Hi Jov, bit concerned around the structure of your two rookie ruck combo. Neither is likely to be a big help if the other goes down or out of the side. Im a Crows man and surprised that ROB has been Robbed of the spot and McAndrew will need to play out of his ass to keep the spot. First four rounds include match ups against The Pies (Cameron), Dogs (English) and Freo (Jackson and Darcy) and if he fails to produce against what I consider pretty stiff opposition, ROB might be back and you have only another rookie for coverage. CDT will do mainly forward minutes and will likely not score heavily so you will possibly have to use two trades to correct as you don’t have cash to issue the straight swap to a another ruck.
Reminds me a bit of the Marshall/Ryder situation. ROB is a genuine galloper but he won’t win you a match, and with the swing towards a ruck who can jump and get around the ground I think the crows are pulling the right reign. I’m worried about both visentini brothers on the same count.
Hi Stevo, see above comments re rookie ruck combo. In your case it’s Reidy instead of CDT. I dont see Reidy playing a prominent role in the Blues ruck structure, and he isn’t going to score well if he’s played as a forward, so do you have the back up cash to make a trade if necessary?
Hey Stevo, running that top four in the def line might raise a few issues later on. It only leaves you with two spots for guys like NWM, Whitfield, Ash, Clark etc and any other mids that might get DPP status through the year.
The other problem is that most of the decent rookies seem to be defenders to start this season, so you might be missing out on one or two of them there.
All looks very solid apart from that. McAndrew at R2 is obviously a calculated risk, but one worth taking I reckon, and I think almost everyone is running that exact forward line!
Current team, hasn’t changed alot since the start of February.
The team has been built around the early byes, only have Daicos R2, Petracca R3 and Flanders R4 as the premiums on the bye. Only one per round should set me up well early. I attacked the early bye rounds last year as well and was 77th after round 6, hoping for another good start.
Only main changes have been McKercher has replaced Mills and Clarke has replaced Whitfield, i like the idea that Ryan might not be in best 23 and Clarke will get all the kickouts. McKercher and Clarke don’t have the early bye.
I’m really big on Dawson this year, should be a top 5. Treloar is still in my team and should play round 0, i might swap him out to Windsor or Bruhn for about the same price if he doesn’t play.
RUC: Gawn, Jackson (White)
Gawn is still in the team, not sold on McAndrew holding his place but he is ok at Flex and gives me some options.
Young Parish Treloar is truly taking the injury gods head on. If any one of them pays off big, you’ll be stoked! Maybe chuck Will Day or Max King in there too lol
they say, better to start them, will only cost 1 trade to get rid of them if they break down, but don’t start them it will then cost two trades, one to get them in and another when they break down.
I do like Treloar becuase he is a premium. 108 average in 2023 and 117 in 2024. He could go 100 this year and be a forward keeper.
Everyone thinks of him as a big injury risk, he played 22 out of 22 in 2022, 19 out of 22 in 2023 and 22 out of 22 in 2024.
he has had a near faultless preseason, and missed the practice games because of a ‘tight’ calf. I saw an interview on chanel 7 saying it wasn’t even ‘tight’ they just wanted to be careful with him.
The down side is he only played 4 games last year and he is 32 years old.
Love the Dawson pick, I’m on that train too. No early bye and he can do it all – run through the midfield, distribute off halfback, and drift forward and kick goals because he’s so good above his head. Class act and only 8% ownership!
Smith as the only onfield rook in the mids looks weird but I think it is the right call. Weird year for the cash cows.
Most likely will change one of the premo mids on bye and leaning Dawson for that spot. Young over Reid just but if anymore to the injury will swap. I’m loving humphries but the early bye and the fact him and bruhn playing for same spot worry me.
