Rate My Team MAR #4

Written by Schwarzwalder on March 15 2019

Under a week to go…..these are practically our final sides……no mucking around now……

Enter your team into the comments to get it rated by the SCT Coaches. Thanks in advance for the constructive criticism……..

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  1. 17k left.

    Defenders: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, B.smith, scrimshaw, j.clarke – (duursma, Burgess)

    Midfielders: macrae, Cripps, Oliver, coniglio, b.crouch, Walsh, butters, constable – ( Bewley, scott, gibbons)

    Rucks: Grundy, Goldstein(????) – ( fort)

    Forwards: danger, heeney, billings(????), Moore, setterfield, drew – ( balta, Parker )

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    1. Defenders: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clarke (Burgess, Hore)

      Midfielders: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Neale, Sheed, Walsh, Constable, Scott (Duursma, Hind, Gibbons)

      Rucks: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)

      Forwards: Dangerfield, Heeney, Billings, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petruccelle, Parker)

      5,400 in reserve
      Think I’m finally happy and settled. All 4 premo mids should end up as top scorers leaving me to use my trades on players that breakout instead of sideways trading failed breakouts. Sheed’s in there because I love the guy and think he could step up and become a great midfielder, at the very least provide a stepping stone to a breakout player.
      Billings is ready to hurt me again but I think he will be at least an F6 by seasons end. Moore is low risk high reward. Even if he doesn’t score well or gets hurt, I would be more than likely using a trade on him anyway. He could end the year on my bench even

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      1. Great looking team – two things Gawn and Grundy are starters not trade ins.
        I like sheed as well I just think he had a cracking final series, considering the eagles wanted him off the ground prior to him having a shot at goal to win the GF may indicate how much they rate him- I have since removed him from my team.

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  2. Ok this is it,
    Whitfield H.Andrews Williams
    B.Smith Ridley Clark
    ( Burgess Mackay)

    Macrea Cripps Congilio M.crouch
    A.Brayshaw libba Walsh Butters
    (Constable scott gibbons )

    Gawn jacobs (Bines)

    Danger Heeney Green
    Moore setterfield Drew
    (Petruccella Parker)
    54.600 left
    HELP….

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    1. There are more and better rookies available down back. Pick at least one more and strengthen you RUC and/or FWD lines.

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  3. Hey coaches
    Looking for some feedback and thoughts on this strategy

    Staring with Lycett R2, once Mumford is on the bubble moving Lycett to F5 and bringing Mumford in. Grundy R1

    It will allow me select 3, 4 + Libba, 2, 4 line up.

    See me through the byes when I trade Mumford to Gawn and give good ruck coverage for injuries.

    My thoughts are that It will cost me points in the first 4 rounds not having Gawn but offset a bit by a stronger fwd line.
    Then until Round 14 I feel that Mumford/Lycett will generate more points than Gawn/fwd rookie

    Having potentially 5 keepers in the forward line early in the season without risk to mids and def.

    Would love to get you thoughts on this and if it’s a risk worth taking?

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      1. Thanks allsaints
        He is a bit of an unknown atm.
        Guess my fallback is bringing Gawn in earlier before byes but that will obviously take longer and effect my points theory.
        Appreciate the feedback

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  4. First team post for the Preseason, I have 304k left to spend which is too much to leave itb but I’m quite happy with the team. Where can I best use the extra money?

    Simpson, Hurn, Williams,
    Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark
    (Duursma, Hore)

    Cripps, Oliver, Martin, Crouch,
    Libba, Walsh, Butters, Constable
    (Scott, Atkins, Hind)

    Grundy, Gawn (Bines)

    Dangerfield, Heeney, Greene,
    Moore, Setterfield, Drew
    (Parker, Petrucelle)

    My thoughts are to upgrade 1 of Smith to Lloyd, Libba to Neale *will need to downgrade Hind to Gibbons* or Moore to Mundy.
    Any thoughts appreciated:)

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    1. You might want to review moving Green to F4 and having a current genuine F3, Matt or Brad Crouch?
      I like Clark and Grimshaw B5 B6- my concern is there won’t be enough points but with Roberton going down there just isn’t a lot of options.
      Good luck if your leagues

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      1. Thanks for the feedback 🙂 still not sold on Greene. Might wait the two weeks to see how he goes before deciding he is worth the risk at the price.

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  5. DEF: Simpson, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw,Clark (Collins, Duursma)

    MID: Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, B Crouch, Walsh,Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    RUC: Grundy, Goldstein (Sweet)

    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Kelly, Moore, Setterfield, Drew. (Balta, Petruccelle)

    17.1k remaining

    Simpson didn’t set the world on fire in preseason, but usually waits for the real stuff to get going. With Roberton going down Brodie Smith looks like the next best midpricer option,who will get plenty of the ball and take kickouts.
    Was tossing and turning between Libba and Cousins, or Brad Crouch and a rookie, until Adelaide’s second JLT.
    With no genuine ruck 3 options I’ve gone for a cheap loophole in Sweet.
    With the lack of rookies in the forwardline, Darcy Moore looked really solid for just 100k more.

    Hope I’ve done well

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    1. Cripps is set to fall, and should get Matt Crouch instead of Brad, Chris Scott conformed that Jordan Clark would start in the VFL

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        1. Hmm cant find a source for that.

          Scott has said that Jordan Clark has been all but assured of a Round 1 debut

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    2. As a key forward it is going to be hard to find some consistent form from D Moore, unless he is a legitimate threat.
      Sweet is a good option but didn’t play all JLT and definitely won’t play for first couple of rounds considering English actually did well
      Why have you gone for the other forward rookies, not saying they are bad, just curious.
      And which smith in the backline?
      How come you couldn’t spare the extra cash for Mitchell?
      Otherwise good premiums all round

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    3. Should’ve gone with LIBBA, he is the god of football. and 103804754032175694387 times better than Crouch
      Also cousins would’ve been better than some random rookie

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      1. I would normally say you are right but this year is different the Crouch brothers are on fire and Adelaide will be the big improves this year. Sloane will cop the tag for sure. Don’t miss the boat on the Crouch brothers.

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    4. Only comment would be that Collins ($188k) is too much coin to have sitting on your DEF bench.
      Potentially go for Hore from Melbourne ($117k) and bank the $70k. Or you could use the $70k to go from Oliver to Macrae if you wanted.
      Anyway, good luck.

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  6. Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Collins, Clark, (Wilkie, Hore)

    Cripps, Neale, Martin, M Crouch, A Brayshaw, Walsh, Butters, Constable, (Drew, Scott, Gibbons)

    Grundy, Goldstein, (Fort)

    Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Ohanrahan, Petruccelle, (Parker, Balta)

    $90,500 left open to upgrades, let me know your thoughts.

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    1. Grundy and Gawn are must starters, guns backs and mids have taken its tool on your forwards but I get your thinking- good looking team overall

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  7. Would love to know everyone’s thoughts on a near set in stone team!! 🙂

    DEF: hurn williams Smith Moore scrimshaw Clark (duursma hore)

    MID: Cripps Oliver coniglio M.crouch brayshaw B.crouch Walsh butters (Atkins Scott gibbons)

    Ruck: Gawn Goldy (bines)

    FWD: danger heeney darling Greene setterfield Burgess (pettrucelle Parker)

    Please be as critical as you like
    $33k leftover

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    1. I think Moore is a F5 B5 player, loving your midfield- but Grundy is a must right?
      Overall great looking team.

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  8. Crisp, Williams, Smith, Moore, Scrimshaw, Clark (Duurmsa/Hore)

    Macrae,Cripps,Coniglio,Martin, Mcrouch,Libba, Cousins, Walsh (Butters Constable Atkins)

    Gawn, English (Bines)

    Danger Heeney Kelly Darling Setterfield Drew (Burgess Parker)

    I’ve gone expensive rookies as I think the cheap ones aren’t going to make cash or have good JS. It’s all well and good picking a whole bunch of 117k guys but the game is about cash generation. Macrae and Cripps I see no reason why they can’t back it up (although tempted to go Neale over Cripps). Cogs Dusty Crouch all have a great chance of being Top 10 mids this year. Crisp I really like as a POD, entering prime and extremely durable, av 9/102.1 without Murray last year. Moore’s DPP provides great flexibity in the swing with Burgess

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    1. Neale over crisp ✅
      Cracking Midfield, you have have overlooked the scoring power of the guns rucks- might be worth finding balance between Mids and Rucks
      Great looking team overall

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  9. Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Collins, Clark (Duursma, Hore)
    MacCrae, Cripps, Coniglio, Crouch, Brayshaw, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
    Gawn, Goldstein (Bines)
    Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Burgess, Drew (Parker, Petruccelle)

    Thoughts?

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  10. DEF: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Collins, Clark (Dursma, Hore)

    MID: Cripps, Oliver, Neale, M. Crouch, B.Crouch, Libba, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Hind, Butters)

    RUCK: Grundy, Goldy (Bines)

    FWD: Danger, Heeney, Gray, Setterfield, Drew, Parker (Petrucelle, Burgess)

    4k left over

    Would love feedback

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    1. Looks like a nice team! When I look at there’s one main thing I’d consider:

      By going deep in the midfield you’ve got some risk in the forward line. That is – if you dropped B Crouch you could make a forward upgrade and avoid having Parker on field. The rookie that you bring on in the midfield (Butters?) is probably a lot stronger than Parker from everything we’ve seen so far.

      So on field you’ve got B Crouch (avg 95-100?) and Parker (avg 50 if we’re lucky?)

      But you could have Butters (70-80?) and maybe Greene fwd (85-95?), leaving you a bit of extra cash, potentially more points on the field and freeing up a mid-spot for upgrade to an Uber-premium at some stage in the season.

      This is the battle I’ve been facing all week because it just feels so good looking at a midfield that bats pretty much 7 deep with Walsh and Libba, but it won’t look as good if we end up with doughnuts at f6…

      Good luck to you!

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  11. Laird, crisp, b.smith, collins, Scrimshaw, j.clark (Duursma, hore)

    Crips, Oliver, kelly, brashaw, B.Crouch, Libretore, Cousins, Walsh (Butters, Hatley, Atkins)

    Grundy, Goldstein (fort)

    Danger, Menegola, Dunkey, Setterfield, Drew, petruccelle (parker, burgess)

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    1. Dont understanf the thumbs down you got here. Maybe if someone explained their thoughts instead.

      Think its a good team. Would probably prefer downgrading one of crouch/libba to get a decent f4 due to rookie uncertainty. This would also put butters on the field, as he is a waste on the bench.

      Also maybe some value in choosing a cheaper premium in replace of one of menegola or Dunkley. But if you like them both a lot its no biggie.

