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Ahoy Ahoy Ahoy,
Pending any extreme overreactions, here’s how we will be starting off the new season:
DEF: Daicos, Stewart, Sheezel, Young, Gibcus, Howes (Reid, Coffield)
MID: Bont, Petracca, Butters, Libba, N.Martin, McKercher, Sanders, Hustwaite (Roberts, Sharp, Clark)
RUCK: Gawn, Grundy (Naismith)
FWD: Fisher, Fyfe, Jordan, Reid, Windsor, Sexton (Lazarro, Wilson)
Cheers
Probably one of the best teams I’ve seen LeGoat. Almost Pure GnR which I think is probably the way to go with so many best 18 rounds. Goodluck
Getting some feedback on this would be grand. Keeping a close eye on rookies in R0 but other than that, pretty happy. Might turn Williams into Jase Burgoyne pending tonight’s game.
Backs
Daicos – T. Stewart – Sheezel – Youngy – Z. Williams – Reid (Howes, Coffield)
Mids
Bont – Dawson – Butters – Miller – Martin – Sanders – Hustwaite – M. Roberts (Sharp, Clark, H. Thomas)
Ruck
Gawny – Grundos (Naithsmith)
Fowards
Jackson – Fisher – Jordan – Reid – Sexton – Wilson (Lohmann, Cadman)
TU: Jackson Mead
TD: Zane Duursma
TIA
TU: Merrett
TD: Libba
(Already have Bont at M1)
Pending till the end of R0 this is how I’m lining up to start-
DEF- Diacos, Stewert, Sheezel, Young, Burgoyne, Howes (Gibcus, Reid)
MID- Petracca, Libba, Dawson, Green, Miller, McKercher, Sanders, Hustwaite (Roberts, Clark, Wehr)
RUC- Gawn, Grundy (Naismith)
FWD- Rankine, Fyfe, Jordan, Reid, Sexton, Wilson (Dempsey, Thomas)
Posted this on last thread but hoping for a few more votes!
TU: Crouch Harmes
TD: Steele Windsor
FYI already have fyfe and Jordon!
If you have Gulden after last night game trade or keeper,
T/U Trade
T/D Keeper
Tu Fyfe
Td Williams
Who won’t break!
I’ve got them both but also don’t think you can trust anyone who says they won’t break
Both are stepping stones.
How many people have put heeney in after last night?
TU- Aaron Cadman
TD- Harvey Thomas
Both
Houston, sheezel, young, salem, williams, reid (Schoenmaker, Howes)
Bont, Butters, LDU, Parish, N.Martin, O.Wines, Sanders, Hustwaite (Clarke, Sharp, Wehr)
Gawn, Grundy (Naismith)
L.Jackson, Fisher, Jordan, Sexton, Wilson, Nyuon (H.Thomas, Rawlinson).
Any thoughts? Should I drop Hustwaite to Roberts to turn Houston to daicos?
First time I’m uploading a team and it might even change after the other round 0 games. I’ve tried to avoid opening round players but Grundy is way too good a value and when everyone in the midfield was getting injured, I added Heeney and that game didn’t change my mind so here’s the team.
Def – Sicily, Stewart, Sheezel, Young, Zilliams, Reid (Gibcus, Howes)
Mid – Butters, LDU, Brayshaw, Rozee, Steele, McKercher, Sanders, Roberts (Hustwaite, Clark, Thomas)
Ruc – Jackson, Grundy (Naismith)
Fwd – Heeney, Fyfe, Jordon, Reid, Lazzaro, Sexton (Windsor, Wilson)
Is it 100% confirmed that R0 scores count towards players price changes?
Hi everyone – best combo for round 1
T/U – Fyfe on field (Sharp and Mannagh bench)
T/D – Hustwaite on field ( Lazzarro and Dursma on bench)
Hey community,
Who starts in Freo’s midfield with Brayshaw & Serong?
Do Fyfe & Young share the points?
Just thinking of now doing Young to Williams & Fyfe to Jackson
T/U – Good idea
T/D – Bad idea
Thank you.
IMO, I think Brayshaw is the one who takes the biggest hit in CBA% as he can play that wing role. Serong is the mainstay as he is a less flexible role wise while I think Young and Fyfe get equal time.
Thanks TJ’s Thunder.
T/U Charlie Dean
T/D Schoenmaker
Just like most, I’ve jumped on a few of the round 0 bandwagons so far.
I’ve done the following changes.
Billings > H.Reid.
Gibcus > Howes.
Z.Reid > Williams.
I would never wish someone to get injured but I was hoping Williams just wouldn’t look good, but he did well and forced his way back into my side. Goes against what I’ve been harping on about all preseason – risk factor, running both Fyfe and Williams, but just don’t think I want to anti-pod him at what I think will be 50%+ ownership.
Dropped Harley after his first praccy game vs Freo, but shown much more in the second vs the Crows where he looked more comfortable and suited in the role.
Howes looked great so expecting him to rise in ownership ALOT. Z.Reid and Coffield a 50/50 at this stage.
