Discussion 2022: Rate My Team
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Done a 180 on the side on the side I had yesterday, read that Ryder might be playing from round 1, so it's probably a better idea to just get Marshall as a DPP if possible after round 6, rather than start him over Gawn. Need to make the decision early, rather than wait because Gawn plays tomorrow. To do this I'm gonna go Ridley > Hinge and McGovern > Heeney. Side is a lot safer, maybe safer than I usually go, but it's hard not to go safe and basic this year with the lack of rookie options. If I need cash to go Kelly > Jones, which I'll happily do if he's named, I'd go Lloyd > Ridley. If Cooper Stephens isn't named I'll go Hough, if Will Kelly isn't named and nobody else is I'll go O'Driscoll as an early loophole (not keen on Gibcus). Still quite worried about Hinge's shoulder but I'll take the gamble on his scoring potential. SDK, MacDonald and Durdin all seem highly, highly likely.
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Hey man. Not sure that you've really reduced your risk so much.
You're still rocking Whitfield, Rowell, Dunkley, Cogs and McGovern, all of whom have missed decent chunks of multiple seasons to injury in the last few years. You've got Sicily coming back off an ACL and Butters with his bung shoulders and careless attack on the contest while there are role/JS queries on Xerri, Brodie and you might even say Berry, depending on how much time Zorko and Rayner spend back in the middle once the fun starts. Of the back rookies, well they are all KPDs, if I'm right and that's SC poison. Gibcus has JS queries and isn't likely to go much over 50PPG when he plays, SDK plays under Chris Scott and probably won't score well in the 2 games he's picked as anything other than a sub and we're expected to trust that Paddy McCartin won't suffer another concussion when the blood rushes to his head as he ties his boots. Soligo is 50/50 at best, MacDonald is also touch and go for getting picked (both are 117k and you say that money is tight), Hayes is behind Ryder and Marshall in the ruck and behind Ryder, Marshall, King and Membrey up forward. Durdin is an injured small forward and Martin is about 4th in line for a wing spot.
But other than that, it's golden
Aaaahhhh Supercoach..... Remind me why we do this again?
You're still rocking Whitfield, Rowell, Dunkley, Cogs and McGovern, all of whom have missed decent chunks of multiple seasons to injury in the last few years. You've got Sicily coming back off an ACL and Butters with his bung shoulders and careless attack on the contest while there are role/JS queries on Xerri, Brodie and you might even say Berry, depending on how much time Zorko and Rayner spend back in the middle once the fun starts. Of the back rookies, well they are all KPDs, if I'm right and that's SC poison. Gibcus has JS queries and isn't likely to go much over 50PPG when he plays, SDK plays under Chris Scott and probably won't score well in the 2 games he's picked as anything other than a sub and we're expected to trust that Paddy McCartin won't suffer another concussion when the blood rushes to his head as he ties his boots. Soligo is 50/50 at best, MacDonald is also touch and go for getting picked (both are 117k and you say that money is tight), Hayes is behind Ryder and Marshall in the ruck and behind Ryder, Marshall, King and Membrey up forward. Durdin is an injured small forward and Martin is about 4th in line for a wing spot.
But other than that, it's golden
Aaaahhhh Supercoach..... Remind me why we do this again?
On Durdin, Voss said calf issue was minor, he is fine for round 1, rated highly at the blues/ think he has good JS myself.
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Solid team, heaps to like. Personally I'd prefer another uber premium to partner Macrae, but you seem bullish on Trac, and allows you to get Lloyd.
I'd love Will Kelly to play, however if he and O'Driscoll don't play (likely) I'm tempted to also take the zero in as a loophole.
Hough should play and is cheaper than Stephens if you need to scrape cash from anywhere.
Rachelle $184k on bench is a lot but these are different times we are living in!
I'd love Will Kelly to play, however if he and O'Driscoll don't play (likely) I'm tempted to also take the zero in as a loophole.
Hough should play and is cheaper than Stephens if you need to scrape cash from anywhere.
Rachelle $184k on bench is a lot but these are different times we are living in!
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Cannot believe the season starts tomorrow, where did the pre season go?
Started with an auto fill team for the first time and have had to do a total restructure to fit in Macrae (biggest change using Lloyds cash) but if I had started with a clean slate he would have been third man in behind Grundy and Gawn.
Here we go fwiw
Rich, Dawson, Whitfield, McCartin, Kelly, O'Driscoll, (Sinn, De Koning)
Macrae, Mitchell, Neale, Cripps, Caldwell, JHF, Daicos, Ward, (Stephens, Hollands, MacDonald)
Gawn, Grundy, (Dixon)
Dunkley, Thomas, Heeney, Butters, Coniglio, Curnow, (Rachele, Hayes)
Dawson is placeholding and if not named becomes Crisp/Short/Ridley.
Caldwell may also be a placeholder if cheap rookies don't turn up.
All rookies subject to being named.
Strangely enough looking at the team the forwards (might) be the first set and forget forward line if everything falls my way
Started with an auto fill team for the first time and have had to do a total restructure to fit in Macrae (biggest change using Lloyds cash) but if I had started with a clean slate he would have been third man in behind Grundy and Gawn.
