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DEF: Lloyd, Stewart, Doch, Young, Gould, Rivers (Bianco, McLennan)
MID: Fyfe, Jelly, Crippa, Danger, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (McHenry, Maginess, Budarick)
RUC: Grawndy
FWD: Whit, Parish, Petracca, Hill, Rankine, King (Georgiades, Hosie)
Thoughts?? $68k in the bank
Stewart has had no pre season and Parish and Petracca are huge risks.
Stewart has been selected to play this weekend. They should get enough work into him before the season starts barring mishaps of course.
Forward line a bit risky, like the rest.
I’m a Freo supporter and I don’t know why so many ppl are picking Hill.
I know he seems a bargain, but his injury history and lack of big scores means I’m not sold on him at all.
A forward rookie priced player with the potential to average 70 odd is gold for me. He only needs to play a handful of games to make some good cash
Petracca & Parish are interesting picks here, I’d go one of them as running both is too high a risk early I think
Williams, Sicily, Dochery, Hill, Gould, Worrell (Bianco, Rookie)
Macrae, Cripps, Jelly, Dunkley, Oliver, Rowell, Pickett, Robertson (Mead, McHenry, Rookie)
Grawndy (Combden)
Whitfield, Dusty, Heeney, Hill, King, Rankine (Cavarra, Georgiadis)
Any suggestions welcome.
Much better team to the last one imo. I’d pay attention to a few key players throughout the coming weeks (Docherty, Williams) based on their roles and coming back from injury. Williams was proficent when the giants were down a few in the engine room, might be better suited as an upgrade target but it’s all speculation at this moment.
2 Hills? Or are they two different players?
One is meant to be a Boner.
DEF: Williams,Sicily/Houston, Docherty, Hill, Young, Gould
(Brander, Rivers)
MID: Macrae, Fyfe, Cripps, Dunkley, Dangerfield, Oliver, Rowell, Pickett
(McHenry, Bytel, Roberston)
RUCK: Grundy. Gawn
(Conroy)
FWD: Whitfield, D. Smith, Bonar, Flanders, Rankine, D. Williams
(King, Budarick)
Thoughts appreciated.
Maybe a little light on in the forwards, can you possibly move on a midfielder to it’s a bit more even across the board? Looks solid though
Tu; Sicily
Td; Houston
Working on the structure of my team, will obviously know more after the pre season games, however currently tossing up between something like this;
Tu;
D:Williams, Houston, Docherty, Hill, Young, Gould
M: Macrae, Fyfe, Cripps, Dunkley, Dangerfield, Oliver, Rowell, Pickett
Td;
D: Williams, Sicily, Houston, Docherty, Doedee, Young.
(S.hill swings fwd, gould drops to bench)
M: Macrae, Fyfe, Cripps, Dunkley, Oliver, Rowell, Pickett, Mchenry
Basically, do I go 6 deep in the middle with Danger? That means I can only pick 1 of Sicily/Houston, and also miss out on Doedoee/Roberton.
Or… I can get rid of danger, stay 5 deep in the middle. That gives me the flexibility to upgrade my defence.
Thoughts appreciated
Who is going to score you more points?
Sicily/Houston or Danger……also need to think about rookie availability in the backline vs mids. I don’t see that many midfield rookies getting a game in round 1. Good luck this year….M
I see less backline rooks than mid actually.
DEF:
Laird, Sicily, Houston, Doedee, McLennan, Bianco (Gould, Rivers)
MID:
Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Dunkley, Oliver, Pickett, RCD, Robertson (McHenry, Bytel, Mead)
RUC:
Grundy, Gawn (Cameron)
FWD:
Whitfield, Dusty, Lynch [RICH], Hill, Rankine, Worrell (Cockatoo, Hosie)
$44k remaining.
D3 and F3 are the biggest question marks for me. D3 has been Docherty all pre-season, up until I read Allsaints’ underpricer article on him recently. Houston I’m not 100% on either, but will wait on his JLT form.
Lynch I’m really coming around to, and this price will probably be the cheapest he’ll be all year. But then again, he could just be the Darling of 2020 and spud it up.
I like the Lynch pick. Tigers have a great run of games at the G early on. Priced well too.
Don’t go cold on Docherty yet, remember his last two seasons, albeit a while back, produced averages of 108 and 114
Didn’t have to contend with Nic Newman for his points back then. Reckon he’s a trap.
Newman will have to content with Doc, not the other way round.
Game and Carlton’s backline have changed A LOT since he last played, Dylan.
Marsh Series will be telling.
For sure, although if he can get anywhere near those numbers he is a big tick
The blues want the ball in his hands, his one of the best decision makers in the Comp,
DEF – Lloyd, Williams, C Daniel, Docherty, Mcasey, Gould (TBD)
MID – Macrae, Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, T Kelly, Rowell, Pickett, McHenry (TBD)
RUC – Grundy, Marshall (Comben)
FWD – Walters, Fritsch, D Smith, Hill, Rankine, King (TBD)
15,400k left
Really don’t rate the Marshall and Fritsch picks (especially Fritsch), but the rest looks solid.
Thanks mate, I’m very iffy on Fritsch as well. I’ve been contemplating making some moves to get Jordan Dawson in instead.
For the most part it looks ok, but I agree with the feedback on Fritsch at F2. Could look at moving on one of your defenders to free up some cash to upgrade Fritsch
How are we all coaches?
Defence: Laird, Docherty, Doedee, Young, Starcevich and Rivers (Worrell, Gould)
Midfield: McRae, Neale, Fyfe, Dunkley, Cripps, Oliver, Rowell and Pickett (McHenry, Valente, Robertson)
Rucks: Gawn and Grundy (Comben)
Forward: Whitfield, Heeney/Martin, Hill, Flanders, Bergman and Georgiades (Rankine, King)
Gone the 6prems in the midfield structure at this stage. Will adjust accordingly with the JLT and inner-match scrims happening atm. Excited none-the-less to get this season started
Love the 6-deep midfield, and I’m hoping the rookie availability in DEF/FWD will allow me to do the same!
Love how deep your mids are, but I reckon you gotta get another premo DEF in there. Whether that’s at expense of Heeney/Martin or a mid, I’m not to sure. Doch and Doedee are good value, but I think getting a Z.Williams, Daniel etc. might be a better idea.
Just my opinion though, I had a hideous season last year lol.
It’s a gun midfield, but I think as a result your DEFs and FWDs take a significant hit. Might be a smarter option to go 5 deep in mids and invest in another premo elsewhere!
Hi Dylan are you suggesting that he drop a mid prem (oliver) who ave 110 for a def or Fwd prem who ave under 100? Whats the point in that? The game is about points scoring and it doesn’t matter whether theyre scored by mids forwards or rucks as long as you score lots.
It’s about cash generation as much as points. Rookie mids have a better chance of gaining value, giving you more money to trade with. Moving a rookie into the mids and spending that money forward will serve a purpose in the long game.