Solid read TJ! Howes is the benefactor following the loss of Brayshaw and Salem spending more time up the ground. His JS should be reasonably sound.
Was just going to add, any thought to keeping Z. Reid in addition to Williams? With Ridley out, I expect the rest of the Essendon defence to be heavily involved in moving the ball out of D50 so he should be getting reasonable touches each week bar flare up of previous injury. I think you make a good point concerning Williams and Fyfe – having both will be quite dicey from an injury standpoint so always good to hold onto those rookies with decent JS. I understand it may not work for your structure!
Thanks FOS!
Definitely have no issue with Reid. He was just one who I picked at the time. I do have Phillips at D8 and would of preferred to take him out instead and have both Coffield and Reid occupying the benches but was about 15k short. So wouldn’t talk anyone out of picking Reid.
TU: Hus/Roberts/Windsor
TD: Laz/Carroll/H.Reid
TU: Roberts
TD: Lazzaro
TU : Crouch
TD : wines
Bonner at M6. Is his HB role the real deal…
TU/TD
T/U – R. Bonner
T/D – 123k mid rookie, using the 150k somewhere else.
Basically do people think Bonner is a good selection?
DEF – Stewart, Sheezle, Young, Williams, Gibcus, Reid (Howes, Phillps)
MID – Bont, Daicos, Dawson, Green, Martin, Wines, McKercher, Sanders (Roberts, Sharp, Clark)
RUC – Gawn, Grundy (Naismith)
FWD – Jackson, Fisher, Jordon, Reid, Lazzaro, Sexton (Wilson, Cadman)
$3,300 in bank
Defense:
Rolling the Dice on Williams: I’m taking a calculated gamble on Williams after his strong performance last night. The Doc injury opens the door for him to potentially surpass 75 points consistently. He does carry an injury risk, but the reward seems worth it. The rest of the defense is a solid, well-owned group. For now, I’m passing on Coffield. If he explodes with 80+ points in the first two games, I might consider a sideways trade for Gibcus, Reid, or Howes. However, they seem to have far greater job security (JS). If either rookie defender underperforms in the opening rounds, I’ll swap Daicos back to DEF and target a mid/fwd rookie.
Midfield:
Starting Daicos in the midfield allowed me to prioritize high-potential rookies across the board. I wasn’t sold on Steele and M. Crouch, who I don’t see cracking the top 8-10 midfielders by season’s end. T. Miller is a valuable pick despite the early bye. Bont and Dawson boast favorable byes, while Green has a rough one. I was comfortable taking one unfavorable bye early on. Martin’s DPP flexibility and scoring potential make him a no-brainer. Wines as a D6 is a calculated risk, even if he lands in the 95-100 range (hoping for the 107-110 dream, but that might be wishful thinking).
Ruck:
Standard. Fingers crossed Nasmith gets some early games.
Forwards:
Jackson fills the void left by Darcy’s absence. He boasts a good bye and some favorable matchups early. Fisher and Jordan should be consistent point scorers and generate valuable cash. They’re also highly owned picks. Lazzaro is still a question mark, but he fills a spot for now. Ideally, I would have grabbed Fyfe, but his price tag and injury history made me wary. Hopefully, he doesn’t go off early! Cadman’s potential role as a backup ruck could translate into scoring opportunities even if he doesn’t see much action up forward.
Looking Ahead:
All rookies are subject to change, but I believe I’ve secured the core group. I’m open to feedback and happy to rate other teams as well.
Nice team.
I think having 2 rookies onfield in defence is its only weakness.
I would consider culling one if your defence rookies, moving Naicos back. This will bring Roberts onfield . I would then move Wilson onto the mid bench to give you a swing.
This leaves F8 to fill. If it’s Reid, Gibcus or Howes that you chop, then I think there will be some ok choices at the price. If it’s Phillips you chop, probably means you have to give up Naismith. Which is actually not a bad thing, let’s you bring Jackson into the ruck in R5 and R6, and brings an extra rookie onfield to widen your choices for B18.
I agree with Phil on this. I don’t feel its too weak but still a great suggestion.
Hey guys, help me pick one
TU: Wines
TD: N.Martin
Considering a few rookies who have played in RD0 who have scored ok for cash generation a week earlier than the rest of the teams. I am in eight leagues and the first game is not until round 3 so can keep trades until then hopefully some rookies will go up by RD3
DEF: Naicos Houston Sheezel Young Williams Gibcus (Reid howes)
MID: Bont LDU N.Martin MCrouch OWines RBonner McKercher Sanders (hustwaite Windsor Roberts)
RUCK: Gawn Grundy (Nasismith)
FWD: Fisher Fyfe Jordan Reid Sexton Wilson (Lazzaro Cadman)
BANK: $153K
Not completely sold on Bonner happy to field hustwaite but just don’t know how to make use of the $315k bank if I went down to jhye Clark. Any ideas? I could go one of crouch or wines up to an uber but I do rate them two.
Love any feedback. It’s all appreciated.
Hi Mav
That’s a lot of coin on the bench in the mids. Maybe I have too much faith in Clark and Sharp, but I think they are solid bench rookies.
