Discussion 2021: AFL Pre-Season Practice Matches & AAMI Community Series Discussion
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Rightly or wrongly he averages 86 in losses (excluding the Geelong game).. my point is that there is so many unknowns and more importantly, so many scenarios he isn’t proven in. Today’s game was just a great example of that.. all his strong scoring has come in wins when Gold Coast was well on top.
The history of SC is littered with players who only scored well in those scenarios and couldn’t back it up when the going got tough..
The history of SC is littered with players who only scored well in those scenarios and couldn’t back it up when the going got tough..
I don't know if anyone else did this but since I had no real idea of what to expect of myself having never played this before, I saved a team before the first game on Thursday and tracked it through the round. Obviously there are caveats around pre-season games (Impey only played half a game!) but I'm really impressed with how it turned out. 
Laird 99
Daniel 141
Mills 78
Stewart 133
Short 165
Williams 82
Merrett 126
Martin 70
Cripps 69
Heppell 53
Dow 54
Campbell 85
Powell 57
Gulden 77
Gawn 102
Grundy 118 (C)
Dangerfield 94
Caldwell 87
Ziebell 107
Daniher 63
Impey 39
Chandler 59
Total: 2076
Truth be told I don't even know if that's good or not, but it's a lot better than when I threw a side together last year for round 1 as an experiment knowing full well the season wasn't going to get off the ground. The discussion and advice on here has been absolutely first class, and I haven't been contributing that much but I've been a sponge for the last two weeks just trying to learn anything I can. Hopefully by the end of the year I'll be able to give something back!
Laird 99
Daniel 141
Mills 78
Stewart 133
Short 165
Williams 82
Merrett 126
Martin 70
Cripps 69
Heppell 53
Dow 54
Campbell 85
Powell 57
Gulden 77
Gawn 102
Grundy 118 (C)
Dangerfield 94
Caldwell 87
Ziebell 107
Daniher 63
Impey 39
Chandler 59
Total: 2076
Truth be told I don't even know if that's good or not, but it's a lot better than when I threw a side together last year for round 1 as an experiment knowing full well the season wasn't going to get off the ground. The discussion and advice on here has been absolutely first class, and I haven't been contributing that much but I've been a sponge for the last two weeks just trying to learn anything I can. Hopefully by the end of the year I'll be able to give something back!
I don't know if anyone else did this but since I had no real idea of what to expect of myself having never played this before, I saved a team before the first game on Thursday and tracked it through the round. Obviously there are caveats around pre-season games (Impey only played half a game!) but I'm really impressed with how it turned out.
Laird 99
Daniel 141
Mills 78
Stewart 133
Short 165
Williams 82
Merrett 126
Martin 70
Cripps 69
Heppell 53
Dow 54
Campbell 85
Powell 57
Gulden 77
Gawn 102
Grundy 118 (C)
Dangerfield 94
Caldwell 87
Ziebell 107
Daniher 63
Impey 39
Chandler 59
Total: 2076
Truth be told I don't even know if that's good or not, but it's a lot better than when I threw a side together last year for round 1 as an experiment knowing full well the season wasn't going to get off the ground. The discussion and advice on here has been absolutely first class, and I haven't been contributing that much but I've been a sponge for the last two weeks just trying to learn anything I can. Hopefully by the end of the year I'll be able to give something back!
Laird 99
Daniel 141
Mills 78
Stewart 133
Short 165
Williams 82
Merrett 126
Martin 70
Cripps 69
Heppell 53
Dow 54
Campbell 85
Powell 57
Gulden 77
Gawn 102
Grundy 118 (C)
Dangerfield 94
Caldwell 87
Ziebell 107
Daniher 63
Impey 39
Chandler 59
Total: 2076
Truth be told I don't even know if that's good or not, but it's a lot better than when I threw a side together last year for round 1 as an experiment knowing full well the season wasn't going to get off the ground. The discussion and advice on here has been absolutely first class, and I haven't been contributing that much but I've been a sponge for the last two weeks just trying to learn anything I can. Hopefully by the end of the year I'll be able to give something back!
The leading teams will post 2200-2300 from memory.
As for that team, no need to go as deep as D6. You will need lloyd in your team at some point for starters and there will be other must haves.
Dump Williams (suspended R1) and upgrade Heppell.
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I don't know if anyone else did this but since I had no real idea of what to expect of myself having never played this before, I saved a team before the first game on Thursday and tracked it through the round. Obviously there are caveats around pre-season games (Impey only played half a game!) but I'm really impressed with how it turned out.
Laird 99
Daniel 141
Mills 78
Stewart 133
Short 165
Williams 82
Merrett 126
Martin 70
Cripps 69
Heppell 53
Dow 54
Campbell 85
Powell 57
Gulden 77
Gawn 102
Grundy 118 (C)
Dangerfield 94
Caldwell 87
Ziebell 107
Daniher 63
Impey 39
Chandler 59
Total: 2076
Truth be told I don't even know if that's good or not, but it's a lot better than when I threw a side together last year for round 1 as an experiment knowing full well the season wasn't going to get off the ground. The discussion and advice on here has been absolutely first class, and I haven't been contributing that much but I've been a sponge for the last two weeks just trying to learn anything I can. Hopefully by the end of the year I'll be able to give something back!
Laird 99
Daniel 141
Mills 78
Stewart 133
Short 165
Williams 82
Merrett 126
Martin 70
Cripps 69
Heppell 53
Dow 54
Campbell 85
Powell 57
Gulden 77
Gawn 102
Grundy 118 (C)
Dangerfield 94
Caldwell 87
Ziebell 107
Daniher 63
Impey 39
Chandler 59
Total: 2076
Truth be told I don't even know if that's good or not, but it's a lot better than when I threw a side together last year for round 1 as an experiment knowing full well the season wasn't going to get off the ground. The discussion and advice on here has been absolutely first class, and I haven't been contributing that much but I've been a sponge for the last two weeks just trying to learn anything I can. Hopefully by the end of the year I'll be able to give something back!
I generally want to score 100 for Def/Fwd premiums, 110 for Mid premiums, 120 for rucks (based on scoring in recent years) for a good score. Early on around 2100 is a good score with the number of rookies you will have on field (you want these rookies scoring 60-70 if possible), later in the season you are probably aiming for totals around 2400.
I personally rarely hit these numbers consistently, but they are my rough aims.
A couple of years ago Aaron Hall had 9 votes after the first 3 rounds.. where did he end up? Wasn’t his first 3 games but still.. they started the year with 3 (maybe 4) straight wins and then went MIA for the rest of the year. Who’s to say Rowell’s scoring wouldn’t have been more 90-95 as the losses added up last year? It’s a long season and even longer now we’re back to full length quarters.. can he back up his contested style week after week for 20+ weeks? Big ask on a young body
Not by any stretch saying he’s not a good player and rules are made to be broken (Dusty with 3 norm smith medals springs to mind) but it’s a lot of cash to invest on an unknown quantity.
Not by any stretch saying he’s not a good player and rules are made to be broken (Dusty with 3 norm smith medals springs to mind) but it’s a lot of cash to invest on an unknown quantity.
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Devo that this week wasn't week 1. How well did some of the rookies play?
Pure GnR approach that I locked in late last week and based on my result I don't know if I'll be touching it...
I don't expect the rookies to play this well ever again but I would've hit 2349 this week with Brockman covering the E for Oliver and captain Gawn.
Pure GnR approach that I locked in late last week and based on my result I don't know if I'll be touching it...
I don't expect the rookies to play this well ever again but I would've hit 2349 this week with Brockman covering the E for Oliver and captain Gawn.
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