Round 1: Teams and In Game Discussion
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Apparently so, a bit of a risk I guess, but I've put him in the forwards and am now having 2 rookies on field in the back.
Follow your gut.
Yesterday I swapped Simpson to Hibberd and De Goey to Cripps.
We will see in a few weeks if it was the correct call.
Also Franklin to Martin after he was knocked out, but I'm still confident Martin will be very solid this year.
Ahh the good ol' next day regrets...
Follow your gut.
Yesterday I swapped Simpson to Hibberd and De Goey to Cripps.
We will see in a few weeks if it was the correct call.
Also Franklin to Martin after he was knocked out, but I'm still confident Martin will be very solid this year.
Ahh the good ol' next day regrets...
Oh boy feeling a bit gutted so have come to the box to unburden myself 
On the way to match got my son to check on his fancy dancey mobile that Lambert wasn't slotted in to the side. Nah all good then. Watching match having fun and thinking yep glad I put young Hunt into my SC side, been sitting there for a while now.
Get home pull up my side and instead of Hunt and joy, I have Gary bloomin Rohan staring me in the face (insert crying smiley). I cannot believe how this happened. I reckon the Chinese have hacked my computer.
I had quickly tinkered with Maric (but chose to leave him out) and my side just before leaving home and must have done it then ...
Gary R. my boy time to step up big time; I almost feel I can't take the little bugger out of my side now as this could be divine intervention and events are no longer under my control.
mmm, for some reason confessing my sin hasn't really helped, and this is just the beginning, haha oh well bring it on. Cheers.
On the way to match got my son to check on his fancy dancey mobile that Lambert wasn't slotted in to the side. Nah all good then. Watching match having fun and thinking yep glad I put young Hunt into my SC side, been sitting there for a while now.
Get home pull up my side and instead of Hunt and joy, I have Gary bloomin Rohan staring me in the face (insert crying smiley). I cannot believe how this happened. I reckon the Chinese have hacked my computer.
I had quickly tinkered with Maric (but chose to leave him out) and my side just before leaving home and must have done it then
...Gary R. my boy time to step up big time; I almost feel I can't take the little bugger out of my side now as this could be divine intervention and events are no longer under my control.
mmm, for some reason confessing my sin hasn't really helped, and this is just the beginning, haha oh well bring it on. Cheers.
Regarding the floating donut I think it's important to remember that there is an extra mid this season so there is a far reduced risk of getting a donut. Hence if you pick one it's effectively like having a non playing R4 last season, which was very common. The only difference is you could potentially miss out on a quality mid cashcow. The only other issue is potentially reducing your score slightly in the bye rounds by probably having one less player. Since it's best 18 again this season though the risk isn't too big imo.
With my expectation that there will be a lack of quality cashcows this season I'm definitely risking it and picking Saad in the midfield and Daniel McKenzie in defence. Reckon McKenzie would be the most likely to play this season since he was a pick in the 20s and has lesser competition at the Saints than other clubs. I never planned for the floating donut but had Jack Steele in my side that didn't get selected so it's essentially a minor change structurally.
With my expectation that there will be a lack of quality cashcows this season I'm definitely risking it and picking Saad in the midfield and Daniel McKenzie in defence. Reckon McKenzie would be the most likely to play this season since he was a pick in the 20s and has lesser competition at the Saints than other clubs. I never planned for the floating donut but had Jack Steele in my side that didn't get selected so it's essentially a minor change structurally.
Thanks for your input, but I don't think ill change my forward structure and premiums just for 1 rookie. I think if no extra rookies appear (have Saad, Oxley, Macintosh), ill just use him to loophole the other 3 from round d 3 onwards, however due to carlton's frequent early games, I will only be able to loophole round 3,4,6,7,10 up until the byes
Reckon Simpson will be a top 6 defender. Dusty will surely play much better so not worried about him yet.
Happy with my no Deledio and no Cotchin picks. I would have picked Deledio but the 'managing his injuries throughout the season' talk from Hardwick was enough for me to avoid him and it looks a correct decision.
I had Vlastuin for quite a while pre-season but got put off by the Prospectus saying he only got 20+ disposals in 4/37 U18 games they covered.
Happy with my no Deledio and no Cotchin picks. I would have picked Deledio but the 'managing his injuries throughout the season' talk from Hardwick was enough for me to avoid him and it looks a correct decision.
I had Vlastuin for quite a while pre-season but got put off by the Prospectus saying he only got 20+ disposals in 4/37 U18 games they covered.
Re: getting macintosh's score.
Definitely agree with your points that a trade is not worth 60 points. But I was doing it with the idea of finding a defensive rookie that may play down the track. Hence singled it down to Hamling v Goddard. Last year I took on Ashby for Langdon's score, who ended up playing and making a bit of cash around byes too so it wasn't really a FD.
I don't think it's the worst idea, my question of Hamling v Goddard was more based on who will get games in the future? I like Goddard because of the DPP, can upgrade a fwd to a defensive prem later, but will Goddard actually get games? (Surely he will right?)
Definitely agree with your points that a trade is not worth 60 points. But I was doing it with the idea of finding a defensive rookie that may play down the track. Hence singled it down to Hamling v Goddard. Last year I took on Ashby for Langdon's score, who ended up playing and making a bit of cash around byes too so it wasn't really a FD.
I don't think it's the worst idea, my question of Hamling v Goddard was more based on who will get games in the future? I like Goddard because of the DPP, can upgrade a fwd to a defensive prem later, but will Goddard actually get games? (Surely he will right?)