Williams – Houston – Docherty
Doedee – Roberton – Williamson
(Gould – McLennan)
Macrae – Fyfe – Cripps – Neale
Dunkley – Pickett – McHenry – Warner
(Valente- Robertson – Mead)
GG (Conroy)
Whitfield – Martin – Smith
Hill – Rankine – King
(Georgiadis – Hutchesson)
Have like $20k left over after trading out Cockatoo, and reckon I might need that and more to cover rookies; I’m pretty intrigued by Bonar after the scratch match reports so he may come in for Roberton with Hill switching back.
One of the best teams I’ve seen in this thread! Only concern is the risk in your backline, will all three of Doch, Doedee and Roberton pay off? Might be safer to go with Doch and one of the others
My bad this has Oliver instead of Fyfe
DEF
Daniel Laird Sicily (Bianco)
Houston Gould Rivers (Worrell)
MID
Macrae J.Kelly Danger (Sharp)
Treloar Oliver Pickett (Mahony)
Robertson Mead (Hibberd)
Ruck
G & G (Draper)
FWD
Whitfield Martin Bonar (M.King)
S.Hill Weightman Rankine (D.Williams)
Obviously very heavy through the Mids and DEF
I just don’t love any of the FWDS
Heeney if I had to choose would be my F3 – talent, potential are extremely high
First Buddy goes down and now he has the thumb issue which has really dictated for me to think about just switching that premium score to the back line in Laird and having a guy I believe will be top 8 at their position
All feedback is always welcome happy to be told that the team needs work and tweaking
I would consider dropping Laird or Houston and upgrading someone in your FWD, as you’ve alluded to.
Laird to Heeney and swing Hill to your backline could be an option?
Honestly its pretty good. This structure will be ahead if Bonar fires and gets close to matching the likes of smith/steven. If Bonar scores less than around 65 and that forward line could really bleed some points. Can see the appeal of going four premiums in defence though. Guess you have to ask yourself exactly how well Doedee and Roberton will play (if it’s a fair amount more than Bonar then maybe change your structure – regardless of whether defenders score more than fwds or not).
JKelly, Danger, Treloar and Oliver are what i consider micro-risks – its fine to select one or two, but their are others with better scoring potential/less injury concerns (Jelly). So would maybe be mindful if that, as some risks dont always equal potential rewards.
I’d drop a defender, or, dare i suggest it, choose another midpricer in order to upgrade Bonar. This is where i think a bit of a gamble is the way to go, so maybe try to predict a fwd breakout or just go with smith/steven.
If you have Houston you are most likely in the train and will be hoping for a 100+ average, so I’d look to drop Laird or Sicily depending on how much risk you want to take. I’d drop Laird, as there are no guarantees he will return to form, whereas the Hawks defensive structure change gives Sicily an edge.
Or just back yourself with Bonar, but think he would have to average 75 -80+ for this structure to have an advantage.
Anyway good luck mate
Looks great, but I think you are on to something re weakness in FWDs. Might be worth downgrading one of your backs to try and get in another FWD.
DEF: Williams, Houston, Docherty, Doedee, McAsey, Young (Rivers, Gould)
MID: Macrae, Kelly, Cripps, Bontempelli, Oliver, D Smith, Rowell, Flanders (Starcevich, Pickett, Robertson)
RUC: Grundy, O’Brien (Conroy)
FWD: Whitfield, Greenwood, B Long, Bonar, Cockatoo, Rankine (Mahony, Budarick)
Thoughts? (51k in the bank)
All rookie/cash cow selections depend on injury/role/selection
Correction (25k in the bank)
Looks good! Long is obviously a POD pick, but add him to your Marsh watchlist even though he looks to have a more SC friendly role, as 283k is awkward and he has never gone above a 54 average in 3 seasons.
Thoughts on my base team?
DEF : Llyod Hurn Sicily Mcasey bianco gould ( hill rivers )
Mid : Fyfe Mitchell Dangerfield Martin Houston Mchenry Pickket Bytel ( Robertson Mead hibberd )
Ruc : Grundy Lycett ( Comben )
Forward : Heeny Ryder Lynch Cockatoo georgiades cavarra ( king worrel )
Forwards need a bit of work imo, Ryder should be first to go and you should look at bringing in another premo. Having dusty and houston in there are solid, but maybe it’s better to play them in FWD and DEF respectively to try to maximise the amount of points you can score?
I think he expects Dusty and Houston to be keepers up forward and back so locking them in team now and waiting for a couple more Uber-premo mids to drop in price first. I toyed with that idea too. But decided Might too risky as it means too many onfield def and fed rookies. Also only works if Dusty and Dan score big an increase price early. Better to lock in premo mids instead.
Ive made a few changes already and in my eyes it already looks better.
DEF: Lloyd Laird Sicily Houston dawson gould ( bianco rivers )
Mid :Fyfe mitchell dangerfield yeo heeny mchenry pickett bytel ( robertson williams hibberd )
Ruck : Grundy lycett (comben)
Forward : Whitfield Martin Hill georgiades Rankine M king ( cameron budarick )
obvs the rookies are not set but im liking the setup of it.
Thoughts on this team?
DEF: Laird, Sicily, Docherty, S. Hill, H. Young, Gould (Starcevich, T. Rivers)
MID: Macrae, Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, Dangerfield, Rowell, D. Stephens, M. Pickett (McHenry, Robertson, Mead)
RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Conroy)
FWD: Whitfield, D. Martin, D. Smith, Georgiades, Rankine, M. King (Mahony, Budarick)
Have 64k in bank
Bonar and Caldwell are two blokes I’m possibly interested in as well, but not sure where they fit
Cheers
DEF: Williams, Houston, Doedee, Roberton, Starcevich, Gould ( Rivers, Young)
MID: Macrae, Fyfe, Cripps, Dangerfield, Oliver, T.Kelly, Rowell, Pickett (McHenry, Robertson, Cockatoo)
RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Cameron)
FWD: Whitfield, Brayshaw, Bonar, Hill, Rankine, King (McAdam, Comben)
Thoughts?? $12k in the bank
Forwards are a bit light on, perhaps take out a mid to try to shore up that area!
Chelsea, I see where you are going with this. If your going to take a chance, do it in the forward line. Very little standout value in the forwards. Take any comments as other people’s opinion. In the end back your gut.
So my comments are: your backline is good but for me I would not have Doedee and Roberton at the same. I would trade one (probably Roberton) for a cheaper rookie who will score similar points. The Saints game plan has changed since he last played. The pre-season games will provide input into his new role.
You’ve gone heavy in the mids. I think I will go the same way.
Rucks are G & G, no arguments there.
Forward line is risky. The extra money from downgrading Roberton could be used to shore up your forward line. Maybe Brayshaw to Martin or Heeney.
