Discussion 2025: AFL SuperCoach Discussion - OPEN

[Lost In The Sky]

Flex position confirmed for SC 2025

23 players onfield... but only Best 22 scores count each round

Salary Cap stays the same... But all players starting prices are reduced from last year... Some under 100k rookies this season.

 

[Broar]

Depends how bold you want to be but it could make the likes of Curnow or Cameron tempting if you want to go that way.

 

[Serj]

Depends how bold you want to be but it could make the likes of Curnow or Cameron tempting if you want to go that way.

Nah, flex? More like third ruck.

 

[xanderdom]

I believe the Flex will be in AFL SC as well.

Good shout!

 

[GrainFedBeef]

Flex position confirmed for SC 2025

23 players onfield... but only Best 22 scores count each round

Salary Cap stays the same... But all players starting prices are reduced from last year... Some under 100k rookies this season.

Assuming you still have emergencies, loophole opportunities?

Its just one spot where a player is potentially picked which be from any position.

 

[Ironhawk]

Good shout!

I think I was first to post it in this thread, but it was always likely once they added it to BBL this season.

I expect they may change the format a bit this year by adding a flex/sub/utility player similar to AFL Fantasy and BBL SC.

 

[Tamuhawk]

Flex position confirmed for AFL SC 2025.

Just announced on the official SC podcast by Al Paton.

Flex position confirmed for SC 2025

23 players onfield... but only Best 22 scores count each round

Salary Cap stays the same... But all players starting prices are reduced from last year... Some under 100k rookies this season.

Lol nice, called it in the BBL thread. 🤣

 

[Manikato1]

Not sure why they don't just double the salary cap and scrap trades altogether.

 

[xanderdom]

I think I was first to post it in this thread, but it was always likely once they added it to BBL this season.

Fair enough, I'm not into BBL so this came as a surprise to me. I really like the move, promotes variance and softens the blow on fielded injury scores.

Can't wait to get started on planning once the picker is opened up

 

[Tamuhawk]

Immediate first thoughts is to put an extra ruck using that flex spot.

 

[Miller is a Steele]

Depends how bold you want to be but it could make the likes of Curnow or Cameron tempting if you want to go that way.

I’m scarred from Curnow last year but it does make key forwards more appealing. I’d imagine people would have 9 premo mids or 3 rucks (1 in the flex position of course) if possible. Given the lowest score is knocked out, it lessens the risk somewhat with key forwards as their stinkers aren’t as damaging to your score. Definitely won’t be going out of my way to get a key forward though.

 

[Under The Dome]

Definitely makes taking English and Xerri more comfortable with a third ruck.

Need 23 premiums just to finish and easier to stash underpeforming premiums rather than trade.

It would be great to have a rookie ruck to field with two premiums.

 

[Shannon]

Immediate first thoughts is to put an extra ruck using that flex spot.

Agree

Thinking Xerri, Marshall & TDK (providing he is the clear main blues ruck) in my starting 23

 

[Under The Dome]

The biggest winner is not having to have a R/F

 

[Manikato1]

Initial reactions to the flex spot have many people going for another ruck. Looking at rucks who ave 110 or more in recent seasons the first glance numbers look like this.

2022 Gawn (113) and Witts (110)
2023 English (128) and Marshall (114)
2024 Gawn (124), Xerri (120), Marshall (112) and Nank (110)

Compare this to mids that ave 110 or higher (to many to name)

2022 17
2023 15
2024 14



So would it be better to have a consistently high scoring mid? I know rucks can have a high ceiling but given the number of mids that score high would it be easier to hit one of them than a ruck? Consider that now if a ruck got injured for a week or two and your bench ruck wasn't playing this no longer matters as the flex score becomes your R2 score effectively. So you can carry a DNP ruck for as long as you want without trading.

Early days and more thought about strategy options will go into this no doubt.

 

[Tamuhawk]

Initial reactions to the flex spot have many people going for another ruck. Looking at rucks who ave 110 or more in recent seasons the first glance numbers look like this.

