223 thoughts on “Rate My Team (March #3)”

  1. DEF: Ryan, Houston, Docherty, Cumming, Noble, Ash (Zerk-Thatcher, Starcevich)
    MID: Macrae, Neale, Kelly, Cripps, Oliver, Narkle, Rowell, Pickett (Green, Robertson, Budarick)
    RUC: Grundy, English (Conroy)
    FWD: Whitfield, Petracca, Long, Crocker, Brander, Taylor (Rankine, King)

    12.2k remaining.

    Would love to hear thoughts

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    1. That set-up is very much like mine, except I’ve gone for a few mid-pricers in the forwards rather than Whitfield. all those rookies get named.

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    2. I really like Cummings as a player, real accumulator. Hes hard pressed for a spot in gws’ stacked backline! They will probably opt for ash with his elite ball use.

      Narkle is also another fella I really like! But I also had to cull him based on limited midfield time when Duncan comes back, he will be behind Duncan, selwood, Danger and selwood, with all those boys predominantly inter changing he wont see many ball ups etc.

      I like the english pick, will make some coin. Whilst I think next year is his year, it could definitely happen this year!

      Other than that the rookies are good and the structure is solid.

      Good luck.

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  2. DEF: smith, docherty, noble, ash, Zerk thatcher, young
    MID: Macrae, Neale, Kelly, Cripps, dunkley, Rowell, Green, Pickett
    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Conroy)
    FWD: Whitfield, martin, brayshaw, steven, Brander, taylor

    80k remaining.

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    1. Very similar to my own, cant fault it. I have both green and noble, will have to keep a good eye on job security there.

      Good luck.

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  3. Def: Laird, Houston, Docherty, Roberton, Noble, Zerk-Thatcher (Starcevich, Gould)

    Mid: Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Dunkley, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, McHenry, Budarick)

    Ruck: Grundy, Naismith (Xerri)

    Fwd: Whitfield, Martin, Steven, Smith, Brander, Taylor (Rankine, King)

    157k in the bank;
    > Gone with the more expensive on field rookie options in defence as they should have better JS and scoring potential. Noble can easily be changed to Ash or Cumming depending on selections.
    > Quite set on the mid premos only thing that might change is Green whos JS is in the air so can swap him out for another rookie.
    > With regards to the rucks, at first glance Naismith really looks like a risk that could pay off. His two Marsh games both were on track for a score near the 100 mark if not being taken out towards the end of the games Ideally i’d hope for him to make 200k but if things go sideways and he gets injured I do have the funds for a straight swap to Jacobs.
    > Forwards seem alright as i’ve tried to reduce the amount of rookie on the line. Would like to try and fit Machperson somehow in there as not too sold on Steven as of yet.

    Any Thoughts? Feedback appreciated 🙂

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    1. I had a real good look at Naismith and the cash he frees up is unreal, but I dont have the balls to get the glass man!

      Like the look of your team though.

      Good luck

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    2. There are two key problems with starting Naismith:
      I. As RanceIYMPs says, he is made of glass, which means,
      II. You have to keep a substantial bank to cover the risk.
      That is 30 onfield pts each week lost that you can never retrieve. If he averages 90, he is therefore really averaging 60, but the money he then makes you is real and NET in value.
      If on the other hand, Xerri or CAMERON start and look solid, you can spend that spare cash on an early upgrade knowing you have cover. Alternatively, you could start a Ceglar or CC-J type in your FWD line as insurance and spend your bank BEFORE the season starts.
      There are a few ways to cover the risk, but I reckon holding a slush fund to cover the risk is the least effective. You can’t EVER recoup lost onfield points. Spend your budget! But do it wisely. Good luck 🙂

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  4. Here we go one last time!

    Def – Lloyd, Ryan, Byrne-Jones, Docherty, Zerk-Thatcher, Starcevich (Brander, Gould)

    Mid – Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, McCluggage, B Hill, Rowell, Pickett, Bianca (Robertson, Rivers , Budarick)

    Ruc – Grundy, Gawn (Comben)

    Fwd – Dusty, Walters, Brayshaw, Georgiades, C Cameron, King (Rankine, Taylor)

    78,800k Banked

    Any feedback is much appreciated!!

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    1. The MIDs look weak while the DEFs look too strong for balance. Could be wrong but think BHill and CCameron, while both will be great to watch, will disappoint from an SC perspective.
      Good luck!

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      1. I messed up! I meant D Cameron. I know Charlie is not an SC player but I believe Hill will have a great season. Thanks for the feedback!

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  5. DEF: Laird, Ryan, Docherty, Noble, Zerk-Thatcher, Starcevich (Williams, Gould)
    MID: Macrae, Neale, Kelly, Cripps, Gaff, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, Rivers, Budarick)
    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Conroy)
    FWD: Whitfield, Brayshaw, Steven, Smith, Brander, Taylor (Rankine, King)

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      1. They all don’t have to finish top six. If two of them finish top ten he has scored plenty of points and will probably have three other top tens through trading.

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  6. Defenders
    Laird Sicily Doc BZT Starcevich Brander
    Gould Greaves

    Mids
    J.Kelly Cripps Bont Oliver Merrett Rowell T.Green Pickett
    Sharp Robertson Brayshaw

    Ruck
    Gawn Grundy
    Conroy

    Fwds
    Whitfield Martin Macpherson D.Smith Taylor King
    Rankine Budarick

    RB with thoughts on team and TU and TD

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    1. Looks good. And I don’t mind the Merrett pick at all. Could go back up to 110+ and is very unlikely to go backwards. Tick.

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  7. Hey guys let me know your thoughts on the team any feedback is good feedback still 11k itb still up and down with Brayshaw let me know your thoughts
    Backs
    Laird, Houston, Doch
    Noble, BZT, Starcevich
    (Williams, Gould)
    Mids
    Neale, Cripps, Bont
    Oliver, Yeo, Rowell
    Green Pickett
    (Sharp, Robertson, Mead)
    Rucks
    Grundy, Gawn (Xerri)
    Forwards
    Whitfield, Parish, Brayshaw
    Smith, Brander, Taylor
    (King, Budarick)

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    1. Brayshaw ain’t the man for the job I’d wait to see how he actually plays in the season.

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  8. Def; Lloyd, Sicily, Docherty, Noble, Zerk-Thatcher, Gould
    (Williams, Starcevich)

    Mid; Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Dunkley, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett
    (Budarick, McHenry, Robertson)

    Ruck; Grundy & Gawn (Conroy)

    Fwd; Whitfield, Martin, D.Smith, Brander, Taylor, Rankine
    (King, Oconnor)

    Thoughts appreciated. Main concern is what forward structure to roll with.
    Should I look to incorporate another mid pricer, such as steven/brayshaw???

    Feedback please.

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  9. Def: Laird, Sicily, Houston, Noble, Zerk, Gould (McLennan, Greaves)
    Mid: Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, Danger, Bont, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, Budarick, Mahony)
    Rucks: Grundy Gawn (Conroy)
    Fwd: Whitfield, Dusty, Devon, Brander, Georgiades, Taylor (Cameron, King)

    50k in bank
    Keen to add a POD in Fwd or Def, any ideas?

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    1. Wouldn’t look for a POD for the sake of it. Would look for better forward rookies! You need one or both of the ADE rookies for better JS (and maybe even points).
      Otherwise looks v solid.

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  10. Thoughts on this one. TU and TD appreciated
    Def: Laird, Houston, Doc, Noble, Zerk-Thatcher, Brander (B.J Williams, Gould)

    Mid: Macrae, Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (T Brown, D
    Robertson, Budarick)

    Ruck: Gawndy (Conroy)

    Forw: Whitfield, Martin, Smith, Bonar, Georgiades, Taylor ( King, Rankine)
    26k left

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  11. Hey fellas, this is how I’m looking so far…

    DEF: Laird, Sicily, Doc, Roberton, Noble, Zerk (Brander, Gould)
    MID: Crips, Dunkley, Bont, Zerret, Steele, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Ash, Roberson, Budrick)
    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Conroy)
    FWD: Martin, MacPherson, DSmith, Steven, Crocker, King (Rankine, Taylor)

    Now I’ve gone quite light through all my lines, excluding rucks, on the belief that these players will be top 10 for their respected positions.

