Discussion 2024: Rate My Team

[Plan B]

Last season wasn’t a great one for moi. Started off really well but the byes and injuries screwed everything.
Would love some honest feedback on this set up. I’m not too concerned about byes after R6, as I’ll adjust as needed.
I’ve tried to keep players on early byes (up to R6) to as few as possible. Still have $30k ITB

 

[Herbie66]

Just returned from holidays , so trying to speed read 1000+ pages

DAICOS * , HOUSTON , SHEEZEL , YOUNG , Williams , Burgoyne / Gibcus , Coffield

BONT , BRAYSHAW , ROZEE , N MARTIN (?) , Fyfe * , McKercher , Sanders , Hustwaite / Roberts , Clark , Sharp

DARCY , GAWN / Naismith

J CAMERON , Fisher , Jordon * , Reid * , Windsor * , Sexton / Wilson * , Cadman

$ 124,700.00 in the Bank for Round 1 rookie selection corrections

11-4-7 so probably need to use 25-30 trades to upgrade the midfielders and onfield rookies

Haven't seen any mention of Jezza at all so maybe I have completely missed something

Rip it apart

 

[Erek22]

That's a proper old skool G'n'R team you got there Erek.

4 MPs gives it a bit of a modern twist so that's cool. Managed to fit in 10 keepers + a returning premo maybe in Wines with 4 of your players around or over 650k + Stewart and you haven't had to reach for unrealistic levels of cheap rookies. Still... a fair bit of upgrading to do is the only real knock on it.

How much do you have ITB?

I prefer a lot more value in my starting squad but yours here has all the big names and could be pumping out some big scores early.

$400 in bank

I generally start strong then over trade as that is my real source of joy in the comp.

 

[Russty_]

Last season wasn’t a great one for moi. Started off really well but the byes and injuries screwed everything.
Would love some honest feedback on this set up. I’m not too concerned about byes after R6, as I’ll adjust as needed.
I’ve tried to keep players on early byes (up to R6) to as few as possible. Still have $30k ITB View attachment 68700

Honestly, and no offence intended but this looks like you hit the Auotopick button, I'd have a read through this and a few other threads here to get a more clear idea of who the more viable and value picks/rookies are. Good luck mate.

 

[Goodie's Guns]

Just returned from holidays , so trying to speed read 1000+ pages

DAICOS * , HOUSTON , SHEEZEL , YOUNG , Williams , Burgoyne / Gibcus , Coffield

BONT , BRAYSHAW , ROZEE , N MARTIN (?) , Fyfe * , McKercher , Sanders , Hustwaite / Roberts , Clark , Sharp

DARCY , GAWN / Naismith

J CAMERON , Fisher , Jordon * , Reid * , Windsor * , Sexton / Wilson * , Cadman

$ 124,700.00 in the Bank for Round 1 rookie selection corrections

11-4-7 so probably need to use 25-30 trades to upgrade the midfielders and onfield rookies

Haven't seen any mention of Jezza at all so maybe I have completely missed something

Rip it apart

Would click save in SC, and not touch it for another week. Pretty solid to me, watch the R0 rookies and Jordon and Williams, and reshuffle come this time next week depending R1 rookie selections.

The less chopping and changing done to that side the better between now and team announcements.

 

[Plan B]

Honestly, and no offence intended but this looks like you hit the Auotopick button, I'd have a read through this and a few other threads here to get a more clear idea of who the more viable and value picks/rookies are. Good luck mate.

Do u mean the bench rookies or the on-field ones?

 

[Herbie66]

Would click save in SC, and not touch it for another week. Pretty solid to me, watch the R0 rookies and Jordon and Williams, and reshuffle come this time next week depending R1 rookie selections.

The less chopping and changing done to that side the better between now and team announcements.

Appreciate the feedback , yes happy to sit back and see what happens in Round zero and Round 1 selections

 

[Peter56]

Here's a preview of this years winning team 😂😂😂
In my dreams 🙄
54K ITB
I could swap Martin for Crouch. Oliver let's me go to anyone if he looks poor this week.
Any thoughts?

 

[Herbie66]

Just returned from holidays , so trying to speed read 1000+ pages

DAICOS * , HOUSTON , SHEEZEL , YOUNG , Williams , Burgoyne / Gibcus , Coffield

BONT , BRAYSHAW , ROZEE , N MARTIN (?) , Fyfe * , McKercher , Sanders , Hustwaite / Roberts , Clark , Sharp

DARCY , GAWN / Naismith

J CAMERON , Fisher , Jordon * , Reid * , Windsor * , Sexton / Wilson * , Cadman

$ 124,700.00 in the Bank for Round 1 rookie selection corrections

11-4-7 so probably need to use 25-30 trades to upgrade the midfielders and onfield rookies

Haven't seen any mention of Jezza at all so maybe I have completely missed something

Rip it apart

Didn't even last a day with Darcy ruled out

 

[Courtesans]

Didn't even last a day with Darcy ruled out

Better than doing a Gawn last year after a few minutes scoring a nice 0.

 

[Herbie66]

Better than doing a Gawn last year after a few minutes scoring a nice 0.

Very good point.

See how Reg looks on Thursday night I guess or go to Marshall instead

 

[Under The Dome]

Last season wasn’t a great one for moi. Started off really well but the byes and injuries screwed everything.
Would love some honest feedback on this set up. I’m not too concerned about byes after R6, as I’ll adjust as needed.
I’ve tried to keep players on early byes (up to R6) to as few as possible. Still have $30k ITB View attachment 68700

Do u mean the bench rookies or the on-field ones?

