Hey again
It seems we have a serious lack of rookies to contend with before final teams are announced for Sunday’s games later on this afternoon. I thought it might therefore be useful to re-publish the Marsh Series best performers (by line) regardless of their starting prices. If you need to make radical changes to have at least 29 playing this week, then it is probably worth doing, remembering that there are normally 13 non-rookie priced players who will make more than $100k. Here are the numbers based on $/PPM.
DEFs
MIDs
RUCs
FWDs
… and here are a few more FWDs … there may be a bit of overlap!
Good luck all! Bring it on!
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No long?
see above. Now included. Was a LONG way down the list!
Anderson from GC?
his SC proj’d score based on Marsh Series was 40.34. He will eventually lose money if he averages that!
What will he need to average to be worthwhile?
About 67. Little less would be ok. More would be good.
JS counts for a lot tho!
Hmm. I’ve got a spare 60k lying around after I offloaded Ash for Brander after he wasn’t named. Don’t know where to appropriate it now.
DEF: Lloyd, Sicily, Docherty, Noble, BZT, Brander [Starcevich, loophole]
MID: Macrae, Neale, J. Kelly, Cripps, Dunkley, Rowell, Green, Pickett [Anderson*, Brown, Robertonson]
RUC: Grundy, Gawn [Conroy]
FWD: Whitfield, Petracca, Smith, Sturt, Cavarra, Budarick [Georgiades, King]
Any ideas? Have two 102k loopholes, so I should probably get them to a 123k rookies who’ll debut this week.
GD very similar to mine, exact same premo and rookie set up.
Great minds think alike, Al.
I can keep Anderson, grab Bonar or Guthrie instead, or get rid of one of my loopholes and hold onto 50k.
VERY conflicted.
STARCEVICH > Zac GUTHRIE.
Word from GEE VFL coach is that he’s “been super-impressive and will likely be given 4wks to prove himself on the wing”.
His numbers are on a par with BZT at the same price!
Hey GD – I too have Lloyd – any concern with him named in the centres and Dawson named at the back?? (pretty sure this is what happened at end of last season – he was named there and played there a bit but did not score well … )
Hello GD, my ideas
Starcevich is named
Robertson to McInemey
FWD is full of slow burners, needs to be revamped, sorry but Gawn should go for mid prices like Brayshaw, Jones etc. Good luck.
2 cats guys Darcy Fort & Zach Guthrie quite left field options, If i had any faith that Fort could keep Stanley out he’d be a must have.
TU: cumming
Td: Roberton
Worry about Isaac once Williams comes back into that GWS side.
Serious risk, but30 trades for 17 rounds let’s you take those bigger risk vs reward shots.
If you could only have one of these ROOKIES, which one would you choose?
T/U- Noble (COL)
T/D- T.Green (GWS)
Houston and Sturt T/U
Or
Parish and Starcevic T/D
cheers
T/up – Macpherson + Rookie in DEF
T/down – Devon Smith + Noble in DEF
whats Nobles JS????? Anyone an idea???
Good. The main question is whether he can outperform others at a similar price range, eg Roberton, BZT, Guthrie
yeah, I think with Roberton and BZT he becomes a miss … got to use those dollars elsewherE!
He’ll a likely score better than BZT and Robbo on role alone. Sorry mate but disagree. I’d also put Z Guthrie ahead of all of them!
Solid as a rock
last rookie bench spot:
sturt – TU
ben davis – TD
not overly fussed on scoring as i know both won’t do to much for me, more worried about JS
Tu – Crisp
TD – Houston
Less big on Oliver now without the easy draw.
TU – Fyfe
TD – Jelly
can only afford one:
TU: BZT
TD: Guthrie
Cheers!
Roberton and Williams (not selected and on my bench) T/U
vs.
Z. Guthrie and Starcevich (selected and on my bench) T/D
Kreuz out 16 weeks.
Worth saving some cash for Pittonet? Or anyone think that Casboult will continue in the ruck?
Pretty sure Carlton brought in Pittonet purely as backup for Kreuz, so he could be worth a look if you’ve got the spare funds.
Don’t know who has better job security:
T/up – Ben Cavarra
T/down – Ben Davis
Can you trade now is it locked out
The game is unlocked till the start of tonight’s game. U can trade all players except for the ones that played last night richmond and Carlton. Once tonight’s game starts u won’t be able to trade tonight’s players until after the round is finished, late Sunday night.
Does it cost you a trade so swap players now
no
if they haven’t played you can trade them until their side has. It’ll cost you no trades right up until the last game.
