Opinion Rate My AFL SuperCoach Team
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Be interesting to see how many of the Top 12 are still their by season end , isn't it like a 50% change historically season by season.
How many games will Houli & Hurn miss ?
Does Williams still get mid field time ?
Does Doc's return and possibly Williamson impact on Newman ?
Quick read looks like many are punting on Hill + 4/5 rookies as starters along with Doc (Doedee & Roberton featuring as well) so it may well be the line of sitting back and then grabbing the 6 premiums as they sort themselves out.
Add in the likes of Dawson and Houston it could be the most interesting line to get right from the start.
5 premium mids + Rowell & Pickett
Grundy , Gawn , Comben
and then either Whitfield , Martin , Heeney or the 3 midpricers.
Now just sit back and wait for the rookies to finalise everything.
How many games will Houli & Hurn miss ?
Does Williams still get mid field time ?
Does Doc's return and possibly Williamson impact on Newman ?
Quick read looks like many are punting on Hill + 4/5 rookies as starters along with Doc (Doedee & Roberton featuring as well) so it may well be the line of sitting back and then grabbing the 6 premiums as they sort themselves out.
Add in the likes of Dawson and Houston it could be the most interesting line to get right from the start.
5 premium mids + Rowell & Pickett
Grundy , Gawn , Comben
and then either Whitfield , Martin , Heeney or the 3 midpricers.
Now just sit back and wait for the rookies to finalise everything.
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A few reasons are leading me to take a different approach. While I think Doc, Doedee, Roberton, Hill, are all good picks in isolation, only 1 is likely to be there at the end... it's not the way to build a full premo team without running out of trades. Also defenders typically have a lower price variance, so there is more opportunity to grab a fallen premo in the mids, hence only going 4 deep there. I could easily drop Dawson/Houston and run Gawn..., moving Doc back to D3, which is where I think most people taking the Grawndy route should have him. As good as doc is, I think having a bloke who hasn't played for 2 years at D1 is cray cray.
Edit: yeah, there are plenty of questions as you highlight, and not all the list will turn out to be 100+ avg... you could add Doc to the list as well. That is 14 potentials for 100, I can't name more than 8 forwards I think can go 100+ with anywhere near that level certainty... hence why I think Dawson is a forward come full premo time.
Edit: yeah, there are plenty of questions as you highlight, and not all the list will turn out to be 100+ avg... you could add Doc to the list as well. That is 14 potentials for 100, I can't name more than 8 forwards I think can go 100+ with anywhere near that level certainty... hence why I think Dawson is a forward come full premo time.
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I have now got Dusty , Heeney , Lynch , Smith , Steven as my forwards
Dawson , Docherty , Hill , Young , Starcevich , Williamson (Brander , McLennan)
not sure how feasible that will be
once another rookie mid puts his hand up to play onfield I can "lose" Anderson then Dawson/Martin/Heeney might become a Sicily type
lots of versatility at this stage
could even start Whitfield as a mid , but after doing that with Danger last season , I will get the no no no don't start a forward in the mids comments ?
Dawson , Docherty , Hill , Young , Starcevich , Williamson (Brander , McLennan)
not sure how feasible that will be
once another rookie mid puts his hand up to play onfield I can "lose" Anderson then Dawson/Martin/Heeney might become a Sicily type
lots of versatility at this stage
could even start Whitfield as a mid , but after doing that with Danger last season , I will get the no no no don't start a forward in the mids comments ?
At this early stage it looks like the defenders is the line to have different structures in it , obviously it all depends on rookies being named so I am not getting too attached to my team at this stage (it will change 1,000,000 times before Round 1 anyway)
One thing for certain is that Grundy , Gawn & Comben were my first 3 picked and my final team will be based upon them.
One thing for certain is that Grundy , Gawn & Comben were my first 3 picked and my final team will be based upon them.
I'm by no means an expert but most would say that you would have too many mid priced players (players who might provide value but are not gun players and won't produce gun scores)… by seasons end you want to have upgraded your whole team to 'keepers' and most mid price players aren't keepers (there are a few each year that do become keepers but good luck picking all of them)… there are limited trades (only 30) in supercoach so upgrading a team of mid pricers means you run out of trades
Clear your squad, and work from here.
