Discussion 2022: Rate My Team

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Just had a Sunday morning tweak of the team. I'm not worrying too much about the what if's regarding DPP switch up in round 6 - i feel that a lot of rookies will get the dpp swing sets mostly anyway (daicos, JHF) and that will be great for everyone.
Risk profile of the team is certainly there, especially forward - since the introduction of new rules in particular trade boosters and extra trades i really am leaning towards heeney, butters whitfield now.
I think Lloyd and Hall will either maintain or increase their averages and will be #1 #2 defenders so i want to not muck around and lock them in. I'd like whitfield to be Crisp, however not complaining getting whitfield for 500k bit of a bargain/almost must have when you think about the scoring power there.
Midfield seems fairly cookie at this stage which is fine. I started macrae, steele last year and traded in touk early - loved it and long may those three continue! Neale is a must, apparently fit, surely he goes 115+ if not higher.
Gresham looks really bloody fit atm - read a presser where he has said that h's learned to become more professional with diet, recovery and doing all the extra things to really step up through his rehab over the last 2 years. Anyway expecting a solid 80+ stepping stone pick from him with the hope of more

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Three rookie defenders on field seems a brave move, I currently only have 2, but I'm struggling to even find one I like at this stage. Can't argue with a lot of the rest of your selections.
 

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Just had a Sunday morning tweak of the team. I'm not worrying too much about the what if's regarding DPP switch up in round 6 - i feel that a lot of rookies will get the dpp swing sets mostly anyway (daicos, JHF) and that will be great for everyone.
Risk profile of the team is certainly there, especially forward - since the introduction of new rules in particular trade boosters and extra trades i really am leaning towards heeney, butters whitfield now.
I think Lloyd and Hall will either maintain or increase their averages and will be #1 #2 defenders so i want to not muck around and lock them in. I'd like whitfield to be Crisp, however not complaining getting whitfield for 500k bit of a bargain/almost must have when you think about the scoring power there.
Midfield seems fairly cookie at this stage which is fine. I started macrae, steele last year and traded in touk early - loved it and long may those three continue! Neale is a must, apparently fit, surely he goes 115+ if not higher.
Gresham looks really bloody fit atm - read a presser where he has said that h's learned to become more professional with diet, recovery and doing all the extra things to really step up through his rehab over the last 2 years. Anyway expecting a solid 80+ stepping stone pick from him with the hope of more

feedback welcome
Nice side. Your comments about the DPP changes are most interesting to me. In my mind they actually reduce the appeal of a Butters/Heeney type pick (because they’re less likely to be a top forward) and increase the appeal of higher end premiums and cheaper players who can act as cash cow placeholders on field.
 
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Lloyd Whitfield Sicily rookies

Macrae Steele Oliver Walsh Neale JHF Daicos rookies

Gawn Grundy FD

Dunkley Heeney Butters Gresham Cogs rookies

would prefer Duncan + Curnow / Brodie over Heeney and Gresham, but likely short on cash depending on which rookies are available to play rd 1
 
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Thumb Up M1 Macrae M2Steele M3Oliver / F1Duncan F2 Heeney F3 Butters
Thumb Down M1 Titch M2 Walsh M3 Tracca / F1 Dunkley F2Duncan F2 Dusty
Both Teams Neale at M4
Both TeamsWhitfield at D4
RK Nic Nat. / Grundy
 
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Little tweak to enable 4 onfield rookies

D: Lloyd , Whitfield * , Sicily , Milera , Coleman * + 3

M: Macrae , Steele , Mitchell , Neale , Berry , Constable , Horne-Francis , Daicos / Ward , Butler * , Clark

R: Darcy , Big O / Hayes

F: Dunkley * , Duncan * , Heeney , Coniglio * , Curnow + 3

12-6-12

Just need the 6 value players to all work until Bye time

Horne-Francis & Daicos get DPP after Round 6 , then hopefully Clark & Ward are scoring well enough to play onfield in their place.
 
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Just had a Sunday morning tweak of the team. I'm not worrying too much about the what if's regarding DPP switch up in round 6 - i feel that a lot of rookies will get the dpp swing sets mostly anyway (daicos, JHF) and that will be great for everyone.
Risk profile of the team is certainly there, especially forward - since the introduction of new rules in particular trade boosters and extra trades i really am leaning towards heeney, butters whitfield now.
I think Lloyd and Hall will either maintain or increase their averages and will be #1 #2 defenders so i want to not muck around and lock them in. I'd like whitfield to be Crisp, however not complaining getting whitfield for 500k bit of a bargain/almost must have when you think about the scoring power there.
Midfield seems fairly cookie at this stage which is fine. I started macrae, steele last year and traded in touk early - loved it and long may those three continue! Neale is a must, apparently fit, surely he goes 115+ if not higher.
Gresham looks really bloody fit atm - read a presser where he has said that h's learned to become more professional with diet, recovery and doing all the extra things to really step up through his rehab over the last 2 years. Anyway expecting a solid 80+ stepping stone pick from him with the hope of more

feedback welcome
What would be plan B when DEF rookies don’t play.?
 
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Nice side. Your comments about the DPP changes are most interesting to me. In my mind they actually reduce the appeal of a Butters/Heeney type pick (because they’re less likely to be a top forward) and increase the appeal of higher end premiums and cheaper players who can act as cash cow placeholders on field.
I currently have Butters, no doubt in my mind he averages 100+ , my main concern is the way he plays the game, combine this with a light frame and injuries follow.

