Rate My Team – MAR #1

Written by Schwarzwalder on February 28 2019

Just an overwhelming response here from all Coaches!

Again, it’s great to see some new names floating around the Forum.  Most importantly, very encouraging to see so many Coaches lending a hand with constructive criticism of the other teams.

If you want to get your team rated, simply enter it into the comments below.  The SCT Coaches will be sure to tell you what they think.  We’re all here for bit of advice and assistance so keep the critique as helpful as possible………

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  1. Def –
    Lloyd – Sicily – Whitefield –
    Ryan – Roberton – Wilkie
    (Burgess – Watson)

    Mid –
    Cripps – Kelly – Neale
    Bont – Zerrett – Walsh
    Hind – Bewley
    (gibbons – duursma)

    ruck –
    goldy – preuss
    (Mummy)

    fwds –
    Smith – Heeney -Dunkley
    Blakey – Cavaara – Parker
    (Shlensnog – Mosquito)

    Thoughts regarding Ruck setup and mid priced cows come at me.

    Thanks

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    1. Very interesting ruck set-up! If Darcy Fort is name round 1 then you can save some extra cash there by bringing him in for either Preuss or Mummy and then have more cash to spend on upgrading elsewhere.

      Also I think not starting Danger is not a wise move!

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  2. Here we go again….

    D: Lloyd, Laird, Ryan, Collins, Quaynor, Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)

    M: Cripps, Fyfe, Cognilio, Martin, Sloane, Walsh, Constable, Hind (Atley, Ling, Bewley)

    R: Grundy, Goldstein (Fort)

    F: Dangerfield, Heeney, Mundy, Rankine, Blakey, Setterfield (Corbett, Cavarra)

    Opinions wanted on…..

    Lloyd downgraded to a Hurn or Whitfield, freeing up extra funds for another premo mid?

    25k in the bank at th moment.

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    1. We agree on a lot, if not every part of this team. I would agree thought that your back line looks exquisite but quite expensive. Whitfield shows about as much risk as Laird with Smith back or Lloyd with Mills back, and those funds can upgrade either Martin or Sloane (reckon its apparent that Sloane still can’t handle a tag and as soon as he becomes prominent in Adelaide’s midfield the clamps will come on) to an even more premium selection. Pristine fwd line though – like all the picks there!

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  3. I know we’re still 3 weeks out, but I wouldn’t mind seeing a post of the top 5 locked rookies. I would’ve thought Walsh, Gibbons, Hind, Bewley,Setterfield. Not that they should all appear in our sides as some of these maybe a slow burn. I think I selected Kelly as a last minute selection last year..phew.

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    1. Hi Joe,
      (IMO) At this stage there are only 2 locks for R1 – Walsh and Collins.
      Next 3 – most likely – Bewley, Setterfield, Hind.

      A couple more mature age after that, then a few of the high priced rookies at the lesser clubs.

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      1. thats almost 400k there…3-4 other cheap rookies that only need to average 50 to gain $140k each….decisions decisions

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      2. Heard around the Freo vines that Bewley is not quite ready for R1. Any truth to this? Anyone heard anything more?

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  4. Any thoughts or advice on my team would be appreciated!

    DEF:
    Laird, Sicily, Whitfield,
    Williams Wilkie, Burgess
    (Hore, Watson)

    MID:
    Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Martin
    Merrett, Constable, Bewley, Gibbons
    (Valente, Hind, Hayes)

    RUC:
    Gawn, Goldstein
    (Fort)

    FWD:
    Dangerfield, Heeney, Mundy
    Blakey, Setterfield, Parker
    (McAdam, Cavarra)

    $3,200 left

    I know its not much left in the bank,
    but i am pretty happy with this team.

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      1. The idea of needing PODS is flawed. You don’t ‘need’ PODS if you believe that the higher owned players will score better. You don’t pick players based on their ownership percentage. Yes having a POD or two is handy (in which he has Mundy who is only in 2% if teams) because it gives differential but never go out of your way to select PODS especially over proven high ownership players who can punish you if you leave them out.

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        1. Thanks for all the feedback.
          Yeah iv looked into POD players but to be honest i dont think there is too many worth considering that il be confident with.
          id rather pick the proven players iv got confidence in and than try and grab a pod early who is breaking out at the start of the season.

          and before round 1 depending on rookies that are named, if i need to fill my bank a bit morr i can always downgrade blakey to a cheaper option.

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    1. I guess that if the cheap rookies in your team manifest in Rd1 you could survive with only 3k in the bank but that strategy spooks me. Not only does it seem increasingly likely that rookies may be a little sparse, but even putting that aside, having a small allowance (50-100k) for one or two corrective trades through the early rounds when cows haven’t matured could force you to compromise or miss out on emerging talent. I suppose the money would come out of your backline – either one of the 570k players down or take an even bigger chance than Williams on a Roberton/Smith deal.

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  5. DEF
    Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Collins, Duursma, Burgess (Wilkie, Hore)

    MID
    Cripps, Kelly, Martin, Crouch, Merrett, Liberatore, Walsh, Constable (Gibbons, Bewley, Hind)

    RUCK
    Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    FWD
    Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (McAdam, Parker)

    Pretty set on both Grundy and Gawn at this stage.
    Midfield runs pretty deep with Walsh sitting at M7. I’ve opted for a few value premiums in Martin, Crouch and Merrett who I believe can all significantly increase their output this year. I like Libba at M6 but I’ll be waiting to see how he goes in the JLT.
    Rookie spots are obviously still up for grabs but any feedback would be appreciated.

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  6. DEF: Laird, Sicily, Whitfield, Roberton, Collins, Hore, Burgess, Watson

    MID: Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Crouch, Merrett, Walsh, Constable, Bewley, Valente, Hind, Gibbons

    RUC: Grundy, Goldstein, Fort

    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Darling, Setterfield, McAdam, Cavarra, Corbett, Parker

    Barring injuries in JLT out of my premiums I’m locked into Sicily, Whitfield, Cripps, Kelly, Crouch, Dangerfield and Heeney.

    D1 and F3 giving me the most headaches so far. Does anyone know if Darling has had an uninterrupted pre-season? I really am keen to pick him after his great start to the season last year and clearly think he is value even just taking out his injury scores from last year. Laird isn’t locked as I’m not sure how the new kick-out rules will affect the scoring which might mean that Lloyd or even a value player like Ryan or Witherden might be too valuable to pass up.

    Rucks I was locked with from day one but Grundy’s injury and the talk of Goldstein sharing the ruck has me looking elsewhere. Problem is there doesn’t seem to be many other decent options. Wish Kreuzer was fit!

    Fyfe and Merrett are currently in there but am also looking at Macrae or Neale to take Fyfe’s place if this elbow hinders him and also looking at Adams or Martin to potentially replace Merrett.

    Any discussion or advice on my team would be greatly appreciated.

    Cheers community!

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      1. Been floated by Scott that Campbell may play as the 2nd ruck. Not ideal for SC!

        With the way West Coast played last year with 2 genuine ruckmen in their lineup this may be the norm going forward this year.

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  7. Rate my team:

    Whitfield, Witherden, Z.Williams, D.Roberton, X.Duursma, M.Hore

    Macrae, Cripps, Neale, D.Martin, Ross, S.Walsh, C.Constable, B.Bewley

    Grundy, Gawn

    Dangerfield, Heeney, T.Kelly, W.Setterfield, M.Parker, B.Cavarra

    I also have 135k leftover, and am not sure what I should do with this…
    Please feel free to give feedback!

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      1. Agree, with Stevens out for a while, Ross might just become an Uber-premium. Good side…good luck this year….M.

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        1. I havn’t watched enough of St Kilda to know how often Steven got tagged but does Steven being out mean that Ross will have to deal with a tag or more attention?

          Allsaints might have a better insight or opinion to me on this but just a thought.

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          1. Wouldn’t bother with Ross due to his outside style. Averaged 30.10 disposals for an average just below 103 and for him to be a successful pick will be dependent on him increasing his disposals average to around 32-33 to achieve an average around 108 to 110+.

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            1. Or if he cleans up his disposal efficiency and becomes more damaging , that should result in a small spike in scoring

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  8. Lloyd, Whitfield, Laird, Sicily, Ryan, Simpson

    Fyfe, Cripps, Martin, Crouch, Oliver, Kelly, Neale, Bontempelli

    Gawn and Grundy

    Dunkley, Danger, Heeney, Smith, Worpel,
    Riewoldt

    Thoughts?

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  9. Laird, Simpson, Williams, Roberton, Collins, quaynor
    Mckay, Wilkie

    Cripps, Oliver, Neal, Martin, m crouch, t Thomas, hind, setterfield, e Smith, bewly, gibbons

    Grundy, Goldstein, fort

    Danger, Henney, j Hogan, carvarra, Parker, rozee, n Blakey, t Wilkinson

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  10. Laird, Whitfield, Witherden, Williams
    Collins, Scrimshaw (Hore, Watson)

    Macrae, Cripps, Neale, M. Crouch, Miles
    Walsh, Bewley, Valente (Constable, Hind, Gibbons)

    Grundy, Goldstein
    (Fort)

    Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley
    Setterfield, McAdam, Cavarra (Burgess, Parker)

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  11. Finally starting to narrow it down…

    Def: Sicily, Whitfield, Crozier, Roberton, Collins, Duursma

    Sicily and Laird have continually swapped, however I think Sicily only has his hot head keeping him from the No 1 defender spot for the next few seasons. Immensely talented and a game style designed perfectly for supercoach. Whitfield is vanilla, but I think he’s safe for a 100-104. Crozier is tempting, especially as a Dogs fan. 0% ownership, and the role he was given after Suckling went down injured midway through last year gives him the potential to back up the 97.4 average he provided from his 10 post bye games last year. I expect natural improvement and with a similar role this year, I can see him averaging 95. I can’t ignore Roberton at sub 300k, with 2 of his last 4 seasons 90+. Id be happy with an 85 av from him.

