Discussion 2019 'Completed' Team

[Bomber18]

Ya got there and you don't go with Blakely which is looking like a master stroke....nice work. (I'm still not able to post in this thread...)

Spent an extra trade and got ZClarke instead of getting Blakely the week before

 

[quite ironic]

Not what I had hoped for but it’ll have to do:

 

[All is Wells]

After my 2 trades this week of Logue/Answerth - Whitfield/Birchall i guess i can post in this thread

Just 2 trades and 55k left

DEF - Lloyd, Hurn. Z.Williams, Stewart, Laird (Birchall, Naish)
MIDS - Neale, Macrae, Fyfe, Cripps, Bontempelli, Oliver, Merrett, M.Crouch (D.Clarke, Hately, B.Scott)
RUCS - Grundy, Gawn (Schlensog)
FWDS - Dangerfield, Dunkley, Boak, T.Kelly, Lycett, Heeney (Setterfield, Chol)

Quite happy with where my team sits, especially with adequate bench cover to cover late outs and 1-2 week suspensions/injuries. Obvious omissions are Hurn and Marshall. Regretting taking Lycett over Marshall 2 weeks ago, hopefully his ruck cover comes in handy atleast once and saves a trade. Weaknesses are Heeney and Sic but not alone there and perhaps Merrett and M.Crouch instead of Sloane and Treloar or J.Kelly when he returns

 

[randomcliche]

After my 2 trades this week of Logue/Answerth - Whitfield/Birchall i guess i can post in this thread

Just 2 trades and 55k left

DEF - Lloyd, Hurn. Z.Williams, Stewart, Laird (Birchall, Naish)
MIDS - Neale, Macrae, Fyfe, Cripps, Bontempelli, Oliver, Merrett, M.Crouch (D.Clarke, Hately, B.Scott)
RUCS - Grundy, Gawn (Schlensog)
FWDS - Dangerfield, Dunkley, Boak, T.Kelly, Lycett, Heeney (Setterfield, Chol)

Quite happy with where my team sits, especially with adequate bench cover to cover late outs and 1-2 week suspensions/injuries. Obvious omissions are Hurn and Marshall. Regretting taking Lycett over Marshall 2 weeks ago, hopefully his ruck cover comes in handy atleast once and saves a trade. Weaknesses are Heeney and Sic but not alone there and perhaps Merrett and M.Crouch instead of Sloane and Treloar or J.Kelly when he returns

Is Hurn in or out?

 

[randomcliche]

So I'm reasonably happy as this attempt of guns and rookies. I was 80% on target with my rookies which helped, a couple of stray trades along the way means I've got 1 left and $18k. My error of purchasing a more expensive Mundy over Boak is coming home most weeks. Should have a full premo onfield team come week 1 of finals... barring any mishaps this weekend (Rocky on Jelly obviously).

 

[All is Wells]

Is Hurn in or out?

Didnt realise i stuffed this up. That team is my final side except i have Logue instead of Birchall and 3 trades and 9k, not 2 trades and 55k. Also seems as if i forgot to incl Sic at D6

 

[Bomber18]

So I'm reasonably happy as this attempt of guns and rookies. I was 80% on target with my rookies which helped, a couple of stray trades along the way means I've got 1 left and $18k. My error of purchasing a more expensive Mundy over Boak is coming home most weeks. Should have a full premo onfield team come week 1 of finals... barring any mishaps this weekend (Rocky on Jelly obviously).

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Nice work! Very strong side with cover as well!

 

[gutsroy]

So I'm reasonably happy as this attempt of guns and rookies. I was 80% on target with my rookies which helped, a couple of stray trades along the way means I've got 1 left and $18k. My error of purchasing a more expensive Mundy over Boak is coming home most weeks. Should have a full premo onfield team come week 1 of finals... barring any mishaps this weekend (Rocky on Jelly obviously).

