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Beached az v1 - A pretty traditional Gn'R with Libba thrown in.
Beached az v1 - A pretty traditional Gn'R with Libba thrown in.
Really good structure. This will be an easy team to complete but I would stay away from Bennell and Greene. Bennell has sciatica that causes him problems with his calf and Toby Greene looks like he is being groomed as a run with player or defensive forward because his disposal isn't sharp enough to be a first choice midfielder.
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any help with those in brackets would be greatly appreciated , those underline are those that i currently have
rookies are just space fillers atm
150K left
shaw, kk, (macmillian vs simpson vs b smith), yeo, clem smith, brown, hartley, collins
danger, ablett, JPK, rocky, libba, gresham, morabitto, polkinghorne, cunningham, keys, maithenson
martin, lobbe, cox
lids, martin, barlow, merrett, kerridge, cockatoo, petracca, sumner
thanks
rookies are just space fillers atm
150K left
shaw, kk, (macmillian vs simpson vs b smith), yeo, clem smith, brown, hartley, collins
danger, ablett, JPK, rocky, libba, gresham, morabitto, polkinghorne, cunningham, keys, maithenson
martin, lobbe, cox
lids, martin, barlow, merrett, kerridge, cockatoo, petracca, sumner
thanks
D: Shaw, Simpson, Laird, M Brown, K Collins, S Collins (M Brown, M Hartley)
M: Fyfe, Pendles, Danger, Ablett, Rockliff, Libba, Parish, Sumner (Freeman, Keays, Balic)
R: Sandilands, NicNat (King)
F: Dusty, Dahl, Barlow, Kerridge, Petracca, Ahern (Pickett, Kommer)
What do you reckon? Changed a few players around. I like it
M: Fyfe, Pendles, Danger, Ablett, Rockliff, Libba, Parish, Sumner (Freeman, Keays, Balic)
R: Sandilands, NicNat (King)
F: Dusty, Dahl, Barlow, Kerridge, Petracca, Ahern (Pickett, Kommer)
What do you reckon? Changed a few players around. I like it
I've been struggling to find a premium to replace McVeigh (including on the other lines) and I seem to be a top mid (Danger/Fyfe type) short of many sides. I can't quite address both issues in one change given my cash position.
Looking through my side, it appears the issue is Libba and Crouch, or Crouch more specifically. If I sacrifice him, I give up a good stepping stone, but can get another premium keeper in.
Just an observation, but going through these pages, it seems like most of the coaches with a record of very high rankings may have already reached this conclusion.
Edit: thanks Thanh, Aneil, this came in part out of your comments following my earlier question on Libba/JOM/Crouch.
Looking through my side, it appears the issue is Libba and Crouch, or Crouch more specifically. If I sacrifice him, I give up a good stepping stone, but can get another premium keeper in.
Just an observation, but going through these pages, it seems like most of the coaches with a record of very high rankings may have already reached this conclusion.
Edit: thanks Thanh, Aneil, this came in part out of your comments following my earlier question on Libba/JOM/Crouch.
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Good to see more familiar names back on the SCS website, must means SC season is just around the corner! 
I like where you're going with that team, a potential 4-5-2-4 Keepers structure is a pretty solid platform to build your season around. First team I've seen with none of Libba/BCrouch/JOM, you and I could be genius.
Nothing to fault at this stage and you have a few unique picks in there to keep things interesting. Just be aware that both your rucks are in for a 'tougher' than expected opening according to the fixture rating.
Well done and all the very best for the season ahead mate.
I like where you're going with that team, a potential 4-5-2-4 Keepers structure is a pretty solid platform to build your season around. First team I've seen with none of Libba/BCrouch/JOM, you and I could be genius.
Nothing to fault at this stage and you have a few unique picks in there to keep things interesting. Just be aware that both your rucks are in for a 'tougher' than expected opening according to the fixture rating.
Well done and all the very best for the season ahead mate.
Your comments around selecting the players you see as the top scorers across each line for the year and working back from there has probably influenced my structure somewhat. Wanting to keep it simple and avoid the mid-pricers, though I do see the merit in why people are starting with them. In regard to rucks, I don't think I've convinced myself completely that I can go through the year without Goldy...so things might change there.
Cheers for the feedback, all the best for the year
Thoughts,
Bcks: KK, Bartel, Yeo, Smith, Hartley.M, Collins.K (Brown.M, Bonner.R)
Mids: Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Ablett, Kennedy, Rockliff, Liberatore, Gresham.J, Kerridge.S (Keays.B, Mathieson.R, Smith.J)
Rcks: Gawn.M, Lobbe.M (Loersch.C)
Fwds: Martin, Dahlhaus, Wingard, Barlow, Kommer.N, Petracca.C (Pickett.J, Adams.M)
Bcks: KK, Bartel, Yeo, Smith, Hartley.M, Collins.K (Brown.M, Bonner.R)
Mids: Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Ablett, Kennedy, Rockliff, Liberatore, Gresham.J, Kerridge.S (Keays.B, Mathieson.R, Smith.J)
Rcks: Gawn.M, Lobbe.M (Loersch.C)
Fwds: Martin, Dahlhaus, Wingard, Barlow, Kommer.N, Petracca.C (Pickett.J, Adams.M)
Your side looks pretty good to me Eagling. In terms of specific comments:
- Your defs are potentially your most risky line. I initially liked Yeo a lot, but cooled on him because (on my calcs) he only averaged low 90s when he played mid, and the Eagles have brought in Redden. See Rowsus' write-up of both Redden and Yeo for why this might be an issue. I also struggle a lot with Rich. He's seven seasons in, and he has a best season of 91 and a second best of 86. I'd rather back someone like KK (who I don't have) to continue to improve than Rich to rise to an acceptable level in his eighth season. If I had to downgrade one player to raise cash, it would be Rich, then Yeo.
