I honestly can’t ever remember needing so many RMT threads at this stage of the pre-season. Really encouraging to see so many Coaches helping out and even better to see some new names joining into the Forum.
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Whitfield, Mills, Williams, Roberton, Collins, McKay (Schumacher, Garner)
Cripps, Fyfe, Oliver, Bont, Miles, Walsh, Constable, Gibbons (Wills, Smith, Valente)
Grundy, Gawn (Alabakis)
Danger, Dunkley, Heeney, Curnow, Setterfield, Hayden (Silvagni, Young)
$15.7k in bank
Curnow is my POD but from all reports he has been dominating this preseason and although he cops a lot of attention, he will have some more support in the forwardline. Last year was his breakout year and now he is ready to explode.
Roberton will need to be justified by preseason form and how he plays alongside Webster and Ross but open to swapping him with someone else.
Bont always scores well too, he is still so young so surely he is only going to improve? Consistent scorer who doesn’t get injured.
Oliver i am nervous about, will he contniue to improve or will Vineys role in team make Olivers scoring hurt? Potentially may go to a Kelly or Neale instead
Gawn Grundy combo is a lock for me don’t even try and talk me down to a 2nd grade ruckman to swap one of these stars
Thoughts greatly appreciated.
Alabakis ?
Will change to Fort
Sam Alabakis STK
Hi all, the wheels of indecision continue to roll…..draft 20+……
Def: Lloyd Laird Ryan Collins Quaynor Wilkie (Burgess Hore)
Ruck: Grundy Gawn (Fort)
Mid: Macrae Cripps Merret Smith B.Crouch Walsh Constable Atley (Ling Bewley Hind)
Fwd: Danger Heeney Wingard Rankine Blakey Setterfield (Cavarra Corbett)
Currently not sold on B.Crouch, fallen premo aside. His JLT will be key. Likewise on Wingard, still has niggling calf issues and being managed. I can definitely see Blakey getting early game time, enough to make some cash?….just like any other rookie I guess.
Would love some feedback.
I would recommend getting Smith into forwardline rather than mid as midfielders are easier to find a cash cow or mid pricer with potential.
Merrett an interesting one but with Shiel perhaps he will take some of the pressure of Merrett
Either way merrit is class. Top 8.
Just premiums as rookies are still pushing for selection…
Whitfield, Lloyd, Williams
Macrae, Cripps, Fyfe, M Crouch, Oliver, Kelly, Miles
Danger, Heeney
Hey Matt
Are you expecting to go 7 deep in the mids, while not selecting any premium Rucks? Or, is that more of a wishlist in the mids, and you’re still working out your Ruck strategy?
What’s so great about Miles? Anybody…? Bueller….?
A Continuously changing side but this is what I have at the moment:
Def: Lloyd, Simpson, Whitfield, Witherden, Collins, Wilkie (Hore + Wigg)
Mid: Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Martin, Merret, Miles, B. Smith, Gibbons (Bewley + Hind + West)
Ruck: Gawn, Goldy (Fort)
Fwd: Dangerfield, Heeney, Setterfield, Burgess, Corbett, Mosquito (Parker + Cavarra)
Defence I’m pretty settled on. Only real question is going Simpson. Will he continue to age well since no Docherty? Or will he start getting to old and Newman coming in take points away?
Midfield I’m concerned over Fyfe and Dusty. Will Fyfe play the whole season or will he get injured and play 12 games? Will Dusty bring back his 2017 form and be top 3 mid this year? Are Oliver, J. Kelly better options?
Ruck I’m pretty sorted. Going to go Goldy knowing he will hopefully score very well but happy to trade to Gawn after the bye rounds.
Fwd line I’m very weak due to the extra mid premium. I think this is a good call however due to Greene and Wingard’s injury cloud’s however will just have to see how they go on JLT if they play.
Rookies are subject to Rd 1 teams and form in JLT.
Would love any feedback/tips on the team. Cheers Coaches!
Hi Tom
I really like your selections in Defense and Ruck 🙂
Are you more sold on Miles in the mids, than having a 3rd premo in the forward line? If it were me, I would be concerned of covering all the spots on the ground in that forward line each week with 4 rookies having to get the call up… only food for thought.
Good luck!
Cheers asthecrowflies,
Only fwd I can really afford is Greene, so hopefully he is in and fit for the start of the season! Otherwise I think Miles is in
No worries Tom 🙂
I have similar concerns over the forwards under $400k as well… but, others you could potentially consider rather than Greene would be JJK, Worpel, Fisher, Higgins, & Papley (hear he’s training with the Swans midfield group). They are slightly more dosh than Greene, and come with other questions, but just throwing it out there for you. Daniher is less and still nursing some niggles, but comes with the potential of getting back on ground and doing some ruck work in the forward half.
Thought for food… good luck buddy!
Def – Lloyd, Simpson, Whitfield, L Ryan, B Smith, Collins
Mid – Cripps, Fyfe, Bont, Dusty, J Hopper, A Miles, Hind, Gibbons
Rucks – S Martin, Goldy
Forwards – Danger, Dunkley, Greene, Setterfield, Mcadam, Mosquito
Didn’t put bench in as they will all change depending on JLT and weeks before season.
I’ve gone with S Martin and Goldy because I believe Gawn and Grundy can’t sustain their current price. Dusty and Bont are similar as I can see them having a good few weeks and jumping up to the 600k point sometime in the season – making for an easy upgrade (if needed).
are you planning on sideways trading bont and Martin?
It depends, I’m hoping I won’t need too and they’ll go back to their 2017 form, but at the moment I believe they are worth the extra 60k you make instead of the big premos. I’d have no problem with sideways trading them. My main reason for putting them both in is I had the option between Macrae/450k or Dusty/Bont, which for me was a no brainer. The ultimate goal is to get Macrae in and I believe he won’t be able to sustain that price for the whole season.
What evidence suggests that Grundy and Gawn won’t sustain a 125+ average?
Well only 3 players really have done that (Ablett, Pendlebury, Danger), no rucks ever have, Gawn has Preuss and Grundy isn’t training fully still 3 weeks on from his toe, while Grundy had a huge leap of 33 points from his 2nd best season and Gawn 10.
Plenty of evidence to say their scoring might fall into a more reasonable average and that 2018 was an outlier.
I’m not saying they won’t finish with that average, but there will be a point in the season where even if they avg 110 over 3 games their price will lower drastically.
That may well be correct, but if you apply All Saints costing, those three will cost you $390k in trade value for a start. Are you sure they are each going to fall $130k, not to mention that if it takes say ten weeks for it to happen, the points lost in the meantime.
Green is hurt or something going on there. And no jot this year aflx that’s it
This is wrong. JLT still happening. http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-29/afl-reveals-2019-jlt-fixture
Really I got told something different
Lloyd, Whitfield, Witherden, B. Smith, Roberton, Collins (Wilkie, Wigg)
Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, M. Crouch, Merrett, Miles, Stocker, Gibbons (Constable, Bewely, Hind)
Grundy, Longer (Fort)
Dangerfield, Heeney, Wingard, Setterfield, Burgess, Corbet (Cavarra, Ballenden)
D: Hurn, Ryan, Short, Witherden, Z Williams, Wilke (Hore, Wigg)
M: Cripps, Oliver, Dusty, M Crouch, Z Merrett, Constable, Bewley, Hind (Atley, T Atkins, Gibbons)
R: Grundy, Fort (Sweet)
F: Dangerfield, Westoff, D Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Cavarra (Parker, Wilkinson)
I feel that the first 5-defenders selected are capable of being 90+ players given natural progression, as well as the new kick-in rule supporting additional scoring. I’m also quite comfy that the 5-mid premos selected will be top-15/20 giving me top-end scoring through to the byes and an opportunity to upgrade (if necessary) down the line. The reason I’ve felt comfy (at this stage) going with Fort and Sweet at R2/3 respectively is that with Westoff at F2, I can make a trade for a rookie forward if required. Clearly, JLT and being named in Round 1 will determine if that’s even possible at this stage. And, even after making that sideways ruck move, I would still be left with a forward line of Danger/Smith/Heeney early in the season, and an opportunity to build it up with decent rookie options seemingly available for less expensive than in defence.
