I’ve been struggling to keep up with all the requests to rate teams this week. If I haven’t gotten to yours yet please be patient. Have a look at some of the other ratings I’ve provided in the meantime to give you some ideas. Cheers, Motts.
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who do u reckon will get most DT points for each team RD1 Mozz
ADE- Vince
BRIS- Sherman
CARL- Simpson
COLL- Swan
ESS- Watson
FREO- Pavlich
GEE- Abblett
HAW- Mitchell
KANG- Firrito
MELB- Jones
PORT- K.Cornes
RICH- Newman
ST- Goddard
SYD- O’Keefe
WCE- Masten
WB- Giansiracusa
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Interesting question, 4s. Let me have a think about it overnight and come back to you in the morning.
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Here you go, champ. Some very different answers for you.
ADE- Goodwin
BRIS- Rich
CARL- Gibbs
COLL- Swan
ESS- Stanton
FREO- Pavlich
GEE- Selwood
HAW- Mitchell
KANG- Anthony
MELB- Grimes
PORT- Cassisi
RICH- Newman
ST- NDS
SYD- O’Keefe
WCE- Priddis
WB- Cross
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i think Petries up there with a chance too
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looks like we both agree on Mitchell, O’Keefe, Newman and Pav
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Petrie is NO chance – suspended for R1
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Backs: Goddard, Enright, Thornton, Hodge, Hunt, Schoenmakers, Farmer/waters…
Bench: Maguire, Silvagni
Mids: Dal santo, Selwood, Gibbs, Davey, Ball, Martin…
Bench: Barlow, Bastinac
Ruck: Sandilands, Natinui
Bench: Warnock, Grimely
Forwards: Riewoldt, J. Brown, Franklin, Hall, Ziebell, Walker, Rockliff…
Bench: Gumbleton, Podsiadly
With 69 k left over in the bank… Any advice?
Personally, i think my forward line might be a bit weak? Also not sure on my last 2 backmen….
Thank you for your time
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i would take out Gumbleton and Warnock and replace them with Podsiadly and Lobbe then use the extra money to upgrade Schoenmakers or Farmer
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also i would sell Davey for R.Griffen, K.Cornes, D.Rich, C.Jones or T.Boak and Upgrade T.Walker
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Disagree about Warnock – he’s cheap and he’ll get game time. Only problem is that he’ll be EVERYBODY’s 3rd ruck. Agree entirely about Gumby – too risky. Pods – keep an eye on R1 teams. Not a fan of Davey’s but he did well last year. i’d still downgrade him to a mid-priced midfielder so you can upgrade your last forward to a bloke you know is going to play every week.
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podsiadly might not get elevated, so trade him out…
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Hey guys can you rate my team only 5 more days to go.
Backs: lake, hodge, enright , Hunt, Malceski, Waters, Ladson
Emg: Maguire, Moore
Mids:Ablett, Micthell, Stanton, Gram, Barlow, Martin,
Emg: Lewis Jetta, Banner
Rucks: Sandy, Jolly Emg: Warnock, Lobbe
Fwds: Pav, Rooey, Brown, BBBBB, Danger, Ziee
Emg: Rocky, Hitchnocock,
Look Forward To Your Responses.
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Buddy should be in the lineup D’OH! and just under$10k left in da kitty.
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Backs: Not a big fan of Lake (see previous team rates for comments) – think you can do better for what he’s worth (eg Grimes, Hurn, Kelly or Adcock). Rest of your backs are fine – you’ve got all the injury bargains in there.
Mids – good, some will knock you for the 2 onfield rooks – I’m not one of them.
Rucks – Twin premiums – good.
Forwards – All good. Buddy’s missing R1 so for me that was enough not to select him.
Its actually a hell of a team, PA. If you had Grimes in there instead of Lake I reckon that would have been a 10/10.
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Thax Motts, not really saw about which rookies to start in the mid, any thoughts? Buddy Buddy who do you swap him for FEV, their the only 2 that can kick a TON this season beside the guys i’ve already got.
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backs; lake, hodge, carrazo, mcleod, waite, hayden, waters (sheperd,davis)
mids- ablett, pendulbry, mitchell, ball, trengrove, martin (jetta,barlow)
rucks- sandilands, warnock (j.trengrove, vardy)
forwards- riewoldt, davis, harvey, franklin, dangerfield, medurst, watts
(rohan, dennis lane)
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25.8 k left in the bank, what do you think motts?