- Your mids look fantastic. Not much to say here assuming they're all fit. Fyfe is probably the main one to watch on that front.
- Your rucks are interesting. I have Lobbe, in part because I don't like the vast bulk of the rucks, so I imagine you're thinking similarly given you've gone with him and Blicavs Blitz is an interesting one - I think it's worth reading the comments on the Questions for Rowsus page about him. I would tend to agree with Rowsus' sentiment that it's hard to see where he improves. Arguably he has more competition this year in both the ruck and the mids at Geelong, and they're the two areas you want him spending time from an SC scoring perspective. NicNat is the option I've gone with, and he's a very similar price if you elect to look at other alternatives. On Wyatt, it's a minor thing, but my understanding is that M King from Melbourne (there are actually two of them!) is better for loopholing.
- Martin and Barlow both look like good picks to me. Zorko would be in the same camp if not for Rocky/Beams presumably playing more games this year and taking a few points off him. I think he's slightly overpriced as a result, but he is a pretty consistent high scorer, and durable, so if one of the other Brisbane mids goes down, Zorko would be pretty high in my list. [That hasn't happened just yet, although unfortunately with Beams it is probably largely a matter of time.]. Boomer, Tippett and Buddy (for a risky pick) would be the alternatives to Zorko that I'd look at, and they are all cheaper. On Merrett, he's not the type of pick I like, but I get the argument, and he could end up being a good contributor at his price.
- One other thing I noticed is that it looks like you've spent nearly your full complement of cash, and you don't have any expensive rookies. If a $200k bolter pops up, it's not clear to me how you would get him in at this stage. I think it's probably better to put one in as a placeholder for now, or have some extra cash in the bank, so you don't end up missing a really good rookie prospect, or having to do additional trades to get one in. It can also be messy trying to restructure things just before round one lockout to raise cash, although few of us seem to have trouble spending any spare cash that turns up An easy way to address this would be to downgrade someone who doesn't look like being a solid keeper on their line. Rich would be an obvious choice given my view on him, but essentially the one you're least keen on would be my suggestion.
As I said, your side looks pretty good to me, so a lot of this is more refinement around the edges, rather than major changes. Good luck.
- Your defs are potentially your most risky line. I initially liked Yeo a lot, but cooled on him because (on my calcs) he only averaged low 90s when he played mid, and the Eagles have brought in Redden. See Rowsus' write-up of both Redden and Yeo for why this might be an issue. I also struggle a lot with Rich. He's seven seasons in, and he has a best season of 91 and a second best of 86. I'd rather back someone like KK (who I don't have) to continue to improve than Rich to rise to an acceptable level in his eighth season. If I had to downgrade one player to raise cash, it would be Rich, then Yeo.
- Your mids look fantastic. Not much to say here assuming they're all fit. Fyfe is probably the main one to watch on that front.
- Your rucks are interesting. I have Lobbe, in part because I don't like the vast bulk of the rucks, so I imagine you're thinking similarly given you've gone with him and Blicavs
Blitz is an interesting one - I think it's worth reading the comments on the Questions for Rowsus page about him. I would tend to agree with Rowsus' sentiment that it's hard to see where he improves. Arguably he has more competition this year in both the ruck and the mids at Geelong, and they're the two areas you want him spending time from an SC scoring perspective. NicNat is the option I've gone with, and he's a very similar price if you elect to look at other alternatives. On Wyatt, it's a minor thing, but my understanding is that M King from Melbourne (there are actually two of them!) is better for loopholing.- Martin and Barlow both look like good picks to me. Zorko would be in the same camp if not for Rocky/Beams presumably playing more games this year and taking a few points off him. I think he's slightly overpriced as a result, but he is a pretty consistent high scorer, and durable, so if one of the other Brisbane mids goes down, Zorko would be pretty high in my list. [That hasn't happened just yet, although unfortunately with Beams it is probably largely a matter of time.]. Boomer, Tippett and Buddy (for a risky pick) would be the alternatives to Zorko that I'd look at, and they are all cheaper. On Merrett, he's not the type of pick I like, but I get the argument, and he could end up being a good contributor at his price.
- One other thing I noticed is that it looks like you've spent nearly your full complement of cash, and you don't have any expensive rookies. If a $200k bolter pops up, it's not clear to me how you would get him in at this stage. I think it's probably better to put one in as a placeholder for now, or have some extra cash in the bank, so you don't end up missing a really good rookie prospect, or having to do additional trades to get one in. It can also be messy trying to restructure things just before round one lockout to raise cash, although few of us seem to have trouble spending any spare cash that turns up
An easy way to address this would be to downgrade someone who doesn't look like being a solid keeper on their line. Rich would be an obvious choice given my view on him, but essentially the one you're least keen on would be my suggestion.As I said, your side looks pretty good to me, so a lot of this is more refinement around the edges, rather than major changes. Good luck.
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