Pick Docherty, Macrae, Grundy and Gawn.
Pick one of Lloyd, Laird, Sicily, Daniel and Houston
Pick one of Whitfield, Martin, Heeney
Pick two of Cripps, Dunkley, Dangerfield, Neale, Kelly, Oliver
Pick Rowell and Pickett
This will give you a solid skeleton to work around. I'd recommend no more than 3 players between $220 and $450k - Miers, Howard, Clarke and Patton probably aren't worth it full stop.
I don't like mid-pricers in the midfield but choose between either Hannebery or Brayshaw if you want one.
Put Houston in defence.
Pick Docherty, Macrae, Grundy and Gawn.
Pick one of Lloyd, Laird, Sicily, Daniel and Houston
Pick one of Whitfield, Martin, Heeney
Pick two of Cripps, Dunkley, Dangerfield, Neale, Kelly, Oliver
Pick Rowell and Pickett
This will give you a solid skeleton to work around. I'd recommend no more than 3 players between $220 and $450k - Miers, Howard, Clarke and Patton probably aren't worth it full stop.
I don't like mid-pricers in the midfield but choose between either Hannebery or Brayshaw if you want one.
Put Houston in defence.
A good starting point is to make a list of the 8-10 players you think will finish the top of their respective positions and start from there.
Then I make a second list of the best breakout or mid priced players (generally fall in the 250-450 bracket.
After I’ve selected my place holder rookies I tend to start by picking 2 anchor players on each line as non-negotiable selections.
For instance this year Macrae & Cripps are my anchor players in the mids. Then it’s just a matter of filling your side with players from your top scorers list first and breakout list second until you have a full team.
As your money runs out you can swap players from your top scorers list and breakout list to stretch your cap as far as possible, 1 600k player + 1 123k rookie can be swapped for 2 350k players from your breakout list for example. At a bare minimum you want 14 players that aren’t rookies in your starting line up to start the year in my experience.
Best of luck mate, always good seeing fresh faces around here.
Then I make a second list of the best breakout or mid priced players (generally fall in the 250-450 bracket.
After I’ve selected my place holder rookies I tend to start by picking 2 anchor players on each line as non-negotiable selections.
For instance this year Macrae & Cripps are my anchor players in the mids. Then it’s just a matter of filling your side with players from your top scorers list first and breakout list second until you have a full team.
As your money runs out you can swap players from your top scorers list and breakout list to stretch your cap as far as possible, 1 600k player + 1 123k rookie can be swapped for 2 350k players from your breakout list for example. At a bare minimum you want 14 players that aren’t rookies in your starting line up to start the year in my experience.
Best of luck mate, always good seeing fresh faces around here.
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First day of SC, almost as good as the first day of spring 
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Been a bloody rough summer for me this year, broke my neck before Christmas and spent a few weeks in the spinal ward to ring in the new year. Things starting to return to normal now so thought it time to have a proper look at SC.
Sicily, Houston, Doc, Hill, Williamson, Mclennan, Bianco, Gould.
Macrae, Kelly, Cripps, Danger, Clarry, Rowell, Pickett, Bytel, Simpson, Mead, Hibberd
Grundy, Gawn, Comben
Whitfield, Dusty, Lynch, Smith, Brander, Rankine, Mayo, King.
No room for two of my faves this year in Heeney and Dawson as that bye is proving to be a bloody nightmare already.
The forwards look wide open to me outside of Dusty and Whitfield so I reckon that’s the place to have a flutter on the mid pricers.
Cheers for any feedback lads. Don’t dive in the shallow end
.Been a bloody rough summer for me this year, broke my neck before Christmas and spent a few weeks in the spinal ward to ring in the new year. Things starting to return to normal now so thought it time to have a proper look at SC.
Sicily, Houston, Doc, Hill, Williamson, Mclennan, Bianco, Gould.