Appreciate any feedback coaches. Thanks in advance 🙂
On reflection, I could also put either Bines or Schlensog in at R3… therefore reducing the requirement for a trade.
Either way, I’m reading good things out of the Cattery re: Fort. So comfy for now.
Still would be keen for any feedback. Thanks!
Ist game against pies/grundy we will see if the fort holds up
That’s a great insight, Mick… I reckon everyone’s in the same boat against Grundy at this point (except Gawn, maybe). The big man-bun is just such a complete player. I hope the Cats change it up after 1 game/poor showing… that would be a disaster for my set-up.
That meant to have said “don’t change it up”
Even if you think all 5 of those have the ability to score 90+ I’d be only picking 1-2 they’re all keeper prices and you can’t be competitive without at least three of your keeper defenders averaging over 100.
Hey Trav,
Thanks for your thoughts. These are my starting point. I never said anything about my finishing point.
Have you heard of the principle called the “Time Value of Money”? Simply, it states, that all things being equal, it’s better to have money now than later. Well… I’m applying this to points within Super Coach.
Let’s run the numbers.
I believe that 1 of my players will achieve an average of 100+, and 4 will achieve an average of 90+. So, I extrapolate that out to 460 points per week.
Following your logic, and taking 3 players at 100+ plus 2 rookies at 65 points, I extrapolate that out to 430 points per week.
After 12 weeks, which is around the point I plan to re-evaluate my defensive line (assuming that I haven’t had to use any trades for injury), my 5 defenders have outscored your defenders by 360 points!!!
Super Coach is a great game because everyone is able to make an assessment based upon their own views. So, while I agree that I’ll want at least 3 of my defenders averaging over 100 points, I believe I’ll get those players in at the right time. But, to start I’m taking the points against your rookies 😉
Good luck to you champ.
Short had 5 below 80 (3 below 70) from his first 9games and 3 below 80 (2 below 70)from his last 5 last year, only 9x did he score 90+. Doubt that he’ll achieve 90+ average this year.
Hurn might get to 100 ave but never has before in 12-seasons so I doubt that as well
Williams has the potential to go 90+ for the 2nd time in his 5 season career but can’t see him being 100+ ave
Witherden had a better ave in his 1st year than he did last year and plenty of up and comers at Lions to share points with this year he wont ave 100+
Luke Ryan will be sharing kickins with Nathan wilson so he wont get any benefit from new rules will struggle to ave 90.
Your backline is weak, you need more realistic points and less speculative points
By the numbers…
2018 Total Points Ranking in Defence
– 5th Hurn with 2121 points
– 7th Short with 1887 points
– 9th Williams 1878 points (*based upon 2017 numbers)
– 14th Ryan 1805 points
– 18th Witherden 1760 points (*injury affected season)
** Total for the entire year = 9451 points**
2018 kick-ins…
– Hurn took 124 of 201 (61.7%)
– Short took 90 of 166 (54.2%)
– Williams looks to be taking the GWS role moving forward
– Ryan took 107 of 261 (41%)
– Witherden took 126 of 248 (50.8%)
Given that each of the player situations has either stayed the same or improved this year (*based upon my assessment), I believe each of them will solidify/consolidate/lift/improve (whatever descriptor you’d like to throw in).
Plus, I’ll leave you with one last thought. The number of defenders that averaged 100+ in 2018 and played every match… only 1!!! (Lloyd). And he averaged 87.3 in 2017, accumulating 1833 points. If we were having this conversation at this time last year, you would have said I was speculating by taking him…
Super Coach is about opportunity and probability. I like both for all my guys. I think my defensive line is pretty solid… even if you don’t.
Good luck.
I like your train of thought but your 5 guys cost 2.3 mil, where as 3 100 pointers + 2 rookies costs about 1.9 mil so it’s not a fair fight.
Lloyd, Whitfield, Witherden, Newman, Moore, McKay (Collins, Wigg)
Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Miles, Liberatore, Walsh, Gibbons (Atley, Bewley, Hind)
Grundy, Naismith (Fort)
Dangerfield, Heeney, Greene, Daniher, Rankine, Setterfield (Parker, Cavarra)
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Newman will be starting at with Northern Blues as he is struggling to comprehend the game plan.
Naismith wont play until round 6 at earliest because he’s broken
Oliver will probably miss first 2 rounds due to his bilateral shoulder reconstructions
Bad Toby wont play round 1 maybe wont play 2,3,4 either.
Don’t shoot the messenger
Oh great, we drafted a dummy
I’m posting this team to see what people think of Danger in the mids…before commenting, go over to Feb Banter and you will see some discussion there, including from the great All Saints.
Whitfield, Hurn. Williams, Roberton, Collins, Wilkie (burgess wigg)
Danger, Cripps, Neale, Dusty, Merrett, Setterfield, Gibbons, Stocker (Bewley, Foley, T Watson loop)
Grundy, Goldy (Fort)
Heeney, Smith, Wingard, Gray, McAdam, Cavarra (Kreuger, Bines)
Bank 24.3
Personally I’d swap Gray and wingard. Without danger there the other guys need to be solid. Wingard and Gray are having troubles with their legs, nothing major but they’ve both been pulled out of the aflx.
Def keep an eye on those two..Mclean and menegola might work. SC rule 102 (101 is NO sideways trades)deals with poor pre-seasons for whatever reason.
Good team/structure/selections but with Wingard’s current injury an option could be
Out: C Wingard, L Foley, N Kreuger, S Hurn
In: D Moore, A Miles, M Parker, K Simpson
Wingard def one to watch…Foley and Kreuger rookies and not locked. Why not Hurn ? Ultra reliable, some $45k cheaper than a 35yo Simmo, and set to be biggest benefactor from new kick in rules.
No Moore for me…injury ridden kpp player. I’d rather spend the $240k on one of the gun rookies like Walsh. Went Roberton over Miles for my one Mi-pricer, but only just. Parker like all rookies and up for grabs.
Finally, I would have no $ left.
Enjoy the response though !!
Hey mate
Had to get back to work for a while, but am half way through responding to your Footy Banter post. Bear with me. Work gets in the way sometimes 😉
I am so looking forward to that……should I be waiting in anticipation or fear ???
Stocker and setterfield are both still broken and unlikely for round 1.
Scicily Whitfield Mills Collins Roezee Wigg (Hore Watson)
Cripps Fyfe Kelly Martin Zerret Miles Constable Gibbons (Stocker Valente Hind)
Grundy Gawn (Fort)
Danger Heeney Mundy Setterfield Burgess Cavarra (Stengle Parker)
Obviously rookies dependent on Rnd 1 teams. Tried really hard to go for GrundStein but just can’t justify it. Feel a lot more comfortable with Miles at M6
Interesting to see a backline with no Lloyd, Laird, Witherden or Williams
Hope Mills goes big and the pricey rooks perform and be your doodees/finlayson type
Burgess very unlikely to play early games, stocker setterfield still injured and unlikey round 1. Grundy will probably miss round 1 but if he doesn’t somebody will definitely stand on his toe to see how its going, remember Sandi
DEF: Lloyd, Laird, Whitfield, Collins, Quaynor, Burgess (Wilkie, Hore)
MID: Macrae, Oliver, Kelly, Bontempelli, Miles, Walsh, Wills, Gibbons (Constable, Valente, Hind)
RUCK: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)
FOR: Dangerfield, D.Smith, Heeney, Blakey, Setterfield, Corbett (Walker, Hayden)
Happy to take any feedback,
I would probably look to upgrade either D4 or F4,
but don’t really want to take any unnecessary risk in the Ruck.
