Opinion Rate My AFL SuperCoach Team
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The plan:
Ceglar plays #1 ruck and averages around 90. Meanwhile, Gawn misses the early rounds and/or starts slow, before building into form. I grab Gawn as an early upgrade between Rounds 6-7 and the byes, swinging Ceglar forward.
The pros: By chaining Gawn to a rookie upgrade/downgrade, I eliminate the issues of either picking a solid R2 (Goldy, ROB), and either hoping Gawn isn't worth picking up at any point, resigning myself to side-swapping, or planning a trade at a particular point. With Ceglar's R/F eligibility, I can upgrade anyone I want to Gawn, practically speaking, whereas those with a pure ruck will have to choose to delay upgrading and keep fielding a rookie. This gives me greater flexibility in my early trades, and potentially allows me a few more weeks of Gawn scoring over ROB/Goldy.
I believe my premium selections, aside from Ceglar, have a very good chance to be top 6/8 on their lines.
Cons:
By wishing to avoid as much risk as possible, I haven't picked any potentially value picks like Houston, Dawson, Parish, Oliver plus a myriad of other possibilities, in order to avoid as much risk as possible elsewhere so I could deal with Ceglar if his selection did not work out. This has lead to a $$$ squeeze and the inability to spend on rookies (although they remain the priority), like Hill and Young. However, I have tried to select good rookie options for their price notwithstanding, and before the Marsh Series, I reckon my rookie lineup teeters on just okay.
Still, fielding 3 rookies up forward is going to be fraught with risk for the few few rounds.
nice plan on paper
$ 2,400.00 in the Bank with 7 x $ 117,300.00 rookies & 1 x $ 102,400.00 leaves you no wriggle room at all though.
I guess you then adjust your premiums.
At what price would you be hoping Gawn drops too ? even say $ 550k if we can get $ 150k from a rookie , that would mean 2 down/1 up and then hoping Ceglar averages enough in the meantime then afterwards as well to be a forward keeper , assuming Gawn does return to his previous performances.
A lot of what ifs.
Rucks were supposed to be easy this year , I myself will need to go through all the options now and see what's viable.
Good luck with it
$ 2,400.00 in the Bank with 7 x $ 117,300.00 rookies & 1 x $ 102,400.00 leaves you no wriggle room at all though.
I guess you then adjust your premiums.
At what price would you be hoping Gawn drops too ? even say $ 550k if we can get $ 150k from a rookie , that would mean 2 down/1 up and then hoping Ceglar averages enough in the meantime then afterwards as well to be a forward keeper , assuming Gawn does return to his previous performances.
A lot of what ifs.
Rucks were supposed to be easy this year , I myself will need to go through all the options now and see what's viable.
Good luck with it
I don't think I'll roll with this structure, but I might. So I'd like to get some opinions on this strategy.
There's been a lot of talk about R2 with doubts over Max (and Grundy TBH). I see that peeps are talking about tying a 1-2 rookie upgrade to get the best ruck for R2 once they have shown themselves or for bye structures. I've whacked Naismith in there for now and played around a bit with the rest of the team and it doesn't look too bad if I consider Naismith as a rookie (might need a Ruc/Fwd as cover though). If he can score/average over 60 then it's a win (in my mind)
I've given myself a lot of flexibility with DPP to swap players around depending on where and when rookies are playing. For instance, if there's good rooks showing/playing in Def I can flick Houston to Mid, same with Hill to Fwd and Cockatoo to Fwd.
I'm trying to plan on 24 keepers by the last few rounds and will trade heavily over the year to achieve this, ie: floating D7/F7 and M9, so I'm hoping that Hill and Cockatoo can be those. I think I have the possibility of 16 keepers in the side at mo, so that'll mean 8 upgrades. There'll be some opportunities for one up/one down upgrades, but there'll be quite a few that'll need 2 down/one up upgrades (Naismith) So I'm budgetting 20 trades for those upgrades, there might be a couple of correctional trades and obviously trades for LTI's (with DPP I think I can minimise trading for short term injuries).
Curnow is in ATS as a POD and value pick, he averaged over 107 after round 10 when Teague took over and I can't see that changing.
Treloar and Daniel are my other POD's and Lynch is there cos I like his value, plus he's a Tiger.
3/5's of stuff all ITB too.
So let me know what ya'll think, am I missing something? Am I barking up the wrong tree? Or just stark, raving mad?