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      1. Think the thumbs down would be for the amount of players with a question mark over them. Individually, Crisp, Smith, Collins, Brayshaw, Kelly, Crouch, Cousins, Menegola and Dunkley seem fine, but collectively in one team, it’s a lot of risk.

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  12. $45,000 spare. Very strong fwd line as I don’t like our rookies.. midfield is a bit iffy if libba & crouch fail to fire.
    Throw me a TU/TD and a comment please

    Defence- laird williams Smith duursma scrimshaw Clark (burgess hore)

    Midfield- Cripps Oliver fyfe crouch crouch libba Walsh butters (Atkins Scott gibbons)

    Ruck- Gawn Goldy (bines)

    FOrward- danger heeney kelly darling setterfield drew (pettrucelle Parker)

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  13. DEFENDERS
    R. Laird, L. Whitfield, Z. Williams, S. Collins, J. Scrimshaw, J. Clark (X. Duursma, M. Hore)

    MIDFIELDERS
    J. Macrae, P. Cripps, N. Fyfe, D. Martin, Z. Merrett, S. Walsh, Z. Butters, C. Constable, (T. Atkins, B. Scott, M. Gibbons)

    RUCKS
    B. Grundy, M. Gawn (P. Bines)

    FORWARDS
    P. Dangerfield, I. Heeney, T. Kelly, W. Setterfield, C. Burgess, W. Drew (J. Petruccelle, M. Parker)

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  14. Pretty firm on this and have a burner squad set up in case none of these rooksmen get picked, $13k leftover:

    Laird – Whitfield – Williams
    Collins – Scrimshaw – Duursma
    (Hore – Burgess)

    Macrae – Cripps – Oliver – Neale
    M Crouch – Walsh – Butters – Constable
    (Atkins – Scott – Gibbons)

    Gawn – Grundy
    (Sweet)

    Danger – Heeney – Darling
    Setterfield – Drew – Parker
    (Petruccelle – Balta)

    I think that the forward back and mid rookies all suck equally so have decided to spread the load.

    I don’t understand why others have gone cold on Collins all of a sudden – Gold Coast are trash and there’s a very real chance he could win their B&F which is equal parts sad and lol. Thompson going down should make him that much safer in the 22 and I don’t know how anyone can go past him.

    Similarly, I think I’m missing something on Darling; had his season average tanked by those two injury-ruined games, in amongst what was otherwise a total breakout campaign including an excellent finals series. Plus I mean just LOOK at him he’s a physical marvel who stands up by backflipping.

    If/when Marsh gets included at rookie price he’ll come in for (most likely) Balta, swinging Burgess forward and bringing in Jordan Clark.

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    1. Collins will probably get a lock down roll now with Thompson out. Darling is not Constance enough like buddy he is fine if you want to take the roller coaster ride tho.

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  15. DEF: Lloyd, Crisp, Smith Duursma
    Moore, Scrimshaw, Clark, Hore

    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Conigs, Brayshaw, Butters
    B.Crouch, Sheed, Walsh, Constable Scott
    Gibbons

    RUCK: Gawn, Goldy, Meek

    FWD: Danger, Heeney, Wallis, Burgess
    Setters, Drew, Parker, Petreculle

    $97,000k left.

    Might do Lyons for B.Crouch not sure.

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  16. Whitfield, Hurn, Crisp, Williams, B Smith, Durrsma, (Burgess, Hore)

    Cripps, Oliver, Neale, M Crouch, Walsh, Butters, Constable, B Scott, (Hind, Atkins, Gibbons)

    Gawn, Grundy, (Bines)

    Dangerfield, Heeney, Boak, Moore, Setterfield, Drew, (Petrucelle, Parker)

    Trying to decide if it is worth downgrading B Smith to a defensive rookie and upgrading D Moore to a Billings type player to give me a full guns and rookie team and a potential 4 defenders and forwards locked for the season.
    I’m hoping a poor game from Zorko, Sloane, Martin, Merrett and/or Brayshaw will drop them below $500k and allow me to upgrade to 2 of them at or before round 6.

    Any advice or comments would be great.

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  17. D: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Duursma, Clark (Hore, Scrimshaw)

    M: Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Crouch, Taranto, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Gibbons, Hind, Scott)

    R: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    F: Danger, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Parker, Cavarra (Burgess Young)

    Still a work in progress. Not set on my structure, considering re-fitting my rucks to allow for an upgrade of Taranto to a genuine premium. More dilemmas this year than other years!. Any feedback appreciated

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  18. Rip it apart

    DEFS- Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Duursma, Hore (Joyce, Burgess)

    MIDS- Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, M Crouch, B Crouch, Butters, Constable
    (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    RUCKS- Grundy, Gawn (Sweet)

    FWDS- Dangerfield, Heeney, Boak, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petruchelle, Parker)

    I quite like the structure, still a little unsure on a few premo/mid pricer picks

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    1. I think you are one premo short in the backline. Perhaps downgrade Crouch B to Walsh and upgrade Smith to Hurn.

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      1. Thanks for the advice,
        I knew that somewhere would be short due to having a stacked midfield, but I feel like all of the defenders will average very similarly
        Williams, Smith, Whitfield, Hurn, Crisp, Simpson, etc
        I feel that all will average within 10 points of each other so I wont miss out as much.
        Whereas in the midfield someone like B Crouch, Libba, Rockliff or Sheed will all average I reckon 25 or so more points then Walsh

        But for what it’s worth I could be completely wrong

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  19. Just about settled with my team – until I change it a hundred more times before first bounce!

    DEF: HURN, WILLIAMS, B.SMITH, SCRIMSHAW, CLARK, DUURSMA (McKay, Hore)
    CTR: MACRAE, CRIPPS, OLIVER, FYFE, CONIGLIO, MARTIN, WALSH, BUTTERS (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
    RUCK: GAWN, GOLDTEIN (Sweet)
    FWD: DANGERFIELD, MUNDY, BOAK, SETTERFIELD, DREW, PETRUCCELLE (Parker, Cavarra)

    Only $12,300 in the bank…but happy to role with that.
    I know the mids are stacked high – that is where the points are!

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    1. If rookies dry up or get dropped you leave yourself vulnerable. Also not having Grundy could easily turn to regret if he continues last year’s form.

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  20. Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Collins, Scrimshaw (Hore, Duursma)

    Cripps, Oliver, Coniglio, M Crouch, Libba, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    Gawn, Grundy (Sweet)

    Danger, Heeney, Kelly, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petrucelle, Parker)

    Think the team is pretty balanced, I could potentially omit Moore, Libba and Smith and grab 2 more rookies and Fyfe, however I feel as if the trio will average 90ish this year which should get them all close to 500k.

    Cognilio or Fyfe? Still unsure…

    Bines or Sweet? Who is the better option?

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  21. 9.5k left in bank

    DEF – L Ryan, Andrews, Williams, B Smith, Collins, Clark (Duursma, Hore)

    MID – Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, M Crouch, Brayshaw, Steele, Walsh, Butters (Drew, Scott, Gibbons)

    RUC – Grundy, Goldy (Bines)

    FWD – Danger, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Burgess, Petrucelle (Parker, Schlensog)

    Trying something a bit different. Going with Ryan and Andrews as value “premo” picks in the backline which allows me to go six deep in the mids. I believe Ryan and Andrews are both capable of taking another step in their progression; Andrews seemed to find the ball himself easier while also still doing the one on one work. Luke Ryan for me will be one of the key beneficiaries of the kick in rule and I’m expecting his avg to jump up to a low ton.

    Any feedback is appreciated thanks!

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      1. Thanks Allsaints!
        I’ve swapped Kelly for Oliver! My thought process on Ryan and Andrews are that Ryan avg 93 last year and Andrews avg 92 without his injury affected games. They are both young and improving (Ryan with the kick ins). So I’m taking a punt on them as I could get in Hurn or Whitfield for another 60k but they avgd 99 and 96 respectively last year which is very marginal compared to Ryan and Andrews who will be young improvers. Thank you for your feedback !!

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  22. Def: Lloyd, Laird, Whitfield, Scrimshaw, Duursma, Burgess (Wilkie, Hore)

    Ruck: Grundy, Goldy (Sweet)

    Mids: Cripps, Oliver, Cogs, Yeo, M.Crouch, Walsh, Constable, Drew (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)

    Fwd: Danger, Smith, Heeney, Blakey, Setterfield, Parker (Balta, Petruccelle)

    As always rookies subject to team announcements.

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  23. Def: Lloyd, Hurn, Williams, Collins, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)

    Mid: Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Brayshaw, Walsh, Butters, Constable, Scott (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)

    Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Sweet)

    Fwd: Danger, Dunkley, Kelly, Green, Moore, Setterfield (Drew, Petruccelle)

    $157,100

    So, I’ve got a bit of cash still leftover id like to eventually use, whether that is changing rookies or improving lines. My fwd line is quite risky at the moment with dunkley and no heeney, as well as both greene and moore. (Looking for some POD’s where i can). I really like moore and greene as my mid-prices however, with williams of course a lock. Possibily of moving moore down back also.

    My main issue probably comes from the midfield, would love to get another player in there. Would love to get Fyfe or Cogs, but that may not be possibly. If you guys have any ideas i could do that, it would be much appreciated. As well as any thoughts.

    Cheers community!

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    1. If you want another Cogs you could go Greene to Parker to free up an extra 237k, Collins to Scrimshaw for 38k and Butters to Cogs.
      You’d lose a few points on the Greene downgrade but possibility gain some with Scrimshaw, and in increase in 50 or so from Cogs

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  24. Def Laird, Whitfield, williams, scrimshaw, clark , hore
    Mid Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Cogs, M Crouch, libba, walsh,hind
    Rucks Gawn Grundy
    Fwd Danger, heeney, dunkley setterfield drew parker

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  25. Def: Hurn, Whitfield, Smith, Collins, Scrimshaw, Clark (Hore, Watson)
    Mid: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Neale, M.Crouch, Libba, Walsh, Butters (Constable, Bewley, B. Scott)
    Ruck: Grundy, Goldstein (Sweet)
    Fwd: Danger, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Burgess, Drew (Petruccelle, Parker)
    $129,000 on bench, would love some feedback especially on FWD rookies

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  26. Def: Laird, Mills, Z Wiliams, B Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark (McLennan & Hore)
    Mids: Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Neale, Dusty, Butters, Duursma, Constable (Bewley, Scott, Atkins)
    Ruc: Gawn, Grundy (Fort)
    Fwd: Danger, D Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Drew, Parker (Petrucelle, Cavarra)

    29K left. Leaning towards not having Walsh atm

    cheers

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  27. Final Team

    Def: Laird/Whitfield/Williams/BSmith/Scrimshaw/Either JClark or Duursma (Wilkie/Hore)

    Mid: Cripps/Oliver/Fyfe/Neale/Cogs/Walsh/Butters/Constable (Scott/Waton/Gibbons)

    Rucks: Grundy/Goldy (Bines)

    Forw: Danger/Heeney/Mundy/Setterfield/Burgess/Drew (Petruccelle/Cavarra)

    Deciding upon either Clark or Duursma for the final rookie in the defence. Otherwise pretty set

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    1. Burgess looks pretty risky as a rookie and Cavarra didn’t play JLT and is now injured.

