I have a flat $0 remaining team too. Whilst there are definitely some weaknesses, the fact I can spend on Phillips, Powell, Perkins and Robertson keep bringing me back to it.
My riskier picks are McDonald, Docherty, Cripps and Heeney - and I've put a limitation on myself to not pick players who are or will be 30+ during the course of the season, mainly to avoid the niggling issues with ageing - but that means I can't touch Dusty or Danger (although both of those are the most likely to tempt me to break my restriction).
The players I think I'm missing (aside from those two), are Whitfield in defence and Walsh as midfield breakout contender. I have considered switching Macrae to Walsh, and that's definitely an option. But the issue for me with changing Docherty/McDonald or Heeney is both getting the extra $$$ to spend, which would potentially cut into the rookie budget, or structure, because aside from Heeney who I believe will average low 90s and is priced at 84, the forward line has basically nothing reliable unless you spend $90k more, and for reasons above I don't want players like Dusty.
McDonald and Docherty are both risky too, McDonald with a new coach, maybe a change in role and gamestyle, not to mention the fact that he has about 10 games of premium scoring history. But his upside is massive too - averaged about 118 in his role in 2020. I don't think he'll get anywhere near that but if he averages 100 it would be a fine pick.
As for Docherty, so much has changed at the blues since he dominated, there's a lot of mystery as to how he'll go in 2021 especially with off-season surgeries and recoveries. I don't blame people for not picking him after his decline in 2020 after an excellent start - but there might be an opportunity to get a great POD if he does fire and everyone else is scared off by his 2020 scoring. I can't say for sure either way - he's really a gut pick without perfect logic to back it up.
But picking those risky players does allow me to both fit the potentially overpriced and uberpriced premiums in, whilst also allowing me to pick up a few expensive rookies to supplement my cheapies.
My riskier picks are McDonald, Docherty, Cripps and Heeney - and I've put a limitation on myself to not pick players who are or will be 30+ during the course of the season, mainly to avoid the niggling issues with ageing - but that means I can't touch Dusty or Danger (although both of those are the most likely to tempt me to break my restriction).
The players I think I'm missing (aside from those two), are Whitfield in defence and Walsh as midfield breakout contender. I have considered switching Macrae to Walsh, and that's definitely an option. But the issue for me with changing Docherty/McDonald or Heeney is both getting the extra $$$ to spend, which would potentially cut into the rookie budget, or structure, because aside from Heeney who I believe will average low 90s and is priced at 84, the forward line has basically nothing reliable unless you spend $90k more, and for reasons above I don't want players like Dusty.
McDonald and Docherty are both risky too, McDonald with a new coach, maybe a change in role and gamestyle, not to mention the fact that he has about 10 games of premium scoring history. But his upside is massive too - averaged about 118 in his role in 2020. I don't think he'll get anywhere near that but if he averages 100 it would be a fine pick.
As for Docherty, so much has changed at the blues since he dominated, there's a lot of mystery as to how he'll go in 2021 especially with off-season surgeries and recoveries. I don't blame people for not picking him after his decline in 2020 after an excellent start - but there might be an opportunity to get a great POD if he does fire and everyone else is scared off by his 2020 scoring. I can't say for sure either way - he's really a gut pick without perfect logic to back it up.
But picking those risky players does allow me to both fit the potentially overpriced and uberpriced premiums in, whilst also allowing me to pick up a few expensive rookies to supplement my cheapies.
