Opinion 2024 AFL SuperCoach Planning Thread

[TopBillings]

Assume LDU is unavailable for the season and Thomas returns from suspension Rd 5 and goes 145, 151 first two games.

$504k, mid only.

Do you grab him?

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[Locky27]

Assume LDU is unavailable for the season and Thomas returns from suspension Rd 5 and goes 145, 151 first two games.

$504k, mid only.

Do you grab him?

Wait, what happened to LDU? Missed it.

 

[Ben's Beasts]

Wait, what happened to LDU? Missed it.

Nothing.

 

[elzorko16]

Hope I'm understanding this correctly but why are these allegations taken to the the AFL?
Go to the police if there is a crime.
And why are the AFL getting involved? Who do they think they are that they can handle domestic violence cases rather than the police.

Not to make light of possible domestic abuse, but perhaps he could use that old tried and tested ' was smothering' defence !

 

[Russty_]

Not to make light of possible domestic abuse, but perhaps he could use that old tried and tested ' was smothering' defence !

Brave to make a joke there, I appreciated it, if he has digressed back into his old behaviour, I hope they fire him, plenty of peeps out there willing to do what it takes to play Footy at the highest level without having to act like a scumbag on the side.

 

[Russty_]

Any Bombers fans know much about whether Nate Caddy is likely to be in the side in round one? Cheers.

 

[Russty_]

Assume LDU is unavailable for the season and Thomas returns from suspension Rd 5 and goes 145, 151 first two games.

$504k, mid only.

Do you grab him?

Not with the largest possible Barge Pole.

 

[Manikato1]

Despite social media posts to the contrary there is a you tube post on the BF Bulldogs Pre Season thread that states English is suffering concussion issues from contact received last season. The person in the you tube post says he spoke to a trainer and directly to English who advised him he does not know when he will be back in physical training.

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[ScottishBomber]

Any Bombers fans know much about whether Nate Caddy is likely to be in the side in round one? Cheers.

I’d say about 50% as a guess. If all fit I think Wright, Langford, Stringer, Gresham and Perkins are locks. I think Jones probably makes it over Caddy and Menzie as a pure small. Caddy I think would be next man up. Things can change however.

 

[ScottishBomber]

After a bit of fiddling I’ve landed on the below team - probably won’t touch this too much until practice matches or injuries now.

DEF: Daicos, Sicily, Ryan, Z. Williams, Gibcus, Z.Reid (Coffield, Pink)

MID: Bont, LDU, Walsh, Miller, M. Crouch, Mckercher, Sanders, Managh (Curtin, Binns, J.Clark)

RUCK: Grundy, Xerri (Livingstone)

FWD: Macrae, Sanders, Adams, Lynch, H.Reid, Z.Duursma (Cadman, Sam Darcy)

Starting with 3 Uber premos in defence, not seen many teams with Ryan in and I think with young moving to midfield will only help his already great role.

Toyed with Bont in or out for a long time. May change before the start of the season but standing pat with him just now. Encouraged by Crouch finish to the season and feels like a bit of a discount on him.

Rucks seem fine, not much wiggle with cash and would need to make big changes to reach English/Gawn

Forward. I actually think this is where the season may be won or lost - bereft of good options those who end up with the best forwards could gain ground esrly on the pack.

Any feedback welcome.

 

[eekraN]

Gee the forward and backs this year are uninspiring.

Outside of the big defender premiums (probably the first 3 or 4) there is nothing.

Forwards are easily the worst position on the ground this year.

 

[shockmaster]

I’d say about 50% as a guess. If all fit I think Wright, Langford, Stringer, Gresham and Perkins are locks. I think Jones probably makes it over Caddy and Menzie as a pure small. Caddy I think would be next man up. Things can change however.

Agree with this. Jaiden Hunter sadly doing his ACL also means one less key forward in the mix. I'm pretty confident Caddy gets a run of games at some point in the year but definitely wouldn't say he's a round 1 lock at this stage

 

[Ben's Beasts]

Right, with the BBL done, it's time to switch the focus to the main course.

Keen to hear how people are approaching premiums/keepers on the early byes.
Are you avoiding them all?
Are you limiting the amount you pick from each bye?
Or are you not paying any attention to the early byes?

I see a lot of value in several premiums/keepers on the early bye - Gawn, Grundy, Touk, Walsh and Flanders to name a few. I feel as though some are fairly important starting picks, but do we pick them all, limit the amount or just avoid these guys?

Will be interested to see how people are approaching this early on.

