Opinion SC 2021: Rate My Team
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@jel
Its a great looking team, but I think your problem is going to be getting 7 rookies 117k or under that are going to play and score enough to make meaningfull cash.
I think you will probably need to do d4 or m5 down to free up some cash to fix/amend your rookies.
Not much can be done now, but need to have a plan if the rookies don't come.
Its a great looking team, but I think your problem is going to be getting 7 rookies 117k or under that are going to play and score enough to make meaningfull cash.
I think you will probably need to do d4 or m5 down to free up some cash to fix/amend your rookies.
Not much can be done now, but need to have a plan if the rookies don't come.
Just made a Danger, Gawn and Grundy team. Feels good. If a good Fwd/Def rookies comes along I’ll upgrade Taranto.
Def: Laird, Stewart, Doc, Young, Grainger, Jones (Gould, Highmore)
Mid: Jelly, Fyfe, Walsh, Cripps, Taranto, Heppell, Cockatoo, Gollant (Bianco, Spicer, Macrae)
Ruck: Gawn, Grundy (Treacey)
Fwd: Danger, Marshall, Heeney, Ziebell, Daniher, Rowe (Rioli, Saunders)
Def: Laird, Stewart, Doc, Young, Grainger, Jones (Gould, Highmore)
Mid: Jelly, Fyfe, Walsh, Cripps, Taranto, Heppell, Cockatoo, Gollant (Bianco, Spicer, Macrae)
Ruck: Gawn, Grundy (Treacey)
Fwd: Danger, Marshall, Heeney, Ziebell, Daniher, Rowe (Rioli, Saunders)
Trying a different look, saving the screenshot and then tinkering again. Feels like the rookies are lining up def and forward, and a bunch of the mid eligible ones are forward eligible as well, so here is a team for that eventuality.
I must admit, this lineup feels big on potential but that middle row of mid premiums carries some risk for sure. If they get to 105+, then I see this as 11 keepers + Heeney and Duggan (speculative) + Heppell + adequate rookie spend and 15k to shuffle.
And it's got Isaac Chugg so clearly it's great.
I must admit, this lineup feels big on potential but that middle row of mid premiums carries some risk for sure. If they get to 105+, then I see this as 11 keepers + Heeney and Duggan (speculative) + Heppell + adequate rookie spend and 15k to shuffle.
And it's got Isaac Chugg so clearly it's great.
Trying a different look, saving the screenshot and then tinkering again. Feels like the rookies are lining up def and forward, and a bunch of the mid eligible ones are forward eligible as well, so here is a team for that eventuality.
I must admit, this lineup feels big on potential but that middle row of mid premiums carries some risk for sure. If they get to 105+, then I see this as 11 keepers + Heeney and Duggan (speculative) + Heppell + adequate rookie spend and 15k to shuffle.
And it's got Isaac Chugg so clearly it's great.
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I must admit, this lineup feels big on potential but that middle row of mid premiums carries some risk for sure. If they get to 105+, then I see this as 11 keepers + Heeney and Duggan (speculative) + Heppell + adequate rookie spend and 15k to shuffle.
And it's got Isaac Chugg so clearly it's great.
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My worry would be if McCluggage , Brayshaw & Walsh feel agonisingly short of premium mid level , do you have to "carry" them longer than necessary ? and then miss out on 110+ mids
It then restricts you to bringing in only 2 of Neale , Petracca , Mitchell , any number of Doggies etc etc
Which no doubt you are well aware of.
If Duggan & Heeney both work , looks like you need 9 onfield upgrades by your bench , so maybe post bye you can still have "luxury" upgrades.
If those mids all go bang in the first 6 rounds you could have created something very magical.
Who is to say whether it can or can't work.
From my limited reading and research I think we will have 5+ rookies defence & forward so it will be very interesting seeing how people change their structures to react.
I think you've got try something -slightly- left of centre to have a shot at winning. I don't back myself to trade well enough from a "safe" team to beat other players with almost the same setup, so I'd rather crash to a 5 figure rating trying something different if it gives me a shot to jump ahead of the pack. Whether this is too risky or not... that's the $10M question right? I can swap one to Dusty straight off to reduce the risk profile somewhat if I'm not feeling ballsy.
Or maybe... just say Brayshaw, Suitcase and FHOF make the 105-110 range and I miss three of Petracca/Doggies/Titchell types that go 110-115. Given there's not enough dollars to start the others from the beginning, maybe I'm giving up 15-20ppg for 12 rounds. Maybe 250 points max across the season? If you had Fyfe and Jelly going at 115 and they miss 5 games between them, being replaced by a 65ppg rookie, you've recovered the loss already.
As a few others have stated - if you get the super, super mids right (Neale, Oliver, Steele and Macrae last year), you can probably cover giving up 5ppg from a 108 to a 113 mid if you get the jump on a) having them in your team from the start and b) using the dollars well.
Interesting.
Or maybe... just say Brayshaw, Suitcase and FHOF make the 105-110 range and I miss three of Petracca/Doggies/Titchell types that go 110-115. Given there's not enough dollars to start the others from the beginning, maybe I'm giving up 15-20ppg for 12 rounds. Maybe 250 points max across the season? If you had Fyfe and Jelly going at 115 and they miss 5 games between them, being replaced by a 65ppg rookie, you've recovered the loss already.
