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Cheers for the feedback Hawk. Shaw has been locked for a while for me as he is the clear #1 defender by a long way, but Lids has been in and out. Goldy has always been out, but the plan has been to bring him in for Smith. I've just never been able to make a starting team with him without making sacrifices I'm not willing to make on other lines. Dangerfield is a recent out for Selwood. I could be totally off, but we're yet to see them play together and gut feel is that Selwood is the more likely of the 2 to benefit scoring-wise from them playing alongside each other.
Ok. This is where I currently am:
Houli, Laird, Bartel, Weitering, Hartley, Adams, Brown, Broad
Fyfe, Dangerfield, Ablett, Rockliff, Wines, Mills, Menadue, Gresham, Hewett, Davis
Goldstein, Naitanui, Grimley
Martin, Barlow, Hall, Wells, Kennedy, Kerridge, McCarthy, McDonald-Tipu
12.7k left to spend.
Rookies subject to naming, which is where I could come unstuck.
My main concern is not having Dea and then where to downgrade to generate the cash if I feel I need him, or someone like him, Oliver or both become a must.
Toyed with Wines to B Crouch to free up some cash, but that made my midfield look a little light. Also toyed with downgrading either Houli or Bartel to a mid pricer (Johanissen, Sheradon, Lonergan) but don't trust any of them to become a top 10 defender.
Would greatly appreciate any feedback.
Houli, Laird, Bartel, Weitering, Hartley, Adams, Brown, Broad
Fyfe, Dangerfield, Ablett, Rockliff, Wines, Mills, Menadue, Gresham, Hewett, Davis
Goldstein, Naitanui, Grimley
Martin, Barlow, Hall, Wells, Kennedy, Kerridge, McCarthy, McDonald-Tipu
12.7k left to spend.
Rookies subject to naming, which is where I could come unstuck.
My main concern is not having Dea and then where to downgrade to generate the cash if I feel I need him, or someone like him, Oliver or both become a must.
Toyed with Wines to B Crouch to free up some cash, but that made my midfield look a little light. Also toyed with downgrading either Houli or Bartel to a mid pricer (Johanissen, Sheradon, Lonergan) but don't trust any of them to become a top 10 defender.
Would greatly appreciate any feedback.
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I know how you feel mate, it's just not what we're used to seeing in our starting teams for this year. Due to the availability of rookies, you'll be brave to attempt a 4-4-2-4 structure to start with. Something has to give, and I think going lighter in the FWD is the right move. You're hating it with 3 in the FWD, I've seen teams with 2 and sometimes 1!
Personally, I'm trying to get to 3 in my FWD but feel that I may have to do with 2 as I need to plug up other areas in my team. I'm more focussing on getting ALL my bench rookies playing round 1 with decent JS in order to generate cash as this is my biggest concern going into this season.
Don't get too caught up in having to have X number of rookies in each line as the focus should be on getting ALL the right rookies from the start. To be honest, if there were 8 of such rookies in the FWD and the MID rookies were scarce, I wouldn't hesitate to start with a 0-8 FWD line! You just have to build your team around where all the good rookies present, and this year they seemed to be in the FWD line more so than the MID.
Personally, I'm trying to get to 3 in my FWD but feel that I may have to do with 2 as I need to plug up other areas in my team. I'm more focussing on getting ALL my bench rookies playing round 1 with decent JS in order to generate cash as this is my biggest concern going into this season.
Don't get too caught up in having to have X number of rookies in each line as the focus should be on getting ALL the right rookies from the start. To be honest, if there were 8 of such rookies in the FWD and the MID rookies were scarce, I wouldn't hesitate to start with a 0-8 FWD line! You just have to build your team around where all the good rookies present, and this year they seemed to be in the FWD line more so than the MID.
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Your forwards are pretty deep really. I wouldn't let wells' price make you think he's a rookie and then Kerridge could be a keeper even at your F5 and you haven't got McCarthy who looks a solid F7 with Kennedy starting.
It's up to you but you seem to running slots with X number of premiums per line and that's leading you I think towards too many mid rookies and not enough where they are presenting being forward currently but I feel we will have more backs turn up R1.
Just saying I think you could safely whack another premium mid in and remove one of those suspect mid rookies for a surer bet in another position.
It's up to you but you seem to running slots with X number of premiums per line and that's leading you I think towards too many mid rookies and not enough where they are presenting being forward currently but I feel we will have more backs turn up R1.
