New DT Talk Site

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 waiting for? Click on the link, add us to your favourites, update bookmarks... heck, make dreamteamtalk.com your homepage! Be ready for a HUGE 2008 DT Season!

DT Talk Episode #17 - The Last One of 2007

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!

Roy, Warnie, VT, Vin and Chopper would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the support and for watching the show this year! Special thanks to Chook - our inspiration for the show... he is the best bloke in the world and we love him!

We will be back bigger and better than next year... stay tuned! Happy DTing!

DT Talk Finals League - The Results

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 - 16th
2. The Gunny Bombers - Luke - 9128 - 20645 - 22nd
3. Pusti Malakas - Peter - 8112 - 20582 - 42nd
4. loco_dice - Corey - 8064 - 20550 - 51st
5. Dare to Dairy - Gregory - 8048 - 20547 - 54th

Other league members of interest:

10. destROY - ROY - 7848 - 20485 - 166th
36. Calvinator - VIN VIN - 8036 - 19956 - 1277th
64. Warne Dawgs - WARNIE - 7844 - 19526 - 4341st
82. Merv Gray Autos - CHOOK - 7656 - 19392 - 5717th
100. I'm Not Harrpppyyy - CHOPPER - 7756 - 19133 - 8746th
126. Tackling Tit-ed - TITTA - 7764 - 18522 - 16406th

If you missed out on the grand prize, email us at dttalk@hotmail.com and we can arrange to see you a t-shirt or stubby holder - to set you up for next years DT Season!

Thanks to all who entered our league.. we've had a ball! Check back here later in the week for the final episode of the DT Talk YouTube show!

DT Talk Episode #16 - Grand Final Preview

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!

Captain Selection - Grand Final

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.

Geelong

Gary Ablett Jnr. 2007 Average: 98.5, Career Average: 73.4
vs Port - Average: 73.1, Last 5: 98, 93, 65, 64, 89.

Jimmy Bartel. 2007 Average: 114.4, Career Average: 86.0
Vs Port – Average: 87.0, Last 5: 111, 114, 182, 52, 63.

Paul Chapman. 2007 Average: 102.5, Career Average: 78.8
Vs Port – Average: 71.8, Last 5: 109, 80, 83, 84, 50.

Joel Corey. 2007 Average: 104.0, Career Average: 80.4
Vs Port – Average: 73.0, Last 5: 70, 94, 84, 104, 109.

Steve Johnson. 2007 Average:94.8, Career Average: 70.8
Vs Port – Average: 70.3, Last 4: 90, 75, 88, 40.

Cameron Ling. 2007 Average: 79.8, Career Average: 83.3
Vs Port – Average: 79.8, Last 5: 61, 96, 94, 106, 84.

Port Adelaide

Shaun Burgoyne. 2007 Average: 79.9, Career Average: 70.1
Vs Geelong – Average: 85.3, Last 5: 112, 87, 122, 55, 63.

Peter Burgoyne. 2007 Average: 89.3, Career Average: 74.0
Vs Geelong – Average: 65.1, Last 5: 65, 37, 77, 88, 52.

Domenic Cassisi. 2007 Average: 87.5, Career Average: 61.0
Vs Geelong – Average: 49.8, Last 5: 74, 78, 58, 45, 27.

Chad Cornes. 2007 Average: 101.2, Career Average: 82.2
Vs Geelong – Average: 90.8, Last 5: 117, 109, 121, 85, 77.

Kane Cornes. 2007 Average: 107.4, Career Average: 84.2
Vs Geelong – Average: 93.4, Last 5: 114, 145, 131, 76, 68.

Best of luck - choose wisely! And cheer on your DTers on the biggest day on the AFL calendar.

(Stats from Monty's awesome Fan Footy site - www.fanfooty.com.au.)

DT Talk Finals League - Week 3

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, coach, score this week, total points, national ranking)

1. Penultimate Team - Jarryd - 6333 - 12682 - 2
2. KEK OMG - Jackson - 6204 - 12543 - 11
3. destROY - ROY - 6372 - 12528 - 13
4. The Gunny Bombers - 6231 - 12517 - 14
5. Dare to Dairy - Gregory - 6312 - 12499 - 22

Other league members of interest:

43. Calvinator - VIN VIN - 5835 - 11902 - 1449
59. Merv Grey Autos - CHOOK - 5956 - 11727 - 2861
64. Warne Dawgs - WARNIE - 6144 - 11673 - 3457
96. I'm Not Harrpppyyy - CHOPPER - 5646 - 11368 - 7441
138. Tackling Tit-ed - TITTA - 5466 - 10758 - 18199

The Grand Final is next week - for quadruple points!! That means four lotsa the points you normally get!! So... captain selection is important! You can choose up to 12 players from either team... do your research and if the car can't be yours, maybe the DT Talk T-Shirt and DVD Bock's Set can be!

A reminder to all DT Talk fans to get onto a DT Talk T-Shirt or Stubby Holder on eBay by clicking here!

All Australian DT Scores

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. Johnson (100), M. Pavlich (102), C. Mooney (77)
R: D. Cox (101), D. Kerr (93), G. Ablett (99)
INT: B. Lade (76), D. Fletcher (84), J. Corey (104), C. Ling (80)

TOTAL POINTS: 1982 points

Not that great! However, if the DT Talk Team of 2007* got their average it would look something like this:

B: A. Carrazzo (100), J. Bowden (95), J. Sinclair (88)
HB: T. Lockyer (101), A. McPhee (89), J. Adcock (89)
C: J. Corey (104), M. Priddis (90), D. Swan (102)
HF: P. Chapman (103), N. Riewoldt (99), C. Cornes (101)
F: G. Ablett (99), B. Johnson (100), S. Johnson (95)
R: D. Cox (101), K. Cornes CAPT (107), J. Bartel (114)
INT: D. Fletcher (84), B. Harvey (96), J. White (87), M. Pavlich (102)

TOTAL POINTS: 2253 points

DT Talk Team of 2007 are easy winners! And Eddie, there are some 'Pies in there!

* This team was announced on the YouTube show towards the end of the season.