KEVIN Sheedy caused us some concern on Thursday night when the Greater Western Sydney coach rested a number of young Giants, but a majority of Dream Team coaches survived to post very healthy scores in round eight.

It was mostly due to killer performances from Collingwood on Friday night, with Steele Sidebottom (139 points), Scott Pendlebury (133 points), Heath Shaw (115) and Dayne Beams (100) leading the way.

Champion Dream Teamer Dane Swan was also headed for a big score with 95 points before he strained his hamstring early in the last quarter. For those of us (me included) who had Swan as captain it was a big blow.

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THERE'S a big, big sound from the world of Toyota AFL Dream Team, and it's the sound of the mighty Giants.

Yes, Greater Western Sydney's theme song might be the catchiest tune since Hanson mmm-bopped their way to the top. But, in the land of fantasy footy, it's not time to learn the words but time to come to grips with which Giants are worth keeping and which ones we need to start moving on.  

It is a situation we face with a number of our rookie-priced players. For instance, this week Tiger Brandon Ellis is the most traded out player in the competition, with most coaches swapping him for Fremantle's Lee Spurr.

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AFTER a month of hurt in the land of Toyota AFL Dream Team, things finally clicked in round seven.

Our best players came up with big scores, and most of our rookies came through with the scores we need them to produce on a weekly basis. Emphasising the strength of the round, more than 250 Dream Team coaches scored 2400 or above this week.

I was one coach who cashed in on a good week, scoring 2267 points and moving slightly up the rankings. Most pleasingly it wasn't just my midfield - which contains five premiums - leading me to the score.

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IT IS hard to talk about anybody other than Brent Stanton this week after the Bomber's phenomenal 193-point total against the Brisbane Lions on Saturday.

Stanton's score was the best of all time - "of all time!" as Kanye West might say - and bettered the Dream Team record set by Brian Lake, who scored 192 points in a game in 2010.

The durable Essendon midfielder shot to the top of the rankings in the competition, becoming the first player of the season to surpass the 800-point barrier and taking his average to 134.5 points a game.

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IT WAS the type of performance that vindicated our faith.

For a while, Patrick Dangerfield has loomed as a potential Toyota AFL Dream Team gun. He's shown flashes of brilliance, and the odd encouraging score, but never really put solid form together for any sustained period of time.

Apart from this year. Through some consistent efforts the Adelaide star averaged 81 points in the first four rounds. Then on Sunday, with 39 disposals, eight marks and three tackles, Dangerfield pulled in 140 points against Port Adelaide. It was what we had all been waiting for.

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IT IS time to discuss Gaz.

This time last week Dream Team coaches were sweating over the fitness of Fremantle star Nathan Fyfe.

This week we are wondering what to do with Gary Ablett, with the Gold Coast captain reportedly likely to miss two or three weeks with a knee injury. Already he is the most traded out player in the competition this week.

Given Ablett's amazing start to the year, if you are looking to trade him out you could afford any midfielder in the game.

In that case, Carlton's Marc Murphy, Western Bulldogs skipper Matthew Boyd, Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell or Geelong captain Joel Selwood would be your best replacements.

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IT WAS another round of Toyota AFL Dream Team that was derailed by injury worries, with the list led by Carlton's Andrew Carrazzo.

Late last week when news broke of Heath Shaw's hamstring injury, many coaches traded the Collingwood defender out of their side and brought in Carrazzo.

The Blues defender averaged 98 points in the first three rounds of the year and appeared a premium choice for our backline.

Clearly, however, Sam Lonergan had other ideas.

The Essendon midfielder drove Carrazzo into the ground with a hard tackle in the first term in which Carrazzo fractured his shoulder blade.

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IT IS a dilemma facing more than 100,000 Dream Team coaches this week.

What to do with Fremantle star Nathan Fyfe?

Fyfe was subbed out of last week's win over the Brisbane Lions with a dislocated shoulder and only 22 points to his name.

In the news we've heard so far, Fyfe could play this week against St Kilda or he could undergo surgery and miss the rest of the year.

The only thing clear about this situation is that Dream Teamers have suffered. 

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