Opinion Player X vs Player Y
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Gray, JPK, Treloar, Ward, Sloane, Selwood, Mitchell, Sidebottom, Shiel, Macrae, Cotchin, Parker, Boak & Adams are some of your options.
Nothing your 'Keeper' preference, it would have to be: JPK>Gray>Selwood>Ward
For Value: Sidebottom>Sloane>Cotchin>Boak
For Young Guns: Mitchell>Shiel>Macrae>Parker>Treloar
Nothing your 'Keeper' preference, it would have to be: JPK>Gray>Selwood>Ward
For Value: Sidebottom>Sloane>Cotchin>Boak
For Young Guns: Mitchell>Shiel>Macrae>Parker>Treloar
I'd be wary of Jason Ashby, I think he will only be good for 40-55 type scores. This is his make or break year, his strengths are his ability to read play to intercept mark and is a fairly dogged defender type. However his kicking skills are atrocious. He will turn over the ball which SC wise will be penalised. Even at the training session I went to 10 days ago he missed a target by 3m under little pressure which had myself and others around me groaning. For his sake I hope he can figure out how to make his kicking less of a liability.
SC wise I suppose it will come down to what other defensive rookie options we have. If Ashby gets games at least he should be a slow burner cow, and not being KPD maybe he has a greater chance of pulling out one higher scoring game to boost his cash making over 3 weeks.
SC wise I suppose it will come down to what other defensive rookie options we have. If Ashby gets games at least he should be a slow burner cow, and not being KPD maybe he has a greater chance of pulling out one higher scoring game to boost his cash making over 3 weeks.
If fit, Selwood by a mile.
Failing that, JPK. If you do the calcs on a PIT basis and he would likely be a top eight mid even if he just replicates last year. Don't need him to improve, even though he's scored better in the past.
My analysis indicates that Sloane doesn't have much experience getting a tag/scoring well with one, but if you somehow get comfort on that, he'd probably go to top of the list given Selwood's fitness issues.
Failing that, JPK. If you do the calcs on a PIT basis and he would likely be a top eight mid even if he just replicates last year. Don't need him to improve, even though he's scored better in the past.
My analysis indicates that Sloane doesn't have much experience getting a tag/scoring well with one, but if you somehow get comfort on that, he'd probably go to top of the list given Selwood's fitness issues.
Option one easily for me. Weitering is a young KPD and top-priced rookie, none of which sounds attractive to me. I also think the consensus is probably a bit bullish on Danger (although I did recently bring him in). The first option includes almost everyone's lock defender and the cheapest player in the comp 
I was going to say the Boomer option easily, but thought about it a little more.
Gibbs is cheaper than Boomer and may outscore him. He might be a similar pick to Jack Steven last year, who was excellent for me - I basically straight swapped him for Beams around the byes when he was averaging around 110 or so, from memory.
With that said, I picked Steven as a clear stepping stone, on the basis that the Saints had a great early draw. Gibbs may not have quite enough upside to be a good stepping stone, and it's actually Boomer's team that have the best draw pre-byes. Clearly a stepping stone involves a trade as well, whereas I see Boomer as a solid keeper.
So the short version is "still option one", but perhaps more narrowly than I initially thought.
Gibbs is cheaper than Boomer and may outscore him. He might be a similar pick to Jack Steven last year, who was excellent for me - I basically straight swapped him for Beams around the byes when he was averaging around 110 or so, from memory.
With that said, I picked Steven as a clear stepping stone, on the basis that the Saints had a great early draw. Gibbs may not have quite enough upside to be a good stepping stone, and it's actually Boomer's team that have the best draw pre-byes. Clearly a stepping stone involves a trade as well, whereas I see Boomer as a solid keeper.
So the short version is "still option one", but perhaps more narrowly than I initially thought.
