The Maulers ’11

Written by Motts on March 23 2011

BACKS

  • B Goddard (MID) – A Must have – first bloke picked
  • B Gibbs (MID) – Expected to be the go-through man for the Blues, will marshall the defence and spend time in the middle – its unfortunate I’ll have to save a trade to bump him out when the Blues have their bye in SC finals but that’s why they gave you extra trades this year.
  • G Broughton – A ball magnet in the Freo backline, averaged 98.6 his first 2 years in the league.
  • J Grimes – Had a superb preseason averaging 124 and gets a ton of it in the Melbourne backline. Just hoping he stays on the park.
  • A Otten – A bargain at $185k
  • N Lower – Will hopefully get games early
  • N Duigan – Mature age rookie who should get a lot of games this year. Was very impressed by what I saw of him in the preseason.
  • D Stanley – The pick of the GC Defenders – averaged 84 in the preseason
  • J Toy – Should get games – averaged 70 in the preseason
  • S McKernan (FWD) – Should get games and with the D/F DPP status adds future flexibility

MIDFIELDERS

  • D Swan – It was a toss-up between him and Pendles, I’ll still be mulling it over right up to lockout on Friday. Just gets so much of the ball – you can’t ignore him.
  • J Selwood – His scores at the end of last season and in the 2011 preseason were very impressive. Has averaged 124 over his 4 year career. Another premium I’ll save a trade for.
  • S Burgoyne – Will star in the Hawks midfield after a year of acclimatisation and a full preseason.
  • A Goodes (FWD) – Must admit I had my doubts but after a preseason in which he averaged 142, I’m a believer!
  • D Heppell (BAC) – Will get games and is handily a DPP
  • R Bewick – Cheaper than Polec and should get games
  • D Swallow – Ready to go, will play all year
  • D Harris – Will play all year and is cheap as chips
  • J Irons – Did enough to get promoted off the rookie list so should get games and at $91k I couldn’t go past him

RUCKS

  • A Sandilands – The standout ruckman for the last 2 years. Gotta have him.
  • D Cox – The standout ruckman before Sandi took his title. Looks to be back to his best though after overcoming injury problems. Preaseason average: 99.
  • D Petrie (FWD) – Yes he’ll be missing 2 out of the first 3 rounds but its a marathon not a sprint and his average for the 4 years before an injury-plagued 2010 was around the 90 mark.
  • B Moran – Toughest spot on my field to pick. It’ll be a last minute decision for me. Will all come down to who gets named. Brad has shown glimpses in the past of what he’s capable of. If he misses out I’ll look at B McCauley.

FORWARDS

  • N Riewoldt – Massive motor that keeps him running, tackling and leading all day. Second bloke picked in my team.
  • M Pavlich (MID) – Yes his scores have dropped off over the last 2 years (from 110-odd to 99) but I’ll still happily take a 99 average from a guy who’ll also moonlight in the guts for me.
  • C Rioli – Got traded out for Buddy and then back in again. I love watching him play, I love his tackling pressure, and I love that he’ll spend more time in the middle this year (although how much more is still questionable). Buddy gets suspended too often for me.
  • S Johnson – Apparently has a glint in his eye they haven’t seen down at Kardinia Park for a few years. Stellar preseason – 111 average. Could’ve also been T Varcoe who I think is going to have a breakout year.
  • S Higgins (MID) – Is over what ailed him in 2010 and is reportedly in ripping form. His DPP status and sub $400k price made him irresistible. P Dangerfield was also considered for this spot.
  • A Krakouer (MID) – Too good and too cheap to pass over. Will be the #1 picked player in 2011.
  • C Knights – Averaged 85 or so before a tough 2010. Kicked enough goals in the preseason and priced low enough to demand selection. Please stay healthy!
  • L Tapscott – Will hopefully get games
  • J Tippett (RUC) – Petrie DPP and should get some games
  • B Matera – The pick of the forward rookies

 

Blokes who have shuffled in and out of the team over the last month:

  • Backline – Duffield, Deledio, Puopolo,
  • Midfield – Pendlebury, Boyd, Jack, Boak, Anthony, Gaff, Atley, Djerrkura, Wallis, Smith
  • Rucks – Jamar, Jolly
  • Forwards – Chapman, Franklin, Didak, J Riewoldt, Dangerfield, Varcoe, Veszpremi, S Day

 

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61 thoughts on “The Maulers ’11”

  1. Looking good mate,

    am also wrestling with the cyril v buddy thing. Just have a feeling that buddy’s going to have a cracker, and am worried about cyril’s fitness. But on the other hand as u say Buddy’s more likely to go missing with suspension, and i really need regular games

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  2. Like what you have done, like many of the teams I have seen its similar to what I have come up with.
    I guess that is now where the real skills come in with knowing who and when to trade.
    Looking forward to going head to head at some point during the season.

