Love it! Seems a similar strategy to mine where we’re loading up in DEF where the rookies are weakest. Love the Jackson pick, had him all pre-season but Freo seemingly want to give Reidy the #1 Ruck role which scared me off a bit, but he will still score fine.
Yeah bit nervous about Jackson but should get the odd CBA as ruck I hope and has been at stoppages sometimes even as another mid because of his versatilityand size.. think I’ll back him in for the good of the rest of my overall side.
Yep big risk. If Boyd gets dropped i all of a sudden lose my flex and have 2 donuts in my 31 players. But I think boyd will play regularly. They love him at the saints and dominated SANFL, allows RoMo to play more forward especially if kings out.
Alright gang, back for season 2025, got a bit of a weird structure focused around value and rookies, as they appear to be rather weak this year, especially in the backline. As such I’ve tried to load up with value picks/premos on lines where they are weakest, meaning my mids are much weaker than most teams, but the sacrifice has to come from somewhere.
DEF: H. Sheezel, D. Zorko, J. Short, H. Perryman, SDK, Z. Reid, J. Prior, J. Leake.
MID: N. Daicos, C. Petracca, C. Rozee, C. Oliver, E. Tsatas, L. Ashcroft, A. Sheldrick, M. Knevitt, FOS, NOD, H. Boxshall
RUCK: T. Xerri, TDK, T. Sims (Loophole)
FWD: I. Rankine, J. Macrae, B. Smith, C. Daniel, H. Garcia, S. Davidson, I. Kako, C. Stone.
Don’t like the idea of 4 rucks in the team as it gets rid of said flexibility. Will work well if all ruckmen play and all 3 will score well but if one needs to miss a week or two here or there you’ll have to cop it (which isn’t that bad considering its still best 22). Also, that defence is very risky with poor rookies (due to lack of them) – will be interesting to see who is named R1…
Gone deep in defence, like most don’t think there’s much depth in the quality of rookies available there – cheaper options may become available when the like of Coleman and Mills start to play, but they may also come at an awkward stage of the season. Have done countless drafts of this and spent a lot of time watching games back from preseason.
DEF: Sheezel, Holmes, Short, Robert’s, Perryman, Leake, Reid, Allan
Gone a bit deeper here, and don’t love Allan, but surely he can’t go worse than the preseason game.
MID: Daicos, Serong, Merrett, Oliver, O’Sullivan, O’Driscoll, Tsatas, LAshcroft, Langford, Sheldrick, Knevitt
Gone with a few premos to start the year. Oliver does make me nervous, and am considering Day instead – but the high ownership of Oliver eases it a bit.
RUCK: Xerri, TDK, Boyd
Xerri is a beast, and TDK should start the year strong without Pitt.
FWD: JHF, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Kako, Hewett, Erasmus, Davidson
I am still tossing up between JHF and Rankine, but the injury for Butters lifted the ceiling of JHF – both are clearly top 6 forwards and will be there come seasons end. I am also tossing up between Smith and Sanders – not 100% on either, but both have some value.
FLEX: Stone
Not sure on the best play here, but using this purely as a cash cow – wouldn’t have mind getting Flynn in (provided he was named as solo ruck, but am short on cash to do so).
2 of Kako, Hewett, Erasmus Davidson on field is a concern. With money sitting in the bank consider upgrading one to powell pepper. Erasmus most likely needed to to be fixed.
The moneys just sitting there might as well use it for most likely a 60-75 average on field.
Would probably recommend trying to get one of those bench rookies into the flex spot over Stone. I think if you sub Stone to Erasmus then swap him with one of the higher priced mid rookies. It also opens up a fwd/mid swing for you to use later as needed
Yeah I’m nervous myself..
I think if it fails I’ll just have too go my worst performing premo down and Flynn up. And hope Flynn has had a price rise or two before he goes down.
I see a lot of teams running up to 4 rookies/sub $200k on-field in the middle, usually a combination of Tsatas, FOS, NOD, Lashcroft, Sheldrick or Knevitt.
I’m not saying that you shouldn’t do it I mean who cares where the points come from. 3 Premo mids and 3 premo defenders is almost the same as 2 premo mids and 4 premo defenders these days
The major issue is that some of them are hi-risk sub candidates and just 1 early game as sub destroys the income generation of a 200k player.
Imagine if all 4 of your on-field mid rookies were starting subs or subbed out early in a role share arrangement
I have 3 on-field NOD, Tsat, Sheldrick and it makes me a bit uncomfortable.
Some of these players scored very well in the practice games BUT that is not a reliable indicator of their scoring in the real thing. 70-80 ave over 6 weeks would be above par
Tsatas – Merrett spent a lot of time at half back, he wont do that in real games so Tsatas CBA’s will probably be significantly less. Also, his disposal under real pressure is atrocious.
FOS – 200k is a lot for a guy who might ave 60- 70 for 3 weeks and then get a go in the VFL. Watch the game his SC score was extremely generous. Hi Sub risk
NOD- worrying that he was unsighted for an entire qrtr and his CBA’s came when regular midfielders had left the game. Great kick though and IF they regularly use him on the way out of defence he could be a great scorer.
Freo seem to be very fluid with their ‘other’ mids and half backs and 1 mistake could see him in the wafl and one of their other bargains in his spot.
Lashcroft – I watched the game twice and still don’t know where his recorded stats came from maybe he’s Bont MK2. Hi sub risk
Sheldrick is about the safest but I doubt that he’ll have the same role that he played after Gulden broke. I think he’ll probably get a more defensive role and rowbottom will be released.
Knevitt- Cats did this to me last year with ?? Clarke? anyway they talked him up all season gave him a go in some pretend games and then made him sub
agree totally with your analysis… I’ll pick one (Ashcroft) possibly as he is clearly the best of a very good bunch and I believe Brisbane will play him… have to avoid getting carried away with “form” in practice games…
Knevitt is also in my team atm no Kako, with all other rookies riced under 130k
Went NWM down to Roberts, sacrificed reliability in the Flex and went with a few bench rooks with less/no CG prospects to get Dawson up to Neale. Not sure at all that it was the right choice…
I feel like It’s been a lot trickier to get a starting team I’m happy with this year!
If someone asks for feedback then I think they are hoping for some explanation of any TD’s and possible suggestions. I.e. Is the whole team no good? or structure to consider? Or just specific selections? Not sure what they can take from TD alone.
Yes, but its generally the same advice over and over this year. Fix up your defence.
Look at teams with a positive ratio and see where your team lacks by comparison.
Do some diligence on injured players or how many you have missing a single bye round.
If you state your new, well that’s a different story.
I like the ‘big 4’ premium rookies in the midfield. I can see one or two of them being in your team until the byes, hopefully pumping out decent scores. Plus you can always go one of them down to a Sheldrick if you need some cash or correction
Petracca is a bold selection, and might be genius if he get DPP round 6. I’m just liking Rozee for slightly cheaper price because of Ports games and no Butters. Plus already have Oliver from Melb.
Maybe change Boyd to A Reid for DPP, plus handcuff him to Flynn.
Maybe a Hall instead of Boxshall for a FWD/MID swinger
Great question. I want 2 out of either Short, Robert’s or Perryman.
At moment I’m leaning to Short because he is the man down back for Tigers with most of the (many) kick outs. Where Robert’s has some competition from Blakey, Rampe and Lloyd.
Perryman looks to be entrenched in the Collingwood midfield as Daicos’s offsider.
I have Perryman but I am worried about him with DeGoey coming back (and also Pendles and Sidey running through the mids). My only reason is he is that little bit cheaper than Short which then put Garcia out of reach for me.
As Chris de Burgh might say….don’t fade the Perryman.
I think he’ll be onball more than not and should be right for a 90-95av at least.
Happy for him to be my D6 or last def upgrade.
Plus, I’ve been burnt by Roberts and Short before so might as well give someone else the chance to do the same.
People starting with Flynn (either R2 or flex) what are your thoughts of starting A Reid at R3 for not just some DPP but handcuffing to Flynn, if Flynn misses a game or two because of his back, Reid would have a very high chance of playing
Had to cut Serong, Day, Parker and Draper to squeeze this in, but I like the value and balance across all lines. Rankine felt too hard to ignore. All rookies pending selection of course making the team subject to change again.
I don’t mind it.
I’m not sold on Smith, and Allan probably not the best option for first bench mid, but having Rankine at F2 limits the bench options a bit.
Strong team Dawso. As a Tigers fan, I’m not a big fan on Short in defence. Yes, the pill will spend a lot of time in Richmond’s defence but most of that time, it will be flying over the goal umpire’s hat.
G’day legends! Open to any and all feedback! I am so torn between the lineup I’ve got below and trading down Sanders to a rookie and upgrading Peatling to another premo mid. Please let me know what you prefer. $78k left itb
No R3? I’d use a DPP for R3 and skip Boyd to use with Flynn. I’m not going that way though.
Hewett doubtful apparently. I do like the Rozee/FOS replacement as suggested and play Kako on field fwd. Got to have Davidson so thats an easy decision to replace Sanders anyway (then you can see who is better between Davidson and Kako to play on field).
Dunno about Langford, think I rather just Knevitt there and maybe make sure you have a DPP (Hall, Angove) to possibly swing Kako into the mids if needed.
And Lastly Allan? Seeing a lot of people still keeping the faith in him. Not me after -12SC. OConnell if named (or even Trainor as an emergency, you need a loop anyway). You can fix that up by Round 5.
Enjoy!
1st blank – Clark or NWM (both QB roles for their team. I’d lean towards Clark if you had the extra $$$, looked great in that pre-season game, again has that QB role out of the backline for Dockers. With JL saying they’re steering away from that chip possession game out of the backline that will benefit Clark with his line breaking ability. He was also everywhere in that praccy match and he scored 120 with a DE of 67%
I’d take both Short & Perryman – I don’t trust Roberts role still with players like Rampe, Lloyd and Blakey down there. I’ve just used some extra money to bring Short in over Roberts. Short has the QB role at tigers and will demand the ball in his hands down there. Will take all of the kick ins as well. Perryman is a beast at this price, firmly cemented as that defensive midfielder behind Daicos and should be a nice stepping stone to a big premo.
Ashcroft over Cerra. Cerra does look great but he has paper thin hammies. Has done 5 since 2023… Ashcroft in my eyes is set to push firmly into that that premo territory this year (also if mot a keeper, will again be a nice stepping stone to a fallen premo)
2nd blank – Boxshall, should line up for saints R1, looked great in pre-season games.
the Short, Roberts or Perryman debate is un-solvable. I can’t split them, so i’ve decided to build a team with all three at D4, D5 & D6 (just forget about defence rookies). Will need Gawn to go to Flynn. doesn’t look too bad.
What would be your plan if Flynn goes down with injury in first 1-2 rounds? I worry with Flynn at an R2 position as you’d need to burn a premo to a rookie to him back up to a solid ruckman. Flex position you can get away with as you flick him down to a rookie that’s starting hot.
having A Reid at R3 is a backup. If Flynn misses a game, i would think reid would get the call up. A long term injury would require a couple of trades.
To be completely honest with you i had a rookie in that spot originally but with some leftover cash i decided to upgrade to SPP instead. He could easily be downgraded again if there is a great fwd rookie I’m missing. Was just more a premium rookie choice that I can upgrade throughout the season.
IMO a 3/4 fit spp has an average of 75+ and with that start price will make 200+ k I’m just not prepared to miss that much near certain cash. It’s not as if you have to wonder if he’s best 22 or if he’ll keep his role in the team. It’s fitness only and excepting the acl not really injury prone. No Brainer for me
A fully fit SPP has only ave 75+ twice in his career, 2018 and 2020.
His ave will more likely be 60-70
If he can ave 70 for 6 weeks it will be a win but there are other forwards +-$50k who will make more cash
52.7 – 2024
67.0
74.2
69.4
75.3
74.3
78.4
64.8 – 2017
Always had a bit of white line fever SPP. Is in the leadership group this year for the first time so reckon he pulls his head in and gets down to work. Agree it’s all about him staying on the park. On the flipside we have heaps of fwds this year. Too many and you can’t fit everyone in. I would take him before Lynch and Berry. Vs Kako is line ball (DPP tips Kako over). $119kers are in a different category so can’t compare to them. SPP +cash vs Garcia is a very close call as well. That’s my dilemma at the moment to fund defence if def rookies don’t turn up.