Also, ready to change rookies based on JLT and Round 1 teams.
Otherwise, provide any possible improvements.
Cheers.
Burgess, Corbett highly unlikely to play early games
burgess a better chance now that Wigg has a busted ACL?
Def.
Lloyd, sicily, whitfield, mcgrath, collins, quaynor (wilkie, hore)
Mid.
Cripps, fyfe, neale, merrett, miles, walsh, stocker, hayes ( constable, bewley, hind)
Ruck.
Grundy, nankervis (fort)
For.
Danger, d.smith, heeney, setterfield, burgess, cavara (corbett, larkey)
Love the McGrath call much safer gamble than Mills. Stocker setterfield unlikey for round 1 Burgess highly unlikely for round 1
Yeah toss up between mcgrath, williams and witherden atm.
And yeah stocker, setterfield, burgess, etc all just filling the rookie holes until closer to season start
Hi guys, gave my team another go after the first draft.
Thank y’all for the great feedbacks, for a SC rookie like me this is gold!
DEF- Lloyd, Sicily, Smith, Williamson, Rozee, Hinge (Burgess, Wigg)
MID- Macrae, Cripps, Fyfe, Coniglio, Miles, Stocker, Atley, Hind (Mosquito, Bewley, Valente)
RUC- Grundy, Goldstein (Fort)
FOR- Danger, Smith, Heeney, McLean, Setterfield, Allen (Corbett, Cavarra)
Thanks in advance for your comments!
Sit on it til JLT mate. As good as any this time of year.
Best fwd line that I’ve seen so far except for the rookies. Mid rookies aren’t so good either
Feb side before JLT
Lloyd Whitfield witherden Williams Rozee Quaynor Wilkie McKay
Cripps Martin Ross zerret Sloane Walsh Constable hind Bewley Valente gibbons
Grundy goldy fort
Danger Heeney Mundy setterfield McAdam Parker burgess cavarra
60k left for late movements
Thoughts please
Different but good. First time I’ve seen Ross selected, could be a bold move. No Fyfe, Kelly or Oliver, you’ll either leave us in your wake or fall behind the pack. Good luck…..M.
Cheers ta Fyfe never plays 22 Oliver shoulder surgery all going well have 60k spare so Ross can become Kelly at the jump Oliver and Fyfe can be added later as upgrades just my opinion though good luck
Looks like a good plan….
Evening all!
DEF: Lloyd, Sicily ,Hurn, Williams, Rozee, Logue (Quaynor, Naish)
MID: Macrae, Cripps, Liberatore, Walsh, Thomas, McHenrey, Constable, Mosquito (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)
RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Clarke)
FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, McLean, Walters, Lukosius, Setterfield (Rankine, B.King)
$65,800 leftover
Thoughts?
2 premium mids only it’s a no for me just my opinion though downgrade Thomas lukosius Walters libba for an Uber mid premium mids make a lot of coin I know but they score the most points also all teams on here are batting with 4-5 gun mids
Your atleast two Uber’s light in the guts phil. We won’t have enough trusty rookies in the middle to justify starting 5 & benching a further 3!
& why do you need such expensive rookies on your bench up FWD & DEF? So much value at 117-123k trade a few down make some $$ and upgrade that midfield. Expensive rookies don’t generate the cash for down the track mate it’s proven..
Great rookie options in positions:
DEF: hore Burgess Wilkie
Ruck: fort
FWD: cavarra Parker Corbett
Hope you don’t mind my input I’m just trying to help.
Phil, Lukosius will get a game but as Key forward won’t earn enough points justify his inclusion. Rankine is too expensive to sit on the bench. Need more firepower on the guts, minimum 4 premo, preferably 5. Good luck….M.
What do we think guys?
DEF: laird Sicily Williams Logie Wilkie Burgess ( wigg hore)
MID: Cripps kelly Neale Martin MCrouch Zerrett bewley hind (McHenry stocker Gibbo)
RUCK: Grundy Goldy (fort)
FWD: danger Heeney worpel setterfield Corbett cavara (Parker Hill)
Always appreciate a TU/TD for a basic idea whether I’m on the right track but love when people take the time to comment and help me out 🙂 rookies are subject to change.
Midpricers are worpel & Williams which I am relatively happy with I think…
Also Am I too gun heavy in my midfield?
Thanks guys
Midfields solid Mav
Many funds leftover if Worpel doesn’t perform as you hope?
Obviously depends on jlt/rookies I guess
85k mate. Worpel was wingard but his fitness is really worrying me so made the swap. No Tmitch & an injury clouded wingard means worpel can get in that midfield I hope.
85$$$ is tip top mate
Good call on Wingard
Makes for a educated/gut call on fallen premo v breakout I guess
Makes for an interesting 5 weeks
Think you might be 1 mid deep and 1 forward shallow. Fwd rookies have traditionally been the poorer scorers in recent history and being stuck with Corbett (KPP in a bottom 2 side) and Cavarra (pressure forward in a team that averaged 70 points in 2018) could see you leaking a wealth of points in the time it takes you the remove one of them from the field.
Can’t fault the player selections though, I’d maybe just have a bit of a think about the structure.
Great advice. Still think that there maybe better FWD options than DEF this year, from a rookie perspective.
We’ll know a lot more after the JLT and when Rd1 teams are dropped, but I think there are enough decent fallen/mid-priced options to be safe with (the right) one each line.
ATM, (after listening to the news reports, club gossip, and reading all;…. well, almost all; of the SCT Logic), here’s what I’ve put together;
Sicily Whitfield Smith Collins Logue Duursma
Burgess Wigg
Dangerfield Cripps Neale Coniglio Martin Liberatore Bewley Hind
Atkins Watson Gibbons
Grundy Sinclair
Fort
Menegola Heeney Mundy Worpel Rozee Settefield
Corbett Cavarra
This leaves about 2 cents left in the bank.
IMO so far, going on general comments, there is going to be less ball ups, but lots of kick ins.
But I think there will be more goals kicked, (to promote the game), more centre bounces, meaning more open ball ups, requiring more running rucks and, ball getting forwards.
But that’s just IMO……
Roll on JLT…..
Problem with Sinclair is that Naismith is back, so he might not have the same output as 2018.
Not for the first 6 weeks according to the latest news…..M.
Well picked up M, and it gives me a chance to look at cheaper options.
Lloyd Laird Williams Rozee Scrimshaw Quanyor
Hore Wigg
Cripps Kelly Neale Yeo Sloane Setterfield Bewley Constable Valente Stocker Gibbons
Grundy Gawn
Fort
Dangerfield Smith Heeney Cavarra Rankine
Parker
Mc Adam Blakey
No Oliver, Martin or Fyfe, so you’ve got some clear PODs, hope it pays off for you. Guns and rookies look well-balanced.
Yeah I probably most likely have Oliver. Just waiting to see his shoulders are okay. Fyfe to much injury risk have made this point a lot of times don’t need to go over it. Martin not for me. Tigers share the load he won’t ever go back to Brownlow medal scores. Tigers don’t need him to do that anymore
My team is
Def. J siclly L Whitfield. A witherden. R Burton. C rozee. S Collins bench h Goddard I quaynor.