Backs: Goddard, Enright, Hodge, Gilbee, Malceski , Hunt, Ladson
Emg: Waters, Maguire
Mids: Swan, Vince, Ball, Dangerfield, Trengrove, Barlow
Emg: Martin, Shuey
Rucks: Tippett, Hille
Emg: Warnock, Trengrove
Forwards: N.Riewoldt, Pavlich, Harvey, Higgins, J.Riewoldt, Hall, Ziebell
Emg: Rockliff, Hitchcock
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Pretty good Pymie. As long as you understand that Vince is light on for match practice so may take a week or 2 to hit his straps. Read the Comments from the Motts’ Dilemma post to get the general concensus on Hille before picking him. He is definitely a risk. As is Malceski after pulling out of Sydney’s last NAB Challenge match with hammy tightness. My advice is to dump Malceski, bring Waters on and grab a rookie for your second bench spot. Use the extra cash to upgrade J Riewoldt in your forward line. He has the name but not the talent.
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thanks heaps for that advice
The only thing about Jack Riewoldt is i thought he would be a good pickup now that richo is gone, because he will be the only one up in there forward line? any thoughts on that?
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This? Or my origonal one ^^^?
Backs: Goddard, Enright, Hodge, Gilbee, Hunt, Ladson, Waters
Emg: Maguire, Silvagni
Mids: Swan, Vince, Ball, Dangerfield, Trengrove, Barlow
Emg: Martin, Shuey
Rucks: Tippett, Hille
Emg: Warnock, Trengrove
Forwards: N.Riewoldt, O’Keefe, Pavlich, Harvey, Higgins, Hall, Ziebell
Emg: Rockliff, Hitchcock
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I like the second one a LOT more. Just make sure Silvagni makes the cut before selecting him.
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Mitch Morton, Brett Deledio, and Graham Polak have all kicked lots of goals for the Tiges as well. Riewoldt doesn’t have the body of a Fevola, Brown or Hall that would enable him to play the one-out power forward. I just think that he’ll be too easily shut down by defenders. Incidentally, keep an eye on Troy Taylor. If the kid manages to escape doing time he’ll be very good for them this year.
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Thanks heaps, yeah i will change silvagni if hes not playing first round, maybe phil davis or someone if he is playing first round.
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Hey mate what do you think of this team
Backs- Enright, Hodge, Lake, Hayden, Hansen, Kennelly, Waters, ( Maguire, P.Davis)
Midfield – Ablett, Selwood , Cooney , Burgoyne, Masten, Trengove, ( Martin, Barlow)
Rucks – Kruezer, Ottens, ( Warnock, Lobbe )
Forward – Pavlich, Brown, Harvey, Gray, Kennedy, Ziebell, Walker , (Hitchcock, Gumbleton)
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You’ve got some issues, Alex. Not least of which is Burgoyne not playing due to injury and Cooney having had a pretty bad pre-season. Other than that Lake, Hayden and Hansen simply won’t score enough for you and you’re really loading up on injury prone players – risky strategy.
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Hmmmm I see but I don;t want to copy everyone elses team everyone has Hunt, Ladson or Malceski, I want to be different and I guess it is risky, do you reckon Ryan Griffin can replace Cooney as you never know he could be one of the elite players in the comp this year.
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Hey Motts what is your beef with Lake, this guy was 2nd in total marks scored 132 vs roos in r2, 134 vs hawks in r14, 130 vs pies r15 and 159 vs pies r22. He scored 100+ in eight games and his lowest score was 45 in r9 vs cats. He scored 50+ in all his other games. By the way he kicked 2 goals for the season.
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2 goals? Really??
Maybe I’ve got the guy wrong but I just don’t like him at that price. Do you know his stats from the year before?
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25 games 272K 171HB 175M 4Goals 50 tackles 2HO 16FF 27FA.
Avg 92.3 SC points best was 149 vs lions had (11) 100+ games, his wrost was 46 vs dees and the doggies won by 95 Ha Ha.
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You a Doggies supporter, Paul? If that’s the case then you are fully entitled to a little Lake love. I have unexplained devotion to a number of Blues players for exactly the same reason.
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Yeah you got me but the numbers don’t lie, by the way do you know how well Waite went today?
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Well enough for Ratts to name him for next week’s game. Murphy got named too.
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Do you think he will take Fev’s spot up forward or will it be Henderson. I don’t really rate Hendo much having played 15 games for 3 goals which came in 2008 throwing him in the deep end could be very risky.