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    1. Liking the team, especially the Steele pick.

      Might need to consider not so many mid pricers and go for more proven performers (ie. Whitfield), but can put up case for all your picks so go with your gut.

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    2. Love the Steele pick 😉
      And Zerrett could be one of those great picks this year. Has kinda gone under the radar with all the focus on last year’s ubers.

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  12. Def:
    Laird, Ryan, Doch
    Zerk, Brander, Watson
    (Williams, Gould)

    Mid:
    Neale, J. Kelly, Cripps, Bont,
    Oliver, Rowell, Green, Starc
    (Brown, Pickett, Mahony)

    Rucks:
    Grundy, English (Xerri)

    Forwards:
    Whitfield, Martin, MacPherson,
    Brayshaw, Rankine, Taylor
    (King, Budarick)

    Feedback appreciated

    Backs I’m considering: Houston, B.Smith, Noble

    Forwards I’m considering: D.Smith, Lipinksi, Petracca

    Thanks

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  13. D: Laird, Sicily, Docherty, Ash, Zerk-Thatcher, Brander, Watson, Williams
    M: Macrae, Neale, Kelly, Cripps, Dunkley, Rowell, Green, Pickett, Mahony, Robertson, Hibberd
    R: Grundy, Gawn, Comben
    F: Whitfield, Martin, Smith, Bonar, Taylor, Budarick, King, Rankine

    And the cherry on top: $0 remaining.

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  14. Hey guys let me know your thoughts on the team any feedback is good feedback still 11k itb still up and down with Brayshaw let me know your thoughts
    Backs
    Laird, Houston, Doch
    Noble, BZT, Starcevich
    (Williams, Gould)
    Mids
    Neale, Cripps, Bont
    Oliver, Yeo, Rowell
    Green Pickett
    (Sharp, Robertson, Mead)
    Rucks
    Grundy, Gawn (Xerri)
    Forwards
    Whitfield, Parish, Brayshaw
    Smith, Brander, Taylor
    (King, Budarick)

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    1. Solid. Yeo (TKelly) and Parish (Heppell return) my only questions, but if they pay off, will set you apart. Good luck!

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  15. getting close would appreciate any feedback on this guys

    DEF SICILY HOUSTON DOCH CUMMING NOBLE ASH BZERK BRANDER

    MIDS CRIPPS MITCHELL NEALE BONT YEO GREEN STARCEVICH PICKETT TBROWN BUDARICK

    RUCKS GRUNDY ENGLISH CAMERON

    FWDS MARTIN MACPHERSON ABRAYSHAW SMITH RANKINE TAYLOR GEOGIADES XERRI

    98K Left for late tweaking

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    1. Very heavy spend on DEF line. Could work, but maybe better, cheaper options than Cumming and Ash (JS?!), eg Williams, that’s help you with FWD rookies (who a couple of may not do well enough to generate fast and good cash).
      Just thoughts. Good luck!

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  16. Def: Hurn Sicily Doch BZK Gould McLennan (Starcevich, Watson)
    Mid: Macrae Neale Oliver Dunkley Cripps Rowell Picket T.Green (Sharp Robertson Dow)
    Ruc: Gawn Grundy ( Xerri)
    Fwd: Whitfield Dusty Greene Brander King Taylor ( Davis Budarickl)

    Any thoughts appreciated

    Cheers

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    1. Looks great but see Greene a little overpriced and therefore more of an upgrade target. Could be wrong of course, but a single value pick FWD could help bolster a DEF rookie to a Noble type?!
      Good luck. Looks v solid.

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  17. Any thoughts and criticism (constructive or otherwise, froth a bit of banter) is very much welcome 🙂

    DEF – Laird, Houston, Docherty, Zerk-Thatcher, Starcevich, Brander (Williams, Gould)

    MID – Neale, Fyfe, J.Kelly, Cripps, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Picket (McHenry, Robertson, Mead)

    RUC – Grundy, Gawn (Naismith)

    FWD – Whitfield, D.Martin, D.Smith, Rankine, Taylor, Budarick (Xerri, M.King)

    About 70k in the bank.

    Justification of running Naismith at R3 is for a bit of Gawn insurance as well as a money maker. If he can make 200k I’ll be happy. My other option is moving Xerri to R3 and having Long/Noble in the side somewhere.

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    1. Looks great despite spending that much on the bench (Naismith). While it’s a lovely idea, I’d rather spend the cash to further strengthen my onfield team and grab the extra valuable points (however minimal that may be). Noble or Long should comfortably do that for you.
      Good luck!

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  18. I think I’m happy and done until the teams are released next week…. in the meantime I’d appreciate some feedback.

    Sicily, Doch, Noble, Ash, Zerk, Brander (Williams, Gould)
    Macrae, Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, Dunkley, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, Sharp, Budarick)
    Grundy, Gawn (Xerri)
    Whitfield, Martin, MacPherson, Smith, Davis, Taylor (Cameron,King)

    Realise the Defence is weak but I feel most confident about rookies JS in this line.

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  19. Def – Sicily houston doc noble ash bzt (starcevich, gould)

    Mid – macrae cripps dunkley bont oliver rowell green pickett (robertson sharp budarick)

    Ruck -grundy gawn (comben)

    For- whitfield brayshaw steven Dsmith branded Taylor (rankine king)

    Risk going brayshaw steven?
    Or dusty bonar

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    1. Looks great with the three Dogs in the middle. Prefer what you have to your suggested alternative. Good luck

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  20. Very happy with this version of my team, definitely would go into Rd 1 with it. Honest feedback would be much appreciated!
    DEF: Lloyd, Weller, Doc, Cumming, BZT, Williams (Rivers, Gould)

    MID: Macrae, Jelly, Cripps, Danger, Bont, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, Hibberd, Budarick)

    RUC: Grawndy (Comben)

    FWD: Whit, Tracca, Smith, Lokosius, Taylor, King (Rankine, Mahony)

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  21. Everyone’s thoughts much appreciated

    TU: Gawn, H. Young, Rozee (f2)

    TD: Jacobs, Ceglar (f2), Houston (d3)

    Not sold on either but interested in hearing everyone’s thoughts

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  22. Here we go, One more time.
    Def: Laird, Ryan, Jones, Ridley, Zerk-Thatcher, Brander (Keane, Greaves)
    Mid: Neale, Kelly, Cripps, Dunkley, Yeo, Rowell, Ash, Robertson (Green, Pickett, Budarick)
    Rucks: Grundy, Martin (Cameron)
    Fwd: Whitfield, MacPherson, Brayshaw, Smith, Taylor, King (Georgiades, Rankine)

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  23. let me know what you think:

    Def: Lloyd, Sicily, Doch, Noble, BZT, Starcevich (Gould, Rivers)
    Mid: Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Kelly, Bont, Rowell, Green, Pickett (DRob, Magniess, Mahony)
    Ruc: Grundy, Gawn (Conroy)
    Fwd: Whitfield, Martin, D.Smith, Brander, Rankine, Taylor (DCameron, Budiarick)

    2k in the bank :/

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  24. This must be attempt 1000, but feeling like I might sit on this version until teams are announced.

    DEF: Ryan, Sicily, Doch, Noble, BZT, Brander (Worrell, Gould)
    MID: Neale, Fyfe, Kelly, Danger, Oliver, Rowell, Pickett, Robertson (Bianco, Rivers, Hibberd)
    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Comben)
    FWD: Whitfield, Martin, Smith, Lukosius, B Davis, Taylor (King, Budarick)

    Considering one main structure change, which would be to turn Lukosius into Roberton with a switch of rookie numbers from FWD to DEF (probably Rankine in, Worrell out). Really like the look of Lukosius, but if Roberton is fully firing, not sure I can keep him out.