      Otherwise good side

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  28. Defence: Whitfield, Zach Williams, Brodie Smith, Sam Collins, Scrimshaw, Jordan Clark (Duursma, Hore)

    Midfield: Patrick Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Matt Crouch, Steele, Libba, Sam Walsh, Constable (Butters, Atkins, Gibbons)

    Ruck: Grundy, Goldy (Bines)

    Forward line: Danger, Heeney, T Kelly, Boak, Setterfield, Drew (Petruccelle, Matt Parker)

    Have some safe picks and some risks. Not many will like Boak but there’s a total lack of forward options and after playing 24% midfield time last year and still averaging 88 and being set to play primarily midfield and after having a good preseason I think he can average low to mid 90’s

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    1. I like Brodie Smith at D3 a lot – if you’re gonna do it might as well back him to be a promo all year long

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      1. Yeah I like it, He’s either a keeper or stepping stone to Laird or another premo. I’m not a fan of starting Laird at his price with Smith and Milera having the potential to lower his scoring and the new rules not favouring him as the crows used to play 7 or 8 at the back at bounces virtually always. Don’t trust Lloyd or Sicily to be good at their price either.

        I also don’t rate a truly good midpriced keeper outside of Williams so Smith will at least make money if he can’t be kept. I don’t absolutely love all of it as there’s a good chance he just averages 80 and is inconsistent but I feel it’s not a bad risk.

        Libba on the other hand is just a stepping stone to Macrae, who I think will get tagged 3-5 times in the first 6 weeks

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  29. Howdi all,

    My now forever changing side currently

    Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Scrimshaw, J Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)
    Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, B Crouch, Sheed, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
    Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
    Dangerfield, Heeney, Kelly, Darling, Setterfield, Drew (Petruccelle, Parker)

    Higher risk M4 & M5 with the rest very low risk I think. I can turn Crouch & Sheed into Uber premo’s by ditching either Kelly or Darling but currently I am thinking “what the hell, have a crack son” which no doubt will change next week !!

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    1. Like it a lot. Crouch and Sheed are risky, but risks can pay off. Excellent forward line. I’m a fan.

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  30. My team at the moment.

    Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith
    Scrimshaw, Clarke, Duursma,Hore.

    Cripps, Oliver, Coniglio, M Crouch
    Libba, Walsh, Butters, Constable,
    B Scott, Atkins, Gibbons.

    Grundy, Gawn, Bines.

    Dangerfield, Heeney, Darling,
    Greene,Setterfield,Drew,
    Petruccelle, Parker.

    Any feedback appreciated!

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  31. D: Whitfield, Hurn, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark (Hore, Duursma)

    M: Cripps, Oliver, Coniglio, M. Crouch, Libba, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    R: Grawndy (Bines)

    F: Danger, Heeney, Kelly, Greene, Setterfield, Parker (Burgess, Drew)

    This is the contingency team for if rookies are scarce – the other version involves Libba and Greene moving to premo mid (Yeo I think) and fwd rookie, should one present.

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    1. It’s a question whether you want to take a risk. IMO Fyfe is the much better pick but there’s a large injury/suspension scare with him. He was averaging 123 before his injury issues, the man is unstoppable.

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        Fyfe is a beast. More so when Sandi is giving him first use, I also wouldn’t underestimate Neale,s ability to free him up in the past.

        Sandi won’t play much this year, if at all. Neale is gone and Fyfe is now with a mostly inexperienced midfield.

        Oliver has big Max able to give him silver-service.He also has a very good midfield around him to help him out.

        No doubt they will both have big years.( 115-120+) I’m just backing Oliver to slightly bigger ( 120+) for longer.( 22 games please)

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        1. It’s so overrated using rucks and group around them as a reason to pick a star premium, look at Cripps, Higgins or Ross for example. Fyfe gets his own ball takes contested marks and kicks goals, he’s top two players in the league and his game translates to supercoach. Also to say Sandi being out is a downside is ridiculous as Sandi hasn’t played more than 10 games in the last 3 years and Fyfe has still been dominating. If anything the inclusions of Harmes and Viney will hurt Oliver more than the loss of Neale.

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          1. You could be right Henry.

            As a Freo fan I want Fyfe to succeed as much as anyone.
            I REALLY hope he can play 22 blistering games and win another Brownlow.

            As a student of SC I tend to go on the numbers.

            In 2018..

            N Fyfe. 15 games average 113.9

            C Oliver 22 games , average 114.7

            Fyfe was huge early with 7 x 120+ scores pre Byes. But then the injury happened 🙁

            Oliver played 22 games.

            As a side note. Its hard enough when the captain of the of the football team you love goes down with injury.

            When he’s the Captain of your SC team as well, and he’s on 43 .

            Its a fricken disaster!

            Good luck to all those that pick him ( Fyfe ) I just can’t do it again. the pain is too real.

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            1. Well said, numbers don’t lie. Hopefully for your sake Fyfe and Oliver perform equally well! I’ll be honest though a huge reason I’m putting him in is so I have a reason to watch him! Anyway good luck to both of you for the season hopefully you prosper!

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  32. MIDPRICE MADNESS
    DEF: williams, newman, mcgrath, smith, darcy moore, collins, clark, duursma

    MID:danger, cripps, coniglio, m.crouch, brayshaw, liberatore, walsh, butters, setterfield, constable, atkins

    RUC: grundy, goldy, bines

    FWD: heeney, kelly, petracca, dahlhaus, drew, balta, petrucelle, parker

    Not the usual full premo and rookie setup.
    A few mid pricers that i think will be able to trade to premos when i downgrade my rookies after they go up in price. Hopefully.

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    1. If your def mid pricers can get 85+ consistently then you should be okay. Have doubts about mcgrath and newman.
      Fwd line will have to change before rd 13 bye as well. Good luck.

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    2. I feel the key formula for this year is to pay more for rookies like walsh ,Cousins, moore,cuningham and use some more mid-price options sheeds, b Crouch. B smith ,Williams with the four main mid rookies Butters, Const, Atkins ,Scott. Now what this dose is gives you some big cash left over to make some corrective trades if need be . The big bonus here is if you have selected well and you don’t need to make any corrective trades just watch your team grow with plenty of cash in the bank you will be in a very good position come round 8 to the byes. You still pick the value rookies that you need.what you are doing is utilizing your resources as there is some juicy Mid -Prices this year but you will need big cash left over. Working out my team and projecting a first round score of 2261 now this is scores that are with in reason like sheeds and B Crouch both getting 100 and walsh 80. This leaves me with big cash left over 400.000 and then some I am changing my strategy this year because i really can’t pass up the Mid -Prices on offer this year.
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  33. How are we feeling about Boak at F3
    He seems to be back in the midfield
    Who else should i consider for sub 470K in the FWD line

    BTW i saw the back to the future article posted today

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  34. I reckon this is how I’m going to lineup Rd 1, would love any feedback!
    DEF – Lloyd, Hurn, Williams, Smith, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)

    MID – Macrae, Cripps, Neale, Crouch, Libba, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    RUC – Grundy, Gawn (Sweet)

    FWD – Danger, Heeney, Mundy, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petrucelle, Parker)
    Cheers and good luck everyone!

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  35. Defenders: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clarke (Burgess, Hore)

    Midfielders: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Neale, Sheed, Walsh, Constable, Scott (Duursma, Hind, Gibbons)

    Rucks: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)

    Forwards: Dangerfield, Heeney, Billings, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petruccelle, Parker)

    5,400 in reserve
    Think I’m finally happy and settled. All 4 premo mids should end up as top scorers leaving me to use my trades on players that breakout instead of sideways trading failed breakouts. Sheed’s in there because I love the guy and think he could step up and become a great midfielder, at the very least provide a stepping stone to a breakout player.
    Billings is ready to hurt me again but I think he will be at least an F6 by seasons end. Moore is low risk high reward. Even if he doesn’t score well or gets hurt, I would be more than likely using a trade on him anyway. He could end the year on my bench even

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    1. Always love your stuff on Twitter EmprX – and yet I can’t help but think you’ve been sucked in by Sheed. Has ‘broken out’ from JLT and finals – but what on earth changed in his game?

      You’re an Eagles man, so maybe you’ll know something I don’t, but he’s never been a distantly good SC player before. What’s your theory?

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      1. Far from sucked in, he has been in my team since day 1. He has shown he can find the ball and score well so I’m backing him to go to another level this year, with Yeo potentially taking a backwards step after back to back B&Fs. His JLT just reconfirmed his place in my team.

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  36. Alright… after pumping him up the last week, Greene didn’t make the cut.

    Final side (subject to Rd 1 teams):

    DEFENDERS
    R. Laird, L. Whitfield, Z. Williams, B.Smith, J. Scrimshaw, J. Clark (X. Duursma, M. Hore)

    MIDFIELDERS
    P. Cripps, C.Oliver, J.Kelly, L.Neale, S.Coniglio, S. Walsh, Z. Butters, C. Constable, (T. Atkins, B. Scott, M. Gibbons)

    RUCKS
    B. Grundy, T.Goldstein (J.Sweet)

    FORWARDS
    P. Dangerfield, I. Heeney, T. Kelly, W. Setterfield, W. Drew, J. Petruccelle (M. Parker, L.Schultz)

    Cash: Stuff all

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    1. That is a PREMIUM midfield, and the amount of cash it sucks up shows on the other lines. If rookies hold, that’s the price you pay for dependable high scores, but a bit of the midpricers gamble might be needed come Rd 1 if they don’t hold.

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  37. Gradually cutting more rookies from my side, but backing in the ones in the midfield to come good.

    DEF: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark (Hore, Burgess)
    MID: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Crouch, Walsh, Butters, Constable, Drew (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
    FWD: Danger, Heeney, Kelly, Greene, Moore, Setterfield (Petrucelle, Parker)

    Only 7 rookies on field.
    4 of those are in at least their second year on a list.
    The other 3 have looked outstanding in JLT.

    2 true midpricers (Smith + Moore) plus 2 who are genuine keeper potential (Williams + Greene).