Yeah sopewhere between 75-85. Doubt he will be a 90 ave like some people are suggesting. I will be happy with 80. I would only guess 5 more than SPP. A lot like Perryman I reckon with a lot of tackles with a similar sort of role.
I am prob going with a lot of 113k bench players. Putting all my value on field, especially with all those byes coming up. And then hopefully sort something more stable out by Round 5.
DEF: Sheezel, Zorko, Holmes, Short, Perryman, Reid (Leake, O’Connell)
MID: Neale, Brayshaw, Oliver, Sanders / W. Ashcroft, O’Sullivan, Tsatas, Knevitt (L. Ashcroft, L. Camporeale, Boxshall)
RUC: Xerri, De Koning (Boyd)
FWD: Horne-Francis, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Parker / Powell-Pepper, Kako (Hall, Davidson)
FLEX: Flynn
Think the team is reasonably strong in the DEF (2 out of 3 of Short, Perryman, Roberts to choose from), bit weak in the MID, happy with RUC, FWD pretty cookie cutter, but ok.
Subject to rookie selections, considering the following for “final” team
TU: R. Sanders (M4/F4) and L. Parker (M4/F4) 5.3K ITB
TD: W. Ashcroft (M4) and S. Powell-Pepper (F5) 66.3 ITB
same post. i forgot my rucks sorry
Back
Sheez, Sicily, Stewart, Roberts, perryman, Reid
Mid
Neal, Merritt, Dawson, Oliver, O’sullivan, L Ashcroft, Sheldrick, Hall
Ruck
Meek , De Koning , Boyd
Fwd
Jhf, Macrea, Smith, Sanders, C Daniel, Hewett
flex Sam PP
bench is the usual rookies.
$126 in bank to play around still.
each year there are breakouts or players that people jump on late.
I think Dawson and steward could be that again.
TU TD and or thoughts?
Lots interesting reading here in relation to Short, Perryman and Roberts and playing one rookie down back, etc.
My current side is below and I really like the structure, rookies subject to change obviously
No FOS but North have a lot of SC mouths to feed so I am happy to pass. Josh Daicos at M5, who like Nic Martin in 2024, should gain DPP after R6. He is basically my choice over Short, Perryman or Roberts and I think he will be better than any of them.
Happy to roll with 2 playing rookies down back in light of the above, so long as enough of them play. The Flex will replace the worst weekly spud anyway if Allan or whoever don’t improve but he for one really should.
Hey GD. Ready for another year mate? How’s your team looking? Thanks again for all your preseason work. This site is a saviour for the lazy among us like me! Haha
Yep it really is an all or nothing year for us. No idea how we got Houston and Perryman with our draft hand but hoping it all adds up to a 2nd flag in 3 years!
My team is a revolving door and not starting some big names might hurt but remaining optimistic until I stuff up my captain choice round 1 haha.
Hey Derek. If he gets the mid role everyone is saying he will he should be able to make that. He loves a tackle and Ross does like to play the young ones and give them plenty of opportunities. Just think with butters out and a nice opening draw SPP could start well and a good score will rocket his cash gen while Garcia could be a slow build
I’d go trac and Dawson coz no early bye to worry about and crows have a good run and Dawson looks to be back. But it’s just my opinion Day looked really good but second half tag really slowed his scoring. Good luck
I’ve had him since SC opened. Hasn’t come out of my side.
Fixture, trajectory, newly minted as captain.
It was pointed out to me the other day that he doesn’t go so hot away from home but hoping/thinking the aforementioned will allow him to overcome that deficiency.
His scores at home compared to away is insane, almost can’t be true. If he can work out why he scores do poorly in the road he is a great pick. I’ll be watching his first away game with interest
Can now ride all of Zorko, Neale and Anderson comfortably even though I probably would’ve stuck fat with the bye anyway.
Against my better judgement, I have Satan instead of Ashcroft in a light midfield.
Switched to a 6 deep DEF line. Not going to play the game of Paton, Prior, trying to force rookies that aren’t there. With Cats no bye, I jumped back on my boy Holmes.
Ruck line will be a bit controversial. Not trying to be flouncy. Legit think Flynn can hold it down at R2 and Nank should tear shit up early.
Can pull the lever of Reidy to Boyd and make Kako Tsatas/FOS. We’ll see.
McKercher I see as bootleg Sheezel. 88.5 in his first year, including a 6. His HF/wing role right now isn’t great but they’ll want to maximise his involvement, so don’t think they condemn him there for too long. Think he finds a bunch of it either way.
SPP in leadership group this year, Port have a pisstake of a fixture, should put in work at stoppages. Optimistically, 75~ early on.
I think with B22 (and B18 in the early byes) you can carry a rookie at D6. Even a rubbish one. With both Roberts and Perryman on R3 bye, I think you can put a rookie in D6 and bring in Ashcroft.
I’m wondering if there’s been a broad over correction in defence. I see Paton, Leake, Reid, Allan, Trainor and O’Connell as likely next week and more expensive Prior and Cleary also in the mix. I’m sticking with Allan despite last week’s performance.
I had McKercher most of pre season but his role has scared me off. He is a ball magnet though so could still be viable.
See you’ve changed your tune on Flynn 🙂 fair enough I think and he’s my flex for now.
Tsatas should easily outscore Kako who will be inconsistent. If Boyd plays think that change makes sense. Good luck!
TU: Day + Powell-Pepper F6 (Davidson bench).
TD: Petracca + Stone (bench) with Davidson on field.
Notes TD is my current setup but looking at other options. Tossing around that Petracca/Rozee/Day position. All injury history concerns. Loved Day’s game but only 32SC second half is a concern.
Two other things to consider I should of included is I have Oliver and Daicos in as well so are two Melb mids too many? Day and Daicos have more byes which I am trying to minimise. Not sure Day will be Top 6-8 mid but Petracca could be.
Flynn at R2 is make or break territory. If he can stay fit and sound he’ll make a small fortune. Flip side – missing potential huge points / captain option. Can you compensate with second team?
I don’t know if Flynn can underperform at his price. If he plays he overperforms.
Only risk is injury, hopefully AReid (R3) then plays and covers.
Plan is to reassess after 6 weeks, is he going well enough to stay as flex for ruck back up or does he get traded to Xerri who starts his easy run in round 6
Liked your earlier teams Derek but I have got to be honest, this one has baffled me. Disjointed would be a word I’d use. Maybe it just looks that way because JHF is in the mids? Very Fwd centric. I would say yes too many mid prices. Can’t really see who you would captain? I can’t do Flynn off just one game and then put him in one of the most important spots in R2. Flex maybe and chain him to A.Reid like your earlier plan sounded a better idea.
Can’t knock the players selected just the way it looks on paper You can prob sort it out over the bye rounds which players perform or not so hey it may work out in the end.
Anyway just my opinion. Hope it helps (or doesn’t hurt too much!)
I’m not understanding the love for Garcia as a 19 year old and I’m picking Parker over Sanders every day of the week. I thought you were back on the T Stewart train, particularly with no early bye. He’s a good 10 points per week better than Short.
Downgrade Garcia as there’s a few fwd rookies around and Short to Stuart? As you said a lot of best 18 early.
I note SPP seems to be popular but I’m happy with Lynch at similar price
Tinkered and tooled around a lot and barring anything crazy during todays game looks like this is the round 1 team (rozee injury also a close watch)
Back: Sheezel, Whitfield, Clark, NWM, Holmes, Short (Reid, Leake)
Mid: Day, Satan, O’Sullivan, O’Driscoll, Tsatas, Draper, L Ashcroft, Knevitt (Hewett, Erasmus, Camper who had a good pre-season game)
Ruc: Xerri, Boyd (T Sims)
Fwd: The horny one, Rankine, Jackson, Macrae, B Smith, Daniel (SPP, Davidson)
FLEX: H Garcia
Now let’s first address the glaring hole, and that is r2. Not sold on anyone outside of being a Xerri truther from his beginning, Voss seems to love 2 rucks so tdk is only viable until pitto comes back in my opinion. Gawn old, English sharing, Marshall injured. Tempted by Flynn but his body and job security are a similar risk to the bloke who’s only 99k. Hence Sims dpp at r3, can swing Jackson to r if really needing a stop gap because Boyd didn’t impress in pre season and Marshall looks to be right to go r1, though whispers are they’ll play him a bit more forward. Very much a wait and see.
Stacking the back line due to the defensive rookies looking very thin and with all the premo injuries going my midfield looks as though someone in the office SuperCoach team put it together based on pick %.
Rozee turned into Day due to his training injury and Day having a Friday night out but I’m very sceptical about both their ability to stay on the park.
A bit of high risk high reward going on but my back line and forward line are better than yours.
In theory make cash with the mid rookies, upgrade to the uber promos like butters and Bont once they come back from injury and knock the rust off, add a second ruck who’s performing (not caring about the byes) and won’t even need to trade a forward or defender. Right guys? Right….?
Definitely a long term view with that midfield. If all the rookies pay off you’re going to be cashed up to the rafters but their scoring will be up and down so could cost early wins.
As you say this is high risk high reward. Go with your gut and good luck!
I’m liking idea of starting TDK and running with him for Carlton’s easy start and while Pitto is out and jumping in Xerri once his tough start has ended and the start of an easy stretch. Round 6 a good switcharoo
I believe you should choose day as part of the 5 at 5 package ( Dawson, brayshaw et al)not to lead your midfield by himself.
Can cut either holmes or nwm for Roberts pretty safely now.
Also can cut Baily smith and put SPP on the field.
Could cut Day put garcia into the middle and get gawn. Even if your not sold on Gawn he can be traded to anyone later on. Now looks like he will have a very favorable match up against Gws.
I haven’t seen Perryman play yet so will keep an eye on him today. Humphries is next to him for good reason. His best is right up there and priced to make some $$ upgrade to uber later. GBD is spot on re backline, not a lot of rookie options.
Mids are biggest risk but I’m happy to go with FOS, NOD, little Ash and Boxshall. Bench is good enough for back up.
C’mon Flynn you good thing. If he falls apart Jacko can move in.
Only concern with gawn for me this year is potential rest games especially with a somewhat capable backup in Campbell but that’s just my mind looking for a way to overthink picking him which is normal this time of year
Anyone who doesn’t own Gawn should be concerned he could go 200 against GWS next week now he is up against keefe. Darcy Cameron went 160+ against him today
I really am not sure how to rate him but most teams have him. In the practice match he scored 138 but was against keefe as ruckman. Today Cameron scored 164 against keefe.
Blues opening 5 rounds he rucks against
Nank, meek, English, Cameron and Flynn.
There is a chance he could lose money in first 5 weeks
His fixtures for the first 2 months of the season are genuinely amazing for defenders and he won’t cop any attention at all. My only concern is his age, although I was concerned last season and he played every game. Very very tempted to start at D2. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s average is close to 120 after the first couple of months. Anyone else with me???
If both pairs take turns having a good then average game i.e one goes120+ and the other goes 100+ on average that’s 220+ on average per week for defenders.
But your not selecting them on their own merrits but as a pair. And since their on the same team and boost each others score your covering the chance of most weeks 2 defenders going large whilst the other 2 produce good floor scores.
As opposed to players from different teams.
Gonna see what happens with this set up. Sheezle as D1 and Roberts as d6. Proven performer and break out player on either side
Of the awesome foursome.
What are everyone’s thoughts on Lachie Neale?
Slight concern for mine over the age however from all reports looking fit as ever in the pre season. Soft draw to start, Richmond & Westcoast in the first month. Solid for a top 8 mid once again this year?
B: Sheezel, Holmes, Stewart, Roberts, Sinn, B Allan (Reid, Leake)
M: Dawson, Day, Oliver, Callaghan, Parker, NOD, Tsatas, Lashcroft (Knevitt, Hewett, Boxshall)
R: Meek, TDK (Boyd)
F: JHF, Rankine, S Darcy, Macrae, Daniel, Davidson (T Lynch, Stone)
Flex: Flynn
1k in the bank
I’ve tried to focus on role certainty and I’ve applied the ‘Luke Hodge theory’ of 4th year being the most likely year to breakout.