Heeney agreed, the big tease…..again, I am confident he can go 95+ but with DDP changes round 6,12 I am thinking a F6 needs that 100+ capability.
 
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I currently have Butters, no doubt in my mind he averages 100+ , my main concern is the way he play he game, combine this with a light frame and injuries follow.

Heeney agreed, the big tease…..again, I am confident he can go 95+ but with DDP changes round 6,12 I am thinking a F6 needs that 100+ capability.
That’s what I’m thinking regarding the 100+.

Butters may well be capable of it, but I’m mindful that it’s a pretty high bar.

There are only 30 M eligible players that averaged 100 last year, or <2 per side. That means that guys like Butters or Heeney that we may be looking to go 100+, will typically need to be their side’s best or second best SC mid, having not played full time mid in 2021. Some will be able to do it, but I think most will struggle to hit that mark.
 
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Start Heeney & Sicily , if they both don't look like being Top 10 in their positions after 6 Rounds , upgrade them to premium mids via the anticipated DPP of JHF , Daicos (maybe Constable) , might only need around $ 300k.

Heading into Round 7 we will then know the first assignment of DPP's so the Forward situation might be a lot clearer then as well.
 
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Sicily was apparently very good in the intra club on Friday, one of the standouts. He seems to be tracking well at this stage, but you can't rely on intra club form too much.
Was he playing solely backline / intercept role do you know?
Hopefully he’s not thrown forward which used to kill his scoring from memory
 
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What would be plan B when DEF rookies don’t play.?
Three rookie defenders on field seems a brave move, I currently only have 2, but I'm struggling to even find one I like at this stage. Can't argue with a lot of the rest of your selections.
Plan B with this team is to drop a butters or heeney and bring in sicily or someone more expensive if possible if rookie defenders do not present
 
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Besides the fact they have implemented the new rules, the best thing about the DPP swing introduction is it has us all talking about it pre season and already everyone has different thoughts and potentially approach on how to go about it, its great.
I never play anything else besides SC so i wouldn't know in the other formats a list of all players who gained DPP at week 6, ect. I've heard there were a few juicy ones like josh kelly. To continue on from a comment before, about picking heeney/butters when they might not be the top6 with intro of DPP - how do we know? what if we don't get anyone decent like fyfe, danger, ect. Also would you want to bring in these guys anyway as the role would mean less points (unless of course we know they are starting to play more midfield time again after securing the DPP).
Heeney is someone i have never really selected, at times wish i had of and then at times glad due to injury. He has been a bit unlucky think he had glandular fever a few years back. But its different for him this year - they have lost Dawson and Hewett, the fact that Longmire has even said on a tweet that his role has changed and he's been good in training - the dude is literally going to be playing up the ground more, they have to run him through there now as they will be without JPK soon in particular. I've never been burnt by him, an di think this is the year to have him.
Butters i must admit i'm hesitent - and he does look a bit kamikaze, but he just looks like he was meant for SC for mine. Gets lots of one-twos handballs, tackles, and has shown a good ceiling.
Long story short i do think these guys will be really good picks
 
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Lloyd Whitfield Sicily rookies

Macrae Steele Oliver Walsh Neale JHF Daicos rookies

Gawn Grundy FD

Dunkley Heeney Butters Gresham Cogs rookies

would prefer Duncan + Curnow / Brodie over Heeney and Gresham, but likely short on cash depending on which rookies are available to play rd 1
Who’s FD in R3?
 
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I've been doing some structural experimentation to try to find a balance between not underspending on rookies but also not taking too many speculative punts on midpricers. The problem with 4-5-2-2 is that it leads to barely any rookie spend whatsoever, and 4-5-2-1 leads to selecting a couple of midpricers; one being Cogs. Of course, a midpricer could work this season but I prefer to avoid them.

The 3-6-2-1 team is basically 4-5-2-1 taken to the extreme; enough spare change to be able to afford decent rookie spend in defence and in the midfield; but the forward line is extremely flimsy; I myself don't care about the point output of such a structure; but it does require the rookies to actually be selected.

The 5-3-2-3 is probably the most solid lineup I can come up with; with the exception of missing out on a couple of uber gun mids; it's definitely not easy to leave them out; but in return, there's big spend on rookies; the backline is very solid and up forward there's room to take a punt on a couple of breakout contenders.

For most people, Dawson would be Hall in either structure; for the 3 defender structure, I could pick Short or Ridley in place of Dawson. Additonally, in the 3-6-2-1 structure, Titch could be Walsh.
 
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Was he playing solely backline / intercept role do you know?
Hopefully he’s not thrown forward which used to kill his scoring from memory
I believe Sicily was playing his traditional intercept role, as least for the first 2 of the 3 quarters played. Only going off a fan report, couldn't find anything from the club.

He is in my team for now. I doubt he will end up a top 6 defender, but he's 100K cheaper than those who will and he shouldn't be far off.
 
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I'll be the poster-boy for a mid-priced starting squad.

I have 8 placeholder rookies but they are filling my bench positions.
Preuss may become Hayes - if the latter is named in R1.
Suggestions welcomed - for any other mid-pricers I have missed!
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I'll be the poster-boy for a mid-priced starting squad.

I have 8 placeholder rookies but they are filling my bench positions.
Preuss may become Hayes - if the latter is named in R1.
Suggestions welcomed - for any other mid-pricers I have missed!
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Answerth , Bowey , Campbell , Milera in defence maybe Marchbank

Constable in the mids.

Maybe throw Witts in.

Gresham , McGovern , Rayner , W Rioli & Williams up forward.
 
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