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Great scoring ceiling for the onfielders, really potent

 

[Darkie]

So I'm reasonably happy as this attempt of guns and rookies. I was 80% on target with my rookies which helped, a couple of stray trades along the way means I've got 1 left and $18k. My error of purchasing a more expensive Mundy over Boak is coming home most weeks. Should have a full premo onfield team come week 1 of finals... barring any mishaps this weekend (Rocky on Jelly obviously).

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Very nice side, well done.

Can I ask (1) whether you consciously used a more GnR approach this year (presumably after a more midpriced approach didn’t work for you) and (2) how you’re ranked?

 

[Juzzo]

Not Ideal with Birch at D6 and Dunks in mids, but it is what it is. 1 trade and 600 bucks left.

 

[randomcliche]

Nice work! Very strong side with cover as well!

Great scoring ceiling for the onfielders, really potent

Very nice side, well done.

Can I ask (1) whether you consciously used a more GnR approach this year (presumably after a more midpriced approach didn’t work for you) and (2) how you’re ranked?

Thanks everyone, good luck for the finals.

Q2... ranked 1,251. Would be significantly better had I not done 3 or 4 things, ROB to soldo, mundy over boak, and started Wilkie over B McKay, selling Heeney. Mostly clear mistakes in hindsight, Heeney TBC.

Q1.Yes, normally I'm a 6ish mid priced type starting around 17 non rookies. This year I started a lot less, 14, with a focus on Guns and Rookies, but as you can see, old habbits die hard. I thought Rocky, Brouch and Libba were genuinely the best value mid pricers. Sold libba at peak, and then Brouch 2 weeks ago. I counted D. Moore as a rookie because he was under $250k. I sold Dusty and Heeney, probably didn't need to do the latter... I sold Goldy and brought ROB after his first price rise (I thought Grundy might have had a toe issue....bahahah, only toe issue he's had is tripping over SC points as he runs around). I missed Williams (thought the 3 selected mid pricers would be better, looked that way early)...se la vie.

 

[PC]

Two trades to do this week and for better or worse my team is 'done'...

B: Lloyd, Williams, Stewart, Rich, Ryan, Smith, (Answerth, Gardner)
M: Macrae, Fyfe, Neale, Oliver, Cripps, Duncan, Zerrett, (Clarke, Hill, Hind)
R: Grundy, Gawn, (ROB)
F: Danger, Heeney, Kelly, Zieball, Cameron, Gunston, (Lewis, Young)

Backs are reasonable, missing Whitfield and Hurn (but so is he atm). Mids are ok, took me a while to complete though. Rucks are great! Fwds are meh, missing Dunkley, Boak, Marshall

Cover on all the lines, $4k in the bank and 3 trades left.

 

[Steuby]

Finally Completed (ish)

Def: Lloyd, Williams, Whitfield, Hurn, Laird, Sicily (Quaynor, Gardner)
Mid: Macrae, Fyfe, Neale, Oliver, Bont, Cripps, Sloane, Mouch (Hind, Hayes, Hill)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Forward: Danger, Marshall, Boak, Billings, Telly, J.Cameron (Setters, R.Young)

7K cash & 4 trades left. Wish I got Dunkley instead of J.Cameron

 

[Darkie]

Thanks everyone, good luck for the finals.

Q2... ranked 1,251. Would be significantly better had I not done 3 or 4 things, ROB to soldo, mundy over boak, and started Wilkie over B McKay, selling Heeney. Mostly clear mistakes in hindsight, Heeney TBC.

Q1.Yes, normally I'm a 6ish mid priced type starting around 17 non rookies. This year I started a lot less, 14, with a focus on Guns and Rookies, but as you can see, old habbits die hard. I thought Rocky, Brouch and Libba were genuinely the best value mid pricers. Sold libba at peak, and then Brouch 2 weeks ago. I counted D. Moore as a rookie because he was under $250k. I sold Dusty and Heeney, probably didn't need to do the latter... I sold Goldy and brought ROB after his first price rise (I thought Grundy might have had a toe issue....bahahah, only toe issue he's had is tripping over SC points as he runs around). I missed Williams (thought the 3 selected mid pricers would be better, looked that way early)...se la vie.