Mids. Danger. L neale. P cripps. Z merger. Jack viney. A miles. S Walsh. T Thomas bench c constable. b brewly. R west
Rucks. Gawn z Clarke bench Darcy Cameron
Forwads. T Kelly. J ziebell. J billings. J worpel. I ranking. N Blakey bench j Corbett. B Cavarra.
Let me know what you think rookies will change until rd 1 etc
Try moving Danger to the forward line. Also Kelly wanted to be traded but Cats wouldn’t let him go, will that affect him? Billings burnt a lot of coaches last year, will this year be different?
Need a more reliable second ruck that Z Clarke.
The rookies are still anyone’s guess…
Ok I did that then took out witherdon bought in Brodie Smith then took ziebell billings t Kelly out then put dunkly and danger with s weidemen. Then in the middle i put stephen coniglio.
I also took Clarke out and put Billy longer. He will be the no one ruck at the saints see plenty of ruck work in the middle might be a cash cow
I would rather see Williams instead of Smith and you could do this by downgrading Weideman for a rookie and upgrading Smith. This is just my preference. Go with your gut it’s your team. Good luck…M
Agree might do that
Hi Nick, you are always a bit different with your team choices so I’m always curious how you go for the season. What was your rank for 2018?
Way to much money sitting on the bench………………
Nick; spelling isn’t that big a deal for readers, some will always give you the jab in the side because that’s how they are, people man, they are what they are. How you respond will create the reputation that follows you.
With your team, which is good in couple areas and needs attention in a couple.
MID Dangerfield would serve you better in the forward line, Ziebell i would drop for Lynch or Petracca who having great pre-season so far even Parfitt GEL might be getting mid time and of course Worpel HAW may be a great option if mid move happens (actually he is there, great). Danger could become Dusty or M Crouch or J Kelly, i like Angus Brayshaw over Viney but both a little under.
DEF Is your strength. Burton maybe to Williams and bench options dropped to cheaper options that give you extra for Williams. Im a Rozee and Collins fan
FWD Danger in, Ziebell out, Heeney in, Billing out, Rankine and Blakey genuine chance to play rnd1. RUC Gawn is the riskiest of the two big option. Z Clarke might get early games, unlikely rnd 1. Mumford rnd 3 GWS, Naismith SYD, Longer STK are cheap R2 options that will/may play.
Mate, you have the right idea with your team, just respond to unnecessary comments within reason, cheers
Coaches,
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Def: Simpson, Whitfield, Mills, Williams, Quaynor, Mckay (Hore, Wigg)
Mid: Macrae, Cripps, Neale, M.Crouch, Merrett, Walsh, Constable, Bewley (Hind, Atkins, Gibbons)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)
Fwd: Danger, Heeney, Gresham, Setterfield, Parker, Cavarra (Wilkinson, Cottrell) 10.4k bank
I’m thinking either this or:
Mills, Merrett (10.4k bank) -> Lloyd, Miles (33.9k bank)
Fairly set of the grundy/gawn ruck combo, gawn is too much of a specimen not to start! Gresh is a gun and will be running through the midfield more, I see him hopefully going 90+ this year
Rookies will be swapped depending who is playing/plays well in jlt
Thoughts??
Everytime i see Gresham i think Billings 2.0. Imo richo is a bit of a dud coach and who knows what he is going to do. Worth a punt if he scores well in JLT however.
The Mills and Merret VS Lloyd and Miles is a very close one for me and id leave your team the way it is until JLT to decide!
Gresh and billing have both been training with the midfield group. Gresham has more heart than billings and both are on their contract year so will be wanting to impress to up their value. Richo is a bit of a dud but Ratten being appointed to the club will help that a lot, I hope so anyway haha
Its a bit of an iffy choice but not too many of the fwds this year are locks. Thanks for the input!
DEF: Lloyd, Laird, Sicily, S.Collins, C.Burgess, H.Wigg, (emg) O.Clavarino, M.Hore
MID: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Neale, Martin, Bennell, J.Atley, E.Smith (emg) C.Constable, B.Bewley, R.West
RUCK: Grundy, Goldy, (emg) Longer
FWD: Danger, Heeney, T.Walker, C.Rozee, W.Setterfield, J.Petrucelle, (emg) M.Allen, B.Cavarra
$400 left.
TU: Not enough guns
TD: These rookies suck
Other: comment
Longer is a pretty expensive emg ruck (fort would probably be a better option) and Bennell already has injury concerns with his calf so that’s a risky pick. Besides that, it looks pretty good
Thanks Reece. Do you see Fort getting much game time with Stanley, Smith and Abbott all ahead of him at Geelong?
Fort is mature age and afl ready. Reports say he is in contention for rd 1, ahead of both Smith and Abbott at this stage.
As a Geelong fan i think Stanley deserves first crack at the ruck spot after he showed some promising signs before getting injured. Fort is second in line with both Abbott and Smith having limited pre seasons with back injuries. Joel Selwood said a while back now that Fort and Stanley are battling it out.
But Chris Scott has always loved playing too many big men so who knows maybe Stanley and Fort both play (However with Sav fit i really hope he doesn’t do this).
It is possible but unlikely on Fort. SYD, WB, FRE, GWS just off top head, ESS maybe, these teams may not get to far into season before R1 change which is actually an uncommon thing.
Tim English, Mumford, Naismith, Sean Darcy all possible early beneficiaries. Then Fort, Sweet, Briggs GWS if Mumford bombs and Simpson struggles, Reilly O’Brien ADE if Jacobs succumbs to age and body which is doing ok this preseason.
Reece is right, expensive bench warmer.
Way to much money sitting on the bench in the ruck and Bennell is done.
Laird Witherden Williams Newman Collins Quaynor ( Burgess Wigg )
Cripps Kelly Neale Martin Pendlebury Rockcliff Brewley Hind ( Constable Atley Gibbons )
Grundy Goldstein ( Fort )
Dangerfield Heeney Greene Blakley Setterfield Cavarra ( Corbett Parker )
Can’t really justify Pendles and Rocky, except for sentimental reasons.
Changed Pendles and Rocky to Bont and Worpel
Does that make it alright or is there other areas that need work to?
Thoughts guys?
DEF-Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Collins, Wilkie, Burgess
(Hore, Wigg)
MIDS-Macrae, Fyfe, Kelly, Ross, E.Langdon, Miles, Walsh, Setterfield
(T.North, Bewley, Hind)
RUCKS-Gawn, Martin
(D.Cameron)
FWDS-Danger, D.Smith, Dunkley, I. Rankine, Blakey, Cavarra
(McAdam, K.Hayden)
M5 have you given thought to sloane.
Looks solid, Brendon.
Like the Ross pick, but I don’t see how you can go past starting Grundy AND there’s big asterisk over Langdon:
While I can see how his big 1st quarter starts, a breakout season last year (+17 SC pts between his 17/18 average) and now a greater role in the midfield with Neale’s departure, in which he’ll surely move forward and not backward, can be appealing, I wouldn’t take that kind of risk- and not for 447k either.
1/3 of his scores last year were under 60 and you really don’t want an M5 with that low a ceiling at his price, he’ll likely be getting rotated around with all the new kids Lyon has put time into and Fremantle tend to get dominated in the midfield; ranking just about dead last for cont. possessions.
I see your thinking though; filling the vacuum left by Neale. Watch over the JLT and all, but I don’t think you could consider him at such an awkward price.