    Mid: Macrae, Cripps, Fyfe, Cogs, MCrouch, Libba, Walsh, Bewley

    My M1-M4 has given me so much thought and will probably change against very soon. My preference this pre season has been 3 600k + and then 2 550kish but I dont mind this structure either. Macrae hurt me bad last year, I had him every year from 2014-17 and then didnt even give him a thought as a MID only in 2018. His back half of 2017 suggests last year wasnt just an outlier, I think he’ll once again be a top 3-4 mid at worst in 2019. Cripps is an absolute beast and is still so young and Fyfe has the potential to bash out a 120 average. I understand both these guys play a gamestyle that is unlikely to get 22 games out of, but both have the potential to go 120+. Coniglio provides solidity and a very nice POD at M4, and whilst all the attention is on JKelly, I think Cogs will progress again this year and become a Top 8 MID. Im extremely surprised to see MCrouch in only 7% of teams, a 110 av in 2017 and a post bye average of 109 in 2018 after a injury affected start to the year show he could easily go 110 again this year. Adelaide’s easy draw should also be considered. I didnt select Libba last year so he didnt burn me like others, but I genuinely think he has turned the corner and got his life on track. 300K for him is plain stupid, a risk im willing to take. Not generally a fan of expensive and aged u20 rookies and Walsh is both, however his junior stats absolutely cannot be annoyed. Keen to see him in action tonight.

    Ruck: Grundy, English

    I think the Cox curse is finally over. Grundy is a completely different beast, and doesnt just rely on hitouts, as is well documented Grundy is elite in a number of midfield statistics. Tim English i think presents great value. The dogs have put alot of faith in him for the future, allowing Roughead and Campbell to depart they obviously think he is the future. Was good around the ground last year, his size was the main issue. He’s now 100kg+ and will get the no 1 ruck role. Will be my stepping stone to Gawn.

    Fwd: Danger, Heeney, TKelly, Moore, Setterfield, Drew

    Danger picks himself. So does Heeney, i think he could go 105 this year easily. I really like TKelly, proved last year he can score extremely well and now will get more mid time with Gaz going forward and Jelwood more time off HB. Elite skills, oozes class and will want to work hard to get a big contract in WA in 2019. Darcy Moore I really like, if his body holds up could be huge value for 240k. His scores in games where he has 80%+ TOG interest me greatly.

    Appreciate the reading and would love some feedback

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    1. Love the thoughts and analysis put behind your team!

      A few too many mid-pricers for me, personally, but I’m usually a pretty purist guns-n-rookies structure player.

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    2. I don’t think just because English is number 1 ruck that it will necessarily translate to, even if lucky, a 90+ average. That being said, you’re then a long way of where Gawn would be at that point.

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  12. Played around a little with it, would like to know what you guys and gals think of this please

    DEF: Lloyd, Laird, Whitfield, Collins, Wilkie, Hore (Jones, Watson)

    MID: Dangerfield, Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Martin, Walsh, Bewley, Constable (Stocker, Hind, Gibbons)

    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    FWD: Heeney, Mundy, Kelly, Setterfield, Petruccelle, Cavarra (McAdam, Parker)

    $11,500k in the bank.

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    1. $11,500k in the bank???
      If I had $11,500,000 left I’d be doing a few upgrades!

      (and yes, I know I am not being helpful)

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  13. 10,400k in bank

    Finally finished this draft a couple days ago and I love it, highly doubt much will change besides maybe freeing up some more spare cash for the seasons start.

    Any feedback will be appreciated thank you!

    Most rookies and bench players will change depending on JLT!

    DEF – Lloyd, Whitfield, L Ryan, H Andrews, Roberton, Hore (Burgess, Watson)

    MID – Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, M Crouch, J O’meara, Walsh, Bewley, Gibbons (Valente, Hind, Murphy)

    RUCK – Grundy, Goldy (Fort)

    FWD – Danger, Dunkley, Greene, Setterfield, Mcadam, Cavarra (Walker, Parker)

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    1. Lots of talk about Andrews playing forward , this could really affect his scoring !
      The O’meara pick seems like a really good idea with Mitchell out but you need to be wary of his troublesome knee (potentially get rested for a random week) and the fact that he will get all the tagging attention from the opposition now

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      1. Thanks for your feedback Damien! I’ll be sure to look into the Andrews move more deeply. I’ve just noticed that regardless of this talk Brisbane don’t really have another key position defender, and if they did there’s no way they are going to take Andrews after his performance last year. I agree with you on O’Meara I just believe it’s either him or Liam Shiels, regardless of tag someone has to produce especially with how Clarkson works his midfield, but the injuries do scare me a lot.

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        1. It’s a very bad decision if they do move Andrews forward but there has been two articles saying his training with the forwards and they want him playing deep forward to free hipwood up the ground . Darcy gardiner, Marcus Adams and Josh walker are the key backs .
          Andrews played forward in an intraclub and played fairly poorly, surely common sense prevails and they leave him back.
          Good luck for the year

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  14. G’day all, would love some feedback on this ever rotating team.

    Def: Lloyd, Whitfield, Witherden, Brodie Smith, Collins, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)

    Mid: Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Martin, Miles, Walsh, Constable, Bewley (Valente, Hind, Gibbons)

    Rucks: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    Forwards: Danger, Heeney, Dunkley, Setterfield, McAdam, Corbett (Parker, Cavarra)

    Thanks all, would love some discussion. All appreciated.

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  15. Rip it apart fellas, how do you think I’m travelling here?
    DEF: Lloyd, Whitfield, Andrews, Collins, Duursma, Hore (Wilkie, Jones)

    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Neale, Duncan, Dusty, Walsh, Constable, Bewley (Dre, RCD, Gibbo)

    RUC: Grundy, Goldy (Fort)

    FWD: Danger, Smith, Heeney, Blakey, Setterfield, Petruccelle (Parker, Cavarra)

    $37k in the bank, still have a few on the JLT watchlist (Mundy, Worpedo, TKelly – all F3 dilemmas, common theme with most!!)

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  16. Hi coaches, would love some feedback on my team!

    Currently rolling with:

    DEF: Laird, Sicily, Williams, Collins, Duursma, Hore (Burgess, Watson)

    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Kelly, Martin, Bont, Walsh,Bewley, Valente (Stocker, Hind, Gibbons)

    Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    Forward: Danger, Heeney, Dunkley, Blakey, Settefield, Parker (McAdam, Cavara)

    5k in the bank but only because I’ve just slipped Blakey in, had 48k with a cheaper rookie. Rookies will be subject to change.

    Pretty happy at the moment, however will monitor JLT to see if I need to beef up my back line as I’m worried about not starting Whitfield.

    Thanks coaches!

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  17. Want Some Feedback On Team
    $123K In The Bank
    DEF:Laird,Whitfield.Witherden,Williams,Collins,Wilkie
    (McLennan,Hore)
    MID:Cripps,Fyfe,Neale,Crouch,Adam,Bewley,Hind,Gibbons (Constable,Smith,Valente)
    RUC:Grundy,Goldstein (Bines)
    FWD:Dangerfield,Heeney,Dunkley,Setterfield,Parker,Cavarra (Burgess,Drew)

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  18. I’m a footy and SC newbie. Just come up with this team to beat my SC addict boss. Thoughts anyone? I kind like the look of it. I’m a soccer guy though so I’ve got no idea hahahaha…

    mcGrath — O. Allen — C. Rooze
    I. Quaynor—C.Wilkie—C.Burgess (C. Idun —- M. Hore)

    C. Oliver — N. Fyfe
    L. Neal — D. Martin — Z. Merret
    R. Sloane — J. Steele — S. Walsh (T. Jok — B. Bewkey — N. Hind)

    M. Gawn — S. Martin (Z. Clarke)

    Dangerfield — heeney —- j . Hogan
    J. Daniher — J. Rankine — N. McHenry (Setterfield — Cavarra)

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    1. You have gone way too strong in the midfield, need to downgrade two of your mids to rookies and then upgrade two players in your defence .
      Forward and ruck look good

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      1. I just head that the midfield made the most points so went that route hahah, what’s the best resource that will get me up and running with SC? No real idea on what I’m supposed to be doing other than gain points haha cheers

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    2. If you’re brand new to AFL as a whole, what I would honestly do is NOT pick your own team.
      Wait til the SCTalk ‘community team’ is chosen, and copy that for your starting team. It is usually a very good starting team, and will give you a solid start to the season. Make your own trades and decisions from that point forth.
      Way too many people who are new to AFL/SC/fantasy try to select their own team, make terrible (read, uninformed) picks, and then lose interest in the game after Rd5 when they’re scoring 1400pts each week.

      All the best this year, hopefully you get bitten by the SC bug and you become a mainstay here!

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  19. Current team, I recently dropped Roberton at D4 to turn Goldy into Gawn. $33.5k remaining.

    DEF:
    Lloyd, Sicily, Whitfield, Duursma, Wilkie, Jones (McKay, Hore)

    MID:
    Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Zerrett, Setterfield, Stocker, Constable (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)

    RUC:
    Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    FWD:
    Danger, Menegola, Heeney, McAdam, Burgess, Corbett (Parker, Cavarra)

    Pretty settled on this lineup, pending JLT rookies. Kinda hoping Collins and Walsh don’t show much, so that I won’t have to find cash anywhere to start them over cheaper rookies.
    My main issue is what to do with F2/3. Heeney is locked, but currently tossing up between Menegola, Gray and Dunkley.

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    1. Just read about Menegola being touch-and-go for Rd1, so he has been swapped for Dunkley currently. Cash remaining is now ~$60k

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  20. Rookies are subject to change round 1 of course. Missed the whole last season of AFL so feel a bit behind on current studs, any advice helps!

    DEF: L. Whitfield, A. Witherden, Z. Williams, B. Smith, C. Rozee, S. Collins (X. Duursma, B. McKay)

    MID: J. Kelly, Z. Merrett, J. Redden, J. Steele, H. Cunningham, T. Liberatore, B. Bewley, N. Hind (S. Walsh, B. Smith, T. Thomas)

    RUC: B. Grundy, M. Gawn (D. Fort)

    FWD: P. Dangerfield, I. Heeney, J. Dunkley, I. Rankine, W. Setterfield, B. Cavarra (M. Parker, M. Cottrell)

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    1. Hey mike, not bad! Just one thing – I’m a mad (and biased) Swans supporter, and I would never ever pick Harry Cunningham. Back to the drawing board on that one I reckon.
      Steele and Redden are huge PODs, but there’s no reason they won’t both play well for you this year. Good luck!

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  21. DEF: Lloyd, Whitfield, Witherden, Roberton, Collins, Duursma (Wilkie, Jones)

    MID: Cripps, Neale, Yeo, Dusty, Steele, Libba, Walsh, Hind (Smith, Bewley, Gibbons)

    RUC: Grundy, Goldy (Fort)

    FWD: Danger, Heeney, Worpel, Setterfield, Parker, Cavarra ( Moore, Petrucelle)

    $63.1k in the bank.