As a few others have stated - if you get the super, super mids right (Neale, Oliver, Steele and Macrae last year), you can probably cover giving up 5ppg from a 108 to a 113 mid if you get the jump on a) having them in your team from the start and b) using the dollars well.
Interesting.
It's actually something like Taranto going 95-100 , theoretically you are only giving up points to the 110+ mids when teams are full premium so maybe Round 15 onwards so for 8 rounds.
Where you spend that "saving" on your Round 1 team , let's say instead of Phillips you start Heppell , and Heppell then outscores him say 30ppg.
Again theoretically you have gained 30 points over 14 rounds = 420.
Get to Round 15 upgrade Taranto to a 110+ premium and you are still ahead points wise.
Again in your case with FHOF , Freoshaw , Suitcase depend where you spend the savings , gain points their and then if the 3 of them go 100-105 you are still ahead.
I guess then you need to decide if you can upgrade them or not for the final 8 rounds.
I guess safe and cookie cutter from the start like 80,000 other coaches is the conservative way to go before it becomes a trading game so maybe 1-2 POD's sets you apart.
Guys like Duggan , Harmes , Heeney , Milera , Taranto , Williams etc all seem to have the potential to score well but probably are still attainable from Round 6 , so maybe play safe D & F line and try something different with the mids (I guess the main thing would be to recognise it is not working and then being able to fix it while still trying to downgrade/upgrade).
Certainly question marks on a lot of the $ 600k+ mids this season so why not look at other options.
All 3 you have scored 101 last season so certainly with improvement 105-110 is not out of the question at all , not like you are picking guys who scored 80-90 last season , so they are all very logical picks.
Hope that makes sense.
I say go for it.
Where you spend that "saving" on your Round 1 team , let's say instead of Phillips you start Heppell , and Heppell then outscores him say 30ppg.
Again theoretically you have gained 30 points over 14 rounds = 420.
Get to Round 15 upgrade Taranto to a 110+ premium and you are still ahead points wise.
Again in your case with FHOF , Freoshaw , Suitcase depend where you spend the savings , gain points their and then if the 3 of them go 100-105 you are still ahead.
I guess then you need to decide if you can upgrade them or not for the final 8 rounds.
I guess safe and cookie cutter from the start like 80,000 other coaches is the conservative way to go before it becomes a trading game so maybe 1-2 POD's sets you apart.
Guys like Duggan , Harmes , Heeney , Milera , Taranto , Williams etc all seem to have the potential to score well but probably are still attainable from Round 6 , so maybe play safe D & F line and try something different with the mids (I guess the main thing would be to recognise it is not working and then being able to fix it while still trying to downgrade/upgrade).
Certainly question marks on a lot of the $ 600k+ mids this season so why not look at other options.
All 3 you have scored 101 last season so certainly with improvement 105-110 is not out of the question at all , not like you are picking guys who scored 80-90 last season , so they are all very logical picks.
Hope that makes sense.
I say go for it.
Trying a different look, saving the screenshot and then tinkering again. Feels like the rookies are lining up def and forward, and a bunch of the mid eligible ones are forward eligible as well, so here is a team for that eventuality.
I must admit, this lineup feels big on potential but that middle row of mid premiums carries some risk for sure. If they get to 105+, then I see this as 11 keepers + Heeney and Duggan (speculative) + Heppell + adequate rookie spend and 15k to shuffle.
And it's got Isaac Chugg so clearly it's great.
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I must admit, this lineup feels big on potential but that middle row of mid premiums carries some risk for sure. If they get to 105+, then I see this as 11 keepers + Heeney and Duggan (speculative) + Heppell + adequate rookie spend and 15k to shuffle.
And it's got Isaac Chugg so clearly it's great.
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Nice looking team but I feel you are too deep in the mids and taking a real gamble on suitcase, Bradshaw and Walsh to step up to the next level. 1 I understand but 3 could ruin your season if they don’t perform. I would also look to strengthen your forward line with another premo.
It's that time again, really concerned 29 days out from kick off about our defensive rookies getting a game. I've decided to go mid price madness D4-6.
Out Lachie Neale in Phillips.
Out DGB, Gould and Highmore.
In Clark, Day and Harmes.
Harmes back to the mid/fwd role, Day averaged 70 1st season, looks likely to be pushed to a wing, I reckon he'll go forward too based on reports I've read. Clark hopefully gets back in the 22, been training well under Selwood's wing, admitted he didn't train hard enough, tough love. Speaking of Selwood, rumoured to play off half back ala Hodge. Could give a young fella a go in the mids. If Clark isn't selected, then easy downgrade to a playing rookie. Finding it hard to keep popular defensive rookies on bench vs DPP.
Out Lachie Neale in Phillips.
Out DGB, Gould and Highmore.
In Clark, Day and Harmes.
Harmes back to the mid/fwd role, Day averaged 70 1st season, looks likely to be pushed to a wing, I reckon he'll go forward too based on reports I've read. Clark hopefully gets back in the 22, been training well under Selwood's wing, admitted he didn't train hard enough, tough love. Speaking of Selwood, rumoured to play off half back ala Hodge. Could give a young fella a go in the mids. If Clark isn't selected, then easy downgrade to a playing rookie. Finding it hard to keep popular defensive rookies on bench vs DPP.
