For me the other thing to note is that not every rookie has to be a world beater.. A Tobe Watson or a Max King sitting on your bench averaging 50-55 is still doing his job (appreciating in value) given the cheaper starting price.... yes its handy to have high scoring rookies as backup but in reality they are just there to make you $$$
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so many too choose from , ranked by price (under Rowell's price) for each position , using pen and paper so apologize for any errors
* = DPP which means Dual Position Player
✓ = participated in both Marsh games
Defender
Ash * ✓
Hill *
Guthrie ✓
Zerk-Thatcher ✓
McAsey
Murphy , T
Starcevich * ✓
Williamson
Brander * ✓
Briggs
Butts
Greaves ✓
Jarvis
Keane
Kennerley ✓
McLennan ✓
Murphy , N
Watson ✓
Bianco
Gould
McBride
Midfield
Rowell ✓
Anderson ✓
Caldwell
Wilson
Stephens , D ✓
Markov
Serong ✓
Green ✓
Stephens , C
Brown ✓
Collier-Dawkins
McHenry
McInerney ✓
O'Halloran
O'Neill
Pickett ✓
Shipley
Wicks
Philip
Dow ✓
Randall
Robertson
Sharp ✓
Warner
Brayshaw, H
Ruck
Jackson ✓
Coleman-Jones * ✓
Cameron *
De Koning ✓
Knoll
Sweet
Williams , Goddard *
Xerri * ✓
Nyuon
Forward
Bonar * ✓
Stengle ✓
Sparrow
Dixon ✓
Frampton
Kropenyeri-Pickett
Crocker ✓
Polson ✓
Gardner
Georgiades ✓
Aarts
Ballenden
Bedford
Bosenavulagi
Cox
Davis ✓
King ✓
McAdam
McFayden
Smith , E *
Sturt ✓
Taylor ✓
Walker
Frederick
Jones
Mahony *✓
Treacy
Close *
Budarick * ✓
* = DPP which means Dual Position Player
✓ = participated in both Marsh games
Defender
Ash * ✓
Hill *
Guthrie ✓
Zerk-Thatcher ✓
McAsey
Murphy , T
Starcevich * ✓
Williamson
Brander * ✓
Briggs
Butts
Greaves ✓
Jarvis
Keane
Kennerley ✓
McLennan ✓
Murphy , N
Watson ✓
Bianco
Gould
McBride
Midfield
Rowell ✓
Anderson ✓
Caldwell
Wilson
Stephens , D ✓
Markov
Serong ✓
Green ✓
Stephens , C
Brown ✓
Collier-Dawkins
McHenry
McInerney ✓
O'Halloran
O'Neill
Pickett ✓
Shipley
Wicks
Philip
Dow ✓
Randall
Robertson
Sharp ✓
Warner
Brayshaw, H
Ruck
Jackson ✓
Coleman-Jones * ✓
Cameron *
De Koning ✓
Knoll
Sweet
Williams , Goddard *
Xerri * ✓
Nyuon
Forward
Bonar * ✓
Stengle ✓
Sparrow
Dixon ✓
Frampton
Kropenyeri-Pickett
Crocker ✓
Polson ✓
Gardner
Georgiades ✓
Aarts
Ballenden
Bedford
Bosenavulagi
Cox
Davis ✓
King ✓
McAdam
McFayden
Smith , E *
Sturt ✓
Taylor ✓
Walker
Frederick
Jones
Mahony *✓
Treacy
Close *
Budarick * ✓
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Rowell, Anderson, Rankine and Budarick all likely to play round one.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/new-suns-set-to-rise-in-round-one-20200309-p548d0.html
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/new-suns-set-to-rise-in-round-one-20200309-p548d0.html
Sounds positive! But on Budarick only the author's tone was less bullish...
The trio of top-end talent could also be joined by Connor Budarick, a Gold Coast academy product taken as a rookie last year, who has made a persuasive argument for inclusion with strong pre-season efforts.
The inclusions, along with recruits Brandon Ellis and Hugh Greenwood, will make the Suns a significantly different-looking line-up to last season’s wooden spooners, albeit they will be younger again this year with the debutants.