There's been a lot of talk about R2 with doubts over Max (and Grundy TBH). I see that peeps are talking about tying a 1-2 rookie upgrade to get the best ruck for R2 once they have shown themselves or for bye structures. I've whacked Naismith in there for now and played around a bit with the rest of the team and it doesn't look too bad if I consider Naismith as a rookie (might need a Ruc/Fwd as cover though). If he can score/average over 60 then it's a win (in my mind)
I've given myself a lot of flexibility with DPP to swap players around depending on where and when rookies are playing. For instance, if there's good rooks showing/playing in Def I can flick Houston to Mid, same with Hill to Fwd and Cockatoo to Fwd.
I'm trying to plan on 24 keepers by the last few rounds and will trade heavily over the year to achieve this, ie: floating D7/F7 and M9, so I'm hoping that Hill and Cockatoo can be those. I think I have the possibility of 16 keepers in the side at mo, so that'll mean 8 upgrades. There'll be some opportunities for one up/one down upgrades, but there'll be quite a few that'll need 2 down/one up upgrades (Naismith) So I'm budgetting 20 trades for those upgrades, there might be a couple of correctional trades and obviously trades for LTI's (with DPP I think I can minimise trading for short term injuries).
Curnow is in ATS as a POD and value pick, he averaged over 107 after round 10 when Teague took over and I can't see that changing.
Treloar and Daniel are my other POD's and Lynch is there cos I like his value, plus he's a Tiger.
3/5's of stuff all ITB too.
So let me know what ya'll think, am I missing something? Am I barking up the wrong tree? Or just stark, raving mad?
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Structurally looks pretty good! Like the Treloar pick, have wondered a bit why he’s not as popular. Went 124 SC and 116 DT post byes last year, I picked him up for that period so have good memories of that! I’m looking at him a bit more closely too as a starter as well.
Daniel is a good POD too I reckon, I think he doesn’t offer much value at his price but I think he’ll be pretty consistent again.
ECurnow is an interesting POD. Would a 107 avg as a $500k player be a win for you? It probably would be but if he goes closer to 100, he’d just be a bit of a list clogger. Not enough upside for me personally.
Daniel is a good POD too I reckon, I think he doesn’t offer much value at his price but I think he’ll be pretty consistent again.
ECurnow is an interesting POD. Would a 107 avg as a $500k player be a win for you? It probably would be but if he goes closer to 100, he’d just be a bit of a list clogger. Not enough upside for me personally.
For me it's a toss up between Lyons and Curnow, Lyons averaged 115 after round 10 (with a 50 in there) he's 40k dearer but probably the better pick. Neither of them will be tagged but there is the possibility that Curnow could be used as a tagger. For some reason I can't see Lyons' ownership % but I'm assuming it's pretty low.
I'd be interested to hear what you think about the Naismith thing.
*Edit.....Lyons at 1%
I'd be interested to hear what you think about the Naismith thing.
*Edit.....Lyons at 1%
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I’m a fan of Naismith at this stage but need to see if he gets a more No.1 ruck role in the preseason games. It’s more Gawn than Naismith that is driving the selection. If Gawn starts slow and leaks up to $200k and if Naismith can avg at least 70-75 with maybe one spike score somewhere, it’s perfect.
Feast your eyes on what I believe to be the best Guns and Rookies Side I've made thus far in the pre-season.
We have a core of thirteen top of the line premiums, all of which have the capability to average in the top echelon of their position. They are backed by another four rookies in the high-priced category, rounded out by another dozen highly touted rookie prospects, and the quintessential piece to the puzzle, Comben.
We have a core of thirteen top of the line premiums, all of which have the capability to average in the top echelon of their position. They are backed by another four rookies in the high-priced category, rounded out by another dozen highly touted rookie prospects, and the quintessential piece to the puzzle, Comben.
Interesting that you say that.
He played 7 games last year obviously carrying a knee injury which he ended up succumbing to, so I think those games have to be taken for what they were.
In 2018, he averaged 98 and was the leading tackler in the competition. His 2017 average was 94.
Yes, his price is 'mid-pricer' at an average of 62, but I would say he's more a premium coming back from a LTI. If he can get to his 2018 average, and I can't see any reason why he wont, then that's a 36 point win and a 200k gain in price. Not that his gain in price means much because at 98 he's a top 4 Fwd and a season keeper. ATS he's my F4.
To put it in context, Heeney is priced at 94 and Martin at 100.
He played 7 games last year obviously carrying a knee injury which he ended up succumbing to, so I think those games have to be taken for what they were.
In 2018, he averaged 98 and was the leading tackler in the competition. His 2017 average was 94.
Yes, his price is 'mid-pricer' at an average of 62, but I would say he's more a premium coming back from a LTI. If he can get to his 2018 average, and I can't see any reason why he wont, then that's a 36 point win and a 200k gain in price. Not that his gain in price means much because at 98 he's a top 4 Fwd and a season keeper. ATS he's my F4.
To put it in context, Heeney is priced at 94 and Martin at 100.