    Laird + ???? targets for the backline.
    Macrae + Kelly + Neale + ???? targets for the midfield.
    Rucks are done, barring injury (downgrade to next best).
    Two mystery targets in the forward line, no idea who will stand out.

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    1. I like your thinking Blue Balls.

      I know its probably the year for Mid rookies but relying on 4 every week is a touch ambitious for my liking.

      Walsh is still the only one I see as best 22 and he could be “rested” pre bye as well.

      I would feel more comfortable putting Drew at F5/6 and trading Green for a mid priced Mid,( Libba, M Crouch, Rocky If you have the balls.) pushing Walsh back to M6.
      I’m just not sure even if Greene stays fit, he will start that strongly anyway. GWS have a very tough draw first up. He has also missed a heap of footy. I’m not expecting him to average much over 80 over the early rounds anyway.

      I think for around the same price a Libba , B Crouch are more likely to score well. (90/ 100+) more often.

      They may need to be traded later, but so will Toby ( trust me)

      You may need downgrade a Fyfe type. to a value mid to afford it.

      If you do stick with your current structure ..

      I would have a plan if Green breaks down again to turn him into a mid priced M/F that you can swing into the mids as you may need that , with Walsh at M5.

      Just my take on it anyway!

      Best of luck whatever you decide.

      Now watch Greene kill it ,and me scramble to get the cash to bring him in R3 , before he gets suspended for 3 weeks in R5 😉

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        The dollars don’t work for Crouch, but Libba might be workable.

        Libba has the runs on the board – just comes down to whether he cares enough to get back to his best. Anyone got any insight into how he’s been travelling this preseason?

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  38. Def: Laird, Williams, Smith, Ridley, Collins, Scrimshaw (Duursma, Burgess)
    Mid: Cripps, Neale, Couch, Brayshaw, Crouch, Sheed, Cousins, Walsh (Butters, Constable, Atkins)
    Rucks: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)
    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petruccelle, Parker)

    66,700 left. Thoughts?

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  39. Copied/pasted from the previous thread (it didn’t get many views before the new thread opened).

    DEF: J. Lloyd, R. Laird, L. Whitfield, Z. Williams, S. Collins, J. Scrimshaw (X. Duursma, M. Hore)

    MID: P. Cripps, C. Oliver, L. Neale, Z. Merrett, S. Walsh, J. Hately, C. Constable, B. Scott (Z. Butters, T. Atkins, M. Gibbons)

    RUC: T. Goldstein, S. Mumford (P. Bines)

    FWD: P. Dangerfield, I. Heeney, T. Kelly, S. Lycett, T. Greene, W. Setterfield (W. Drew, J. Pettruccelle)

    Remaining salary: $19,600.

    It’s a well-known fact that most of the rookies are rubbish this year, especially the non-midfield ones. In the spirit of trying to get all the good cows and none of the dodgy ones, I have structured my team accordingly. I was planning to cut the midfield right back to as few as two premiums, completely stacking the other lines, but soon discovered that although there were more and better cows in the midfield than there were in other positions, there probably weren’t enough good ones for me to go all the way with that plan. The only way to achieve that would have been to steal the good dual-position cows from other lines, thus forcing me to select comparatively dodgy ones in their place, the avoidance of which was the object of this exercise to begin with.

    So, a couple fewer rookie mids than first hoped. But the cows on other lines were still rubbish. I couldn’t afford to completely stack every other line if I was going to be selecting four premium mids instead of only two. Not unless I wanted to start some highly suspect mid-pricers, many of whom would have likely backfired. I found four backline rookies I was happy with, and three in the forward line. That left me with 9 spots to fill across those two lines, and not enough cash to do it.

    Enter the rucks. I suspect a lot of you are going to hate this part of my team, but hear me out. If Mumford hadn’t got himself suspended for two matches, he’d be in a lot more teams. Even with the suspension, I’ve long felt that at his price he offers such good value that if it’s possible to cover him for the first two weeks, he’s worth starting. The money I have saved by taking him over a Gawn or Grundy type has done wonders for the rest of my team. Now all I have to do is cover him… I’m not completely in love with the Lycett selection, but at his price I like him better than Westhoff, and a LOT better than all the other RUC/FWDs on offer. If a viable playing R3 option emerges between now and next Thursday, I’ll definitely look at him, but for now, Lycett is here to stay. Even if I wasn’t starting Mumford, I’d still want ruck cover – do you really want to spend up to 14 percent of your starting cap on Grawndy, only to have to cop a doughnut or trade one of them out if they miss a week? I wouldn’t. In the role he’ll be playing at Port, Lycett should be good for an 80 to 85 average, which isn’t quite premium, but is serviceable enough for the time being. He fills a spot in that line, thus reducing my need for forward rookies, and with four other keepers there, it shouldn’t be too long before he gets pushed on to the bench, anyway.

    Obviously, the round 14 bye situation in my backline isn’t great, but there’s not a lot I can do about that – most of the best options share that bye. I’m also a little heavy on round 13 bye players in the forward line, but they’re all dual-position, so that’s much less of an issue.

    Let me know what you think.

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      Of course I’ve only just now remembered that Jordan Clark is a thing. I guess that makes five backline rookies I like. This could potentially free up Duursma to go into the middle, which is good, because I’m not 100 % sold on Hately at his price. Or I suppose I could start an extra midfield premium. Or beef up the rucks. Not to worry, I don’t need to make my mind up right now… having options is good.

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      1. The four best mid rookies are Butters,Constable,Atkins,Scott they should all play round one and are the most likely i feel to make you cash.Gibbons is going to play a forward roll it looks like so not a good pick i think.

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        1. The thing with GIbbons is that he’s $102K, and has good job security. Even if he scores 40 every week, he’ll still make around $100K by the byes. And if he can average 50, then making $150K will be a piece of cake.

          I agree that the forward role isn’t ideal, but all he needs at his price is one good game to send his BE plummeting, and I’ll be able to move him on three weeks later for a big profit.

          If you can find me a better option then I’m all ears, but for his price I think he’s a safe pick at M11.

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          1. Wait until the carlton mids start getting hurt … Gibbo will be manning the middle by the bye and churning out 80plus scores regularly. He wins the footy thats what he does. I will declare now he will play all season long and have at least 5… 30 possession games.

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    2. I’m with you on Lycett and Mumford.
      Have gone a bit of a different path.
      No Lloyd so my backline is weaker than yours.
      Libba at M5
      Dunkley F3 and Kelly F4
      Lycett to start in the ruck and then bring Mumford in on the bubble – Lycett to F5
      Worth the risk

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  40. Lloyd, Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Scrimshaw, Clark (Burgess, Hore)

    Cripps, Oliver, Cogs, Dusty, Cousins, Walsh, Butters,Constable (Bewley, Scott, Gibbons)

    Grundy, Gawn (Fullarton)

    Danger, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Drew, Petruccelle (Balta, Parker)

    Rookies will change.
    Thoughts?

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  41. Currently comparing teams with my brother over who has the better side.
    T/U for the top team
    T/D for the bottom team

    DEFENDERS
    J. Lloyd, R. Laird, Z. Williams, J. Scrimshaw, J. Clark, X. Duursma (F. Watson, M. Hore)

    MIDFIELDERS
    P. Cripps, C.Oliver, N. Fyfe, S.Coniglio, M. Crouch, Libba, S. Walsh, C. Constable, (Z. Butters, N. Hind, M. Gibbons)

    RUCKS
    B. Grundy, M. Gawn (P.Bines)

    FORWARDS
    P. Dangerfield, I. Heeney, T. Greene, W. Setterfield, W. Drew, C. Burgess (M. Parker, J. Petruccelle )

    —————————————————

    DEFENDERS
    C.Mills , Z. Williams, B.Smith, J. Scrimshaw, X. Duursma, M. Hore ( J. Clark, C. Burgess )

    MIDFIELDERS
    P. Cripps, A. Treloar, S.Coniglio, M. Crouch, A. Brayshaw, J. O’meara, Libba, S. Walsh (Z. Butters, C. Constable, M. Gibbons)

    RUCKS
    B. Grundy, M. Gawn (J.Sweet)

    FORWARDS
    P. Dangerfield, I. Heeney, T. Kelly, W. Setterfield, W. Drew, J. Petruccelle (Dy. Moore, M. Parker)

    Cheers !

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    1. Reckon both teams are a little mid-heavy, but lack of any trusty back premos lets 2 down, as does the risky choice of Greene as F3 for 1. That’s said, I like both a lot for being more unique than a lot of teams on here.

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  42. Jack.

    Having options is good…..

    Having a plan is better 🙂

    My plan ( If I didn’t go Gawndry) would be at least put Vardy or Lobb at R2.

    Hear me out…

    Mummy has barely played a game for 2 years. He is Injury prone, (hammy at xmas) and is no certainty to line up R3.
    Best case he stays on the park long enough to be a stepping stone to another ruck. Worst case you start him , he plays R3 and goes down in the first Q on 12 points. ( this could happen). Either way it costs a trade.

    At least having two of Lobb/ Vardy/ Lycett. gives you the “option”to asses how Mummy plays ( if he does) and then make a decision as to whether he is worth a punt or not. His price won’t change till R5.

    It will also give you time to asses which R/F looks like the best to keep as ruck cover for the year. Eg Ryder goes down and Lycett gets the top job. You get the idea.

    I know you don’t want to start Gawndy, but for me starting Mummy is just crazy.

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    1. Well, I do already have Lycett in the forward line, so I suppose I could hold off on Mumford until round 5. He (Mumford) does have a soft draw as far as direct opponents go, so if he can stay on the park until the byes, he will be an excellent stepping stone (and his bye is right after that of Gawn and Grundy).

      I have played around with versions of my team that have Grawndy, Gawnstein, etc., but the cap space they take up makes what I’m trying to do across the ground very difficult. I know you’re more in favour of set-and-forget options, but we need to consider the big picture, not just one line in isolation.

      I suppose I could make something like Gawnstein work if I dropped say, Neale to Liberatore. But he’s had injury problems of his own, so he too could end up going down after one quarter (though admittedly he would be easier to replace than Mumford). I have to go out and run some errands, but I’ll have a think about it while I’m out.

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  43. Hi eveyone 🙂

    im trying to beat my boyfriend and his mates this year and would like any help with my team that you could give. Appreacite all your responses 🙂

    DEF: Simpson, Whitfield, Saad, Smith, Scrimshaw,Clark (Hore, Duursma)

    MID: Cripps, Fyfe, Martin, Shiel, Libba, Walsh,Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Bewley)

    RUC: Gawn, Westhoff (Bines)

    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Gray, Fantasia, Setterfield, Drew. (Parker, Petruccelle)

    125,500k remaining

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    1. DEF: I don’t think Saad will do much for your team at his price – Zac Williams would be a much better choice.
      Brodie Smith is cheap, but be aware that he’s probably only going to average low-to-mid 80s – good for his price, but not a keeper.
      If you want to take a punt on a breakout candidate, you could also look into Milera.