    Any comments appreciated.

    Cheers

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  25. Just sitting on this team till rookies revealed next week. Thoughts?

    DEF: Lloyd, Laird, Docherty, Noble, Zerk, Starcevich (Gould, Watson)

    MID: Macrea, Cripps, Dunkley, Danger, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Brown, McHenry, Robertson)

    RUCK: Grundy, Gawn (Comben)

    FWD: Whitfield, Martin, Smith, Brander, Rankine, Taylor (King, Budarick)

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  26. Last Draft Before teams are named

    Crisp Smith Doch BZT Starcevich Williams (Gould Watson)

    Jelly Dunkley bont Cogs Walsh Hately Rowell Green (Pickett robertson budarick)

    G&G ( loop)

    Whitfield Dusty McPherson Smith Brander Cameron ( Taylor King)

    Bit risky through the guts, and hope Hately gets a good run at it this year.

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  27. Backs:
    Laird, Houston, Docherty, Roberton, Noble, Gould (Starcevich, Brander)
    Mids:
    Fyfe, Cripps, Dunkley, Dangerfield, T Kelly, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, Sharp, Budarick)
    Rucks:
    Grundy, Gawn (Cameron)
    Forwards:
    Whitfield, Gresham, D Smith, Long, Rankine, Taylor (King, Xerri)

    Any advice is appreciated

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  28. First team post for the year
    Interested in everyone’s feedback
    Best of luck this year everyone.

    Def: Sicily, Docherty, Roberton, Noble, Bezerk, Crocker – Watson, Gould

    Mid: Cripps, Dunkley, Bonts, Oliver, T Kelly, MacPherson, Rowell, Pickett- Robertson, Mahony, Hibberd

    Ruc: Grundy, Gawn – Comben or Xerri

    Fwd: Whitfield, Dusty, Stevens, D Smith, Brander, Taylor – King, Budarick

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  29. I have seen some really good looking teams with 11 genuine premiums plus 2 fallen premiums in Doc and Smith. But in all those teams, they share the weakness of 5 fwd rookies that are all slow burn, and I am not sure if I trust them onfield.

    So, I have gone a little more mid priced, stretched to 14 non rookies. I have a genuine 8 premo, 2 fallen premo plus 4 breakout contenders. My rookie set up is maybe slightly superior, or at least equal to those sides. I have potentially more early points and a better chance of reaching a A- to B+ premium side. It’s little chance of reaching full premium. I am hoping that this is the year that might be enough.

    The weakness is only starting 8 premiums, and it’s highly likely that only 1 or 2 of my breakout contenders end up being premium. I am not sold on the premium defence options, so hoping that the 2 I have chosen may not be far off the pace for premium status. All my breakout contenders are based on significant role changes – more midfield time. So maybe justification for being overly optimistic.

    So, for all that:

    Def. Houston Weller Doc Noble BZerk Starcevich (Brander Williams)

    Mid. Macrae Neale Dunkley Bont Oliver Rowell Green Pickett (Robertson Budarick North)

    Ruck. Grundy Gawn (Comben)

    Forward. Whitfield Ceglar Bradshaw Smith Crocker Taylor (Rankine King)

    4K left. Wanted Xerri in R3, but just short. If he is named, I might need to change to fit him in. Probably Watson for Crocker, and maybe North to a playing rookie. North is actually a handy loophole when you look at Freo’s early draw, and from reports he may be a chance to come in during the season.

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  30. Dashing Donkeys one week to go……

    Bank $43 300.

    Bench rookies are subject to change, based on selection.
    yadda yadda yadda….

    Def: Sicily. Doc. Lukosius*.
    __Noble. B Zerk. Brander.
    Bench: T Watson. B Williams.

    Mid: Macrae. Neale.
    __Cripps. Dunkley. Oliver.
    ___ Rowell. Ash. Pickett.

    Bench: R C Dawkins. Rivers. Budarick

    Ruck G&G.com ben

    Fwd:Whit. Dusty. Steven.
    ___ Smith. Crocker. Taylor.
    Bench: Rankine. King.

    Lukosius* could become Roberton.
    I just want to see Robo’s role in this new look Saints defence. I also think Luko could potentially start alright as the Suns usually do.
    They seem to have their tall defenders fit, releasing Luko to a
    wing. Hopefully he can go at 75+ until his late Bye, or he may become Houston R12 😉

    I had Laird at D1 for ages but decided to get Dusty instead. At 60% ownership ( just like Whitfield ) if he goes bang, you are getting left behind big time. There just seems too much value in Steven Smith. After the Marsh Series, I see two potential keepers for under $700K ..where do you sign me up ?

    Let me know what you think.. or should I say eat me alive.. he he.

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  31. Def:
    Laird, sicily, Docherty, Roberton, noble, bzt (gould, williams)

    Mid:
    Jelly, cripps, dunkley, oliver, macpherson, rowell, serong, green (picket, rivers, budarick)

    Ruck:
    Grundy, sauce (comben)

    For:
    Whitfield, dusty, steven, smith, lukosius, brander (cameron, king)

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  32. Lloyd, Doc, B Williams, Roberton, Noble, BZT, Brander, Gould.

    J Kelly, Cripps, Bont, Oliver, Mcluggage, Rowell, Green, picket, D Robertson, Mahoney, budarik

    Grundy, English, Conroy

    Whitfield, Martin, pettraca, Steven, Smith, Taylor, Rankin, King

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  33. Split between these two structures

    TU,
    DEF: Housten, Docherty, Ash, BZT, Brander, Gould: rooks
    MID: Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Bont, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett: rooks
    RUCK: Grundy, Gawn: loop
    FWD: Whitfield, Dusty, Machpherson, Brayshaw, Smith, Taylor: rooks

    TD,
    DEF: Sicily, Housten, Docherty, BZT, Starcevich, Gould: Rooks
    MID: Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Oliver, Cogs, Rowell, Green, Pickett: Rooks
    RUCK: Gawn, Grundy: Loop
    FWD: Whitfield, Martin, Machpherson, Smith, Rankine, Taylor: Rooks

    Not convinced with Coniglio, due to his record of disposal efficiency.
    Cheers

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  34. I’ve gone for a bit of a left field team this year, trying something new. Might bomb miserably, but not keen on another cookie cutter team. It just makes the game boring, all having the same players.

    DEF: C. Daniel, L. Ryan, S. Docherty, D. Roberton, BZT, W. Gould (L. Ash, J. Brander)
    MID: J. Macrae, J. Kelly, T. Kelly, S. Coniglio, H. McLuggage, M. Rowell, T. Green, M. Pickett (N. McHenry, D. Robertson, C. Budarick)
    RUC: B. Grundy, N. Naitanui (C. Comben)
    FWD: L. Whitfield, J.Ceglar, A. Brayshaw, J. Steven, D. Smith, A. Bonar (C. Taylor, M. King)

    I’ll probably crash hard, have to make a hundred trades in the first few weeks. But oh well, I’m not gonna win the whole thing anyway.

