2015: Premium Rucks
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What are peoples thoughts with starting TBC as a Ruck now that Kruezer is injured with the plan that once Kruezer comes back you upgrade a forward rookie and use the DPP in TBC to bring in Kruezer who IMO is the best value of the crop this year. Then as the forward line is completed move TBC to F7 where he combined with Read can cover two lines and score some points with loop holing as well. He isn't a huge investment and could easily save 1 - 3 trades throughout the year across both lines.
My other thought is Goldy instead but this will mean I cannot grab Kruezer when (if?!) he gets on the park. I guess the problem is that if TBC averages 80 and then Kruezer averages 90 - 95 while Goldy averages 105 then I could be quite a few points down to save 274k on my starting squad. However if it saves me 2 trades (effectively another 300k @ 150k per trade) plus the money gained from Kruezer if I upgrade him once he jumps up 150k then TBC over Goldy could potentially be worth 620k minus Goldy's increase of course if he does average 105...
My other thought is Goldy instead but this will mean I cannot grab Kruezer when (if?!) he gets on the park. I guess the problem is that if TBC averages 80 and then Kruezer averages 90 - 95 while Goldy averages 105 then I could be quite a few points down to save 274k on my starting squad. However if it saves me 2 trades (effectively another 300k @ 150k per trade) plus the money gained from Kruezer if I upgrade him once he jumps up 150k then TBC over Goldy could potentially be worth 620k minus Goldy's increase of course if he does average 105...
I think you're right
I think they look at what happens each year and tweak next year as required and as they see fit. They want to make their game as challenging as possible and they'll price however they want to achieve that result and avoid auto-picks. They have never released any official pricing formula that I am aware of. Every year there are outliers we don't understand.
They'll probably intercede with Libba's price next year too.
I think they look at what happens each year and tweak next year as required and as they see fit. They want to make their game as challenging as possible and they'll price however they want to achieve that result and avoid auto-picks. They have never released any official pricing formula that I am aware of. Every year there are outliers we don't understand.
They'll probably intercede with Libba's price next year too.
Sounds promising 
Nic Nat set to play first match of 2015 on Sunday
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-03-17/nic-nat-set-to-return
NIC NAITANUI will finally play his first game of 2015 against Fremantle on Sunday, but West Coast coach Adam Simpson said it will be the only match he plays ahead of round one.
The star ruckman has had a strong pre-season but hasn't featured in any of the Eagles' pre-season matches against the Indigenous All Stars, Carlton and Port Adelaide due to back-related tightness.
West Coast has the option to play some players in the WAFL on March 28 ahead of the round one clash with the Western Bulldogs on April 4, but Simpson said Sunday's NAB Challenge match will be Naitanui's only hit-out of the pre-season.
"You'll see him play (this week), definitely," Simpson said at the Eagles' season launch at Crown Perth on Tuesday morning
"I would've thought 70-80 minutes would be around about the time we're looking for. We'll manage that in a way that's different than we would in round one.
"He's probably a game off being absolutely cherry ripe. But we think a good hit-out this week, see how he pulls up, and get him for round one."
Nic Nat set to play first match of 2015 on Sunday
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-03-17/nic-nat-set-to-return
NIC NAITANUI will finally play his first game of 2015 against Fremantle on Sunday, but West Coast coach Adam Simpson said it will be the only match he plays ahead of round one.
The star ruckman has had a strong pre-season but hasn't featured in any of the Eagles' pre-season matches against the Indigenous All Stars, Carlton and Port Adelaide due to back-related tightness.
West Coast has the option to play some players in the WAFL on March 28 ahead of the round one clash with the Western Bulldogs on April 4, but Simpson said Sunday's NAB Challenge match will be Naitanui's only hit-out of the pre-season.
"You'll see him play (this week), definitely," Simpson said at the Eagles' season launch at Crown Perth on Tuesday morning
"I would've thought 70-80 minutes would be around about the time we're looking for. We'll manage that in a way that's different than we would in round one.
"He's probably a game off being absolutely cherry ripe. But we think a good hit-out this week, see how he pulls up, and get him for round one."
I cant see this being a huge problem for his scoring though tbh. Ryder is much more versatile and i can see him playing up forward more and pinch hitting in the ruck, so this should allow lobbe to swing across the backline. More a combo like nic nat and cox. Cox's scoring output was not hindered by nic nat. its an interesting one..
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Could Sam Naismith (SYD) $150K be the answer to our R3 dilemma?
Not sure about his JS and how he fits into team structure when the real season starts but did play all 3 NAB games with reasonable TOG. Now before you all get excited, his SC average over the 3 NAB games was a 'measly' 33.7 (17,34,50) with approx. 77 TOG%, at least his SC is trending upwards!
If he's named RD1, could be our answer to a cheap playing R3 to at least make some money and potentially provide some cover for our 'fragile' Rucks.
Not sure about his JS and how he fits into team structure when the real season starts but did play all 3 NAB games with reasonable TOG. Now before you all get excited, his SC average over the 3 NAB games was a 'measly' 33.7 (17,34,50) with approx. 77 TOG%, at least his SC is trending upwards!
If he's named RD1, could be our answer to a cheap playing R3 to at least make some money and potentially provide some cover for our 'fragile' Rucks.
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Maybe I am missing something but I struggle to see how Mason Cox is actually a great choice to use as loophole agent considering Collingwood will rarely play games in back half of each round. Collingwood play a lot of gamess early in rounds so reduces use of loophole option when glance at draw and see Collingwood play game 1, game 3, game 1 and 1 from rounds to 3 through to 6 as just one example.
I hope lots of people pick him though.
I hope lots of people pick him though.
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Let me quickly glance at draw.
Yep. Geelong game 9 in round 1, game 7 in round two, game 8 in round three, game 8 in round four certainly helps in early part of season. Not checked it out fully. I prefer my loophole agents if I pick any to be playing on a Sunday if they can or at Saturday night game at worst. Certainly looks a viable option over Mason Cox by a long way.
Yep. Geelong game 9 in round 1, game 7 in round two, game 8 in round three, game 8 in round four certainly helps in early part of season. Not checked it out fully. I prefer my loophole agents if I pick any to be playing on a Sunday if they can or at Saturday night game at worst. Certainly looks a viable option over Mason Cox by a long way.