      MID: Mostly good, but I don’t like the Shiel pick. It’s possible (but far from guaranteed) that he could boost his average at Essendon, but he’s only averaged 100+ once in his career. For slightly more, you could look at Rory Sloane or Zac Merrett.

      RUC: The Westhoff pick is interesting. He’s probably overpriced, but he is durable, and gives you the flexibility to eventually move him to the forward line, where he can provide swinging cover. But for basically the same price you could get Goldstein, or, if you really want a RUC/FWD, you could get Lycett for $108K less, who will probably post a similar average to Westhoff (mid-80s).

      FWD: Fantasia is a bit different – he is young enough, and has shown enough growth in output year-on-year, that he might end up being a good pick, but that’s far from guaranteed. Often with these speculative picks, it can be better to wait and see how they go once the season starts, and bring them in if their form warrants it. But if you really want to start a breakout candidate, I’d say save your money and get Sam Petrevski-Seton: with another pre-season under his belt, and massively increased midfield minutes, he’s far more likely than not to average at least 90.

      With all of that said, here are the changes I would make:

      Saad –> Z. Williams: same price, but an extra 20 points per week.
      Shiel –> Z. Merrett: an extra $58K, but an extra 15 to 20 points per week.
      Westhoff -> T. Goldstein: same price, but an extra 15 to 25 points per week.
      Fanasia –> S. Lycett: $11K cheaper, should post about the same average, but gives you swinging ruck cover, which not a lot of teams have this year.

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  44. ok so after some tinkering here’s what i’ve got

    DEF: Whitfield/ Witherden/ R.Clarke/ Smith/ Moore/ Duursma (joyce/ Hore)

    MID: Macrae/ Cripps/ Oliver/ M.Crouch/ Sheed/ Cousins/ Walsh/ Butters (Hately/ Constable/ Scott)

    RUC: Grundy/ English (Clarke)

    FWD: Dangerfield/ Heeney/ Dunkley/ Dahlhaus/ Setterfield/ Drew (Petrucelle/ Parker)

    Any changes you’d make or does it look good?

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  45. this what ive got so far…

    DEF: J.LLoyd/L.whitfield/Z.williams/B.smith/s.collins/j.clark (Duursma/Hore)

    MID: J.macrae/p.cripps/c.oliver/j.kelly/m.crouch/b.crouch/s.walsh/c.constable (b.scott/n.hind/m.gibbons)

    RUCK: b.grundy/t.goldstein (p.bines)

    FWD:P.dangerfield/D.mundy/w.setterfield/w.drew/n.balta/j.petuccelle (c.burgess/m.parker)

    $14.5k in the bank

    thoughts?

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    1. Yep, nice. Like how you’ve squeezed in 6 solid MIDs, just concerned that you’re depriving yourself of a cash cow- otherwise, I can’t fault it.

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  46. Thoughts?

    LLoyd, Whitfield, Hurn, B Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark (Duursma, Hore)

    Cripps, Neale, Coniglio, Brayshaw, Libba, Walsh, Butters, Constanble (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    Grundy, Gawn (Sweet)

    Dangerfield, Heeney, Darling, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Allen, Petruccelle)

    45 k remaining

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  47. Brodie Smith – So many people have him in their side and while there is no doubt he is underpriced, is he worth the risk ? I don’t see him being a keeper, more as a stepping stone. One year out of eight (2014) he averaged over 90 with recent years (2015-’18) averaging 70s-80s.

    We often look back at the end of season and think why did I pick a certain player; will that player be Brodie Smith? Happy to eat my words later on if proven wrong.

    Is he a trap Thumbs up?
    Happy to have him in my team thumbs down

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  48. This may possibly be my final team before startup next Thursday

    DEF – Laird, Hurn, Williams, B. Smith, Collins, Clark (Burgess, Hore)
    MID – Macrae, Cripps, Fyfe, Coniglio, Brayshaw, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
    RUC – Gawn, Goldstein
    FWD – Dangerfield, Heeney, Kelly, Setterfield, Drew, Petruccelle (Balta, Parker)

    …..$9.3k left XD

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  49. So lets just say I have had a couple .. Its Friday!

    There’s less than a week to go, You have spent the better part of 2 months planning a kick ass G&R team.

    Where are the rookies?

    Yes there will be green lights come Wed / Thur /Friday.

    But how many are best 22?

    How many can we rely on on field, with good JS?

    For me right now only 3.

    Collins
    Walsh
    Setterfield.

    Desperate time indeed.

    Maybe its year to try something different?

    Whitfield, Hurn, Williams, B.Smith, *Collins.
    Clark/Burgess/ Hore.

    Cripps, Oliver, M Couch, Sloane, ROCKY, *Walsh.
    Constable/ Butters/ Drew / Scott/ Atkins.

    Gawn / Lycett…….Pines, (loop)

    Danger, Heeney, Darling, Lobb, Moore, *Setterfield.
    Petruccelle,Parker.

    No Grundy! What?

    I told you something had to give.

    He is my first upgrade target.

    One of Lobb, Lycett or even Moore will make way pre Byes. The other/s will stay as ruck cover.

    Rocky is the definition of risk v reward.

    If he kills it and Grundy starts even a little slow, I will be well in front.

    Tell me I’m Crazy 🙂

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      1. The real issue may be js for many rookies this year. Most of us seem to have many of the same rookies. What do we do if they start getting dropped early daws….not too many likely replacements. Holding cash to upgrade a failed rookie or two might be the key.

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  50. Hi guys, supercoach rookie here so any help appreciated!

    Backs: J.LLoyd, R.Laird, L.Whitfield, S.Hurn, J.Aish, J.Clark (L.Young, T.Watson)

    Mids: J.Macrae, P.Dangerfield, P.Cripps, M.Crouch, S.Walsh, L.Davies-Uniacke, Z.Butters, B.Scott (W.Drew, T.Atkins, M.Gibbons)

    Ruck: B.Grundy, J.Westhoff (P.Bines)

    Fwds: S.Menegola, R.Gray, P.Puopolo, C.Burgess, M.Parker, S.Wicks (L.Mosquito, B.Schlensog)

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  51. What are everyone’s thoughts on Brodie Smith?

    Billings and Brodie Smith F4 and D4 T/U

    Or

    Fyfe at M5 and a rookie at D4 T/D

    Can Billings average 90-100 and Smith 90? This would beat whatever Fyfe and the rookie score combined. And at 90-100 Smith and Billings can stay at F and D6 for the year. Personally I believe Billings will bounce back and breakout averaging 95, while Smith will benefit from the new kick in rule and average late 80s early 90s

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  52. Thoughts?

    DEF: Laird, Crisp, Hurn, Ridley, Scrimshaw, Clark (Hore, Watson)

    MID: Crippa, Oliver, Kelly, Neale, Dusty, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Gibbons, Durrsma, Atkins)

    RUC: Grundy, Goldy (Fort)

    FWD: Danger, Dunkley, Heeney, Burgess, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker)

    It’s a pretty basic bitch team but I’m happy with it. Been thinking about either downgrading Dunkley/Heeney to Worpel or Hurn to Smith and upgrading Goldy to Gawn. Thoughts?

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  53. Let me know your thoughts

    Changed team just a few times lol, probs will by next week.

    S. Hurn, C. Mills, Z. Williams, B. Smith, Scrimshaw, Duursma, R+R

    Cripps, Oliver, Cogs, M+B crouch, Rockliff, Walsh, Butters, R+R+R

    Gawn Goldy R

    Danger, Heeney, Captain Darling, VandenBurg, Setterfield, Drew, R=R

    Still thing to consider!
    What i’ve been reading is that Grundy should drop down in price, if Pruess plays I still have enough cash to swap him with Gawn, and work on Gawn later, just thinking Rockliff will do it this season, has had issues last couple of years, i’m hoping that’s all in the past, if he spuds I have enough to trade to a man on the bubble.

    VandenBurg he loves to tackle and thats points to be made, shark move, maybe, maybe not? will see how he goes.

    Cheers SC group

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  54. I must add.

    I have kept $90k and realise I will need to trade hard early to get the best missed rookie’s and early season Bolter’s/ Keepers.

    Believe me I wouldn’t have even considered this team 2 weeks ago.

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    1. It’s changed again.

      Jack got me thinking.

      Vardy at R2 could give me Rocky at M6.

      With the lack of rookies.

      Maybe guys that could make $110K + and score 100+ are the way to go.

      Midpriced / (under priced ) Midfielders start too look very attractive.

      B Crouch/ Rocky / Miles / Libba.

      How many can you start?

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  55. All options please got 49k even left in the bank! Help

    J.loyde, Whitfield, b. Smith, Moore , Ridley, Clarke ( Duursma, Hore)

    Cripps, Martin, Crouch, O’meara, A. Brsyshaw, Libba, Walsh, Butters (Constable, Hind, Atkins)

    Grundy, Goldstein, Bines

    Dangerfeild, Dunkley, T.lynch, T.Greene, J.Elliot, setterfeild, (Drew, Balta)

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    1. Zac.

      T Lynch and Balta won’t play in the same side.

      Greene and Elliot is a huge risk with there injury history.

      I would look at getting in Heeney F2 and Williams D3 and working back from there.

      Moore may need to come forward.( I trust a few more defensive Rookies on field)

      You may need to loose one of Brayshaw/ JOM or Libba to do it. I just think the midfield rookies are more likely to show up this year.

      Best of luck 🙂

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  56. Def: Laird, Whitfield, D.Moore, Ridley, Collins, Duursma (Clark, McInerney)

    Mid: Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Sheed, Cousins, Walsh, Butters (Constable, Scott, Gibbons)

    Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    Fwd: Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Burgess, Parker)

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  57. Ok.. Ive changed this 1000 times.. Hit me with any advice

    Def= loyd, Whitfield, Zac Williams, b Smith, Clark, duursma, hire, burgess

    Mid= macrae, cripps, cogs, brayshaw, Sloane, b crouch, Walsh, butters, constable, Scott, gibbons

    Ruck=Grundy, Martin

    Fwd= danger, heeney, Moore, setters, balta, pettrucelle, Drew, parker

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  58. DEF: Lloyd, Williams, Collins, Clark, Duursma, Hore (Burgess, Watson)

    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Crouch, Walsh, Constable, Hind (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)

    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Mundy, Dunkley, Setterfield, Petrucelle (Drew, Parker)

    Smith the only mid pricer I’ve considered besides Williams, as I’m going full Guns and Rookies. Only two keepers in defence but my rational is that at F3 and F4 I’m confident Mundy and Dunkley can average 102+, for much better value than any defenders I can see around that mark (Simpson, Whitfield). As well as this, cows are looking much more promising down back than up forward. Would appreciate any thoughts on this, not sure if I’ve got the guts to stick to this structure. 30K in the bank for changing my cows after team lineups are revealed.

