Discussion 2023: Rate My Team
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I think the more tinkering I do with my squad, the more confused I get.
11 keepers isn't ideal but gives a decent overall balance. 11 keepers plus Yeo, Bowes, Hopper, Lycett, Cunnington and Flanders.
The ruck dilemma is doing my head in. Thinking of just rolling with Lycett then watching how other ruck combo's perform and assess later.
11 keepers isn't ideal but gives a decent overall balance. 11 keepers plus Yeo, Bowes, Hopper, Lycett, Cunnington and Flanders.
The ruck dilemma is doing my head in. Thinking of just rolling with Lycett then watching how other ruck combo's perform and assess later.
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Question on LDU for anyone who watched a few North games last year. Has he ever been tagged? I'm considering selecting him, but if he breaks out liked hoped it inevitably means tags will come his way (kinda like A.Brayshaw last year). Has he ever been tagged and can he handle it? Or is it a complete unknown? From memory Simpkin has copped the tag a few times.
Just thinking about how to solve the potential Lycett problem, (although I suppose you could do a lot worse than Lycett):
If you factor in that you'll probably send Dunkley forward at some stage of the year then your forward line as it stands now looks very stacked, maybe too much so. I would say pick one of Cunnington or Flanders and downgrade the other to a rookie/Ratugolea which should allow you to get Lycett up to a Sean Darcy or another set and forget premium. Alternatively if you want to keep both then maybe consider sending Flanders into your mids and drop Hopper for the aforementioned rookie/Ratugolea. The Hopper selection in and of itself isn't a bad one, just alongside Tom Green the risk goes up slightly, same with Cunnington + Flanders and also Yeo + Bowes. There's nothing wrong with each of these selections individually and on face value, but when you consider them as part of a whole, then their risk is not only accumulated, but compounded. There comes a time when selecting mid-pricers/PODs reaches a critical mass where their cumulative risk becomes untenable and you're just better off replacing some of them with rookies. This allows you to mitigate some of the risk, as well as freeing up some cash to upgrade the sub-premiums (like Lycett, in this instance) who stand little chance of making it into the top 6-8 of their lines, saving you some trades in the long run.
Hope this helps and that it wasn't too incoherent!
If you factor in that you'll probably send Dunkley forward at some stage of the year then your forward line as it stands now looks very stacked, maybe too much so. I would say pick one of Cunnington or Flanders and downgrade the other to a rookie/Ratugolea which should allow you to get Lycett up to a Sean Darcy or another set and forget premium. Alternatively if you want to keep both then maybe consider sending Flanders into your mids and drop Hopper for the aforementioned rookie/Ratugolea. The Hopper selection in and of itself isn't a bad one, just alongside Tom Green the risk goes up slightly, same with Cunnington + Flanders and also Yeo + Bowes. There's nothing wrong with each of these selections individually and on face value, but when you consider them as part of a whole, then their risk is not only accumulated, but compounded. There comes a time when selecting mid-pricers/PODs reaches a critical mass where their cumulative risk becomes untenable and you're just better off replacing some of them with rookies. This allows you to mitigate some of the risk, as well as freeing up some cash to upgrade the sub-premiums (like Lycett, in this instance) who stand little chance of making it into the top 6-8 of their lines, saving you some trades in the long run.
Hope this helps and that it wasn't too incoherent!
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I think most would say you have 13 premium and potn premium light players, that actually probably 1-2 more than most.
Lycett I think should be fine. The difference here is he is a returning injured player, so that is less speculative than some other picks.
Think you choose between LDU and Green, most will go latter. LDU does look good and should get up there. If anything, Ridley is the one that concerns me more based on this weeks game.
Agree with Canny that at this stage Flander who looks like he may be more HFF, I would downgrade and use the money to upgrade Ridley to a $600k defender. Potentially LDU could also go down to a money making mid pricer.
Cunnington should be back in the mids and could be fine.
Rookies look fine, potential the mature ager Cincotta 102k may play, if not, the expect you may need cash to upgrade McVee, Drury who have some question marks over them as 7 round rookies.
Lycett I think should be fine. The difference here is he is a returning injured player, so that is less speculative than some other picks.
Think you choose between LDU and Green, most will go latter. LDU does look good and should get up there. If anything, Ridley is the one that concerns me more based on this weeks game.
Agree with Canny that at this stage Flander who looks like he may be more HFF, I would downgrade and use the money to upgrade Ridley to a $600k defender. Potentially LDU could also go down to a money making mid pricer.
Cunnington should be back in the mids and could be fine.
Rookies look fine, potential the mature ager Cincotta 102k may play, if not, the expect you may need cash to upgrade McVee, Drury who have some question marks over them as 7 round rookies.
Any feedback is welcome - more tinkering to do but I like the play going light down back this season in favour of a strong midfield group. I've been seeing a lot of Darcey/Marshall combos, I'm surprised Witts hasn't featured in more teams, favourable bye, consistent scorer, and no concerns around role and ruck split duties, am I missing anything?
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Running with this at the moment.
Not sure if I’ll have the cahones to go with Yeo at D1.
I may go Callaghan and Bruhn down to rookies (bringing McLean on field) and then Coffield up to a Dawson type.
I do like the Bruhn / Callaghan picks. Maximising my on field points early, minimising the sub risk where I can, and having some more expensive rooks on the bench for that cash gen.
Not sure if I’ll have the cahones to go with Yeo at D1.
I may go Callaghan and Bruhn down to rookies (bringing McLean on field) and then Coffield up to a Dawson type.
I do like the Bruhn / Callaghan picks. Maximising my on field points early, minimising the sub risk where I can, and having some more expensive rooks on the bench for that cash gen.