Backs: Sinn isn’t locked but if he’s playing HB probably worth a try or he could go to a cheaper rookie if R1 selections pan out that way. I’ve tinkered with Perryman but not sure his role when De Goey returns
Mids: I note a few teams have gone with a 4/4 structure but I’ve stuck with 4/midpricer/3. I’ve picked Parker as a keeper with 10 seasons to support the argument. He wasn’t always first choice mid at Swans but always scored well. Always been on Day but Callaghan is new, although I’ve had him on watchlist. Even when Green returns think he’ll be ok.
Rucks: Chopped and changed this the most. Part of me wants to go rogue and have Bryan R2 but playing safer for now. I know I don’t have Xerri or Gawn but can’t have everyone
Fwd: S Darcy is my POD. I know he’ll be up and down but with flex and early byes I’m happy to punt and if it doesn’t come off I don’t think he’s going to leak much cash.
Flex: Flynn’s been in, out, in, out, now back in. Let’s hope his body holds up!
Sinn – is cheap, but we don’t know what the Port defense is going to look like. I think he will play.
Day – had a great game Round 0, but he isn’t going to kick 3 goals and get 6FF every game. Was only the 4th midfielder after Worpel, Newk and Nash. With Worpel out won’t surprise me that Mckenzie comes in ahead of Day in the CBA’s.
Callaghan – prefer him over Day and AShcroft. Seems to be clearly one of the main midfielders, even with Green back he will be bulk midfield. If he starts to lay a few tackles he will be a great scorer. I’m staying away mainly because of the Bye.
S darcy – it would be better if he had a decent midfield kicking it down his throat. he does get a nice match up the first two weeks.
Sinn is the shakiest out of all of them. Trainor is picked to play but I don’t know a lot about him other than he did ok with limited game time in the practice match. But might do a swap to save cash.
I’ve been on Day and Darcy all pre season so sticking with my gut. I know you like Rozee but hopefully for our sakes they both work out!
Comments here saying Daicos is no longer an option, what is the latest info. He still played on against GWS maybe not in the normal position. 64% of teams have him and the premo mid list is getting pretty small at the moment
Is he worth the risk at his price, and with the R3 bye ?? You might give up 5-10 pts with another choice, but sleep better in early rounds !!! He has two byes to r!2. The likes of Dawson, Trac, Satan, have none.
Think this is my final team *narrator voice* it was not his final team
But anyway, I have decided I’m going for all three of the popular mid pricers down back and shifted the team heaps to get Neale now that he doesn’t have the early bye. Brayshaw finished last year incredibly so hoping that continues and Steele is my favourite player and his baseline of around 110 feels plenty safe enough.
I am not sold on the rucks. Meek was good but against a very ordinary and underdone Grundy.
Tdk I think will average about 90. Scored 138 in practice match but against no ruckman.
Maybe downgrade 1 or nwm or Holmes and upgrade tdk or meek
TDK’s practise match 138 was in 58% game time, he scored at almost 2 points per minute. I reckon he’ll ave closer to 120 than 90. Same with Meek.
HTA’s accrue when you have mids that win CBA’s eg. oliver was down l/y so was Gawn
This is my current team. Please rip it to shreds. Any advice is welcome. I’m not sold on Lynch but I can’t afford anyone else like a FOS and I think he should be able to have some big scores. If he scores low then the flex will cover him.
Def: Sheezel, Clark, NWM, Roberts, Perryman, Reid (Paton, Trainor)
Mid: Serong, Rozee, Oliver, Cerra, Daniel, NOD, Tsatas, L. Ashcroft (Knevitt, Boxshall, Camporeale)
Fwd: JHF, Rankine, Macrae, Lynch, SPP, Davidson, (Kako, Stone)
Flex: Flynn
he will be the sub if he does well when he comes on he might get a few games but there are plenty of kids at the blues fighting for that spot including camporeales twin
Changed my usual sturcture here. but quite settled doing this.
Def- Sheezel, Zorko, Short, Roberts, Perryman, Paton. (Reid and Leake)
Bit stronger here than some teams, would rather have a defence like this with the scarce amount of defensive rookies at our disposal.
Mids- Neale, Day, Oliver, Callaghan, NOD, Tsatas, L.Ashcroft, Knevitt (Hewett, Camporele, Boxshall)
Seems like a pretty normal midfield to most sides, especially following callaghan and Days, Performances over the weekend.
Rucks- Gawn and Xerri (Boyd)
A standard pairing with Gawns facing SDK and Keeffe in the first four weeks, I’ve made a significant push to bring him in.
FWD- JHF, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, Berry, Davidson. (Erasmus and Stone)
Couldn’t afford a kako with the current set up, But seems like this is gonna be similar to most forward lines.
Flex—TDK, this is potentially a lot different from most people’s flex, but my thought with the flex position is that I potentially wanted a Ruck in that slot anyway by the end of the season, so why not just fill the void now with a relatively stronger side around him?
Only $4,600 Left in the bank
Is there anything that you would potentially change?
Pretty much set on this one pending rookie selections. Would love to fit Perryman into the backline but don’t like the cuts I would have to do to make that happen.
agreed Nathan. Harry could kick a record amount of goals this week based on recent results of what pies did to tiges, what giants did to pies and what blues did to giants
Torn between Harry Perryman and Bailey Smith.
Perryman could have a season like George Hewitt did when he went to Carlton or he could just be middle of the road like he has been for seven years.
Smith could turn the clock back a couple of years and average over 100 or he could plod along around 80 and get injured.
Given Yze has indicated the Tigers will need to slow the ball down, does Short become more SC relevant to begin the season as a stepping stone?
TU: Yes
TD: No
Sam Lalor (MID $203k), who was taken as Pick 1, was training impressively with Richmond before fracturing his jaw and entering concussion protocols following an incident in a match simulation against West Coast.
Sam Lalor completed today’s entire Richmond main session.
Didn’t require the non-contact cap and was in full tackling and match sim, playing for A side.
He is a classy player but he is priced to reflect that. The question mark is how much the injury has hampered his preparation? I doubt Richmond would be playing their prize recruit if he wasn’t ready.
Makes an interesting conundrum with cheaper options available. Will class prevail?
DEF – Sheezel Zorko Clarke NWM Perryman Prior (Reid Trainor)
MID – Daicos Neale serong Oliver FOS tsatas L.Ashcroft Sheldrick ( knevitt camporeale boxshall )
RUCK – Xerri Flynn (A.Reid)
FWD – Horney Jackson Macrae Daniel Davidson kako (Paton stone)
FLEX: Boyd
I have 22k in the bank..
Love the overall strength of my side i have Jackson as DPP cover if Flynn fails early. Any opinions?
Love it! Seems a similar strategy to mine where we’re loading up in DEF where the rookies are weakest. Love the Jackson pick, had him all pre-season but Freo seemingly want to give Reidy the #1 Ruck role which scared me off a bit, but he will still score fine.
Yeah bit nervous about Jackson but should get the odd CBA as ruck I hope and has been at stoppages sometimes even as another mid because of his versatilityand size.. think I’ll back him in for the good of the rest of my overall side.
Like the Jackson/Reid inclusion for the flex cover but relies on Boyd getting a game week in week out – not sure how guaranteed this is ?
Yep big risk. If Boyd gets dropped i all of a sudden lose my flex and have 2 donuts in my 31 players. But I think boyd will play regularly. They love him at the saints and dominated SANFL, allows RoMo to play more forward especially if kings out.
But yes it’s risky for sure.
Alright gang, back for season 2025, got a bit of a weird structure focused around value and rookies, as they appear to be rather weak this year, especially in the backline. As such I’ve tried to load up with value picks/premos on lines where they are weakest, meaning my mids are much weaker than most teams, but the sacrifice has to come from somewhere.
DEF: H. Sheezel, D. Zorko, J. Short, H. Perryman, SDK, Z. Reid, J. Prior, J. Leake.
MID: N. Daicos, C. Petracca, C. Rozee, C. Oliver, E. Tsatas, L. Ashcroft, A. Sheldrick, M. Knevitt, FOS, NOD, H. Boxshall
RUCK: T. Xerri, TDK, T. Sims (Loophole)
FWD: I. Rankine, J. Macrae, B. Smith, C. Daniel, H. Garcia, S. Davidson, I. Kako, C. Stone.
FLEX: M. Flynn
Tear it to shreds!
Feedback welcomed please!!
B – H.Sheezel, L.Whitfield, M.Holmes, M.Roberts, Z.Reid, J.Leake. (Bice, B.Allan)
M – L.Neale, N.Daicos, C.Rozee, C.Oliver, F.O’Sullivan, E.Tsatas, L.Ashcroft, A.Sheldrick. (Hewett, S-El-Hawli, Boxshall)
R – TDK, L.Jackson. (Boyd)
F – JHF, I.Rankine, J.Macrae, R.Sanders, C.Daniel, I.Kako. (A.Johnson, Davidson)
Flexi – M.Flynn
Def: Sheezel, NWM, Perryman, Allan, Reid, Busslinger (Leake, Bice)
Mid: Daicos, Serong, Petracca, Rozee, Oliver, Tsatas, Ashcroft, Binns (Knevitt, Angove Boxshall)
Ruck: Xerri, TDK (Boyd)
FWD: JHF, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, SPP, Kako (Hewett, Davidson)
Flex: Nank
Feel like I haven’t seen many using the flex for an extra premo but think all 3 of those rucks are gonna have a big year.
Don’t like the idea of 4 rucks in the team as it gets rid of said flexibility. Will work well if all ruckmen play and all 3 will score well but if one needs to miss a week or two here or there you’ll have to cop it (which isn’t that bad considering its still best 22). Also, that defence is very risky with poor rookies (due to lack of them) – will be interesting to see who is named R1…
Think a 3rd Premium ruck will come into play a lot as a final upgrade after teams are finished or there abouts.
Thoughts?
Def: Sheezel, NWM, Holmes, Short, Perryman, Reid (Bice, Leake)
Mid: Neale, Serong, Oliver, Cerra, FOS, NOD, Tsatas, Ashcroft (Knevitt, Kako, Boxshall)
Ruc: Xerri, TDK (Boyd)
FWD: Horney, Rankine, Macrae, Daniel, SPP, Davidson (Hewitt, Stone)
Flex: Sheldrick
$8k itb
Few changes to what I thought was a final team due to bye rescheduling.
DEF: Sheezel, Martin, Holmes, Short, Roberts, Leake (Reid, Bice)
MID: Naicos, Dawson, Rozee, Clarry, FOS, NOD, Tsatsas, Ashcroft (Sheldrick, Knevitt, Boxhall)
RUCK: Xerri, TDK (Boyd)
FWD: JHF, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Kako, Davidson (Hewett, Stone)
FLEX: Flynn
Gone deep in defence, like most don’t think there’s much depth in the quality of rookies available there – cheaper options may become available when the like of Coleman and Mills start to play, but they may also come at an awkward stage of the season. Have done countless drafts of this and spent a lot of time watching games back from preseason.
DEF: Sheezel, Holmes, Short, Robert’s, Perryman, Leake, Reid, Allan
Gone a bit deeper here, and don’t love Allan, but surely he can’t go worse than the preseason game.
MID: Daicos, Serong, Merrett, Oliver, O’Sullivan, O’Driscoll, Tsatas, LAshcroft, Langford, Sheldrick, Knevitt
Gone with a few premos to start the year. Oliver does make me nervous, and am considering Day instead – but the high ownership of Oliver eases it a bit.
RUCK: Xerri, TDK, Boyd
Xerri is a beast, and TDK should start the year strong without Pitt.
FWD: JHF, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Kako, Hewett, Erasmus, Davidson
I am still tossing up between JHF and Rankine, but the injury for Butters lifted the ceiling of JHF – both are clearly top 6 forwards and will be there come seasons end. I am also tossing up between Smith and Sanders – not 100% on either, but both have some value.
FLEX: Stone
Not sure on the best play here, but using this purely as a cash cow – wouldn’t have mind getting Flynn in (provided he was named as solo ruck, but am short on cash to do so).
