Discussion 2021: Round 1: Teams & In Game Discussion

[jel]

Some interesting choices after tonight.
Have the VC on Macrae, so do I grab a donut and take the 120?
Also have Henry on field poop,who will be lucky to survive next week, possibly giving me a 2nd Fwd donut.

 

[Under The Dome]

OK so based on two games, rucks are a real issue and unless Gawn does something special, there are going to be some viable value picks in that line

Hopefully not a trend because we rely on them for the VC/C so much. What does a midfield VC/C even look like anymore

 

[Vicwood]

The Bont was wasteful tonight. Too many dinky kicks and such - 29 touches at 58%. Could have been a 120 game

And don’t forget the goal he gave away and the sitter he missed.

 

[Professor]

Do I take Macrae's 120 or roll the dice with a Gawn 94?

 

[Wheedus]

Rucks are a problem 🤔 yet 2 of them just scored 90+

That’s what I mean. The turning point for me would be whether GG came back to the field. Based on what I’ve seen in two games, that looks to be the case. It doesn’t mean three rookie rucks is the right strategy but it means there are more options

 

[Rowsus]

7/686
Macrae (118), Dunkley (113), Daniel (107), Maynard (106), Martin S (94), Scott (56)
Bontempelli (94)

Will take that. Not as high as the high scorers, but better than the bad ones.

 

[BomberArmy]

Had VC on Grundy, but accidentally had the C on Macrae, so happy he got a decent score..

 

[Juzzo]

The Bont was wasteful tonight. Too many dinky kicks and such - 29 touches at 58%. Could have been a 120 game

Not too disappointed, plenty of clangers and still a 94. If he kicked that sitter and got one more possie, I collected my multi, oh well!

 

[jel]

Do I take Macrae's 120 or roll the dice with a Gawn 94?

I don't have Gawn or Neale, so taking Macrae is very tempting.

 

[Trickee]

Some interesting choices after tonight.
Have the VC on Macrae, so do I grab a donut and take the 120?
Also have Henry on field poop,who will be lucky to survive next week, possibly giving me a 2nd Fwd donut.

Same boat. Ive chucked murray in the def as a donut to take macraes score. Bird in the hand

 

[aj74]

Man these last minute rookie announcements have totally thrown me.

3 minutes to decide... Gotta let it go and back my earlier judgement. Too late for too much last minute smart arsery. 3 rucks it is! Got 20 something k to correct any of the 102s to a 123 if required. Rucks to drop a bit in comparison to elite mids

Good luck to all and carna Pies!

Was so close to trading Macrae into Grundy.

 

[Professor]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1372876448889995266

 

[jel]

Had VC on Grundy, but accidentally had the C on Macrae, so happy he got a decent score..

I had that until about 1hr before the game, a bit of a facepalm moment.

 

[Under The Dome]

Stefan helped out English alot tonight. Tired him out and English actually outmarked Grundy a few times tonight. Hopefully he can play more than he did last year. Looks like an awesome pickup.

 

[Peter56]

Fully scaled.

 

[Juzzo]

Still got my 3 rook ruck line, can I hold my nerve and not tinker with team and import Gawn?

7/780, no rookies played yet.

 

[IDIG]

7/643

Short, Doc
Walsh, Cripps, Dow
Martin
Bolton

Think I made a mistake not picking any doggies premiums.

Absolutely feasted (1900:1400SC, 462:315 disposals, 124:91 marks) and that was against the pies in a 16 pt win.

Don’t know what’s gonna happen when they play a bottom 8 team!

 

[Gruffles]

Hopefully not a trend because we rely on them for the VC/C so much. What does a midfield VC/C even look like anymore

 

[Herbie66]

That’s what I mean. The turning point for me would be whether GG came back to the field. Based on what I’ve seen in two games, that looks to be the case. It doesn’t mean three rookie rucks is the right strategy but it means there are more options

I guess if people expect the ruck scores to drop , then it should affect all the rucks so it might be all relative (I think that's the right word).

The three rookie Rucks might score 45-50 instead of a 75-80 so could actually be a worse than some of the forward/mid options.

Martin suddenly becomes very interesting if he follows up that score next week.

It then will become a exercise if the $ 500k ruck options are viable to GG and then where you can spend the $$$.

Tonight thought Grundy was well and truly beaten so it will be very interesting how the rest of the round pans out.

 

[aj74]

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I also have Grundy in SC ... but at least I have some alcohol

Heheheh.... there's a man who needs a few JDs.