DEF: J. Lloyd, L. Whitfield, Z.Williams, B.Smith, C.Burgess, M.Hore
(J.Maibaum, H.Wigg)
MID: J.Macrae, C.Oliver, L.Neale, E.Yeo, M.Crouch, Z.Merrett, S.Walsh, J.Atley
(H.Brayshaw, J.Madden, K.Pudney)
RUCK: B. Grundy, B.Longer (D.Fort)
FWD: P. Dangerfield, I. Heeney, C.Wingard, W.Setterfield, L.Schultz, B.Cavarra
(M.Ling, P.Bines)
If I stick with Longer, plan is to upgrade to Mumford if he is struggling hard
Looks good mate. If it seems like Longer won’t be the number 1 ruck after JLT viewing, you have an easy option to downgrade one of your stacked midfield and add to the ruck.
Pre JLT squad:
B – Lloyd, Whitefield, Williams, B.Smith, Scrimshaw, Wilkie (Hore, Wigg)
M – Macrae, Cripps, Kelly, Yeo, Martin, Stocker, Atley, Gibbons (Bewley, Scott, Hind)
R – Grundy, Gawn (Fort)
F – Danger, Heeney, Darling, Setterfield, Parker, Cavarra (Burgess, Cottrell)
In terms of mid pricers, I’m looking at going Williams + one other. I’ll see if the kick in rules will help out Brodie Smith at all. Other mid pricers I’d look at is Miles, Libba & Worpel.
D2 , M5 (Yeo or Neale?), R2 and F3 all up for grabs pending JLT form
Ok ok things have changed here we go.
Loyd laird whitherden z.williams
Wilkie with ( McKay hore)
Cripps fyfe neale bont miles
Hind hill gibbons (Scott collier-da jayden )
Goldy s.jones ( fort)
Danger smith heeney
Lycett parfitt setterfield
(Burgess mosquito)
Rookies will change 86800 left.
Pls fix it
Forget there is also wigg in the backline
Not any more, just did his ACL poor bugger. Can’t get a break….M
Not anymore…….out for season!
No Grundy or Gawn. Gonads? Also I had a look into previous season rookie scoring and off this research I may be inclined to pick rookies with a minimum age of 20-21.
Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Roberton, Collins, Logue (Burgess, Wigg)
Macrae, Cripps, Neale, Martin, M. Crouch, Taranto, Hayes, Atkins (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)
Nank, Witts (Fort)
Danger, Menegola, Heeeney, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (McAdam, Wilkinson)
Would appreciate some thoughts
Love The RUC Joel. Different to any other i’ve seen or can remember and both maybe with a little ave to increase. Best thing Witts did was leave pies as being second to Grundy would be a tough lonely VFL gig.
DEF Is very good, again 2 of the three top scorers in def this yr and Williams might have 90 in him, Robertson could be anything 80-90 but 82-85 is realistic. Logue is in my team as he has a rookie breakout coming anytime.
MID Goes deep, you have great coverage across full roles. Taranto getting interest this season and mini breakout 88 to 95+ with three gone over trade period. Atkins starting to look like a dark horse for early season debut. With Martin to gain back ground you have likely 4 of mid top 8.
FWD 3 premiums and 3 rookies. Menegola not getting much love this season but now is a season in season out scorer. Heeney has 5-8 extra in his average.
Menegola’s scoring is a bit of a roller coaster so a lot of coaches see him as an upgrade target when he dips in price.
Was completely sold on him till I found out that he’s had an interrupted pre season.
Appreciate everyone’s thoughts on my second draft. Hoping Mills gets more midtime but Swannies have been promising that for a couple of years. Will be looking hard at Roberton in the JLT. Williams should average 90+. Gone deep in the mids and kept strong rucks. Happy with three strong premiums but still concerned with three rookies. Feel there should be plenty of rookie forwards.
DEF: Lloyd, Mills ,Williams, Robertson, Collins, Logue (Burgess, Hore)
MID: Cripps, Fyfe, Cogniglio, Sloane, Steele, Miles, Stocker, Gibbons (Bewley, Hind, Mosquito)
RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)
FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Settlefield, McAdam, Cavarra (Parker, Walker)
$19,400 leftover
Thoughts?
Looks great Mick IF as you hope, Mills gets more MID time.
Great midfield pod too 😉
Roberton and Steele are tracking very well I hear.
Thanks mate. As a fellow Saints supporter Steele is the right age to go bang. Would love Ross too who I think is ready to go big. Think we will be much more competitive this year.
DEF-LLOYD, SICILY, RYAN, WILLIAMS, collins, wilkie-mcklay,hore.
MID-CRIPPS,ZERRETT, SLOANE, ZORKO, STEEL,atley, bewely, hind-hayes, atkins, gibbons
RUC-GOLDY, NANK-fort
FWD-DANGER, MENEGOLA, HEENEY, DUNKLY, corbet, parker-cavarra, cottrell.
Peoples take on this?
Bye friendly, bit weak in the mids but playing less on field rookies in def and fwd to help compensate a bit.
No mid pricers, and cant help but think sloane zorko merrett, are worth most of the cash saved without macrae fyfe and neale etc.
15 starters lets me save trades to sideways or upgrade the mids later on.
TOF,
What appeals to me with this side is that it has the potential of having 15 keepers. You are missing both Grundy and Gawn which could hurt you, but at the same time you’re spread of guns throughout could still allow you to score well.
It’s funny when I first logged into SuperCoach this year, I started with Nank (had him all last year). Nank has been improving his average every year and if this trend continues, he’ll be averaging somewhere over 100.
Best of luck for the year!
Bit of mid price madness going on here and I know it’s going to get the whole hand down, not just the thumb, but there’s some value here which appeals to me.
Yeah it’s going to need plenty of trades, but if those trades were for top notch premo’s you could still argue there may be 13 keepers here too. Maybe not enough cash generation from rookies will be the problem?
If Crouch, Hall, Miles and Smith all perform to what they are capable of they’ll increase in value enough to be easy stepping stones to the stars. Might seem a bit IF – but is it really. With great risk comes great reward.
DEF: Ryan, Witherden, Williams, Smith, Duursma, Wigg
Burgess, Hore
MID: Martin, Merrett, Sloane, Steele, B. Crouch, Hall, Miles, Bewley
Stocker, Constable, Gibbons
RUCK: Grundy, Goldy
Clarke
FWD: Danger, Heeney, Mundy, Billings, Setterfield, Corbett
Parker, Cavarra
Far Canal,
Like you said, mid price madness!
Has potential but I think there are too many injury prone players in your team! You’ve taken a few risks which I like but I think too many. Try and fit more proven/durable players in there!
Best of luck
Have to agree with Obrigado. Too many injury-prone selections (esp. Brouch and Hall) for mine.
I think both Ryan and Witherden together is a risk. Witherden is too slow to take advantage of the new rule and I’m not sure Ryan will get #1 kick-in duties at FRE.
Billings is training with the forwards while Gresh is training with the MIDs. Just sayin!
There are plenty of more durable and potential breakers in the mid-price range if you wanna continue with the strategy.
eg Taranto, McCluggage and Berry (has just been interrupted with mild glandular fever, back now tho’) in The MIDs, and
CCurnow, Fisher, Langford, Higgins etc. up FWD.
Good luck with it. It’s certainly bold. Just be prepared for a 50% hit rate. Just look how different your and my thoughts are on it 😉
I don’t mind the idea at all.
You have potentially 12 keepers and if Smith, Crouch, Hall, Miles and Billings increase by $50k which is quite possible you only need a rookie to increase by $50-100k for a straight swap to whichever premiums are looking to be the best performers for the year. And these increases could easily happen in the first few rounds, especially the rookies who can go up $50-80k with one good score. It also saves having to make pre-season choices between Lloyd/Laird and Macrae/Cripps/Oliver/Fyfe/Kelly etc.
Having said all that though I will still probably stick with a more guns “n” rookies approach.
Thanks for the replies.
I do have the nagging feeling that what Allsaints mentioned about Ryan and Witherden being true and I’d throw Smith in to that catagory as well. But I’m willing to give Hall and B Crouch a go…………I think!