ITB: 61.2k
Feel free to rip it apart.
2 of Kako, Hewett, Erasmus Davidson on field is a concern. With money sitting in the bank consider upgrading one to powell pepper. Erasmus most likely needed to to be fixed.
The moneys just sitting there might as well use it for most likely a 60-75 average on field.
Would probably recommend trying to get one of those bench rookies into the flex spot over Stone. I think if you sub Stone to Erasmus then swap him with one of the higher priced mid rookies. It also opens up a fwd/mid swing for you to use later as needed
T/u. Gawn Flex, 2 rookies on field in def
T/d. Sheldrick Flex, premo and 1 rookie in def
Please give me some thoughts or ideas.
Backs: sheezle, zorko, short, Roberts, perryman, Reid. Prior, leake
Mids: neale, daicos, rozee, Oliver, o’sullivan, o’driscoll, tsatas, l. Ashcroft
Knevitt, kako, Allen
Ruck: xerri, tdk. Boyd
Fwd: jhf, macrae, Smith, Daniel, powell-pepper, davidson. Hewett, stone
Flex: sheldrick
Looks solid. Short as a keeper is the only thing I’d be thinking about.
If he’s There to make money fair enough.
DEF: Sheezel Zorko Clark Perryman Prior leake – Reid Trainor
MID: Neale Naicos Brayshaw Oliver O’Sullivan tsatas Ashcroft Sheldrick – knevitt boxshall camporeale
RUCK: Xerri Flynn – Boyd
FWD: JHF Rankine Macrae Daniel Garcia
kako – Davidson stone
FLEX: Cerra
BANK: 25k
My M3 is far from settled. I’ve had rozee, brayshaw & LDU in there the last 24 hours.
Flynn R2 will take a big set of plums, not sure i have them, But like the side overall from it
Looks good Mav, due to the required plums size I can’t go with Flynn but if it pays off it’s a big win.
Yeah I’m nervous myself..
I think if it fails I’ll just have too go my worst performing premo down and Flynn up. And hope Flynn has had a price rise or two before he goes down.
I may not go with this side yet though haha
I see a lot of teams running up to 4 rookies/sub $200k on-field in the middle, usually a combination of Tsatas, FOS, NOD, Lashcroft, Sheldrick or Knevitt.
I’m not saying that you shouldn’t do it I mean who cares where the points come from. 3 Premo mids and 3 premo defenders is almost the same as 2 premo mids and 4 premo defenders these days
The major issue is that some of them are hi-risk sub candidates and just 1 early game as sub destroys the income generation of a 200k player.
Imagine if all 4 of your on-field mid rookies were starting subs or subbed out early in a role share arrangement
I have 3 on-field NOD, Tsat, Sheldrick and it makes me a bit uncomfortable.
Some of these players scored very well in the practice games BUT that is not a reliable indicator of their scoring in the real thing. 70-80 ave over 6 weeks would be above par
Tsatas – Merrett spent a lot of time at half back, he wont do that in real games so Tsatas CBA’s will probably be significantly less. Also, his disposal under real pressure is atrocious.
FOS – 200k is a lot for a guy who might ave 60- 70 for 3 weeks and then get a go in the VFL. Watch the game his SC score was extremely generous. Hi Sub risk
NOD- worrying that he was unsighted for an entire qrtr and his CBA’s came when regular midfielders had left the game. Great kick though and IF they regularly use him on the way out of defence he could be a great scorer.
Freo seem to be very fluid with their ‘other’ mids and half backs and 1 mistake could see him in the wafl and one of their other bargains in his spot.
Lashcroft – I watched the game twice and still don’t know where his recorded stats came from maybe he’s Bont MK2. Hi sub risk
Sheldrick is about the safest but I doubt that he’ll have the same role that he played after Gulden broke. I think he’ll probably get a more defensive role and rowbottom will be released.
Knevitt- Cats did this to me last year with ?? Clarke? anyway they talked him up all season gave him a go in some pretend games and then made him sub
Good points David but there’s not a heap of decent cheap rookies is there?
Or else we’d be all over them.
agree totally with your analysis… I’ll pick one (Ashcroft) possibly as he is clearly the best of a very good bunch and I believe Brisbane will play him… have to avoid getting carried away with “form” in practice games…
Knevitt is also in my team atm no Kako, with all other rookies riced under 130k
TU: Washcroft/Cerra & H Garcia
TD: Dawson & Sheldrick
Hi all,
Any love for Steven May?
Had some good scores last year when you take out the injury effected games.
Please comment if there is a more suitable option at his price at $487,500
Mckercher would fit into that price range.
Absolutely love this
Shhhhhhhh !!!! I’m all over this. And he doesn’t have a bye till R15…if he doesn’t get suspended.
Been throwing a few things around and come up with this for now
Backs: sheezle, zorko, short, Roberts, perryman, Reid. Prior, leake
Mids: neale, daicos, heeney, Oliver, o’sullivan, tsatas, l. Ashcroft, sheldrick,
Knevitt, kako, boxshall
Rucks: xerri, tdk. Boyd
Fwd: jhf, macrae, Daniels, Garcia, pepper, davidson. Hewett, stone
Flex: Flynn
T/u: leave
T/d: out zorko, heeney Flynn for Allen amd gawn as flex
TU: Neale
TD: Serong
Looking at making a change:
TU: Neale + SPP + Stone
TD: Serong + Garcia + Hewett
and yes I am a couple of hundred $$ short of Stone -> Hewett
Def: Sheez, Zorko, Roberts, Allan, Reid, Leake (Trainor, Bice)
Mid: Neale, Naicos, Dawson, Rozee, Oliver, Tsatas, Ashcroft, Sheldrick (Knevitt, Kako, Boxshall)
Ruck: Xerri, Flynn (Boyd)
Fwd: JHF, Rankine, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, Hewett (Berry Davidson)
Flex: Jackson
20K ITB
Thoughts on this… Open to feedback!
DEF: Sheezel, Holmes, Short, Roberts, Prior, Allan (Reid, Leake)
MID: Daicos, Rozee, Oliver, W.Ashcroft, FOS, O’Driscroll, Tsatas, Sheldrick (Knevitt, Kako, Hewett)
RUCK: Xerri, De Koning (Boyd)
FWD: JHF, Rankine, Macrae, Smith, Sanders, Daniel (Stone, Davidson)
FLEX: L. Ashcroft
TU: C. McKercher and W. Ashcroft
TD: J. Short and W. Day
Last attempt…for the week
Sheezel Holmes Rioli Short Roberts Leake, (Reid, Bice)
Daicos Brayshaw Oliver Washcroft FOS NOD Tsatas Sheldrick (Lashcroft, Knevit, Camporeale)
X TDK (Boyd)
JHF Rankine Macrae Daniel Hewett Davidson (Kako, Stone)
Flynn
Worried about the high priced rookies in midfield, potentially downgrade 1 to upgrade one of the mid pricers down back
Hi all,
Would very much appreciate any feedback on my latest team –
DEF: Sheez, Holmes, Short, Roberts, Perryman, Reid (Leake, Charleson)
MID: Neale, Naicos, Anderson, Rozee, Oliver, Tsatas, Lashcroft, Sheldrick (Knevitt, Boxshall, Day-Wicks)
RUCK: Nank, TDK (Boyd)
FWD: JHF, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Kako, Davidson (Hewett, A Reid)
FLEX: Erasmus.
Went NWM down to Roberts, sacrificed reliability in the Flex and went with a few bench rooks with less/no CG prospects to get Dawson up to Neale. Not sure at all that it was the right choice…
I feel like It’s been a lot trickier to get a starting team I’m happy with this year!
Thanks!
Back
Sheezle, zorko, short, Roberts, perryman, Reid. Bench, prior, leake
Mid
Neale, daicos, libba, Oliver, fos, o’driscoll, l ashcroft, sheldrick, bench, tsatas, knevitt, kako
Ruck
Xerri, tdk. Bench, Boyd
Fwd
Jhf, macrae, Daniel, Garcia, powell-pepper, davidson. Bench, Hewett. Stone
Flex
Flynn
$5,600 left in bank.
Any thoughts welcome as to who I should ditch or look at getting
Mid Premo + Fwd Rookie combo option
TU: Zerrett + J Berry
TD: Dawson + SPP
If someone asks for feedback then I think they are hoping for some explanation of any TD’s and possible suggestions. I.e. Is the whole team no good? or structure to consider? Or just specific selections? Not sure what they can take from TD alone.
Agreed!
Yes, but its generally the same advice over and over this year. Fix up your defence.
Look at teams with a positive ratio and see where your team lacks by comparison.
Do some diligence on injured players or how many you have missing a single bye round.
If you state your new, well that’s a different story.
DEF: Sheezel Zorko Clark Roberts SDK Paton (Reid Leake)
MID: Naicos Dawson Rozee Oliver FOS
Tsatas Lashcroft Sheldrick (Knevitt Camporeale Boxshall)
RUC: Xerri Flynn (A. Reid)
FOR: JHF Rankine Jackson Macrae Daniel Kako (Stone Davidson)
FLEX: H. Boyd
Final team before OR. Tear it apart!
DEF- H.Sheezel, D.Zorko, J.Clark, M.Roberts, H.Perryman, Z.Reid (J.Leake, L.Trainor)
MID – L.Neale, N.Daicos, C.Petracca, C.Oliver, FOS, NOD, E.Tsatas, L.Ashcroft (M.Knevitt, L.Camporeale, H.Boxshall)
RUCK – T.Xerri, TDK (H.Boyd)
FWD – JHF, J.Macrae, C.Daniel, H.Garcia, SPP, S.Davidson (I.Kako, C.Stone)
FLEX – M.Flynn
Really good team.
5 good C/VC options
I like the ‘big 4’ premium rookies in the midfield. I can see one or two of them being in your team until the byes, hopefully pumping out decent scores. Plus you can always go one of them down to a Sheldrick if you need some cash or correction
Petracca is a bold selection, and might be genius if he get DPP round 6. I’m just liking Rozee for slightly cheaper price because of Ports games and no Butters. Plus already have Oliver from Melb.
Maybe change Boyd to A Reid for DPP, plus handcuff him to Flynn.
Maybe a Hall instead of Boxshall for a FWD/MID swinger
TU: Short
TD: Roberts
More looking at the potential of them being a keeper, rather than money making. I don’t trust Perryman as much as I trust these two.
Great question. I want 2 out of either Short, Robert’s or Perryman.
At moment I’m leaning to Short because he is the man down back for Tigers with most of the (many) kick outs. Where Robert’s has some competition from Blakey, Rampe and Lloyd.
Perryman looks to be entrenched in the Collingwood midfield as Daicos’s offsider.
Seriously I don’t know how to split them
I have Perryman but I am worried about him with DeGoey coming back (and also Pendles and Sidey running through the mids). My only reason is he is that little bit cheaper than Short which then put Garcia out of reach for me.
No early bye for Short was also a small factor
Btw think it’s going to be pure luck who does best out of these 3 so I wouldnt be over thinking it (but we all will!) 🙂
As Chris de Burgh might say….don’t fade the Perryman.
I think he’ll be onball more than not and should be right for a 90-95av at least.
Happy for him to be my D6 or last def upgrade.
Plus, I’ve been burnt by Roberts and Short before so might as well give someone else the chance to do the same.
People starting with Flynn (either R2 or flex) what are your thoughts of starting A Reid at R3 for not just some DPP but handcuffing to Flynn, if Flynn misses a game or two because of his back, Reid would have a very high chance of playing
TU: A Reid
TD: Boyd
Reid might actually play alongside Flynn. Good shout
That is a bonus if he plays as second ruck instead of Williams
Hi guess chuck us a rate
Backs: sheezel, Whittfield, Dan houston, T travaglia, B Allan, el-hawli… int z reid, j leake
Mids: neale, dacos, serong, Oliver, fin o’sullivan, tsatas, s draper, ashcroft… int a sherlderek, x Lindsay, knevitt
Rucks xerri, de konging … int Boyd
Ford JHF, Luke Jackson, j macrae, B Smith, D Curtin, kako int s Davidson, e Hewitt
I’ll step in for GD here…nice team but you need to fix your backline
Lmao yep.