Whilst I can’t say I hate the Bonner pick, it would be the obvious head to put some cash on. At the moment you only have 2 mid keepers. Keeping bonner and the extra coin on the bench feels like you will still hit good premium status, but slower. And potentially leak points until you get there. Will come home hard, but will be giving a start. Great if you are playing for league, but maybe not so great for overall.
Can’t say i love the LDU pick. If you are going to run with 2 premiums and 4 stepping stones, the 2 premiums need to be ironclad. LDU to me is like the opposite of ironclad. Gotta say, any of Butters, Rozee, Dawson or Serong appeal more. Even Merrett.
Appreciate the reply and feedback Phil.
I do agree with you regarding Bonner. But just hoping he pops off and goes 90-95ish making 200k (he has the best SC role there is off HB with a penetrating left foot) and a simple jump up to a premium. Happy to drop Windsor back to a Clark though. Just worry about his JS because of Scott and his rookie roulette he tends to play.. Guthrie going down only helps though.
LDU might be my north melbourne bias but I just think he’s a top 2-3 player on average if he gets that body right, which is the real concern not his scoring power. Happy to back him in though I think. Tom green is a big watch for me today though!
1st post for the year, after some feeback if ya can.
N.Daicos, Houston, Young
Williams, Gibcus, Z.Reid
(Howes, Coffield)
Laird, Liberatore, Butters, Serong
N.Martin, McKercher, Sanders, Hustwaite (Roberts, Sharp, Clark)
Gawn, Grundy (Naismith)
Jackson, Fisher, Jordon
H.Reid, Lazzaro, Sexton
(Winsor, Wilson)
$241,000 in the bank.
Im quite happy with the team overall but ideally would love to turn Williams into Sheezel or similar.
Othwrwise i have to stick with a mid priced F4 as i want to avoid running 3 rookies on field in defence.
Keen to hear who you all think the best value F4 option is. Is it Williams, D’Ambrosio, Yeo or other?
Would also like to have a mid/fwd DPP on my mid bench by the time round 1 kicks off but this will obviously depend on rookie selections.
Thanks in advance for all feedback and advise.
Jackson could also turn into Flanders, but still wouldnt give me enough funds to upgrade Williams to anyone im keen on.
Team post Opening Round… would love some thoughts/suggestions!
Def – Naicos, Sheezel, Young, Williams, Gibcus, Reid (Coffield, Philips)
Mid – Green, Rozee, Newcombe, Touk, Steele, NMartin, Lyons, Sanders (Roberts, Clark, Mannagh)
Ruck – Gawn, Grundy (Naismith)
Fwd – Jackson, Flanders, Fyfe, Jordon, Windsor, Sexton (Wilson, Darcy)
Any areas of concerns? 13,400 ITB.
Sam Darcy may not get much game time. Same with mannagh. Not sure Rozee will score as well as butters now that wines back in middle. Apart from that it looks good.
Well I for one found those opening round games informative…….
TU: Newcombe
Or
TD: miller
TU: R.Bonner
Or
TD: H.Hustwaite
TU: Heeney
Of
TD: Flanders
TU: Rowell & miller
Or
TD: Miller & Newcombe
Hey guys need some help for my last MID spot. Who is the better option to go out of O.Wines, M.Crouch, J.Newcombe, J.Steele ?
I’m big on Newcombe this year but won’t talk anyone out of those other options.
DEF, Daicos, Houston, Sheezel, Williams, Reid, Howes, (Gibcus, Coffield)
MID, Bont, Merret, Miller, Steele, Wines, Jordan, Sanders, Hustwaite, (Roberts, Clark Simpson)
RUC, Gawn, Grundy, (Naismith)
FWD, Macrae, Flanders, Fisher, Fyfe, Reid, Sexton, (Wilson, Mannagh)
$13,500 in the bank.
Any improvement advice?
TU – Serong
TD – Parish
I have heard today Parish is likely to miss round 1 with a hamstring complaint
TU – Xerri
TD – Zac Fisher
Thanks everyone
Tu short as a pod
Td young, go with the crowd
Thanks
TU – Heeney
TD – Wines
Cheers
Struggling to decide between these 2 duos…
TU – Whitfield & Jordon
TD – Stewart & Lazarro
Cheers legends
TU: Hustwaite
TD: McKercher
Both
TU: Libba
TD: Serong.
TU – C Budarick
TD – Z Williams
DEF: Stewart, Sheezel, Young, Williams, Gibcus, Howes (Reid, Coffield)
Deciding against Daicos, looking to make him #1 priority after his bye.
MID: Bontempelli, Dawson, Butters, Green, Newcombe, McKercher, Sanders, Hustwaite (Roberts, Sharp, Clark)
Have been fairly set on this midfield structure the whole time in all honesty, really like Newcombe.
RUC: Gawn, Grundy (Naismith)
Fine, I’ll put Grundy in. Let’s hope he plays with a chip on his shoulder every week.
FWD: Jackson, Flanders, Fisher, Reid, Windsor, Sexton (Wilson, Cadman)
Probably the strongest forward line I’ve put out (thanks to English to Grundy). Flanders really impressed me in Round 0. It’s either Fyfe/Jordon or Fisher/Windsor.