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  3. Looks like you’ve been mulling over the exact same players I have (and prob most others too).

    If I had to quibble, I’d say maybe a bit short in the backline, and even the mids (although Swallow and Harris will be on the field after round 1). I’m planning on finding out who the better is of Swallow and Harris and just play the 1. Swallow didn’t impress overly and I have a suspicion that Harris will be the tagger.

    And you’re putting a fair bit of faith in Lower, Duigan and Stanley to hold up D6 + 7. But it would be a compromise somewhere else to upgrade. Maybe Knights to a rookie, Swan to Pendles and a rookie to a Myers or someone. Or there’s always the option of downgrading Big Sandilands!

    Overall, I think it’s pretty solid, with 10-11 100+ players.

    I’m sure you’ll be changing it a bit before bounce down though.

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  4. Nice team mate – will be very hard to beat. Think you’ve got the balance pretty right although only the one unique in Burgoyne. I’m not convinced on Goodes despite his great PS after hearing that Braddy is back to being out indefinately. Can’t see him in the midfield anytime soon.

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  5. Just re-read your opening statement on Missy. I hope you had fingers and toes crossed whilst typing that!

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  6. Wasn’t sure where to put this, but haven’t seen it covered this year…
    The loop hole isn;t just good for Captains…
    Have Duigan and Lower on your DEF Bench?
    Leave Duigan on the bench and list him as an emergency, and start a GC player (Stanley) on the park.
    See Duigan’s score – do you think Lower will shred v Lions? Swap him in and Stanley out – negating Duigan’s Emergency score…

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  7. I’m minimising the premiums I’m taking from Carlton, Geelong, Essendon & North to save trades later on when they have byes during SC Finals. I don’t like doing it but I want to win my league. Next year I can revert to my Judd, Gibbs, Murph, Simmo midfield 🙂

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  8. Expect a sub 2000 score in R6, Motts, not sure if you’re going for overall but you’ll be missing the likes of Broughton, Lower, Selwood, Burgs, Sandi, Pav, Sizzle and Stevie Jay. Surprised you haven’t had Yarran in and out of your team over the last month.

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  9. Risk is if Duigan kills it, you keep him as emergency and then there’s a late exclusion from your onfield backline players you will be serving up the big 0 in Rd 1.

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  10. Are you kidding me?? I went and got the charger for my laptop, played around abit while the footy show was on and here is a team I came up with ($41,900 left): *emerg

    Backs: God, Deludio, Malceski, P. Stewart, Otten, Heppell, Duigan
    (R. Tarrant, N. Lower*, J. Cripps)

    Mids: Judd, Pendlebury, Gibbs, Hayes, Silvia, Rohan
    (Swallow, Conca*, Harris)

    Rucks: Sandi, Jolly
    (Vardy, Curnow)

    FWDS: Franklin, Pav, Goodes (reluctantly after previous years), JACK Riewoldt, Krakouer, Gamble, Griffiths
    (Tapscott* , I. Smith, Darling)

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  11. this is not my final team but one I am considering, my other “normal” team has both Riewoldts in it still. But no Jolly…. urgh this is too hard!!!! 😛

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  12. With the cash on offer in my primary league (the one all members pay $50 each to join) I’d be quite happy to come away with a league win.

    And you’re right, both Yaz and Richo were also considered. Yaz missed out because of Carlton’s bye, Richo may still make it in for Tappy – depends who gets named.

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  13. The most interesting choice I see here is Broughton over Deledio? Can you please explain the reasoning Motts?

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  14. Happy to J

    First of all let me say that it was a close decision.

    Lids averaged 101.9 last year but he started the year slowly – it was until R8 that he really got going. The year before it was R5. His DPP status does make him more attractive but with Gibbs and Goddard down back I didn’t really need it.

    Broughton scored 3 tons in his first 5 matches last year. He’s also a third year player and the experts often talk about that particular year as being a player’s breakout year.