Good luck…..M
love the brayshaw pick in the forwards, trying to work him into my side
DEF: TStewart JSicily DHouston HYoung BStarcevich TWilliamson (WGould TRivers)
MID: JMacrae JKelly JDunkley PDanger COliver MRowell MPickett DRobertson (LValente JBytel NMcHenry)
RUCK: Grundy Gawn (SDraper)
FWD: LWhitfield DMartin DSmith ABonar SHill IRankine (MKing JWorrell)
17k bank
would love some TU, TD’s & a constructive comment or two 🙂
Personally pretty happy with the premiums and feel i can almost sit on this side til post marsh series.. Will be closely watching Docherty, TKelly, Greenwood, ROB, Lycett & Roberton through the series they’re all a chance to feature before Rd1.
Looks really good! Rookies are pending Marsh Series as you said but some really interesting picks in here with no Fyfe, Cripps, Doch who all have high ownership, but the players you have instead are guns. Hard to find a major flaw yet!
Yeah Jelly May turn into crippa yet Dylan but just feel Jelly’s having his best pre season to date he may do something special this year and actually play 20-22 games in 2020. Cripps was a yo-yo last season
Love the JKelly pick, only in about 10% of teams so is a great pod to start. Reportedly having his best uninterrupted preseason in years.
Bonar should get game time but I’m not convinced he will score enough to justify being picked. Unlike Rowell who should.
I feel bonar is this years Darcy moore will be a nice stepping stone like Darcy was for me last year.. could average 80 odd if he gets his midfield role we’ll know more posts Marsh
Backs : Williams Laird Docherty Roberton Hill Young
Rivers Gould
Mids : Fyfe Cripps Mitchell Bont Houston Rowell McHenry Pickett
Mead Hibberd Warner
Rucks : Grundy English
Cameron
Forwards: Whitfield Martin Steven Smith Cockatoo Rankine
Hosie King
$147500 in the bank
First draft team for 2020. Any criticism is much appreciated.
This is only my third attempt at SuperCoach and I have found this forum invaluable in gaining insight into the tactics and strategies used in selecting a team.i have been able to finish in the top 5000 in my first two attempts, more by good fortune than good planning it seems. Like many a budding SuperCoach, I have burnt too many early trades in fixing selections made way too hastily, botching the bye rounds & then having neither trades or money left to reach the desired goal of a full premium team. Mind you, I seem to be cursed in upgrading to a premium and them having them out injured (Whitfield), drop off in output (Lloyd) or get abused by the coach (Sicily). Maybe a good SuperCoach would have seen this coming.
Anyway, I spend way too much time planning my team and not enough working through the tasks on my wife’s list. Now I have found this site I am even further behind in my “chores” as I try to digest the wonderful stats, history and insights of the contributors.
I have seen the two or three hundred teams posted to this site and they are all essentially the same. This is no doubt because they are formulated on the basis of starting with 12-14 keeper premiums, some breakout stars, the underpriced players returning from long term injury and the exciting rookies who we all hope will play Round 1 and generate our cash.
If there was a formula for picking a side based on the efforts here it would seem to be this.
Defence : Two of Lloyd, Laird, Williams, Sicily. Daniel or Houston. Hurn, Stewart and Ryan aren’t getting the same amount of love. We are worried about Stewart’s interrupted pre season, Hurn’s age, Lloyd’s potentially reduced role and Sicily’s relationship with Clarko and the umpires.
Then we pick Docherty whose price and potential is too good to be true.
Then we dabble with Doedee or Roberton who are both returning and have proven scoring abilities. Hill, who probably won’t play much down back is another value pick and the we have the rookies, Young, Gould, Starcevic, etc but who knows who will line up in Round 1.
The Midfield: this is truly the engine room of your team. You are all picking two of Fyfe, Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Dangerfield, Oliver, Dunkley and Josh Kelly. Not much love for the Bont, a little for Treloar, Tim Kelly and Gaff. Most are wait and see on Tom Mitchell. No one is picking a Crouch, a Zorko, a Parker or a Cunnington.
The second tier “premiums” such as Coniglio, Taranto, Prestia, Ross and Sloane are pretty much ignored.
Then we all pick Rowell and Pickett. No brainer really. Hard to believe that with the teams selected so far, only 67% have picked Pickett (maybe Peter Piper among them). What are they thinking?
Too early for other rookies but McHenry, Valente, Cockatoo ( he’s tweaked another hammy), Rivers, Robertson and Mead get plenty of mentions.
I’m impressed with the teams that squeeze in the six midfield premiums, mostly on the back of omitting Gawn or by not selecting any of the midpricers.
Rucks: Grundy & Gawn with the much maligned Charlie Combes designated to carry the drinks ( or Conroy if you are struggling for cash). The SuperCoach world is sweating on Maxy’s knee so O’Brien, Goldy, Lycett, Marshall, NicNat or Jacobs are all on standby.
Fowards: this is where it gets harder. Pick two of Whitfield, Martin, Walters and Heeney. Add a midpricer or two from Smith, Steven & Bonar, then pick Rankine and a couple from King, mcShane, cavarra , Flanders and Bergman.
Will Whitfield play enough games, will Heeney’s thumb be right or will Martin’s normal early season price decline so you can lick him up later. Have a look at Danger’s price fluctuations while you are at it.
Simple right!
So my team is no different to all of yours as I have heeded much advice on TLA’s , underpricers and frogs
Backs : Ryan, Houston, Docherty, Roberton, Young, Starcevic, Gould, Ling
Mids : Macrae, Cripps, Fyfe, Oliver, Taranto, Bonar, Rowell, Pickett, McHenry, Valente, Bennell
Rucks: Grundy, Gawn, Comben
Forwards: Whitfield, Dawson, Smith, Rankine, Hill, Jones, Skinner, King
I know I have too many mid prices but maybe that will sort itself out in the preseason matches.
I wish I had a crystal ball (and extra salary) but if you pick ALL the breakouts correctly and listen to ALL of the advice offered you could pick this team and possibly clean up.
Backs: Houston, Byrne-Jones, Dawson, H Clark, Young, Hill, Starcevic, Gould
Mids : Oliver, Taranto, Prestia, Coniglio, McLuggage, Florent, Sier, Rowell, Pickett, Valente, McHenry
Rucks: O’Brien, English, Cameron
Forwards: Lipinski, Ceglar, Brayshaw, T Thomas, Smith, Jones, Rankine, Skinner
And I would still have 67k left and no Bonar, Doedee, Roberton or Steven
Mind you, captaincy picks would be tough and half of these would need to become keepers
See I told you I waste a lot of time. Good luck to all and roll on Thursday night’s JLT opener.
Lol, you’ll love /hate my team. Not posting again till after the marsh series though. Don’t want to be disuaded from my chosen path. I had an iteration posted earlier before everyone came back. Created a fair bit of discussion.
Still starting 8 MID premos, TOF?
Yep. Well if the rookies and cheapies show up.
All those Rookies in the midfield could be a risk..