I’ll be revisit to the backline might be wise.
Cheers.
T/U Merrett, M.Crouch, Goldie… (14 keepers)
T/D Gawn, Oliver, Miles… (13 keepers)
I reckon TD gives you ~ +5-8pts/week.
With Miles likely the only non-keeper among them, he should also generate some valuable cash for you. If he can make you c$90k (should quite easily) and you can pick up a Fallen Premo $40k cheaper than is starting price (again, should be easy) you’ll also cover the cost of the trade.
Good luck whatever you decide.
Obligatory rookies(in brackets) will change. Gray too if he’s not in rd1. Not set on R2 yet as im sure most aren’t. Positive thoughts only. Jokes. Run through it.
D: Laird Simpson Whitfield Smith Roberton (Quaynor Hore Watson)
C: Cripps Neale Yeo Ward Martin Walsh (Smith Hayes West Gibbons Valente)
R: Grundy Longer (Sweet: Loop)
F: Danger Gray Mundy (Rank Sett Petruc Parker Cavarra)
Gee this site has some great content on it, can’t believe I haven’t come across it until this year!
First draft for the year, pretty happy with the general structure (including byes), but there’s obviously a good chance this will change based on JLT and round 1 selection.
Pretty sold on Jacobs having a bounce back year at this stage, but would consider dropping Libba to a rookie to free up some $$ to move up to Gawn or Goldy.
Any thoughts appreciated!
DEF: Sicily, Whitfield, Witherden, B Smith, Logue, Scrimshaw (Wilkie, Burgess)
MID: Cripps, Kelly, Neale, Martin, Merrett, Liberatore, Constable, Gibbons (I Hill, E Smith, Bewley)
RUCK: Grundy, Jacobs (Fort)
FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Mundy, Setterfield, Cavarra, Corbett, M Parker, McAdam
Welcome Bozza. This site is like a bible, except its full of truth (heh)
I won’t comment on your team as I am completely uncertain about my own. Do like the forward line though.
Looks great (structure-wise) and agree FWD line looks strong.
Not convinced by Witherden. Just not quick enough to take advantage of new kick-in rule. I also hear Sauce is getting some serious competition for #1 spot at the Crows (O’Brien). Think Goldy would be a safer bet.
MIDs look strong too.
Good luck!
sicily, whitfield, witherden, williams, nutting, hore, scrimshaw, mcinerney
cripps, oliver, kelly, neale, martin, sloane, libba, gibbons, stocker, bewley, hind
goldy, fort, sweet
danger, smith, heeney, blakely, setterfield, burgess, corbett, cavarra
cheap in the rucks means i can add premo to other lines, once i see whos looking likely to be no.1 ill look to upgrady and make goldy R2
Any suggestions welcomed
Def: Hurn, Laird, Witherdon, Williams, Smith, Collins (Goddard, Hore)
Mids: Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Worpel, Libba, Walsh, B Smith, Bewley (Constable, Valente)
Rucks: Grundy, Jacobs (Fort)
Fwds: Danger, D Smith, Heeny, Rankine, Setterfield, Parker ( Mosquito, Cavarra)
Really like the Hurn pick mate, but really dislike the Jacobs pick. Have heard whispers that O’Brien may be starting to overtake Sauce and will really push him for the Number one ruck spot. I think his ax days are well and truly over. Think you should look to add another premo to your mids.
Cheers for your comments, will give it some thought on what you’ve said
O’Brien is the step-son of a good friend of mine. She reckons he is a REAL chance. If he starts, I might even consider him at R2 with Fort at R3. Ssshh! 🙂
An interesting decision for the Crows playing two big men!
That’s instead of Sauce, not as well as!!
Would love for you guys to give this the once over i am a 16yo tring to finally beat dad this year in my second year playing , you guys helped me alot last year with good ideas about my initiall team.
Below is my team that by looking at all the posts i have come up with have $33000 in the bank.
DEF: Lloyd, Whitfield, Mills, Robertson, Collins, Quaynor (Hore, Watson)
MID: Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Martin, Miles, Libba, Constable, Gibbons (Bewley,Stocker, Hind)
RUC: Grundy,Gawn (Fort)
FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Cavarra, Corbett (McAdam, Parker)
Thankyou in advance 🙂
Chelsea this is quite a good side. Only thing is that count only 12 keepers and I think you need at least 13. Maybe want to think about swapping Mills for Williams and Roberton for rookie and then upgrade Libba or Miles to a premo. I know Mills is trading with the midfield but I just don’t see him scoring above 95 average. Another option might be to swap Grundy or Gawn for Goldy and free up cash for an upgrade. Good luck…M
Welcome back Chelsea. Weirdly I remember you saying last year you wanted to beat your Dad. We all want to beat someone.
Maximus always makes great points and I agree with him on Miles. If you really like Libba then fine, but I think you have to choose just one of them. Solid premo selections, just make sure Mills is GUARANTEED mid-time before Rd1. If not, there’s your opportunity to include one more premo.
Otherwise, you’re a big chance.
I’m considering more than one mid-priced this year, simply because I have more confidence in them making money than I do some of the premos either backing it up or playing 22 games.
Have you read FD’s piece on Slow-picking?! If not, check it out in the latest FormGuide (second or third permanent (in green) piece down on the homepage has links). I think you’d find it very useful if you don’t come here that often. FD, aka Father Dougal, shares wise thoughts beyond all compare.
Good luck with it!
I agree that is a good start. The main thing is to be ready to adjust based on which cows have jobs and the health and roles of the keepers. All things we can’t yet know!
Hey lads would love a bit of feedback on my current team
(DEF) Llooooyyyyd, Laird, Williams, B Smith, Collins, Scrimshaw (Wilkie, Hore)
(MID) Macrae, Crippa, Fyfe, Neale, Libba, Walsh, Constable, Gibbons (Ling, Bewley, Hind)
(RUCK) Grundy, Goldy (Fort)
(FWD) Danger, Heeney, Gray, Setterfield, Shultz,Cavarra, (Corbett, Parker)
Defenders- Fairly confident that Lloyd and Laird will finish the year as 1 and 2 and then I feel Williams can push for top 5. Still unsure of Smith, was also considering Roberton.
Mids- have got Macrae, Crippa and Fyfe Locked in but considering M Crouch over Neale due to price and am still unsure of Libba or Miles as M5, rookies are subject to change.
Fwds- Danger and Heeney Locke’s in and Gray or Smith are the ones I’m considering at F3. Have 150k in the bank so have the option of a downgrade down back and upgrading to Toby Greene if fit
Looks great but I think you may need one more MID. If you think Fyfe will play 22 games then fine. Libba SHOULD make some money but he’ll need to play 8/9 games to give you what you want. Not a risk worth taking for me.
Have the same RUC combo currently.
Gray worries me. Not so bothered about an interrupted pre-season given he’s 10+ years in, but his scoring is so reliant on change of direction out of a contest and he’s still on straight lines only with no end to that in sight. I think he’s done! Sadly.
I am talking worst-case, but you could have as few as 10 keepers. I had 9 last year and ran out of trades at Rd16!
Managed to stay in the top 2,000 from a high of 350, but it was painful!
Moral of the story: make sure you start with 13 keepers. If you end up with 12 you’ll be fine!
not a team
thoughts on Parker?
If the Swans didn’t have the Rd13 bye I would be strongly considering him. Alas they do, so it’s a no from me. I see Oliver, Yeo and Neale ahead of him with the same bye.
Great POD if it works out. Haven’t seen his name mentioned once and now captain (who isn’t at the Swans?!) could be a masterstroke!