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  35. Well only a week to go thank goodness. Bring it on.
    Nasty people have conspired to remove most potential rookies and it’s doing my head in. So many drafts, but today i’ve Don3 the u thinkable and left big Maxy out to free up some cash for much needed mid pricers
    The logic is that he is under done and he may have controlled game time early on, especially with the young fella in the wings. If he starts slowly and drops in price, maybe I can pick him up later in the season. Otherwise I, and most others, are likely to struggle for playing rookies, and I hate donuts! Plus also limited cash generation.
    So
    Defence
    Houston, B Smith, doc, Roberton, ash, Brander (Gould, Williams)
    Mids
    Macrae, Neale, Dunkley, Cripps, Oliver, Rowell, green, Pickett (Robertson, Hibberd, Budarick
    Rucks
    Grundy, Ceglar ( Xerri)
    Forwards
    Whitfield, Martin, Brayshaw, Smith, Rayner, Taylor ( Cameron, Rankine)
    7k in the bank
    Amazingly still 12 rookies that may not get selected. On the other hand 11 or 12 premo keepers including high price mids, maybe 14 if a couple of “risks” come off.
    Can’t find any extra cash for a better F3, or to get Steven, Noble or a premo D1.
    Still we are all in the same boat. Good luck to all and fingers crossed for some rookies come next Thursday.
    PS. Thanks to all contributors for a wealth of data, background info and opinions

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  36. DEF: Sicily, Houston, Doch, Roberton, Cumming, Noble (Zerk, Brander)

    MID: Fyfe, Cripps, Mitchell, Oliver, Rowell, Stephens, Green, Starcevich (McHenry, Pickett, Budarick)

    RUCK: Grundy, Gawn (Xerri)

    FWD: Whit, Dusty, Trac, Smith, Taylor, King (Cameron, Rankine)

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  37. Would love some TU/TD’s community.
    A comment with some constructive criticism also welcome..

    DEF: laird Ryan docherty Nobel zerk Starcevich ( Bwilliams WATSON)

    MID: Macrae JKelly Cripps Dunkley Oliver Rowell Green Pickett ( bytel McHenry Robertson)

    RUCK: grundy Jacobs ( Conroy)

    FWD: Whitfield Martin Brayshaw Smith brander Taylor ( king Budarick)

    175k bank 🙂

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    1. In my opinion it is best to spend all the money available at the start to begin the season with the strongest team possible

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  38. DEF – Laird, Sicily, Docherty, Roberton, Noble, Zerk, Brander (Starc, Brander)

    MID – J. Kelly, Cripps, Titchell, Bont, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (McHenry, Brown, Robertson)

    Ruck – Gawn, Sam Jacobs (Xerri)

    FWD – Whitfield, Dusty, Brayshaw, Smith, Schultz, Taylor (King, Budarick)

    I have $0 in the bank, need to get Grundy back in…… any recommendations? Are my rookies looking ok?

    Any advice appreciated

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    1. I have a similar line up to you mate, however have only gone 4 deep in MID to allow for SET&FORGET in RUCKS!!

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  39. DEF:
    Laird, Sicily, Docherty
    Noble, BZT, Brander
    (Watson,Gould)
    MID:
    Macrae, Fyfe
    Cripps, Oliver, McCluggage
    Rowell, Green, Pickett
    (McHenry, Robertson, Mahony)
    Ruck:
    G&G (Conroy)
    FWD:
    Whitfield, Dusty, Steven
    Smith, Rankine, Taylor
    (King, Budarick)

    I had opted for a weaker M4 and M5 to enable some sort of balance in the squad, however i am expecting big things from both Oliver and McCluggage(especially him).

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    1. That sacrifice for me would have to mean I’m getting a player in a different position that is a must have.

      Feels a little too risky for not a lot of reward.

      You’re essentially banking on other option being a top 6 DEF/FWD and Mclug/Oliver both being top 8. Could work out, but if I’m picking Oliver/Mclug over a Neale/Danger/Bont type I’d want that to mean I get a guaranteed star in another spot so I’m only taking 1 risk.

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  40. DEF: Laird, Sicily, Roberton, Zerk-Thatcher, Starcevich, Brander
    Bench: Williamson, Gould

    MID: McRae, J.Kelly, Cripps, Oliver, J.Steven,
    Rowell, Green, Pickett
    Bench: Robertson, Sharp, Budarick

    Ruck: Grundy, Gawn and Comben

    FWD: Dusty, Whitfield, Macpherson, Brayshaw, Smith, Crocker
    Bench: Taylor, King

    Risky going without the 5 premo mids, but thinking is it means I can pick all quality rookies and load the forward line. Also, the fact that there are so many quality mids means I can probably pick up some fallen premiums down the line. Not sold on Macpherson, he could become Petracca or Docherty using Branders DPP.

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  41. Can I have a TU TD on which side you all prefer ….

    TU:
    DEF: laird Ryan docherty Nobel zerk Starcevich ( Bwilliams WATSON)

    MID: Macrae JKelly Cripps Dunkley Oliver Rowell Green Pickett ( bytel McHenry Robertson)

    RUCK: grundy Jacobs ( Conroy)

    FWD: Whitfield Martin Brayshaw Smith brander Taylor ( king Budarick)

    175k bank

    TD:

    DEF: laird Ryan docherty zerk Starcevich brander ( Bwilliams WATSON)

    MID: Macrae JKelly Dunkley Oliver Coniglio Rowell Green Pickett ( bytel McHenry Robertson)

    RUCK: grundy Gawn ( Xerri)

    FWD: Whitfield Martin Brayshaw Smith Budarick Taylor ( king Cameron )

    5k bank

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    1. Both are very similar with I think only 3 different players so it comes down to

      Cameron, Gawn & Coniglio V Cripps, Jacobs & Noble

      My expectation of scoring:

      Cameron (50) will not play every game so may be different, Gawn (120 plus capt option) & Coniglio (105) = 225 (275 with Cameron)
      V
      Cripps (115), Jacobs (90), Noble (70) = 275

      Just shows that either way if pretty solid go with your gut feel & best of luck which ever you choose

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  42. Getting closer to being stable with only one or two spots aside from rookies changing.

    DEF: Laird, Sicily, Docherty, Noble, BZerk, Brander (Watson, Gould)

    MID: McRae, Neale, Dunkley, Oliver, Houston, Rowell, Pickett, Robertson (Green, T Brown, M Hibberd)

    RUCK: G&G (Conroy)

    FWD: Whitfield, Martin, Brayshaw, Smith, Rankine, Taylor (Cameron, Budarick)

    I am counting 12 premiums with the potential that one or both of Brayshaw/Smith can lift there average back to a FWD premo average (90-95)

    Houston in the middle allows me a little more cash to spend down back as I had Roberton but am worried about his scoring.

    Thoughts??

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    1. Afternoon, Hysni.

      I’d either run Houston down back or not at all and, yeah, I’m with you on Roberton. Saints have too many HB options; Clark, Long, Savage and Roberton are always going to rob each other. Two will have big games, other two will bum around at 60~.

      Hoping Doedee or Young can get up for R1 to replace him.

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  43. Defenders
    Laird Sicily Doc BZT Starcevich Brander
    BENCH Greaves Gould

    MIDS
    J.Kelly Bont Cripps Titch Merret Dusty Rowell Pickett
    Bench Robertson Sharp Brayshaw

    RUCK GG
    Conroy

    FWDS
    Whitfield macpherson Smith C.Taylor Rankine King
    BENCH Georgideas Budarick

    Thoughts and feedback TU OR TD

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  44. Hey guys,

    Would love some info on my team!

    Def – Lloyd, Laird, Docherty, BZT, Starcevich, Brander (Worrell, Gould)

    Mid – Macrae, Neale, J.Kelly, Cripps, Coniglio, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, Bianco, Rivers)

    Rucks – Grundy, Goldstein (Combes)

    Fwd – Whitfield, Martin, Steven, Smith, Cameron, Taylor (Budarick, O’Connor)

    Thanks guys!

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    1. Hey, Adam.

      Your structure is very solid, I’m just not sold on the Coniglio and Goldy picks. I’d cull one of your FWD mid-pricers and go:

      Goldy -> Gawn
      Coniglio -> Dunkley/Bont
      Worrell -> Ash

      Or something along those lines depending on how much cash you’ve got.

      Best of luck.