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Setanta will get the job up front. He kicked 3 or 4 against the Crows last week. I can see Waite up forward though. It’s easier to regain fitness there than chasing another (fitter) bloke around all day in the backlines.
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/jarrad-waite-and-marc-murphy-certainties-to-play-in-round-1/story-e6frf9jf-1225843161941?from=public_rss
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hey Motts i got $507,300 left and one spot left in the midfield ,any suggestions around the price range, i’m thinking cooney but not sure
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currently in the middle i got abblet, swan, n dal santo martin and barlow
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Pity you don’t have $200 more – I like Stanton.
Depends on your appetite for risk – they reckon Anthony is going to get tagged a lot harder this year so his number will drop. I’m not so sure. Other options I like in that price range are Boomer and Sherman. I think I’ve made it pretty clear what I think of the Coon.
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yeah shame about stanton
another thing do u think j.hunt is too much of a risk starting or should i use him in my last spot
so far in backs i got goddard, enright, hodge, malceski, ladson and waters
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Dom Cassisi is at $504,100 he could be your ticket. Avg 22.4 ppg along with 7.6 tackles per game and can score some big number, plus his the captain so he won’t get dropped.
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Oh! Please leave aside the “hometown” love-in. This is a competition that requires intelligent assessment not club bias.
Waite will take time (maybe another 12 months) to regain his average so at best will be an upgrade target this year; and
unless Hargrave/Harbrow get injured and the Doggies find another FB then Lake is only going to be a KPP who averages 90 (great player I acknowledge but SC is not his game, particularly with the 2300 rule)
Remenber, I’m the WCE member arguing that Muddy Waters is highly over-rated due to a change in role and lack of leg speed/competition from more promising players.
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Enright, Heath Shaw, Hodge, Kennelly, Malceski, Hunt, Ladson (Maguire, Silvagni)
Swan, Gibbs, Cooney, Higgins, Carrazzo, Martin (Jetta, Barlow)
Hille, Naitanui (Warnock, Lobbe)
Riewoldt, Pavlich, Brown, Giansiracusa, Tippett, Hall, Walker (Hitchcock, Podsiadly)
What do you reckon 2010 avg. points per week would be? Any changes?
Cheers all =D
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ok whats everyone’s thoughts i’m either going with b.harvey or d.cassisi for last spot in the middle which should i pick
or should i go for anyone else, keeping in mind i only have $507,300 left
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How about I throw it to a poll.
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ok thanks that’ll be great
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adam selwood 477k should have a good year with kerr priddis and co fit and rareing to go.
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is nick malcski injured??
who would be better malcski or kenelly ? or nic suban ??
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Malceski pulled out of the last NAB Challenge game with hammy tightness. For many with him in their teams it was a red flag and they quickly hit the Eject button (myself included).
My preference from those 3 is Kennelly.
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best mid for 680k swan ??
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nah mate save urself 100k and get jimmy bartel…
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is nick malcski injured too much of a risk this year??
who would be better as the 4th defender malcski kennelly suban ??
also best mid for 680k ??
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malceski is way too risky, get kennelly if u can afford him.
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PLZ rate my team
DEF- M.Firrito, J.Gram, H.Taylor, S.Stevens, J.Frawley, S.Selwood, T.Williams (P.Davis(EMER), A.Silvagni)
MID- D.Swan (C), J.Selwood, R.O’Keefe, J.Watson, L.Anthony, M.Barlow (B.Moles(EMER), R.Bastinac)
RUCK- A.Sandilands, N.Naitanui (M.Lobbe(EMER), B.McCauley)
FWD- N.Riewoldt (VC), D.Giansiracusa, R.Gray, S.Byrnes, B.Hall, R.Murphy, J.Westhoff (J.Podsiadly, G.Dawson)
Bank- $4,600
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Any help on my team below would be awesome! only have $7k left and i don’t think this will be enough for upgrades during the season…thoughts?
Backs: goddard, hurn, hodge, krakouer, urquhart, kennelley, shephard (bench: maguire, trengrove[port])
mids: ablett, ROK, L.Ball, C.Ward, sidebottom, D.Martin (Bench; Trengrove, Barlow)
rucks: Sandilands, Hille (bench: Lobbe, Warnock)
Fwd: Pavlich, J.Brown, Tippett, B.Hall, Dangerfield, Ziebell, Yarran (Bench: Rockliff, Rohan)
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I like it, Missy. $7k isn’t THAT bad. You can always trade down to generate more cash throughout the season.
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who is the best midfielder other the ablett ? swan ?
