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Which of the following apply to your current team? (multiple choice)

  • Starting with Libba (no Crouch or JOM)

    Votes: 92 38.7%
  • Starting with Libba + Crouch (no JOM)

    Votes: 69 29.0%
  • Starting with Libba + Crouch + JOM

    Votes: 15 6.3%
  • Full GnR (no mid pricers)

    Votes: 19 8.0%
  • GnR + Libba (1 mid pricer in Libba only)

    Votes: 44 18.5%
  • Set and forget rucks

    Votes: 97 40.8%
  • Ruck cover (R/F in your forwardline)

    Votes: 45 18.9%
  • Spending big (starting 3 or more of Shaw/Fyfe/Goldy/Lids/Joey)

    Votes: 37 15.5%
  • Spending less (starting 1 or less of Shaw/Fyfe/Goldy/Lids/Joey)

    Votes: 70 29.4%
  • I will be starting with all 4 of Fyfe/ Ablett/Pendles/Rockliff

    Votes: 46 19.3%
  • Planning to start a POD no one has spoken about

    Votes: 43 18.1%

  • Total voters
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I recon l learn more from reading the feedback on here then l do from almost every other thread on this site!
 

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I am taking a punt by not selecting Ablett as a POD. It's a gamble right now, but he has no exposed form for 2016 and he's coming off two injury interrupted seasons. He also had a foot injury in the pre season. Sure - "It's GAJ". If we forget about the name, he's 32+ going into the season coming off two significant injuries and now starting to pick up little niggles. I could be clutching at straws, but those are my reasons for excluding him as a POD.



Sheridan, I'm not too sure to be honest. I have selected him due to SCS hype. He replaced Daniel Rich, so he's cheaper and by the look of things much more in the "breakout" category.

Petracca is injured. He's a placeholder because I haven't found a rookie to replace him with. I have $40k in the bank as it stands I believe, so he could become anyone up to about $160k. I doubt I will start him as a floating donut, because even when he is fit I doubt he will come straight into the side. He hasn't played at all for 12-18 months. I think round 4 or 5 is more of a "best case" meaning he won't be on the bubble until round 7-9.

Mills is really Mills / Parish. I like that the swans have some room across the half back and from all accounts he's firming to take that spot. McVeigh is currently out, Rhys Shaw is gone and now Garry Rohan is injured. It's true that the Swans have a lot of talent in the midfield, but they paid a lot to pick him up and I don't think they would have done that to play him in the reserves. If Heeney hadn't been injured he would have played close to 22 games last season as a first year player. Having said that, if a better option presents itself in the $100-130k bracket, I'm not really overly attached to him!

I will check out your team and give feedback :)
I was about to congratulate you for backing your reasoned conviction in not picking Ablett, and then I read your second paragraph!

Pick Sheridan if you wish, but whatever you do, don't pick a player because other people have jumped on him. There's nothing more frustrating than getting stuck with a bad pick, or having to waste a trade, on someone you didn't really want in the first place.

It's your team, so make it your team! Back yourself, the same as you're doing with Ablett.
 
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Hi Darkie,

IMO I'm concerned with Birchall's role at this stage , with Suckling gone he could play a different role which could affect his scoring .
Mids are really good although is Fyfe not there because of money or your thought he was to expensive , he will be fit and rearing to go round 1 from all accounts , hard to leave out
Rucks big concern even though you explained Tippetts role , i think set and forget is a better way to go , and Forwards concern on Boomer and McCarthy , just think there are more flexible options out there , overall good structure and good luck for 2016.
Thanks for the feedback FirstTimer.

I'm a bit underwhelmed by Birchall as well, but think he's the best D4 I can find at this stage without paying a lot more. I'll keep an eye on his role.
Fyfe missed the cut because I think the others are somewhat safer. I haven't had him all preseason and when he reached fo his back after taking a mark, it reinforced why - he's a gun, but less reliable than a number of others.
On Tippett, I still have him for now, but thought NAB 2 was not that positive - he was just okay (although took no marks and had no scores) while I thought Sinclair looked quite good in the first half. I'll continue to monitor him.
I'm pretty happy with Boomer, although he's probably next on the block if I look to load up further on forward rookies, which is possible. McCarthy is one of the ones I'm less sure about, but I'm hoping the 1-2 less solid rookies in each line are clearer after NAB 3, and are then picked round one!

Thanks again for your thoughts, I will keep them in mind as I refine my team.
 

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How silly of me to not notice the Tippett option (keep but not as R1). This is actually a decent plan.

Fwd rookies .. as it stands i have Milera and Kommer. Even though have negatives, point is I'd trust them for job/pts more that these Key Def rooks that are kicking around.
Thanks mate - I will keep an eye on those two. It's tough going this year, and I feel like so many teams not taking NAB seriously is a big part of the problem.
 