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  45. Laird, Sicily, Docherty, Roberton, Zerk-T, Brander (Gould, Williams)

    Macrae, Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, Budarick, Brayshaw)

    Grundy, Jacobs (Xerri)

    Whitfield, Martin, T.Greene, D.Smith, Rankine, C.Taylor (Cameron, King)

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  46. Need help please! Don’t need to break any records in scoring just need to beat my dads team lol! Thoughts? Advice? Players I need?
    Backs;
    J. Lloyd. T. Stewart. S. Docherty
    J. Lienert. W. Gould. L. Towey
    (T. Bianco. B. McCay)

    Mids;
    J. McCrae. P. Cripps. D. Prestia. S. Coniglio
    D. Smith. M. Hinge. M. Rowell. L. Ash
    (M. Pickett. P. Wilson. B. Starcevich)

    Rucks;
    B. Grundy. M. Gawn
    (C. Comben)

    Forwards;
    D. Martin. L. Whitfield. J. Dawson
    T. Xerri. M. King. C. Budarick
    (D. Cameron. I. Rankine)

    Of course none of this matters if they cancel the season due to coronavirus but just in case I gotta have my team ready! Cheers lads!!

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    1. Afternoon, Glen.

      I see what you were thinking, but I think you’ve got to make a few radical changes:

      1) Starting with your DEF. Lienert, Gould, Towey, Bianco and McCay all need to go. Lienert is SC irrelevant and the latter 4 won’t play. Zerk-Thatcher, Noble, Ash and Starcevich are all pretty much essential down back. Lloyd, Stewart and Doch are all great backs btw.

      2) Prestia, Coniglio and Smith (put him up FWD perhaps) won’t be Top 8 MIDs, they’ve got to go. Replace them with any of Neale, Bont, Dunkley, Fyfe, Oliver, Yeo, etc.

      3) You’re on the money to be looking for 200k 2nd/3rd year players to make up for the lack of rookies like Hinge, but I doubt he plays this year. Just go for 5 premo MIDs and Pickett, Rowell and Green. Instead of Hinge, consider guys like Noble, Bewley and Vandenberg.

      4) RUC and FWD lines look good, very good. Personally, not sold on Dawson but everyone is being forced to roll the dice at F3 this year. Brayshaw, Dawson, Smith, Steve, Petracca, MacPherson, etc.

      Action a couple of those points and you’re set pending Thursday team sheets.

      Best of luck.

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      1. Mate that is just the advice I need! Can’t thank you enough. Still new to this SuperCoach thing but really enjoying the challenge. All the best for your team this year. Thanks again

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  47. Backline
    Laird Sicily Doc Noble BZT Starcevich
    Gould Greaves

    MIDS
    J.Kelly Bont Cripps Oliver Dusty Shiel Rowell Pickett
    Robertson Sharp Brayshaw

    RUCKS
    Gawn Grundy
    Conroy

    FWDS
    Whitfield MacPherson Smith Georgideas C.Taylor Rankine
    Budarick King

    Thoughts and feedback TU OR TD

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    1. Hey gang here is how I’m looking, ovbiously rookies subject to change and I’m aware a few players are under injury clouds as well.

      Any feedback appreciated, and I will do my best to give my own feedback to peoples teams over the weekend, cheers.

      DEF Z.Williams, Daniel, B.Smith, Ash, Zerk, Bradner (Watson, B.Williams)
      MID Macrae, Fyfe, Cripps, Oliver, Yeo, Rowell, Green, Starcevich (Brown, Pickett, Robertson)
      RCK Grundy, Gawn, (Conroy)
      FWD Whitfield, Martin, D.Smith, Crocker, Sturt, Taylor (Rankine, King)

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      1. Looks like a solid team. I thought of having yeo but with gaff, shuey and Kelly in team not sure if he’s going to keep putting up 100+ performances. Just a thought

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        1. Definitely a valid point, they have a pretty stacked midfield.

          Yeo just seems to win a lot of ball and rarely butchers it.

          Ideally I’d like Neale but that won’t work with the way my team is set up and how the cap is structured.

          Yeo seems a good fit at that price.

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  48. Def: Lloyd, Houston, Doch, Roberton, Brander, Gould (williams, Bianco)

    Mid:Neale, Cripps, Dunkley, Mitchell, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Mchenry, Robertson, Budarick)

    Ruck: Grundy, ROB, (Xerri)

    Fwd: Whitfield, Martin, Brayshaw, Smith, Georgiadis, Rankine ( Cameron, King)

    Pick it apart 🙂

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    1. Feeling like i could move roberton to
      TU BZT
      TD noble

      And im not overly happy with my on field forward rookies

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    2. Hey, Moose.

      Solid structure, great premo picks. I just can’t help but strongly recommend you get Gawn in. Trust me.

      And re: your BZT or Noble debate, I’d start both. Axe Roberton and one of Brayshaw/Smith to make those suggestions happen.

      Good stuff.

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      1. Cheers GD.

        I did actually have a plan to potentially have gawn in but thought against it.

        Plan was. Lloyd and roberton down to sicily and BZT
        Then ROB to gawn.

        Keeping both smith and brayshaw .

        Thoughts ?

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        1. Ooo. I’d prefer to keep Lloyd, but Sicily should be serviceable.

          Either route works, up to you. Just get Gawn in.

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  49. This is the best that the JR crew could come up with so I thouhgt I’d punish them by Sharing it here for you guys to copy
    Hurn,Shaw,Docherty,
    Smith,Starcevich,McLennan, B.Williams,Gould

    Macrae,Cripps,Mitchell,Dangerfield
    Yeo,Pendles,Prestia, Rowell,Green,Pickett,close

    Jacobs,Naismith,Xerri
    Walters,Dusty,Petracca
    King,Georgiades,Cameron, Budarick,Rankine

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  50. One more before I finish up my team (hopefully)

    TU: D. Martin, Cogs ($184,900 for rookie spot)

    TD: D. Smith, Neale ($283,100 for rookie spot)

    Final spot is in the mids if anyone has a recommendation, already have Rowell, Green, Pickett, Starecevich and Budarick

    Thanks guys!

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    1. What a problem to have lol.

      D. Smith and Neale plus a top shelf rookie is looking like a deadly option.

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      1. Dylan Stephens a decent pick or better of looking at someone like Schultz from Freo or any cheapie on another line? Potentially Lukosius or something along those lines?

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        1. Unsure if Stephens will get up for R1, looked lost in the Marsh Series. Schultz looked great but his scoring will fluctuate depending on goals. Lukosius is a touch overpriced for his output in a weak SC side, but I’ve seen a couple of people back him in. There’s also guys like Bewley, Vandenberg, Bonar – but they’ve all got questions marks over them as well.

          For me, I’m loving John Noble at F4. Solidly in the Pies 22, 215k, looks comfortable at AFL and should go @ 70~ SC. L-l-l-lock!

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          1. Got Noble in there, very happy with his output in the Marsh. Will have to have a look at an outside option, or could potentially go Robbo at D4

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  51. DEF: laird Ryan docherty zerk Starcevich brander ( Bwilliams WATSON)

    MID: Macrae JKelly Dunkley Oliver Coniglio Rowell Green Pickett ( bytel McHenry Robertson)

    RUCK: grundy Gawn ( Xerri)

    FWD: Whitfield Martin Brayshaw Smith Budarick Taylor ( king Cameron )

    5k bank

    Thoughts?
    I’m not sold coniglio actually gone quiet cold on him drops too many 60-80s but don’t know how to fix it..

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    1. Brayshaw down to a rookie mate, about the only way you can do it without ditching another premo

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  52. Comments and tips and advice all welcome.

    Houston, Crisp, Docherty
    Roberton, Ash, Zerk-Thatcher
    (Greaves, Gould)

    Neale, Cripps, Mitchell, Coniglio
    Angus Brayshaw, Hannebery,
    Andrew Brayshaw, Rowell
    (Pickett, Sharp, Hibberd)

    Grundy, Jacobs (Cameron)

    Whitfield, Greenwood, Steven,
    D. Smith, Rankine, Taylor
    (King, Budarick)

    $500 in the bank.

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    1. Evening, Brad.

