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I think you may be kind of missing the point with Liberatore and how he performed on the weekend. Sure he only had 16 possessions but that was the equal 3rd most for the Bulldogs. It was a NAB game and his first game back from missing a season, he can only get better. If you go back to his "keeper/premium" season of 2014, he actually had 10+ tackles in 7 games and he averaged 7.8 tackles for the year. In the season proper he doesn't need to average like a premium to be a good pick. He's priced at about 66, so anything above 90 will be good enough to get some solid points as well as making cash for an upgrade. I'm hopeful he will average 95+ and at 350k it's an absolute steal.
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It's not really top 10 that we will all end up with though. There will most likely be three or four in the top 10 and then a further three or four in the top 20 and maybe even one outside of the top 20.
The question we need to be asking ourselves is will player x average enough to be a keeper for a particular position and what would be the bare minimum.
For me I would be happy to pick players like Williams, Sheridan or Lonergan if I thought they could average 90+ which is what I deem reasonable for defenders.
The question we need to be asking ourselves is will player x average enough to be a keeper for a particular position and what would be the bare minimum.
For me I would be happy to pick players like Williams, Sheridan or Lonergan if I thought they could average 90+ which is what I deem reasonable for defenders.
I haven't posted my current team in a while, so here it is... Let me have it.
DEF: Langdon is only 21, in just 1% of teams, averaged 85 in his first full season and i'm hoping he has a few points of improvement this year. The rest of the defence speaks for itself.
MID: I've gone with Priddis because i want a solid/safe pick to play all 22 games and should average 110-115. He's only in 9% of teams, i'm hoping he is a solid POD. The rest of the midfield speaks for itself.
RUCK: I have had Tippett instead of Nic Nat at times. Tippett would be used in the ruck for the first 5-8 rounds and then be moved forward once i was ready to get the number 1 ruck.
FOR: Bell, much like Langdon is a POD pick. He's 24, in just 1% of teams and averaged just under 90 in his first full season. Moved home to Brisbane and from all reports he's doing really well. The biggest concern i have is he will be behind Rockliff, Beams and Zorko and vying for midfield time with Robinson, Rich, Bastinac, Christensen, Taylor etc.
POD's: I'm not 100% confident (about 90%) in either Langdon and Bell, but i'm happier with them rather than the more common Rich, Yeo, Smith, Malceski or Stringer, Merrett, De Goey, Greene types.
POSSIBLE CHANGES: If i chicken out of the POD's in Langdon and Bell, i would probably go Langdon > Houli and Bell > Zorko.
ROOKIES: Will change as we go through NAB 3 and as round 1 gets closer. At the moment i don't really have much confidence in the 200k+ rookies in Parish, Mills, Weitering. If one or two look to be "must haves" for round one then i'll figure out a way to get them in. Probably Nic Nat > Tippett to free up 80k.
BANK: 112k.
DEF: Langdon is only 21, in just 1% of teams, averaged 85 in his first full season and i'm hoping he has a few points of improvement this year. The rest of the defence speaks for itself.
MID: I've gone with Priddis because i want a solid/safe pick to play all 22 games and should average 110-115. He's only in 9% of teams, i'm hoping he is a solid POD. The rest of the midfield speaks for itself.
RUCK: I have had Tippett instead of Nic Nat at times. Tippett would be used in the ruck for the first 5-8 rounds and then be moved forward once i was ready to get the number 1 ruck.
FOR: Bell, much like Langdon is a POD pick. He's 24, in just 1% of teams and averaged just under 90 in his first full season. Moved home to Brisbane and from all reports he's doing really well. The biggest concern i have is he will be behind Rockliff, Beams and Zorko and vying for midfield time with Robinson, Rich, Bastinac, Christensen, Taylor etc.
POD's: I'm not 100% confident (about 90%) in either Langdon and Bell, but i'm happier with them rather than the more common Rich, Yeo, Smith, Malceski or Stringer, Merrett, De Goey, Greene types.
POSSIBLE CHANGES: If i chicken out of the POD's in Langdon and Bell, i would probably go Langdon > Houli and Bell > Zorko.