TU: SDK + Sanders
TD: Short + SPP
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DEF: Sheezel, Whitfield, Short, Roberts, Allan, Reid (Prior, Leake)
MID: Daicos, Brayshaw, Petracca, Rozee, Oliver, NOD, Tsatas, LAshcroft (Sheldrick, Knevitt, LCampo)
RUC: TDK, Flynn (Reid)
FWD: JHF, Rankine, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, SPP (Kako, Davidson)
FLEX: Boyd
Happy with this, would love some feedback.
Unsure on NOD job security vs FOS
TU: NOD
TD: FOS
Hi guess chuck us a rate
Backs: sheezel, Whittfield, Dan houston, T travaglia, B Allan, el-hawli… int z reid, j leake
Mids: neale, dacos, serong, Oliver, fin o’sullivan, tsatas, s draper, ashcroft… int a sherlderek, x Lindsay, knevitt ..
Rucks xerri, de konging … int Boyd
Ford JHF, Luke Jackson, j macrae, B Smith, D Curtin, kako int s Davidson, e Hewitt
TU: Rankine F2 & Flynn R2
TD: Heart & Xerri
apologies ..fat fingers…Hewitt & Xerri
Had to cut Serong, Day, Parker and Draper to squeeze this in, but I like the value and balance across all lines. Rankine felt too hard to ignore. All rookies pending selection of course making the team subject to change again.
Def
Sheezel, Holmes, Stewart, Roberts, Allan, Reid, Trainor, Bice
Midfielders
Daicos, Brayshaw, Rozee, Oliver, W.Ashcroft, O’Sullivan, Tsatas, L.Ashcroft, Sheldrick, M.Reid, L.Camporeale
Rucks
T.De Koning, M.Flynn, Sims
Forwards
J.Horne-Francis, Rankine, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, Kako, Erasmus, Davidson
Flex – B.Smith
$10.4k ITB
TU : Neale & cheap mid for bench – Boxshall / Hastie / L Camporeale etc
TD: Merrett & Tsatas
Or Serong if you haven’t already got him imo at about same price as Merrett
Hey all, i am really keen for some feedback so if anyone can let me know what they think I’d really appreciate it! Thanks
Thoughts on this…
DEF: Sheezel, Holmes, Short, Roberts, Perryman, Prior (Reid, Leake)
MID: Daicos, Rozee, Oliver, W.Ashcroft, O’Driscroll, Tsatas, Sheldrick, Knevitt (Allan, Hewett, Boxshall)
RUCK: Xerri, De Koning (Boyd)
FWD: JHF, Rankine, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Kako (Stone, Davidson)
FLEX: L. Ashcroft
I don’t mind it.
I’m not sold on Smith, and Allan probably not the best option for first bench mid, but having Rankine at F2 limits the bench options a bit.
Strong team Dawso. As a Tigers fan, I’m not a big fan on Short in defence. Yes, the pill will spend a lot of time in Richmond’s defence but most of that time, it will be flying over the goal umpire’s hat.
Short scored 107 in the AAMI game against Collingwood and the Pies kicked 21.6.
That is good kicking. Short only needed another 6 behinds and 6 extra kicks to be 130+
Preferred option from these 2 please:
TU: S Powell-Pepper (F5)
TD: F O’Sullivan (M6)
TU: Zorko + Sanders
TD: Perryman + Rankine
DEF: Sheezel, Clark, Holmes, Short, Roberts, Leake (Reid, Bice)
MID: Neale, Dawson, Rozee, Oliver, O’Sullivan, O’Driscoll, L Ashcroft, Sheldrick (Boxshall, Knevitt, L Camporeale)
RUC: Xerri, De Koning
FWD: Horne-Francis, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Powell-Pepper, Kako (Stone, Davison)
FLEX: Flynn
Some updates following postponed Cats/Lions game.
Swapped out: Brayshaw for Neale. Holmes for Perryman. Smith for Rankin. TDK for Nankervis.
My thinking with Short: IMO last season was an outlier, especially with the emergence of Rioli having a career best year.
I have struggled with choosing between Roberts and Perryman. Keen to hear some views.
Not the biggest fan of relying on an unproven Smith, but getting him in instead of Rankine allows me to bring in Neale and Holmes.
I liked Nank as a POD, but TDK’s price tag is hard to ignore.
Who’s got better JS?
TU: Prior
TD: Paton
G’day legends! Open to any and all feedback! I am so torn between the lineup I’ve got below and trading down Sanders to a rookie and upgrading Peatling to another premo mid. Please let me know what you prefer. $78k left itb
DEF: Sheezel, NWM, Holmes, Perryman, Allan, Paton (Reid, Leaker)
MID: Daicos, Brayshaw, Oliver, Peatling, O’sullivan, Tsatas, Langford, Sheldrick (Knevitt, Hewett, Hastie)
RUC: Xerri, TDK
FOR: JHF, Rankine, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, H Garcia (Kako, Stone)
Flex: Flynn
To put my query another way:
TU: Peatling & Sanders
TD: Rozee & NOD
No R3? I’d use a DPP for R3 and skip Boyd to use with Flynn. I’m not going that way though.
Hewett doubtful apparently. I do like the Rozee/FOS replacement as suggested and play Kako on field fwd. Got to have Davidson so thats an easy decision to replace Sanders anyway (then you can see who is better between Davidson and Kako to play on field).
Dunno about Langford, think I rather just Knevitt there and maybe make sure you have a DPP (Hall, Angove) to possibly swing Kako into the mids if needed.
And Lastly Allan? Seeing a lot of people still keeping the faith in him. Not me after -12SC. OConnell if named (or even Trainor as an emergency, you need a loop anyway). You can fix that up by Round 5.
Enjoy!
Rate My New Team
sheezel,holmes,sicily,roberts,perryman,allan reid,leake.
daicos,brayshaw,oliver,cerra,o’sullivan,tsatas,ashcroft,knevitt handily,campo,boxshall.
xerri,dekoning. boyd.
jhf,macrae,smith,sanders,daniel,davidson. kaki,hewett.
flex m.flynn
DEF- Sheezel, Zorko, ____, Short/perryman/roberts, Short/Perryman/Roberts, Leake (Paton, Reid)
MID- Daicos, Rozee, Oliver, W.Ashcoft/Cerra , FOS, NOD, Tsatas, Sheldrick (Knevitt, Camporele, ___)
Ruck- TDK, Xerri (Boyd)
FWD- JHF, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Sanders, Kako (Stone, Davidson)
Flex – L.Ashcroft
OPtions for blanks
TU- Perryman and flynn to flex (Trades out one of L.Ashcroft and FOS)
TD- Holmes/stewart and L.Ashcroft as flex
1st blank – Clark or NWM (both QB roles for their team. I’d lean towards Clark if you had the extra $$$, looked great in that pre-season game, again has that QB role out of the backline for Dockers. With JL saying they’re steering away from that chip possession game out of the backline that will benefit Clark with his line breaking ability. He was also everywhere in that praccy match and he scored 120 with a DE of 67%
I’d take both Short & Perryman – I don’t trust Roberts role still with players like Rampe, Lloyd and Blakey down there. I’ve just used some extra money to bring Short in over Roberts. Short has the QB role at tigers and will demand the ball in his hands down there. Will take all of the kick ins as well. Perryman is a beast at this price, firmly cemented as that defensive midfielder behind Daicos and should be a nice stepping stone to a big premo.
Ashcroft over Cerra. Cerra does look great but he has paper thin hammies. Has done 5 since 2023… Ashcroft in my eyes is set to push firmly into that that premo territory this year (also if mot a keeper, will again be a nice stepping stone to a fallen premo)
2nd blank – Boxshall, should line up for saints R1, looked great in pre-season games.
the Short, Roberts or Perryman debate is un-solvable. I can’t split them, so i’ve decided to build a team with all three at D4, D5 & D6 (just forget about defence rookies). Will need Gawn to go to Flynn. doesn’t look too bad.
What would be your plan if Flynn goes down with injury in first 1-2 rounds? I worry with Flynn at an R2 position as you’d need to burn a premo to a rookie to him back up to a solid ruckman. Flex position you can get away with as you flick him down to a rookie that’s starting hot.
What are your thoughts?
having A Reid at R3 is a backup. If Flynn misses a game, i would think reid would get the call up. A long term injury would require a couple of trades.
Or they play the BJ Williams and Jack Williams like last year?
Boxhall for the mid Bench spot if you are short on cash
Sorry wrong spot , again!
Current team, rookies all subject to change.
Any thoughts on the structure and premo, mid price selections? All advice welcome. Cheers.
DEF.
Sheezel, Ryan, NWM
Perryman, Paton, Leake
(Reid, Bice)
MID.
Neale, N.Daicos, Rozee, Oliver
Peatling, O’Sullivan, Tsatas, L.Ashcroft
(Sheldrick, Knevitt, Boxshall)
RUC.
Xerri, TDK
(Pike)
FWD.
JHF, Macrae, Sanders
Daniel, SPP, Davidson
(Kako, Hall)
FLEX.
H.Garcia
what do you think SPP can do this year? is he in your team because you had no more cash, or was he one of your first picked?
Rookie priced, he is hard to ignore? Do you have anything to share?
To be completely honest with you i had a rookie in that spot originally but with some leftover cash i decided to upgrade to SPP instead. He could easily be downgraded again if there is a great fwd rookie I’m missing. Was just more a premium rookie choice that I can upgrade throughout the season.
IMO a 3/4 fit spp has an average of 75+ and with that start price will make 200+ k I’m just not prepared to miss that much near certain cash. It’s not as if you have to wonder if he’s best 22 or if he’ll keep his role in the team. It’s fitness only and excepting the acl not really injury prone. No Brainer for me
A fully fit SPP has only ave 75+ twice in his career, 2018 and 2020.
His ave will more likely be 60-70
If he can ave 70 for 6 weeks it will be a win but there are other forwards +-$50k who will make more cash
52.7 – 2024
67.0
74.2
69.4
75.3
74.3
78.4
64.8 – 2017
Always had a bit of white line fever SPP. Is in the leadership group this year for the first time so reckon he pulls his head in and gets down to work. Agree it’s all about him staying on the park. On the flipside we have heaps of fwds this year. Too many and you can’t fit everyone in. I would take him before Lynch and Berry. Vs Kako is line ball (DPP tips Kako over). $119kers are in a different category so can’t compare to them. SPP +cash vs Garcia is a very close call as well. That’s my dilemma at the moment to fund defence if def rookies don’t turn up.
That’s my choice. Garcia and a threadbare midfield bench, or SPP and a bit of cash to splash
Can Garcia average 80?
Yeah sopewhere between 75-85. Doubt he will be a 90 ave like some people are suggesting. I will be happy with 80. I would only guess 5 more than SPP. A lot like Perryman I reckon with a lot of tackles with a similar sort of role.
I am prob going with a lot of 113k bench players. Putting all my value on field, especially with all those byes coming up. And then hopefully sort something more stable out by Round 5.
TU: Rankine & Rookie
TD: Perryman & Garcia
TU: J Hunt
TD: W Milera
What do coaches think?
Hi guess chuck us a rate
Backs: sheezel, Whittfield, Dan houston, T travaglia, B Allan, el-hawli… int z reid, j leake
Mids: neale, dacos, serong, Oliver, fin o’sullivan, tsatas, s draper, ashcroft… int a sherlderek, x Lindsay, knevitt
Rucks xerri, de konging … int Boyd
Ford JHF, Luke Jackson, j macrae, B Smith, D Curtin, kako int s Davidson, e Hewitt ….
Flex???
C Daniel
This is the exact same team you posted yesterday. Same typos as well.
Yeh didn’t change bruz. U an English teacher man?