Almost there legends, almost that time of the year where we roll into Sunday games with 2300 points, 4 players left and the captain to play Sunday and walk out with 2600 thinking what could’ve been
My team is sitting as follows, I’m not trusting the mid rookies this year, so I’ve spent a large chunk of my money there – we live or die with decisions in this game
Its been McCarthy, its been McKercher, its been Whitfield, but McCarthy looks to be the main guy in a rather poor team this year ($101 to go winless – seems like value for the punters out there), should see lots of the footy and is rather good for a 2nd year player
Dawson could easily be top 5 this year, Butters contract year, Gulden and Walsh undervauled by about 50k and the injury riddled Young and Parish could easily improve 150k if they can stay injury free – Smith should be 100% owned and will be your last traded out player this year
English, McAndrew (CDT)
McAndrew scares me, but hey, we need to sacrifice somewhere
Pretty cookie-cutter team at this stage from those I’ve seen on this site recently.
Only real changes for me recently are Windsor in for Coleman, TDK in for Xerri, Freijah in for Lalor – would love thoughts on these changes specifically.
Other consideration now (aside from obvious injury or terrible/excellent R0 form) is dropping Reid/Freijah down to a rookie and upgrading flex.
Welcome all feedback and comments love to hear people’s thoughts and advice etc as sometimes I can get the blinkers on and overlook small things. Cheers.
Hi all, wasn’t sure where else to post this, but thought it might be relevant.
Confirmed rookies for Opening Round:
Zeke Uwland (DEF/MID, $199,000)
Harry Dean (DEF, $194,500)
Jai Serong (DEF, $119,900)
Lachie Jaques (DEF, $119,900)
Michael Sellwood (DEF, $119,900)
Jagga Smith (MID, $119,900)
Malcolm Rosas jnr (FWD, $145,000)
Worth noting that Carlton’s popular basement priced pick Wade Derksen is not listed, but mature aged Bulldog Michael Sellwood (currently <1% ownership) has been named.
Back: NWM, Rozee, Clark, Farrow, Lindsay, Serong. Jaques, Derksen
Mid: Butters, Smith Serong, Washcroft, Petracca, Dursuma, Uwland, Sharp. Grilj, Byrne, Blamires
Ruck: English, Jackson, White
Fwd: Sheezel, Pickett, Flanders, Phillipou, Marshall, Dovaston. McCrae, Robertson
Flex J Smith
Bruhn could be a possible for one of the rookies depends on final teams.
ITB $152K
Before the carnage of opening round …
Def: NAS, Rozee, Blakiston, Windsor, Grij and Serong (Lindsey/Derkson)
Mid: Bont, Buttere, Naicos, Serong, Young, Parish, Bruhn and JSmith (Carroll, Macrae, Blamires)
Ruck: Grundy and English (Reid)
Fwd: Sheezel, Trac, Flanders, Philippou, Lombard and Robertson (Marshall/Jones)
Flex: McAndrew
Touch wood the Hayden Young injury is nothing but a scare.
Will be watching Lachie Neale with keen eyes in opening round.
DEF: NWM, Rozee, Worrell, Windsor, Lindsay, Serong (Jaques, Derksen)
MID: Butters, Daicos, Dawson, Serong, Walsh, Young, Parish, Smith (Sharp, Carroll, Blamires)
RUC: Grundy, McAndrew (Duff-Tytler)
FWD: Sheezel, Petracca, Flanders, Phillipou, Marshall, Robertson (Lombard, Dovaston)
FLEX: Grlj
$4K ITB
Hi Jov, bit concerned around the structure of your two rookie ruck combo. Neither is likely to be a big help if the other goes down or out of the side. Im a Crows man and surprised that ROB has been Robbed of the spot and McAndrew will need to play out of his ass to keep the spot. First four rounds include match ups against The Pies (Cameron), Dogs (English) and Freo (Jackson and Darcy) and if he fails to produce against what I consider pretty stiff opposition, ROB might be back and you have only another rookie for coverage. CDT will do mainly forward minutes and will likely not score heavily so you will possibly have to use two trades to correct as you don’t have cash to issue the straight swap to a another ruck.
