Those rookies will kill budgets.
More realistic way to look at it at this stage , pointless using 3-4 $ 102k players and saying wow look at my side now , come Round 1 it changes in any case.
Once the rookies are announced for Round 1 a lot easier to adjust downwards.
We might all have to pay up for the dearer ones in any case if the cheaper options are not their.
I'm still structuring for mostly cheaper ones >124k. They always arrive round 1 and usually make the most money.
They could very well arrive round 1, although at this stage it’s not looking great, but are they good enough to have on field?
It seems that the the majority of the better rookie priced players are the more expensive ones this season.
When you look at season end and you see the most money made, yes, it is often the cheaper rookie. What is not see is how many choices there were at that level in week 1 and probability of doing well. Once you move post the obvious ones which everyone has, it is the last 2-3 that hurt, thinking Brockman, Sharp type ones.
Most season, non rookies, many go a $280k defender whereas I typically have target $180k, with a better success rate. Very few pick a Jiath, the Jordan Clarke's (I had him!) are the common ones. The tough ones last year to nail were Berry and Jordon who had the role, poor scoring pre season game and looked to be filling a spot for someone injured for 2-3 weeks.
More so this year it will be just being fluid on a universe of premiums, $250k players, expensive rookies and cheap rookies. Last year there wa uncertainty on the mids, whereas this year most lines I could start 3-4 players on each line and hardest decision is Gawn vs Darcy.
Agree, plan were more expensive high probability players and downgrade if we become confident in lower price players and they are picked.