Cash: $600. Absolutely broke.
TU: Caleb Windsor
TD: Zane Duursma
TU: Rozee/Steele
TD: Butters/ N.Martin
TU – L Jackson
TD – J Cameron
After 50 million changes, I think this is it:
DEF: N Daicos, Stewart, Sheezel, Young, Williams, Howes // Reid, Phillips
MID: Bont, Green, Miller, Steele, N Martin, McKersher, Sanders, Hustwaite // Roberts, Sharp, Clark
RUC: Grundy, Gawn // Naismith
FWD: Flanders, Fisher, Jordon, Reid, Lazzaro, Windsor // Sexton, Wilson
$5.9k ITB
Def: Daicos , Houston, Sheezel, Young, Williams, Coffield (Reid, Howes)
Mid: Butters, Serong, Green, Newcombe, Steele, McKercher, Sanders, Hustwaite (Roberts, Clark, Simpson)
Ruc: Gawn, Grundy (Livingstone)
Fwd: J.MacRae, Owens, Mackenzie, Reid, Sexton, Wilson (Cadman, Mannagh)
Fairly standard first 3 lines. Going for coal-face mid premos (as opposed to those who split time forward). Despite Flanders Round 0 score, I like Owens prospects better. Will also start with Macrae over Jackson as I think his scoring potential is better. Will give it a couple of rounds and switch them if I’m wrong there.
He’s not in my team yet but Owens really intrigues me. Bont sized and another year of building a tank. Kicks goals,pinch hits in the ruck , kicks well off both feet…. Ross might work out that he’s got a baby Bont and use him that way same as pav and Fyfe before ….
Pretty much how I see him as well. Could be anything……and why I’ve got him in
Ssshhhhh! Haha.
TU: Sheezel / Livingstone R3 / Lazzaro
TD: Yeo / Naismith R3 / Jordon
Assuming Naismith doesn’t play Round 1.
Many thanks!
Who to take as M5 and hope to turn out as a keeper?
Tu: Newcombe
Td: Steele
TU: Fisher and Windsor
TD: Fyfe and Jordon
TU- Petracca
TD- Dawson
TU – H Sheezel
TD – J Short
Is wines a safe pick considering butters got subbed out injured at the start of the game?
Which structure is better?
TU – Nic Martin, Matt Crouch, Wines, Flanders/Heeney
TD – Merrett/Liberatore, Butters/Green, Touk Miller, Windsor
TU: Lazzaro
TD: Windsor
TU: Lazzaro & Flanders
Or
TD: Heeney & Hustwaite
My M5 big question who is the better pick?
TU: O.Wines
Or
TD: M.Crouch
Tu – Wines
Td – N Martin
Someone fill me in, which rounds will be best 18 rounds? Surely it’s still just the mid season bye rounds and not the round 0 teams 1st bye aswell
It’s the early bye rounds as well!
Better midfield combination
Tu: Butters and Wines
Td: Rozee and Crouch
TU: N.Martin
TD: M.Crouch
TU: Cooper Simpson
TD: Shaun Mannage
why has everyone faded LDU so much?
he was in close to 20% of sides before his pre season game. now in only 8% of teams? what am I missing the bloke has an unbelievable ceiling
LDU still a good pick. On a great trajectory. But the 30 in the practice game is probably what’s driven down his ownership.
Wouldn’t say an unbelievable ceiling though. That category is Bont, Satan, Butters, Gulden, etc.
He Did this last year though in pre season went 50 odd then pumped out two scores of 140+. I do understand his body’s a concern though.
I had him initially, but my big question mark over him is he has shown he can start the season slow – that performance definitely spooked me (although 6 frees against didn’t help).
Plus the unknown of Warlaw and Sheezel and how they impact him as they start to work through the midfield – he seems to need 30 possessions to score well. Seemed to big a risk compared to others.
If he’s looking ok towards the middle of the year with his role, I wouldn’t hesitate to add him around the byes.
TU: ENGLISH & STEELE (M3) GREEN (M2)
TD: GAWN & LDU/BUTTERS (M2) GREEN (M3)
TU: Martin
TD: Heeney
Structure…
TU: 3 5 2 3
TD: 4 6 2 1
4522?
just one vote please across both pages
TU: Yeo, Crouch & Heeney
TD: Houston, Bonner & Heeney
BELOW: Green, Houston & Lazzaro
Green, Houston & Lazzaro
Last piece of my puzzle
TU: Houston, Jordan & lazzaro
TD: Yeo, heeney & Buku/Mannagh
What do we have yeo averaging if he stays fit?
Hey Mav, surely with a half back role mixed with a good portion of onball work he goes 95 if he’s fit..
TU: Jordon
Or
TD: Fyfe
TU- D4 Salem, M6 Wines, 6k ITB
TD- D4 Budarick, M6 Touk, 40k ITB
After a look at Round 0 here’s the team. Interested in others thoughts on not just the team but also the rationale..