DEF: Laird, Sicily, Houston, Young, Starcevich, Gould (Rookies)
MID: Macrae, Neale, Danger, Bont, Oliver, Rowell, Stephens, Pickett (Hibberd plus 2 x Rookies)
RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Comben)
FWD: Whitfield, Patton/Ceglar, Smith, Jones, Hill, Rankine (King + Rookie)
$123k or $43k in the bank depending on if I go with Patton or Ceglar.
Some perhaps left field choices but I have DPP swings on every line for flexibility. Also have a good spread across the bye rounds so that I’m hopefully not eating any donuts like I did last year.
Going with Patton/Ceglar to give me cover for Gawn & Grundy over R13.
Most of my onfield rookies are high priced which allows me to downgrade to any juicy prospects which appear over the next couple of weeks.
Finished 1166th last year and hoping to crack top 1k this year.
Will this team do it for me?
Does it do it for you?
Hey, Stewy. Good to see you around again.
Yep, teams looks good. Liking the Ceglar/Patton swing. I’d sit on that team through the Marsh Series, then make some adjustments.
Best of luck, certain you’ll improve on last year’s terrific finish.
Thanks GD
Not a whole lot different to mine actually. I don’t have the ruck swing but am seriously considering Patton, don’t trust Hawthorn to stick with Ceglar for the whole season. The minute they switch back to McEvoy rucking then Ceglar would become obsolete.
You didn’t consider Doc?
Did briefly consider Doc but wary after back to back ACLs. If he shows something like his old form in pre-season then I’m open to changing any of D1-D3 for him. Patton is the one in my team at the moment. Does he score more than Ceglar rucking solo? Will Ceglar keep the job through to the byes?
Lots of questions to be answered over the next couple of weeks (and probably some new ones being asked as well)!
Keen to hear your thoughts:
Def:
Ryan, Sicily, Docherty, Doedee, Roberton, Gould (McLennan, O’Connor)
Mid:
Macrae, Cripps, Dunkley, Oliver, Houston, Rowell, Bonar, Starcevich (Pickett, McHenry, Rivers)
Rucks:
Grundy, Lycett (Comben [DPP])
Fwd:
Whitfield, Greenwood, Steven, Smith, Hill, Rankine (King, Cameron [DPP ruck])
Also, toying between these two changes:
TU: Ryan, Comben, Greenwood (as shown above) with $16k remaining.
TD: Young, Townsend, L.Neale (via Bonar DPP) with $55k remaining
Pumba; nice team. Just got to have Gawn and Grundy, as hefty as it is; it’s a must. Docherty, Doedee, Roberton, Steven – too many risks in my opinion, maybe take 2 out. If you’ve got Dev Smith I wouldn’t have J. Steven as well. Also I’d take just one of Rowell or Bonar; I think you can just free up some much needed cash there. Maybe Bonar up forward.
_______, Laird, Houston, Blakely, Starcevich, Gould (Watson, Rivers)
Thinking I can let Lloyd slide to start the year, I have a strong feeling with all the backline scoring options of Sydney, (mainly including Dawson’s effect on him) he can wait til mid year for me.
Thoughts on the D1? I’m thinking Sicily, 105 av in 2018, Frost will help lock down and free JS up I think. Torn between him and Zac Williams though, I think he can only get better.
Would love to hear thoughts
Why not both Sicily and Williams and drop Laird? I’m not convinced Laird can return to his former great self…
Agree with your thoughts on Lloyd, I’ve gone the same way with my team. I have also gone with Sicily and Laird atm. I have doubts as to whether Williams can go as well as last year if all of GWS mids are up and running this year.
Ward out for the first month helps Zac. initially I wasn’t interested, now a rethink.
TU: Young, Coniglio and Townsend
TD: Greenwood, Steven and Comben
Keen to hear your input:
Def:
Laird, Sicily, Docherty, Doedee, Hill, Young (Rivers, Gould)
Mid:
Macrae, Mitchell, Danger, Oliver, Kelly, Rowell, Pickett, Maginness (Starcevich, Sharp, Robertson)
Rucks:
Grundy, Jacobs (Cameron)
Fwd:
Whitfield, Walters, Martin, Smith, Cockatoo, Rankine (King, Mosquito)
Waiting to see the roles a few others play in the preseason. Thinking with kelly gone danger grabs an extra 10 – 20% of time in the guts.
Jacobs can with no competition grab a couple of hundred grand with a solid midfield around him.
Housten, Bonar and Williams to see if their midfield roles remain.
I heard mosquito has been struggling with health and poor lifestyle choices, so would rule him out until he shows more commitment.
I dont like Bonar but still worth a lazy watch in Marsh.
Zac Williams has been training with the midfield group, and is either way a decent and a far more stable selection than sic. Sicily will indeed have some very poor games and he always has. People are taking a massive risk with him. Still think you need gawn,and that taking out a walters for example wouldnt hurt as much as a gawnless side
Any further on gawns knee scare? Thinking the setback may make him take a while to get rolling in 2020 and grab him at about the 500-550k price point I do agree with all else. With frost and Hartley Sicily will not have to be accountable as he was forced at times last year and will be free to intercept and distribute watch for a big 2020
Sis, Houston, Doodee, Quaynor, Roberton, Hill ……Starcevich Gould
Fyfe, Cripps, Danger, Bont, Oliver, Rowell, Cockie, Pickett….
……McHenry, Rivers, Warner
Grundy, Nic Nat…….Comben
Whitfield, Gray, Steven, Patton Smith, Rankine….. Flanders, Worrell
Subject to Marsh….. (Rookies to change up )
Keen on Patton & Quaynor….Iffy on a few tho….
Thoughts would be appreciated
Couldn’t find a more suitable page to post this on.
Maybe there is something in this maybe there isn’t. There’s possibly a more in depth article on this very subject on this site but I haven’t found it yet
Scott Lycett with Ryder in team averaged 92 SC and 22.6 hitouts
Scott Lycett without Ryder in team averaged 125 SC and 33.6 Hitouts
Lycett solo rucking opponents for his 125 SC ave and 33.6 hitouts
Cats, Dogs,Crows,Lions,Tigers
Max hitouts v those opponents 53,34,30,25,37(48V.Nank 26V.Soldo) ave 35.8
Max SC ave V. those opponents 115.4 (includes 140 ave V. Tiges from 134 + 145)
On an apples V. apples comparison i.e Max hitouts and SC ave V. the teams where Lycett rucked solo
Lycett ave 10 SC points p/game more than Max
Max ave 2.2 more hitouts p/game than Lycett
Hi David
Yes valid points.
Last year lycett was my last FWD upgrade. But last year for no reason was dropped for 3 rounds late in the year. No injury reported, so don’t know if the coach was trying different structure for next year or what?
Could be why I’m hesitant on him if Gawn doesn’t start RD 1
Lycett Round 1 to 9 avg 81
Lycett Round 13 to 19 121
Had some big returns, when solo ruck. But poor returns when sharing. With ladhams and westhoff in the team, this is a concern.