Alex Sexton, the Suns' leading goal kicker of the last two years, is also still a chance for round one despite tweaking a hamstring against Adelaide at the weekend.
"They [Rowell and Anderson] will be hard to keep out. They are tracking really well, Connor Budarick as well,” coach Stuart Dew said.
The trio of top-end talent could also be joined by Connor Budarick, a Gold Coast academy product taken as a rookie last year, who has made a persuasive argument for inclusion with strong pre-season efforts.
The inclusions, along with recruits Brandon Ellis and Hugh Greenwood, will make the Suns a significantly different-looking line-up to last season’s wooden spooners, albeit they will be younger again this year with the debutants.
Alex Sexton, the Suns' leading goal kicker of the last two years, is also still a chance for round one despite tweaking a hamstring against Adelaide at the weekend.
"They [Rowell and Anderson] will be hard to keep out. They are tracking really well, Connor Budarick as well,” coach Stuart Dew said.
Article on FoxSports has clubs predicted 22 for Round 1 (obviously just people's opinion) + injury lists
worth a read
GWS side might upset a few ? , mind you they have Ward in the centre and also listed on the injury list , so maybe the work experience team wrote the whole article
you really think they would actually check articles before releasing them
worth a read
GWS side might upset a few ? , mind you they have Ward in the centre and also listed on the injury list , so maybe the work experience team wrote the whole article
you really think they would actually check articles before releasing them
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I've posted this before but one of my favourite football stories.
Tommy Hafey used to ring Kevin Bartlett every Friday night and tell him how he thought he was one of the main keys to Richmond winning the next day. Bartlett couldn't believe how much the coach loved him and made sure he had a good nights sleep and was determined to repay Hafey's thoughts by playing well the next day. It was only many years after Bartlett retired he learnt that Hafey would call every single player on Friday night to tell them how they were the main key to Richmond winning.
Tommy Hafey used to ring Kevin Bartlett every Friday night and tell him how he thought he was one of the main keys to Richmond winning the next day. Bartlett couldn't believe how much the coach loved him and made sure he had a good nights sleep and was determined to repay Hafey's thoughts by playing well the next day. It was only many years after Bartlett retired he learnt that Hafey would call every single player on Friday night to tell them how they were the main key to Richmond winning.
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I think this is the trap this year - with a lot of the likely looking rookies being in the 180-200k range we're losing 1-2 weeks of cash gen right off the bat.
Then there's the added risk of a higher-priced rookie putting up a 30-40 in a given week, meaning that their cash gen is basically shot for another couple of weeks.
Then there's the added risk of a higher-priced rookie putting up a 30-40 in a given week, meaning that their cash gen is basically shot for another couple of weeks.
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Ward isn't back for at least 4 weeks - he hadn't even joined back training with the main group by mid-Feb and every player who has come back from an AFL trots out the same old line (it's feeling "good" so I'll set a timeline for when I will be back playing again now).
If Green plays well enough then he's a solid chance to hold his spot and preserve the "play Cogs more in the forward line" idea they had prior to Taranto getting hurt.
If Green plays well enough then he's a solid chance to hold his spot and preserve the "play Cogs more in the forward line" idea they had prior to Taranto getting hurt.
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Hmmm, I remember Hately last year - how good he be dropped going into round 8 with 2 consecutive high SC scores, sat there until round 17. It was at that point I realised leon Cameron isn't playing SC.
The teams stacked with talent, even if Ash makes the round 1 team it's going to be a week by week basis on being selected, so many options knocking that door down.
The teams stacked with talent, even if Ash makes the round 1 team it's going to be a week by week basis on being selected, so many options knocking that door down.
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Not going anywhere near Ash I don't think. Cumming has gone ahead of him and Williams being back Round 2-3 could make things awkward.
For what it's worth, Coniglio was interviewed at Captain's Day and said that he expects Tom Green to play quite a bit. Said that he's a bit different to their other mids because of his height. Sounded pretty positive that Green could stay in the team.
For what it's worth, Coniglio was interviewed at Captain's Day and said that he expects Tom Green to play quite a bit. Said that he's a bit different to their other mids because of his height. Sounded pretty positive that Green could stay in the team.