My first thoughts (spent 10 minutes and got this together)
D: Laird, Blakely, ZWilliams, Hanley, Birchall, Logue (Burgess, Wigg)
M: Titch, Cripps, Fyfe, Dusty, Zerrett, Hanners, Walsh, Bennell (Stocker, Constable, Wagner)
R: Grundy, Longer (Bines)
F: Danger, Heeney, T.Lynch, Daniher, Setterfield, Corbett (McAdam, Kreuger)
Bank: $20k
Still to be convinced on Hanley's preseason and his soft tissue injury history but he is cheap. I like Birchall and Daniher. Greene currently unlikely but still monitoring his preseason. Think I'll only start one of Greene or Hanley.
Would love to start a Longer/Naismith/(or Preuss if Gawn gets injured.. don't shoot me Dees fans) at R2 (considering the full risk approach with two mid pricers at R1+R2 but I'm usually one to start a pricey premo like Grundy). Could ride them til R5 and get Mummy or just hold on to them full stop.
Second crack after some more thought and injury news.
D: Whitfield, Blakely, ZWilliams, TWilliamson, Logue, Quaynor (Burgess, Wigg)
M: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Dusty, Zerrett, Walsh, Bennell, Stocker (Constable, Wagner, Bewley)
R: Grundy, Kreuzer (Bines)
F: Danger, Heeney, Gray, Wingard, Setterfield, Corbett (McAdam, Kreuger)
Bank: $35k
-I still really like Cripps/Fyfe/Dusty/Zerrett forming the crux of my midfield and am now strong on Danger/Heeney/Gray as my core forwards.
-Wingard v TLynch for F4. Wingard seeming a safer starting pick after the unfortunate news re Titch likely leading to more midfield time for Wingard.
-Kreuzer seems to be having a good preseason so far so is a good placeholder for R2 as we get more info re the rucks. Goldy or Longer the other main considerations.
-Will continue to monitor the preseasons of Oliver and Blakely. Enough money between them to switch around to a combination of options like Neale/JKelly+Blakely or Sloane/MCrouch+Laird.
-Will probably need to see Birchall, Hanners and JD play some JLT games before I can consider them further. Common issue I’m finding is that if I try fit one in, I tend to try fit them all in. EG: few XYs are Laird/Hanners/JD vs Blakely/Oliver/F5 Rookie
and
Blakely/Walsh/F5 Rookie + 15k vs Birchall/Hanners/JD
More info re rookie options would also help in determining whether starting some of these injury affected mid pricers is worthwhile.
Hopefully that does me for a while.