I’m Thinking Next safest choice if Max doesn’t start is OBrien?. No real challengers and should improve.
Sauce is value, but difficult upgrade if injury strikes or rested. GWS will play finals.
If Max does not start, R2 becomes a real important selection.
Good Luck.
Still wouldn’t start him, David.
Here are his rucking opponents to start the season: Witts, ROB, Goldy, Nic Nat & Hickey and then Grundy.
He’ll get touched up in all those match ups imo. Best case scenario he does does okay v Witts and pulls one over ROB, but Goldy, Nic Nat & Hickey and Grundy will slap the sh*t out of him.
So what do people think Henry will average? I’m not so sure on him.
Most of us will be D4 deep in the backline, so that leaves four rookies, and we can choose the best two of those four to be on the field. I like the chances that two of those four will post decent enough on field rookie scores, therefore reducing the need to spend so much on Henry or similar. There is a high possibility that the likes of Gould etc score just as well anyway, and i’d probably back a more developed mature age pick over a high draft rookie anyway. 60-70k is a lot to spend elsewhere, and im taking the chance of leaving Henry out. What do we think?
Henry as in Jack Henry? If thats who you are talking about i have no idea who would have him?
Far out. I mean H Young. Ive had a few beers sorry. Dont know where ‘henry’came from. Young*****
Makes more sense!
Around 70-75 hopefully. I have him D5 at this stage. All depends on if cheaper rookies emerge. At this stage defence rookies are looking thin.
Yeh, not many cheap options in defence, only Gould and he’s not a sure thing.
Thumbs up – Rowell
Thumbs down – Bonar
Cheers
Rowell easy
Thoughts:
Def:
Sicily, Docherty, Doedee, Roberton, Young, Gould
(Worrell, Rivers)
Mid:
Macrae, Cripps, Dunkley, Danger, Oliver, H.Greenwood, Rowell, McHenry
(Pickett, Robertson, Hibberd)
Rucks:
Grundy, Gawn
(Conroy)
Fwd:
Whitfield, Martin, Smith, Hill, Rankine Georgiades
(King, Cavarra)
$200 bank haha
Strong team .. I am worried with Clarko playing Sicily out of position and Greenwood has a lot of fans in SC land, I’m still to be convinced.
Think Sicily is ok with Patton and Frost joining. Not convinced with Greenwood though. GC have a lot of inside options and they will be heavily rotated.
Happy to hear any thoughts $53k left
Def
Williams CDaniels Houston J Dawson
Doodee Roberton (Rivers , Gould
Mids
McRae Cripps Treloar Martin Heeney
Boner Pickett Rowell (C Stephens, Close,
Robertson)
Rucks
GG comben
Fwds
ABrayshaw DSmith B long Hill Flanders
Rankine (Weightman, Worrell)
Dusty, Heeney, Bonar in the MIDs is a mistake, move them all to the FWDs.
Would love some feed back think my structure is alright a Little different through the mid so would like see if people think that might need to be looked at
Def- laird doc Doedee hill Zerk-Thatcher starcevich (Gould Ling)
Mid- Macrae Kelly Cripps danger cogs Walsh Rowell Pickett (mchenry bytel rivers)
Rucks- Grundy Gawn (Draper)
Fwd- Whitfield Martin Smith boner Georgiades rankin( king skinner)
Selecting Walsh mean you think he goes 1o5+ for the year and is your M8 at years end. Or an Expensive stepping stone.
Good Luck.
I don’t mind him at M6 at all, Vic.
Honestly possible that Walsh makes it to a triple digit average this year, won’t get tagged and got a inside MID spot locked up. Just a matter of whether there’s a good crop of MID rookies and Ayden can re-allocate that cash into another DEF or FWD premo.
Yes I agree With You
Since the draft started I cannot find a better first ten Game Avg than Walsh last year.
With another preseason done, a 105 + average would not surprise.
Also Connor Rozze should be on every coaches watch list this preseason. Could be a big surprise in the FWD Line.
Good Luck
DEF: Houli, Hurn, Houston, Docherty, H.Young, Starcevich
(Rivers, Gould)
MID: Neale, Cripps, Dunkley, Cogniglio, Rowell, Bonar, Pickett, D.Robertson.
(McHenry, Maginness, M.Hibberd.
RUCK: Grundy, O’Brien.
(D.Cameron)
FWD: Whitfield, D.Martin, R.Gray, D.Smith, S.Hill, I.Rankine.
(N.Cockatoo, M.King)
Hey, Ringy.
Really like your back line, but I think your FWD depth has compromised your overall structure.
I’d scratch Gray, and probably Dev Smith at this stage as well, in order to bring Gawn in and grab a 5th MID premo.
T/U – Dusty
T/D – Heeney
Like any comments. 54k
Def
Williams CDaniels Houston J Dawson
Doodee Roberton (Rivers , Gould
Mids
McRae Cripps Treloar Martin Heeney
Boner Pickett Rowell (C Stephens, Close,
Bytel )
Rucks
Grundy Gawn comben
Fwds
ABrayshaw DSmith B long Hill Flanders
Rankine (Weightman, Worrell)
Thumbs down without comment… constructive criticism more useful
Hey, Peter.
Structure is solid, but there’s a few selection issues imo:
1) Martin, Bonar and Heeney shouldn’t be in your MID line.
2) Too risky to have Brayshaw, Smith and Long as your F1-3.
So, I’d delete your current F1-3 and replace them with Whitfield (gotta have him), Martin and Heeney, with Bonar at F4 pending the Marsh Series. With Heeney and Martin out of your midfield, grab two proven premiums.
To faciliate this, you’ll need to trim down your DEF line. While it’s nice to not have to field any rookies, your costing yourself on cash generation and having to skimp on other lines.
Make those changes and I think you’ve got a solid team heading into the pre-season.
Best of luck.
Thanks Gunboat
Excellent points, I have lots of work to do on structure haha cheers
I have in past had to play catch up with team issues from the start of comp so good to get some pointers
There will be at least one cheap rookie that is worth playing on field in the defence, mid and forwardline which will become apparent after the Marsh series (hopefully)
Picket is a fairly obvious example, cheap and should generate points. (best of both worlds)
Gould might be another one. Doedee is touch and go for round one at the moment, so you could get rid of him and move Gould on ground.
Stephens and Weightmen you’re paying overbase price for so either get them on field and trade out a midpricer to make room for them or find a guy that’s cheaper to sit on your bench.
Your side probably shows a little bit of lack of faith in some of the base price rookie. (you can go too far with this though, espeically in the forwardline)
Hi Gra Pol
Yes prob got caught up in the hype with some of the rookies mentioned in some other websites (with so called experts ) SC articles
Cheers
Np, Peter.
See GP’s feedback below as well. Made some good points.
