With no BBL for 3 whole days! I've just finished going through about 80+ pages of this thread!
First locked is clearly.... Josh Treacy! Always love a good FD loophole.
First crack for 2021!
DEF: Lloyd, Laird, Zac Williams, DGB, Jones, Gould (Wehr, Highmore)
MID: Neale, Macrae, Oliver, Freoshaw, Cripps, Phillips, Pedlar, Powell (McInnes, Downie, Davies)
RUC: Gawn, Grundy (Treacy)
FWD: Marshall, Dusty, Heeney, Macrae, Cockatoo, Durdin (Rowe, Laurie)
Cash leftover: 32.3k
DEFENCE:
D1: Lloyd - Did not own him at all last year and it was the death of my season. Even at his price, I'm just gonna lock him in now rather than waste a million trades to get him in.
D2: Laird - caused me so much misery during the first half of the season, became a great POD once he switched to the midfield. Lockity lock.
D3: Zac Williams - Hopefully will get the mid time as promised.
Watchlist: Ryan, Whitfield, Daniel & Docherty.
MIDFIELD:
M1: Neale - It will be my 3rd season starting the reigning Brownlow Medallist. Also one of my 4 C options.
M2: Oliver - He seems to start off slow every year. But he always has at least that one big game every year so I don't want to miss out on it.
M3: Macrae - Started him in round 1 last year... and then traded him out. One of the worst mistakes I made. I blame the extra 5 trades and the long break between round 1 and 2 for doing this. Won't matter if there's 21 other midfielders competing with him... Macrae is all class. Is also the 2nd of my 4 captain options.
M4: Brayshaw - This is one pick I'm a bit unsure of. Great role and hopefully he can improve on it. If I can find some extra funds, will try to bump him up to one of those injury prone guys in Jelly or Fyfe.
M5: Cripps - Gun priced at under 100 average? Thank you.
Watchlist: Petracca, Bont, Jelly, Fyfe & Mitchell (if fit).
RUCK:
R1: Gawn - Got too cute last year and tried to go for value in Naismith and avoided Gawn most of the year. Traded him in for a big score and then accidentally traded him out 2 rounds later which became one of my best moves of the season when he was out injured. Then traded Gawn back in towards the end of the season. Wasted 3 trades in the ruck, so not gonna mess around in this line. I've learnt my lesson and set and forget Grawndy combo it is.
R2: Grundy - Had a down year but still managed to do ok. Is underpriced for what he can produce and is also the final C options in my side. (Makes a better VC option for the first 3 rounds.)
Watchlist: Goldy, Nicnat & Preuss (If I like to torture myself again ).
FORWARDS:
F1: Marshall - Such a bonus to have the DPP. Ceglar was my R/F last year and was terrible. One of the worst starting picks ever. Big O was great, unlucky not to have DPP again. Hopefully Marshall plays more ruck this year.
F2: Dusty - with that grand final performance alone, deserves a spot in my side. Beast.
F3: Heeney - underpriced and can score so well even without the midfield time. Just hoping he's over the ankle injuries.
Watchlist: Danger(if fit), Dunkley, Zorko, Walters, Bolton & Ziebell.
Summary:
Think I got most of the popular rookies but obviously they'll change with the preseason games. Last season there were always 3 players who I was always deathriding and it never seemed to work, so I told myself I need to just start them so that I could enjoy the footy more. Those 3 are Lloyd, Macrae & Gawn. Mitchell & Danger were locks but just read about their injuries. Have always been sucked in to midprice madness mayhem. It might be the first year I'll try a pure G'n'R strategy should the rookies show up.