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  22. My current team at the moment.

    Lloyd, Sicily, Whitfield, Roberton
    Collins, Duursma,Wilkie, Hore.

    Cripps,Fyfe, Kelly, Martin, Miles
    Walsh, Bewley, Hind, Valente
    Sparrow,Gibbons.

    Grundy, Gawn, Fort

    Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney,
    Setterfield,Dylan Moore,Cavarra
    Parker, Wilkinson.

    Feel free to comment!

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    1. Jezza.

      How much cash you got left ?

      Pretty ballsy going Miles /Walsh at M5/6!

      Defence is Very Strong.

      Your basically gambling that Sicily / Lloyd and Miles will outscore Williams/ Mills etc. and a Mid starting $550k or under. ( Sloane , Zorko , Steele, JOM? )
      I just feel, I would be happier keeping Williams in defence ( 95+ average) ,than Miles in the Mids ( 110+ average)

      This will hopefully save me a trade.

      I’m loving the Gawn / Grundy ruck combo. 🙂

      Overall a very solid side.

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      1. Thanks for the feedback Freo
        Tragic.
        I only have 7k left in the bank. I have
        had Williams in and out off my
        team the same as Miles, Probably
        the only defender not to get
        moved has been Whitfield.
        If I put a premo midfielder In
        Instead of Miles there two options.
        Roberton down to a rookie or
        Sicily or Lloyd becomes Williams.
        So I’m not sure what way I should
        go. I have locked Grundy and
        Gawn in I don’t see that changing.
        I see Miles as stepping stone and
        hopefully making a bit of cash.
        I have just one question for you
        do you see Williams as a potential
        Keeper? I have been asking myself
        this and I’m just not sure.what are your thoughts?

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        1. Thanks Jezza

          Yes.

          I hope he and Roberton can average 95+ and become keepers at D5/6 at years end. That would be a big win / points per $ value at their prices.

          For me Miles needs to average at least 90 ppg to make the same coin as a rookie ($150k) to be worth a punt.

          Even if he does this. You may need to trade him. This cost even more coin.

          Miles has been in and out of my team for months. I just can’t see him being a keeper. ( 110 average.)

          Right now I would at least like the potential for 110+ out of my M5

          Trades are Gold and life is short.

          Take punt on a < $55oK mid and hope for the best I recon.

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          1. Thanks for getting back to me
            Freo Tragic.
            I will have another look at my
            team so you recommend
            taking Lloyd or Sicily out for
            Williams, then Miles to a
            Premo Midfielder.

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  23. Thoughts on this team.

    Backs hibberd. A witherdon. S hurn. D roberton. C rozee. S Collins. Bench m hore. C burgess.

    Mids danger. L neale . A brayshaw. P cripps. E yep. A mills. S Walsh. N hind. Bench b bewley l Foley. Gibbons

    Rucks westhoff. Goldy bench d fort

    Fwds j Gresham. P Wright. B parfitt. C curnow. J worpel. Rankine Ben h w setterfield. I mosquito

    Know dont get me wrong it’s a risk with my fwd line but all those players are going have breck out years. And two meter Peter well he be the suns full fwd knew rules might dominate with Mark’s etc

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    1. I know your trying to be different Nick.

      That idiots comments before were totally out of line.

      I still think you are over estimating the amount of players that are going to “Break Out”

      Please read allsaints amazing post “Mid Priced Madness”

      And you realise very few players priced between $350K and $450K
      truly “Break Out”

      Pick one on each line to be different but half a team could be your downfall.

      Trust me I’ve backed too many long shots and it ain’t pretty.

      Back the guys that have done it before and throw in a few special picks and you can’t go wrong.

      Remember to save $70K odd . It can get you out of a lot of trouble in the scramble for R1 or when you need to make corrective trades.

      Best of luck Murf.

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      1. Thanks took brown out put heeney in. Would you consider rory alone.
        And Luke dahullhus or jade Gresham. Still think curnow can have a massive year. One move I did make was Shane Mumford as r 2 he can sit out for 2 weeks and Darcy fort or Clarke can replace the bench

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        1. I see Rory Sloane as a last premium to put in. Once you have a structure you like and the players you want add him after. He’s very susptable to a tag. But… He’s a gun, severely under priced for what he can do. Of all the 500-560k options I think he’s the safest. High ceiling, proven high average, has been durable until last season.
          I’d be looking at Gresham and worpal. Not as keepers but players to upgrade after full premium, if they turn out to be keepers great but keep an open mind selecting them, highly likely you will want to move them on at some stage but hopefully not.

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  24. Hey,
    Any Feedback would be amazing.
    Lloyd Sicily Whitfield Collins Wilkie (Duursma Burgess)

    Cripps Oliver Kelly Neale trealoar contable bewley hind (atkins watson gibbons)

    Grundy Martin (fort)

    Danger Heeney Tkelly Setterfield Parker Cavarra (petruccelle Wilkinson)

    Thanks a million

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    1. Pretty standard setup except you’re missing a defender Dannn, I assume there’s meant to be another rookie in there?

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  25. My team at the moment

    Whitfield Witherden Williams Roberton
    Collins Duursma ( Burgess Hore )

    Cripps Oliver Fyfe Kelly Martin Walsh Constable Bewley ( Taylor Hind Gibbons)

    Grundy Gawn ( Bines )

    Dangerfield Heeney Dunkley Blakey Setterfield McAdam ( Cavarra Parker )

    Not much left in bank and could all change depending on JLT series.

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  26. Etheridge de gea

    Doherty digne peirea robertson hobelas

    Mane son sane babel Wilson

    Jiminez. Vardy. Higuine

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  27. DEF: Lloyd, Z.Williams, Roberton, Hanley, Duursma, harry Jones (Burgess, Hore)

    I see lloyd retaining the number 1 spot in defense, hoping williams will be the premo that he has shown he can be in the past and that roberton and hanley can reach previous heights.

    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Bont, Dusty, Merrett, Walsh, Stocker, Hind (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)

    Two uber premos, 3 undervalued Guns

    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    Set and Forget

    Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Fisher, Setterfield, parker (cavarra, Wilkinson)

    F1-F3 pretty cookie cutter so i thought i’d have a bit of fun and have a go at predicting a breakout candidate who i love to watch. Fisher is named on the wing tonight and i will be watching in person, hopefully he can consolidate my pick.

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    1. Too much mid price risk in that back-line for me.
      Hanley probably the one that really sticks out.
      Can’t see him making it to premo status.

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  28. Rate me – can’t wait for the feedback.

    Def: Sicily, Whitfield, Witherden, Williams, Collins, Hore (Wilkie, Burgess)

    Mid: Cripps, Neale, Danger, J. Kelly, Merrett, Liba, Walsh, Hind (Constable, Gibbons, Bewley)

    Ruc: Goldy, English (Fort)

    Fwd: Heeney, T. Kelly, Dunkley, Worpel, Setterfield, Parker (Cavarra, Wilkinson)

    Please fire away, no good saying ‘need Gawn or Grundy’ if you can’t suggest a method for acquiring them thank you 🙂

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    1. Your other lines look so strong without Grundy or gawn ! Just afraid you will end up having to burn at least 4 trades and a lot of cash to get them into your team down the track ! Could obviously downgrade libba to a rookie and upgrade goldy to one of the big 2 .
      I really like the rest of your team though ! Makes a big difference when you save cash on those big rucks !

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    2. You need Gawn or Grundy. Mathematically it makes sense. English may get you a 70 point average, Worpel maybe 90 points, so that’s 160 combined. Gawn or Grundy will get 120 points, so you onl6 need a basement rookie to get 40-50 points and your ahead. Plus you have saved 3-4 trades that it would take to afford Gawn or Grundy. Trades are worth around 130k according to Allsaints. So I would trade Worpel for a basement rookie and upgrade English to a premo ruckman. Good luck….M.

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      1. Darling played Rds 1,2 and 3 without Kennedy and had scores 89, 110 and 90. When Kennedy played rounds 4-10 Darling scored 120, 42, 112, 132, 125, 181, 81. Then he got injured. Take the two matches he was injured scoring -1 and 14 and he averaged 95. Is he a bargain at the price or too risky as main chf and ffs seem to be?

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    1. Purple Patch with JJK missing.

      I wouldn’t touch him ( at that price) unless JJK goes down long term.

      Even then…

      I prefer J Riewoldt, Buddy, Hawkins. as KPP bolters late in the season.

      But, only if I can get them at the right price.

      Even when I ignore my anti WC bias its a no from me. 😉

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    2. Very keen on Darling this season. JJK will be underdone coming into the season so will see Darling working his way up the ground and hopefully racking up the points. Can’t ignore his start to the season last year and even just taking into account his 2 injury games he is clear value this year for me.

      All aboard!!

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  29. Def: Lloyd, williams, smith, roberton, burgess, hore, wilkie, mackay

    Mid: cripps, kelly, neale, m. crouch, merrett, dunkley, walsh, setterfield, hind, bewley, constable

    Ruck: grundy, english, fort

    Fwd: danger, heeney, billings, rozee, drew, cavarra, mcadam, parker.

    $247,000 left

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  30. Def: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Collins, Quaynor, Scrimshaw (Hore, Watson)

    Mid: Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Martin, Miles, Libba, Walsh, Stocker (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)

    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    FWD: Danger, Heeney, Dunkley, Rankinr, Rozee, Setterfield (Parker, Cavarra)

    This is just a pre-JLT game, so there will be some changeups as the competition progresses. Stocker might be on the fringe if he can’t lock in a round 1 spot, and for now Tobe Watson probably won’t be sticking around. May look to go Fyfe or Kelly due to his elbow. After tonight Williams and Newman might be competing for a D3 spot

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  31. Still not feeling comfortable with my Defensive line (especially D3).

    Any thoughts / feedback appreciated:

    DEF: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Collins, Duursma, Hore (Wilkie, Burgess)

    Only have $11,300 in coin leftover.

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    1. Maybe a bit light on cash but I can’t see your other lines and where all the moneys gone.

      You certainly haven’t lashed out on the backline!

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    2. I have exactly the same backline as you Tom (including Rookies) except I have Lloyd. But like Reggie says, it depends on the rest.
      If you want a direct comparison the rest for me are

      Macrae, Cripps, Kelly, Neale, Dusty, Walsh, Setterfield, Constable (Bewley, Valente, Hind)
      Grundy, Gawn (Fort)
      Dangerfield, Heeney, Kelly, Blakey, Petruccelle, Parker (Drew, Cavarra)

      Plenty will jump on Nic Newman after last night and even more if he does it again next time. But I am sticking with Williams, he has done it before and for $400k, he is s steal. Newman may well have a break out year but who really knows. Williams is gun and if he is fit and stays injury free, he is a yes please for me !!

