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Never answered this before but now the season is underway had a read and post my thoughts now.
There is a third option here....
To start with though my M11 is a DEF/MID. You can either view it as cash cow Adam Saad or loophole agent Corey Adamson. Having the link between defence and midfield was very handy last year and so saw no reason not to do it again. I also got a few other defenders with DEF/MID. If there was only 10 mid spots like last season sense I would still be doing that so the extra mid slot has really just meant for me taking a ruck bench spot away that originally was either being used as captain loophole like King last year or some ruck rookie that rarely makes a lot of cash. I left my options open how to utilise this new structure format by selecting a mid pricer Mark Blicavs in my starting team. The lack of info on new ruck scoring system made me feel Blicavs gave me peace of mind I would not overspend on ruck division. I was confident he was one ruck that coin spent on you were not overpaying on. He is not likely to be my second ruck forever but he left my options open which is what I wanted for this new game situation.
Given the reduction in ruck back ups there was no way I was willing to take the risk of having an R3 from start that had no cash making or playing capacity. As a result I picked Swan rookie ruck Naismith mainly because he was named in their 25 at start of season so it seemed he may possibly get a run at some stage. If he did not get picked least I know I will use him for loopholes when I can. Once I realized all normal rucks likely to be overpriced for 2015 I decided the payment for insurance of having a FWD/RUC as R3 that also commits you to also having to invest in another ruck/fwd losing value in forward line was not ideal for 2015. That is basically 4 rucks all overpriced in the squad of 30. I felt strongly paying high cost of insurance for ruck just not worth it. This meant if I was only having 2 playing rucks to start with they needed to be ones I felt the most confident in playing every week and less likely to need attending to.
I banked on reliable older players I felt were really midfielders playing in back half. This meant Hodge, Kade Simpson and James Kelly were chosen by me as keepers. After that I looked to get two mid pricers hoping they would both end up keepers. Newnes was a no brainer as the mid pricer because everything pointed towards him spending more time in middle of ground and therefore better scoring opportunities. He was no David Swallow lock like previous season for me but he seemed the best bet of the rest for 2015. After that the other defenders would be dictated if there were enough viable rookie options. There did not seem many. I missed on McIntosh in round one simply because I knew so little about him and therefore with so few defender rookies on offer I went an extra mid pricer in Ibbotson. I felt he might be value for money and average maybe 85ish and be a cheap D6 for just over 300K. In the end I think that was one mid pricer too many. Intend to correct that this week swapping Ibbotson for cash cow McIntosh now he is on the bubble. I also gave serious thought to all of Gibson, SD Thompson and M Johnson for a keeper defence but Ibbotson was cheaper and that appealed more given not overly keen to spend much in backline if I can avoid it.
When I looked at the forward line I saw so many players I felt could average in keeper range that there was no real reason to get hooked on locking in many from start. The only one I felt was a lock was Robbie Gray as felt he is most certain of the lot to average something high. After that I picked Bartel and Zorko with no particular reason other than I like both of them as players and feel very confident they can average at least 90 but also very capable of getting over 100 average if they play more time in midfield. The rest were the usual suspects of rookies that we all got. Probably the most unique part of my line-up was punting on young Josh Kelly as a mid pricer with a lot of upside. So in conclusion I certainly have not gone ultra premium FWD line. I felt it was more wise to leave my options open here by not locking in too many. I can now look at guys like Dane Swan, Franklin, The Bonts, Goddard, De Ledio, Dustbin Martin, Brent Harvey and grab the best value when opportunity presents itself best. I just did not see the difference in scoring by all of them would be much. Seems like lots of them so why lock myself in when did not need to.
I was originally starting with 4 of them. They were going to be Rockliff, Ablett, Pendlebury and Fyfe however the night before Gold Coast first game I convinced myself the risk of picking Ablett and the likelyhood of him failing to score in way I wanted was too high a price to pay so I removed him and installed Jobe Watson. Watson may not be as likely to score as high but I did know he is capable of getting the 120 ppg average and that is something I was happy to invest in at a lot cheaper price than Gazza.
It is actually my biggest concern right now is I feel a premium down in midfield on front runners so If I had my time again I may have not had any mid pricers like Ibbotson and Newnes down back and instead got a fifth premium in the midfield. I am likely to try to find a way to get an extra mid premium in as soon as possible.