Heeney and Martin need to be in your fwd line and grab another premium mid
WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MY TEAM
DEF: J. LLOYD, D. HOUSTON, S. DOCHERTY, D. ROBERTSON, H. YOUNG, W. GOULD
(T.RIVERS, B. O’CONNOR)
MID: J.MACRAE, N. FYFE, P. CRIPPS, P. DANGERFIELD, C. OLIVER, M.ROWELL, M. PICKETT, D. ROBERTSON (T.BIANCO, J.MEAD, H. BRAYSHAW)
RUC: GRUNDY, GAWN
FWD: L. WHITFIELD, D. MARTIN, D. SMITH, A. BONAR, S. HILL, I. RANKINE
(M.KING, B. WOODCOCK
Ethan, good structure and not a bad side. Check out AS’s article underpriced forwards on Bonar. Especially, the comments section, you might want to rethink his selection. Good luck…M.
Yep. Great side, Ethan.
Hey guys, many changes over the last week as most of us have done.
DEF: Williams, Houston, Doedee, S Hill, McLennen, Gould (Bianco & Rivers)
MID: McRae, Neale, Cripps, Dangerfield, Oliver, Rowell, Pickett, Robertson (McHenry, Valente & Bytel)
RUCK: Grundy & Gawn (Loophole)
FWD: Whitfield, Martin, Greenwood, D Smith, Cockatoo, Hutchessen (Rankine & King)
How’s that looking goinging into Pre-Season??
Any ideas to improve/ Constructive criticism is as always welcomed.
Doedee is touch and go for round 1 last I heard.
I like the structure going deep in the forward line
Thanks for that update it will be Roberton if he’s fit & Doedee misses.
Geary on Roberton, not looking too good, I’d avoid.
“We’re not sure how he’s going to go, he’s been out for a couple of years and I’m sure he’ll get back to the form he showed then but we’ve got to be a little bit patient and give him a chance to get back to playing his best footy.
“Just to see him back out there will be a massive uplift for us.”
I like it. Marsh series will sort out whether Greenwood and Smith have SC friendly roles. If Roberton goes well, he could replace a Doedee if he doesn’t make Rd 1. Good luck….M.
Thanks Max & yes that would most likely be the result if Doedee misses.
As for Greenwood I like him a lot he has average 80+ every season so far with limited midfield minutes. Granted at a better club in Adelaide however if people expect Rowell to score 80 average, Greenwood I think will do better than him as he loves the contest & tackles like crazy.
Smith is in there for now but as you mentioned he’s in there pending midfield minutes in Marsh cup.
Thanks for that feedback
G’day everyone, would love some feedback on Pre Marsh series team
DEF: Daniel, Sicily, Doc, Young, Worrell, Gould (Bianco, Rivers)
MID: Mcrae, Neale, Cripps, Danger, Oliver, Rowell, Starcevich, Pickett (McHenry, Valente, Warner)
RUC: Gawndy (Comben)
FWD: Walters, Martin, Smith, Hill, Bergman, Rankine (King, Cameron)
$182,900
Toying with the idea of no Whitfield for time being, heard he had an ankle reco recently so will have stunted preseason. Rookies are wait and see at this point, as with certain players to see how they look pre season. Pretty bread and butter G&R but it’s an easy structure
Ash, I left Whitfield out of my team for long time. Primarily on the basis that he misses too many games with injury. I now have him in because I think, if he can get through the first 6 weeks, he will be the highest scoring forward by a long way. Can not afford to not have those high scores. If he gets injured, then I can downgrade to either Smith or Steven or whichever “bolter shows his hand. If he does not get injured then I keep getting the high scores. Good team though, good luck….M.
Yep, Ash. Max is EXACTLY right.
You’ve got to have Whitfield.
I’m usually one for bucking the SC orthodoxy (eg. started two old fellas like Houli and Hurn last year), but I cannot find a way to NOT start Whitfield.
Let’s say he opens up the first 6 rounds with a 120 average (which is pretty likely given GWS’ soft) but gets injured and you have to trade him out, you’ve still netted yourself +120 points over any other premium FWD pick pretty much:
Whitfield: 120 x 6 = 720
Other FWDs: 100 x 6 = 600
Whitfield is just a cut above every other FWD option. Dusty usually starts slow and the Tigers don’t need him in the middle at all times, Heeney is doomed to slated up FWD and Walters’ 2019 was an anomaly by all accounts.
Do yourself a favour and started Whitfield – and be sure VC/C him in R6!
Thanks for the input guys!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fan of not starting Whitfield but I would rather see him get through Marsh Series first, I’ve got the funds to throw him straight back in if I need him in my side (which I probably will) Highly confident he could miss half the year and still be top 6 in the fwd line but just waiting on pre season games, as with the likes of Devon Smith, Doc and the likes.
Good luck for the year guys
Of course, Ash.
Just easier to have guys like Whitfield and Gawn in your pre-season squad. If there’s an issue you’ve now got cash to splurge, but finding a way to get them back in can ruin your structure.
Dusty “usually” starts slow? He did last year I wouldn’t say that means usually.
2018- Rounds 1-4 Avg 134
R1- 139
R2-160
R3-93
R4-141
2017- Rounds 1-4 Avg 123
R1-159
R2-118
R3-158
R4-54
Thanks Maximus, my thoughts exactly with Whitfield. He will find his way in if he plays Marsh and looks the goods, Just a bit sceptical on him with this apparent setback and the GWS medical team lol
Good luck to you also
Based on where they finished and the coach, I suspect the Giants and the Lions are the least likely to make any big structrucal changes or gamestyle changes to how they play.
Whitfield will get that loose man role again I would think.
D1 / M5 selection.
TU Lloyd / Telly
TD Sicily / Danger
Just a query on my current Defence. Am I spending too much? The rest are just rookie placeholders atm.
D1-5: Daniel, Houston, Doch, Doedee, S.Hill
Further to this confusing question – should I be looking at dropping a Doch or Doedee for another premo?
No. Looks good, if Doedee’s good to go.
I like it, Alex.
Your D6-8 will likely be Young, Starcevich and Gould.
Only caveat to that backline is watching their pre-season. Has Daniel retained his role? Is Houston playing pure mid like Hinkley said? Is Docherty firing in an SC conducive role? Doedee intercepting freely? Hill moving well?
If the pre-season answers “yes” to all those question, you’ve got yourself a bangin’ backline.
Good stuff.
Thanks for the summary DB will be keeping an eye on them closely
May I enquire as to all the Comben love? Particularly over D. Cameron?
And if simply as loophole, wouldn’t Sydney’s O’Connor fit the bill?
Norf have the most late Saturday and Sunday games, and since Comben also has the FWD swing, he’s the best option for loopholing.
I’m personally going with Cameron as my R3 though, as he should get games this year. Instead I will loophole throughout the year with whatever rookies inevitably get dropped.
Comben is a popular loophole rn because North have the best loophole fixture with 12 Sunday games, R3 is a popular loophole position as you don’t get many ruck rookies and he’s DPP.