 

[Manikato1]

Right, with the BBL done, it's time to switch the focus to the main course.

Keen to hear how people are approaching premiums/keepers on the early byes.
Are you avoiding them all?
Are you limiting the amount you pick from each bye?
Or are you not paying any attention to the early byes?

I see a lot of value in several premiums/keepers on the early bye - Gawn, Grundy, Touk, Walsh and Flanders to name a few. I feel as though some are fairly important starting picks, but do we pick them all, limit the amount or just avoid these guys?

Will be interested to see how people are approaching this early on.

I started off keeping early bye players down to two only and from different byes. However Naicos is a premium I decided I should have in my team as apart from high ceiling scoring he has a number of early games and makes a perfect C loop. So I relented and now have three but that is it. As I mentioned in a previous post however I found you need to be careful about the Rd 15 bye because a number of the premiums in non early bye teams have that bye.

 

[Shannon]

Right, with the BBL done, it's time to switch the focus to the main course.

Keen to hear how people are approaching premiums/keepers on the early byes.
Are you avoiding them all?
Are you limiting the amount you pick from each bye?
Or are you not paying any attention to the early byes?

I see a lot of value in several premiums/keepers on the early bye - Gawn, Grundy, Touk, Walsh and Flanders to name a few. I feel as though some are fairly important starting picks, but do we pick them all, limit the amount or just avoid these guys?

Will be interested to see how people are approaching this early on.

My initial thoughts/ early planning are :-

Are you avoiding them all? - No, so much value on offer for some of them

Are you limiting the amount you pick from each bye? Yes, need to have a balance with the best 18 in mind/ not rely too much on rookies

Or are you not paying any attention to the early byes? I think you have to keep them in mind - again its all about finding the right balance.

Gawn, Grundy, Touk, Walsh and Flanders to name a few. I feel as though some are fairly important starting picks, but do we pick them all, limit the amount or just avoid these guys? I have all 5 at this stage, when the game opens properly (hopefully next week) I will be checking my bye situation thoroughly.

In regards to the Opening Round situation, I think we just have to be fluid/ agile in our thinking - approach it as a free hit. Get to see how the likes of Walsh/Williams/Daicos/Grundy/Gawn/ Flanders etc perform paying close attention to their role then assess if they are must haves despite having an early bye. The other important thing is to see if there is any rookies that have standout games in the opening round that make them must haves.

 

[Leroy]

Right, with the BBL done, it's time to switch the focus to the main course.

Keen to hear how people are approaching premiums/keepers on the early byes.
Are you avoiding them all?
Are you limiting the amount you pick from each bye?
Or are you not paying any attention to the early byes?

I see a lot of value in several premiums/keepers on the early bye - Gawn, Grundy, Touk, Walsh and Flanders to name a few. I feel as though some are fairly important starting picks, but do we pick them all, limit the amount or just avoid these guys?

Will be interested to see how people are approaching this early on.

I've been trying to find a way to get mathematical about those early byes...

Let's try a real example: Daicos and Sicily

Daicos misses R5 but it's not as bad as an injury, because you're not getting a direct bench score, but getting the 19th best drawn from across all lines (and potentially loops as well). So perhaps instead of 115 you get 70? A 45 point loss.

On the counter, if you start Sicily you may not get Daicos into your team for perhaps 11 to 12 rounds, so overall it's perhaps 4ppg that he costs you versus a starting pick of roughly the same price.

We want to pick starting premiums with some upside chance, so perhaps those with an early bye just get their upside reduced by 4ppg in calculations. If they still qualify as worth picking with that measure, then pick them.

Obviously too many early premiums with the same bye distorts the figures (hint: don't do that), but otherwise it should be easy enough to decide?

Hah, famous last words

 

[Manikato1]

What would be tempting is if one the of premos put in a bad score first up in Rd 0. If you had a guy you peg at say 115 ave for the year then even at that he is going to have 4 or 5 sub 95 scores. To get one out of the way when it doesn't count means it works in you favour during the season if indeed you are right about pegging him at 115.

 

[Shaunpro1]

Can't really make any definitive calls until we actually have the rules confirmed, think the trade and boost count will leverage me one way or another with most of these decisions.

 

[donnybuang]

I suppose it's as simple as your 19th man replaces one of your premos. In early rounds last season, my 19th man was regularly scoring 50-70 points.

 

[Ben's Beasts]

Darcy firming for a spot on our FWD benches. Sanders stocks continue to rise too, seems a good shout for a MID spot on field.

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