Good luck
Def – Lloyd, Sicily, Witherden, Collins, Duursma , Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)
Mid – Cripps, Yeo, Bont, Dusty, Merrett, Miles, Walsh, Gibbons (Stocker, Bewley, Hind )
Rucks – Grundy, Goldy (fort)
For – Danger, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Corbett, Parker (Cavarra, Wilkinson)
Feedback appreciated. Have 75k left for rookie changes once we know more about them.
Tick! Great structure. Not sold on Witherden but so many others are. I’m not going with Bont, haven’t got the cajones, but he could just be ‘the one’ in 2019.
Good luck to you!
Any leagues left I can join? Usually top 1% but only finished 2800 last year. 698th in 2017. Thanks.
583945. nutbags. Did pretty well last year. Jump on board.
Full list. Thanks anyway.
There are a couple of others I joined on the open invite in “join my leagues” thread that still have spots.
I don’t think it’d be proper of me to invite you to others’ leagues, but recommend you go have a scout.
If you’re a Saints fan I’ll be opening another one before the season for Saints fans only, if that helps 😉
I wouldn’t worry too much, there’ll be a lot of great Leagues set-up by the SCT team to challenge them before Rd1 and they are both fun and v competitive. Get on board and enjoy the ride!
961606,897101,952125 jump in mick,plenty of spots.
Thanks BSB, just joined 952125.
Cheers BSB. In as Addicted2SC.
G’day Community,
Thanks for sharing all the valuable SC intel.
Invite any feedback on my team below:
DEF: Laird, Whitfield, Z.Williams, Collins, Quaynor, Hore (Wilkie, Burgess)
MID: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Constable, Bewley (Valente, Hind, Gibbons)
RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)
FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Mundy, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (Parker, Wilkinson)
$20.7 k remaining
Cheers!
Nice work mate. I’m also looking at Mundy. Due to Freo’s circumstances, I think he plays a fair bit in the midfield during the first half of the season. Very low ownership at the moment and a nice POD pick. Solid team
Pre JLT team:
Lloyd, Hurn, Z Williams
S Collins, Quaynor, J Clark (Wilkie, Khamis)
Macrae, Oliver, Neale, Yeo, Crouch
Valente, Hind, Gibbons (Bedford, Hayes, Atkins)
Gawn, Goldy (Fort)
Danger, Heeney, Dunkley
Worpel, Setterfield, M Parker (McAdam, Cavarra)
JLT will probs completely change things. I’ve gone 2 high priced rookies in Def coz I’m hearing good things about them. Worpel is the mid pricer I’m hoping will take the next step. Let rip fellas, all feedback welcome, cheers.
UpBeat … and you’re a Cats fan?!?
Solid team tho’ and some nice PODs
Good luck
Ballsy idea… but what are peoples thoughts on a ruck combo of something like witts and nank?
With the questions over gawn, grundy sore foot and the history of ruckmen not backing it up…
Could the extra premo elsewhere be an idea?
I honestly think they’ll both improve … but enough?
Flamel, not sold on Witts. I think he is handy but not a breakout. Toby is right in the sweet spot for a breakout. Right age, right experience. I am toying with a Goldy/Nank ruckline. Both keepers and should not be too far off the points averages. JLT will help us sort out how the new rules affect the rucks.Good luck…..M.
I toyed with it but then went back to Gawn and Goldy….M
Flamel,
Grundy and Gawn are expensive for a reason but are you prepared to see them pumping out 150’s and not own at least one of them?
First crack
Def:- Lloyd, Laird, Sicily, Williams, Roberton, Wilkie (Hore, Wigg)
Mid:- Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Martin, Miles, Walsh, Bewley, Hind (Smith, Hayes, Gibbons)
Ruc:- Martin, Goldstein (Fort)
For:- Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, McAdam, Burgess (Parker, Cavarra)
Thanks for the feedback. Cheers
It looks one light in the MIDs and think you’ll want at least one of Grundy or Gawn.
Good picks tho’
Hey guys,
Great to be back. This is the first post in the RMT thread for the year, so would love some feedback!
B: Lloyd, Sicily, Whitfield, Williams, Clarke, Hore (Burgess, Wigg)
M: Macrae, Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Dusty, Miles, Bewley, Gibbons (Hind, Taylor, Cottrell)
R: Grundy, Fort (O’Brien)
F: Danger, Heeney, Smith, Blakey, Setterfield, Parker (McAdam, Cavarra)
Obviously taking a risk in the ruck and plan B is simply swapping Dusty for Goldy and going one lighter in the mids
On the watch list:
Witherden – has been in and out of my team, but have a lot of SC love for him. Kick in rules could take his SC to premium levels
Darcy Moore – could be a good pick up on the cheap and dpp with Rozee/Burgess is also handy. Big call, but I could see him averaging up to 85 in the backline with his intercepting. Big risk though as his body has let him down before. Could save over 125k if you selected a rookie instead.
Josh Dunkley – had a huge end to 2018, but how many mid minutes will he play? Dogs have Macrae, Bont, Libba, Hunter, McLean, as well as a few others that should rotate mid/ fwd. If I knew he would play 75-80% mid time, then I would lock him in.
Interesting….not sure why you would have fort as R2 when you get the same cash growth as R3 (assuming he plays). Essentially you are taking Sicily over a Goldstein but in the end you still have 13 premos. So Sicily is worth more points than Goldstein +22k. (I picked on Sicily because you have the premo in the back line but it could also be Whitfield). I prefer Goldy with Fort as R3 but in the end go with you gut. Rest of the structure looks good. Hope you do well….M
PS…Darcy Moore is on my watchlist too. So far looking super fit and I hear he is getting the kick in duties. If he stays fit I believe he is good for a 90 average. If he only plays for 8 games he may b3 good stepping stone to a premo…..
I currently have Dunkley but I am super worried about the depth of the Dogs midfield with Libba coming back.
Good to see you back and all over it already!
Same back & fwd lines, tho I have Mundy over Smith (value and mid-time certain with Neale gone and Blakely OUT).
Agree with M above on Goldy (with Fort at R3). I am one lighter than you in the MIDs and am happy with that for now. Depends on decent rookies obviously.
Good luck!
When going the cheap R2 option although it is true to say the money goes somewhere else and you don’t lose out, it is to a point.
Unless the R2 cheapie scores well and becomes a keeper. It will not be easy to turn the R2 cheapie who may be scoring 75 points if you are lucky, but upgrading a cheap R2 will be difficult so although initialing you don’t lose the sheer fact the you have to end up with 200k in bank to turn the now 350k R2 cheapie into a discounted premo. You may be stick with that ruck choice and lost 20-30+ each week you have them to other teams
Hey fellas
Would like any opinions on the team, looks good to me but probably not to others ???
Backs:
laird, Whitfield, L. Ryan, C . Mills , Quaynor, Wilkie, bench : Hore, Durrsma
Mids
Cripps, Fyfe, Sidebottom , Merrett, Libba, Zorko , Bewley, Atkins Bench: Hind, Hayes , Gibbsons
Ruck
Martin, longer bench: get
Forward:
Danger , Heeney, Dunkley , worpel, settlerfield, Burgess Bench: cavarra, Wilkinson
Not sold on Sidebottom in the middle as beams is coming back
And Zorko as Neil will be there
Would like to try get witts instead of longer ?
How do you recon I do it with $135k left in bank
Think you MID and RUC lines need to be revisited at the cost of the other two lines. That’s where most of your points will come from.
Depending on JLT and rookie availability I’d be looking at Rookies only from D4 and F4 downwards if you can.