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Murphy. But I do have my Navy Blue tinted glasses on.
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swan, but i have my black and white glasses on
also look at pendlebury
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O’Keefe
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haha so murhpy over swan, dal santo goodes??
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this will be for my capt, so i was just wondering if their was a better option the swan??
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swan for captain if ur not getting ablett
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ok final team for round 1 haha any comments/suggestions cheers.
backs: h shaw l hodge l gilbee t kennelly s selwood j hunt r ladson emg b waters m maguire
mids: d swan (capt) j selwood b gibbs b prismall l ball d martin emg j trengrove m barlow
rucks: b hillie nic nat emg r warnock b mcCauley
forwards: st nick (v capt) s higgins m lecras k tippett b hall j ziebell c mayne emg t rockliff s gumbleton.
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1,900 in bank just traded b mcCauley for j roughead
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You know how I feel about Gumby and you’re probably aware of your exposure to injury risk (Hunt, Waters, Prismall, Hille, and Gumby) but other than that it looks as good as anything else going around, dunx.
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all have had full pre seasons and have no injuries that im awear of at the moment??
cheers motts youve been a great help thie year.
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What’s your solution to the backline injury risk Motts? For example, do you take Malceski, Hunt AND Waters on the basis that each one is ridiculous value and hope their price jumps to a viable trade value before their injuries knock them off?
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who would you trade them all for then ?? based on that
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My solution is to minimise injury risk and not grab all of them. At the moment (and my team is a moment-to-moment proposition right now) my backline reads: 2 x premiums, 3 x $400k – $500k players, Kennelly, and Waters. Yes, I may miss out on humungous value increases. But I also won’t burn trades if any of them go down early. And as we all know: trades are gold.
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gumby for lobbe
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hey guys final team thourghts/suggestions please
backs: h shaw l hodge l gilbee t kenelly s selwood b waters r ladson emg r schoenmakers m magurie
mids g ablett(capt) d swan b gibbs l ball j selwood d martin emg j trengrove m barlow
rucks: b renouf nic nat emg l lowend r warnock
forwards: st nick (vcapt) m lecras s higgins b hall k tippett j ziebell t rockliff emg c hitchcock m lobbe.
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i would swap C.Hooker for S.Selwood considering form from last year and the NAB cup
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hey guys any thoughts/improvements
backs: Goddard, Enright, Hodge, Malceski, J. Hunt, Ladson, Waters
Mids: Abblett, Swan, Dal Santo, Stanton, Martin, Barlow
Rucks: Hille, Naitanui
Forwards: Chapman, N.Riewoldt, R.O’Keefe, Tippet, Hall, Dangerfield, Ziebell
Starting 22: any thoughts/improvements???
$140,000 left
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i just swaped dangerfield for gia now got 23,000 left is that a good move
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Is Ladson worth a punt, either as a backmen or as a midfielder or neither. I know he is only $249k, everyone seems to have him in, but I’m not convinced he’ll score alot of points. What do you think Motts?
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With you, BK. Gave him hard thought last year before avoiding him and not regretting the decision.
My backline is currently:
Gibbs, Deledio, Broughton, Duffield, Krakouer, Otten, Heppell with 3 rooks on the bench.
Goddard’s in the midfield to provide MASSIVE scores and DPP support.
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Just realised I answered a post from almost a year ago. Well, if you’re reading this, you just got an insight into my 2011 backline.
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Hi
Some feedback would be appreciated.
Goddard,Hodge,Enright,Hooker,Waters,Gram,Hunt
Emg:Maqurie,Silvangi
Ablett,Dal Santo,Mitchell,M.Robinson,Trengrove,Martin
Emg: Barlow,Banner
Natnuni,Seaby
Emg, Lobbe , Mcnamara
Reiwoldt,O’keefe,Franklin,Medhurst,Gray,Tippett,J.Waite
Emg:Rohan,Podsidaly
I have taken a risk in the ruck, I have 7k left, any changes or feedback would be great.
cheers
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Hi
Could you please evaluate my team?