Reminds me a bit of the Marshall/Ryder situation. ROB is a genuine galloper but he won’t win you a match, and with the swing towards a ruck who can jump and get around the ground I think the crows are pulling the right reign. I’m worried about both visentini brothers on the same count.
Hey all,
Keen on some advice on the team! Any suggestions are welcome.
DEF: Sinclair, Rozee, McCarthy, A. Roberts, Lindsay, Serong (Jaques, Derksen)
MID: Butters, Daicos, Dawson, Gulden, Walsh, Young, Parish, Smith (Sharp, Carroll, Blamires)
RUCK: English, McAndrew (Reidy)
FWD: Sheezel, Petracca, Flanders, Phillipou, Marshall, Robertson (Lombard, Macrae
FLEX: Grjl
Hi Stevo, see above comments re rookie ruck combo. In your case it’s Reidy instead of CDT. I dont see Reidy playing a prominent role in the Blues ruck structure, and he isn’t going to score well if he’s played as a forward, so do you have the back up cash to make a trade if necessary?
Hey Stevo, running that top four in the def line might raise a few issues later on. It only leaves you with two spots for guys like NWM, Whitfield, Ash, Clark etc and any other mids that might get DPP status through the year.
The other problem is that most of the decent rookies seem to be defenders to start this season, so you might be missing out on one or two of them there.
All looks very solid apart from that. McAndrew at R2 is obviously a calculated risk, but one worth taking I reckon, and I think almost everyone is running that exact forward line!
Howdy you bunch of beauts,
Would greatly appreciated some feedback on the below:
DEF: NWM, Rozee, Windsor, Coleman, Edwards, Jacques (J. Lindsay, Serrong)
MID: Butters, Daicos, Gulden, Caldwell, Young, Bruhn, Grlj, Smith (Sharp, Carroll, Macrae)
RUCK: Xerri, L Jackson (McAndrew)
FWD: Sheezel, Pickett, Flanders, Phillipou, Marshall, Robertson (Lombard, Murray)
FLEX: D. Parish
KITTY $$$$: $173K
Cheers champenis’
if you put Reidy (or White) at F8, that will allow you to loop McAndrew’s score if he does good and also get the cash out when he increases in value
Current team, hasn’t changed alot since the start of February.
The team has been built around the early byes, only have Daicos R2, Petracca R3 and Flanders R4 as the premiums on the bye. Only one per round should set me up well early. I attacked the early bye rounds last year as well and was 77th after round 6, hoping for another good start.
DEF: Rozee, Clarke, McKercher, Grij, Farrow, Serong (Lindsay, Jaques)
Only main changes have been McKercher has replaced Mills and Clarke has replaced Whitfield, i like the idea that Ryan might not be in best 23 and Clarke will get all the kickouts. McKercher and Clarke don’t have the early bye.
MID: Butters, Daicos, Dawson, Serong, Young, Parish, Treloar, Smith (Sharp, Caroll, Jones)
I’m really big on Dawson this year, should be a top 5. Treloar is still in my team and should play round 0, i might swap him out to Windsor or Bruhn for about the same price if he doesn’t play.
RUC: Gawn, Jackson (White)
Gawn is still in the team, not sold on McAndrew holding his place but he is ok at Flex and gives me some options.
FWD: Sheezel, Petracca, Flanders, Phillipou, Marshall, Roberston (Lombard, Macrae)
Forward line picks itself.
FLX: McAndrew
itb $10,800
thanks fellas
Young Parish Treloar is truly taking the injury gods head on. If any one of them pays off big, you’ll be stoked! Maybe chuck Will Day or Max King in there too lol
it is very unlike me to take injury risks.
they say, better to start them, will only cost 1 trade to get rid of them if they break down, but don’t start them it will then cost two trades, one to get them in and another when they break down.
I do like Treloar becuase he is a premium. 108 average in 2023 and 117 in 2024. He could go 100 this year and be a forward keeper.