Good luck
I think you have to have one of Gawn or Grundy. Sidebottom is a risk given Beams return and the deep Magpies midfield. Not sold on Mills get enough midfield time to lift his scoring enough to warrant selection. Maybe look at losing Mills for a rookie, Sidebottom for rookie, upgrade Zorko to Neale, and Longer to Gawn or Grundy. Good luck in 2019….M.
S.Walsh
T/U good pick
T/D could have a just as good rookie for 123k or lower??
See how he goes in the JLT and if he gets named for Rd1 first.
Yea good call
Worpel or Miles ?
These guys at this price it depends on there form in the JLT.They will want to show us what they can do.
Neither. Smith in back line. I’d rather a potential 85-90 in the back line than the mids. Personal preference though.
These guys at this price it depends on there form in the JLT.They will want to show us what they can do.
First post for the season hoping to back up last years top 10% finish.
Side as it stands, rookies placeholders until JLT form
DEF: Lloyd, Laird, Witherden, Williams, Scrimshaw, C Burgess (McKay & Hope)
MIDS: Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Martin, Merritt, Bewley, Gibbons, Wagner (Hind, Mosquito & Valente)
RUCK: Gawn & Goldstein (Fort)
FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Mundy, Corbet, Cavarra, Cotrell (Parker & Miers)
Watching JLT:
Robertson – cheap this year after heart issues last year. A proven premo with 90+ season averages, good ball user & could take advantage of the new kick in rule.
Worpel – Didn’t think he had much SC relevance until last 6-8 games last year when moved into midfield, scores increased dramatically & no Mitchell should get better.
Robbie Gray – Gee if only he would play midfield all game. Hopefully that happens now, wingard saw mid time last year & now he’s gone so maybe this year we see Robbie back in the centre for games.
Look forward to the feedback.
Can’t fault you here, good structure and I even like your watchlist. Good luck….M
Did anyone realise Lloyd has hip surgery and was only just back in training. Also Darcy Moore has been training taking kick ins. Any love for him at such a low price?
As a pies supporter, he is interesting just not sure he can be consistent enough also injury prone. But a cheap price & defidently a POD so you never know. For me I would take Roberton if he has a good JLT.
Yep. Maybe in my FWD line, but not in DEFs. Depends on rookies tho’. Still a huge risk I reckon.
Yes, thinking about swapping him for Laird. I am watching Moore through the JLT. I realize he is a risk but he is looking really fit. If he can get through to the byes I can upgrade him to Lloyd. If he is still fit he can move to my forward line as F6. I think he can average around 90. Good luck….M.
McRae and Goldy….or
Gawn and Taranto
Was going to post my latest team, but after swapping Gray and Wingard for Menegola and Mundy, my team is perfect !! Just gotta review the rookies !!
LOL.
Risky Structure .?
Laird Sicily Smith Roberton Moore Collins (E) Burgess Hore
Cripps Fyfe Kelly Merritt Taranto Miles Gibbons Constable (E) Bewley Valentine Loophole
Danger Mundy Greene J. Smith Mc Adam Cavarra (E) Woodcock Corbett
Grundy Nank (E) Fort
Hesitant on Fyfe, want to play Oliver but shoulder surgery.? is the midfeild to deep.? Is the FWD too week. Suggestions please….104k ITB.
Lots of injury risk here with Smith, Roberton, Moore and Greene but if they stay fit, it could all work out nicely. Good luck….M.
Josh Smith could be a real smokie … but as M says, that’s way too many risks for one team.
I’d take them ALL out but keep them on your Watchlist. Rank them after the JLT. Pick your rookies, pick your premos and then pick the two (or three absolute max.) who can fill those holes you have left. Or else you could end up in a big hole 🙂
Good luck!
BACK: Sicily Ryan Witherden Williams collins wilkie (burgess hore)
MIDS: Cripps Fyfe Neale Bontempelli Rockliff Libba Stocker Bewley (valente hind Gibbons)
RUCK: Gawn Goldy (Fort)
FWD: Danger Heeney Smith Rozee Setterfield Corbett (parker cavarra)
I have a few midpricers in witherden & williams who i think present great value and can finish top 6-8 defenders.
Rockliff training the house down in preseason wines out will help him we know his SC pedigree. Libba similar to rocky an absolute hard nut i think these two have some serious coin to make without bleeding points may avg 90+ till byes or a fallen premo comes along.
i have 25k left.
Rockyyyyyy now there’s a brave call. If it works you have 14 maybe 15 keepers. Question will be is “have you left enough rookie spots to generate cash”. Don’t know the answer to that one but good luck…M
Bont could be a brilliant call, but is a risk with Mr Magnets! If I was starting him all my other MIDs would be ‘put your house/wife/mum/kids, whoever’ calls, as that for me is risk enough. Boring maybe, but so much could go wrong why risk it?
For me there are only two reasons to pick a mid-pricer:
A. You think they’ll be top 6,8,2,6 in their relative position, or
B. They’ll make you at least $150k, ideally
C. Both!
There aren’t (m)any who will do that. Just wait for the decent rookies to drop in and then ask yourself the above questions before selecting any and diving in.
Just some thoughts to consider. If it all works out then BINGO!
Good luck!
Z.Williams / M.Hibberd vs L. Whitfield/ Rookie ( e.g C. Rozee)
Thoughts ? Already locked in Loyd and Laird.
Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Collins,Quaynor, Burgess, (Hore, Wilkie)
Macrae, Cripps, Kelly, Neal, M.Crouch, Miles, Brewley, Gibbons, (Stocker,Hind,Atkins)
Grundy, Goldy (Ford)
Danger,Smith, Dunkley, Setterfield, Parker, Cavarra. (Mosuito,Shultz)
Pretty good mate. Have very similar structure … but very different MID picks 🙂
Good luck!
Thoughts on Yeo in the middle ??
Anyone picked him
Or to prices
Who would you swap for
DEF – laird, sicily, whitfeild, witherdren, williams, wilkie (hore, wigg)
MID – cripps, fyfe, kelly, neale, miles, walsh, hind, west (Bewly, watson, gibbons)
RUCK – Gawn, Mumford (Bines)
FWD – danger, smith, heeny, setterfeild, corbet, cavara (parker, wilkinson)
$53,600 remaining
Bilbo, first thing I see is that you a ruck short for the first two weeks or are you waiting to see if Fort gets named before selecting him as R3? You go deep in defence but the points are scored in the midfield. Rather see one of the Defence premos out and a midfield premo in. With 53k in the bank you should be able to afford a Crouch, Zerrett, Sloane or Zorko. I think there will be some good rookie options in defence with good JS like Collins. He could earn as much as 250k for you and allow an upgrade to Witherdon whose price may only increase 50k. Your team, your call….go with your gut and good luck…M.
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Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Roberton, Collins, Duursma (Hore, Wigg)
Macrae, Fyfe, Kelly, M.Crouch, Merrett, Miles, Bewley, Gibbons (Hind, Hayes, Chandler)
Gawn, Goldy (fort)
Danger, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Mcadam, Cavarra (Hill, Parker)
macrae is most likely gunna drop in price within the first 5 rounds
Then be back up before your cows are fat enough to get him lol.
Bilbo might be right here. If the Bont has a good year and Hunter fires plus Libba, Macrae might find it hard to get enough of the ball to keep his price. I am hoping for an upgrade later in the year.
Your structure is good 13 keepers plus Roberton who is risky but could get back to mid 90’s and be another keeper. Just keep your eye on Macrae’s role in the JLT
Def- Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Quaynor, Scrimshaw, Hore (Idun, Keane)
Mid- Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Liberatore, Walsh, Gibbons (Bewley, Valente, Hayden)
Rk- Grundy, Goldstein (Sweet)
Fwd – Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Burgess, Cavarra (Mosquito, Wicks)
**Rookies obviously changed depending on who gets rd1 playing time**