Backs: Daicos, Stewart, Young, Howes, Coffield, Dean, (Reid, Phillps)
Mids: Bont, Dawson, LDU, Rozee, Parish, JHF, McKercher, Sanders (Roberts, Clark, Rowlands)
Rucks: Jackson, Grundy (Naismith)
Forwards: Flanders, Heeney, Fyfe, Reid, Emmett, Wilson (Sexton, Livingstone)
Here’s some stuff I have been mulling..
Carlton and Brisbane players can wait because their prices wont go up before there bye.. I like Lyons, Williams and I have a watch on Boyd for a bit of a POD
What to do with Gold Coast and GWS players (Scratch head)?? They go up in price and then go straight into a bye. I like heaps of them. Green, Ash, Anderson, Miller, Flanders. I have chosen Flanders because he is a forward and there a problem this year and he has done what I needed him to do in R0.
I have had English in my team from the start but worried about a slow start. I can now see how Naismith goes early in the round and swing Jackson forward via Livingstone if need be..
JHF is my big breakout tip for the year and I feel I should back myself in. I thought he was incredible last year for a 2nd year player under heaps of pressure who had pre-season ops on both knees at the same time.
Emmett can easily become Windsor if he is not named. For now, Shultz has moved on, Emmett is a more mature player and had good scores in last 2 rounds of 23.
Heeney – will almost certainly go up in price following R0 score. If he keeps the role he should be great but need to watch out for when he plays through injuries..
Rozee/Butters – I had both from the get go last year. I can’t split them. Butters is more liable to injury and gut feel the responsibility of Captain might nudge Rozee’s scores a little higher – similar to Dawson last year..
Interest in others thoughts. The R0 stuff has thrown up some curlies but great to see teams posted on here a little bit more diverse than other years..
Love the Boyd POD call
I don’t agree with your take on blues/lions players can wait till after their bye. If you know you’re gonna want them why not start now? Last thing you want to be doing is booking trades in at certain times.
TU: Green and Carroll
TD: Heeney and Bonner
TU:
MID: Bont LDU Martin Wines BONNER McKerch Sanders Hustwaite (Wilson roberts Clark)
FWD: Flanders HEENEY Fisher Jordan Reid Sexton (Lazzaro Cadman)
TU:
MID: Bont LDU GREEN Martin Wines McKerch Sanders Hustwaite (CARROLL roberts Clark)
FWD: Flanders Fisher Jordan Lazzaro Reid Sexton (Wilson Cadman)
Feel TU is the better option for balance overall and bench cover becomes alot stronger. Happy to grab green post bye. But TD is probably less risky not relying on Bonner. But I do believe he has a great role under Lyon.
Got a few $$ left over. I can just manage Hustwaite to S. Berry (Adl). Good idea or not?
TU: S.Berry
TD: Hustwaite
(Got Roberts also on the bench).
Can’t decide which I prefer –
TU – Stewart plus 2 onfield rookies
TD – Short, Z Williams and one onfield rookie
I do have Fyfe so the worry is having 2 injury prone players – worth the risk with the extra trades?
Dawson TU
Butters TD
DEF: Daicos, Sheezel, Young, Williams, Gibcus, Reid (Pink, Coffield)
MID: Bont, Gulden, Green, Rozee, Miller, McKercher, Watson, Sanders (Roberts, Sharp, Clark)
RUC: Grawndy (Livingstone)
FOR: Flanders, Fisher, Jordon, Reid, Lazzaro, Sexton (Windsor, Wilson)
I have $284k itb still but don’t know where to spend it. Not keen on Billings since he copped the vest and I’m not sold on Harmes.
Any advice greatly welcomed! Thanks legends!
Gawn to English will burn some of that cash…
That or Jordon to Jackson, 1 less bye, Jacko will make good cash in the next 6 weeks with Darcy out and ave 30 ppg more. No brainer really.
TU: Grundy (r2), Fisher (f1)
TD: Xerri (r2), Jackson (f1)
Fisher > Jackson
Watson > Hustwaite
and maybe Gawn > Marshall
Better starting pick??
TU – Dawson
TD – Libba
Better starting pick??
TU – Short
TD – Whitfield
Both have bye obviously, but both have very secure roles.
TU: Newcombe & Fyfe
Or
TD: Wines & Lipinski (my little Smokey )
TU: Newcombe
TD: Smokey Rowell
TU: LDU
TD: Butters
Jordon – TU
Reid – TD
Why are people so keen on Newcombe when your likes of will day and Moore are going to come back
Moore shouldn’t impact him, as he’s more a forward/mid player. And I don’t think Day would impact him heaps, and if anything they’ll more likely feed off each other if Hawthorn makes a decent improvement this year.
Newcombe will probably be their main hard-ball getter, and contested possessions are a big plus to any rising midfielder.
Who is the best option out of your likes of Fyfe, Harmes, Windsor
TU: Fyfe
TD: Harmes
TU: Windsor
Is Elijah Tsatas a serious option scored great last week and I think can do so consistently compared to your likes of Fyfe and Harmes
TU: go for it
TD: play it safe
Heeney and Coffield
Or
Fisher and Zac Williams
Pretty comfortable with the current setup after Round 0.