Here we go fwiw
Rich, Dawson, Whitfield, McCartin, Kelly, O'Driscoll, (Sinn, De Koning)
Macrae, Mitchell, Neale, Cripps, Caldwell, JHF, Daicos, Ward, (Stephens, Hollands, MacDonald)
Gawn, Grundy, (Dixon)
Dunkley, Thomas, Heeney, Butters, Coniglio, Curnow, (Rachele, Hayes)
Dawson is placeholding and if not named becomes Crisp/Short/Ridley.
Caldwell may also be a placeholder if cheap rookies don't turn up.
All rookies subject to being named.
Strangely enough looking at the team the forwards (might) be the first set and forget forward line if everything falls my way
Reckon this could be it. 27.9k left
I make that 10 keepers + Hewitt, Cripps, Rowell and Cogs. A couple of them could finish up as keepers. Otherwise, they are simple 1 down 1 up upgrades to uber premos. That's gold in a 30 trade season, let alone a 35 trade season, I'll take my chances on covid with the rest.
Backs: Like most, I'm not encouraged by the rookies and wanted to get it down to 3 fighting for one spot. This setup feels like it gives me the safest cover.
If it comes to the round 7 DPP change and I've run out of upgrade spots, I can rely on Whitfield getting hurt at some stage, hopefully while he is still in profit, and Hewitt looks like the ultimate supersub later in the year. At worst, he should be better than 1 down one up to pretty much anyone. Both can rest in the midfield if required. Nice problem to have.
SDK is plonked up forward in case of a McCartin concussion
Mids: Gone hella skinny but think that I have to. Fact is that I want JHF, Daics and Ward on field as the rookies who will probably score best. I had deeper midfields that had the desired mid pricers but that left Ward and Rachele/Naish both sitting on my bench which would lose me onfield points. Knocking off my alternative M2 (Oliver) allowed me to bring in Whitfield, Rowell and have a bit more for rookies and spare cash. So effectively I've given up some scoring power for much better cover, and much better allocation of premium rookie points. It doesn't feel right to look at but M1 to M4 are all capable of going 120 in any given week and I have 4 quality captain options (Macrae, Neale, Gawn, Grundy) plus a couple more that could do in a pinch
Cripps's major concern lately has been his body but I haven't seen him moving this freely in years. He's a lock. The game may have changed a bit against him and Walsh will take some of his points, as will Cerra but c'mon.... he's fit and he's priced under 90. Surely he's got another 10ppg in him at least. At worst, he gets hurt again, plays sore and is a simple upgrade to the uber-premos after round 6. Berry and Rowell, well.... Yeah Berry was a no-brainer and Rowell is risky as but FOMO talked me into him about an hour ago.
Rucks: Gawndy. I went 3 rookie rucks last year and it felt like I was working in a phone box for the first 3 months. Horrible business. Hayes should get time early and on and off over the year. An R/F will either stand up or be created at some stage to switch him with.
Forwards: I really don't like the Heeney pick but his competition is Butters/DeGoey (same role and injury issues as Heeney) or Thomas, who I just don't know enough about. Thomas is high up on my target list for upgrades though. Word was that he should be established properly in their midfield by the end of the year.
Cash: 27.9k. I've left enough to fix a rookie, either 102 - 123k, or 123k to Durdin if he spikes early. I've got a swag of picks up in the 170 - 210k range that can be corrected to Ralphsmith if he takes off. I can only get Brodie if Xerri or JHF are busts.
I make that 10 keepers + Hewitt, Cripps, Rowell and Cogs. A couple of them could finish up as keepers. Otherwise, they are simple 1 down 1 up upgrades to uber premos. That's gold in a 30 trade season, let alone a 35 trade season, I'll take my chances on covid with the rest.
Backs: Like most, I'm not encouraged by the rookies and wanted to get it down to 3 fighting for one spot. This setup feels like it gives me the safest cover.
If it comes to the round 7 DPP change and I've run out of upgrade spots, I can rely on Whitfield getting hurt at some stage, hopefully while he is still in profit, and Hewitt looks like the ultimate supersub later in the year. At worst, he should be better than 1 down one up to pretty much anyone. Both can rest in the midfield if required. Nice problem to have.
SDK is plonked up forward in case of a McCartin concussion
Mids: Gone hella skinny but think that I have to. Fact is that I want JHF, Daics and Ward on field as the rookies who will probably score best. I had deeper midfields that had the desired mid pricers but that left Ward and Rachele/Naish both sitting on my bench which would lose me onfield points. Knocking off my alternative M2 (Oliver) allowed me to bring in Whitfield, Rowell and have a bit more for rookies and spare cash. So effectively I've given up some scoring power for much better cover, and much better allocation of premium rookie points. It doesn't feel right to look at but M1 to M4 are all capable of going 120 in any given week and I have 4 quality captain options (Macrae, Neale, Gawn, Grundy) plus a couple more that could do in a pinch
Cripps's major concern lately has been his body but I haven't seen him moving this freely in years. He's a lock. The game may have changed a bit against him and Walsh will take some of his points, as will Cerra but c'mon.... he's fit and he's priced under 90. Surely he's got another 10ppg in him at least. At worst, he gets hurt again, plays sore and is a simple upgrade to the uber-premos after round 6. Berry and Rowell, well.... Yeah Berry was a no-brainer and Rowell is risky as but FOMO talked me into him about an hour ago.