There is a third option here....
To start with though my M11 is a DEF/MID. You can either view it as cash cow Adam Saad or loophole agent Corey Adamson. Having the link between defence and midfield was very handy last year and so saw no reason not to do it again. I also got a few other defenders with DEF/MID. If there was only 10 mid spots like last season sense I would still be doing that so the extra mid slot has really just meant for me taking a ruck bench spot away that originally was either being used as captain loophole like King last year or some ruck rookie that rarely makes a lot of cash. I left my options open how to utilise this new structure format by selecting a mid pricer Mark Blicavs in my starting team. The lack of info on new ruck scoring system made me feel Blicavs gave me peace of mind I would not overspend on ruck division. I was confident he was one ruck that coin spent on you were not overpaying on. He is not likely to be my second ruck forever but he left my options open which is what I wanted for this new game situation.
Given the reduction in ruck back ups there was no way I was willing to take the risk of having an R3 from start that had no cash making or playing capacity. As a result I picked Swan rookie ruck Naismith mainly because he was named in their 25 at start of season so it seemed he may possibly get a run at some stage. If he did not get picked least I know I will use him for loopholes when I can. Once I realized all normal rucks likely to be overpriced for 2015 I decided the payment for insurance of having a FWD/RUC as R3 that also commits you to also having to invest in another ruck/fwd losing value in forward line was not ideal for 2015. That is basically 4 rucks all overpriced in the squad of 30. I felt strongly paying high cost of insurance for ruck just not worth it. This meant if I was only having 2 playing rucks to start with they needed to be ones I felt the most confident in playing every week and less likely to need attending to.
I banked on reliable older players I felt were really midfielders playing in back half. This meant Hodge, Kade Simpson and James Kelly were chosen by me as keepers. After that I looked to get two mid pricers hoping they would both end up keepers. Newnes was a no brainer as the mid pricer because everything pointed towards him spending more time in middle of ground and therefore better scoring opportunities. He was no David Swallow lock like previous season for me but he seemed the best bet of the rest for 2015. After that the other defenders would be dictated if there were enough viable rookie options. There did not seem many. I missed on McIntosh in round one simply because I knew so little about him and therefore with so few defender rookies on offer I went an extra mid pricer in Ibbotson. I felt he might be value for money and average maybe 85ish and be a cheap D6 for just over 300K. In the end I think that was one mid pricer too many. Intend to correct that this week swapping Ibbotson for cash cow McIntosh now he is on the bubble. I also gave serious thought to all of Gibson, SD Thompson and M Johnson for a keeper defence but Ibbotson was cheaper and that appealed more given not overly keen to spend much in backline if I can avoid it.
When I looked at the forward line I saw so many players I felt could average in keeper range that there was no real reason to get hooked on locking in many from start. The only one I felt was a lock was Robbie Gray as felt he is most certain of the lot to average something high. After that I picked Bartel and Zorko with no particular reason other than I like both of them as players and feel very confident they can average at least 90 but also very capable of getting over 100 average if they play more time in midfield. The rest were the usual suspects of rookies that we all got. Probably the most unique part of my line-up was punting on young Josh Kelly as a mid pricer with a lot of upside. So in conclusion I certainly have not gone ultra premium FWD line. I felt it was more wise to leave my options open here by not locking in too many. I can now look at guys like Dane Swan, Franklin, The Bonts, Goddard, De Ledio, Dustbin Martin, Brent Harvey and grab the best value when opportunity presents itself best. I just did not see the difference in scoring by all of them would be much. Seems like lots of them so why lock myself in when did not need to.
I was originally starting with 4 of them. They were going to be Rockliff, Ablett, Pendlebury and Fyfe however the night before Gold Coast first game I convinced myself the risk of picking Ablett and the likelyhood of him failing to score in way I wanted was too high a price to pay so I removed him and installed Jobe Watson. Watson may not be as likely to score as high but I did know he is capable of getting the 120 ppg average and that is something I was happy to invest in at a lot cheaper price than Gazza.
It is actually my biggest concern right now is I feel a premium down in midfield on front runners so If I had my time again I may have not had any mid pricers like Ibbotson and Newnes down back and instead got a fifth premium in the midfield. I am likely to try to find a way to get an extra mid premium in as soon as possible.
