Opinion Player X vs Player Y

[Ben's Beasts]

This one is probably a NAB "wait and see" but Bird or Luey as F4/F5, both with risk but also potential upside???

Or if neither, who you thinking is a good replacement around those prices, give or take $40k.

Bird for me. Should play as a pure mid and rack up the touches. Could average enough to be a fwd keeper.

Leuey is just so injury prone and I don't think he will average enough to be a keeper. Most will be picking him for ruck coverage but it will be pretty hard to utilise him when he struggles to stay on the park. His ongoing achilles issue is enough for me to draw a line through his name.

 

[Goodie's Guns]

Deledio vs. Montagna ???

 

[Ben's Beasts]

Deledio vs. Montagna ???

I think they will average around the same but Montagna is more likely to play 22 games so I would go for him and target Deledio as an upgrade perhaps after he misses a game or two (if he misses any at all).

 

[Goodie's Guns]

I think they will average around the same but Montagna is more likely to play 22 games so I would go for him and target Deledio as an upgrade perhaps after he misses a game or two (if he misses any at all).

Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking atm. Have Montagna in and Deledio as an upgrade target.
Do you think Montagna is worth starting with in that he is $600K?
My current FWD line is Montagna, Martin, Dahlhaus, Merret, obviously could change and probably will change.
I was starting to like (and be tempted again by Bennell) but his injury concerns have meant I will definitely steer clear.
I could possibly change one of Montagna or Dahlhaus (have Dusty locked) to Barlow perhaps (if NAB form is strong) and free up a little more coin.

 

[Ben's Beasts]

Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking atm. Have Montagna in and Deledio as an upgrade target.
Do you think Montagna is worth starting with in that he is $600K?
My current FWD line is Montagna, Martin, Dahlhaus, Merret, obviously could change and probably will change.
I was starting to like (and be tempted again by Bennell) but his injury concerns have meant I will definitely steer clear.
I could possibly change one of Montagna or Dahlhaus (have Dusty locked) to Barlow perhaps (if NAB form is strong) and free up a little more coin.

Personally I prefer Montagna as an upgrade target due to his expensive starting price.

I like all your other fwd selections. I'm not keen on Bennell because of his ongoing injury concerns and his tendency to miss games every year. I prefer Barlow.

 

[Bontempele]

Deledio vs. Montagna ???

Deledio every day of the week. He will definately average 105+, while Montagna has averaged under 100 twice in the last 4 years, so could easily be a massive bust.

 

[Goodie's Guns]

Personally I prefer Montagna as an upgrade target due to his expensive starting price.

I like all your other fwd selections. I'm not keen on Bennell because of his ongoing injury concerns and his tendency to miss games every year. I prefer Barlow.

Cheers mate, yeah agreed, was on the Bennell rollercoaster last year, when he played he was a jet, but unfortunately too many injuries and troubles for me to pick again this year from the start.

By going Montanga to Barlow frees up near on $100k which could be used elsewhere to great effect I'm sure, will look into it after having considered each players (and numerous others) preseason form.

 

[THCLT]

Just having another play with my RUCK set up...

Nicholls, Boyd, McVeigh & Tmithell

versus

Martin, McGovern, Smith & Pendles

 

[benderiffic]

Shaw v Boyd???

 

[Goodie's Guns]

Just having another play with my RUCK set up...

Nicholls, Boyd, McVeigh & Tmithell

versus

Martin, McGovern, Smith & Pendles

For me, option 2. But instead of McGovern someone else.
If you have the coin, maybe Yeo, if not, then maybe Rosa (preseason pending).

 

[THCLT]

For me, option 2. But instead of McGovern someone else.
If you have the coin, maybe Yeo, if not, then maybe Rosa (preseason pending).

I have the coin but don't want to spend it...LOL!

 

[THCLT]

Shaw v Boyd???

Shaw should average more than Boyd and they are equally likely to miss games throughout the season.

So if you can't put that 40K odd to improve your team elsewhere, I would go Shaw.

 

[Jurn Stern]

Crouch and Lobbe versus M8 Rookie and S.Martin

 

[Jurn Stern]

Shaw should average more than Boyd and they are equally likely to miss games throughout the season.

So if you can't put that 40K odd to improve your team elsewhere, I would go Shaw.

I disagree with this, as Boyd has outscored Shaw in 7 of the past 8 seasons, whilst playing more games than him in 6 of the past 8 seasons. Given, he is older and aging, and in the last 3 seasons his game count has dropped, but he should average 100 and come out the blocks firing, whereas I see Shaw being a good buy come round 8. Take Boyd + 40k

 

[THCLT]

Crouch and Lobbe versus M8 Rookie and S.Martin

If this is for R1 then I'd take the later, if it is for R2, I'd take Lobbe and Crouch (provided he's ready to go)

 

[BigRuss]

Wines Vs Sloane. Having a very hard time splitting them.

 

[GrainFedBeef]

Sloane is a contested beast however the few times he has had attention there have been mixed results (limited data so hard to rely on it). If he plays more in the centre than the wing that should be positive. Often find the rule of not picking someone who could receive attention (because someone has left) as a smart one.

Wines last year only showed slight improvement from 100 to 103 before being injured. However, Rowsus analysis showing he ave 124 in their few wins when he played out the game is a positive. small sample size but would be the player I would look at out of the two if Port look better in NAB cup (although this is a post leading indicator).

 

[Darkie]

Wines Vs Sloane. Having a very hard time splitting them.

Sloane is a contested beast however the few times he has had attention there have been mixed results (limited data so hard to rely on it). If he plays more in the centre than the wing that should be positive. Often find the rule of not picking someone who could receive attention (because someone has left) as a smart one.

Wines last year only showed slight improvement from 100 to 103 before being injured. However, Rowsus analysis showing he ave 124 in their few wins when he played out the game is a positive. small sample size but would be the player I would look at out of the two if Port look better in NAB cup (although this is a post leading indicator).

I have neither at the moment, but if Selwood doesn't come up, I would likely bring in Sloane. He's far from a perfect pick given his tough early draw and some uncertainty around how he will go this year without Danger, but he is proven, and Wines is not at this stage. He also had amongst the very highest SC/TOG in the comp last year, so I think he has clear potential to score at elite levels when fit, especially given his high TOG in 2014.

 

[craig freer]

Wines Vs Sloane. Having a very hard time splitting them.

Wines for me. Sloan will cop the tag and tough draw.

 

[GrainFedBeef]

I have neither at the moment, but if Selwood doesn't come up, I would likely bring in Sloane. He's far from a perfect pick given his tough early draw and some uncertainty around how he will go this year without Danger, but he is proven, and Wines is not at this stage. He also had amongst the very highest SC/TOG in the comp last year, so I think he has clear potential to score at elite levels when fit, especially given his high TOG in 2014.

Wines for me. Sloan will cop the tag and tough draw.

Both are high SC/TOG and both had lower than normal TOG than many top tier players.

Sloane had more injured games than I previously realised. revisited Rowsus analysis and whilst I think we could be technically harder on Sloane and include a couple of games where he played full games (but was restricted post coming back from injury), there is upside in an Adj Sloane SC score last year. Against this is draw and increased attention.

Wines adjusted scores show a clear bias to wins although sample size small. Upside in TOG, although, you don't get called quadzilla and be an elite endurance athlete! He did slim down last year but he is unproven that he can lift his TOG by 5%. There is the potential for Port to win more games this year although this is not certain.

After looking closer, Sloane does have the edge although will be nervous given the attention he may receive.