Rucks: Gawndy. I went 3 rookie rucks last year and it felt like I was working in a phone box for the first 3 months. Horrible business. Hayes should get time early and on and off over the year. An R/F will either stand up or be created at some stage to switch him with.
Forwards: I really don't like the Heeney pick but his competition is Butters/DeGoey (same role and injury issues as Heeney) or Thomas, who I just don't know enough about. Thomas is high up on my target list for upgrades though. Word was that he should be established properly in their midfield by the end of the year.
Cash: 27.9k. I've left enough to fix a rookie, either 102 - 123k, or 123k to Durdin if he spikes early. I've got a swag of picks up in the 170 - 210k range that can be corrected to Ralphsmith if he takes off. I can only get Brodie if Xerri or JHF are busts.
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Thanks very much mate.
I've looked at my side and that lack of an Oliver/Steele to go with Macrae is one risky part but I'll back it in. That was my structure the whole time until Rowell showed up, with it being Macrae, Oliver and Trac at M1-3. I might be a bit biased with Tracca or overly self assured, but every season for the last four years I've been able to pick a player who went on to have a second mini breakout in the midfield, there's no inherent reason why that would continue and I might just be getting lucky but he has the same feeling and type of indicators to me that the other four had so I'm highly inclined to pick him and he has never left my side. He went 127 in his last 11 including finals in 2021 and I think he went through another readjustment period to longer quarters in the first half of the year, the shorter quarters in 2020 really enhanced the level of his breakout and improved fitness. He did have less clangers in the second half of the year but also won more of the ball.
Hough probably has slightly better js than Stephens but I trust Stephens as a scorer a lot more than Hough. Been in the system for a couple of years and has a big body and is a high draft pick they should try to reward, Hough is a draft bolter who got up to 31 who is getting his chance mainly due to a lot of injuries, I think he'll still go alright but I think Stephens has better upside. Not that much of a difference between either. Rachelle on the bench is a bit of a waste of cash but I don't see many other options and I think his role will make his scoring highly volatile. He was a good goalscorer in juniors and that should translate well enough, but I see a patchy spike to 300k odd ahead. I was not originally keen on him as a first year high half forward in a side who is probably around 12-14, but reading up on him more he does seem quite special and like someone who can win the ball and is a clever goal scorer.
If we have an option at D8 I'll try to pick a non playing ruck at R3 - I think the loophole is necessary and I don't think the Dixon or Hayes options are gonna make much money or be must starts. There seems to be a decent chance Ryder plays in which case Hayes would be a handy loophole who could play later. Going an R/F also allows me to go for something like Rachelle > Preuss if Rachelle doesn't work and Preuss is averaging 80 after round 3.
Fingers crossed at this stage.
I've looked at my side and that lack of an Oliver/Steele to go with Macrae is one risky part but I'll back it in. That was my structure the whole time until Rowell showed up, with it being Macrae, Oliver and Trac at M1-3. I might be a bit biased with Tracca or overly self assured, but every season for the last four years I've been able to pick a player who went on to have a second mini breakout in the midfield, there's no inherent reason why that would continue and I might just be getting lucky but he has the same feeling and type of indicators to me that the other four had so I'm highly inclined to pick him and he has never left my side. He went 127 in his last 11 including finals in 2021 and I think he went through another readjustment period to longer quarters in the first half of the year, the shorter quarters in 2020 really enhanced the level of his breakout and improved fitness. He did have less clangers in the second half of the year but also won more of the ball.
Hough probably has slightly better js than Stephens but I trust Stephens as a scorer a lot more than Hough. Been in the system for a couple of years and has a big body and is a high draft pick they should try to reward, Hough is a draft bolter who got up to 31 who is getting his chance mainly due to a lot of injuries, I think he'll still go alright but I think Stephens has better upside. Not that much of a difference between either. Rachelle on the bench is a bit of a waste of cash but I don't see many other options and I think his role will make his scoring highly volatile. He was a good goalscorer in juniors and that should translate well enough, but I see a patchy spike to 300k odd ahead. I was not originally keen on him as a first year high half forward in a side who is probably around 12-14, but reading up on him more he does seem quite special and like someone who can win the ball and is a clever goal scorer.
If we have an option at D8 I'll try to pick a non playing ruck at R3 - I think the loophole is necessary and I don't think the Dixon or Hayes options are gonna make much money or be must starts. There seems to be a decent chance Ryder plays in which case Hayes would be a handy loophole who could play later. Going an R/F also allows me to go for something like Rachelle > Preuss if Rachelle doesn't work and Preuss is averaging 80 after round 3.
Fingers crossed at this stage.
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