2022 Gawn (113) and Witts (110)
2023 English (128) and Marshall (114)
2024 Gawn (124), Xerri (120), Marshall (112) and Nank (110)

Compare this to mids that ave 110 or higher (to many to name)

2022 17
2023 15
2024 14



So would it be better to have a consistently high scoring mid? I know rucks can have a high ceiling but given the number of mids that score high would it be easier to hit one of them than a ruck? Consider that now if a ruck got injured for a week or two and your bench ruck wasn't playing this no longer matters as the flex score becomes your R2 score effectively. So you can carry a DNP ruck for as long as you want without trading.

Early days and more thought about strategy options will go into this no doubt.

Say if you have 2 rucks and I have 3 rucks and our common ruck gets injured. I can shift a ruck from my flex to the ruck spot and could then turn that injured ruck into any position player allowing for some flexibility. You're then forced to trade a ruck to another ruck to avoid that donut. Just one scenario.

Not saying you're wrong but most wouldn't be starting 9 premium fielders. You'd have to nail the top 9 from those 14 mids from the get go, where as i think it's easier to predict 3 of maybe the top 5 or 6 rucks. The end strategy could be to have a midfielder there in the end though. Plenty of ways to go about it.

 

[Manikato1]

Say if you have 2 rucks and I have 3 rucks and our common ruck gets injured. I can shift a ruck from my flex to the ruck spot and could then turn that injured ruck into any position player allowing for some flexibility. You're then forced to trade a ruck to another ruck to avoid that donut. Just one scenario.

Not saying you're wrong but most wouldn't be starting 9 premium fielders. You'd have to nail the top 9 from those 14 mids from the get go, where as i think it's easier to predict 3 of maybe the top 5 or 6 rucks. The end strategy could be to have a midfielder there in the end though. Plenty of ways to go about it.

I am not following that comment but maybe my understanding of the flex position is not correct. The way I see it under your scenario is this. Say we both have Gawn and he is the ruck to get injured and is DNP. If we just left it as is, you would get the flex score of what ever ruck you chose and I would get the flex score of what ever mid I chose. Neither of us need to trade Gawn if we did not want to as long as we had 22 players that would be scoring. I wouldn't trade unless it is a long term injury as I would prefer to keep the trade.

Again this is based on my assumption that the flex has it's own stand alone position on the field. It is not a backup position. I play NFL dynasty which has a flex and that is how the flex position works. But I could be wrong in here.

 

[Manikato1]

Also I would be starting a pretty standard midfield eg 5 keeper 3 rookies. Given that prices will be dropped to allow for the 31st player (if it was say 20k per player as pure guess) that gives you around 600k for that 31st player. But we won't know till prices come out.

 

[Tamuhawk]

I am not following that comment but maybe my understanding of the flex position is not correct. The way I see it under your scenario is this. Say we both have Gawn and he is the ruck to get injured and is DNP. If we just left it as is, you would get the flex score of what ever ruck you chose and I would get the flex score of what ever mid I chose. Neither of us need to trade Gawn if we did not want to as long as we had 22 players that would be scoring. I wouldn't trade unless it is a long term injury as I would prefer to keep the trade.

Again this is based on my assumption that the flex has it's own stand alone position on the field. It is not a backup position. I play NFL dynasty which has a flex and that is how the flex position works. But I could be wrong in here.

Hence why I wrote one scenario. I'd have best 22 of 23 against your 22 of 22 but who's to say that 1 week couldn't become 2 or 3 or 4? Your scenario could happen too. You could do it your way. I could do it my way. But we don't have to agree on this. Plenty of ways to go about it.

 

[Russty_]

I am not following that comment but maybe my understanding of the flex position is not correct. The way I see it under your scenario is this. Say we both have Gawn and he is the ruck to get injured and is DNP. If we just left it as is, you would get the flex score of what ever ruck you chose and I would get the flex score of what ever mid I chose. Neither of us need to trade Gawn if we did not want to as long as we had 22 players that would be scoring. I wouldn't trade unless it is a long term injury as I would prefer to keep the trade.

Again this is based on my assumption that the flex has it's own stand alone position on the field. It is not a backup position. I play NFL dynasty which has a flex and that is how the flex position works. But I could be wrong in here.

Yeah you're right, it's an extra position always on field, not on the bench, so whatever position it is, it's an extra score to replace your lowest score on field.