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      1. I suppose with Lloyd and Laird in your team there was no room for Whitfield Hass.
        Williams could be good but Whitfield will finish top defender at GWS.

        I’ll keep an eye on Williams for sure.

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  32. Def: Lloyd, laird, Williams, Smith, Collins, hore ( burgess and Wilkie)

    Mid: Cripps, Kelly, Martin, Merrett, miles, Walsh, setterfield, bewley ( gibbons, hind, Smith)

    Ruck: Grundy, goldy ( schensog)

    Forward: Danger, Heeney, Dunkley, Greene, rankine, cavarra ( Mcadam, Parker)

    Have been tempted to go laird down to witherden and Collins up to roberton but unsure.

    Thoughts and advice would be appreciated

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  33. Thoughts on going without both Laird and Lloyd? I find it risky but i currently dont have either with my defence being Sicily, Whitfield, Williams , Roberton, Collin, Duursma.

    Tom Harley said during the Sydney match with GWS that the new kickout rules have given them more flexibility with kickouts rather than always being Lloyd. And Laird is filling me with uncertainty due to the return of brodie smith.

    Have had sicily all pre season and can see him dominating this year. Whitfields a lock. Williams is such good value at 400k but has been in and out of the side. Had him at D4 but moved up to accommodate Walsh and Gawn. Roberton is a JLT watch for his role.

    My other alternative is to drop williams and roberton for Laird/Lloyd and another rookie?

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    1. I’m inclined to agree. But I do have Lloyd rather than Sicily. I too am concerned about Laird (probably unnecessarily so) but I am all the same. I’m becoming less and less bothered about the kick-in rules and Harley is bound to say things that reduce our certainty … but it’s not aimed at SCTers 😉 . Take it with a pinch of salt.

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  34. Lloyd, Laird, Newman, Rozee, Quaynor, Wilkie (Moore, Duursma)

    Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Beams, Mundy, Libba, Walsh, Bewely (Valente, Hind, Gbbons)

    Cinclair, Witts (Fort)

    Dangerfield, Westhoff, D. Smith, Setterfield, McAdam, Cavarra (Brurgess, Parker)

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  35. Made a few tweaks since last post. Would love some feedback:

    B: Lloyd, Whitfield, Crisp, Williams, Collins, Duursma (Wilkie, Hore)
    M: Macrae, Cripps, Kelly, Treloar, Dusty, Walsh, Gibbon, Constable (Bewley, McKenze, Hind)
    R: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)
    F: Danger, Heeney, Setterfield, McHenry, Parker, Cavarra (Petruccelle, Wilkinson)

    Going 2 deep up forward unless I find a F3 I really like – looking at Gray, Dunkley, Darling, Kelly, Worpel, Gresham.

    Treloar came in once Adams was rubbed out. He’s a watch for me. I could move to Neale or M.Crouch

    Cheers

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    1. Crisp has had an interrupted preseason Boz, maybe a rethink is needed there. The rest looks good, I think your reasoning on Treloar makes sense.

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  36. Would love some Feedback

    D: Laird, Whitfield, Witherden, Rozee, Collins, Quaynor (Wilkie, Hore)

    M: Fyfe, Kelly, Martin, Robbie Gray, Shiel, Walsh, Bewley, West (Gibbons, Hind, Constable)

    R: Grundy, Gawn (Bines W.C)

    F: Danger, Heeney, Walters, Greene, Setterfield, Cavarra (Burgess, M Parker)

    Thoughts on Dusty Martin this year?

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    1. I think we are all expecting Dusty to increase by 10ppg or thereabouts.

      I like the balance/depth of your team. Is it a gamble that one or both of Walters/Greene will hit their expectations this year? Probably, but not worse than many others. Perhaps its just having them both on the same line that highlights the risk. Still, fortune favours the bold! Good luck.

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  37. Would anyone consider zac Clarke Goldstein ruck combo. Think Clarke might become essendon no 1 ruck

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  38. Ruck dilemma – I have Grundy at R1 and Fort at R3. I don’t want another set and forget ruckman at R2 and have preferred to go strong in the other lines. I’m confident that Fort will play early, and Zac Clarke also looked the goods in JLT1 last night (admittedly against some second string ruck opponents). I have $328,300 to spend on the R2 position. Options are:

    1. Tim English with $18K left in the bank
    2. Zac Clarke with $185K left to possibly upgrade a rookie mid to Libba at M6 and push Walsh to M7
    3. Billy Longer with $67 K left in the bank

    Preferring option 2 at this point if either Clarke or Fort look like having decent job security – anyone know how Bellchambers is tracking? Can any Essendon fans let me know where Clarke sits in the pecking order against the likes of Shaun McKernan, Sam Draper etc?

    Of the above options, Option 1 probably provides me with the easiest stepping stone to a Gawn / Goldy upgrade once I’ve settled on who my final R2 will be. From all reports Tim English has had a big off season in the gym, but I don’t know how much solo rucking he’s likely to do with guys like Jackson Trengove and Tom Boyd in the team.

    Billy Longer is more a balance of minimal cost vs job security. By far the least preferred of the above for me.

    Can any Essendon / Bulldogs / Saints fans give me a little clarity please???

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    1. Tommy, Bellchambers (pardon the pun) is easily No 1 at Essendon and only if he is out will Clarke play I think. McKernan is far more likely to play forward line (even with Belly in), pinch hitting in the ruck with Daniher as per last night’s JLT vs Carlton. Clarke will be a direct replacement if Belly is injured, etc, as per Leuenberger in prior years but Bellchambers and Clarke will never play together in my humble Bombers fan opinion !! So unless Belly is a LTI, forget Clarke for mine !!

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      1. Agree with Hass32. Longer will likely not be fit for Rd1 with Pierce playing tomorrow. Pierce may earn himself the role over the next fortnight and if he does, might be a decent v cheap pick. Like the Bombers, they won’t both play with Rowan Marshall mooted to pinch hit up FWD whoever gets the 1st RUC gig.
        English might be your best bet or even consider the injury-prone Vardy (WCE) who has had a full pre-season and is ready to go by all accounts.
        Hope that helps!

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        1. Boyd is injured again, so English should get a decent run in the ruck in the first few rounds. If the offseason reports are accurate, he should be a decent stepping stone to a bonafide premo.

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    2. If you’re gonna go this path, your best bet is to build your side with two set and forget rucks, then once you’ve got the structure settled, downgrade one to a stepping stone ruck and BANK THE CASH.

      If Gawn backs up and goes 125+ again, and your stepping stone struggles to make cash, you’re going to be looking at 2 downgrades, maybe 3, to generate the funds to upgrade. That’s two weeks worth of trades where you can’t address injuries. You’re also in a world of strife if you don’t have fat cows who are maxed out on price. And if you delay while waiting for those cows to fatten, you’re losing 60+ points a week in the ruck.

      So, bank the money for English to Gawn. Odds are you’ll want that to be your first upgrade, probably inside the first 6 rounds. If English makes some money, and Gawn drops some, you may even be able to do an early double upgrade without downgrading anyone.

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  39. How can I not this year put toby greene in my team at his price anyone agrees

    Def laird. S hurn. N Newman d roberton. S Collins I queynor. Bench hore
    Wilkie.

    Mids danger . Cripps. Yeo. L neale. A brayshaw. A mills. S Walsh. N hind. J atley. B bewley. M Gibbons.

    Rucks westhoff goldy. Bench fort

    Fwds. T Kelly. T greene. C curnow. J Gresham. I rankine. W setterfield. Bench. C burgess. B cavarra

    Have 64,800l left over. Know I think I have a good team best one yet

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    1. Hate to say it, but worst-case you could have as few as 6 keepers. That’s at least 5 to few. Minimum. Even if things go well, you will likely run out of trades before you get to full premo.
      Not sure where to start with advice, so suggest you clear the deck and start again, picking at least two per line you are pretty certain will finish in the top6/8 by relative position and at least one LOCKED RUC. Go from there.
      Hope that doesn’t sound too harsh?!
      Good luck!

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      1. Thanks I try that my two def hurn laird will stay sorta waiting on roberton to see what he does in jlt and nic Newman be scoring a lot with carlton game plan and every year I run out of trades before finals

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  40. Any thoughts on my team would be appreciated:

    DEF: Sicily, Whitfield, Newman, Roberton, Cox, Hore
    (Duursma, McLennan)
    MID: Cripps, Oliver, Yeo, Coniglio, Dusty, Sloane, Walsh, Hately
    (Gibbons, Hind, Constable)
    RUC: Grundy, Archie Smith
    (Fort)
    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Kelly, Moore -very ehh on-, Setterfield, Schultz
    (Parker, Cavarra)

    I’m tempted to drop Moore down to someone like Drew if he actually does get the mid time for Port Adelaide that he looks like he may get. Other than that, I am very happy with my rucks regardless of the Smith/Fort scenario.

    Thoughts would be appreciated, thank you.

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      1. I’m pretty ‘eh’ on Darcy Moore too! If Drew shows good form in the JLT, I think he would be an excellent option.

        Archie Smith is an interesting choice, you think he’ll take time away from Stef this year?

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  41. Very long time subscriber to this wonderful site. Would love some feedback for team ‘Shiel be right’

    Def: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, McGrath, Collins, Duursma
    EM: Clarke & Burgess

    Mid: Cripps, Kelly, Coniglio, Martin, Sidebottom, Walsh, Setterfield, Bewely
    EM: Hind, Watson & Gibbons

    Ruck: Grundy, Goldstein EM: Fort

    Forwards: Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Blakey, Corbett, Cavarra
    EM: Parker & Wilkinson

    $21k left

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    1. A couple of PODs in Sidey and Cogs, nice to see they haven’t been forgotten. Good looking team Tappy, though you will need to find a replacement for Corbett who won’t play the early rounds.

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  42. Backline:
    Laird Whitfield Newman. Bench: Quaynor
    Smith Roberton Collins Hore

    Midfield:
    Cripps. Fyfe. Martin. Bench: Hind
    Crouch. Libba. Walsh. Bewley
    Constable. Gibbons. Watson

    Ruck:
    Grundy. Goldstein. Bench: Fort

    Forward:
    Dangerfield. Heeney. Kelly
    Greene. Setterfield. Cavarra. Bench: Mcadam
    Parker

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    1. I get the shakes every time I see a team with Greene in it. Lots of midpriced gambles here Dean, maybe too many?

