MIDFIELDERS
This group generates more points per player than any other because they just get so much of the leather. My strategy here is to go with guys on the field that I think will score heavily for me and grab a couple of rookies on the bench that I think will go up nicely in price. Here we go:
G Ablett ($744,200, 140.11) – Captain selection automatically made every week. Yes you could get 2 players for him but you can only make one of those guys captain. I’m still not over the line with him but at this stage he’s in.
M Murphy ($599,500, 112.86) – Quiet achiever last year and with Judd out the first 3 rounds he should get more of it. I do have concerns about his hip which was operated on a few weeks ago but the club is saying he’ll be right for R1.
C Morton ($446,900, 84.14) – has gone from strength to strength over the last couple of years and is ready for a breakout season. Ranked in the Dees elite.
N Van Berlo ($419,100, 78.90) – I don’t know why I like him, I just do. I also think he’s due for a ripper of a year.
S Burgoyne ($386,100, 80.78) – good price for a guy who in the past has regularly cracked the ton. Some injury concerns about him though.
B Dalziell ($347,800, 72.75) – Another one I consider a little risky given he only played 8 games last year but as tappy said in his comment a couple of weeks ago “at a new home on the big subi ground (he’s) another good bargain in the midfield”.
Emergencies
J Trengove ($174,200) – out of him and Scully, I like him more because he’s played more league football in the SANFL.
B Cunnington ($159,200) – my mate BOB has gone a little nuts over Majak Daw after seeing his ripped rig in the paper last week but I’ll still go for the guy who got taken higher in the draft.
I have no doubt there’ll be some strong opinions here. Lets hear ‘em.
Tomorrow, the big fellas. And there are some bargains to be had amongst them!
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“Dees elite” – there’s an oxymoron
NVB – injured
Burgs – plenty of upside but not convinced he’s reliable enough
Dalz – prob more value as a DTer
Trengrove – love the look of him!
My 2 cents on Gaz – not sure he can maintain such a hefty price tag (although, that was what was being said this time last year) = headache!!
Swan, Pendlebury, J Selwood, Cooney, Dalziel, McVeigh,
Em: D Martin, Morabito for me!
Daniel Kerr, for what it’s worth, is as fit as ever…. only 410 seems a bargain to me. Marc Murphy is ready to step up. Cooney to win the brownlow again, Selwood runner up. Much depth in the draft to allow you to buy some cheap rookies who will play. Swan will be the new licuria/woewodin!
Murphy and Cooney have been solid in my mids the last few years … they’ll get a run this year too.
Looks like i need to allocate a heap of time tomorrow to get my side in order.
Nice work revealing the complete midfield tappy.
haha well i may have changed my mind again. could upgrade for ablett instead of swan or even pendlebury for goodes. its just too hard! hurry up NAB Cup!
Motts very week midfield you got, you prob need to invest another 1 million into that midfield.
Take that 1 million from your backlind that you named yesterday. Backs on average score the less amount of points dont put too much money into the backline.
Also you are putting like 150k avg into your beanch, you should have kids of like 100k your less that are playing it works better. You can get like an extra 400 – 500k into your starting 22 that score points instead of wasting it on the beanch
Join my league (878246) i will give you a run for your money
Thanks for the feedback, Paul, and I’ve joined your league this morning. Duck has also indicated he may jump in as well.
Truth is, I have since revised the team again and probably will continually right up until 5pm on the day of the first bounce of the real stuff. As it stands right now I’ve gone back on the GAJ decision. The boys in the guts today are: Murphy, Selwood, Cooney, Burgoyne, Dalziell and Palmer. Bench stays as is.
Top 10 draft picks are usually pretty reliable for hefty value increases especially if they play in substandard sides because they’ll get played a lot (Watts last year was an obvious exception to that rule). If you know of any blokes around the 100k mark that are sure things then lets have ‘em.
Yep, joining up now …. i’d like to see tappy join it too.
Motts whats your team name called
Mottsy’s Maulers. I’ve changed it from Blues Cruise to avoid any confusion.
Just had a look then – the league is filling up fast, mate. I’ve also managed a quick post in the Coaches’ Box on my way thru tonight as well.
hope you fellas dont mind if i jump in your league too. Been reading this site for a week or so want to test myself against some thinking mans supercoaches!
pendlebury, mitchell, cooney, mcveigh, parmer and trengrove
em. martin and banner
hope your plan is to upgrade a player or 2 here. Murphy will be a slow starter, pick him up when he gets his fitness back.
I reckon Ablett will score about 400 as captain, against a disorganised and overwealmed Essendon line-up in rd 1. Sam Mitchell will also have a day out against Melbourne, and I like Travis Boak moving into Ports midfield. Throw in Trengove, cotchin and martin to save some coin or even Chris Masten!!
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