If this was the case then my round 1 team would like something like this.
Montagna, Laird, Hibberd (Melb), Keefe, Scharenberg, Hampton, Newman, Vickers-Willis.
Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Rockliff, Bontempelli, Fyfe, Mitchell T, McCluggage, Foote, Myers, Powell-Pepper, Mutch (donut).
Goldstein, Sandilands, Witts.
Dahlhaus, Macrae, Ryder, McCarthy, Pickett, McKay, Rioli, Eddy.
$96k left. Putting it all on the purple 7 for the brownlow.
The lack of midfield rookies and the presence of Witts encourages me to stick a donut in the mids and Essendon are the best loophole team before the byes by some way.
I think Essendon's 2015 disintegrated along with Hibberd's average that year and I see him as a returner. I'll be happy with 90. Watching Laird play reminds me a lot of Hibberd.
Ryder, Heeney or Caddy? I haven't seen a Port supporter put Lobbe in a best 22 yet so Ryder looks like good value at $418k. A lot of talk about Caddy being pushed out by Danger but he had the chance to be next to Joel Selwood in 2015 and averaged 94. People loving Heeney's finals run must be blind to the 55 he had in the first final. I think Hawthorn's glory days are gone and Gunston and Roughy were beneficiaries. They might just fall a bit short this year. I've predicted big price drops for Buddy, JJK and Lynch so they are trade in targets.
Can't beleive I have to start with so many premo mids! What a shame! NOT. Toss up between Foote, McGrath and White at M8. Would prefer a cheaper option.
Montagna, Laird, Hibberd (Melb), Keefe, Scharenberg, Hampton, Newman, Vickers-Willis.
Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Rockliff, Bontempelli, Fyfe, Mitchell T, McCluggage, Foote, Myers, Powell-Pepper, Mutch (donut).
Goldstein, Sandilands, Witts.
Dahlhaus, Macrae, Ryder, McCarthy, Pickett, McKay, Rioli, Eddy.
$96k left. Putting it all on the purple 7 for the brownlow.
The lack of midfield rookies and the presence of Witts encourages me to stick a donut in the mids and Essendon are the best loophole team before the byes by some way.
I think Essendon's 2015 disintegrated along with Hibberd's average that year and I see him as a returner. I'll be happy with 90. Watching Laird play reminds me a lot of Hibberd.
Ryder, Heeney or Caddy? I haven't seen a Port supporter put Lobbe in a best 22 yet so Ryder looks like good value at $418k. A lot of talk about Caddy being pushed out by Danger but he had the chance to be next to Joel Selwood in 2015 and averaged 94. People loving Heeney's finals run must be blind to the 55 he had in the first final. I think Hawthorn's glory days are gone and Gunston and Roughy were beneficiaries. They might just fall a bit short this year. I've predicted big price drops for Buddy, JJK and Lynch so they are trade in targets.
Can't beleive I have to start with so many premo mids! What a shame! NOT. Toss up between Foote, McGrath and White at M8. Would prefer a cheaper option.
Like your thinking with Mutch but with an eye to the byes, is it worth going with him over Deluca M/F? Deluca lets you switch Macrae into the mids during that bye so you should have an extra player (as there are not many R13 bye fwds). So it's, 3 Fyfe VC loopholes vs $15k + extra R13 bye player + 2 Danger VC loopholes. Just something to consider!
I think two basement fwd rookies on field is very risky. The names there are all fringe players who are yet to debut. Might work if Eddy really cements his spot and becomes like Podsiadly a few years back. At this stage, I'd find a way to patch that up. Only way to do it is to get Beams or lose Witts (as he's a bit of a luxury).
Also have some sort of a plan for Ryder's R9 bye as Ryder and Eddy both out then and you'll be left with no bench cover if there's an unexpected out. Eddy could be traded out before then but as he is a KPF, chance he is a slow burner and hasn't matured. I'd prefer to have Heeney at F3 (which is no doubt obvious from my strong support for him in the Heeney thread). Your own call!