      Interesting structure, but a couple of selection issues. Will take em’ line by line:

      DEF: Touch too much risk with Roberton and Crisp, both inconsistent so maybe limit yourself to one of them? Axing Roberton for Starcevich could free up some cash to address other lines.

      MID: The only line this year with some decent rookies, so I wouldn’t be stacking your midfield. Too many hit or miss options as well; the Brayshaws and Hanneberry won’t be Top 8 and none are priced to be stepping stones. I’d instead grab 5 premos + Rowell, Pickett and Green. I like the Titch pick btw.

      RUC: With the money you’ve freed up from those DEF and MID changes, do yourself a favour and get Gawn. Just do it lol.

      FWD: Easily your best line. Really nice, Brad. Leave that as is. If you rate Brayshaw, you can chuck him FWD.

      Hope that helps, mate. Best of luck.

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  53. My round one team playing in front of zero crowds.
    Sitting on this team till rookies revealed next week. Thoughts? Bit of coin left over.

    DEF: Lloyd, Laird, Docherty, Noble, Zerk, Starcevich (Gould, Watson)

    MID: Macrea, Cripps, Dunkley, Danger, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Brown, McHenry, Robertson)

    RUCK: Grundy, Gawn (Comben)

    FWD: Whitfield, Martin, Smith, Brander, Rankine, Taylor (King, Budarick)

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  54. Probably going to be my set team, and would love maybe a fine tweak somewhere

    Def – Lloyd, Laird, Docherty, Ash, BZT, Starcevich (Worrell, Gould)

    Mid – Macrae, Neale, J.Kelly, Cripps, Bont, Rowell, Green, Picket (Robertson, Bianco, Close)

    Ruck – Grundy, Gawn (Comben)

    Fwd – Whitfield, Matin, Steven, Cameron, Taylor, Budarick (Kind, O’Connor)

    Bank – $5,000

    Thanks guys!

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  55. Def: Sicily, Docherty, Howe, Noble,
    BZT, Brander, B Williams, Gould.

    Mids: Macrae, Cripps, Dunkley,
    Dangerfield, Yeo, Rowell, Green,
    M Pickett, Robertson, Sharp,
    Mahony.

    Rucks: Grundy, Gawn, Comben.

    Forwards: Whitfield, Martin, Steven,
    Smith, Rankine, Taylor, M king,
    Budarick.

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  56. I believe most of these rookies will play maybe besides mid and defense bench rookies. What do you guys think??
    Thoughts appreciated. TU or TD
    Def: Laird, Houston, Doc, Noble, BZT, Brander(B.J Williams, Gould)

    Mid: Macrae, Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett(Starcevich, Robertson, Budarick)

    Ruck: Grundy, Gawn(Conroy)

    Forward: Whitefield, Martin, Smith, Bonar, Georgiades, Taylor(Ranking, King)

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  57. DEF:
    Laird, Sicily, Docherty
    Noble, BZT, Brander
    (Watson,Gould)
    MID:
    Macrae, Fyfe
    Cripps, Neale,Oliver
    Rowell, Green, Pickett
    (McHenry, Robertson, Mahony)
    Ruck:
    G&G (Conroy)
    FWD:
    Whitfield, Dusty, Steven
    Smith, Rankine, Taylor
    (King, Budarick)

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  58. Feedback welcome

    Def:- Laird, Sicily, Houston, Docherty, Noble, Brander (Greaves, Rivers)

    Mids:- Fyfe, Cripps, Bontempelli, Oliver, Rowell, T Green, Starcevich, Pickett (Robertson, Mahoney, Budarick)

    Ruc:- Grundy, Jacobs (Cameron)

    Fwd:- Whitfield, D Martin, Heeney, T McDonald, D Smith, Georgiades ( Rankine, Taylor)

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    1. Different structure. All power to you, but not for me. HEENEY looks underdone in my eyes. Good luck!

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  59. Just removed Tigers Lynch, and Townsend, and brought in Parish and Flanders.

    Sicily Houston Doch Noble BZT Brander (B Williams/Gould)

    Neale Cripps Bont Oliver McGrath Rowell Green Pickett (Starcevich/Roberton/Budarick)

    GG (Comden)

    Whitfield Dusty Parish Smith Flanders Taylor (Rankine M King)

    Not sure Flanders gets a game, but at $162.3k there should be options available.

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  60. Can we get away with not starting Whitfield?
    Im not sold on his durability and hope he can drop in price sometime

    TU: don’t start him use the $$ for other lines

    TD: don’t be stupid lock him in

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    1. Crystal ball time. He played SOO and Marsh so is obviously good to go.
      I’d ask myself two questions:
      How will you feel if you don’t start him and he starts smashing out 120s and 130s every week?
      How will you feel if you do start him and he only averages 100 or worse, gets injured?
      I know which feeling I’d rather have!
      Hope that helps a little?! Good luck

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  61. DEF: Daniel, Sicily, Houston, Docherty, Williamson, Gould (Worrell, Bianco)

    MID: Fyfe, Cripps, Dunkley, Dangerfield, Coniglio, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Rivers, Robertson, Mahony)

    RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Cameron)

    FWD: Whitfield, Greenwood, Brayshaw, Brander, Rankine, Taylor (King, Budarick)

    $200 itb.

    TU or TD will do. Cheers.

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  62. Take 4999
    This will be it heading into Thursday Wednesday night team selection.

    Feel free to give me a roast or a TD would be fine.

    Backs
    Houston Crisp Docherty Lukosius roberton T Williams
    (B Williams W Gould)

    MID
    Cripps Jelly Titch Oliver Bont (BL) towel TGreen Pickett Rowell
    (McHenry Robertson Budarick)

    Rucks
    Grundy Nic Nat (Conroy LH)

    Forwards
    Whitfield D Martin McPherson Smith C Taylor Brander (Rakine King)

    Backs aren’t as strong but I’m confident my mid priced players can score 80s and docherty Cripps and Houston can be top 10 players.

    Also I might have to sacrifice Tictch or Oliver for cog to generate cash to bring in playing rookies- time will tell.

    Best of luck this season

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    1. Looks great. Crisp a bold move, but could work, remembering he had little to no pre-season last year so is likely underpriced!
      Good luck!

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  63. Many team versions so far
    First team Reveal
    Amazingly $0 remaining

    Defenders Laird Houston Docherty
    BZT Noble BZT Brander
    Watson Gould
    Mids. Macrae , Neale Cripps
    Bontempelli Mcluggage
    Rowell Green Pickett
    T Brown Robertson
    Buda Rick
    Rucks. Grundy Gawn Conroy

    Forwards Whitfield Martin
    Steven Smith
    Taylor Rankine
    Close King

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    1. Looks great mate. The suitcase you’re only real gamble so that’s fine. Good luck mate and I look forward to resuming our rivalry (ie smashing you) in the coming weeks! 😉

      PS the suitcase is MccLUGGAGE

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      1. Thanks All Saints
        Just got Gawn in .
        To be honest like to take a few more risks and toyed with Lukosis English and Brayshaw and Oliver .
        More mid time for Petracca , addition of Tomlinson and Langdon and Melbourne’s tough early draw and lack of rookies turned me off Oliver .
        Actually quite confident in Mcluggage out scoring Oliver and Neal being top 3 mid and Bont stepping up as captain with more mode time with addition of Bruce . Just needs to overcome Deboar tag
        Good luck .

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  64. Hey guys and Girls
    Would love some feedback on my team. It’s my first version for the year. Thanx in advance….
    Backs-Lloyd,Sicily,Docherty,Noble,BZT,Brander
    (Starcevich,Rivers)
    Mids-Neale,Mitchell,Bont,Merrett,Coniglio,Rowell,Green,Pickett
    (Brown,Robertson,Hibberd)
    Rucks-Grundy,Goldstein. (Conroy)
    Fwds-Dusty,Whitfield,Steven,D.Smith,Davis,M.King
    (Taylor,Budarick)
    Cash $30,600

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      1. Thanx AllSaints Goldy could become ROB which would allow me to upgrade Cogs or Docherty. Not sure which way I should go.