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Still playing around with the team....

Sheridan can be this years Harry O....or even B.Goodes....*shudders* . Not sure if Bartel is a lock in defence. Might upgrade to Rance/Enright.

Ward will be my starting POD in the mids this year.

Rucks will be set and forget, the usual analysis paralysis between Martin and Gawn....

Lets hope the Zerrett bet pays off up forward.

Thoughts?
 
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Still playing around with the team....

Sheridan can be this years Harry O....or even B.Goodes....*shudders* . Not sure if Bartel is a lock in defence. Might upgrade to Rance/Enright.

Ward will be my starting POD in the mids this year.

Rucks will be set and forget, the usual analysis paralysis between Martin and Gawn....

Lets hope the Zerrett bet pays off up forward.

Thoughts?
Solid looking team. I wouldn't trade out Bartel as historically he gas the runs on the board. I'm not sold on Sheriden but back yourself if you think he will break out.

Ward interesting POD. My biggest concern with your team is cheap mid rookies. You may need a Mills/Parish for JS at M7 as I can't see Cuningham getting a game early especially after Nab1.

Rucks speak for themselves.

Forwards look good. Is Grimley a good cash cow at F7/8?
 
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Got overlooked. Any feedback?
hi bloke
i really like the setup. i think its worthwhile having a crack for a mid price player in the defence. it doesnt seem there is a lot of dependable rookies in the defence.
mids look very strong maybe consider removing ablett for danger and also consider libba to someone like viney. libba will be great but im tipping viney might break out.
rucks and forwards i wouldnt change
 
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D: Shaw, Laird, Simpson, Sheridan, Hartley, Brown (Collins, Collins)
M: Fyfe, Pendles, Ablett, Rocky, Libba, Mills, Parish, Gore (Sumner, Kerridge, Keays)
R: Goldy, Martin (Cox)
F: Dusty, Dahl, Barlow, Wells, McCarthy, Kommer (Grimley, AMT)

40k left. Thought?
Nice team bloke. Same structure as my current draft.
Looks to me you've got every premuim you wanted on each line.
You've also ticked the wells box and 2 top end mid rookie on field box.
So it comes down to the only thing that doesn't quite sit well with me in my side. Is 4 + libba enough to keep me in touch till upgrade time when the large majority are running with 5 + libba.
Downgrading shaw, goldy slighlty and dahl to green to bring in a parker for parish. Is it worth it??? Thats my dilema atm
 
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Latest team. Changed Aish for mullet whom will score similar to Aish but may not have the job security. This allowed me to move on petracca( won't play round 1) and strengthen the forwards with cockatoo whom seems to be flying this year. 64k remain, please advise your thoughts, I'm very happy with my structure
 
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Trying to split 2 structures here. 50/50 on which i'll roll with.
Hoping you lads could give me some pro's and con's. cheers.

5 + libba. Ward and Parker value for a hopefully fast start. Sheridan and Green risks.
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Weitering to be downgraded to upgrade sheridan if i decide to push him out.
No real risks apart from sheridan in this team which i like BUT is this team too safe.
is running 4 + libba stalling a decent start or is having an even spread team enough to compensate it
 

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Trying to split 2 structures here. 50/50 on which i'll roll with.
Hoping you lads could give me some pro's and con's. cheers.

5 + libba. Ward and Parker value for a hopefully fast start. Sheridan and Green risks.
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Weitering to be downgraded to upgrade sheridan if i decide to push him out.
No real risks apart from sheridan in this team which i like BUT is this team too safe.
is running 4 + libba stalling a decent start or is having an even spread team enough to compensate it
Team 1 easily for me. Looks so much better with that extra premo mid.

I think Simpson, Ward, Collins, Greene is a lot better than Shaw, C Ellis, Wingard, Weitering
 
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Team 1 easily for me. Looks so much better with that extra premo mid.

I think Simpson, Ward, Collins, Greene is a lot better than Shaw, C Ellis, Wingard, Weitering
cheers Ben. Shaw's name looks great in defence. Might have to keep telling myself teams will have to have a fwd tag on him surely.
 

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cheers Ben. Shaw's name looks great in defence. Might have to keep telling myself teams will have to have a fwd tag on him surely.
It would be good to start with him, I agree, but we can't start with all the top end premiums on each line without it affecting the other lines.

I will be looking to Shaw as my first upgrade in defence.
 

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I don't know about anyone else but i feel a real sense of achievement when i use all $10M. Unfortunately the recent developments re: Gaz have me slightly concerned and also reading about Fyfe grabbing his back in NAB2 is also of concern.