That said, I tend to agree with you, Pumba- I’m not on Comben just yet for a few reasons:
1) While, yes, North have the best loophole fixture bc of all the Sunday games, if you look at post Saturday night games (so Saturday evening to Sunday) North and St Kilda are tied with 14 each. Then there’s Carlton, Sydney and Port who also all have decent loophole fixtures.
2) He’s not basement price. I’d much prefer a loophole at 102k, so I can park that 15k elsewhere; not have to compromise on any topshelf premos, get another expensive rookie, etc.
3) I’m looking for a playing R3 this season. Obviously the amazing ROB was a once in a decade gem, but I’ll take anyone who can playing a handful of games, make some cash and maybe cover G&G’s bye round. Lloyd Meek is FREO is apparently going to get some games this year, according to Sean Darcy.
There’ll be some more content on loopholes heading into the season, until then AS did a terrific piece a while back about it. Check that out.
Great answer legend, thanks heaps!
I’ve gone the O’Connor option for loophole at present (who not only is the magical $102k but can also swing Fwd/def), with the current lineup as follows:
Def:
Ryan, Sicily, Docherty, Doedee, Roberton, Young (McLennan, Gould)
Mid:
Macrae, Cripps, Dunkley, Oliver, Coniglio, Houston, Rowell, Starcevich (Pickett, McHenry, Rivers)
Rucks:
Grundy, Lycett (Cameron)
Fwd:
Whitfield, Smith, Townsend, Bonar, Hill, Rankine (King, O’Connor)
Although some of the comments by readers in the Bonar article have me spooked on him…
Wow, very nice team. Really like the Coniglio and Ryan selections. Just wait and see with Bonar.
Hi Pumba,
With Townsend and Bonar Selections, my thinking is select only one based on preseason form and the role they are given. Both are tempting but having 2 could be a risk you don’t need early in the season. We should see a rookie forward emerge during preseason, who will claim a bench spot.
Good Luck.
$15k isn’t going to shape your side. Way to much thinking gone into something that’s pretty simple.
TU: Rory Laird
TD: Jake Lloyd
Team v3
Def: Llyod, Williams, Doch, Roberton,
Starcevich, Gould, Worrel, McLennan
Mid: Macrae, Cripps, Dunkley, Danger, Oliver, Rowell, Valente, Pickett, Mchenry,
Shoenberg, Maginness
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn, Comben
Forward: Martin, Lynch, Steven, Smith,
Rankine, M King, Georgiades, D Cameron
31.9k in bank
Latest draft – would love some feedback and not sure Doedee plays R1 in which case I will bring in Doch and downgrade to another forward rookie (but really keen to hear other options from the SC community – maybe do this and also swap Sicily for Heeney to sure up my F line – am a Swans fan and with Sam Gray and Lewis Taylor joining our list, Heeney might get lots more Mid time).
D – Williams, Sicily, Doedee, Robertson, Young, Starcevich (Gould + O’Conner as loophole)
M – McRae, Cripps, Dunkley, Danger, Treloar, Houston, Rowell, Pickett (McHenry, Collier-Dawkins, Rivers)
R – G+G (Conroy)
F – Whitfield, Lynch, Smith, Hill, Rankine, King (Worrell, Budarick)
Comments/suggestions/improvements welcome. Thanks
You have Oconner as a loop and also Conroy, cash generation is important. Don’t think you should have 2 non playing rookies.
Zac Williams
Dan Houston
Sam Docherty
Hayden Young
Brandon Starcevich
Will Gould
Trent Rivers Matthew Ling
Jackson McRae
Lachie Neale
Patrick Cripps
Tom Mitchell
Clayton Oliver
Brayden Sier
Matthew Rowell
Marlin Pickett
Ned McHenry Devon Robertson Luke Valente
Brodie Grundy
Max Gawn
Charlie Combden
Lachie Whitfield
Dustin Martin
Devon Smith
Stephen Hill
Jarrod Brander
Izak Rankine
Max King
Mitchell Georgiades
Thoughts on this team? $80k left
Williams. Houston. Doc.
Doedee. Hill. Young
(Rivers. Gould)
Macrae. Fyfe. Cripps. Danger.
Hannebery. Rowell. Flanders. Pickett
(Starcevich. McHenry. Robertson)
Grundy. Gawn. (Cameron)
Whitfield. Martin. Smith
Frampton. Rankine. King
(Georgiades, brander.)
hanneberry is not a good choice, I’d rather Zac Dawson
Hannebery way too expensive for a bloke at the back end of his career, and only played 5 last year in my opinion. At his best I’d say yes to him, but he’s a massive risk. If you’re set on a mid around 400k, I’d be looking at Lipinski, young kid with massive upside and is slated to have a breakout year.
Sicily Houston Docherty Hill Young Gould (Rivers rookie)
Macrae Fyfe Cripps danger mitchel Rowell picket collier dawkinns (Robertson close sharp)
Gawn Grundy (loophole guy)
Whitfield Marting greenwood bonar Flanders Rankine (king worrel)
Currently have T.Stewart in my DEF lineup. He’s obviously had a disrupted preseason with injury but i heard he had a good honeymoon ;). Obviously can be risky picking someone with an interrupted preseason.
T/U for faith in Tommy. T/D for give him the boot.
Interested in some opinions on this side:
Def:
J.Lloyd
C.Daniel
D.Roberton
S.Hill
H.Young
W.Gould
(Bianco and Starcevich bench)
Mid:
J.Macrae
L.Neale
N.Fyfe
J.Dunkley
P.Dangerfield
H.Greenwood
N.McHenry
M.Pickett
(Robertson, Rivers, Mead bench)
Ruck
B.Grundy
R.Marshall
(Comben)
FWD
L.Whitfield
I.Heeney
J.Steven
S.Flanders
I.Rankine
M.King
(Cameron, Hosie)
$1,100 in the bank.
Obviously iffy on skipping Gawn, and that may change back depending on what role Marshall is given with the arrival of Ryder. Rookies are set to change pending Marsh community series, but the bones are there.
Also unsettled with Daniel vs Sicily in defence, and Steven vs. Smith up fwd. What do you think?
Feedback always welcome:-
Def – Lloyd, Stewart, Sicily, Docherty, D Roberton, H Young (Rivers, Gould)
Mids – Fyfe, Cripps, Bontempelli, Oliver, Rowell, Cockatoo, Starcevich, M Pickett (Lyons, North, H Brayshaw)
Rucks – Lycett, Jacobs (Sweet)
Fwds – Whitfield, D Martin, Heeney, T McDonald, D Smith, Rankine (M King, Flanders)
I think Grundy is a must have. You can trim abit of cash here and there and boost Lycett up to him.
Cockatoo is currently injuried so downgrade to a cheaper rookie?
Flanders can be downgraded or moved onfield into the midfield.
If Steward had an uninterupted preseason he’d be in my side but he is a no for me.
I think with that structure you have 13 potential keepers, not including Lycett, if you could upgrade him to Grundy you’d have 14.