My opinion is it's not really the rookies but the very left field picks in BIG O, Wilmot, JUH, Ginnivan, Georgiades, Sheldrick, May and Duryea.

Sheldrick is the only one I could see working out.

Macrae, Darcy, Mannagh and Brown all may not be there.

 

[BigRuss]

Jackson in as a stable premium changes the structure for me quite a bit. Lets me push 12 Premium types while keeping all of Fisher, Jordon & Billings. Glaring weakness at D6 and reliance on "my knees are made of PlayDo" Naismith but actually quite like the look of this side.

 

[Chumpion]

Jackson in as a stable premium changes the structure for me quite a bit. Lets me push 12 Premium types while keeping all of Fisher, Jordon & Billings. Glaring weakness at D6 and reliance on "my knees are made of PlayDo" Naismith but actually quite like the look of this side.

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I think your defence is actually fine.. most will have a rookie D6 so nothing wrong with that. I don’t love Martin and Wines, I think Martin has a role that supports him being started but Wines could easily get squeezed for mid minutes and is a liability anywhere else. Definitely a sub risk too as he’s so slow they might drag him to inject more pace into the midfield, especially if the game supports it, as they can’t really bury him anywhere else on field and Butters, Rozee, JHF will drive a lot of mid minutes. Plus Drew if they want to cool someone which could definitely happen in rounds 3,4,5 and 6 early.

Also Nank listed as 1-3 weeks, one of which will be R0, meaning Naismith at R2 isn’t really viable. Best case you get a couple of scores, but then you’re likely stuck with 2 non playing players that you can’t do much with.

Interesting to see 2 forward premiums when a lot of teams have none (or 1 with Jackson). Don’t hate it, but I think you need to drop one to boost R2.

 

[Russty_]

Do u mean the bench rookies or the on-field ones?

As Under the Dome said, those rookies and many other questionable picks but hey, as I said mate, not trying to offend, just trying to help.
If you don't know a heck of a lot about the players or Footy, maybe just have a good scan through the rate my team thread to check out what many talented coaches are putting together regarding their squads. No harm in copycatting Ballarating someone else's team you like the look of, and then putting your own changes/spin into it.

 

[Post Nut Clarity]

New and improved version of my team… Hopefully this time it can stay the same for more than 24 hours!!!

I’ve cooled on Steele, as he’s a very strong chance of falling into the 100-105 average, which is good enough to keep but won’t be anywhere near the top 10…

The past couple of seasons I’ve made a concerted effort to start with premiums that I think will be top 6-8-2-6 in their respective positions, which then allows me to take some risks by trading hard early for fallen premiums and if they go onto average 100-105 it’s okay because I started with the Uber premiums.

Also, I don’t really take much notice of ownership percentages but was having a look at the players in my team earlier and thought I’d mention a few players that stuck out.

Houston only being in 10% of teams is surprising considering his strong finish to last year, good bye and the fact that he’s under 600K! Hoping he stays this low.

Harmes in 13% is also lower than I thought… I know we’re spoiled for choice up forward but he seems to be rotating through the midfield and has a history of scoring well in years gone by!

Gulden at 40% was probably the biggest surprise to me… I don’t think I’ve seen him all that often here and considering how popular Grundy and Jordan are, I didn’t think he’d be in 20% of teams, let alone 40%!!! Ironically, I’ve gotten aboard the Gulden train, hoping he dominates early, considering injuries too Mills, Parker & Adam’s should see him play on ball much more than last year, for the first month of the season anyways.

This is the most round 0 players I’ve had in any version of my team but I just feel much more confident with this team than any other version i’ve had.

Would love any thoughts and advice but I’m really hoping this team should see me through to round one (all eyes are on you Grundy)

 

[NT.Thunder]

I feel like if I’m to look at a few of the upper mid price group that could potentially become keepers on lines (Martin, Newcombe, Fisher) I need to o***et it by just getting in the 3 big guns that might not venture far in price making them difficult to get in later down the track.

Not sure how I feel about this team

 

[mwross91]

This is what I'll roll with until Round 0 throws curveballs.

 

[mwross91]

Here's a preview of this years winning team 😂😂😂
In my dreams 🙄
54K ITB
I could swap Martin for Crouch. Oliver let's me go to anyone if he looks poor this week.
Any thoughts?

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I like it. Only thing I'd consider is moving Daicos into Def or at least having a DPP rookie to allow the flexibility.
I think while Gibcus/ Coffield/ Reid/ Phillips are going to decent in terms of likelihood to get a game, I'd say that they get outscored by McKercher and Clark - so would rather have them on field especially in the weeks when it's 22 not best 18.

Issue is that Curtin is really the only one that fits that mould but I'm assuming he might be just outside your price point or leave you with little to no cash for corrections.
This becomes a non-issue after round 6 when Fisher/ Mckercher, Sexton and Martin all likely get DPP status.

 

[Connoisseur]

Ending up with : View attachment 68699

Thanks Connoisseur!

No worries. I like to target mobile rucks that contribute all around the ground to all facets (eg goals, tackles, marks, 15+ disposals) and hover around the 30%+ hitout to advantage rate. Has largely been a four horse race all preseason between Gawn, Grundy, English and Marshall. Outside of draft formats, I rarely consider O’Brien because he handballs too much and thus has a poor kick to handball ratio relative to his competition and HTA has never exceeded 30% for a season, thus hard to see any possible upside over a season long salary cap format.