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    1. I like the idea mate, was considering doing same thing for the exact same reasons. seeing someone else do it gives me confidence to do the same.

      good luck.

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  59. Def. Lloyd Hurn Simpson z.williams
    Smith hore.

    Mid. Cripps. Oliver. Coniglio. Mcrouch
    Bcrouch walsh butters Constance

    Ruck. Gawn. Goldstein

    Fwd. danger. Kelly. Worpel
    Setterfield. Drew balta

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  60. DEF: Lloyd Laird Whitfield Collins Clarke Hore (Duursma Burgess)

    MID Cripps Fyfe Oliver Neale M.Crouch Walsh Butters Constable (Gibbons Hind Scott)

    RUCK Gawn Goldy (sweet)

    FWD Danger Heeney Mundy Setterfield Drew Petruccelle ( Parker cavarra)

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    1. Not idea with Mundy slowing down and the game speeding up, I like the mid selections all being contested beasts.

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  61. DEF: Whitfield, Hurn, Williams, B.Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark
    (Duursma, Hore)

    MID: Cripps, Oliver, Neale, M.Crouch, Liberatore, Walsh, Butters, Constable
    (Hind, Atkins, Gibbons)

    RUC: Grundy, Gawn
    (Bines)

    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Kelly, Greene, Setterfield, Drew
    (Burgess, Parker)

    $37,800 ITB
    Rookies still pending on selection
    Thoughts would be awesome 🙂

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  62. Whitfield Hurn Smith Scrimshaw Clark Duursma (Burgess Hore)

    Cripps Fyfe Neale Dusty Pendles Libba Walsh Butters (Constable Drew Gibbons)

    Grundy Gawn (Fort)

    Danger Heeney Riewoldt Rozee Setter Petruccelle (Balta Parker)

    Cheers 🙂

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  63. Final team. So good luck my supercoach brothers and sisters let’s get it on. Team

    Def J lloyd. J sicly. N Newman. B Smith. J Clark. X duursma. Bench hore. T Watson.

    Mids. Cripps. S sidebottom. J Kelly. A brayshaw. B crouch. T rockliff. D sheed. S Walsh. Bench b Scott. N hind. Gibbons.

    Rucks gold. Gawn. Bench fort.

    Fwds dangerfield. M Walters. T greene. W setterfield. N balta. W drew.

    Bench Burgess. M parker.

    What do u guys think. Bit risky with the team I have but hay if it pays of be happy season. Few pod,s do let me know

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      1. Sometimes you have to be with this game. But with nat dude still hurt lot of mid time with Walters

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  64. Hey SCT’ers

    I looked and looked and couldn’t find a ‘join my league’ thread so I hope you don’t mind me putting this here.

    Most of these leagues have been kicking around for a couple of years and not all teams are returning so I have spots to fill and don’t want any ghost ships or celebs 🙂

    Feel free to join if you want to have a crack.

    ThisIsTheEnd (414332) 5 spots
    I love SC@SCT (591040) 8 spots
    Snap Crackle Pop (210418) 7 spots
    Kick A** League (759770) 14 spots
    LateStarters@SCT (562867) 14 spots

    All Players welcome except if you are gunna not play and be a ghost ship

    Cheers

    SImon

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  65. Here’s my current team I’m happy with my team structure with only 2 on field rookies in the backs and fwds. Just not sure if I’ve got the right rookies.
    I just brought in Oliver for McRae which allowed me to bring in Boak for Greene. I just wasn’t comfortable with Greene giving his history. I really wanted to try and bring in Sheed for Libba as I think Sheed could breakout this year and I’m not sure how Libba will go. But can’t afford that move so think I have to stick with Libba.
    Any feedback would be great
    Cheers……

    Def-Whitfield,Crisp,Williams,Smith,Clark,Hore
    (Wilkie,Burgess)
    Mids-Oliver,Cripps,Cong,Martin,Libba,Walsh,Butters,Atkins
    (Scott,Hind,Gibbons)
    Rucks,Grundy,Goldstein
    (Sweet)
    Fwds-Danger,Smith,Heaney,Boak,Blakey,Setterfield
    (Drew,Petruccelle)
    $31,600

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    1. Personally I’m not sold on martin returning to his 2017 high and would prefer a m crouch type and id also be worried about how the inclusion of shiel will affect smiths scoring.

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  66. I’ve tried to mostly steer clear of mid pricers and injure prone players this year, as i always end the last 4-5 rounds with no trades which drops my rankings significantly

    laird, hurn, williams, smith, schrimshaw, durrsma (joyce, hore)

    macrae, cripps, neale, cogs, m crouch, butters, setterfield, scott (constable, atkins, gibbons)

    grundy, gawn (sweet)

    danger, heeney, darling, drew, balta, petruccelle (burgess, parker)

    13 keepers with the possibility of smith being D6, i think all the premo mid selections should finish top 10. darling should increase his average as hes looking likely to become the main man, williams can be a to top 8 defender potential more if he gets rid of his spud scores and strings some consistency together.

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  67. I’m not a big fan of mid pricers, but looks like this might be the year to start with a few. Just kept it to 3, one per line unless a good rookie pops up just before the first bounce.

    DEF: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Duursma, Scrimshaw (Hore, Burgess)

    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, M.Crouch, Liberatore, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)

    FWD: Danger, Heeney, Kelly, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petrucelle, Parker)

    Not much in the bank. Is a Collins a must have in defence?.
    F3 is the headache area, gone with Kelly price wise.
    Thoughts on the team?

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    1. F3 massive issue for all, I like Grundy Gawn ruck combo even with the high price tag,
      Good looking team overall

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  68. Stumbled upon the SCT site a few months ago and it’s been by far the highest quality place online for valuable insights and genuinely good poster contributions. Thanks all!

    My team:

    DEF: Simpson, Whitfield, Williams, B.Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark (Duursma, Hore)

    MID: Cripps, Oliver, M.Crouch, Sloane, Steele, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)

    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Billings, Moore, Setterfield, Drew
    (Petruccelle, Parker)

    A few thoughts:
    – $45k in the bank which I might use to go Scrimshaw/Clark to Collins
    – Premo defenders have too many questions marks. Laird (Smith & Milera), Lloyd (expensive, Mills), Hurn (1st season since 2012 over 90), Sicily (FWD swing, clown).
    – I’m backing Simpson to have another 100+ season. That being said, I might still downgrade him to Harris Andrews and upgrade Sloane or Steele to Neale as I’m keen to start with 3 dead set, durable midfield guns.
    * Billings averaged 93 in 2017 and in the 2nd half of 2018. Backing him to return to mid 90’s based on JLT role and saints commentary (https://www.saints.com.au/news/2019-03-05/billings-tough-new-mantra)

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  69. Going with a high risk high reward team

    DEF: Laird, Whitfield, Mills, Scrimshaw, J.Clark, Duursma (S.Collins, M.Hore)

    MID: Cripps, Coniglio, Martin, Brayshaw, B.Crouch, Rockliff, S.Walsh, J.Cousins (T.Atkins, M.Gibbons, W.Golds)

    RUC: Grundy, Goldstein (J.Sweet)

    FWD: P.Dangerfield, D.Smith, T.Kelly, D.Moore, W.Settlefield, W.Drew (J.Petrucelle, M.Parker)

    $8400 in the bank, not sure about Cousins, was thinking about bringing Sheed in

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    1. Hate the midfield with a vengence.

      Just remember this is a very PODy team, and it will be hard without many of the top premiums

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  70. I can’t make any changes with my team anymore on Supercoach. I think I changed it so much i broke it! Sorry everyone.

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  71. Side had been so settled BUT now the classic last week chaos has happened. Risks at D4, F4 & M5 hoping at least 2 will pay off.

    DEF- Simpson, Whitfield, Williams, B Smith, Clark, Duursma (Hore & Burgess)

    MID- McRae, Cripps, Oliver, M Crouch, B Crouch, Walsh, Butters, Scott (Constable, Hind, Gibbons)

    RUCK- Gawn & Goldstein (Bines)

    FWD- Dangerfield, Heeney, Billings, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Parker & Petruccelle)

    Any advice is appreciated rookies are pending selection

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  72. Any Feedback On My Team After The JLT

    DEF:Whitfield,Hurn,Williams,Moore,Collins,Clark (Duursma,Hore)
    MID:Cripps,Oliver,Neale,Crouch,Steele,Libba,Walsh,Constable (Scott,Atkins,Gibbons)
    RUC:Grundy,Goldstein (Sweet)
    FWD:Danger,Heeney,Darling,McCarthy,Setterfield,Drew (Burgess,Petruccelle)

    15,700 In The Bank

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  73. Gee, Brodie Smith must be in about 90% of teams on this site. The ultimate burn man is going to have a field day. He and his buddy in the forward line Mr Greene.

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  74. What do we think fellas?

    DEF: LLoyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, (Duursma, Moore)
    MID: Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Treloar, Crouch, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
    RUCK: Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
    FWD: Danger, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Drew, Petruccelle (Burgess, Parker)

    33k left.

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  75. Laid/Whitfield/crisp/Smith/Ridley/Collins
    (Clarke/duursma)

    Cripps/Martin/crouch/omeara/Brayshaw/libba/walsh/butters
    (Hind/Atkins/gibbons)

    Grundy/goldy
    (Bines)

    Danger/heeney/lynch-tigers/Moore/setter field/drew
    (Burgees/Parker)

    Just a rookie so all opinions and tips are appreciated cheers!

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  76. Aaaah. I can almost feel it….5 days to go. When I was young, Christmas being five days away never got me so excited. Some major last minute changes due to poor Roberton, and that soft c..k Daniher. I have also jumped of Grundy to Gawn as r1. Feel Grundy has only been going, but thats all you need to do JLT. Vardy a bit of a gamble early but I think is 80 odd ppg and allows me billings at f4…hopefully a keeper.

    Laird Whitfield Hurn Ridley Clark Dursma..Joyce Hore

    Cripps Oliver Yeo Dusty Libba Cousins Walsh Butters….Constable Drew Scott

    Gawn Vardy….Bines loop

    Danger Heeney Dunkley Billings Moore Setterfield…Pettucella Parker

    Bank 56.9

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  77. Have I gone to heavy in the midfield?

