Discussion 2022: Rate My Team

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Was thinking about posting this and your team has prompted me to do it...

I like K Coleman, Berry and Rayner as stepping stone types (you've got two of them) but can 3 sub $300k players in one team all go 75+ (or maybe 80+) and all be effective?

Got my doubts all three can?
 
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Was thinking about posting this and your team has prompted me to do it...

I like K Coleman, Berry and Rayner as stepping stone types (you've got two of them) but can 3 sub $300k players in one team all go 75+ (or maybe 80+) and all be effective?

Got my doubts all three can?
Hi Leroy

I agree just playing around with the salary cap. I’m likely to only start one of three you have outlined. Rookies purely placeholders currently.
 
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Thoughts on Will Day?
Will Day could breakout but is more fragile than Whitfield. He has just returned to training and should line up round 1. Third season and should play half back / wing but I’m waiting to see Sammy’s game plan in the preseason and see if Will has filled out a little. Still very high in my radar.
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50 Days to go 😀

Quite like the Trade Boost idea , might be slowly working to a 5 trade wildcard round down the track

Quite like the idea of 11-8-11 starting structure , just wait now for the Rookies to be confirmed

D: LLOYD , WHITFIELD * , SICILY , D Rioli * , Milera , Gould or McLennan / De Koning * , Skinner *

M: MACRAE , STEELE , MITCHELL , NEALE , J Berry , Constable , Horne-Francis , Daicos / Hollands * , Clark , Long *

R: DARCY , BIG O / Comben *

F: DUNKLEY * , DUNCAN * , Gresham * , Coleman * , Coniglio * , Curnow / Maginness * , Kelly *

$ 600.00 in the Bank

Would prefer Short to Sicily , which would mean losing D Rioli / Milera - > rookie (maybe a Kemp or Perez or Baldwin or Parker , even Hayes) , not too fussed yet , plenty of DPP to change things when the rookie picture is clearer.
 
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Possible side using this structure or similar.
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Certainly opens up a lot more starting possibilities.

Do we still start the Dunkley , Duncan types or wait ?

All the cheap F options v Berry , Caldwell , Constable types.

Nail the starting rookies and those 5 extra trades will be amazing.
 

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I would recommend Hayes over Visentini for R3 and if you intend on running a loophole from the outset this season I would prefer for this to be used at M11. The trade boost can help those that decide to run a Preuss type at R2 if they need to discard this setup and make sure to have adequate plans in place. I would also entertain structures with Preuss at R3 with the intent of using three trades in RD3 to restructure if needed.
 
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Josh Kelly does he get push FWD this year. Very Tempting Price. For Me Its Whitfield or Kelly at this time.

The tinkering will continue tonight.
Hopefully in Greene's absence Cameron will play him up forward for the first 5 games like last season so we can upgrade to him in our fwds at a reduced price round 6.
 
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First Draft after opening...

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Backs

Lloyd - As much of a lock as I have at this point.
Hall - Struggle to get him out, upside is huge.
Whitfield - It's a value play that I don't love.
Coleman - Like him as a stepping stone with very low end keeper potential.
Rookies - Pure placeholders, don't like the low prices but have spent elsewhere to compensate.

I'd ideally like a Rioli/Coleman type at D3 if the rookies will float my way as I don't really like the premiums this year from a value prospect. I like the crop but I can't really pick between them so I'd rather be picking the value in season with more evidence than guessing preseason when I think there is far better value in the mids and forwards to be had and better certainty if I'm going that path.

Mids

Touk - Love him as a player but there's a ton of options here for sure.
Walsh - I like a few of the more expensive guys a bit more but think he's got value, just think the kid is a superstar.
Petracca - He closed last year out big after moving back to the midfield once Brown was back to play forward. Probably my most locked mid at this point. 123 over his last 8, goes up to 127 if your throw in his finals efforts. Just reckon Charlie is in his sights this year.
Neale - Preseason sounds very promising, last years was wrecked and he never recovered but he's still a stud and expecting big things. Also pretty locked at this point.
Berry - If he's fit and firing he's an 85+ guy who I considered before last year's preseason debacle as a genuine breakout contender. I rate him seriously highly. Keeper is an outside chance again here but realistically he's so cheap it matters not.

Rookies - All placeholders, spent up here for flexibility mostly but do expect I will be spending the extra on the top two.

Rucks

Darcy - I think he's the most likley to go 130+ of the rucks right now. That holds down to 120+.
Grundy - I don't love it and if a better value play comes along I'll take it most likely but he's second on my 120 and 125+ lists.
Preuss - Will watch, I'd rather he's at R2 at that price, if there's a rookie I'd rather go that path.

Definitely the area I don't like the cash being in this year because I'm struggling to trust the Grundy/Gawn pairing and don't see the upside on NicNat.

Forwards

De Goey - Subject to change but rate his upside too highly.
Thomas - Not as high a ceiling but underpriced and like him at 95+, which for me is where I see the fringe F6 guys being as long as you took the value to get there. I think 100 is the true F6 this year and it certainly could be 105+ given the names in the mix and likelihood of a few mids/rucks also getting it throughout the season, the position changes change the acceptable thresholds quite quickly.
Heeney - Should be 95+, capable of 115+, at low 80s, I like that value prop.
Butters - Probably the least sold on him of the 4, if I can weasel out of Grundy I dare say he becomes Dunkley/Duncan, but I like him for 90+, which wouldn't be acceptable but would not be the end of the world and he's certainly capable of going 100+.
Coniglio - For me he's a lock if he's fit, out of position and copping injuries he's a 91+ scorer for the past 6 years, when his body holds up and/or he plays the right positions he's a 105+ guy. Given he's priced at 75+ as his par mark, those are outstanding potential outcomes.

Rookies - Placeholding.

Love the forwards this year, I can see a solid 10 I feel confident starting and believe can go 100+. Preseason will dictate this to a huge extent.
 
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