, two supporting characters, a love interest and a guest star. Post

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First, place yourself in a Melbourne bar on a Sunday night. Then...Oh, you wanna know their Dream Team score on a Sunday night, before the official Coke site does all the math on Monday morning? Jess at the jaw-droppingly good AFLblog.com has whipped up an online calculator for all those too impatient to wait.Find it at: www.aflblog.com/afl-dream-team-online-score-calculator/Chook.

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Port Adelaide captain Warren Tredrea ($278,800, fwd) reckons he felt like a 28-year-old kid in his comeback game tonight. Tredrea booted seven goals with the Port Adelaide Magpies in his first competitive match in nine months. He wants to back in Port's AFL side and told AAP: "I'm confident I've done enough work to come back to AFL. I'd love to be out there next week, but the decision is not with

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-34544850940057317962007-04-05T17:50:00.000+10:002007-04-05T17:59:07.312+10:00

There are a couple of cheap thrills to be had for those of you dipping into the transfer market this round. The Cats have named Tom Hawkins ($82,300, fwd) on the interchange for their clash with Carlton, while the Kangaroos have included former West Coast lad Aaron Edwards ($82,300, fwd) on a long bench. The Cats' rank and file have been getting all hot and bothered over Hawkins, but that's

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Tom, the fellow who runs a proper Dream Team blog over at www.afldream.blogspot, (believe me, it's much better than this rubbish), has got stuck into the official AFL site over its piss-poor DT preview. For good reason, too. Among those they suggest dumping this week are Chris Judd (!!!) and blog favourite Nigel Lappin (!!!). That's bonkers. Sure, both face late tests to determine whether they'll

34Jnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-4571257898000964332007-04-04T16:04:00.000+10:002008-12-12T02:40:58.218+11:00

I've got a mate called Justin.Sometimes I shorten that to Just.Which makes me think it's too bad Mr and Mrs Adcock went with Jed instead of Justin when they named their little Lion.Just AdCock would have been super cool.Vincent Misdom.

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St Kilda coach Ross Lyon raised the ire of DT coaches across the country when he announced injured forward Nick Riewoldt ($379,800) would sit out tomorrow's match against Brisbane. More than 13,000 DT coaches have selected Riewoldt, who was initially expected to be back in the Saints' first 22 by round two. Instead, Riewoldt will again leave the key forward duties to Fraser Gehrig ($259,900), who

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Watch yo self, Matty Richardson; the curse that plagued the Western Bulldogs' big men last season appears to have been cast over Richmond's collection of talls, with Terry Wallace revealing that number one ruckman Troy Simmonds is out for at least another week.With back-up Trent Knobel still sidelined indefinitely with an ankle injury, expect to see Adam Pattison and Graham Polak sharing the ruck

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Hawthorn ball-magnet Luke Hodge will be free to play in round two after receiving a reprimand for his indiscretion against Brisbane veteran and blog favourite Nigel Lappin. Unfortunately for DT coaches who had Hodge ($352,700, ctr) in their midfield, the Hawk did not register a kick with the statisticians when he booted Lappin.He did, however, rack up five frees-against (-15 points), which could

34Jnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734617575391979.post-45406906685607661462007-04-03T12:41:00.000+10:002007-04-03T13:44:59.074+10:00

The number of DT coaches who spent the hefty sum of $374,200 on West Coast's "spiritual leader", Ben Cousins, in round one. To put that in perspective, just 1100 coaches had Adelaide ball-winner Scott Thompson, who managed 126 points in round one. Cousins had 0, owing to the fact that he was in California at the time.Sure, pop shiny-armed Cousins in your squad when he returns from the Malibu drug

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Western Bulldogs veteran Chris Grant will miss the first half of the season after surgeons last night got out the tweezers to pluck a spur from the big man's pubic bone. A sensible price tag ($231,900) and the versatility of playing him as a forward or back enticed more than 5000 coaches to draft the big man in round one. Depending on where you picked him, possible replacements include fit-again

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G'day and welcome to DT Talk, soon to be providing all-important information for coaches of AFL dream teams, or DTs as we like to call them around here.We'll have updates on injuries and suspensions, take a look at the movers and shakers once the players' prices start to change and preview the top trades ahead of each round. There'll also be a weekly stat of the month post and pearls of wisdom

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