Ok new team final
B: H Sheezel D Zorko J Short H Perryman
B Allan SEH BACKint Z Reid J Leake
M: L Neale N Dacos C Serong C Oliver
FOS E Tsates S Draper A Sheldrick
MIDint E Hewitt M Hall H Boxshall
R T Xerri TDK int ruck H Boyd
F JHF I Rankine J Marcae B Smith C Daniel I Kako Int forward S Davidson ADW
Flex L Ashcroft
What should I fix guys
TU: Dawson and Allan/Rookie
TD: Short/Roberts and NOD
DEF: Sheezel, Zorko, Holmes, Short, Perryman, Reid (Leake, O’Connell)
MID: Neale, Brayshaw, Oliver, Sanders / W. Ashcroft, O’Sullivan, Tsatas, Knevitt (L. Ashcroft, L. Camporeale, Boxshall)
RUC: Xerri, De Koning (Boyd)
FWD: Horne-Francis, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Parker / Powell-Pepper, Kako (Hall, Davidson)
FLEX: Flynn
Think the team is reasonably strong in the DEF (2 out of 3 of Short, Perryman, Roberts to choose from), bit weak in the MID, happy with RUC, FWD pretty cookie cutter, but ok.
Subject to rookie selections, considering the following for “final” team
TU: R. Sanders (M4/F4) and L. Parker (M4/F4) 5.3K ITB
TD: W. Ashcroft (M4) and S. Powell-Pepper (F5) 66.3 ITB
Any other thoughts appreciated. Cheers!
T/u. Nank and Lalor
T/d. Xerri and one of Allan, Hewett, camporeale
Xerri + Campo (assuming mid is to bench)
T/u tdk
T/d nank
Really not sure on tdk. Went well in pre season but not against a top ruckman.
Please leave your thoughts and comments in this team all, thanks?
DEF: Sheezel, Holmes, Short, Roberts, Prior, O’Sullivan (Reid, Leake)
MID: Daicos, Rozee, Oliver, W.Ashcroft, FOS, O’Driscoll, Tstatas, Sheldrick (Knevitt, Reid, Boxshall)
RUCK: Xerri, De Koning (Boyd)
FWD: JHF, Rankine, Macrae, Smith, Sanders, Daniel (Kako, Davidson)
FLEX: L. Ashcroft
I like it, it’s mostly similar to mine.
Although I have just kneejerked and dumped sheldrick to upgrade Washcroft to Day
Any cash leagues ?
Sheez, Sicily, Stewart, Roberts, perryman, Reid
Neal, Merritt, Dawson, Oliver, O’sullivan, L Ashcroft, Sheldrick, Hall
Jhf, Macrea, Smith, Sanders, C Daniel, Hewett
flex Sam PP
bench is the usual rookies.
$126 in bank to play around still.
each year there are breakouts or players that people jump on late.
I think Dawson and steward could be that again.
TU TD and or thoughts?
same post. i forgot my rucks sorry
Back
Sheez, Sicily, Stewart, Roberts, perryman, Reid
Mid
Neal, Merritt, Dawson, Oliver, O’sullivan, L Ashcroft, Sheldrick, Hall
Ruck
Meek , De Koning , Boyd
Fwd
Jhf, Macrea, Smith, Sanders, C Daniel, Hewett
flex Sam PP
bench is the usual rookies.
$126 in bank to play around still.
each year there are breakouts or players that people jump on late.
I think Dawson and steward could be that again.
TU TD and or thoughts?
Lots interesting reading here in relation to Short, Perryman and Roberts and playing one rookie down back, etc.
My current side is below and I really like the structure, rookies subject to change obviously
No FOS but North have a lot of SC mouths to feed so I am happy to pass. Josh Daicos at M5, who like Nic Martin in 2024, should gain DPP after R6. He is basically my choice over Short, Perryman or Roberts and I think he will be better than any of them.
Happy to roll with 2 playing rookies down back in light of the above, so long as enough of them play. The Flex will replace the worst weekly spud anyway if Allan or whoever don’t improve but he for one really should.
Def- Sheezel, Clark, NWM, Holmes, Allan, Reid (Leake, Trainor)
Mid – N Daicos, Brayshaw, Rozee, Oliver, J Daicos, Tsatsas, L Ashcroft, Sheldrick (Hall, Camporeale, Boxshall)
Ruck – Xerri, TDK (Sims)
For – JHF, Macrae, Daniel, Kako, Hewett, Davidson (Erasmus, Stone)
Flex – Jackson
You live & die by it & hopefully 14 keepers including Macrae but excluding Daniel
Joshy boy, you have my sword, make me a genius !
Any thoughts welcome and good luck to all !
I have been tossing up my M1 since Brisbane no longer have the R3 bye. I want to start either Neale or Dunkley but not both.
TU Neale
TD Dunkley + 43k
The 43k Dunkley gives me allows me to from Hastie to Levi Ashcroft.
Neale has to hit regression soon. Plus more likely to get tagged.
If they were the same price id go neale.
TU: Prior
TD: Leake
My Team is.
Def c mckercher. T barrass. J short. M Roberts. T travaglia. B Allen. Bench j leeks. Z reid.
Mids. Nick daicos. N Anderson. C serong. L neele. W ashcroft. C oliver. E tsatas. A sheldrick. C rozee Bench h Langford. S elhawii. N Erasmus.
Rucks xerri. J witts. Bench h Boyd.
Fwd j Macrea. B Smith. L Parker. C Daniel. R sanders. I koko. Bench e Hewitt s Davidson.
Flexi m knevitt. Tesms a bit different then the rest good luck
A much higher ceiling and C option with Neale for mine Owen and I would find another way to get Levi as well
I think n Anderson will score close to 190 against West Coast he may choose for c
TU: Day & Trainor
TD: Perryman & Sheldrick
Draft question, pick 2:
TU: Xerri
TD: Sheezel
Comment anyone else
If only 1 ruck, I’d go Sheezel
If 2 rucks I’d go Xerri
If more than 12 teams, I’d go Xerri
T.u. Luke Ryan, jhf and rookie flex
T.d short, bailey smith and player 625,000
R2
TU Meek
TD TDK
Xerri and TDK both have R12 bye…..yuk
Who do you think scores higher?
TU Powell-Pepper
TD Hugo Garcia
Garcia could score more but I think SPP is the better pick.
Hey GD. Ready for another year mate? How’s your team looking? Thanks again for all your preseason work. This site is a saviour for the lazy among us like me! Haha
Haha. Hey, Glen. Hope you’re well, mate.
My team’s alright. In the middle of typing it out now.
Looking forward to seeing your boy Perryman tmmrw. Got the Pies bouncing back HARD this year!
Yep it really is an all or nothing year for us. No idea how we got Houston and Perryman with our draft hand but hoping it all adds up to a 2nd flag in 3 years!
My team is a revolving door and not starting some big names might hurt but remaining optimistic until I stuff up my captain choice round 1 haha.
That is a good question. If SPP can score like an expensive rookie, say 75, that is a win, but he hasn’t done that in past.
Can Garcia go at 80-85?
Hey Derek. If he gets the mid role everyone is saying he will he should be able to make that. He loves a tackle and Ross does like to play the young ones and give them plenty of opportunities. Just think with butters out and a nice opening draw SPP could start well and a good score will rocket his cash gen while Garcia could be a slow build
Thanks. That doesn’t help, just makes me want both now.
Really struggling with this one…
TU Day & Dunkley
TD Petracca & Dawson
TD by the length of Flemington straight.
I’d go trac and Dawson coz no early bye to worry about and crows have a good run and Dawson looks to be back. But it’s just my opinion Day looked really good but second half tag really slowed his scoring. Good luck
TU Xerri DeKoning
TD Witts DeKoning money in the bank
Witts’ ruck fixture a little too hot to cold for mine. Flynn, Gawn, ROB, Xerri, Nank, Grundy.
No upside at 580k. Still a solid unit just no soft kills early.
Cheers mate. Thanks for the feedback. Might try DeKoning and Flynn
Thoughts on Noah Anderson As one of four prems?
I’ve had him since SC opened. Hasn’t come out of my side.
Fixture, trajectory, newly minted as captain.
It was pointed out to me the other day that he doesn’t go so hot away from home but hoping/thinking the aforementioned will allow him to overcome that deficiency.
Pretty sure Phil’s had him for a while too.
His scores at home compared to away is insane, almost can’t be true. If he can work out why he scores do poorly in the road he is a great pick. I’ll be watching his first away game with interest
Latest after Bice fell through and half of R0 was scratched:
DEF: Sheezel, Zorko, Holmes, McKercher, Roberts & Perryman [Reid, Leake]
MID: Neale, Brayshaw, Anderson, Satan, NOD, L. Ashcroft, Knevitt & Camporeale [Reid, Hall, Boxshall]
RUC: Nank & Flynn [Reidy]
FWD: JHF, Rankine, Macrae, Daniel, SPP & Davidson [Stone, Edwards]
FLX: Kako
Can now ride all of Zorko, Neale and Anderson comfortably even though I probably would’ve stuck fat with the bye anyway.
Against my better judgement, I have Satan instead of Ashcroft in a light midfield.
Switched to a 6 deep DEF line. Not going to play the game of Paton, Prior, trying to force rookies that aren’t there. With Cats no bye, I jumped back on my boy Holmes.
Ruck line will be a bit controversial. Not trying to be flouncy. Legit think Flynn can hold it down at R2 and Nank should tear shit up early.
Can pull the lever of Reidy to Boyd and make Kako Tsatas/FOS. We’ll see.
McKercher is a keeper? Stepping stone? Once I saw he wasn’t in defence I’ve not considered him.
SPP is an interesting pick, any thoughts what he can average?
McKercher I see as bootleg Sheezel. 88.5 in his first year, including a 6. His HF/wing role right now isn’t great but they’ll want to maximise his involvement, so don’t think they condemn him there for too long. Think he finds a bunch of it either way.
SPP in leadership group this year, Port have a pisstake of a fixture, should put in work at stoppages. Optimistically, 75~ early on.
I think with B22 (and B18 in the early byes) you can carry a rookie at D6. Even a rubbish one. With both Roberts and Perryman on R3 bye, I think you can put a rookie in D6 and bring in Ashcroft.
Flynn at R2 … don’t do it GD. Rankine to TDK/Xerri and enjoy the stress free weekends. Otherwise team looks solid.
I’m wondering if there’s been a broad over correction in defence. I see Paton, Leake, Reid, Allan, Trainor and O’Connell as likely next week and more expensive Prior and Cleary also in the mix. I’m sticking with Allan despite last week’s performance.
I had McKercher most of pre season but his role has scared me off. He is a ball magnet though so could still be viable.
See you’ve changed your tune on Flynn 🙂 fair enough I think and he’s my flex for now.
Tsatas should easily outscore Kako who will be inconsistent. If Boyd plays think that change makes sense. Good luck!
Ballsy GB, I like it. Good luck.
Running this atm …
DEF: Sheezel, Zorko, Clark, Roberts, Perryman, Leake (Reid/Allan)
MID: Neale, Daicos, Cripps, Satan, Tsatas, L.Ashcroft, Langford, Knevitt (Erasmus/Camp/Boxshall)
RUCK: Xerri,TDK (Boyd)
FWD: JHF, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, Kako, Davidson (Hall/Stone)
Like Cripps early run … see how we go. Cheers
What do. you think???
DEF: H.Sheezel L.Ryan M.Roberts H.Perryman J.Friejah J.Leake … (L.Trainor Z.Reid)
MIDS: N.Daicos C.Serong W.Day C.Oliver F.O’S E.Tsatas L.Ashcroft M.Knevitt … (N.O’D E.Hewitt H.Boxhall).
RUCK: T.Xerri L.Meek … (H.Boyd)
FWDS: J.H-F I.Rankine J.Macrae C.Daniel I.Kako S.Davidson … (J.Berry C.Stone)
FLEX: E.Allan
Rookies could change a little.., possible Flex too
$ 20400 in bank
E Allan seems to have dropped out of a lot of teams but you must have faith to make him flex. Sub risk? Let’s see how he goes today
Ryan to clarke, freijah to short?
Operation: Get Garcia and SPP into the same side:
TU: Day + Powell-Pepper F6 (Davidson bench).
TD: Petracca + Stone (bench) with Davidson on field.
Notes TD is my current setup but looking at other options. Tossing around that Petracca/Rozee/Day position. All injury history concerns. Loved Day’s game but only 32SC second half is a concern.
Two other things to consider I should of included is I have Oliver and Daicos in as well so are two Melb mids too many? Day and Daicos have more byes which I am trying to minimise. Not sure Day will be Top 6-8 mid but Petracca could be.
