Opinion 2024 AFL SuperCoach Planning Thread
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Dogs CBA numbers from last season :-
Very clear top 4 combo - with Macrae & Smith part of the rotations. So you would expect Macrae to get the majority of Smith's CBAs
Dogs first round draft pick Ryley Sanders could be the real beneficiary/ replacement in the team for Smith :-
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1070865...ontempelli-out-of-full-training-until-january
TOP-10 pick Ryley Sanders is swiftly building an early case for a round one debut, but Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli is not expected to return to full training until after the Christmas break.
Sanders has made a strong early impression across his first fortnight at the club since being selected at pick No.6 in the 2023 AFL Draft, after the Bulldogs moved up during the Trade Period to secure Gold Coast's first pick.
The Tasmanian finished second behind Bailey Smith in the 2km time-trial on the first day of the pre-season for the main group and has made a seamless transition to training at the next level, drawing praise from the coaching staff and senior players for his professional approach and ball use on the track.
With 102 days between now and the Bulldogs' season opener against Melbourne on March 17, there is a long way to go in terms of selection, but the Rising Star contender has ticked every box thus far.
Very clear top 4 combo - with Macrae & Smith part of the rotations. So you would expect Macrae to get the majority of Smith's CBAs
Dogs first round draft pick Ryley Sanders could be the real beneficiary/ replacement in the team for Smith :-
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1070865...ontempelli-out-of-full-training-until-january
TOP-10 pick Ryley Sanders is swiftly building an early case for a round one debut, but Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli is not expected to return to full training until after the Christmas break.
Sanders has made a strong early impression across his first fortnight at the club since being selected at pick No.6 in the 2023 AFL Draft, after the Bulldogs moved up during the Trade Period to secure Gold Coast's first pick.
The Tasmanian finished second behind Bailey Smith in the 2km time-trial on the first day of the pre-season for the main group and has made a seamless transition to training at the next level, drawing praise from the coaching staff and senior players for his professional approach and ball use on the track.
With 102 days between now and the Bulldogs' season opener against Melbourne on March 17, there is a long way to go in terms of selection, but the Rising Star contender has ticked every box thus far.
Shaping up that way, just waiting to see what SC does in terms of the bye situation.
The SUNS get the early bye, I am looking at Touk and Flanders at this time. But.....if SC follow fanatsy its becomes 2 bye rounds for some teams.
Pies: #35
Suns: Touk Flanders
Carlton: Cerra Walsh
Lions: Neale Dunkley Coleman
Swans: Grundy Gulden Warner
Melbourne: Gawn Oliver Tracca
GWS:Green
Tigers....... MIdfield will be on watch. Will be interesting to see how the Tigers set up for preseason.
Already penciled in before the draw was made i had,
#35
Walsh Neale Touk
Grundy Gawn
Flanders
Thats 7 keepers with 2 bye rounds before round 15. Too many points on the bench.
The SUNS get the early bye, I am looking at Touk and Flanders at this time. But.....if SC follow fanatsy its becomes 2 bye rounds for some teams.
Pies: #35
Suns: Touk Flanders
Carlton: Cerra Walsh
Lions: Neale Dunkley Coleman
Swans: Grundy Gulden Warner
Melbourne: Gawn Oliver Tracca
GWS:Green
Tigers....... MIdfield will be on watch. Will be interesting to see how the Tigers set up for preseason.
Already penciled in before the draw was made i had,
#35
Walsh Neale Touk
Grundy Gawn
Flanders
Thats 7 keepers with 2 bye rounds before round 15. Too many points on the bench.
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If Supercoach follows suit from Fantasy then surely you are only selecting a premium from the opening round teams if you think they are significantly underpriced.
Gawn, Grundy, Walsh, Touk, Flanders, Adams and I'm sure there are others I've missed.
If trying to split hairs on two premiums it will be an easy choice to fade the one that has the early bye and treat them as an upgrade target.
Gawn, Grundy, Walsh, Touk, Flanders, Adams and I'm sure there are others I've missed.
If trying to split hairs on two premiums it will be an easy choice to fade the one that has the early bye and treat them as an upgrade target.
Yes,sound easy.
Grundy is crazy cheap you need to start him, will be 530K by round 9-10.
Touk is crazy cheap for what he can produce, no tagging role with Hardwick at the helm. My goodness Touk is under 500K
Oliver you really want to start with out him "SC Royalty" VC/C every week...then there is Gawn who will not be cheaper at any point in the season.
Should be fun...
Thinking the FWD line will need to be filled with those M/F .
Grundy is crazy cheap you need to start him, will be 530K by round 9-10.
Touk is crazy cheap for what he can produce, no tagging role with Hardwick at the helm. My goodness Touk is under 500K
Oliver you really want to start with out him "SC Royalty" VC/C every week...then there is Gawn who will not be cheaper at any point in the season.
Should be fun...
Thinking the FWD line will need to be filled with those M/F .
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Macrae and Flanders 1st picked, although, they are the best of a bad bunch and come with some risk.
Macrae - when Bailey Smith didn't play last year, Macrae didn't get the CBA's, the Bont and others gobbled them up. The positive for Macrae is he did score better without Bailey, although small sample size.
Flanders - did he benefit from Touk coming back from injury early, change of coach risk, Touk fit and no longer tagging and then last the Richmond game style plan that Hardwick will bring which doesn't benefit SC. Flanders/Touk most watched premiums for me pre season.
If OR not included which seems likely given Fantasy doing that, Grawndy will be starting line up. Gawn offers value vs English although think whilst the gap closes, English could still be 10 points better.
Rookies - prior years we have seen some flaky cheap players not perform feels the top 10 this year will dominate to be included plus any mature rookies and this may not be a differentiating factor. Not having the bombers, eagles poor quality rookies merely helped me minimise the cruel injury hits (plus failed mid pricers) I had last year.
Macrae - when Bailey Smith didn't play last year, Macrae didn't get the CBA's, the Bont and others gobbled them up. The positive for Macrae is he did score better without Bailey, although small sample size.
Flanders - did he benefit from Touk coming back from injury early, change of coach risk, Touk fit and no longer tagging and then last the Richmond game style plan that Hardwick will bring which doesn't benefit SC. Flanders/Touk most watched premiums for me pre season.
If OR not included which seems likely given Fantasy doing that, Grawndy will be starting line up. Gawn offers value vs English although think whilst the gap closes, English could still be 10 points better.
Rookies - prior years we have seen some flaky cheap players not perform feels the top 10 this year will dominate to be included plus any mature rookies and this may not be a differentiating factor. Not having the bombers, eagles poor quality rookies merely helped me minimise the cruel injury hits (plus failed mid pricers) I had last year.