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    2. I would reconsider taking (at most) 2 from Newman, Smith, Libba, Kelly, Greene. Mid price gambles can pay off, but each of these has his own issues.

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  43. Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Collins, Logue, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)

    Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Crouch, Walsh, Constable, Hind (Smith, Bewley, Gibbons)

    Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    Dangerfield, Heeney, Dunkley, Blakey, Setterfield, Parker (McAdams, Cavarra)

    $0 Remaining
    (this is obviously an issue but the team on paper seems solid)
    Any suggestions would be awesome.

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    1. Looks good, Richard. Don’t worry about the lack of spare cash if you’re happy with your team. You have a lot of the more expensive rookies there, so you can always swap one of them for a cheaper option if it bothers you. Good luck.

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    2. I had exactly $0 remaining last year and it didn’t affect me one way or the other, as I had then, as you do now, a solid team requiring only upgrades. So, without unexpected tragedy, that team should be great. Of course, your first trades may have to be down only, but that shouldn’t be an issue if you plan it out over a couple of weeks.

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  44. Thoughts will be appreciated. Break it apart community!

    Defenders: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Roberton, Collins, Clark (Hore, Burgess)

    Mids: Cripps, Kelly, Neale, Martin, M Crouch, Walsh, Constable, Drew (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)

    Rucks: Grundy, Jacobs (Fort)

    Forwards: Dangerfield, Heeney, Kelly, Rankine, Setterfield, Parker (Petruccelle, Cavarra)

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    1. Pretty solid! IMO Jacobs might disappoint you though, better to try to find the extra cash for an upgrade (or go for a cheaper option?)
      Rookies will probably change too, but that’s true for everybody. Nice work.

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      1. Thanks Chillo. Jacobs played through a severe back injury last season.. I’m hearing he is back to full fitness with an uninterrupted pre season I think he can average 95+ this year.

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    2. Very interesting. I’m not sure about Jacobs, and while 666 might work for him, classical tap ruckwork isn’t his problem – he just hasn’t done enough around the ground in the last couple of years (just my observation, i have no stats on that, happy to be corrected). Every other player has been in and out of my team, so I can’t fault them.

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      1. Jacobs played through a severe back injury last season.. I’m hearing he is back to full fitness with an uninterrupted pre season I think he can average 95+ this year.

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    3. Def: I have B Smith, you have Roberton
      Mids:I have Fyfe & Sheed, you have Neale & Crouch
      Rucks: I have English, you have Jacobs
      Fwds: I have Smith, you have Kelly

      Everyone else is the same, so my opinion is you have a good team!

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  45. Def: Laird, Whitfield, Witherden, Newman, Quaynor, Duursma (Hore, Watson)

    Mid: Cripps, Kelly, Yeo, Crouch, Sheed, Walsh, Constable, Bewley (Hind, Collier-Dawkins, Gibbons)

    Ruck: Grundy, Goldstein (Clarke)

    Fwd: Danger, Heeney, Billings, Worpel, Setterfield, Cavarra (Petrucelle, Parker)

    I like Sheed but want to move him to M6 instead of M5, but I would need a cheaper ruck.
    If Clarke gets the starting job I’m considering him for R2 to save a ton of money to bring in another Mid.
    Worpel looks great in the Fwd line but like Sheed I’d prefer him at F4 instead of F3, Billings is in at the moment depending on his JLT. Has so much upside despite last year.

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    1. I wouldn’t get too hung up on moving him to M6 as there will likely be enough decent rookies starters in the MIDs.
      Looks solid (albeit slightly JLT influenced 😉 )

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  46. So my defence currently sits at…
    Lloyd, Collins, logue, Clarke, duursma, wilkie-mckay, hore.
    I actually don’t mind it that much…

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  47. My current team rookies subject to change but pretty happy with the balance. I figured I will start with Gawn and Grundy to save a trade.

    B: Lloyd, Whitfield, Z Williams, Collins, Clarke, Burgress (T watson, Hore)
    M Cripps, Oliver, Kelly,Neale, Dusty, Walsh, Gibbon, Constable (Willis, Drew, Hind)
    R: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)
    F: Danger, Heeney, D Smith, Blackey , Parker, Setterfield (Petruccelle, Wilkinson)

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  48. Pearcedale Paragons 2019

    R. Laird, L. Whitfield, S. Hurn
    A. Witherden, I. Quaynor, C. Wilkie
    J. McLennan, M. Hore

    P. Cripps, C. Oliver, N. Fyfe, D. Martin
    A. Miles, S. Walsh, C. Constable, B. Bewley
    L. Stocker, N. Hind, M. Gibbons

    B. Grundy, T. Goldstein
    D. Fort

    P. Dangerfield, I. Heeney, D. Mundy,
    W. Setterfield, M. Parker, B. Cavarra
    I. Hill, Rookie TBD

    Mundy could easily have been S.Menegola or J.Dunkley and Oliver could be J.Kelly but other than that, I’m reasonably settled on this team. T.Wilkinson is possibly that final FWD rookie.

    Thoughts?

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  49. Anyone keen to take the risk on one of the biggest tosspots but a very good footballer in Greene? Will play JLT 2 and good for the start of the season

    https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/gws-giants-star-toby-greene-missed-most-of-2018-due-to-injury-but-he-is-fully-fit-and-ready-to-get-back-to-his-best-this-year/news-story/edfb1233cac2ddb96521afc4fc3b2392

    Very tempting as I don’t want to have to get him when he is killing it and paying 500k plus later in the season.

    Thoughts?

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  50. Def: LLoyd, Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Collins, Wilkie (Hore, Watson)

    Mid: Cripps, Fyfe, Martin, Merrett, Libba, Walsh, Stocker, Constable (Hind, Bewley, Gibbons)

    Rucks: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    FWD: Dangerfield, heeney,dunkley, setterfield, Cavarra, Parker (Stengle, Hill)

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  51. Getting close now. After bombers v blues, its rookie for Walsh, and Oliver for Merrett….bit worried about Zach’s pace in this new era and Walsh could easily end up m7/8

    Cash now only $47.2k which is less than perfect.

    Laird, Whitfield Hurn, Roberton Burgess McKay (Howe Rookie)

    Cripps Oliver Neale Yeo Martin Walsh Setterfield Bewley (Hind Drew Watson c loop)

    Grundy Goldy (Fort)

    Danger Smith Heeney McAdam Petrucelle Cavarra (I Hill Parker)

    Thoughts ??

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  52. LLoyd ,Hurn , R Burton, B Smith, D roberton, I Quanor , .. Scrimshaw Hore

    Cripps Neale D Smith B Crouch Libba, S Walsh Constable Bewely
    Hind wicks gibbons

    Grundy Gawn Strahan
    Dangerfield westoff Heeney setterfield mcadam cavarra burgess Wilkinson
    314.7 k left

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  53. Was G n R all the way but the form of Brodie Smith, Dylan Roberton and Zac Williams in the backline is messing with my head.

    TU Lloyd Williams Smith Roberton
    McCrae Cripps Coniglio Duncan Crouch M

    TD Lloyd Laird Williams Roberton
    Cripps Coniglio Duncan Crouch x 2

    Thanks

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  54. Would love some Feedback pls thx !!!!!

    Def:
    Lloyd, Sicily, Williams, Clark, Duursma, Nutting (burgess, butts)

    Mid
    Cripps, Fyfe, Martin, Crouch, Sloane, Crouch, Walsh, Thomas (Butters, Collier Dawkins and Gibbons)

    Ruc
    Grundy, Westhoff (Fort)

    Fwd
    Dangerfield, Heeney, Wingard, Blakey, Setterfield, Mosquito ( Cavarra Wilkinson)

    Pls give me some feedback 😀

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  55. Thoughts please, all critcism and possible changes ill take for granted lol.

    Def
    Laird, Sicily, Hurn, Newman, Roberton, Collins BENCH Rozee, Clark

    Midfield Dangerfield, Cripps , Dusty martin , Merret, Sam walsh, duursma , E Smith, Gibbons. BENCH Tarrayn Thomas , Butters , constable

    Rucks Goldstein, Lycett (Im not 100% on lycett) Bench d.Fort

    Forward Heeny , Robbie Gray , Gunston , Petracca , Setterfield, M.parker BENCH Robbie young and Cavarra.

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  56. Thoughts on my team so far? any advice or recommendation would be greatly appreciated.

    Def
    Laird, Sicily, Whitfield, Williams, Collins, Scrimshaw (Watson, hore)

    Mids
    Crips, Fyfe, Martin, Higgins, B.Crouch, Cousins, Walsh, Caldwell (constable, hind, Gibson )

    Ruck
    Goldstein, Clarke ( fort)

    Fwd
    Dangerfield, heeney, billings, worpel, Rayner, setterfield (drew, cavarra)

    $26,100 in bank.

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  57. Defence
    J. Lloyd, Z. Williams, N.Newman, S. Collins, I. Quaynor, X. Duursma, C. Burgess, M. Hore

    Mid
    P. Cripps, C. Oliver, E. Yeo, D. Martin, B. Crouch, S. Walsh, C. Constable, W. Drew, B. Bewley, N. Hind, M. Gibbons

    Ruck
    B. Grundy, M. Gawn, D. Fort

    Forward
    P. Dangerfield, I.Heeney, T. Greene, W. Setterfield, N. Balta, J. Petruccelle, M. Parker, B. Cavarra

    $556,300 in bank. Where/Who to upgrade?

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  58. T/U – Whitfield at D3 and normal rookie priced around $124k at M6-8/ bench
    T/D – Williams at D3 and Walsh at M6

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  59. Hey guys! First crack at it. Love to know your thoughts

    Def: laird William’s Newman Smith Roberson Collins (hire duursma)

    Mid: Kelly cripps m.crouch Steele Libya b.crouch setter field constable (stocker valente Gibbons)

    Ruck: grundy Hoff (bines)
    Fwd: danger heeney Cameroon greene Burgess baltazar ( parker petreculle)
    99.6k in the bank.
    Rookies will change
    Not sold on Cameron though

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      1. Is that your only typo?!?
        Surely you can’t go wrong with a couple of countries in your side!