DEF: Daicos, Houston, Sheezel, Young, Gibcus, Howes (Z.Reid, Coffield)
MID: Bont, Butters, LDU, Serong, N.Martin, McKercher, Sanders, Hustwaite (M.Roberts Sharp, Clark)
RUC: Gawn, Grundy (Naismith)
FWD: Fisher, Fyfe, J.Jordon, Reid, Windsor Sexton (Wilson, Mannagh)
$170,500 ITB
Have a lot of $$ left over but don’t know where to allocate it. All ears on help, opinions, or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Upgrade Fisher to Flanders I reckon
Its a decent side. I’d personally upgrade Martin to an uber premo mid. Nothing wrong with Martin but you have the cash to afford someone who’ll go 120+.
TU: Libba
or
TD: Butters
T/U Ambrosio & Jackson
T/D Sheezel & Lazzaro
DEF: Daicos, Stewart, Sheezel, Young, Gibcus, Howes. (Reid, Phillips).
MID: Dawson, Serong, Rozee, Miller, N. Martin, Wines, Sanders, Hustwaite. (Roberts, Sharp, Clarke).
RUC: Jackson, Grundy (Naismith).
FWD: Flanders, Fyfe, Jordon, Reid, Lazzaro, Sexton (Wilson, Campbell).
$4200 ITB
Any thoughts/advice appreciated.
Have an uneasy feeling about leaving out Mckercher and Williams and also not confident on Rozee but cannot see where i can squeeze the extra cash to change this up.
I don’t mind the Rozee pick. Had him for a bit but pivoted to only 2 $600k plus mids (Bont & Butters).
McKercher could burn you if he gets hit and I see him making more than Sharp (including the price difference).
No Gawn is bold as well but Jackson has shown his ceiling as a solo ruck.
All in all a different team in terms of premos and I don’t mind it. Best of luck!
Yeah i have definitely tried to make a more unique team this year, would love to find the cash to upgrade Rozee to Butters but pending rookie selections that may become available.
For me it was either Mckercher or Hustwaite and after the praccy games i just have a feeling Mckercher may not get as much accumulation down back competing with Sheezel and Fisher.
I did have Gawn all pre season but following the Darcy news and Gawn’s poor first up score i have faded him for Jackson with a view to bring Gawn in after his first bye and swing Jackson forward.
Thanks for the reply and all the best for your season.
I’ve done the same thing with Gawn to Jackson. Just makes the team look so awesome upgrading on the other lines ( seeing 6 true prem mids). Maybe if it wasn’t English his opponent this week I may of kept Gawn.
I know its going to be real difficult getting English/Marshall/Gawn back in but just want to see how the rucks shape up. Was really a curve ball when Grundy smashed Max. But I am thinking now neither Gawn or Grundy are keepers.
Def – Daicos-Stewart- Sheezel-Young-Williams-B.Howes (Reid,Gibcus)
Mids – Bont- Dawson-Green-Martin-Bonner-Mckercher-Sanders-Hustwaite (Roberts,sharp,Clark)
Rucks- Gawn-Grundy (Naismith)
FWD – Jackson-Fisher-Fyfe-Jordon- H. Reid- Sexton (Wilson, H.Thomas)
Any advice would be great on the team
I’ve got 8,600 ITB
Thanks
TU: Wines
or
TD: Heeney
TU – Tom Green
TD – Z Butters
TU – Stewart
TD – Houston
TU: Rozee & Rowell
or
TD: Butters & Wines
TU-Yeo & butters
TD- Stewart & Crouch
TU: Grundy (r2), Fisher (f1)
TD: Xerri (r2), Jackson (f1)
Def – Daicos, Houston, Young, Williams, Gibcus, Howes, (Coffield and Phillips)
Mid – Bont, Butters, Green, Steele, Martin, Lyons, Mckercher, Sanders (Hustwaite, Roberts and Clark)
Ruc – Gawn, Grundy (102K non playing ruck)
Fwd – Flanders, Heeney, Fisher, Jordon, Reid, Sexton (Wilson and Cadman)
Leave thoughts below
And is starting the season with $500 ITB to little.
Tu- Leave team structured as is
TD- in fyfe, wines and Seth Campbell (Via DPP)
Out, Flanders, lyons and hustwaite
leaves 55k ITB
TU: Stewart
TD: Houston
TU: Z Williams
TD: D’Ambrosio
TU: Rozee & Steele
TD: Butters & N. Martin
Hi Guys.
TU Rankine Bonner
TD Fyfe Wardlaw
None lmao.
TU: Hustwaite
Or
TD: Lazzaro
TU: Newcombe
Or
TD: Serong or Rozee
T/U Steele
T/D Newcombe
TU : Sheezel & Windsor & Rozee
TD: Williams & Jackson & Butters
Got 2 sides I can’t split. The bold names are the differences between the two sides..