Macrae, Kelly, Cripps, Danger, Clarry, Rowell, Pickett, Bytel, Simpson, Mead, Hibberd
Grundy, Gawn, Comben
Whitfield, Dusty, Lynch, Smith, Brander, Rankine, Mayo, King.
No room for two of my faves this year in Heeney and Dawson as that bye is proving to be a bloody nightmare already.
The forwards look wide open to me outside of Dusty and Whitfield so I reckon that’s the place to have a flutter on the mid pricers.
Cheers for any feedback lads. Don’t dive in the shallow end
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Thanks for the help
I totally didn’t even think about byes
First day of SC, almost as good as the first day of spring .
Been a bloody rough summer for me this year, broke my neck before Christmas and spent a few weeks in the spinal ward to ring in the new year. Things starting to return to normal now so thought it time to have a proper look at SC.
Sicily, Houston, Doc, Hill, Williamson, Mclennan, Bianco, Gould.
Macrae, Kelly, Cripps, Danger, Clarry, Rowell, Pickett, Bytel, Simpson, Mead, Hibberd
Grundy, Gawn, Comben
Whitfield, Dusty, Lynch, Smith, Brander, Rankine, Mayo, King.
No room for two of my faves this year in Heeney and Dawson as that bye is proving to be a bloody nightmare already.
The forwards look wide open to me outside of Dusty and Whitfield so I reckon that’s the place to have a flutter on the mid pricers.
Cheers for any feedback lads. Don’t dive in the shallow end
.Been a bloody rough summer for me this year, broke my neck before Christmas and spent a few weeks in the spinal ward to ring in the new year. Things starting to return to normal now so thought it time to have a proper look at SC.
Sicily, Houston, Doc, Hill, Williamson, Mclennan, Bianco, Gould.
Macrae, Kelly, Cripps, Danger, Clarry, Rowell, Pickett, Bytel, Simpson, Mead, Hibberd
Grundy, Gawn, Comben
Whitfield, Dusty, Lynch, Smith, Brander, Rankine, Mayo, King.
No room for two of my faves this year in Heeney and Dawson as that bye is proving to be a bloody nightmare already.
The forwards look wide open to me outside of Dusty and Whitfield so I reckon that’s the place to have a flutter on the mid pricers.
Cheers for any feedback lads. Don’t dive in the shallow end
First day of SC, almost as good as the first day of spring .
Been a bloody rough summer for me this year, broke my neck before Christmas and spent a few weeks in the spinal ward to ring in the new year. Things starting to return to normal now so thought it time to have a proper look at SC.
Sicily, Houston, Doc, Hill, Williamson, Mclennan, Bianco, Gould.
Macrae, Kelly, Cripps, Danger, Clarry, Rowell, Pickett, Bytel, Simpson, Mead, Hibberd
Grundy, Gawn, Comben
Whitfield, Dusty, Lynch, Smith, Brander, Rankine, Mayo, King.
No room for two of my faves this year in Heeney and Dawson as that bye is proving to be a bloody nightmare already.
The forwards look wide open to me outside of Dusty and Whitfield so I reckon that’s the place to have a flutter on the mid pricers.
Cheers for any feedback lads. Don’t dive in the shallow end
.Been a bloody rough summer for me this year, broke my neck before Christmas and spent a few weeks in the spinal ward to ring in the new year. Things starting to return to normal now so thought it time to have a proper look at SC.
Sicily, Houston, Doc, Hill, Williamson, Mclennan, Bianco, Gould.
Macrae, Kelly, Cripps, Danger, Clarry, Rowell, Pickett, Bytel, Simpson, Mead, Hibberd
Grundy, Gawn, Comben
Whitfield, Dusty, Lynch, Smith, Brander, Rankine, Mayo, King.
No room for two of my faves this year in Heeney and Dawson as that bye is proving to be a bloody nightmare already.
The forwards look wide open to me outside of Dusty and Whitfield so I reckon that’s the place to have a flutter on the mid pricers.
Cheers for any feedback lads. Don’t dive in the shallow end
Hope you are on the mend and will be 100% again soon.
Take care