Just saying I think you could safely whack another premium mid in and remove one of those suspect mid rookies for a surer bet in another position.
As the season closes in, my team is nearly ready; with the exception of trying to fit the right rookies in. Team selections may change my starting lineup, but the general essence of the team should remain.
I've managed to create DPP links DEF/MID, MID/FWD, DEF/FWD and FWD/RUC. I'm sadly missing DEF/RUC and MID/RUC, but you can't have everything.
Line by Line:
Defence:
My backline is led by Jimmy Bartel. I believe he has the potential to be the number one averaging defender of 2016, and although he is likely to be rested during the season, I can't say no to a player of his quality at that price.
Jimmy is supported by three potential breakout candidates; some may call into question the risk I'm taking in defence, but rightly or wrongly, I have just as much confidence in these three to average 90+ over the course of a season as I would have with other candidates between $400-500k. I'm not interested in defenders over $500k; durability and price concerns mean they are too risky for me.
Midfield:
With a midfield of Fyfe, Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Ablett, Rockliff and Liberatore, the potential is obvious. If they stay on the park, they have a good chance of all averaging 115+, and finishing as top 10 Midfielders. Things will probably go wrong, but these players are the Elite of the Supercoach world, and they provide excellent captaincy choices.
Rucks:
I believe that Todd Goldstein is going to be the best Ruckman and Stefan Martin won't be far behind in 2016. I reckon Martin has the potential to go 115+ and Goldstein is unlikely to drop below 120, so although starting with the two most expensive rucks is a risky proposition, I believe the potential rewards are great.
Forwards:
Michael Barlow deputizes as the Number One forward for round one. He is supported by the hard-tackling Aaron Hall, the Sydney swing-man Callum Sinclair, and Daniel Wells. The forward line is the second riskiest of the lot.
The elephant in the room: Dayne Zorko.
Some of you may be wondering why I've got Dayne Zorko in the midfield...
Last year, I began with Kamdyn McIntosh in the Defence bench with the Emergency. I wanted his 120 - so I picked Grant Birchall as a premium selection to allow me to take it. It was a risk, and in the short term, it paid off, Birchall returned in round 2, and I got the 120 from McIntosh.
I really like Zorko this year, both his scoring potential with Beams out indefinitely and as a POD, and since I have decided against starting Martin or Deledio as FWD premiums; I figured that I'd pick a player like Menadue to sit as an emergency in round one. If he scores well, then I can keep Zorko, and switch him back to the forward line in Round 2. If he doesn't score well, I have the pick of nearly any forward premium that I want.
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As the season closes in, my team is nearly ready; with the exception of trying to fit the right rookies in. Team selections may change my starting lineup, but the general essence of the team should remain.
I've managed to create DPP links DEF/MID, MID/FWD, DEF/FWD and FWD/RUC. I'm sadly missing DEF/RUC and MID/RUC, but you can't have everything.
Line by Line:
Defence:
My backline is led by Jimmy Bartel. I believe he has the potential to be the number one averaging defender of 2016, and although he is likely to be rested during the season, I can't say no to a player of his quality at that price.
Jimmy is supported by three potential breakout candidates; some may call into question the risk I'm taking in defence, but rightly or wrongly, I have just as much confidence in these three to average 90+ over the course of a season as I would have with other candidates between $400-500k. I'm not interested in defenders over $500k; durability and price concerns mean they are too risky for me.
Midfield:
With a midfield of Fyfe, Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Ablett, Rockliff and Liberatore, the potential is obvious. If they stay on the park, they have a good chance of all averaging 115+, and finishing as top 10 Midfielders. Things will probably go wrong, but these players are the Elite of the Supercoach world, and they provide excellent captaincy choices.
Rucks:
I believe that Todd Goldstein is going to be the best Ruckman and Stefan Martin won't be far behind in 2016. I reckon Martin has the potential to go 115+ and Goldstein is unlikely to drop below 120, so although starting with the two most expensive rucks is a risky proposition, I believe the potential rewards are great.
Forwards:
Michael Barlow deputizes as the Number One forward for round one. He is supported by the hard-tackling Aaron Hall, the Sydney swing-man Callum Sinclair, and Daniel Wells. The forward line is the second riskiest of the lot.
The elephant in the room: Dayne Zorko.