Goddard,Hodge,Enright,Kenelley,Waters,Gram,Hunt
Emg:Maqurie,Silvangi
Ablett,Dal Santo,Mitchell,M.Robinson,Barlow,Martin
Emg: Bastinac,Banner
Natnuni,Seaby
Emg, Warncok , Mcnamara
Reiwoldt,O’keefe,Franklin,Medhurst,Gray,Tippett,Higgins
Emg:Rohan,Podsidaly
Any feedback would be great
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Back Line: B.Goddard, B. Gibbs, T. Chaplin
A. Carrazzo, P.Bevan, J. Laidler, A. Otten
Interchange for backs:
M.Coad, K, Hunt (Which i will change when i find a young gun back), Z. Thouy
Mids: J.Selwood (Capt), L.Hodge, S. Pendlebury (Vice Capt), T. Cotchin, D. Swallow, H. Bennell
interchange for Mids:
A.Gaff, T. Mzungu, W. Twomey
Rucks: A. Sandialnds, D. Cox
interchantge for rucks:
D.Petrie, Z. Smith
Forwards: L. Franklin, C. Rioli, T. Varcoe, S. Higgins, C. Yarran, A. Krakouer, R. Gamble.
Interchange for forwards:
J. Darling, B. Newton, I. Callinan
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mate your going to be absolutely screwed when it comes to finals or carlton has a bye! way to many players from the same team
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back line … goddard..gibbs..deledio..ottens..grundy..sheppard..c.wilson.. interchange….croad..j.toy..talia midfield… swan..boyd..pavlich..dalziell..l.anthony..a krakouer interchange…gaff..conca..heppell rucks..sandilands..cox.. interchange…tippet ..bailey fwds ..goodes..gilbert..m.johnson..mzunga..zaharakis..j.anthony..petrie interchange..prestia..i.smith..callinan
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DEF
Goddard, B . Deledio, B . Johncock, G. Rawlings, B. Heppell,
D. McKernan, S. Duigan, N. (Otten, A. Hutchins, J. Puopolo, P)
MIDS
Swan, D. Montagna, L. Swallow, A. Gibbs, B. Dangerfield, P. Mzungu, T.
(Harris, D. Atley, S. Smith, I)
RUCKS
Sandilands, A. Jolly, D. (Smith, Z. Derickx, T)
FWD
Riewoldt, N. Franklin, L. Pavlich, M. Jurrah, L. Yarran, C. Krakouer, A. Prestia, D. (Gamble, R. Tapscott, L. Richardson, C)
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DEF: Goddard, Gibbs, Broughton, Waters, J King, Tarrant, C Wilson, Heppel, Hunt, Watson
MID: Pendlebury, Deledio, Boak, Sidebottom, Ward, Swallow, Bennell, Gaff, Conca
FWD: Harvey, J Riewoldt, Varcoe, LeCras, Petrie, A Krakoeur, Day, Prestia, Howe, I Smith
FOLL: Sandilands, Warnock, Spencer, Tippett
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This is only my second year playing just looking for some tips to improve my team , thanks
DEF, b.lake, b.gibbs, b.deledio, m.hurley, a.ottens, m.caod, b.smith, k.hunt, a.hooper, c.howard
MID, g.ablett, l.hodge, d.hanebery, s.burgoyne, j.trengrove, j,ziebell, d.swallows, a.krakouer, j.pittard
RUCKS a.sanderlands, n.naitanui, j.fraiser, m.lobbe
FOWARD, l.franklin, j.watts, r.perterd, c.yarran, b.dick, j.kennedy, b.dick, d,petrie, r.kerr, i.smith, c.richardson,
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DEF, b, oddard, b,Lake, b,Gibbs, b,deledio, g,broughton, a,otten, j,toy
bench p,puolpolo, m,hibberd, n,duigan
MID d,swan, l,Montagna, s,pendlebury, m,pavlich, d,swallow, j,polec
bench d,heppell m,lock m,wallis
Ruck sandilands, ryder,
bench smith bailey
FWDS n,reiwodlt. L,franklin, c,sylvia, s,higgins, a,krakouer, d,prestia, t,mzungu,
bench c,richardson. b,matera. i,smith.
remaing cap $2.700
unsure bout ruck bench.
but what do you think bout rest
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Def: Goddard, Gibbs, Deledio, Grimes, Duffield, Otten, Lower (B.Smith, Hibberd, Duigan)
Mid: Swan, Bartel, Boyd, Sylvia, Anthony, Heppell (D. Swallow, Harris, Irons)
Ruck: Cox, Jolly (Smith, Derickx)
Fwd: Franklin, Goodes, Johnson, Higgins, Yarran, Krackouer, Richardson (Petrie, Matera, Mckernan)
Thats what i have planed for round 1.. not to confident on Johnson or Sylvia thinks he does to many stupid things and always get suspended any thoughts??? and please rate my team out of 10
Thanks Nathan
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hey guys im looking for a mid-priced forward <$450 and ideas
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