Garcia is the one. Not sure about SPP.
I think Day is very good but he is fragile. His price probably allows a gamble.
TU: Day
TD: Ashcroft
Not concerned about bye.
TU: Whitfield + Day
TD: Holmes + Merrett
I have two teams I’m tossing around.
Basically the difference is Gawn vs More midpricers
TU: Gawn, Kako & Paton
TD: Peatling, Sanders, Garcia
The second team has Flynn at R2 but only 3 rookies on field
Flynn at R2 is make or break territory. If he can stay fit and sound he’ll make a small fortune. Flip side – missing potential huge points / captain option. Can you compensate with second team?
I’m rolling the dice.
The No Gawn team has only 3 rookies on field. With best 18 during the early byes, not sure if this is important.
Def: NWM, Holmes, Short, Robert’s, Perryman, Leake (Reid, Paton)
Mid: Brayshaw, Dawson, Rozee, JHF, LAshcroft, Oliver, Peatling, Knevitt (Reid, Boxshall, Hall)
Ruc: TDK, Flynn (Reid)
Fwd: Rankine, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, Garcia, SPP (Davidson, Stone)
Flex: WAshcroft
$12k in bank
Is it too midprice?
Solid team.
First time I’ve seen Brayshaw at M1. Is JHF in the mids to allow SPP on field?
I’ve got the same Rucks. TDK without the Pit is a no brainer.
Your def is risky without Sheezel. I think at least one uber is essential each line. Holmes could fill the void.
Where’s Kako? Sanders will get plenty of CBA’s until the Bont and Treloar return, tick.
Short and Perryman can turn into Sheezel and another rookie. With best 18 I’m thinking that is better
Also, what’s your plan B if Flynn goes down / under performs?
I don’t know if Flynn can underperform at his price. If he plays he overperforms.
Only risk is injury, hopefully AReid (R3) then plays and covers.
Plan is to reassess after 6 weeks, is he going well enough to stay as flex for ruck back up or does he get traded to Xerri who starts his easy run in round 6
Liked your earlier teams Derek but I have got to be honest, this one has baffled me. Disjointed would be a word I’d use. Maybe it just looks that way because JHF is in the mids? Very Fwd centric. I would say yes too many mid prices. Can’t really see who you would captain? I can’t do Flynn off just one game and then put him in one of the most important spots in R2. Flex maybe and chain him to A.Reid like your earlier plan sounded a better idea.
Can’t knock the players selected just the way it looks on paper You can prob sort it out over the bye rounds which players perform or not so hey it may work out in the end.
Anyway just my opinion. Hope it helps (or doesn’t hurt too much!)
Edit: yes, Add Gawn in there and it addresses a lot of my issues
Good points Rob. Gawn is back in team and all is well.
I’m not understanding the love for Garcia as a 19 year old and I’m picking Parker over Sanders every day of the week. I thought you were back on the T Stewart train, particularly with no early bye. He’s a good 10 points per week better than Short.
Downgrade Garcia as there’s a few fwd rookies around and Short to Stuart? As you said a lot of best 18 early.
I note SPP seems to be popular but I’m happy with Lynch at similar price
Thanks Harry. Good thoughts
Tinkered and tooled around a lot and barring anything crazy during todays game looks like this is the round 1 team (rozee injury also a close watch)
Back: Sheezel, Whitfield, Clark, NWM, Holmes, Short (Reid, Leake)
Mid: Day, Satan, O’Sullivan, O’Driscoll, Tsatas, Draper, L Ashcroft, Knevitt (Hewett, Erasmus, Camper who had a good pre-season game)
Ruc: Xerri, Boyd (T Sims)
Fwd: The horny one, Rankine, Jackson, Macrae, B Smith, Daniel (SPP, Davidson)
FLEX: H Garcia
Now let’s first address the glaring hole, and that is r2. Not sold on anyone outside of being a Xerri truther from his beginning, Voss seems to love 2 rucks so tdk is only viable until pitto comes back in my opinion. Gawn old, English sharing, Marshall injured. Tempted by Flynn but his body and job security are a similar risk to the bloke who’s only 99k. Hence Sims dpp at r3, can swing Jackson to r if really needing a stop gap because Boyd didn’t impress in pre season and Marshall looks to be right to go r1, though whispers are they’ll play him a bit more forward. Very much a wait and see.
Stacking the back line due to the defensive rookies looking very thin and with all the premo injuries going my midfield looks as though someone in the office SuperCoach team put it together based on pick %.
Rozee turned into Day due to his training injury and Day having a Friday night out but I’m very sceptical about both their ability to stay on the park.
A bit of high risk high reward going on but my back line and forward line are better than yours.
In theory make cash with the mid rookies, upgrade to the uber promos like butters and Bont once they come back from injury and knock the rust off, add a second ruck who’s performing (not caring about the byes) and won’t even need to trade a forward or defender. Right guys? Right….?
Definitely a long term view with that midfield. If all the rookies pay off you’re going to be cashed up to the rafters but their scoring will be up and down so could cost early wins.
As you say this is high risk high reward. Go with your gut and good luck!
I’m liking idea of starting TDK and running with him for Carlton’s easy start and while Pitto is out and jumping in Xerri once his tough start has ended and the start of an easy stretch. Round 6 a good switcharoo
I believe you should choose day as part of the 5 at 5 package ( Dawson, brayshaw et al)not to lead your midfield by himself.
Can cut either holmes or nwm for Roberts pretty safely now.
Also can cut Baily smith and put SPP on the field.
Could cut Day put garcia into the middle and get gawn. Even if your not sold on Gawn he can be traded to anyone later on. Now looks like he will have a very favorable match up against Gws.
Thanks. Gawn is back in
Hopefully this is my final team..
I haven’t seen Perryman play yet so will keep an eye on him today. Humphries is next to him for good reason. His best is right up there and priced to make some $$ upgrade to uber later. GBD is spot on re backline, not a lot of rookie options.
Mids are biggest risk but I’m happy to go with FOS, NOD, little Ash and Boxshall. Bench is good enough for back up.
C’mon Flynn you good thing. If he falls apart Jacko can move in.
Forwards are solid IMO, happy enough for now.
Def – Sheez, Holmes, Sicily, Roberts, Humphries, Perryman (Reid Leake)
Mid – Daicos, Dawson, Oliver, W Ashcroft, FOS, NOD, L Ashcroft, Boxshall (Knevitt, Hall, Camps)
Ruc – TDK, Boyd (Reidy)
For – JHF, Jackson, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, Garcia (Kako, Davidson)
Flex – M.Reid
$4,700 itb
Think you mean Flynn instead of Boyd there 🙂
Thanks Rod
TU: B.Smith + Sanders
TD: Rankine + SPP
With Daicos down, and with the Keefe matchup, considering Gawn again.
TU: Gawn and Petracca (or 550k mid)
TD: TDK and Merrett (or 600k mid)
Many thanks,
If anyone has any concerns with Gawn i’d love to hear them
Only concern with gawn for me this year is potential rest games especially with a somewhat capable backup in Campbell but that’s just my mind looking for a way to overthink picking him which is normal this time of year
Anyone who doesn’t own Gawn should be concerned he could go 200 against GWS next week now he is up against keefe. Darcy Cameron went 160+ against him today
T/u Luke Ryan, Smith
T/d short, jhf,
Currently stuck between two teams would you rather:
TU: Daicos (or a 630k mid), short, smith fos
TD: Cerra, Perryman, Rankine, Flynn
What’s everyone’s thoughts on TDK
T.u average 100 plus
T.d average under 100
I really am not sure how to rate him but most teams have him. In the practice match he scored 138 but was against keefe as ruckman. Today Cameron scored 164 against keefe.
Blues opening 5 rounds he rucks against
Nank, meek, English, Cameron and Flynn.
There is a chance he could lose money in first 5 weeks
D4
TU: Freijah
TD: Perryman
TIA!
Backs
Sheezle, zorko, Roberts, perryman, Reid, leake/Paton. Trainor
Mid
Neale, Bradshaw, day, Oliver, cerra, FOS, L. Ashcroft, knevitt. Camporeale, kako, boxshall
Ruck
Gawn, xerri. Boyd
Fwd
Jhf, macrae, Daniel, lynch, spp, Hewett
Stone, davidson
Flex
TDK
$12,000 left in bank
What are everyone’s thoughts on starting Zorko?
His fixtures for the first 2 months of the season are genuinely amazing for defenders and he won’t cop any attention at all. My only concern is his age, although I was concerned last season and he played every game. Very very tempted to start at D2. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s average is close to 120 after the first couple of months. Anyone else with me???
Very old and very expensive
TU: Serong + Baz
TD: Rankine + W Ashcroft
Apologies change that to Brayshaw!
Tu nank
Td tdk
So…
Whitfield + Ash
Ryan + clarke.
These 4 just play kick to kick.
If both pairs take turns having a good then average game i.e one goes120+ and the other goes 100+ on average that’s 220+ on average per week for defenders.
But your not selecting them on their own merrits but as a pair. And since their on the same team and boost each others score your covering the chance of most weeks 2 defenders going large whilst the other 2 produce good floor scores.
As opposed to players from different teams.
Gonna see what happens with this set up. Sheezle as D1 and Roberts as d6. Proven performer and break out player on either side
Of the awesome foursome.
Sounds like it will compromise the rest of your teams playing Roberts all the way down at D6.
Rollin’ oliver M1. Defenders aren’t dropping like flys. See how it goes.
T/U. Short d3 and Flynn flex
T/D. Nank flex and leake d6
Tu; Roberts
Td; Perryman
What are everyone’s thoughts on Lachie Neale?
Slight concern for mine over the age however from all reports looking fit as ever in the pre season. Soft draw to start, Richmond & Westcoast in the first month. Solid for a top 8 mid once again this year?
And now no R3 bye
TU Callaghan
TD W. Ashcroft
If you can get them both
Is it crazy to run Serong and Brayshaw M1/M2?
With Daicos now moving down the pecking order, I think Serong is the no. 1 mid to have. However don’t want to lose Brayshaw
Sheezel, Holmes, Ash, Short, Roberts, Perryman, (Reid, Trainor)
Rozee, Day, Oliver, Cerra, Callahan, FOS, NOD, L Ashcroft, (Knevitt, Camporeale, Boxshall)
English, TDK, (Boyd)
JHF, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Kako, Davidson, ( Stone, Hall)
Tsatas
$15.3k ITB
Ok latest update, round 1 teams pending.
B: Sheezel, Holmes, Stewart, Roberts, Sinn, B Allan (Reid, Leake)
M: Dawson, Day, Oliver, Callaghan, Parker, NOD, Tsatas, Lashcroft (Knevitt, Hewett, Boxshall)
R: Meek, TDK (Boyd)
F: JHF, Rankine, S Darcy, Macrae, Daniel, Davidson (T Lynch, Stone)
Flex: Flynn
1k in the bank
I’ve tried to focus on role certainty and I’ve applied the ‘Luke Hodge theory’ of 4th year being the most likely year to breakout.
Backs: Sinn isn’t locked but if he’s playing HB probably worth a try or he could go to a cheaper rookie if R1 selections pan out that way. I’ve tinkered with Perryman but not sure his role when De Goey returns
Mids: I note a few teams have gone with a 4/4 structure but I’ve stuck with 4/midpricer/3. I’ve picked Parker as a keeper with 10 seasons to support the argument. He wasn’t always first choice mid at Swans but always scored well. Always been on Day but Callaghan is new, although I’ve had him on watchlist. Even when Green returns think he’ll be ok.
Rucks: Chopped and changed this the most. Part of me wants to go rogue and have Bryan R2 but playing safer for now. I know I don’t have Xerri or Gawn but can’t have everyone
Fwd: S Darcy is my POD. I know he’ll be up and down but with flex and early byes I’m happy to punt and if it doesn’t come off I don’t think he’s going to leak much cash.
Flex: Flynn’s been in, out, in, out, now back in. Let’s hope his body holds up!
Callaghan has R2 bye.
Sinn – is cheap, but we don’t know what the Port defense is going to look like. I think he will play.
