Hi Drew - a few thoughts from me below. Probably the key thing is that I think your mids are a bit too heavy, and your forwards and defs quite risky as a result.
- Your defs have two seasons at keeper level between them. Guys like Bartel, McVeigh and Simpson have comfortably more than that by themselves - I'd try to get one or more of those types in, especially if you want to make the odd risky pick elsewhere. Personally I'd get rid of Rich first - he's played seven seasons, but none of them have reached keeper level. I've owned him in the past, and I'm just not sure he's as good a (SC) player as he looks like he should be.
- I have personally wondered whether Laird, Smith and Seedsman can all score well in the same team. You should know best - do you think they can, or is this something of a hedge?
- Personally, I'm always wary of picking players from Collingwood (I'm a Pies fan) and you do have quite a few Crows. You may well have better insight into them, but I'd just suggest holding them to a higher standard to ensure their merits warrant selection.
- Your mids look fantastic, but I think your side would be better served if you took some cash from there and reinvested it. I'd simply cut one of your premium mids. Personally, I'd be picking out of Hannebery (not very proven), Sloane (tag uncertainty, tough draw, possibly better upgrade target) and Mitchell (not proven, and the coach presumably still dislikes him!
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- I see you don't have Ablett, so I'd look to get him in. I appreciate that he's had injuries, but he's also the best SC scorer in the comp, and he's very cheap. Last year he averaged around 134 when not injured. At a minimum, you could flick Beams for him - Beams misses about one game in three (literally), so in my view his value to our sides is massively eroded, because his position in the team will be filled by M9 or M10 a handful of times a season, dragging down his PIT average substantially.
- Your rucks look great, so long as you're okay with the Crows' early draw and Sauce's FTB tendencies. I'm guessing you're all over this as an Adelaide fan. Jacobs is ultra durable, and I like NicNat for a bit of upside, while still being pretty solid. Nice work.
- Your forwards look quite light as well. Dusty is very solid, but Merrett is a speculative pick, and Leuey is currently injured as I understand it, while West appears no certainty to be best 22 based on more informed commentary than I could offer. If you want an R-F, I quite like Tippett, who could easily outscore his 2015 average if he gets more ruck time (see Rowsus' write up), and even if he doesn't, he should contribute at least an extra 5ppg, maybe more, in ruck cover value over the year - which would get him to mid 90s or above, and at a sub 90 price. Boomer would be another cheapish option as a potential keeper, and I personally like Wells if you don't mind a risky pick with a lot of upside. He's really just over rookie price, so the downside is somewhat reduced, and the Roos have the best draw in the comp early on, and have tweaked their training to perform better early in the season ... sounds good for a stepping stone pick to me
Good luck!
- Your defs have two seasons at keeper level between them. Guys like Bartel, McVeigh and Simpson have comfortably more than that by themselves - I'd try to get one or more of those types in, especially if you want to make the odd risky pick elsewhere. Personally I'd get rid of Rich first - he's played seven seasons, but none of them have reached keeper level. I've owned him in the past, and I'm just not sure he's as good a (SC) player as he looks like he should be.
- I have personally wondered whether Laird, Smith and Seedsman can all score well in the same team. You should know best - do you think they can, or is this something of a hedge?
- Personally, I'm always wary of picking players from Collingwood (I'm a Pies fan) and you do have quite a few Crows. You may well have better insight into them, but I'd just suggest holding them to a higher standard to ensure their merits warrant selection.
- Your mids look fantastic, but I think your side would be better served if you took some cash from there and reinvested it. I'd simply cut one of your premium mids. Personally, I'd be picking out of Hannebery (not very proven), Sloane (tag uncertainty, tough draw, possibly better upgrade target) and Mitchell (not proven, and the coach presumably still dislikes him!
).- I see you don't have Ablett, so I'd look to get him in. I appreciate that he's had injuries, but he's also the best SC scorer in the comp, and he's very cheap. Last year he averaged around 134 when not injured. At a minimum, you could flick Beams for him - Beams misses about one game in three (literally), so in my view his value to our sides is massively eroded, because his position in the team will be filled by M9 or M10 a handful of times a season, dragging down his PIT average substantially.
- Your rucks look great, so long as you're okay with the Crows' early draw and Sauce's FTB tendencies. I'm guessing you're all over this as an Adelaide fan. Jacobs is ultra durable, and I like NicNat for a bit of upside, while still being pretty solid. Nice work.
- Your forwards look quite light as well. Dusty is very solid, but Merrett is a speculative pick, and Leuey is currently injured as I understand it, while West appears no certainty to be best 22 based on more informed commentary than I could offer. If you want an R-F, I quite like Tippett, who could easily outscore his 2015 average if he gets more ruck time (see Rowsus' write up), and even if he doesn't, he should contribute at least an extra 5ppg, maybe more, in ruck cover value over the year - which would get him to mid 90s or above, and at a sub 90 price. Boomer would be another cheapish option as a potential keeper, and I personally like Wells if you don't mind a risky pick with a lot of upside. He's really just over rookie price, so the downside is somewhat reduced, and the Roos have the best draw in the comp early on, and have tweaked their training to perform better early in the season ... sounds good for a stepping stone pick to me
Good luck!
Mids is a bit top heavy as you've said and i may have to downgrade there in the long run depending on how the rest of the but there seems like there's a lot (potential) premo value there this yearin the $500k - $600k mark and for that reason i can't see my self going Ablett with his age and recent injury history but Fyfe could certainly temp me if he's in good form in the preseason.
Rucks is set and forget, nothing will change my mind on the guys unless there's an injury, Goldy is awesome but a bit too expensive and the rest (like Martin) is unproven or injury prone.
Forwards are a bit light you're right I definitely need another Premo there, West is in if playing round one due to his rookie price and DPP but (hopefully) easily swapable for another rookie if not selected. Luey should be a good pick i reckon, you'd think would shoulder the majority of the ruck responsibility and score enough for forward keeper status - too good at that price even if he is a bit injury prone.
