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I didn't really know anything about him until preseason a few weeks/months ago. Longmire keeps talking about him. Foote won the 1st-4th year time trial and came I believe top-5 with the entire squad trial. Honestly, it seems to be that preseason hype but as I've stated Longmire is impressed with his training thus far.
Something I've been concerned about early is the midfield rookies! Are Brodie, Barrett and SPP in the best 22? GC have added a lot of midfield depth in Hanley, Barlow, Swallow return, Lyons. If Ainsworth/Bowes/Brodie are rotated for that one spot, that'd be terrible for our sides.
Foxsports author had this as their best 22:
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/gol...o/news-story/f43a693960f2010d6feb431f78840da6
I think it seems early that there will be a lot of defensive rookies, Ryan, Newman, Hampton, M.Hibberd(D/M), Ed Vicker-Willis, McGrath(D/M), J.Berry (D/M). We might be starting a few D/Ms in the midfield!
I think McGrath might be worth the cash, averaged 140 in TAC & I think he'll be given the chance early.
Foxsports author had this as their best 22:
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/gol...o/news-story/f43a693960f2010d6feb431f78840da6
I think it seems early that there will be a lot of defensive rookies, Ryan, Newman, Hampton, M.Hibberd(D/M), Ed Vicker-Willis, McGrath(D/M), J.Berry (D/M). We might be starting a few D/Ms in the midfield!
I think McGrath might be worth the cash, averaged 140 in TAC & I think he'll be given the chance early.
the foxsports guy has rischitelli in his team so i think that shows how much he knows tbh
brodie is something that the suns don't have a 189 cm mid who is a good handballer and has been in good form already and with ainsworth a smaller version of brodie but who can go forward and kick a few goals
on mcgrath he could be a good pick but he could be a tagger as he tagged ainsworth out of a game which wouldn't necasarilly be a bad thing but with the mentioned alternatives i think he wont be worth the extra money
brodie is something that the suns don't have a 189 cm mid who is a good handballer and has been in good form already and with ainsworth a smaller version of brodie but who can go forward and kick a few goals
on mcgrath he could be a good pick but he could be a tagger as he tagged ainsworth out of a game which wouldn't necasarilly be a bad thing but with the mentioned alternatives i think he wont be worth the extra money
Good call on Rischitelli, even then without injuries, there's one spot in that side who lonergan/bowes/brodie/ainsworth are all fighting for.
What was special about that Ainsworth/McGrath matchup was that McGrath negated Ainsworth but was still able to set up plays off half back to finishes with a lot of possessions. I don't think he'll be played in a tagging role, he'll try play the JJ role at Essendon. D/M means he could be picked up in the mids too if we don't end up having a lot of mid rookies. One to keep an eye on.
Signs look good at the moment. I think Ryan, Hampton, Newman, Vicker-Willis and McGrath definitely have spots they could sew up with good NAB performances. Don't know much about Stewart but the more options the better.
What was special about that Ainsworth/McGrath matchup was that McGrath negated Ainsworth but was still able to set up plays off half back to finishes with a lot of possessions. I don't think he'll be played in a tagging role, he'll try play the JJ role at Essendon. D/M means he could be picked up in the mids too if we don't end up having a lot of mid rookies. One to keep an eye on.
Signs look good at the moment. I think Ryan, Hampton, Newman, Vicker-Willis and McGrath definitely have spots they could sew up with good NAB performances. Don't know much about Stewart but the more options the better.
I've tried to make a side full of only durable premiums (ie: have played 21-22 game seasons consistently). I've had to make exceptions in the forward line as I can't find anyone viable other than the Doggies fwds.
D: Docherty, Shaw, McGrath, Hampton, Newman, Ryan (Vicker-Willis, Stewart)
M: Danger, Pendles, Hanners, JPK, Treloar, Heppell, Foote, Myers (SPP, Berry, Mountford)
R: Gawn, Grundy (Strnadica)
F: Dahlhaus, Macrae, Heeney, McCluggage, Knight, Pickett (Rioli, McKay)
Bank: $45k
13 keepers with Heeney and Heppell the main "borderline" premiums - not a bad result. Might have one less premium to begin with than those with Beams/Sandi & without both Shaw & Doch, but does saved injury trades make up for the extra rookie?