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Great colour, thanks ... I will likely do something similar next year. Logically I think the arguments for a selection of mid pricers are very solid, but I might try to limit it to 1 or 2 with low downside (more the Williams type) and potentially sideways to any bolters I kiss ahead of round three. Might be easier than guessing which ones will be must haves in advance.

Nice work on your ranking, hopefully it keeps improving.

 

[randomcliche]

Great colour, thanks ... I will likely do something similar next year. Logically I think the arguments for a selection of mid pricers are very solid, but I might try to limit it to 1 or 2 with low downside (more the Williams type) and potentially sideways to any bolters I kiss ahead of round three. Might be easier than guessing which ones will be must haves in advance.

Nice work on your ranking, hopefully it keeps improving.

I remember the quote someone on here said, 'I don't like the 3 mid-pricers, I think you'll end up holding them longer than you expect'. Came kinda true. I kind of hoped I would though and Brouch and Rocky would be $550k+ alas two weeks ago neither had reached said level and it was time to start saying goodbye $100 + Brouch > Treloar. Moral being I'm not even sure 14 is the right number. It might even be 13. I was 14 plus Walsh and Moore as expensive rookies. I think starting Sloane or Merrett over Dusty would have been a win (both, trades and points), but I really think that dialing it down to 13 would allow a bit more best of the best... e.g. Libba out, Goldy>Grundy or Dusty>Neale... Yep, 0, 1 or 2 mid pricers is probably right. 3 was probably a bridge to far. Couldn't have known Marshall would go 110, so yeah, maybe one or two 'obvious' ones like Williams. But I'll be starting from a position of none until I run out of money

 

[GrainFedBeef]

Final team for now. Potentially may strengthen mids depending on trades used for other injuries. Hoping I can push Robbie Gray off field.

B: Whitfield, Lloyd, Hurn, Williams, Ryan, Sicily, (Logue, Gardner)
M: Macrae, Fyfe, Neale, Oliver, Cripps, JKelly, MCrouch, R Gray, (Clarke, I.Hill, KDunkley)
R: Grundy, Gawn, (Bines)
F: Danger, TKelly, Marshall, Boak, Dunkley, Heeney (Chol, Young)

 

[randomcliche]

Final team for now. Potentially may strengthen mids depending on trades used for other injuries. Hoping I can push Robbie Gray off field.

B: Whitfield, Lloyd, Hurn, Williams, Ryan, Sicily, (Logue, Gardner)
M: Macrae, Fyfe, Neale, Oliver, Cripps, JKelly, MCrouch, R Gray, (Clarke, I.Hill, KDunkley)
R: Grundy, Gawn, (Bines)
F: Danger, TKelly, Marshall, Boak, Dunkley, Heeney (Chol, Young)

That forward line is a thing of beauty! Solid team, with trades in hand by the sounds. Great work.

 

[jaca]

My team will be:

D: Lloyd, Whitfield, Hurn, Laird, Williams, Sicily (Logue, Naish)
M: Macrae, Fyfe, Neale, Oliver, Cripps, Zerrett, Mrouch, Taranto (Clarke, Bewley, Hill)
R: Grundy, Gawn (Clarke)
F: Dunkley, Danger, Telly, Boak, Heeney, Worpel (Chol, Bines)

Don't have Marshall.

 

[randomcliche]

My team will be:

D: Lloyd, Whitfield, Hurn, Laird, Williams, Sicily (Logue, Naish)
M: Macrae, Fyfe, Neale, Oliver, Cripps, Zerrett, Mrouch, Taranto (Clarke, Bewley, Hill)
R: Grundy, Gawn (Clarke)
F: Dunkley, Danger, Telly, Boak, Heeney, Worpel (Chol, Bines)

Don't have Marshall.

That's a fine specimen of a team, esp with COGs out. It would have taken a big pair rnd 3 to go Worpel > Marshall and bank $60k...

 

[jaca]

That's a fine specimen of a team, esp with COGs out. It would have taken a big pair rnd 3 to go Worpel > Marshall and bank $60k...

You’ve nailed my big missed move.