But DON’T CHASE POINTS 😉
TU: Neale & Bont
TD: Macrae & Oliver
Cheers
Which MID rookie to start??
T/U – Green
T/D – Anderson
Which FWD rookie to start??
T/U – Taylor
T/D – Budarick
Last premo, can’t decide:
T/U: T. Kelly
T/D: Cogs
Most likely to get a game first (both Em)
TU BJ Williams (WCE)
TD T Watson (FRE)
Is Mcasey worth it
I’m thinking downgrade him to Gould as I believe he will play fairly early
The extra 70k will allow me to either upgrade oliver to Neale
And Davis (Adel) to Geogriades who I feel has better job security
Or I keep Oliver and upgrade jelly to Neale
My guess is Mcasey goes out as soon as Doedee is available.
I would much rather Oliver over Neale though.
Davis has the better JS of the two, Geogiades goes out as soon as Dixon comes back.
TU: Isaac Cumming
TD: Ben Long
Thanks
What’s Brown’s (COLL) job security like? I’m guessing he’s only getting a gig til Treloar comes back, which is only a week or two away.
Wondering if its worth swapping Brown for Guthrie (via Starcevich)? Or save the 70k and just keep Brown.
T/U: Brown
T/D: Guthrie
Depends what you’re planning to do with the 70k. With all the trades we have now, picking a dud rookie or two is not the big deal it usually is
A couple of last minute trades, would appreciate some advice.
Taylor or Sturt in Fwds?
Currently have Sturt…
McInerney or Brown in the Mids?
Both players are bench cover only…
Cheers…
Currently have McInerney based on JS
Taylor easy, was really impressive in Marsh 2.
Sturt still a better option than others (Davis, Georgiades, Cavarra etc)
McInerney has better JS, Swans like to play rookies.
Cheers bAps
Taylor. Not Sturt.
Get both Brown and McInerney if you can.
Cheers FT
Would you put McInerney ahead of Robertson FT?
Robertson isnt getting a gig, so yes.
Yeah that probably sounded like a dumb question 😉
OOOOPs.
Sturt . Sturt.
TU: Roberton(D4) Noble(D5)BZK(D6) Starchevic and Gould
Jacobs(R2)
(Brayshaw(F3) Smith(F4) Brander(F5) Taylor(F6)
TD: Noble(D4) BZK(D5) Starchevic(D6) Williams and Gould
Gawn(R2)
Smith(F3) Brander(F4)Taylor(F5)Budarick(F6)
Imagine if you had 3 dogs!
Yeah, rough night.
Macrae and Dunkley for me. Not to worry, bounce back next week v Carlton and still end up Top 8.
Still unsure what to do with D8:
TU: B.Williams WC (D/R) – may get games in future
TD: B.O’Connor (D/F) 102k – provides flexibility to swing with Brander in Fwds
Comment: No D8 loophole – move Brander from Fwds to Def bench & play Sturt/Davis type @ F6
Many thanks!
Comment option, its what I did. Given we’ve just about got 2 trades per week, might as well start all the playing rookies, even if they’re not great.
Thanks for that bAps!
Hey guys,
T/U- Starcevich on field.
T/D- Max King on field.
Thanks.
On field at D6
T/U Starcevich
T/D Brander
Thanks.
Who’s your 7-8?
Can you loop them. Due to no cheapies i’m running a 102 loop in the back line.
Noble already looped with B O Conner 😉
I’m going Brander.
Thanks folks.
I think I’m pretty set with my rookies for midfield and defense but the forwards are doing my head in a bit. I would prefer to use a loophole in the mids but based on what’s available in the mids, I think it’s better on another line.
DEF – Roberton, ZGuthrie, BZT / Brander, Starcevich.
MID – Rowell, TGreen, Pickett / TBrown, McInerney, Budarick.
RUC – Xerri
FWD – Taylor, Davis, King / Georgiadis, Sturt.
I know those FWD rookies will be slow burners but options are limited this year – are any of those guys a bad idea (i.e., a loophole would be preferable).
I have some flexibility with positioning but I like having Budarick in the mids (so I have the DPP link) and prefer Brander in the back as I don’t see another DEF rookie (unless I put the loophole there).
TU – These rookies are good enough, no changes / loophole needed.
TD – Get rid of one of the FWD rookies (who?) and have a loophole in the FWD line.
Sturt or Rankine as F8? T/U, T/D…
Will selecting Rankine save a trade?
30 trades over 17 weeks does that even matter?
TU : Jacobs & Smith
TD : Naismith & petracca