Discussion 2023 Round 3: Teams & In Game Discussion

[aj74]

6/540
Richards, Dunkley, Baker (E), Bont (vc), Ashcroft, McKenna

Gonna have to roll the dice on junior Daics as captain. This makes me nervous

 

[Leroy]

5/612 English VC

Good start.

 

[Zim^zuM]

Seriously horrible game from him. Everything he touched turned to The sort of game that ends careers

Not if he's a bevo fav

 

[Russty_]

6/540
Richards, Dunkley, Baker (E), Bont (vc), Ashcroft, McKenna

Gonna have to roll the dice on junior Daics as captain. This makes me nervous

Any other options?

 

[PC]

Bont final score =

 

[Tamuhawk]

6/498

Happy enough with that from 2 premiums and 4 rookie priced players.

Same score and just as happy. Just disappointed with Bont.

 

[KLo30]

Jon Ralph can not be serious throwing out the suggestion of Hawthorn getting a priority pick with a very poor 2023 season.

Wow, just Wow.

 

[Connoisseur]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1641264504993624064

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1641363061931151360

 

[aj74]

Any other options?

Not really. Doc or Green maybe but they are as big a punt. I could change my Setterfield trade to LDU vs Hawthorn but will sleep on it. I'm liking the options the 240k in the bank is offering for the next couple of weeks. Also want to really push this MPM strategy this year and see where it leads. If there was ever a year for it, this is shaping to be it.

 

[wogitalia]

So get McCluggage involved more through the middle, or put him behind the ball. Brisbane's forwards aren't great. They need good ball users to hit them up. Hugh is one.

He's been shoved out of the middle by Berry tagging the last two weeks, he wasn't bad the first half of this game but when Berry went to Bont for the tag in the 2nd half he is the guy who kicks outside and they're just not showing any real composure with the ball when going forward, it's like they've gone from a bit too slow last year to way too fast this year in their ball movement when realistically you want to be much closer to where they were last year with their team. They've got basically no pack markers and a lot of very good leading targets yet are playing the pop it on their head game style.

It's so weird that it feels like half the league studied GWS last year for their gamestyle heading into this season. Not surprising that none of the teams doing it are going well. Probably never been a worse era for long bomb footy.

Just look like a side that's lost all identity right now and Clug as a key part of their identity last year is one of the guys paying the biggest price for it.

For his part, Clug is also playing terribly, he's not really demanding the ball or working hard enough and he also hasn't used it great this year.

 

[Rowsus]

L Jones - $228,100 - Scores: 5, 76, 68 BE 48
New price $236,900 - BE -7 (all approximate)
Nice turn around, for those who stuck!!!!

 

[Russty_]

Not really. Doc or Green maybe but they are as big a punt. I could change my Setterfield trade to LDU vs Hawthorn but will sleep on it. I'm liking the options the 240k in the bank is offering for the next couple of weeks. Also want to really push this MPM strategy this year and see where it leads. If there was ever a year for it, this is shaping to be it.

Hey good luck, I'm VC-ing Daics and have full faith in him.

 

[Russty_]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1641264504993624064

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1641363061931151360

Was he Acrim?

 

[dlanod]

Bont final score =

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When did SC change to preemptively giving you the double score for your VC if your captain hasn't even played yet? I ended up thinking Bont scored 178 until I saw the comments on here after the game, I moved the captaincy off Hopper and it halved.

 

[Ben's Beasts]

When did SC change to preemptively giving you the double score for your VC if your captain hasn't even played yet? I ended up thinking Bont scored 178 until I saw the comments on here after the game, I moved the captaincy off Hopper and it halved.

It’s because you had the C on a player who didn’t get named this round. Happened last season at the very least too.

 

[Russty_]

When did SC change to preemptively giving you the double score for your VC if your captain hasn't even played yet? I ended up thinking Bont scored 178 until I saw the comments on here after the game, I moved the captaincy off Hopper and it halved.

I think that might've been at the start of last season, if your non playing (injured) C is on, it recognises that.

 

[Rowsus]

When did SC change to preemptively giving you the double score for your VC if your captain hasn't even played yet? I ended up thinking Bont scored 178 until I saw the comments on here after the game, I moved the captaincy off Hopper and it halved.

A season or two ago.
When they recognise you have a nonplaying C, or nonplaying on field player, they double your VC, or bring the E on.

 

[KLo30]

He's been shoved out of the middle by Berry tagging the last two weeks, he wasn't bad the first half of this game but when Berry went to Bont for the tag in the 2nd half he is the guy who kicks outside and they're just not showing any real composure with the ball when going forward, it's like they've gone from a bit too slow last year to way too fast this year in their ball movement when realistically you want to be much closer to where they were last year with their team. They've got basically no pack markers and a lot of very good leading targets yet are playing the pop it on their head game style.

It's so weird that it feels like half the league studied GWS last year for their gamestyle heading into this season. Not surprising that none of the teams doing it are going well. Probably never been a worse era for long bomb footy.

Just look like a side that's lost all identity right now and Clug as a key part of their identity last year is one of the guys paying the biggest price for it.

For his part, Clug is also playing terribly, he's not really demanding the ball or working hard enough and he also hasn't used it great this year.

That's is a pretty fair assessment of what I'm seeing, as well.

McCluggage is working hard enough given the graphics on his running shown in the TV coverage. How impactful and useful that is up for debate.

Trim the side burns rather than the full Monty Burns instruction seems apt so far.

 

[Lenny5]

If both Constable and Chesser get dropped (for example), is it correct to assume that they will both be an emergency for the AFL side, and thus a chance of being named sub? Or is it still possible one or both of them could play in the reserves and thus rule out the possibility of them being sub?

 

[Ben's Beasts]

If both Constable and Chesser get dropped (for example), is it correct to assume that they will both be an emergency for the AFL side, and thus a chance of being named sub? Or is it still possible one or both of them could play in the reserves and thus rule out the possibility of them being sub?

They will both be emergencies but either or both could still play reserves.