    Def- Hurn, Williams, Smith, Moore, Clark, Duursma (Watson, Hore)

    Mid- Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    Ruc- Grundy, Gawn (Sweet)

    Fwd- Danger, Heeney, Billings, Greene, Setterfield, Drew (Burgess, Parker)

    Bank-8k

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  78. DEF: Laird, Witherden,Z.Williams, Hore, Clark,Burgess (Tohil,Watson)
    MID: Macrae,Crippa,Oliver, Coniglio,B Crouch, Walsh,Constable,Butters (Bewley, Hind,Scott)
    RUC: Gawn, Grundy ( Sweet)
    FWD: Dangerfield, D.Smith, Mundy,Setterfield,M.Parker, Billings ( W.Drew, T Wilkinson)

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  79. DEF: LLoyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, (Duursma, Moore)

    MID: Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Oliver, Crouch, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    RUCK: Gawn, Goldy (Bines)

    FWD: Danger, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Drew, Petruccelle (Burgess, Parker)

    12k left.

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  80. I think my team is pretty much finalised – though I’m still uncertain about so much $ on Grundy to start with..
    Please let me know your thoughts..

    Def: Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma, Watson, Burgess, Hore

    Mid: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Coniglio, Martin, M Crouch, B Crouch, Walsh, Butters, Hately, Constable

    Rucks: Grundy, Gawn, Clarke

    Fwds: Dangerfield, Heeney, Kennedy, Setterfield, Drew, Parker, Balta, Petruccelle

    All thoughts appreciated.

    MR

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  81. Which is best:
    Stef Martin, Fyfe and TKelly
    OR
    Gawn, Steele OR Brayshaw and Darling

    Thoughts please

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  82. Which team is better?

    DEF: LLoyd, Laird, Williams, Ridley, Collins, Clark, (Duursma, Hore)
    MID: Cripps, Oliver, Neale, M. Crouch, Steele, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
    RUCK: Grundy, Goldy (Sweet)
    FWD: Danger, Heeney, Darling, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petruccelle, Parker)

    49k in bank

    OR

    DEF: LLoyd, Laird, Williams, B. Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, (Duursma, Hore)
    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, M. Crouch, B. Crouch, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
    RUCK: Grundy, Goldy (Sweet)
    FWD: Danger, Heeney, Darling, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petruccelle, Parker)

    $900 in bank

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  83. Curious to hear your thoughts.

    DEF:
    Lloyd, Laird, Williams
    Ridley, Collins, Clark
    (Scrimshaw, Duursma)

    MID:
    Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale
    Liberatore, Walsh, Butters, Constable
    (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    RUC:
    Grundy, Gawn
    (Sweet)

    FWD:
    Dangerfield, Heeney, R Gray
    Setterfield, Drew, Pretuccelle
    (Burgess, Parker)

    $7,900 Left.

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  84. Def:
    Lloyd, witherden, Williams, b.smith, Collins, Clark (duursma, hore)

    Mid:
    Macrae, Cripps, Treloar, M Crouch, Taranto, Walsh, Butters, Constable (drew, Atkins, b.scott

    Ruc:
    Grundy, Goldstein (z.clarke)

    Fwd:
    Dangerfield, Heeney, Billings, D.Moore, Setterfield, Petruccelle (Burgess, M.Parker)

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  85. Tell me what you think,

    Def- J.Lloyd, Z.Williams, B.Smith, D.Moore, J.Scrimshaw, X.Duursma (C.Burgess, M.Hore)
    Mid- J.Macrae, P.Cripps, C.Oliver, N.Fyfe, A.Brayshaw(melb), J.Cousins, S.Walsh, B.Scott (Z.Butters, N.Hind, M.Gibbons)
    Ruc- B.Grundy, M.Gawn (J.Sweet)
    For- P.Dangerfield, D.Smith, J.Dunkley, W.Setterfield, J.Petruccelle, W.Drew (M.Parker, B.Cavarra)

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    1. READY-MADE Western Bulldogs draftee Ben Cavarra has suffered an injury setback that will see him miss the start of the season.

      Cavarra, 23, was taken as a mature-age product in last year’s NAB AFL Draft but has succumbed to a quad complaint that will sideline him for the next three weeks.

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  86. Hi Folks,
    I’d appreciate any comments on this version of my team:

    DEF: Laird, Hurn, Z. Williams, B. Smith, Ridley, Collins (Scrimshaw, Clark)

    MID: Cripps, Neale, Coniglio, M. Crouch, Ang Brayshaw, Walsh, Butters, Constable
    (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    Ruck: Gawn, Goldstein (Bines)

    FOR: Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Drew, Petruccelle (Balta, Parker)

    Obviously all Rookies are up for change depending on selections.

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  87. Suggested changes
    38k remaining
    Def
    Laird Williams houli Smith Handley
    J.clark
    -scrimshaw Duursma
    Mids
    Neale trelore a.brayshaw b.couch Libba cousins butters
    – constable scott gibbons
    Rucks
    Grundy Gawn
    -Clarke
    Forwards
    Danger Dunkley billings green Moore setterfield
    -balta Parker

    Thoughts?

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  88. 95% bog standard but I actually like my team. I have $160k in the bank which probably should be spent now. I’d welcome any feedback or suggestions. Some options are to add B Crouch or Fyfe + Not Darling. Thanks!

    DEF:
    Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Moore, Collins, Clark (Scrimshaw, Duursma)

    MID:
    Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Cogs, M Crouch, Walsh, Butters, Constable
    (Scott, Atkins, Bewley)

    RUC:
    Grundy, Gawn
    (Sweet)

    FWD:
    Dangerfield, Heeney, Darling,
    Setterfield, Drew, Pretuccelle
    (Burgess, Parker)

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  89. Let me know with a thumbs up if this team is good to go??

    Def: Hurn, Williams, Smith, Moore, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma, Hore

    Mid: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Coniglio, Martin, Walsh, Atkins, Gibbons, Butters, Constable, Scott

    Rucks: Grundy, Gawn, Clarke

    Fwds: Danger, Heeney, Kennedy, Greene, Setterfield, Drew, Petruccelle, Parker

    Thanks! All feedback appreciated.

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    1. Well balanced side that prioritizes points in the midfield.
      I’d just be concerned about job security and durability of your forward line from F3 onward

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        Is it just Kennedy and Greene that you don’t like?

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  90. Hi all,
    Would really appreciate it for some tips for my team.

    Def – Lloyd, Laird, Williams, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)

    Mid – Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, J.Kelly, Coniglio, Liberatore, Walsh, Butters (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)

    Fwd – Dangerfield, Heeney, McCarthy, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Wicks)

    Have 13k left, would it be a bad option to downgrade Macrae to one of the Crouch’s to have a bit more in the bank.
    Thank you.

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    1. Looks good
      The only standout problem is F3 but still could work with magnets McRae numbers carrying the load

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    2. Is Kelly fit? Wouldn’t start him as he’ll likely be cheaper come first/second upgrade. MCrouch or the like would then help you bolster your F3 maybe.
      I know a lot of others disagree but I see Laird as an upgrade target rather than a starter. Too many unknowns to have 100% confidence, that’s all. Just means you MIGHT be able to get him cheaper.
      Good luck 😉

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  91. Fwds- Sicily, crisp,McGrath, B.Smith, Duursma,Burgess (Collins,Hore)
    Mids- Fyfe,Neale,Coniglio,Rockliff,Libba,Walsh,T.Thomas,Setterfield ( c.jones,Constable,Bewley
    Rucks- Grundy,Goldy(Smith)
    Fwds- Danger,Kelly,Z.Fisher,Greene,Rayner,Blakey( Rozee, Parker)

    I’m thinking of trading Fyfe down to maybe a M Crouch and with the extra funds replace Hore in Def with Darcy Moore

    Happy for any advice?

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        1. Sicily, McGrath, Rockliff, Liberatore, Fisher and Greene.
          Have no doubt they could all work out fine but I personally wouldn’t start any, given the respective but differing risks/questions surrounding each.

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          1. I agree Greene & Libba are risks both with injuries and Suspension
            Rocky had a blinder of a JLT and forgiving last year in a new team was a consistent 100+ at the lions
            McGrath and Sicily should both benefit from the new 6-6-6 rule and open up the backline. But i do acknowledge this team could be a top 20% or crash

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  92. Thoughts on this line up, 85k left in the bank:

    Def: Sicily, Whitfield, Mills, Williams, A. McGrath, J. Clark,
    (C. Rozee, C. Burgess)

    Mid: J. Macrae, P. Cripps, B. Crouch, T. Rockliff, T. Liberatore, Walsh, Butters, Hately, (Constable, M. Walker, B. Scott)

    Ruc: Gawn, Goldy, (Fort)

    Fwd: Dangerfield, Heeney, Greene, Rayner, N. Blakey, W. Setterfield,
    (W. Drew, N. Balta)

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  93. Hi ladies and gents,

    Would appreciate some thoughts on the team that I’ve had set for the last few days.

    Def: Whitfield Williams Smith
    Collins Scrimshaw Clark
    (Burgess Hore)

    Mid: Cripps Oliver Fyfe Neale
    Rockliff Walsh Butters Duursma
    (Constable Atkins Scott)

    Ruck: Gawn Goldstein (Clarke)

    Fwd: Danger Heeney Dunkley
    Billings Moore Setterfield
    (Parker Drew)

    $89,500 remaining

    Any critiques?
    I realise the extra money and a downgrade of Clarke means I could upgrade Rocky to a $500k+ mid, but I’m bullish on Rocky to return to 108+

    Cheers.

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    1. I have had Rocky in and out 5 times!!! Brad Crouch seems like the safer play.
      I think Clarke will play but I think it’s a risk not starting with Grundy.
      Cracking forward line

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      1. I disagree on B Crouch.
        I think he will average low 90s partly because Adelaide have that many 90-100 average candidates (Sloane, M Crouch, Laird, Gibbs, Milera, B Smith), and partly because he has never averaged 100.
        Rocky at least has the history, and is a better chance of going 105+ which lets face it, is why we pick a mid range midfielder anyway.
        Thanks for the feedback though- very nervous about getting the Grundy/Gawn 50-50 wrong.

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  94. 15K in the bank

    Def: Whitfield, Hurn, Williams, Moore, Collins, Clark (Hore, Watson)
    Mid: Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Martin, M Crouch, Liberatore, Walsh, Butters (Constable, Atkins, Wicks)
    Ruck: Grundy, Goldstein (Bines)
    Fwd: Dangerfield, Heeney, Darling, Rozee, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Petruccelle)

    Please, give me all the advice possible 🙂

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  95. Hey guys, was looking for some feedback on my team:

    DEF: Whitfield, H.Andrews, Z.Williams, B.Smith, J.Scrimshaw, J.Clark (X.Duursma, M.Hore)

    MID: Cripps, C.Oliver, M.Crouch, B.Crouch, Liberatore, S.Walsh, Z.Butters, C.Constable (B.Scott, T.Atkins, M.Gibbons)

    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (P.Bines)

    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, T.Kelly, J.Darling, D.Moore, W.Setterfield (W.Drew, M.Parker)

    38K Left in the bank.