TU:
DEF: Naicos HOUSTON* Sheezel Young Williams Howes (Reid Gibcus)
MID: Bont Davie-Uniacke N.Martin OWines BONNER* McKercher Sanders Hustwaite (clark Wilson Roberts)
RUCK: Gawn Grundy (NAISMITH*)
FWD: Flanders HEENEY* Fisher Jordan Reid Sexton (Lazzaro Cadman)
TD:
DEF: Naicos Sheezel YEO* Young Williams Gibcus (Reid howes)
MID: Bont DAWSON* Davie-Uniacke N.Martin OWines McKercher Sanders Hustwaite (Wilson Clark Roberts)
RUCK: Gawn Grundy (LIVINGSTONE*)
FWD: Flanders Fisher FYFE* jordan Reid
Sexton Wilson (Lazzaro Cadman)
It’s simply
TU: HOUSTON, BONNER, NAISMITH & HEENEY
vs
TD: YEO, DAWSON, lIVINGSTONE & FYFE
TU:
DEF – Daicos, Stewart, Sheezel, Young, Gibcus, Reid (Howes, Phillips)
MID – Bont, Merrett, Dawson, Newcombe, Miller, McKercher, Sanders, Hustwaite (Sharp, Clark, Thomas/Simpson)
RUC – Gawn, Grundy (Naismith)
FWD – Jackson, Fyfe, Jordon, Reid, Windsor/Lazarro, Sexton (Wilson, Mannagh)
TD:
DEF – Daicos, Stewart, Young, Williams, Gibcus, Reid (Howes, Coffield)
MID – Bont, Merrett, Green, Newcombe, Miller, McKercher, Sanders, Hustwaite (Roberts, Sharp, Clark)
RUC – Gawn, Grundy (Naismith)
FWD – Jackson, Flanders, Fyfe, Jordon, Reid, Sexton (Wilson, Mannagh)
Feel free to give suggestions. But a heads up, I will not be touching Fisher with a 10-ft pole.
The Fisher fade is huge.
He’s a total bum and can’t really hack it as a footballer BUT he’s in the most ridiculously soft role atm. North have allowed gull HB lines to compromise their defence for a while now, so he’ll stay there.
At his attainable price, it isn’t worth fading him. Especially considering you’ve got Fyfe there and it’s an easy kick up.
If you’re right, what? You look clever, maybe spread the money around nicely and net a few points and we all fire off 2 trades to correct.
If you’re wrong, everyone’s got a free FWD keeper (for now) who’s scoring competitively and you’re behind the 8 ball. You’ll be snookered OA early if Fisher slings two tons at 375k and you don’t have him.
Worth the insurance to suck it up and take him.
Nope, not taking a guy who’s averaged no more than 73.5 in the 7 seasons he’s played so far. He’s shown no signs of breaking out, so not taking the risk.
I’m not sucking up to him because of one good pre-season game. Not doubting he’ll stay mostly in defence, but I think he’ll be too impacted by the likes of Sheezel and McKercher, not to mention McDonald and Corr will be coming back into that side as well, either this round or Rd 2.
I personally think it’s weird that people are all excited about him after one pre-season match. It’s giving me massive Darcy MacPherson vibes from a few years ago. He had two massive pre-season performances, and “sources” claimed he was moving into a big role. Ends up being a dud, and I think he did that to people two years in a row if I’m not mistaken. That’s the feeling I’m getting with Fisher
While Fyfe’s injury history has been woeful (and I wasn’t going to put him in my side originally either). But he proved himself by doing pretty good in both pre-season outings, and he’s moving back into the midfield pretty much full-time. And if he somehow stays fit, the guy can certainly average over 100+, which I doubt Fisher will come close to.
If I’m wrong, I’m wrong and I’ll take the L for it. But I’m not gonna risk starting someone who’s never really shown signs of being a big scorer.
I personally think you’re factoring in the past too much, both regarding Fisher and SC in general.
Fisher averaged no more than 73.5 because he has been playing wing/HF which we know isn’t SC relevant. He now is likely to play the seagull HB role which is SC gold. So for me the 73.5 avg isn;t all that relevant as this is a new role for him.
I also think we need to take into account the difference in this SC season compared to others. More trades + fwd line being as weak as it’s ever been means these 378k guys who have an element of risk to them become more worthwhile. Granted we have had more options come to light the last 2 weeks but all have question marks attached:
Flanders – Early bye
Jackson – 1-2 month rental
Heeney – Early bye/potential rental
Lastly, you’re concern regarding sheez and mckercher is valid, but Corr and L Mcdonald will play lockdown and definitely won’t be a concern.
The beauty of SC is we can all have differing views on the same topic, but I for one think the risk of not starting Fisher outweighs the rewards if you fade successfully.
Respect the analysis Tommy, I get where you’re coming from.
I still think it’s unrealistic that someone like that will suddenly turn into a premo.
So it’s a pass for me
TU: Bont and Wines
TD: Dawson and Rozee
Sure this has been asked but can’t find it now
TU : Z Duursma
TD : Lazzaro
Neither.
T/U Darcy Cameron
T/D Xerri
Neither.
TU: Williams (d4), Grundy (r2), flanders (f2)
TD: Young (d4), xerri (r2), fyfe (f2)
T/U Windsor
T/D Z Duursma
Neither.
