Discussion 2025: AFL SuperCoach Discussion - OPEN
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I did just look thru my most expensive players, but Mills and Smith are worth mentioning as they are well above rookie levels
Reading through a few posts lately, and I'm not sure if some people aren't misunderstanding the Flex position.
Some posts read like some people think the Flex position replaces your 22nd/lowest score.
If so, you are looking at it all wrong. The Flex position is just an "extra" player, giving you 23 players on the field. You score your best 22 of those 23 each week. The Flex has the advantage of being a free pick position wise, and the disadvantage of having no bench cover. As it has no bench cover, it is generally best you put a player there that plays early in the Round, so you are not caught out if there are any late changes that you can't cover.
If you are playing the 3 Ruck gambit through your Flex position (hopefully with a cheap R/F at R3, to allow a Fwd bench player to cover one of your 3 Rucks if they are missing a game one week), then the best Ruck to put in your Flex position is the one of those 3 that plays first in the Round.
Some posts read like some people think the Flex position replaces your 22nd/lowest score.
If so, you are looking at it all wrong. The Flex position is just an "extra" player, giving you 23 players on the field. You score your best 22 of those 23 each week. The Flex has the advantage of being a free pick position wise, and the disadvantage of having no bench cover. As it has no bench cover, it is generally best you put a player there that plays early in the Round, so you are not caught out if there are any late changes that you can't cover.
If you are playing the 3 Ruck gambit through your Flex position (hopefully with a cheap R/F at R3, to allow a Fwd bench player to cover one of your 3 Rucks if they are missing a game one week), then the best Ruck to put in your Flex position is the one of those 3 that plays first in the Round.
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Ironically, the five mid-pricers in my team were also the first five players picked in my squad (along with Coleman & Phillipou who have since been removed)
In
Mills
Oliver
Macrae, Smith, Daniel
Under strong consideration
Short, Coleman
Day, Peatling, Cumming
Flynn
Parker
My team just looks and feels so right with a pretty traditional guns & rookies approach (and the aforementioned five mid-pricers) but it might be too hard to leave out some of those other guys if they kill their preseason games!
Looks like it should be an interesting season though with lots of different strategies, especially with the flex position!
Ironically, the five mid-pricers in my team were also the first five players picked in my squad (along with Coleman & Phillipou who have since been removed)
In
Mills
Oliver
Macrae, Smith, Daniel
Under strong consideration
Short, Coleman
Day, Peatling, Cumming
Flynn
Parker
My team just looks and feels so right with a pretty traditional guns & rookies approach (and the aforementioned five mid-pricers) but it might be too hard to leave out some of those other guys if they kill their preseason games!
Looks like it should be an interesting season though with lots of different strategies, especially with the flex position!
Well said! There has been a lot of confusion around the flex position based on some posts over the pre-preseason discussion. Given a lot of these explanations are going to be buried in threads, would it be possible to set up a new thread devoted to the flex (which can be locked to replies if needed) that gives people who haven't engaged in the new season yet a chance to get a simple but accurate explanation? Mindful that we are probably going to have a lot of incorrect posts and a lot of subsequent explanations otherwise.
Happy to set it up if that helps, but thought it's worth flagging!
Happy to set it up if that helps, but thought it's worth flagging!
It's both. Your position on risk management vs potential points gained determines whether you see it as a free hit or an insurance policy.
A lot of the to and fro on this topic hasn't been so much about what the flex is but how best to exploit it. Having unpacked it now, I tend to agree that we are splitting hairs on how best to use it. But at the level most of us are at with this game, those hairs do need splitting. 10ppg can take a digit off that final placing of yours.
A lot of the to and fro on this topic hasn't been so much about what the flex is but how best to exploit it. Having unpacked it now, I tend to agree that we are splitting hairs on how best to use it. But at the level most of us are at with this game, those hairs do need splitting. 10ppg can take a digit off that final placing of yours.
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