    Cheers

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  96. hola compadres,

    My salary calculated incorrectly when I made my team so I ended up with a surprise 393k leftover. Unsure whether to try and put that towards a Mid or a Fwd… team is currently:

    DEF: LLoyd, Laird, Whitfield, B. Smith, X. Duursma, M. Hore (S. Collins, J. Clark)

    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, B. Crouch, Liberatore, S. Walsh, C. Constable, Z. Butters, (B. Bewley, M. Gibbons, T. Watson (new Olango))

    RUC: Gawn, Grundy, (D. Fort)

    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, W. Setterfield, C. Burgess, J. Petruccelle, M. Parker, (W. Drew, N. Balta)

    Cheers mates

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  97. Hey boys,

    Looking to make a statement this season. Would love some feedback on my team.

    FWD: whitfield, hurn, williams, smith, scrimsgaw, clark (hore, duursma)

    MID: mccrae, cripps, oliver, crouch x 2, libba, walsh, butters (constable, scott, atkins)

    FWD: dangerfield, heeney, mccarthy,
    Moore, setterfield, drew (petrucelle, Parker)

    RUC: gawn, grundy (bines)

    Have 13.5k spare.
    Thanks! 🙂

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  98. Thoughts on this set up:

    D – Laird, Mills, Williams, Newman, Ridley, Collins (Duursma, Burgess)

    M – Trelor, Cogs, Brayshaw, Kelly, Rockliff, Libba, Walsh, Butters (Constable, Scott, Gibbons)

    R – Grundy, Martin (Clarke)

    F – Danger, Heeney, Worpal, Newnes, Setterfield, Balta (Parker, Cavarra)

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    1. Dimma has stated that Balta, Nankervis and Lynch wont play it the same team atmo and Cavarra unlikely but the rest of it is pretty solid.

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  99. The JLT averages of The RupertSux current on-field lineup adds up to 2328 with Dangers captains score. I’ll be very happy if they pump that out in round 1
    This includes Greenes 39 and rounding down all .5 scores to an even number, 3 rookies only
    How do yours score
    My scores
    -100
    -100
    -95
    -88
    -95
    -72
    -defence 550

    -123
    -115
    -121
    -132
    -121
    – 109
    -139
    -99
    -Mid 959

    -119
    -71
    -Rucks 190

    Danger-128 x2
    -87
    -80
    Greene -39
    -86
    -81
    -Forward 629

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      1. Sorry woosha if I did that my Pods will become non-pods
        but the #1 on each line are Hurn, McRae, Gawn and Danger

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    1. I believe ive figured out most of your team and that is mid price madness! Please tell me im wrong and you don’t have all of BC, TR and DS!

      and is that a Sauce of the different variety at R2?

      Ballsy!

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  100. Hi everyone,

    Just been messing around with a bit of mid price mids madness, if it comes together could result in a good team, well maybe?

    Let me know what you think, probs will change yet again lol, my defence is mostly a lock depending on rookie starters.

    DEF:
    Hurn, Mills, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Duursma R+R

    MID
    Cripps, Oliver, B Crouch, Rockcliff, Sheed, Libs, Walsh, butters, R+R+R

    Rucks
    Grundy, Gawn Sweet

    FWDS
    Danger, Menegola, Heeney, Mundy, Setterfield, Drew, R+R

    Cheers SC com

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  101. Without telling me to get rid of Sloane or Billings, let me know if there’s any changes/improvements i could make.

    Def- Lloyd, Williams, B Smith, Collins, Clark, Duursma (Scrimshaw, Hore)
    Mid – Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Coniglio, Sloane, B Crouch, Walsh, Butters (Constable, Scott, Gibbons)
    Ruck – Grundy, Goldstein (Schlensog)
    Fwd – Danger, Heeney, Billings, Moore, Setterfield, Drew)

    56k in the bank.

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    1. Reconsider, Sloane (MCrouch is on fire like Fyffe often is) and maybe Billings (are you confident that he’s a keeper?) 🙂

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  102. Really want Macrae but cannot afford him.

    Currently have MID’s of: Cripps, Oliver, Neale, M. Crouch & Steele – plus 49k in bank…

    Should i upgrade M. Crouch @ M4 & go:
    a. Coniglio & have 11k in bank
    b. Dusty & have 36.5k in bank
    c. someone else
    d. leave MID’s as they are

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  103. DEF: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Collins, Scrimshaw (Clark & Hore)
    MID: Cripps, Kelly, Neale, M Crouch, Sheed, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Scott, Hind & Gibbons)
    RUC: Grundy & Goldstein (Hunter)
    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Burgess, Drew (Balta & Parker)

    Unsure if I should try and fit in another premium in the MID and dropping one in DEF. Thoughts on going Sheed to B Crouch or Libba? Is it too risky having both Crouch’s in Mid. Cheers

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    1. Sheed is too awkwardly priced as a mid for me. Chuck that same price down back or up fwd and i’d be keen but in the mids that could lead to either a complicated and difficult to maneuver trade or being stuck with a lesser premium, a top 25 mid rather than a top 10 mid.

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  104. Defenders:
    Laird, Whitfield, Witherden, Ridley, Collins, J. Clark
    Mids:
    Cripps, Neale, Coniglio, Brayshaw, Sheed, Liberatore, Walsh, Butters
    Rucks:
    Grundy, Gawn
    Forwards:
    Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, W. Drew, N. Balta

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    1. I briefly had this structure, which is predominantly to risk break-outs in the midfield to strengthen the forward and back line.

      The reason I abandoned it was because it was too “all or nothing” for me. If Libba, Brayshaw and Sheed all average ‘overs’ you’re a chance of the overall prize. If one or two fail you’re in trouble.

      It’s not wrong, just one way of approaching a difficult season.

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      1. I am taking the chance This year with my partners team My Mid Field is
        Neale , i feel will improve as the general in the midfield .
        Conigilo, Very fit and hard working very consistent output.
        M. Crouch . Adelaide is up and about this and the Crouch are on fire.
        hence B Crouch M4.
        Sheeds M5 now if it was just Jlt results i would not be taking the chance however
        in the finales last year he was exceptional and i just can’t pass him up.
        Libba is going to have a good year i feel and at this price he is a steel.
        Walsh may as well pin the rising star on him now.
        M8 ? The best are Butters, const,scott, Atkins i feel.
        Now by utilizing your resources the key element here is to have money left over
        I have 566.900.

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  105. Much like a nutty professor i work alone in a haunted mansion constructing my beast that i will unleash upon the world. Alas, like most nutty professors, there’s a few screws loose in my construction and the village at the bottom of the hill is now in trouble. My beast may in fact be a monster!

    DEF: Whitfield, Williams, Newman, Collins, Clark, Scrimshaw … Duursma, Hore
    MID: Cripps, Oliver, Coniglio, Martin, M Crouch, Liberatore, Cousins, Walsh … Butters, Scott, Gibbons
    RUCK: Grundy, Goldstein … Bines
    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Moore, Setterfield, Drew … Balta, Parker
    Kitty: $31,300

    Thoughts obviously appreciated.

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    1. I can only fault the backline as being too reliant on rookies and Newman. Your midfield is super-deep as long as Libba holds up and your forward line looks solid.

      If you can somehow get one more premo backman ahead of Newman or lose a rookie on-field, you’re team looks super-balanced. I know that is probably a tough ask given you are likely to be strapped for cash!

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  106. Please let me know what you think of my team.

    J.Crisp, Z.Williams, B.Smith
    D.Moore, J.Scrimshaw, J.CLark
    (X.Duursma, M.Hore)

    J.Macrae, L.Neale
    S.Coniglio, D.Martin, M.Crouch
    J.Cousins, S.Walsh, Z.Butters
    (C.Constable, T.Atkins,M.Gibbons)

    B.Grundy, M.Gawn
    (P.Bines)

    P.Dangerfield, I.Heeney, T.Kelly
    W.Setterfield, W.Drew, J.Petruccelle
    (C.Burgess, M.Parker)

    I’ve still $201,200 in the bank. Any suggestions if i should upgrade a player with the extra cash i have left over or leave it in the bank for later in the season.

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    1. Your team is pretty balanced. With $200k I would probably add a defensive premo rather than running 1 premo and 2 mid-pricers back there. I like the Crisp selection.

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  107. whitfield, crisp, williams, moore, collins, scrimshaw, duursma, burgess

    Sidebottom, m crouch, brayshaw, steele, omeara, walsh, butters, constable, scott, atkins, gibbons

    Grundy, gawn, sweet

    Dangerfield, heeney, dunkley, kelly, setterfield, drew, petruccelle, parker.

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    1. It’s easy to get lost while stuffing around with the details. I deleted my team and re-selected it tonight to make sure my core selections were in place.

      Looking at your team, you are going very weak in the mids and even stronger than usual in the forward line. It might be worth upgrading a risky selection like O’Meara if possible.

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  108. A tip for all Get into a Elite league like one of jocks leagues. copy all the start up teams and look at the trades each team makes. keep an eye on there trades especially the bye rounds copy there teams before the bye rounds again and they do all the home work for you. keep in mind every team is different tho. good luck.

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  109. I am taking the chance This year with my partners team My Mid Field is
    Neale , i feel will improve as the general in the midfield .
    Conigilo, Very fit and hard working very consistent output.
    M. Crouch . Adelaide is up and about this year and the Crouch brothers are on fire.
    hence B Crouch M4.
    Sheeds M5 now if it was just Jlt results i would not be taking the chance however
    in the finales last year he was exceptional and i just can’t pass him up.
    Libba is going to have a good year i feel and at this price he is a steal.
    Walsh may as well pin the rising star on him now.
    M8 ? The best are Butters, const,scott, Atkins i feel.
    Now by utilizing your resources the key factoring element here is to have money left over
    I have 566.900.

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  110. keen on some feedback plz

    51k left

    backs: Laird, Whitfield, Z. Williams, B. Smith, Scrimshaw, Hore (Collins, Clarke)

    Mids: Cripps, Oliver, Dusty, A. Brayshaw, B. Crouch, Walsh, Constable, Butters (Hind, Gibbons, Scott)

    Rucks: Grundy and Gawn

    Fwds: Danger, D. Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Burgess, Drew (Cavarra, Petrucelle)

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