Tu: Serong M3, Gawn R1, Flanders F1, Fyfe F3, Lazzaro on Bench
Td: Miller M3, English R1, Jackson F1, Lazzaro F5, Windsor on bench (or any playing rookie as have $190k for this spot)
DEF: Daicos, Sheezel, Young, Gibcus, Reid, Pink, Coffield
MID: Merrett, Dawson, Butters, Miller, Martin, Lyons, Sanders, Hustwaite, McKercher, Roberts, Clark
RUCK: Gawn, Grundy, Naismith
FWD: Flanders, Fisher, Fyfe, Jordon, Reid, Windsor, Sexton, Wilson
174.6 ITB
Any thoughts? Is it too much left over? Am I light on any lines? Or missed anyone that is a must have?
With that much itb Merrett could be Bont or Gawn could be english ..
Nope, haven’t missed anyone major but that’s too much ITB.
You’ll likely need Zwilliams given he’s playing and Pink and Coffied won’t.
Windsor might be a pass with a 60, some tough opponents and an early bye – if you need the cash that is.
I’d make Fyfe Heeney or Flanders or go with a Mark’s suggestion.
Have updated the team – similar-ish structure.
DEF: Daicos, Sheezel, Young, Williams, Gibcus, Reid, Howes, Phillips
MID: Dawson, Butters, Gulden, Miller, Martin, Lyons, Sanders, McKercher, Roberts, Clark, Sharp
RUCK: Gawn, Grundy, Naismith
FWD: Flanders, Heeney, Fisher, Fyfe, Reid, Windsor, Sexton, Wilson
76.4 ITB
This feels a bit better to start with – and gives options come selection time.
Starting Flanders and heeney.
Should I be fading James Jordan to Fyfe to have one less early bye player?
TU : hold jordan forget his extra bye
TD : get fyfe they’ll avg the same + 1 extra round
I’d fob off both. FWD rookies and premos have come through.
TU: Budarick, Dawson, Libba, Cadman F8 (sexton F6)
TD: Williams, Martin, Wines, Jackson
Don’t like tying this many picks to one another.
Cadman will be a nice F8 burn, has West Coast and North next and is an autopick.
Zwilliams is annoying at that price but only looks like he and 3 DEF rookies will play, so you’ll also need him.
Darcy ETA has now been pushed out to 6-8 weeks, so that’s Jackson solo for two months. Also a lock.
That leaves the midfield picks and there the Martin/Wines/extra premo v 600k ones is a strategic question.
Do YOU think Wines will go back to triple digits and be acceptable as a season long M8?
Do YOU think Martin holds up at HB all year and be acceptable as a season long D6?
Even if you are a yes to both of those questions, you’ve still got to weight that against the strength and security of established 600k premos.
It’s a personal, strategic and independent assessment – not one you should be tying to must haves like Zwilliams, Jackson and Cadman.
So yeah, Finn, don’t lump that many picks together. It’s a bad way to build a team.
My two cents on midfield balance: 3x big MIDs, Miller and one of Martin or Wines.
Just can’t seem to make my mind up on this!
T/U – English, N. Martin, Coffield
T/D – Gawn, Houston, Clark
TU: Flanders
TD: Fisher
TIA
Fisher a must have.
Flanders totally different category.
Apples and oranges.
Totally agree.
Flanders can wait until after his bye.
If Fisher goes bang in the first couple of rounds, he will quickly get out of reach…….and I don’t like him as a footballer!
Advice please
T/U Lazzaro in midfield (only link to forward line!!) or
T/D Hustwaite
Also have McKerchet?
TU: Luke Jackson
TD: Grundy
Both
I can’t decide whether to start Lyons or Hustwaite in my mids.
Neither were in my plans until quite recently and the vacant spot became available after Thompson Dow stunk it up in R1.
Lyons is someone with a SC pedigree having averaged over 100 on several occasions but I worry about his job security. He does have 106 in his price cycle.
Hustwaite went well in the pre season games but I also worry about his job security.
I need someone for 4-5 weeks who will get me 150k.
T/U Lyons
T/D. Hustwaite
Been agonising over my team! Any feedback or advice is much appreciated – thanks heaps.
T/U – Good team
T/D – Nah
Backs: Daicos, Sheezel, Young, Williams, Gibcus, Reid (Howes, Coffield)
Mids: Bontempelli, Libba, Green, Newcombe, Miller, Martin, McKercher, Sanders (Roberts, Hustwaithe, Sharp)
Rucks: English, Grundy (Naismith)
Forward: Jackson, Jordon, Reid, Lazzarro, Windsor, Sexton (Wilson, Mannagh)
TU Sheezle
TD Houston
Wish I could start both but just can’t swing it. Sheezle has a lower floor I reckon but Houston at home averaged 114 last year and he plays 7-10 of games at the start at home!! Help!
TU: Z.Reid
Or
TD: B.Howes
Or
TU: N.Coffield
TU: L Jackson
Or
TD: Heeney
Or the bloke I’m not keen on because his role isn’t looking great and only scored well because they whooped Richmond
TU: Flanders