Discussion 2022: Rate My Team
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I find this time of the SC year one of the most dangerous. After having a rough team and making some adjustments via scratch matches to come down to a reasonable formalised team with some planned structure suddenly there is this 7-10 day period where all kinds of suggestions and left field selections get tossed up and you start making changes you never intended.
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Yeah exactly this. It's really easy to doubt yourself now and buy in to other peoples thoughts. It's a time to validate those decision you made early against pre-season expectations and either back them in or if you've seen something that scares you move on. A time to concentrate on rookies and to build teams around them. There are players that always cruise through pre-season and I always remember that Goldstein was one of these, we always doubted him and he always came out and smashed it.
Sometimes there's too much information & discussion around this time which is more self-validation and it is hard to steer away from group-think.
Sometimes there's too much information & discussion around this time which is more self-validation and it is hard to steer away from group-think.
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When you say lowered cash generation from expensive rookies what do you mean? IF one averages 80 and gets to $350-$400k (if) then is that not good? That’s not hard to get to $600k from there. No harder than the $250k def or forward rookie up to $450k the typical “fallen premium” price forward or back,
I mean Cripps and Rowell cost the same or less than the top 4 premium mids and a rookie. Point stands that it's realistically 2 of the 3, or equivalent elsewhere, and those 2 vs the 3 and a cheap rookie. If you want to spend your 700k on Gawn then do that instead but for simplicity of comparison it's easier to keep the two constants and only change the moving pieces.
Doing things in isolation and removing variables lets you actually do the "x vs y" and see if that idea is worth continuing on with. a, b, c and d are just noise that distracts from the variables that you started with.
It is a valid point to mention that elevating a base price rookie up to Rowell is likely going to push a Ward/Stephens out of the starting line up, so you should use whatever your projection for them is, I used 65 there because that's upper end of my ballpark, your usage may vary, as the replacement value (you weren't fielding the 123k guy after all).
FWIW, I've currently got Stephens at M11 in my side, although technically I'd say Rachele is the M11 if I was ranking them on expected scoring.
Doing things in isolation and removing variables lets you actually do the "x vs y" and see if that idea is worth continuing on with. a, b, c and d are just noise that distracts from the variables that you started with.
It is a valid point to mention that elevating a base price rookie up to Rowell is likely going to push a Ward/Stephens out of the starting line up, so you should use whatever your projection for them is, I used 65 there because that's upper end of my ballpark, your usage may vary, as the replacement value (you weren't fielding the 123k guy after all).
FWIW, I've currently got Stephens at M11 in my side, although technically I'd say Rachele is the M11 if I was ranking them on expected scoring.
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Feels like a fair bit of this going on. Whether that is a bi-product of the limited rookies to choose from (at this point in time) or just general group think, I don't know.
I told myself i'd play a pretty straight bat with my starting team this year....but I am almost compelled to select a couple of left of field players....just for a bit of variety which is an approach I usually take....and usually at the detriment to my season!
I told myself i'd play a pretty straight bat with my starting team this year....but I am almost compelled to select a couple of left of field players....just for a bit of variety which is an approach I usually take....and usually at the detriment to my season!
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Here's my final side as I'm rolling with it atm.
This version allows me to pick the rookies I think are worthwhile, save on the ones I don't and spend the money elsewhere. I don't really want to pay up for Rachelle who I'm hesitant to pick as a high half-forward in a bottom 6 side and I don't want to pay for Gibcus either, as a KPD whose junior numbers were quite average. It's risky picking expensive rookies and I don't want to buy 9 of them (which increases the risks of failure), 7 will do. Playing 5 at the back leaves me less vulnerable to the possibility that Hinge or Mccartin get injured as both are injury risks (and I have a weak bench), and allows the flexbility to play McCartin forward and back
Obviously there are still questions at D8, M10-11 and F8 but I think it's likely that options will be available at those spots. O'Driscoll is just a placeholder for now whereas the rest seem likely for R1. Dixon is a loophole.
I'm gambling that Ryder is back by round 3 and Marshall gets DPP after round 6 and will be swung forward when I upgrade one of Gov, Brodie or Xerri to Gawn/Darcy.
If you're banking on Marshall getting DPP because Ryder is back early, then what are you doing with Jack Hayes? Do you just accept that he becomes a donut for most of the season (possibly with Dixon)?
Not a lot of cover there
Not a lot of cover there