Rowsus,
Some questions on your captain strategy:
1/. How does "chasing last years points" factor into your captain strategy?
2/. Have you done any research on how many of the top 130+ point scorers back it up the next year?
3/. Same a point 2 with 105+ point scorers?
4/. Why do you select 3 players for your Captain Strategy?
This is probably one area I need to focus on as I spend a lot of time on breakout players, rookies, bye structure, starting premiums, etc. and tend to just go with my gut on trading and captains.
Thank you for all your wonderful posts.
CC
CC,
the Captain strategy and selection is probably the second most important part of the game, behind trading. The difference between good picks and bad picks can be as much as 400-500 points by seasons end.
130+ scores in 2012:
Ablett 12 - in 2013 Ablett was 2nd with 10.
Tuck S 10 - dropped right off the map, but no one expected him to back up his 2012.
Beams 9 - only played 7 games in 2013
Watson 9 - in 2013 Watson was =8th with 5.
Dangerfield 8 - in 2013 Danger was =6th with 6
Pendlebury 8 - in 2013 Pendles was 3rd with 9.
130+ scores in 2013:
Selwood 11 - 2014 3rd with 9
Ablett 10 - 2014 1st with 11
Pendlebury 9 - 2014 =4th with 6
Swan 7 - injury affected in 2014, fell to 1
Griffen 7 - fell to 2
130+ scores in 2014:
Ablett 11 - only 6 games in 2015, 2 of them 130+
Rockliff 10 - had 4 from 16 games in 2015
Selwood 9 - =9th with 5
6 players equal 4th on 6
130+ scores in 2015
Goldstein 10 - had 2 in 2016
Hannebery 8 - =8th with 5
Deledio 7 - 0 from 11 injury affected games
Fyfe 7 - 2 from 5 games
Dangerfield 7 - 1st with 12
Jacobs 7 - only 1 in 2016
130+ scores in 2016
Dangerfield 12 - 1st with 15
Selwood 7 - 4 in 2017
Gawn 7 - 1 from 13
Pendlebury 7 - 4 from 17
I haven't done the 105+'s, as he key to the strategyis the higher score, not the lower one.
While it doesn't appear that too many backed it up the next season, if you look at most of the ones who didn't, they're not players you'd be choosing in a starting Captain strategy. I put Rucks into the category too.
I selected 3 players, as I was trying to combat those with Danger, in case Danger took off. It actually only gives me 3 loopholing options:
Sloane into Martin
Sloane into Mitchell
Martin into Mitchell
I'm not saying you can't, or wouldn't trial other combos, just under what they were chosen for, there is only 3.