D: Docherty, Shaw, McGrath, Hampton, Newman, Ryan (Vicker-Willis, Stewart)
M: Danger, Pendles, Hanners, JPK, Treloar, Heppell, Foote, Myers (SPP, Berry, Mountford)
R: Gawn, Grundy (Strnadica)
F: Dahlhaus, Macrae, Heeney, McCluggage, Knight, Pickett (Rioli, McKay)
Bank: $45k
13 keepers with Heeney and Heppell the main "borderline" premiums - not a bad result. Might have one less premium to begin with than those with Beams/Sandi & without both Shaw & Doch, but does saved injury trades make up for the extra rookie?
I've been toying around with something similar. It's an attractive option in a year when so many of the popular picks have such risk attached to them.
On my predictions my 'safe' teams generally run at about 40 points per week below the ones that take the obvious injury risks. It seems possible that will be made up for by the missed games and the forced trades, particularly if some injury-affected scores are thrown in, but I think you'll have to take a few risks to be right up there at the pointy end. Fyfe and Sandi are the first two of the injury risk players that come back in for me. Sandi because he only has to last the first couple of months to be a success, and Fyfe because it's plausible he's the best scoring player (at least on averages) for the season.
On my predictions my 'safe' teams generally run at about 40 points per week below the ones that take the obvious injury risks. It seems possible that will be made up for by the missed games and the forced trades, particularly if some injury-affected scores are thrown in, but I think you'll have to take a few risks to be right up there at the pointy end. Fyfe and Sandi are the first two of the injury risk players that come back in for me. Sandi because he only has to last the first couple of months to be a success, and Fyfe because it's plausible he's the best scoring player (at least on averages) for the season.
I am interested that so many coaches aim for 13 or 14 "keepers". Last year the winner started only 11 of what you would call likely keepers and that included Barlow and the Banjo Player who had serious questions around them as "keepers". And in the past other winners have had similar numbers below 13 or 14. Is it really critical to push for that higher number at the start? I am also reminded of Impromptu's experiment when he started with a mid combination full of rookies.
Yeah agree with you. Sandi is arguably just a "rookie" as he has the potential to generate $200k whilst averaging 100. Fyfe/Beams are the other two. I probably will start Bennell too.
Actually last years winner had 13 keepers + Wells + Crouch and only ended up with 7! (read further on Jock Reynolds - http://www.jockreynolds.com.au/2016...nalysing-the-winning-supercoach-team-of-2016/)
We had a discussion about this in the Midfielders thread just before. I think teams naturally start about 13-14 "keepers". We hope that at least 11 or so become keepers but reality is it's more about rookies and your trading than it is your starting side (although, you need a reasonable one to put you in contention). To answer your question, no not really!
Actually last years winner had 13 keepers + Wells + Crouch and only ended up with 7! (read further on Jock Reynolds - http://www.jockreynolds.com.au/2016...nalysing-the-winning-supercoach-team-of-2016/)
We had a discussion about this in the Midfielders thread just before. I think teams naturally start about 13-14 "keepers". We hope that at least 11 or so become keepers but reality is it's more about rookies and your trading than it is your starting side (although, you need a reasonable one to put you in contention). To answer your question, no not really!
Maybe it just my interpretation of "keepers" which to is really closer to premiums I suppose. I only considered Shaw, Laird, Danger, Gablett, Hanners, Priddis, Rocky, Gawnstein, Barlow and Banjo as keepers in that team. I would never had considered that by starting JJ, Martin and co they would be treated as keepers. To me they were mid priced specs.
I've always tried to start as many keepers as possible but not this year. Aiming for 11 or 12. I'm thinking that if I'm bad at predicting who the best players will be why would I try and increase my chances of getting it wrong. Some of the expensive cash cows with good job security like Swallow, Sheed, Giles, Selwood have been in and out of my team a lot so far.
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