Relatively happy with the team with one less premium than i'd ideally be starting with but have all the top enders that I have full confidence in with Lonergan the sketchy pick for mine.

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If i was to move on Fyfe + Gaz, would you:
a) replace with 2 midfield premiums, use loose change to upgrade Lonergan
b) replace 1 with midfield premium, 1 with Crouch, upgrade Lonergan
c) replace 1 with midfield premium, 1 with rookie, upgrade Lonergan and possibly make another upgrade (400kish type)
d) replace 1 with Crouch, 1 with rookie, upgrade Lonergan and possibly make another 2 upgrades (400kish type)
e) replace with 2 rookies, upgrade Lonergan and potentially another 3 upgrades (400kish types)

Haven't done the math quite yet though so not sure how many upgrades i'll be able to squeeze out.
 

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Latest team. Changed Aish for mullet whom will score similar to Aish but may not have the job security. This allowed me to move on petracca( won't play round 1) and strengthen the forwards with cockatoo whom seems to be flying this year. 64k remain, please advise your thoughts, I'm very happy with my structure
Nothing that stands out. As you mentioned, not sure on Mullett's JS (and Aish's while we're on the topic). You'd no doubt be aware of Mumford's durability issues but I can certainly see why you've picked him. Yeo not sure about anymore, not sure if Brown going down is +/- for him?

With the 60k you will need to spread that across your bench it looks like but we won't know for certain until round 1 comes.
 
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I don't know about anyone else but i feel a real sense of achievement when i use all $10M.
I came up with a $10M team a couple of weeks back as well...it has evolved somewhat since.

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Nice team bloke. Same structure as my current draft.
Looks to me you've got every premuim you wanted on each line.
You've also ticked the wells box and 2 top end mid rookie on field box.
So it comes down to the only thing that doesn't quite sit well with me in my side. Is 4 + libba enough to keep me in touch till upgrade time when the large majority are running with 5 + libba.
Downgrading shaw, goldy slighlty and dahl to green to bring in a parker for parish. Is it worth it??? Thats my dilema atm
Interesting point.

I'm not touching Goldy. He'd be too much of a pain in the arse to being in again. Shaw and Dahl down could work though, provided I could get in someone on the cheaper side.
 

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havent researched any rookies yet, suggestions are appreciated.

DEF:McVeigh, Bartel, Rich, McGovern, B.Smith, C.Smith EMG M.Brown, M.Brown
MID: Pendles, Gaz, Rockcliff, Duncan, Libba, Parish, Trengove, Sumner EMG Gore, Jansen, Polkinghorne
RUC Mummy, Nicholls EMG Grimley
FWD Barlow, Tippett, Franklin, Christensen, DT, Kerridge EMG rookie, rookie

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I don't know about anyone else but i feel a real sense of achievement when i use all $10M. Unfortunately the recent developments re: Gaz have me slightly concerned and also reading about Fyfe grabbing his back in NAB2 is also of concern.

Relatively happy with the team with one less premium than i'd ideally be starting with but have all the top enders that I have full confidence in with Lonergan the sketchy pick for mine.

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If i was to move on Fyfe + Gaz, would you:
a) replace with 2 midfield premiums, use loose change to upgrade Lonergan
b) replace 1 with midfield premium, 1 with Crouch, upgrade Lonergan
c) replace 1 with midfield premium, 1 with rookie, upgrade Lonergan and possibly make another upgrade (400kish type)
d) replace 1 with Crouch, 1 with rookie, upgrade Lonergan and possibly make another 2 upgrades (400kish type)
e) replace with 2 rookies, upgrade Lonergan and potentially another 3 upgrades (400kish types)

Haven't done the math quite yet though so not sure how many upgrades i'll be able to squeeze out.
Hey IDIG,

I like your team, however personally I see Wells at F3 more of a problem than a Sherridan/Lonergan at D4.

If I was to make a change it would be find some cash and bring in another forward premium/mid pricer to your forward line. I think there is much more risk with Wells at F3 than a Lobergan type at D4.

Just my 2c.
 

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Hey IDIG,

I like your team, however personally I see Wells at F3 more of a problem than a Sherridan/Lonergan at D4.

If I was to make a change it would be find some cash and bring in another forward premium/mid pricer to your forward line. I think there is much more risk with Wells at F3 than a Lobergan type at D4.

Just my 2c.
Thanks mate. Yeah Wells at F3 doesn't leave me anywhere to go should he go down which if we're being honest is very possible. Forwards do look to be where the depth in rookies is though, with BK another that's worth considering.

The structure i've gone with is a bit of a reverse of last year's where i went very light down back on the back of rookies available, probably wasn't a great result tbh lol but there were other reasons for that failure.

If i could find more backs and forwards i loved, it would make putting a team together so much easier :)
 
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