Discussion SC 2021: Rookie Discussion
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Is J sharp better as a defender or mid?
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Is J sharp better as a defender or mid?
Why not have both at the same time! Small bug occurred while editing my team.
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Seems a pretty significant sacrifice to go with him. Either going without Flynn, Meek and Hunter, who all could be the best rookie or sacrificing a rookie forward in what is a pretty good crop.
Think D8 is the clear and obvious place for a donut if people are going that path, reality is you probably aren't sacrificing much there but cash is going to be tight this year and could become extremely hard to get depending how the sub is going to function if that ridiculous idea returns to our game... It's legitimately possible the subs may count as zeros if they don't play as they changed it several years ago to make that the case and would have less than two days to change the code to avoid that.
Think D8 is the clear and obvious place for a donut if people are going that path, reality is you probably aren't sacrificing much there but cash is going to be tight this year and could become extremely hard to get depending how the sub is going to function if that ridiculous idea returns to our game... It's legitimately possible the subs may count as zeros if they don't play as they changed it several years ago to make that the case and would have less than two days to change the code to avoid that.
The only saving grace here is that in the BBL, where a substitute who was on the field for any reason used to get points for a catch and ruin your donut (!) the rules were changed to make clear that they only got points if they were specifically activated as a sub (and otherwise were treated as DNP). You'd think there would be some consistency between games here...
It looks like Fyfe from the suns is the best Floating donut/ capt loophole for D8, Def/ mid classification also. Kosi & Highmore certainly look like the only rookie priced defenders that will play round 1 so depending on your structure, if you need another defender rookie he probably serves that purpose the best.
Alternatively, if you do want a rookie defender that will get games I think Jones from Port is the best bet. Could park him on the bench & hope Ken gives him games early on but the issue there is you may have a situation like many did with Gould last season who sat there all year ... I know a few who had this problem (no I wasn’t one luckily). However, with the sub rule/ longer quarters & less rotations, I can see teams making a few changes every week/ trying to manage their list more than ever before.
Alternatively, if you do want a rookie defender that will get games I think Jones from Port is the best bet. Could park him on the bench & hope Ken gives him games early on but the issue there is you may have a situation like many did with Gould last season who sat there all year ... I know a few who had this problem (no I wasn’t one luckily). However, with the sub rule/ longer quarters & less rotations, I can see teams making a few changes every week/ trying to manage their list more than ever before.