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  60. DEF: Whitfield Witherden Williams Smith Roberton Collins (Hore Wilkie)

    MID: Cripps Oliver Neale Dusty Crouch Libba Walsh Bewley (valente Hind Gibbo)

    RUCK: Grundy Goldy (sweet)

    FWD: Danger Heeney Greene Setterfield Drew Parker (Balta Cavarra)

    Alot of midprice madness but just about all are proven jets and can get back to there best.. i feel with lack of rooks around it’s worth the risk.

    Tell me what yas really think and what i can do to improve..
    Teams far from locked in so lay it on thick n go hard on it .

    48k spare

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    1. ..Sweet combo with Goldy and Grundy (ha)

      Like your side. Prob cause mine has a lot of similarities. Only thing I don’t like is Toby Greene up forward, think his risk greatly outweighs his reward.

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    2. Very risky team but who am i to say it wont pay off.

      Toby Greene scares me alot. If he plays well JLT2 then he may be worth a punt but if not you just couldn’t start him. Always an injury and suspension risk and if he goes down early its an awkward price to do anything with.

      Can’t fault the midfield (assuming that it is Matt Crouch i hope). Libba is worth the selection after what we saw last night even if it was only gold coast. Watch again in JLT2 to confirm.

      I commented just before the JLT how i was considering going too without Laird and Lloyd however ive completely backflipped on that idea. Lloyd and Llaird both showed that the new rules are not going to effect them. Both will rack the pill up with ease. Whereas others showed concern like Whitfield (showed concerns playing half forward. Still in my team but will monitor JLT2 when hopefully Kelly is back), Sicily (played full forward. Again hopefully a JLT experiment but its enough to throw me off) and Simpson (will Newman effect his scoring and slow him down?). Just think you need at least one of Laird or Lloyd to be safe especially with their high ownership. Won’t talk you out of any of the mid pricers down back because i truly believe their is upside to all of them if you’re willing to take the risk. The only question i have it that how many of Witherden, Williams, Roberton and Smith will be keepers? Could lead to losing trades quickly to upgrade them.

      Best rookie options so far below (the forward rookies are looking to be the biggest concern mainly because of their lack of scoring potential.)

      Defensive rookies: Collins, Clark, Hore, Watson, Jones, Mckay, Burgess

      Midfield rookies: Cousins, Walsh, Caldwell, Butters, Lately, Constable, Hind, Bewley, Scott, Atkins, Gibbons, Golds

      Forward rookies: Setterfield, Balta, Moore, Petruccelle, Parker

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      1. Appreciate the feedback Zac and most of it is stuff i have in the back of my mind.
        Definately MCrouch mate although Brad looked all class in JLT. Would love to start him but he won’t be top 10 if i start too many stepping stones i’m burning trades fast. Matt will finish top 10 IMO.

        Greene – if he looks very ordinary through JLT2 or looks to be managed even it will be libba -> constable and upgrade greene..

        Your right about the defenders mate i just cant bring myself to pay overs for Lloyd i think he will fall in price alot at some point hoping sooner than later.
        I had sicily all preseason till his JLT1 could be purely experimental but with articles saying he and gunston are swinging def/fwd it’s made me nervous but will watch closer in JLT when clarko plays a strong 22.
        Laird is a safe bet to finish top 6 and will be a must have i can see whitfield being laird before Rd1.

        Hopefully valente, bewley logue quaynor all look good this evening or rooks are looking even thinner with valente and bewley locked in at a nice price of 117k

        Thanks for the feedback Zac 🙂

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    3. Looked like my team last year. 🙂 Too many risky mid priced for my liking. Your Def will kill it or bust. Greene Fwd is just a trade waiting to happen.
      I will also put in one or 2 Freo premio bcoz they have a great run of front 8 games.
      Remember, you can find one gem or two (Cogs last year) but no one has won it with mid priced players…

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      1. Yeah you’re right Jeannot to many midpricers.
        Just not seeing enough rooks put there hands up for consistent games
        I’ve gone Roberton -> F.Watson
        Greene -> T.Kelly
        cancels out two midprice risks

        i have 72k left now

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        1. Great mate. Looks balanced now. I still think you are courageous to ignore both Laird/Lloyd in Def. Pray for Williams and Witherden to be top 6 Def 🙂

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          1. I won’t touch Lloyd at 608k far to expensive he will drop and i’ll grab him then. Laird May very well start Rd1 for me If Whitfield doesn’t look to have a set job role and gets swung round all over like JLT1.

            Laird and Lloyd will be there by seasons end just cant ignore the value in others below 500k.

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  61. After playing around with the team straight after JLT 1 (silly idea), I have landed with the following team. Still a working progress, but at least its something. On my radar is obviously Macrae, Libba (if he goes well again next week), Shaw and Sicily (Hurn only got in based on SicDog playing CHF)

    Backs: Lloyd, Whitfield, Hurn, B.Smith, Collins, J.Clark (Hore, Watson)

    Mids: Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, B.Crouch, Walsh, Caldwell, Constable (Bewley, Golds, Gibbons)

    Rucks: Grundy, Goldstein (Fort)

    Forwards: Dangerfield, Menegola, Heeney, Setterfield, Burgess, Balta (Hill, Cavara)

    Bank: $7000… saving for a holiday.

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    1. Great team. Well balanced but you need more money in the bank: 70k-100k is the safe average. Maybe trim your defence to 3 guns? Otherwise get an R2 that is around 400K? Gawn and Grundy will be the final 2 so whoever you choose need to be traded anyway.

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      1. Disagree. You pick a team and whatever is left in the bank so be it if you are happy with the team. I get that money in the bank can help with fix-up trades at the end of round 2 and your first upgrade but downgrading players (which could lead to less points) just to have more money in the bank is just pointless.

        Ive never worried about keeping that much in the bank and usually start with 10-20k in the bank (sometimes less) and it has never negatively impacted me.

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  62. HI First year player, will love some feed back on my line-up on maybe who to upgrade or downgrade. Picked most of my rookies based on the JLT series. Thank you!

    Defenders:
    Laird, Whitfiled, Mills ( J. Clark)
    B. Smith, Roberton, Collins ( M. Hore)

    Midfilders:
    Cripps, Oliver, Neale, B. Crouch (Brewley, Hind, gibbons)
    Walsh, Butters, Constable

    Rucks:
    Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    Fowards:
    Dangerfield, Heeney, Greene (Drew)
    Setterfiled, Burgess, Parker (Cavarra)

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  63. Can try WestHoff in the ruck then bring in Mumford when he’s available.WestHoff can then go Fwd..

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  64. Feedback pls.

    DEF: Lloyd, Williams, Smith,
    Roberton, Collins, Clark, (Hore,Mckay)

    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Neale, Coniglio,
    Brayshaw, Libba, Walsh, Constable
    (Butters, Gibbons, Golds)

    RUCK: Grundy, Goldy (Fort)

    FWD: Danger, Smith, Mundy,
    Setters, Parker, Hanrahan (Burgess, Drew)

    Little soft down back.

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  65. Hey lads love your work, would love a a bit of assistance with my current side
    (DEF) Lloyd, Witherden, Williams, Roberto , Collins, Clark (Burgess, Hore)
    (MID) Macrae, Cripps, Kelly, Neale, BCrouch, Libba, Walsh, Constable (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)
    (Ruc) Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
    (FWD) Danger, Smith, Heeney, Setters, hanrahan, Balta (Shultz, Parker)
    At the moment am still very unsure of backline structure, initially had Whitfield but feel he could struggle to improve this season whereas I believe Witherden and Williams can be top 8 defenders. In the midfield I am uncertain with premos, could downgrade someone to dusty and go Crouch to someone like Brayshaw

    Thoughts?????

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    1. Hi Mozza, I like your team. It could just work fine.
      If you are worried about your defence, Maybe if you can Get one of R. Sloane or Hurn and drop Roberton? (That could make you afford Gawn, except if its a bye strategy)
      In your Mid you have 3 Uber premiums + Neale who may be top 6 this year so you I wouldnt worry too much. Thats my take

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  66. I’m going into JLT2 with this team. Sick and tired changing 1589 times in a day! Plenty of players in here are a watch and see in JLT2. Smith, B Crouch, Jacobs & Greene. Unsure of my F3 also. Rookies subject to change obviously.
    Thoughts and opinions are appreciated.

    Defenders: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Collins, Clark (Burgess, Watson)

    Mids: Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Martin, B Crouch, Walsh, Constable, Bewley (Hind, Hayes, Gibbons)

    Rucks: Grundy, Jacobs (Clarke)

    Forwards: Dangerfield, Heeney, Kelly, Greene, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker)

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  67. Def.
    Lloyd, laird, williams, collins, dursma, wilkie (burgess, hore)

    Mid.
    Cripps, oliver, fyfe, neale, merrett, walsh, constable, bewley (answerth, hind, gibbons)

    Ruck.
    Grundy, gawn (fort)

    For.
    Danger, heeney, riewoldt, setterfield, petrucelle, cavara (corbett, parker)

    45k bank

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    1. Love the Riewoldt pick. Loathe the Wilkie pick. There are plenty of others to choose from. Keep an eye on Harrison Jones HAW IN JLT2.
      Petruccelle is unlikely to deliver sufficient pts, I’m not sure Cavarra will start and Corbett (injured) definitely won’t.
      Premo choices look solid as. Just be prepared to trade Nat at some point
      #Fyfeislife

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      1. Yeah wilkie/petrucelle and other rookies still just sitting there to fill gaps until after jlt when i can make a better informed decision.

        And still tossing up with fyfe whether or not i run the gauntlet or not with him. The beauty is there are plenty of options cheaper than him if i pull the pin before rd1. M crouch a firm leader if i go that way

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  68. Hey guys, would love your opinion on my team:

    Lloyd, Laird, Williams, Collins, Clarke, Willie, Hore, (1 more rookie)

    Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Neale, Dusty, Walsh, Butters, Constable, Drew, Bewley, Gibbons

    Grundy, Goldy, Clarke

    Danger, smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Burgess, Parker, Moore, Balta

    Still have $175,000 to fill the last spot in defense and all rookies are subject to selection R1.

