5 Symptoms of AFL Dream Team Addiction
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Feel like you're getting addicted to AFL Dream Team? Is it spoiling the way you watch football? Here's 5 things to watch out for - Dream Team Addiction might be closer than you think...
5. You know what each stat is worth in Dream Team off the top of your head and the number pops into your head whenever your player racks up a score.
Even worse though, is when you know all your opponents team members and the number pops up every time they score as well If you're finding the relevant Dream Team number pops up every time any player gets a stat - in your Dream Team or not - then there is no hope for you - you are no longer a football fan. You're now simply a bunch of Dream Team 2's, 3's, 4's, and -3's. You're a Dream Team Geek.
Super Coach users rejoice - you'll never fall victim to the DT nightmares keeping you awake. That scoring system is harder to work out than the Duckworth/Lewis system - so leave your spanner set at home and get a good night's rest.
4. You get half time and full time Dream Team score updates via SMS when you cannot access the Internet.
(I am all for it if you only get full time updates, but half time as well is a sign you are well and truly gone).
3. You are delirious when two of your players play possession football in the backline and annoy all those around you by calling this latest fad 'the greatest tactic since Pagan's Paddock'.
Even if this is a close game late in the fourth quarter, you no longer boo but instead cheer 'clock management' and have your own footy to hold high above your head.
2. You have cursed, slammed your fist on the table, punched the wall, thrown the remote or smashed something for any of the following reasons:
- your DT player decides to hand ball instead of kick - your DT player lets a sure mark bounce in front of him - your DT player gives away a free kick - your gun back pocket attracts a tag (hello Andrew McLeod) - your DT player gets robbed because of an 'advantage' call (in front of goal this may warrant wall punching) - your low scoring backman is not getting involved in the short pass at a kick in - your player is burnt from the chip around that is clock management or "tempo" footy
But the major one is...
1. You would prefer to see your team lose if it meant your Dream Team players could rack up a huge score.
Sorry - but this is crossing the line. Not only are you a disgrace to your club, but there is no way coming back from here. Nothing is more un-Australian - it's time to book yourself some time on the couch, and no I don't mean with Mike Sheehan (although you might sit next to him in the waiting room...).
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