Everyone thinks of him as a big injury risk, he played 22 out of 22 in 2022, 19 out of 22 in 2023 and 22 out of 22 in 2024.
he has had a near faultless preseason, and missed the practice games because of a ‘tight’ calf. I saw an interview on chanel 7 saying it wasn’t even ‘tight’ they just wanted to be careful with him.
The down side is he only played 4 games last year and he is 32 years old.
Love the Dawson pick, I’m on that train too. No early bye and he can do it all – run through the midfield, distribute off halfback, and drift forward and kick goals because he’s so good above his head. Class act and only 8% ownership!
Smith as the only onfield rook in the mids looks weird but I think it is the right call. Weird year for the cash cows.
Dawson’s kicking efficiency last year was 56%, the 3 years prior it was 63-66%. if he tidies that up this year, that will make him 115+
Def- Nas, Rozee, Humphries, Windsor, Grlj, Lindsay (Serong, Derkson)
Mid- Butters, Daicos, Callaghan, Gulden, Young, Bruhn, Sharp, Smith (Carroll, Blamires, Jones)
Ruc- Grundy, English (Mcandrew)
Fwd- Sheezel, Flanders, Lalor, Phillipou, Marshall, Robertson (Dovaston, Lombard)
Flex- Pickett
Most likely will change one of the premo mids on bye and leaning Dawson for that spot. Young over Reid just but if anymore to the injury will swap. I’m loving humphries but the early bye and the fact him and bruhn playing for same spot worry me.
This is the MOST POPULAR TEAM if you just picked the highest owned players.
The cut off was 29% ownership
Nas, Rozee, Coleman, Uwland, Gril, Farrow (Lindsay, Serong)
Bontempelli, Butters, Daicos, Guelden, Young, Parish, Duursma, Smith (Sharp, Brodie, Blarnies)
English, McAndrew (Reidy)
Sheezel, Petracca, Flanders, Phillipou, Marshall, Robertson (Lombard, Macrae)
Jackson
Money left $199,700
Almost there legends, almost that time of the year where we roll into Sunday games with 2300 points, 4 players left and the captain to play Sunday and walk out with 2600 thinking what could’ve been
My team is sitting as follows, I’m not trusting the mid rookies this year, so I’ve spent a large chunk of my money there – we live or die with decisions in this game
NWM, Rozee, McCarthy, Windsor, Grlj, Farrow (Serong, Jaques)
Its been McCarthy, its been McKercher, its been Whitfield, but McCarthy looks to be the main guy in a rather poor team this year ($101 to go winless – seems like value for the punters out there), should see lots of the footy and is rather good for a 2nd year player
Butters, Daicos, Dawson, Gulden, Walsh, Young, Parish, Smith (Carroll, Watkins, Blamires)
Dawson could easily be top 5 this year, Butters contract year, Gulden and Walsh undervauled by about 50k and the injury riddled Young and Parish could easily improve 150k if they can stay injury free – Smith should be 100% owned and will be your last traded out player this year
English, McAndrew (CDT)
McAndrew scares me, but hey, we need to sacrifice somewhere
Sheezel, Pertracca, Flanders, Pou, Marshall, Roberston (McCarthy, Lombard)
Picks itself really, there wont be to much variance here
Lindsay
agree, that forward line is cut and paste
Pretty cookie-cutter team at this stage from those I’ve seen on this site recently.
Only real changes for me recently are Windsor in for Coleman, TDK in for Xerri, Freijah in for Lalor – would love thoughts on these changes specifically.
Other consideration now (aside from obvious injury or terrible/excellent R0 form) is dropping Reid/Freijah down to a rookie and upgrading flex.