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    1. Premos look excellent. Maybe Cogs over Kelly to start?! Kelly scores his massive points against lesser teams and doesn’t have any early. Tends to sub-100 against top teams and their early fixture could be better.
      Tictacs

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  69. Thoughts

    Lloyd, Laird, Williams, Rozee, Scrimshaw, McLennan (Wilkie, Hore)

    Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Martin,Menegola, Liberatore, Walsh, Bewley
    (Stocker, hind, gibbons)

    Grundy, Mumford (bines)

    Dangerfield, Westhoff, Heeney, Greene, settlefield, Burgess
    (Parker, Atkins)

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    1. You could have as few as 7/8 keepers.
      Your rookie picks look poor. Sorry.
      Read Hutta’s rookie review and look at the stats from JLT1 (good for identifying rookies).
      Don’t think Rozee (or Rankine tho I see you don’t have him) will do a sufficient job to start them. Might go big one week, but will give you a 30 the following week. Inconsistency is a killer for cash generation.
      Good luck

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      1. Lloyd, Laird, Williams, Newman , Collins, Watson (McLennan, Hore)

        Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Martin,Menegola, Liberatore, Walsh, Drew
        (Bewley, hind, gibbons)

        Grundy, Mumford (bines)

        Dangerfield, Westhoff, Heeney, settlefield, Burgess, walker
        (Parker, Cavarra)

        Some adjustments.
        Will wait for jtl2 results on rookies but not much cash to play with

        Opinion of swapping Newman for Roberton
        Then upgrade dusty/ Menegola or use on rookies?

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  70. Hey SCT community! Second draft after JLT round one. I’m not sure if I’ve gone too heavy on the higher prices rookies. Thoughts on Walters as a POD? And other thoughts on the side. All feedback on improvement would be great!

    Back: Lloyd, Laird, Williams, Collins, Quaynor, J. Clarke (Hore, Wilkie)

    Mid: Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, M.Crouch, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)

    Rick: Grundy, Goldstein (Fort)

    Fwd: Dangerfield, Heeney, Walters, Setterfield, Blakey, Drew (Parker, Cavarra)

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    1. Premos look good. Not sure about Blakey. No doubt a talent, but given his role will unlikely deliver the cash you want. Certainly not quick enough anyway.
      Wouldn’t worry so much about premo rookies IF they are GUARANTEED time in the guts. They should accumulate enough.

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  71. Def :
    Lloyd – Witherden – Williams
    Roberton – Collins – Clark
    (Hore– F.Watson)

    Mid :
    Macrae – Cripps – Oliver
    Coniglio – B.Crouch – Libba
    Walsh – Butters
    (Constable – Golds –Gibbons)

    Ruck:
    Grundy – Goldstein
    (Sweet)

    Fwd :
    Danger – Smith – Heeney
    Setterfield – Burgess – Balta
    (Parker – Cottrell)

    3.8K Bank (super low haha -> could potentially downgrade a higher priced rookie or a mid pricer)
    Thoughts?

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    1. Wouldn’t worry about the cash so much starting with the structure you are. If it doesn’t work out, you’ll have the cash to make the corrective trades you need to.
      Hopefully that won’t happen 😉

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  72. Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Roberton, Collins, Clark (Duursma, Hore)

    Macrae, Cripps, Olivers, Neale, Libba, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)

    Grundy, Gawn (Bines)

    Danger, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Burgess, Parker (Drew, Cavarra)

    $38,500 in the bank

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  73. Def: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Roberton, Collins, Clark (Wilkie, Hore)

    Mid: Cripps, Oliver, Martin, Merrett, Steele, Libba, Walsh, Butters (Constable, Hind, Gibbons)

    Rucks: Grundy, Gawn (Fort)

    Fwd: Dangerfield, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Cavarra, Parker (Drew, Hill)

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    1. Hey Lemmons,
      I really like comparing our teams and would love to chat about it, basically you have a better midfield and ruck combo..
      Midfield differences are: Oliver, Martin, Merret, Steele, and Libba VS Fyfe, Coniglio, Brayshaw, Crouch and Bewley
      Ruck difference is Gawn VS Goldstein (i think Gawn is better i just have to save money somewhere)

      And I’ve got a slightly stronger forward and backline.
      Defender differences are Roberton, Collins, Clark VS Mills, Smith, Burgess
      Forward differences are just Greene VS Billings

      Pretty similar!
      Smith vs Roberton is an interesting one, very similar price and situation, I’m a crows fan so i know a lot more about Smith so he just feels safer for me..

      I’ve had Greene in and out of my team all year, scared about his fitness and his consistency… but i’ve heard he should be in the next JLT game so my decision will depend purely on that performance. What are your thoughts on our differences? any of my players you just don’t rate?

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  74. Hopefully don’t have to change much more

    Def: Lloyd, Laird, Williams, Smith, roberton, hore (burgess and Wilkie)

    Mid: Cripps, Kelly, M. Crouch, Merrett, taranto, Walsh, Constable, Bewley ( Smith, hind, gibbons)

    Ruck:Grundy, goldy (schensog)

    Fwd: Danger, Heeney, Mundy, Rankine, setterfield, cavarra (s.mcadam, Parker)

    Not sure if I have too many Mid prices in the back line. Maybe I could drop one down and upgrade another

    Thoughts?

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    1. After thinking more. I could go Smith to a rook in the back line and a rook up to miles or libba on the mid.

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      1. I like your team, it’s very similar to mine.

        I think the back line has the best mid priced range, especially considering the premiums (besides a couple) are as good as the premiums in other positions.
        I’ve been struggling to compare players like Smith and Libba though, both can be so good, both can get injured. I feel like Smith will have a more consistent year and will average 85-90, where as Libba can kill it in the midfield some weeks, then maybe go quiet the next. If Libba can get back to almost his best then he is the pick, good score in JLT but I’m concerned about the opposition he faced…

        Both good players and good value picks.

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        1. PS, i have a few question marks around your forward line,
          Mundy could be too old, Rankine too expensive (could only average 40-45),
          and Cavarra and McAdam both didn’t play JLT 1?

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          1. All rookies are subject to change.

            I did have Dunkley at one stage. Also Smith but now went Mundy. Could easily change back to Smith.

            Rankine is the iffy one. I could easily go a cheaper rook and make faster money or I could go Smith down in Def and rankine up to Greene maybe.

            Thanks for the feedback

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    1. Tough one Engo, I think its safe to say Matt Crouch will almost 100% average higher than Brad. And very safe to say the Whitfield will average higher than Roberton/Newman.
      I’d go Whitfield and Brad.

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  75. Hey guys, would love some opinions on my structure. I rate the mid priced and premium defenders much higher than the forwards this year, so here is my team:

    Def – Laird, Whitfield, Mills, Williams, Smith, Roberton (Burgess, Hore)

    Mid – Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Coniglio, B. Crouch, Walsh, Butters, Constable (Hind, Bewley, Gibbons)

    Ruck – Grundy, Goldstein (Clarke)

    Fwd – Danger, Billings, D. Moore, Blakely, Setterfield, Parker (Drew, Balta)

    27k in the bank.

    Is it too risky having this forward line? Basically my other option is to downgrade Mills to a rookie and upgrade Moore to Heeney.

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    1. Great until I got to your FWD line. Billings and Blakey could become say a Heeney and a cheap rookie (eg Moore/Stengle)?!
      Good luck

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  76. Hey guys,

    Really need some help this year. I know the forward line is weak but any suggestions will be appreciated.

    Back – J. Short – S Hurn – Shaw – Tuohy – Naughton – Clark (S. Collins – H. Jones)

    Mid – Cripps – Oliver – Fyfe – Neale – Taranto – B Crouch – Libba – S. Walsh (j. Hately – Constable – Gibbons)

    Fwd – Danger – Heeney – Setterfield – Moore (Haw) – W. Drew – Balta (Cavarra – Parker)

    Rucks – Goldy – Clarke – Fort

    Thanks for your help

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    1. Couple (maybe 6) too many risks for me!
      Sorry but you could have as few as 6 keepers. 9 if you’re lucky.
      That means you’ll run out of trades to get anywhere near full premium. Don’t go there! I did that last year and it’s not much fun 😉

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  77. Hurn, Williams, Smith
    Roberton Collins Clark
    Burgess Hore

    Macrae Cripps Oliver Neale
    Taranto Cousins Walsh Constable
    Bewley Hind Gibbons

    Grundy /Goldstein Fort

    Danger Smith Heeney
    Elliot Setter Drew
    Walker Cavarra

    Thoughts anyone…..$48700 left……
    Seems cheap rookies are thin this year

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    1. Elliott’s an interesting pick. A lot of mid-pricers, but barring injury should all generate cash. If one becomes a keeper, you’ll be well set.
      Ballsy, but don’t mind it 😉
      Good luck

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  78. I don’t know much about this year’s SC cash cows plz give me advise!
    DEF. R.Laird, Sicily, Whitfield, Wilkie, Jones, Mckay (Duursma, Burgess)

    Mid. Cripps, Neale, Dusty, Ross, M. Crouch, Sloane, Walsh, Hind, (Constable, Bewley, Gibbons)

    RUC. Grundy, Goldy (Fort)

    FOR. Danger, Heeney, Fisher, Mosquito, Hill, Wilkinson, (Drew, Parker)
    16k left in the bank

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    1. don’t worry about the rookies just yet. Keep an eye on Sicily (role next week) and Ross, whose game is better suited to Fantasy.
      All other premos look great.

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  79. Holy cow, there’s a lot of awesome info on here.
    My hubby’s name is Oliver and we love him, so

    DEF:
    Whitfield Mills Williams BSmith Collins Clark
    (HJones Watson l/h)

    MID:
    Macrae Cripps Oliver Coniglio Steele Walsh Butter Hately
    (Constable Golds Gibbons)

    RUC:
    Grundy Gawn
    (ASmith)

    FWD:
    Dangerfield Heeney Daniel Setterfield Drew Parker
    (Hanrahan Moore)

    Nuffink in the bank ($10k)

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    1. looks pretty solid. Daniel’s a risk. Archie Smith is a lot of money to sit on the bench with Grawndy?! Maybe put your loophole there, pick another DEF rookie cheap (in place of Watson) who will play and that should give you enough cash to upgrade one of your mid-pricers to a premo. Nearly anyway. Too tires to do the math.
      Good luck 😉

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  80. Let me know what you think:

    Backs – Lloyd, Williams, Smith, Roberton, H. Jones, Hore (Scrimshaw & Clark)

    Mids – Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Martin, Libba, Walsh, Bewley ( Constable, Gibbons, Hind)

    Rucks – Gundy & Goldy (Bynes)

    Forwards- Danger, Heeney, Billings, Moore, Cavarra, Drew, (Parker, Setterfield)

    Bank $111,300

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    1. Very similar to mine, I’ve just put more money into R2 and less into M5 so has my thumbs up. Don’t mind the Goldy pick to be honest.

