Hi all, somewhat settled on this for NAB
D: Smith, Birchall, Newnes, Roberton, Walters, **** (V Rainbow, Goddard)
M: Ablett, Pendlebury, Selwood, Ward, Van Berlo, Boekhorst, Freeman, Heeney, (Cavka, Neal-Bullen, krakouer)
R: Goldstein, Naitanui (Read)
F: Deledio, Franklin, Martin, Swan, Mitchell, Hogan (Steele, Caleb)
Bye structure: 9/11/10
Cash left: $47,600
Comments:
Def: Absolutely no interest in loading up oh high priced def this year and there are no real stand outs. Smith could easily become Simpson but still unsure... Newnes/Roberton/Waters all somewhat risky but allows me to load up the rucks and fwd which should give more ppg.
Mid: 4 guns, should be top 8 or there abouts.... NVB a high priced rookie, will be the first to be downgraded should there be more rookies that present themselves in mid after the NAB cup. Most rookies are placeholders
Ruck: Set and forget ruckman. Year after year I burn unnecessary trades trying to fix ruck, so starting out with 2 ruckman which could be top 5 at the end of the year..
Fwd: Lids, Franklin and Martin should be top 10 if not higher. Swan and Mitchell are well priced, not 100% sure on Mitchell. He could easily become Salem which will make NVB a prem, so will play it by ear. I honestly don't get the hype over Mitch Clark - 4 games last season, 11 games the season before, had a niggle recently, not entirely convincing imo...
14 Keepers should Swan and Mitchell go ok.
Have a bit of coin left over for the inevitable rookie swaps, but most rookies selected are not basement price and in a perfect world should actually gain coin if there are cheaper rookies looking good closer to round 1. Settled on the team somewhat and will eagerly await rookies closer to the date.
Cheers!