Opinion Player X vs. Player Y
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Seeing it's early, I'll mention it now. Rather than responding to all the X v Y's myself, as I did last year, if I see someone has responded with the option I would have chosen, I'll upvote it. If not, I won't and I'll weigh in myself.
With this one, I'm not entirely convinced in Dunkley, there is some risk there, but I much prefer his chances of being a top 6 forward to Doc being a top 6 defender, so option 1 for me too.
With this one, I'm not entirely convinced in Dunkley, there is some risk there, but I much prefer his chances of being a top 6 forward to Doc being a top 6 defender, so option 1 for me too.
McCluggage vs Cripps?
Thought McCluggage took major strides last year and if he can tidy up his kicking for goal (point kicking machine last season!) that could add to his average even if there is no improvement to any of his other stats.. but Cripps has a bit more pedigree given his scoring history.
Thought McCluggage took major strides last year and if he can tidy up his kicking for goal (point kicking machine last season!) that could add to his average even if there is no improvement to any of his other stats.. but Cripps has a bit more pedigree given his scoring history.
Appreciate the feedback and thoughts guys
Dunkley and Oliver are both supercoach beasts with their game styles
I feel neales ceiling is higher then Oliver’s yet docherty’s scoring is more uncertain then dunkleys
In option 1 I’ll be running dusty in the mids before shifting him forward as I know he’ll be a top 6-8 forward easily
In option 2 I had laird in the middle with 4 premo backs Docherty/Stewart/Williams/Whitfield which would limit me getting a cheap Daniel or Ridley/Ryan/McDonald type or whoever is flying as I would be getting Lloyd as the last upgrade. Option 1 opens me up to more options defensively to see who the best guy is after lloyd and also makes finalising my forwards easier as I’d be starting 3 premo forwards with only danger sidey and Marshall the ones to bring in.
Missed out on Oliver last year so don’t mind having him as a lock away top 10 mid. He is no threat to go forward as petracca is that guy so having someone who’s role is safe is always satisfying. Missing out in neales early captaincy scores could be scary but Gawn makes up for that and this way I still have 4 super premos Gawn/Grundy/Oliver/Macrae
Dunkley and Oliver are both supercoach beasts with their game styles
I feel neales ceiling is higher then Oliver’s yet docherty’s scoring is more uncertain then dunkleys
In option 1 I’ll be running dusty in the mids before shifting him forward as I know he’ll be a top 6-8 forward easily
In option 2 I had laird in the middle with 4 premo backs Docherty/Stewart/Williams/Whitfield which would limit me getting a cheap Daniel or Ridley/Ryan/McDonald type or whoever is flying as I would be getting Lloyd as the last upgrade. Option 1 opens me up to more options defensively to see who the best guy is after lloyd and also makes finalising my forwards easier as I’d be starting 3 premo forwards with only danger sidey and Marshall the ones to bring in.
Missed out on Oliver last year so don’t mind having him as a lock away top 10 mid. He is no threat to go forward as petracca is that guy so having someone who’s role is safe is always satisfying. Missing out in neales early captaincy scores could be scary but Gawn makes up for that and this way I still have 4 super premos Gawn/Grundy/Oliver/Macrae
Yeah they are slightly overpriced but the way I see it is that Gawn has 4 years of averaging super premo numbers at 118, 127, 128 and the 139 from last year and his role ain’t changing. He’s the best hota ruck in the game and combined with his contested and intercept marking he won’t be far off 125+ again. No threat of a tag and now with the determination of captaincy to go with his fitness and longer quarters he will be the number 1 supercoach player this year again
Neale on the other hand is mr consistent, doesn’t miss games and has broken out into the super premo category the last 2 years with 121 and 134. However I feel he’s going to be closer to that 121 then the 134 he did this year. I think he will get a bit more attention and that will hurt the 130+ games that were a regularity last year (13 times). By that I mean the tags won’t affect him drastically but the ability to go full beast mode may be restricted. He’s the guy at the lions now zorko doesn’t warrant attention and Lyons isn’t damaging. Mclugagge out on the wing is great but until he moves inside Neale is the one teams will look at stopping.
I feel he’s an upgrade target at this stage personally even though looking at his early scores from his 2 years at Brisbane shock me and may come back to bite me
Can’t have them all
Neale on the other hand is mr consistent, doesn’t miss games and has broken out into the super premo category the last 2 years with 121 and 134. However I feel he’s going to be closer to that 121 then the 134 he did this year. I think he will get a bit more attention and that will hurt the 130+ games that were a regularity last year (13 times). By that I mean the tags won’t affect him drastically but the ability to go full beast mode may be restricted. He’s the guy at the lions now zorko doesn’t warrant attention and Lyons isn’t damaging. Mclugagge out on the wing is great but until he moves inside Neale is the one teams will look at stopping.
I feel he’s an upgrade target at this stage personally even though looking at his early scores from his 2 years at Brisbane shock me and may come back to bite me
Can’t have them all
Depends who the rookies are, but if we assume they will average around 55-60ppg, then I like option 1.
Assuming they score ok, your two rookies should combine to make ~$250k.. meaning if you do a standard 1 up 1 down after 8-10 rounds option 1 actually looks more like:
Gawn / Premo / Rookie
The issue I have with option 2 is there is likely to be minimal cash gen there.. so at best you can probably take that combo to something like:
Premo / Willams / Rookie (and depending on the Premo you still need a ruckman)
Which then means from round 8-10 onwards it is essentials Gawn vs Williams - I know which way I'd go there! And before anyone says it.. yes I'm deliberately ignoring the fact that Gawn will likely lose money as that's only an issue if you trade him. If he's a season keeper his price becomes irrelevant!
The other variable here is C scores.. if you use Gawn as a VC/C 50% of the time across the first 8-10 rounds then option 1 probably outscores option 2 for total points as well (depending who the C is in the option 2 team - again a big assumption)
This is of course assuming it is 2 viable rookies that score well.. safe to say if the rookie situation is bleak round 1 all conventional thinking goes out the window. But for now, with faith in the footy gods that the rookies always turn up.. I'd go option 1.
Assuming they score ok, your two rookies should combine to make ~$250k.. meaning if you do a standard 1 up 1 down after 8-10 rounds option 1 actually looks more like:
Gawn / Premo / Rookie
The issue I have with option 2 is there is likely to be minimal cash gen there.. so at best you can probably take that combo to something like:
Premo / Willams / Rookie (and depending on the Premo you still need a ruckman)
Which then means from round 8-10 onwards it is essentials Gawn vs Williams - I know which way I'd go there! And before anyone says it.. yes I'm deliberately ignoring the fact that Gawn will likely lose money as that's only an issue if you trade him. If he's a season keeper his price becomes irrelevant!
The other variable here is C scores.. if you use Gawn as a VC/C 50% of the time across the first 8-10 rounds then option 1 probably outscores option 2 for total points as well (depending who the C is in the option 2 team - again a big assumption)
This is of course assuming it is 2 viable rookies that score well.. safe to say if the rookie situation is bleak round 1 all conventional thinking goes out the window. But for now, with faith in the footy gods that the rookies always turn up.. I'd go option 1.