DEF – Nas, Rozee, McKercher, Windsor, Dean, Seron [Grlj, Carmichael]
MID – Butters, Daicos, Anderson, Gulden, Reid, Duursma, Brodie, Smith [Blamires, Carroll, Macrae]
RUC – Jackson, TDK [Reidy]
FWD – Sheezel, Pickett, Freijah, Flanders, Phillipou, Marshall [Lombard, Robertson]
FLEX – McAndrew
Happy picking everyone
DEF: sinclair Rozee Mckercher Windsor Grlj Jacques (Serong lindsay)
MID: Butters Naicos Gulden Walsh LDU Young Parish Jagga (farrow sharp carroll)
RUCK: English McAndrew (Reidy)
FWD: Sheezel Flanders Budarick Philipou Marshall Robertson (dovaston Lombard)
FLEX: R.Laird
BANK: $46k
Welcome all feedback and comments love to hear people’s thoughts and advice etc as sometimes I can get the blinkers on and overlook small things. Cheers.
Def: NWM, Whitfield, Rozee, Windsor, coleman, farrow, lindsay, serong
Mid: Butters, Daicos, gulden, yound, parish, bruhn, durrsma, smith, carroll macrae brodie
For: Sheezel, trac, flanders, JUH, phillipou, dovaston, reidy, robertson
Ruck: Grundy, TDK
Flex: Sharp
i have 25k ITB
Hi all, wasn’t sure where else to post this, but thought it might be relevant.
Confirmed rookies for Opening Round:
Zeke Uwland (DEF/MID, $199,000)
Harry Dean (DEF, $194,500)
Jai Serong (DEF, $119,900)
Lachie Jaques (DEF, $119,900)
Michael Sellwood (DEF, $119,900)
Jagga Smith (MID, $119,900)
Malcolm Rosas jnr (FWD, $145,000)
Worth noting that Carlton’s popular basement priced pick Wade Derksen is not listed, but mature aged Bulldog Michael Sellwood (currently <1% ownership) has been named.
Gulden or Sinclair?
Def: Sinclair, Rozee, Mckercher, Windsor, Grill, Lindsay. Jacques, Serong.
Mid: Bont, Butters, Naicos, Steele, Young, Parish, Jagger, Blamires. Sharp, Edwards, Jones.
Ruck: Xerri, English, Reidy.
Fwd: Sheezel, Petracca, Flanders, Phillipou, Marshall, Robertson. Dovaston, Lombard.
Flex: Mcandrew.
ITB: $6,400
Appreciate feedback on my team.
Nas, Rozee, Coleman, Uwland, Gril, Farrow (Lindsay, Serong)
Bontempelli, Butters, Daicos, Gulden, Young, Parish, Duursma, Smith (Sharp, Brodie, Blarnies)
English, McAndrew (Reidy)
Sheezel, Petracca, Flanders, Phillipou, Lalor, Robertson (Lombard, Macrae)
Jackson
Cheers.
Best of luck for the season everyone!
DEFENSE- NWM, Rozee, McCarthy
Grlj, Farrow, J. Serong
(Jacques, Derksen)
MIDFIELD- Bont, Butters, Naicos
Anderson, Dawson, J. Smith
Brodie, Carroll
(Retschko, Jones, Blamires)
RUCK- Jackson, English (Reidy)
FORWARD- Sheezel, Petracca, M. Reid
Philipou, T. Marshall, Lombard
(Dovaston, Robertson)
FLEX- McAndrew
Rookies subject to being named
Back: NWM, Rozee, Clark, Farrow, Lindsay, Serong. Jaques, Derksen
Mid: Butters, Smith Serong, Washcroft, Petracca, Dursuma, Uwland, Sharp. Grilj, Byrne, Blamires
Ruck: English, Jackson, White
Fwd: Sheezel, Pickett, Flanders, Phillipou, Marshall, Dovaston. McCrae, Robertson
Flex J Smith
Bruhn could be a possible for one of the rookies depends on final teams.
ITB $152K
Back; NAS, Ash, Rozee, Windsor, Grlj, Lindsey (Farrow, Serong)
Mid: Butters, Daicos, Dawson, Walsh, Parish, Bruhn, Sharp, Smith (Carroll, Macrae, Blamires)
Ruck: Jackson, English (White)
Fwd: Sheezel, Petracca, Flanders, Treloar, Pou, Robertson (Lombard, +???)
Flex: Mcandrew
The Dennis Cometti round. Vale the goat.