Day – had a great game Round 0, but he isn’t going to kick 3 goals and get 6FF every game. Was only the 4th midfielder after Worpel, Newk and Nash. With Worpel out won’t surprise me that Mckenzie comes in ahead of Day in the CBA’s.
Callaghan – prefer him over Day and AShcroft. Seems to be clearly one of the main midfielders, even with Green back he will be bulk midfield. If he starts to lay a few tackles he will be a great scorer. I’m staying away mainly because of the Bye.
S darcy – it would be better if he had a decent midfield kicking it down his throat. he does get a nice match up the first two weeks.
Sinn is the shakiest out of all of them. Trainor is picked to play but I don’t know a lot about him other than he did ok with limited game time in the practice match. But might do a swap to save cash.
I’ve been on Day and Darcy all pre season so sticking with my gut. I know you like Rozee but hopefully for our sakes they both work out!
Tu: Zorko, Rankine & H.Langford
Td: NWM, Sanders & Cerra
Comments here saying Daicos is no longer an option, what is the latest info. He still played on against GWS maybe not in the normal position. 64% of teams have him and the premo mid list is getting pretty small at the moment
Price+bye+injury cloud.
Get him cheaper.
Is he worth the risk at his price, and with the R3 bye ?? You might give up 5-10 pts with another choice, but sleep better in early rounds !!! He has two byes to r!2. The likes of Dawson, Trac, Satan, have none.
Def. Sheezel, Short, Robberts, Perrymam, Freijah, Reid, Patton, Trainor
Mid. Brayshaw, Dawson, Day, Oliver, Callaghan, Fos, Nod, Tsitas, Knevitt, .Campo, Boxshall.
Ruck. Xerri, Tdk, Boyd
Fwd.. Jhf, Rankin, Macrea, Daniel, Garcia, Davidson, Kako, Stone.
Flex. L Ashcroft.
Think this is my final team *narrator voice* it was not his final team
But anyway, I have decided I’m going for all three of the popular mid pricers down back and shifted the team heaps to get Neale now that he doesn’t have the early bye. Brayshaw finished last year incredibly so hoping that continues and Steele is my favourite player and his baseline of around 110 feels plenty safe enough.
Def: Sheezel, Stewart, Short, Roberts, Perryman, Leake (Paton, Z Reid)
Mid: Neale, Brayshaw, Steele, Oliver, FOS, NOD, Tsatas, LAshcroft (Knevitt, Hall, Camporeale)
Ruc: Xerri, TDK (A Reid)
Fwd: JHF, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, Garcia, Kako (Stone, Davidson)
Flex: Flynn
TU: Daicos + Murphy Reid (bench)
TD: Neale+ Davidson (bench)
D: Sheezel, NWM, Holmes, Roberts, Freijah, Leake (Reid, Trainor)
M: Neale, Serong, Day, Oliver, Cerra, FOS, Tsatsas, L. Ashcroft (E.Hewett, Hastie, L.Campo)
R: Meek, TDK (Boyd)
F: JHF, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, Garcia, Kako (Stone, Davidson)
Flex: Knevitt
16.8 in the bank.
Any issues or upgrades I should make?
I am not sold on the rucks. Meek was good but against a very ordinary and underdone Grundy.
Tdk I think will average about 90. Scored 138 in practice match but against no ruckman.
Maybe downgrade 1 or nwm or Holmes and upgrade tdk or meek
TDK’s practise match 138 was in 58% game time, he scored at almost 2 points per minute. I reckon he’ll ave closer to 120 than 90. Same with Meek.
HTA’s accrue when you have mids that win CBA’s eg. oliver was down l/y so was Gawn
Back. Sheezle, zorko, short, Roberts, perryman, Reid. Leake, trainor
Mid. Neale, brayshaw, day, Oliver, cerra, FOS, L. Ashcroft, knevitt. Hewett, boxshall, camporeale
Ruck. Gawn xerri. Boyd
Fwd. JHF, macrae, Daniel, lynch, spp, paton.
Stone, davidson
Flex. Flynn
$4,400 left in bank
Is there anything is should be looking at changing
What is e eryones thought re midfield.
T.u 2 premo and 2 midpricers with 4 rookies
T.d 2 premo and 3 midpricers and 3 rookies
This is my current team. Please rip it to shreds. Any advice is welcome. I’m not sold on Lynch but I can’t afford anyone else like a FOS and I think he should be able to have some big scores. If he scores low then the flex will cover him.
Def: Sheezel, Clark, NWM, Roberts, Perryman, Reid (Paton, Trainor)
Mid: Serong, Rozee, Oliver, Cerra, Daniel, NOD, Tsatas, L. Ashcroft (Knevitt, Boxshall, Camporeale)
Fwd: JHF, Rankine, Macrae, Lynch, SPP, Davidson, (Kako, Stone)
Flex: Flynn
13,800 ITB
Rucks ?
Everyone has suddenly jumped on Camporeale.
Is he good enough to hold his spot for 5 or 6 games or is he going to end up a list clogger?
T/U good enough
T/D won’t be there for long
Unless you are already planning on OA, its a free look this week.
he will be the sub if he does well when he comes on he might get a few games but there are plenty of kids at the blues fighting for that spot including camporeales twin
$4.4k left in the bank. Any feedback appreciated, thanks!
DEF: Sheezel, Clark, Roberts, Perryman, Paton, Leake (Reid, Trainor)
MID: Daicos, Serong, Merrett, Dawson, Oliver, FOS, Tsatas, L. Ashcroft (Knevitt, Camporeale, Boxshall)
RUC: Gawn, Xerri (Boyd)
FWD: JHF, Macrae, Smith, Daniel, Kako, Davidson (Stone, Hall)
Flex: Hewett
Hi all,
Not sure…
TU SPP
TD Tom Lynch…
Thanks all
Why not both ???
Hi all,
T/U Neale M1, Sanders F3
T/D W.Ashcroft M4, Rankine F2
Cheers
Changed my usual sturcture here. but quite settled doing this.
Def- Sheezel, Zorko, Short, Roberts, Perryman, Paton. (Reid and Leake)
Bit stronger here than some teams, would rather have a defence like this with the scarce amount of defensive rookies at our disposal.
Mids- Neale, Day, Oliver, Callaghan, NOD, Tsatas, L.Ashcroft, Knevitt (Hewett, Camporele, Boxshall)
Seems like a pretty normal midfield to most sides, especially following callaghan and Days, Performances over the weekend.
Rucks- Gawn and Xerri (Boyd)
A standard pairing with Gawns facing SDK and Keeffe in the first four weeks, I’ve made a significant push to bring him in.
FWD- JHF, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, Berry, Davidson. (Erasmus and Stone)
Couldn’t afford a kako with the current set up, But seems like this is gonna be similar to most forward lines.
Flex—TDK, this is potentially a lot different from most people’s flex, but my thought with the flex position is that I potentially wanted a Ruck in that slot anyway by the end of the season, so why not just fill the void now with a relatively stronger side around him?
Only $4,600 Left in the bank
Is there anything that you would potentially change?
Totally agree with Gawn…just brought him in too. And he doesn’t have a bye till R15.
So have just done my team. Not 100% happy with it but it’s as good as I can do very midprice madness
Def: Sheezel Roberts Perryman Frezia SDK Paton (Reid Trainor)
Don’t love any rookies, no good cheap midpricers. Don’t want to overpay for Premo’s so expensive midpricers with upside it is.
Mid: Day, Oliver, Cerra, Callaghan, Ashcroft, Mackenzie, FoS, Tsatsas (Ashcroft, Allen, Camporale)
Just far too much value here. Will correct if i need
Rucks Gawn, TDK (Boyd)
Set and forget. Gawn has an easy start and could go huge and out of reach.
Forwards
JHF, McRae, Smith, Finlayson Daniel, Garcia (Kako, Davidson)
Didn’t have enough for Sanders. Finlayson most likely to be changed if I need more money for rookies.
Pretty much set on this one pending rookie selections. Would love to fit Perryman into the backline but don’t like the cuts I would have to do to make that happen.
DEF: Sheezel, Clark, NWM, Roberts, Paton, Leake (Reid, Trainor).
MID: Neale, Brayshaw, Dawson, Oliver, Ashcroft, FOS, NOD, Tsatas (Knevitt, Camporeale, Boxshall).
RUC: Gawn, Xerri (Boyd).
FWD: JHF, Macrae, Sanders, Daniel, Berry, Stone (Kako, Davidson).
FLEX: Hall
Cash = $95,100
Backs – Sheezel -Ash- Roberts- Perryman- Freijah- Prior (Paton-Reid)
Mids – Neale- Day -Oliver-Cerra -Callaghan-Tsatas-L.Ashcroft- Knevitt (O’Sullivan-Camporeale-Boxshall)
Ruck- Xerri -De koning (Boyd)
Forwards- Horne Francis -McKay-Macrae – Daniel – Powell Pepper- Davidson (Kako – Hewett)
FLEX -Flynn.
Happy to start harry mckay early vs richmond if fails I get to see how bailey smith goes and can always downgrade and use cash elsewhere.
agreed Nathan. Harry could kick a record amount of goals this week based on recent results of what pies did to tiges, what giants did to pies and what blues did to giants
Torn between Harry Perryman and Bailey Smith.
Perryman could have a season like George Hewitt did when he went to Carlton or he could just be middle of the road like he has been for seven years.
Smith could turn the clock back a couple of years and average over 100 or he could plod along around 80 and get injured.
T/U Perryman
T/D Smith
its the injury concern for Smith. coming back from ACL and then having (other) knee issues. not a great sign to start the year
Given Yze has indicated the Tigers will need to slow the ball down, does Short become more SC relevant to begin the season as a stepping stone?
TU: Yes
TD: No
i’m hoping the teams Tigers play don’t kick straight and plenty of behinds are scored
D1 & M1
TU: Sheezel & Brayshaw
TD: Zorko & Neale/Dunks
Cureently no Lions in the 31
TIA!
Is Bo Allen a lost cause? Or are we thinking that he looks to play each week so might eventually make some coin on our benches?
TU Look elsehwhere
TD Worth a punt and good JS
i think his JS is ok. he just needs an early 70+ to kick start some cash generation.
TU: Sheezel and Short
TD: NWM and Sicily
dont go past Sheezle mate. I know hes pricey but just a ball magnet and so clean.
Sheezel hasn’t been in my team, but it would be tough to go against
Sicily playing forward last week, worked. Can see it happening again and i don’t need that sort of worry
T/U Flynn as flex and T. Lynch Fwd
T/D Lalor as flex and H. Garciavin fwd
Can anyone explain if Lalor is a good pick if he plays? I’m blind to what he has done pre season other than get crunched. Cheers
Sam Lalor (MID $203k), who was taken as Pick 1, was training impressively with Richmond before fracturing his jaw and entering concussion protocols following an incident in a match simulation against West Coast.
Sam Lalor completed today’s entire Richmond main session.
Didn’t require the non-contact cap and was in full tackling and match sim, playing for A side.
He is a classy player but he is priced to reflect that. The question mark is how much the injury has hampered his preparation? I doubt Richmond would be playing their prize recruit if he wasn’t ready.
Makes an interesting conundrum with cheaper options available. Will class prevail?
Thanks CT.
Was going to swap him for O’Sullivan who will be on the wing but not sure. Might be best to go with Finn who we have more data on. Cheers
TU: Neale + NWM
TD: Serong + Clark
Keen to hear feedback. Have I gone too heavy in the mids?
Def;
Sheezel, NWM, Roberts, Perryman, Leake, Trainor (Paton, Reid)
Mid:
Merrett, Brayshaw, Day, Oliver, Callaghan, Washcroft, Tsatas, Knevitt (Hewett, Camp, Boxshall)
Ruck:
Gawn, Xerri
Fwd;
JHF, Macrae, Bazlenka, Daniel, SPP, Davidson (Kako, Stone)
Flex; Lashcroft
Or what is the better option:
TU: Perryman (D4), Day (M3), Callaghan (m5)
TD: Whitfield (D2), Petracca (M3), NOD (M6)
Many thanks.
Tu: Cerra M4
Td: Short D4
Tu: Cerra + Sanders (Flex)
Td: Petracca + Flynn (Flex)