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  65. Tried to make a balanced team:
    DEF: Laird, Houston, Docherty, Zerk-Thatcher, Starcevich, McLennan (Gould, O’Connor)
    MID: Macrae, Neale, J.Kelly, Cripps, Mitchell, Rowell, McHenry, Pickett (Robertson, Mahony, Close)
    RUCK: Grundy, Gawn, (Conroy)
    FWD: Whitfield, Martin, Steven, D. Smith, Brander, Rankine (Taylor, Budarick)

    Biggest concern at this stage is no Fyfe and at least 2 non-playing rookies come Round 1, with only 3.8k in the bank.

    Any advice?

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    1. You need playing rookies full stop. Wait for teams to be announced and make the necessary sacrifice. Whoever you’re least 11% on out of Laird, Titch and Dusty will likely have to make way to make this happen.
      Start the best team you can, but NOT at the expense of more than one non-playing rookie.

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  66. What do reckon guys?

    CRISP SHAW DOC
    ROBERTON NOBLE ZERK (GOULD STARCAVITCH)

    NEIL CRIPPS COGS
    TOUK ROWELL STEPHENS
    GREEN PICKET (T.BROWN ROBERTSON BUDARICK)

    GRUNDY MARSHALL (CAMERON)

    DUSTY WALTERS MCPHERSON
    T.THOMAS SMITH LONG (KING BRANDER)
    189,000 left over

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  67. Houston Smith Roberton Noble Zerk Ash
    Watson Gould

    Macrae Dunkley Mitchell Coniglio Mcluggage Rowell Green Pickett
    Budarick Robertson Brown

    Grundy Gawn
    Xerri

    Whitfield Martin Parish Petracca Brander Taylor
    King Bedford

    ‍♂️

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  68. Played around with so many different structured teams; ended up deciding on this one.

    Def: Laird, Sicily, Docherty, Roberton, Noble, BZT, (Gould, Williams)

    Mid: Macrae, Dunkley, Danger, Bont, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (McHenry, Brown, Robertson)

    Ruc: Grundy, Gawn, (Comben)

    FWD: Whitfield, Dusty, Smith, Brander, Taylor, Budarick (Rankine, King)

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    1. Yeah. Really nice, Jake.

      Maybe Roberton down to Ash so you can improve one of your FWD rookies to a Hill or Bonar type. Depends on Thursday teamsheets.

      Good stuff.

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  69. Appreciate feedback

    Def:- Laird, Sicily, Houston, Docherty, Noble, Brander (Greaves, Rivers)

    Mids:- Fyfe, Cripps, Bontempelli, Oliver, Rowell, T Green, Starcevich, Pickett (Robertson, Mahoney, Budarick)

    Ruc:- Grundy, Jacobs (Cameron)

    Fwd:- Whitfield, Walters, D Martin, J Stevens, D Smith, Georgiades ( Rankine, Taylor)

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    1. Hey, Peter.

      I get wanting to minimize on-field FWD rookies, but you’ve gone too deep up FWD imo. I’d get a 5th midfield premo and Gawn instead of stacking your FWD.

      While your current structure could pay off in the early rounds by avoiding those bum rookie scores, you’ll pay for it OA vs those who started Gawn and an extra MID premo.

      Best of luck.

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  70. Houston, Crisp, Doc, Cumming, Noble, Zerk (Gould, O’Conner)

    JKelly, Cripps, Mitchell, Bont, Gaff, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, Mahoney, Budarick)

    Grundy, Gawn (Xerri)

    Whitfield, Macpherson, Steven, Smith, Brander, King (Taylor, Rankine)

    Will change rookies as required to make sure I have 29/30 scoring in R1

    Good luck this year everyone.

    TU or TD on my team please and comments are welcome even if they are harsh!

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  71. D: Sicily, Houston, Docherty, Ash, Zerk, Starcevich (Williams, Brander)
    M: Neale, Cripps, Dangerfield, Bont, Cogs, Rowell, Green, Picket (McHenry, Rivers)
    R: Grundy, Gawn (Conroy)
    F: Whitfield, Martin, Steven, Smith, Rankine, Taylor (King, Budarick)

    Potentially 14 premiums in starting lineup. $4,700 remaining.

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  72. Haven’t played SC in a few years would welcome any feedback, cheers

    Laird, Doherty, Noble, Ash, Zerk, Brander (Starcevich, Watson)

    Macrae, Neale, Kelly, Cripps, Dunkley, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, McHenry, Sharp)

    Grundy, Gawn (Williams)

    Whitfield, Martin, Macpherson, Smith, Rankine, Taylor (Georgiades, Budarick)

    6k

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  73. TU: Cogs, D.Smith, Crisp, Brander

    TD: Macrae, Laird, Ash, King

    You guys think this is a good set of trades?

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  74. DEF:
    Laird, Sicily, Docherty
    Noble, BZT, Brander
    (Watson,Gould)
    MID:
    Macrae, Fyfe
    Cripps, Neale, Viney (big risk)
    Rowell, Green, Pickett
    (McHenry, Robertson, Mahony)
    Ruck:
    G&G (Conroy)
    FWD:
    Whitfield, Dusty, Steven
    Smith, Rankine, Taylor
    (King, Budarick)

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  75. You blokes have no idea. Everyone on here just copies the same setup. Is there actually anyone on here top 50 from last year?

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    1. I would guarantee that members of the the top 50 would use this site.

      Irrespective of the community’s opinions (which are like arseholes – everyone has one) the amount of factual information and analysis from amazing contributors like Father Dougal and AllSaints makes this site compulsory viewing.

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    2. I would like to see your team Rebecca
      Seen you think everyone on here
      has no idea! There’s a lot of great
      teams on this site and great
      information.

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    3. Given the fact that no games have been played yet and you can count all the good rookies on your hands, yeah most of us have similar teams.

      And, yes, from memory Ithaca, e=mchammer, TrooRoo and Anthony all finished Top 100 last year.

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  76. Here is my latest iteration of my team.

    Def: Sicily Houston Smith Roberton Zerk-Thatcher Gould Mcasey Brander

    Mids: Dunkley Cripps Fyfe T.Kelly Coniglio Green Rowell Pickett Starcevich McHenry Bonar

    Rucks: Grundy Goldstein Comben

    Forwards: Martin D.Smith Cegler A.Brayshaw Budarick Taylor King Rankine

    Thoughts appreciated as I always seem to be dissatisfied and compromised after juggling my team around.

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    1. Possibly…

      TU: Whitfield, D, Cameron, Docherty, J.Kelly, Ash

      TD: Ceglar, Brayshaw, Smith, Dunkley, Roberton

      I think Houston may be too risky, so if u still want smith you could trade him

      Also maybe in Fwd could get someone like Steven or D.Smith

      Just ideas, Good Luck!

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      1. Ha ha GD. Goldy is just like the energiser bunny… just plug him in and off he goes and goes and goes. I am choosing Goldy’s durability of Maxi’s scoring.

        I think cramming matches may make a significant difference here.

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  77. G’day again, made a few small changes to my team posted before:

    Def: Laird, Houston, Docherty, Noble, Zerk-Thatcher, Brander (Williams, Gould)

    Mid: Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Dunkley, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, McHenry, Budarick)

    Ruck: Grundy, Naismith (Xerri)

    Fwd: Whitfield, Martin, Petracca, Steven, Smith, Taylor (Rankine, King)

    > In defense I have gone cold on Roberton mainly due to Long taking his role and downgraded him to Williams.
    > Using All Saints advice on not leaving a chunk of cash over, with the left over cash I previously had and the cash gained on Roberton I have added Petracca for Starceivich via Brander. However still tossing between switching him to Ceglar to reduce the risk of Naismith by using Ceglar as cover.
    > Overall I feel I have evaded fielding many rookies with only 5 players under 200k on field, with there not being many rookies this year with high scoring potential.