Some of you may be wondering why I've got Dayne Zorko in the midfield...
Last year, I began with Kamdyn McIntosh in the Defence bench with the Emergency. I wanted his 120 - so I picked Grant Birchall as a premium selection to allow me to take it. It was a risk, and in the short term, it paid off, Birchall returned in round 2, and I got the 120 from McIntosh.
I really like Zorko this year, both his scoring potential with Beams out indefinitely and as a POD, and since I have decided against starting Martin or Deledio as FWD premiums; I figured that I'd pick a player like Menadue to sit as an emergency in round one. If he scores well, then I can keep Zorko, and switch him back to the forward line in Round 2. If he doesn't score well, I have the pick of nearly any forward premium that I want.
DEF: I like the Bartel, Sheridan and Lonergan picks but not the Williams pick. He was not picked for NAB3 and I believe he is fringe best 22 at the moment. Not what you want from a 375k pick. I would upgrade him if I were you. Also, going with three 'keeper' picks in defence who have never averaged enough to be keepers before is just too risky. I would say to go with two at the most.
MID: Love it. The five big guns with Libba.
RUC: Very nice. The best ruckman in the game and another ruck who should finish in the top 4 rucks this season imo.
FWD: Barlow, Hall and Wells are all great picks. I'm not a fan of the Sinclair pick though. You have Grimley there for coverage so I don't think Sinclair is needed. You would need to be picking him expecting that he is going to average enough to be a forward keeper. I don't think he will average enough but if you think he will then go with your gut. Zorko who will end up forward for you is an interesting pick. Personally I'm a bit worried on what his role will be especially when the Lions have all their first choice mids available. We have seen he can go large and average enough to be a keeper so he could end up being a good pick but at 543k he's not for me.
Overall really like it and just a couple of minor tweaks that I'm recommending.
Thanks BB. A lot of the questions I have been contemplating have been about the points you've stated. The main issue is finding viable rookies. Depending on the situation, I may be able to do some re-arranging when I know the teams. Williams, Sinclair and Zorko have question marks over their heads - JS, scoring potential and suspension, and as such, they're the most likely to change between now and round 1. I'd really like to go in with a R/F backup, and Grimley is an erratic prospect. If I could be confident in his durability, Leuenberger would be a shoo-in. As it stands, he is still under slight consideration.
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Made Some changes this morning lol. Will explain what it was too with brackets.
B: Shaw, Laird, Houli, Weitering (Dea) Brown, Adams, BEN: Hartley, Ruggles
M: Fyfe, Ablett, Dangerfield, Rockliff, Libba (Hall) Mills, Menaude, Gresham, BEN: Oliver (Gore) Keays, Davis
R: Goldstein, Martin, BEN: Grimley
F: Montagna, Martin, Barlow, Wells, Kerridge, B.Kennedy, BEN: Kommer, McDonald-Tippafjfghgfg
So Trading Hall back to Libba allowed me to upgrade Dea to Weitering and Gore to Oliver. Running with 3 rookies in DEF I'm not sure if I should maybe play it safe with Weitering at D4. Obviously teams will change everyone's plans esp if I see the like of broad, bonner and byrne named. Just read Oscar McDonald (155k) is a strong chance to play after a strong VFL showing.
Really not settled on which way to go hence posting here lol. Downgrading S.Martin and some other tinkering can probably turn that M5 spot into pendles
B: Shaw, Laird, Houli, Weitering (Dea) Brown, Adams, BEN: Hartley, Ruggles
M: Fyfe, Ablett, Dangerfield, Rockliff, Libba (Hall) Mills, Menaude, Gresham, BEN: Oliver (Gore) Keays, Davis
R: Goldstein, Martin, BEN: Grimley
F: Montagna, Martin, Barlow, Wells, Kerridge, B.Kennedy, BEN: Kommer, McDonald-Tippafjfghgfg
So Trading Hall back to Libba allowed me to upgrade Dea to Weitering and Gore to Oliver. Running with 3 rookies in DEF I'm not sure if I should maybe play it safe with Weitering at D4. Obviously teams will change everyone's plans esp if I see the like of broad, bonner and byrne named. Just read Oscar McDonald (155k) is a strong chance to play after a strong VFL showing.
Really not settled on which way to go hence posting here lol. Downgrading S.Martin and some other tinkering can probably turn that M5 spot into pendles