I like what you’re trying to do but I think Grundy would add to that team by downgrading Lloyd, Young, Flanders and Cockatoo. Think that might get you enough cash.
“PORT Adelaide ruckman Scott Lycett is embracing the challenge of having young gun Peter Ladhams breathing down his neck as the Power’s first-choice ruckman.”
This is from an article on the AFL website. I’d be wary of going with Lycett. He was dropped last season at one stage.
TU: Lachie Neale
TD: Josh Kelly
TU: Rory Laird
TD: Dan Houston
Sorry, ignore my last mids thumbs up down
I meant
TU: Josh Kelly
TD: Patrick Dangerfield
Cheers
TU Titch
TD Jelly
TU Macrae
TD Fyfe
TU Danger
TD Oliver
Thanks
For me I’m saying Oliver had a really solid season despite double shoulder surgery I believe in the off season last year.
With a discount on his price in relation to what I believe he can average & I can only see is improvement in his scoring I would take him over Danger.
However in saying that why can’t you start both??
Might be able to fit both if enough rookies get a run. Have spent up on Macrae Oliver Fyfe Neale Whitfield etc
TU Titch
TD Treloar
Here we Go, any feed back cheers crew
116k in bank
Z. Williams
D. Houston
S. Docherty
T. Doedee
H. Young
W. Gould
T. Rivers
H. Pepper
Midfielders
N. Fyfe
P. Cripps
E. Yeo
T. Kelly
S. Coniglio
M. Rowell
M. Pickett
D. Robertson
L. Valente
H. Bennell
M. Hibberd
Rucks
B. Grundy
N. Naitanui
M. Conroy
Forwards
L. Whitfield
M. Walters
T. Greene
D. Smith
S. Hill
I. Rankine
Midfield needs work. Hibberd is broken and not expected back until R6, Bennell would need a genuine miracle to play before the byes and D.Robertson not named for Marsh 1 suggesting unlikely for R1
Rivers not named for Marsh 1 could mean low on list at Dees, Crows saying Doedee is touch n go for round 1 and I know nothing about Pepper.
I think Giants may have already stated that Toby wont play the first couple (maybe I’m wrong, can’t remember I’m too old)
thoughts ? i only have 2k in the bank.
DEF : Lloyd Laird Sicily Houston Docherty Gould ( bianco rivers )
Mid : Fyfe Mitchell Dangerfield Yeo Mchenry M.Pickett bytel D robertson. (Sharp williams north )
RUC : grundy lycett (comben)
FWD : Whitfield dusty heeny A bonar S.hill rankine ( M.king budarick )
Lycett is not guaranteed the no. 1 ruck slot at Port, Ladhams is a chance, big risk there.
Maybe free up some cash by dropping 1 or 2 backline wallet busters so that you can put some guaranteed points in the middle
M6 & D2
TU: Oliver – Docherty
TD: Rowell – Zac Williams
Ill be honest mate what does TU / TD and m6 & D2 mean? not to smart on this stuff
Love your honesty Billy
Hi Billy
They are all abbreviations as follows:
M6 – midfielder #6 of 8
D2 – defender #2 of 6
TU – Thumbs up if you agree with that option
TD- Thumbs down if you agree with that option.
So in the above example of mine, if you think Oliver and Docherty is a better combination than Rowell and Zac W for those positions you would click on a thumbs up icon. You would click the thumbs down icon if you think Rowell and Zac W is a better option.
Appreciate any feedback on this one. Might be a couple too many mid pricers.
Backs: J Sicily, D Houston, S Docherty, T Doedee, D Roberton, B Starcevich (J Worrell, B O’Connor)
Mids: J Kelly, T Mitchell, M Bontempelli, C Oliver, D Martin, J Steven, M Rowell, M Pickett (T Bianco, T Rivers, C Budarick)
Rucks: B Grundy, M Gawn (C Comben)
Fwds: L Whitfield, J Patton, D Smith, A Bonar, S Hill, S Flanders (I Rankine, M King)
Not bad mate,
Stick Dusty up in the forwards and potentially Steven too. Can’t see Patton being a great option. That should free up some cash to get another premium midfielder.
Apart from that looks like a pretty reasonable side.
Re-think your backline.
Rumours that Doedee wont make round 1. Starcevich, Worrell, Rivers not named for Marsh 1 could indicate that they’re not at the top of the list for a round 1 game. Bianco was embarrassed and dominated by unheard of Carlton rookies in praccy game so he’s also a bit iffy O’connor is a loopholer at best.
Oh yeah Jack Steven very unlikely for round 1,2,3,4 have a look at Brad close he’s 200k cheaper and far more likely to play
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TU-Josh kelly and Fyfe.
TD-Trealor and Oliver.
Basically which combo is most likely to score more points.
Kelly and Oliver.
Like your thinking, but maby Kelly/trealor. Based on Oliver getting tagged first couple of games. Need those early points.
History would say Treloar and Oliver for total points but Kelly and Fyfe will average higher.
Looking for thoughts on this draft, am quite liking it. Although still new to this game.
DEF: C.Daniel, S.Docherty, H.Clark, T.Doedee, H.Young, W.Gould (T.Bianco, T.Rivers)
MID: J.Macrae, N.Fyfe, J.Kelly, P.Cripps, J.Dunkley, M.Rowell, D.Stephens, M.Pickett (L.Valente, D.Robertson, M.Hibberd)
RUC: B.Grundy, M.Gawn (C.Comben)
FWD: L.Whitfield, M.Walters, D.Smith, S.Hill, S.Sturt, B.Cavarra (I.Rankine, M.King)
Have $21.7K to shuffle rookies around and a couple of the picks which are looking bad/risky.
D. Lloyd, Doch, Laird, Doedee, Hill, Could. Williamson, Rivers.
M. Cripps, Bont, Macrae, Neale, Rowell, Green, Collier-dawkins, Mead. Philip, Roberton, Pickett
R. Gawn, Grundy. Kerri.
F. Heeney, Dawson, T Lynch, D Smith, Bonnar, Rankine. M King, Flanders.
194k in the bank.
Some changes will happen. Thinking there is depth in mid rookies. Only looking at 2 upgrades in the fwd line. Defenders I dont know, Lloyd is a lock but costs me a promo mid.
Fucking autocorrect.
Def. Could.
Ruck. Xerri
Couldn’t correct text on phone.
Nicely balanced team. Keep a close eye on the Marsh pre-season games for rookies who perform well (e.g. Greeves for Hawthorn) to consider for your team.
DEF:
Williams, Houston, Docherty, Birchall, Doedee, Gould (Bianco, Rivers)
MID:
Macrae, Neale, Fyfe, Bontempelli, T.Kelly, Rowell, McHenry, Pickett (Robertson, Sharp, Hibberd)
RUC:
Grundy, Naitanui (Comben)
FWD:
Whitfield, Walters, Greenwood, Bonar, Hill, Rankine (King, McQuillan)
Thoughts?