    Would love some new feedback 🙂

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  78. Ahhhh this is becoming really annoying now

    Please some advise would be much appreciated

    Def – Lloyd, Laird, Docherty, Ash, BZT, Starevich (Worell, Gould)

    Mid – Macrae, Neale, J.Kelly, Cripps, Bont, Rowell, Green, Picket (Robertson, Bianco, Close)

    Rucks – Grundy, Gawn (Comben)

    Fwd – Whitfield, Martin, J.Steven, Cameron, Taylor, Budarick (King, O’Connor)

    Kinda really want D.Smith & J.Steven combo though in so was thinking something like:

    TU: Cogs, D.Smith, Crisp, Brander

    TD: Macrae, Laird, Ash, King

    But don’t know if this would be the smart option, cause I really do like Laird, and the amount of people that picked Macrae, you kinda have to have him

    Cheers guys and have a good one!

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  79. It’s my first time posting so any feedback would be much appreciated:

    D: Laird, Doch, Noble, Ash, Zerk, Starcevich (Williams, Gould)
    M: Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, Dunkley, Bont, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, Sharp, Bud)
    R: Grundy, Gawn (conroy)
    F: Whitfield, Martin, Greene, Smith, Brander, Taylor (Rankine, Georgiades)
    $100 spare

    Thanks!

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    1. Hey, Jackson.

      A VERY good team, nicely done. Sit on that till teamsheets, then make adjustments where necessary.

      Best of luck.

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  80. Ok, here’s how my team is looking today:
    DEF:
    Laird, Houston, Docherty, Roberton, Noble, BZT (Williams, Gould)
    MID:
    Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Dunkley, Cogs, Rowell, Green, Pickett (McHenry, Robertson, Budarick)
    RUCK:
    Grundy, Naismith (Conroy)
    FWD:
    Whitfield, Martin, Macpherson, Smith, Long, Brander (Taylor, King)

    Not sold on Cogs yet, but just short on getting Oliver or better.
    Although no Gawn is a bit frightening to think about, it allows me to upgrade several rookies to mid pricers.
    Please let me know any thoughts or suggestions!

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  81. Don’t usually post my team but this is for wightys entertainment!
    Def. Daniel, laird, houston, noble, zerk, starcevich. ( williams, gould)

    Mids. Neale, cripps, dunks, bont, oliver, rowell, serong, pickett. ( t brown, robertson, mahony)

    Ruck. Grundy, gawn. ( comben)

    Fwd. Whitfield, martin, smith, crocker, brander, taylor.(king, budarick).
    6k left.

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  82. T/U – Oliver (underpriced, no surgery to recover from this year)

    T/D – Jelly (injury risk, full preseason)

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  83. DEF- Laird, Houston, Docherty, Starcevich, Brander, B Williams (Worrell, Gould)

    MID- Fyfe, Cripps, Dangerfield, Yeo, Coniglio, Rowelll, Pickett (McHenry, Robertson, Budarick)

    RUCKS- Grundy, Gawn (Conroy)

    FWD- Whitfield, Brayshaw, Steven, Smith, Rankine, Taylor (King, Mahony)

    16k left. Any thoughts/comments would be appreciated.

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  84. Laird, Sicily, Docherty, Roberton, Zerk-T, Brander (Gould, Williams)

    Macrae, Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett (Robertson, Budarick, Brayshaw)

    Grundy, Jacobs (Xerri)

    Whitfield, Martin, T.Greene, D.Smith, Rankine, C.Taylor (Cameron, King)

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  85. Ok final team.
    TU I keep it
    TD I scrap it, give up and get a new hobby lol.

    Backs;
    J. Lloyd. T. Stewart. S. Docherty
    J. Noble. BZT. B. Starcevich
    (L. Towey. R. McQuillan)

    Mids;
    J. McCrae. P. Cripps. L. Neale. J. Kelly
    P. Dangerfield. M. Pickett. M. Rowell. T. Green
    (D. Robertson. J. Mahoney. M. Hibberd)

    Rucks;
    B. Grundy. M. Gawn
    (C. Comben)

    Forwards;
    L. Whitfield. D. Martin. D. Smith
    C. Taylor. M. King. C. Budarick
    (D. Cameron. T. Xerri)

    Thoughts? Opinions? Changes?

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  86. DEF: R. Laird, J. Sicily, S. Docherty, D. Roberton, B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Brander (B. Starcevich, W Gould)

    MID: N. Fyfe, P. Cripps, P. Dangerfield, M. Bontempelli, M. Rowell, T. Green, M. Pickett, D. Robertson (N. McHenry, M. Hibberd, C. Budarick)

    RUCK: B. Grundy, M. Gawn (M. Conroy)

    FWD: L. Whitfield, D. Martin, C. Petracca, A. Brayshaw, D. Smith, I. Rankine (C. Taylor, M. King)

    Thoughts???

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  87. I’m feeling sick. My team is perfect…well, until Thursday at least. I’m having withdrawal symptoms not hitting the trade button any more.

    Anybody else ??

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  88. Thoughts?

    DEF: Sicily, Housten, Docherty, Noble, BZT, Starcevich: Gould, Rivers
    MID: Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Dunkley, Oliver, Rowell, Green, Pickett: Robertson, Sharp, Budarick
    RUCK: Grundy, Gawn: Conroy
    FWD: Whitfield, Macpherson, Steven, Smith, Brander, Taylor: Rankine, Mahoney

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  89. Hi all-

    Last minute question

    TU: Lloyd & Cogs
    TD: Sicily & Dunkley

    Comment: Save $$ by starting Dunkley over Macrae

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  90. DEF: Lloyd, Houston, Docherty, Cumming, Noble, Zerk-Thatcher (Ash, Starcevich)
    MID: Macrae, Neale, J Kelly, Cripps, Merrett, T Green, Rowell, Pickett (McHenry, D Robertson, Budarick)
    RUC: Grundy, English (Conroy)
    FWD: Whitfield, MacPherson, D Smith, Sparrow, Georgiades, C Taylor (Rankine, Brander)

    141.6k remaining.

    I know I have a lot sitting in the bank…any suggestions on how to use this more effectively to squeeze in any more points?

    Appreciate any thoughts/changes on the team above

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      1. Thanks, I have swapped Macpherson to Dusty instead of upgrading Merrett.

        I feel like Merrett is not too far off other mid premo’s such as Dunkley, Mitchell and Dangerfield.

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  91. Would like your opinion……
    TU. Whitfield, D. Smith & B. Hill
    TD. T. Greene, T. Lynch & McCluggage
    Cheers in advance.

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  92. DEF:
    Laird, Sicily, Crisp, Noble, Ash, BZT (Starcevich, Gould)

    MID:
    Macrae, Neale, J.Kelly, Cripps, Cogs, Rowell, Green, Pickett (McHenry, Robertson, Budarick)

    RUC:
    Grundy, Jacobs (Xerri)

    FWD:
    Whitfield, Martin, Macpherson, D.Smith, Brander, Taylor (Rankine, King)

    Fairly set on this team, any last minute thoughts or advice? TU or TD please

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  93. Hey guys, could you please give me some feedback on my SC Team. I’ve been contemplating of getting Jack Steven instead of Brayshaw if there is also some feedback on that swap lemme know as well. Thanks!

    Defenders:
    R. Laird, J. Crisp, S. Docherty, L. Ash, B. Starcevich, J. Brander (T. Watson, B. Williams)

    Midfielders
    L. Neale, N. Fyfe, P. Cripps, M. Bontempelli, S. Coniglio, M. Rowell, T. Green, M. Pickett (D. Robertson, J. Mahony, C. Budarick)

    Rucks
    B. Grundy, M. Gawn (M. Conroy)

    Forwards
    L. Whitfield, D. Martin, A. Brayshaw, D. Smith, I. Rankine, C. Taylor (B. Davis, M. King)

    Remaining $8.3K cash

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