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      1. Thanks for the feedback. Whilst i generally go the guns and rookies approach and in the ruck set and forget, this year seems to have so many mildly risky mid pricers.
        As they say in the financial sector. …past performance does not guarantee future returns and i can see a few of last years major scorers and break out players not backing it up.
        Makes it very interesting

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  81. DEF: Lloyd, Laird, Williams, Collins, Clark, Hore (McKay, Burgess)

    MID: Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Yeo, M. Crouch, Walsh, Constable, Bewley (Hind, Gibbons, Valente)

    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Clarke)

    FWD: Dangerfield, D. Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Cavarra)

    $6.5k ITB

    Gone fairly cookie-cutter with a guns and rookies approach. Have noticed that teams that do well have had similar starting lineups, trading in PODs rather than starting with them and only selecting mid-pricers that are cheaper because of injury, rather than potential ‘breakout’ options.

    Only have one player in the $250k – $450k range (Williams), however I have been tempted by both Roberton and Liberatore due to the value they both present and I will be watching them both in JLT 2.

    Have Valente at M11 as a loophole option that may play later in the season whilst other rookies are being rested. If neither Clarke or Fort is named R1 then will swap him for a playing rookie and will have a loophole at R3.

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    1. Great structure. If there is enough good rookies, you can’t really go wrong with Guns and Rookies. Might miss out on overall due to fast starting midpricers that others will have but with the amount of cash you will make you’ll have a very formidable team that steams home come league finals (which is more important to lots of people anyway).

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  82. Defense
    Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Roberton, Collins, Clark, Jones, Hore

    Midfield
    Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Taranto, Libba, Walsh, Hatley, Bewley, Hind, Gibbons

    Ruck
    Grundy, Goldstein, Bines

    Foward
    Dangerfield, Heeney, Green, Setterfield, Drew, Parker, Burgess, Cavarra

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    1. Greene at F3 would give me shivers due to suspension risk and lack of pre-season due to injury but otherwise a very well balance team.

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  83. It’s a pain having two players with the same given initial and surname but here goes for the first time in a long time …

    D: Whitfield Mills Williams B.Smith Collins Clark (H.Jones Hore)
    M: Macrae Cripps Oliver Coniglio Steele B.Crouch Butters Hately (Constable Gibbons Golds)
    R: Grundy Gawn (Sweet)
    F: Danger Heeney DarcyMoore Setterfield Drew Parker (Hanrahan Moore)

    Despite Balta looking like a bolter, I’m not sure he’ll start. There are a few other rookies I like (incl. Walsh obviously) who may still come in after JLT2 and final team selections, but am v. happy with premo picks and potential money-makers. Yes, there’s a fair bit of risk, but you need that if you’re gonna have a dash.

    All thoughts welcome. Cheers

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    1. Moore at F3 is asking for trouble if you ask me. I’d turn Steele/DarcyMoore into Walsh/Premo but I’m not going to talk a Saints fan out of Steele 😛

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      1. Cheers Hutta and of course you’re right. You won’t be talking me out of Steele!!
        I will find a way to get Walsh in tho’ and it will involve losing Darcy. I might have a cunning plan. Just need to watch one more game next week 😉

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    2. Ballsy team allsaints but I like it for the most part.

      Love Whitfield and Mills could see a big boost in scores. Strong midfield, I don’t know about B Crouch, could go to a rookie and grab a Devon Smith in the forwards (cash permitting). Grundy/Gawn should be an awesome combo, I can’t bring myself to spend that much on my rucks, but I imagine you ranked a lot higher than me last year.

      Looks pretty darn good overall.

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    3. Not a bad side allsaints.
      I particuarly like how you have a few POD players.
      Perhaps a little skinny in the forwards. I have Darcy Moore at F4.
      Perhaps cash in Crouch to Walsh and spend your bank on beefing up your forwards a bit.
      I suspect that Pruess will play and Gawn will rest forward instead of on the bench. How this affects his scoring buggered if i know.
      Looking forward to getting a win against you this year unlike last year especially if you join my league The Looney Mooneys

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  84. Brought Walsh in recently and would greatly appreciate thoughts on the current iteration.

    Def: R Laird, L Whitfield, Z Williams, D Roberton, S Collins, J Clark, (B McKay, M Hore)

    Mid: N Fyfe, J Kelly, L Neale, Z Merrett, R Sloane, A Miles, S Walsh, C Constable, (B Bewley, T Atkins, M Gibbons)

    Ruck: B Grundy, T Goldtsein, (D Fort)

    Fwd: P Dangerfield, I Heeney, T Greene, D Moore, W Setterfield, W Drew, (C Burgess, M Parker)

    Remaining salary: 5300

    D4,F3,F4 have caused the most problems this pre season but the rest of the on-field side has rarely moved.

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  85. Hi guys

    Happy for you to rip me apart with this team, at the moment its just something im playing with

    DEF Witherden, Williams, Newman, Smith, Roberon, Collins ( Clarke & Hore )

    MID Crips, Oliver, Fyfe, B. Crouch, Libba, Walsh, Butters, Setterfield ( Constable, Bewley, Gibbons )

    Ruck Grundy, Gawn ( Sweet )

    FWDS Danger, Smith, Heeney, Worpel, Blakey, Parker (Burgers, Cavarra )
    $57k left over

    #### Hoping 3 off Witherden, Williams, Newman, Smith, Roberton, Finish the season in the team as top 10 defs , meaning only needing to upgrade 2 of them plus a rookie

    #### Hoping to keep one of either B. Crouch or Libba as a M8 or better at season end

    #### Hoping Worpel can possible finish in the team as a top 10 fwd come seasons endlol a lot of hope but who knows

    Risk v reward

    Cheers

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  86. Thanks for your feedback Hutta. F3 has been given me a headache to be honest, have read an article that Greene is fit and good to go, will see how he goes in jlt 2.

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  87. Hi guys,
    Think there isn’t as much rookie value as other years, especially up forward. Hence starting 4 premo fwds. Anyway here’s my team, any thoughts would be appreciated.
    Def:
    Laird, Williams, Roberton, Collins, Clark, Jones (Watson, hore)

    Mid:
    Cripps, Oliver, kelly, Neale, liberatore, cousins, Walsh, Hately (Constable, bewley, gibbons)

    Ruck:
    Grundy, Gawn (sweet)

    Fwd:
    Danger, menegola, smith, heeney, setterfield, drew (Parker, burgess)

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  88. Certainly not the final team, but would love to hear if people think I am barking up the wrong or right tree, here goes…

    DEF: Laird, Whitfield, Witherden, Newman, Collins, Scrimshaw (Clark, McKay)
    MID: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Bont, McGrath, Caldwell, Butters, Constable (Bewley, Scott, Gibbons)
    RCK: Gawn, Nank (Fort)
    FWD: Danger, Smith, Heeney, Rozee, Setterfield, Stengle (Parker, Cavarra)

    My biggest question marks are on Newman and McGrath, I think they both have potential to score well and make cash, but there is this nagging thought that I replace Newman with a rookie and grab another premo mid like Dusty or Neale.

    Any thoughts appreciated, cheers.

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    1. I think Williams is the gift-horse in 2019. Don’t mind Newman, or McGrath for that matter.
      Structure-wise great but feel you’re taking too many risks where it really matters (MIDs and RUCs); where the points are.
      FWD line looks very strong, but given it tends to offer the least output, if the rookies or stepping-stones present themselves there, I’d be taking that approach.
      Still another Rd of JLT to go and a lot can happen between now and first bounce.
      Looks good mate. And thanks for the feedback. Much appreciate it. See you next week, when our teams will likely be unrecognisable from today 🙂

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  89. Whitfield crisp Williams
    Williamson scrimshaw Burgess
    (Hore wigg)
    Cripps Neale coniglio
    Martin McGrath miles
    Walsh gibbons
    (Stocker Bewley hind)
    Grundy Gawn
    (Schlemsog – loophole fwd/rip dp)
    Danger Dunkley t-Kelly
    Greene setterfield cavarra
    (Parker Chol)

    Rookies hard to determine atm due to unknown who is playing so will change around who is playing rnd one

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    1. Wigg has done his ACL so he won’t be playing this year. Spewing as he was looking the goods as a rookie

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  90. I have Sauce Jacobs in my team but to date haven’t heard a thing about him. Am I missing something or is he OK.

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  91. Any feed back welcome
    DEF: Laird,Witherden,Williams,Smith,Roberton,Clark (McKay,Jones)

    MID: Macrae,Cripps,Oliver,M Crouch,Brayshaw,Butters,Hateley,Constable (Hind,Watson,Gibbons)

    RUCK: Gawn,Goldy (Clarke)

    FWD: Danger,Heeny,Darling,Setterfield,Bolta,Miers (Burgess,Parker)

    $50g left – rookies could change and am open to starting one cheap ruck.

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  92. What is everyone’s thoughts on my team here?

    DEF – Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Collins, Hore (Jones, Wilkie)

    MID – Crippa, Oliver, Neale, Duncan, MCrouch, Walshy, Butters, Constable (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)

    RUC – Grundy, Goldy (Clarke)

    FWD – Danger, Heeney, Smith, Setters, Burgess, Parker (Cavarra, Drew)

    Only $700 in the bank, any feedback would be much appreciated legends!

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  93. Thoughts on this lineup.
    Agree that will be able to pick up Lloyd cheaper into the season. Lots of mid price risks in defence ???
    Hoff to cover Mumford first 2 rounds.
    $100k left

    DEF: Laird, Williams, Newman, Roberton, Collins, J Clarke (McLennen, Hore)

    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Martin, Libba, Walsh, Butters (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)

    RUC: Grundy, Mumford (Bines)

    FWD: Dangerfield, Westhoff, Heeney, Settlefield, Burgess, Drew (Parker, Walker)

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  94. DEF: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Roberton, Clark, Burgess (F.Watson,Hore)

    MID: Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Walsh, Caldwell, Butters (Constable, Golds, Gibbons)

    RUCK: Grundy, Goldstein (Sweet)

    FWD: Dangerfield, Heeney, Billings, Setterfield, Hanrahan, Drew (Parker, Balta)

    BANK:23,300K
    Originally got sucked in a bit by the mid-pricers a bit haha leaning more towards GnR, running just Roberton and Williams(if he counts) as the mid pricers.
    Thoughts?
    Also, swap Laird for Lloyd and only have 2.7K bank or keep the extra cash?

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