    But what got me over the line with Broughton was that he plays for Freo. I’m specifically targetting a league win this year and with Freo’s byes coinciding with the non-competitive weeks of our comp, he won the spot.

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  15. Is this your real team Motts? You told me you had Judd, Gibbs, Murphy, Kreuz, Yarran, Betts, Duigan, Russell, Scotland & Warnock…..

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  16. No one wants to see my rabble…. and I think I’ve worked out I’ll make another 5 trades between now and the Fri night lockout.

    Seriously, I am a little worried about rookie selection having seen squads on the footy show last night. I taped it and went back over each team at the end….. and it doesn’t look like as many would get a run as I was hoping….. so can’t waitt for 5pm for a number of reasons.

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  17. Correct…. I take it as a personal attack.

    I will say my big decison in next 24hrs is, can I keep Chapman, can I fit in Petrie (&Tippet)…. really disappionted about rookie ruckmen not getting a run…. but I think that is because the new Sub rule…. so only one primary ruck.

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  18. Hey Motts,

    How is McKernan going to add further flexibility when you have him stuck there in defense with nobody to swap him for in your forward line? Do you plan on bringing in another DPP (D/F) before offloading McKernan?

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  19. Nice team you got there fella. Good luck. I’m interested in that you’ve run with the Z.Smith hype. Was also going to mention Richardson, but, I see that it has been covered.
    I’m at present tinkering between Boak and Burgoyne for my M4 spot….Boak is the incumbent, but, …

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  20. By the way, I’m also in a $50 per team league with friends and it makes taking out that league all the more satisfying. After taking home $400 last year (we also had a prize for 2nd and winner of bottom 8 GF) it only adds to the bragging rights you have till the next season kicks around. And while I admit it would look nice to be 10th of 400,000 halfway through the season the reality is its most likely not going to happen. Bragging rights amongst your peers with the added cherry of a cash prize is where its at. Good luck on winning your own league motts and to all the other SCTers out there.

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  21. “future flexibility” – the plan is to upgrade a forward rookie to Grundy later in the season.

    Thanks for the well wishes, Bender. And all the best to you too buddy!

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  22. I’m having a last min panic attack. Here are some of the issues I can’t resolve:
    * Rioli v Buddy
    * Should I waste a spot for a RUC/FWD player who probably won’t play (J Tippet)
    * Selwood v Bartel
    * Trying not to pick too many tempting mid pricers
    * And who should I replace Hibberd with?

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  23. * Doesn’t matter, both are guns, I’ve gone Rioli.
    *Yes, if you have Petrie. No, if you don’t.
    *Selwood.
    *Can’t help you there, how many mid-pricers is too many?
    *Should you be replacing a DPP rookie who looks likely to be picked? Wait till selection, before you execute. If you do change him, then your replacement depends on wheteher or not he is a D or a M in your set up and who else you have. Lower/Duigan in D & Irons in M spring to mind.

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  24. Good comments. I guess the Petrie one weights heavily on my mind. I am prepared to keep Petrie as R3 and sit him there and not waste a spot in my FWD line for a RUC MPP. I know it’s a lot of money to sit at R3 but the benefits are:
    * If I get an injury to the sex-on-the-beach ruck combo I will save a trade as Petrie can slot straight in.
    * I don’t waste a spot in my foward line for a RUC MPP and the rookie I put there instead will make me cash.
    The downside is that extra cash I spent on Petrie could be used to upgrade Bartel to Selwood (I wonder who will get tagged more?)

    After this week I will be known as The Bald Cat

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  25. I see. Think ill still keep him. Think he will definitely get games. Hopefully Lower from Freo is playing!

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  26. jUST TO BE SURE AS i’M ONLY A SECOND YEAR NOVICE, DOES THE BACKS EMERGENCY ‘ONLY’ SCORE FOR ANY BACKS NOT PLAYING, OR CAN THEY SCORE FOR ANY POSITION WHERE THERE ARE A MISSING PLAYER?

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  27. There’s no need to yell, Geoffrey, we can hear you fine mate. A Back emergency will only score for a non-playing Back. Ok?

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  28. Ok, thanks for the explanation. I’m now considering making that move myself…

    Good luck with round 1 Motts.

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  29. There is a rumour circulating that Hibberd has a thigh injury. I do not know if its true or false.

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