ROOKIES: Will change as we go through NAB 3 and as round 1 gets closer. At the moment i don't really have much confidence in the 200k+ rookies in Parish, Mills, Weitering. If one or two look to be "must haves" for round one then i'll figure out a way to get them in. Probably Nic Nat > Tippett to free up 80k.
BANK: 112k.
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Hi Shaahorn,
I think your defensive line is to over priced which is leaving you lacking in the midfield (one of houli or laird down to a rich,smith,sheridan type). Or in retrospectively you could go buddy down to a rookie and one of mills,parish,ellis up to a prem in the guts.
I believe its what your team needs after all the middle is where most of the points are scored. Or get Libba and crouch for a bit deeper mid line libba should go about 100 and crouch prob similar possibly a tad less
I think your defensive line is to over priced which is leaving you lacking in the midfield (one of houli or laird down to a rich,smith,sheridan type). Or in retrospectively you could go buddy down to a rookie and one of mills,parish,ellis up to a prem in the guts.
I believe its what your team needs after all the middle is where most of the points are scored. Or get Libba and crouch for a bit deeper mid line libba should go about 100 and crouch prob similar possibly a tad less
Interestingly THCLT just put up a thread listing the top scoring players on each line in 2015, and the very first thing I noticed was I'd only ever had 1 of the 6 defenders listed. So i guess this certainly supports your argument Ben.
Although I wouldn't encourage anyone to start with all 3 defenders mentioned. Take a punt on 1 for sure, 2s getting risky , but all 3 ????
Although I wouldn't encourage anyone to start with all 3 defenders mentioned. Take a punt on 1 for sure, 2s getting risky , but all 3 ????
Good solid side mate, not sure on Langdon and Bell but youve done your research so hard to fault. Love the Priddis pick, would be in my team if not for the underpriced super premiums. If the 200k rookies look to be must have, id find another way to get the cash not a fan of Tippet at all. His game count for the last 5 years is less then impressive (Avg 15). The idea of ruck coverage is appealing, but choosing an injury prone player to do it seems unwise to me. Priced fairly and will likely miss games.
Can't fault it mate, overs on Shaw and Goldy but hand in hand with the security that comes with them. Think Dahl is a tad overpriced too, No Crameri and with Libba back it has to affect his scoring.
Very, very safe side with Sheridan the only real risk. If anything goes wrong early, you'll be in the same position as 60+ percent of other coaches.
Very, very safe side with Sheridan the only real risk. If anything goes wrong early, you'll be in the same position as 60+ percent of other coaches.
Re: How many of those players do you expect to be Top 10 for their positions?
Players will be in & out of our team through the course of the SC season.
Those which ends up in our final completed team once the 30 trades are exhausted, their ranking by position is NOT mutually exclusive to our SC team overall ranking.
The question, 'Did we have player x during their highs or lows', will be the critical driver for our overall ranking aspiration.
Players will be in & out of our team through the course of the SC season.
Those which ends up in our final completed team once the 30 trades are exhausted, their ranking by position is NOT mutually exclusive to our SC team overall ranking.
The question, 'Did we have player x during their highs or lows', will be the critical driver for our overall ranking aspiration.
Very nice team! Very solid defence, and I personally like the Sheridan pick.
Strong midfielders there, but be mindful that many teams (probably the majority) are starting with 5 + Libba. If you are comfortable with 4 plus Libba though, your team is quite well balanced as it stands.
Rucks perfect.
Nice forward line.
Strong midfielders there, but be mindful that many teams (probably the majority) are starting with 5 + Libba. If you are comfortable with 4 plus Libba though, your team is quite well balanced as it stands.
Rucks perfect.
Nice forward line.
Excellent point mate, players end of season averages are only relevant if you carry them for the entire season. Rance is a good example last season, on the surface a 97 average is really good for a defender, but if youd traded him in in round 13 (404k averaging 93.6) he pulled 104.9 for the remainder of the season. So for those that picked him round one he was decent, but for those that got him round 13 he was exceptional. We need to delve somewhat deeper to find the true value of our players/trade ins. Sometimes hard to not get caught up on "face value". This was easily the steepest learning curve for me when i started supercoach.