G'day all, first time poster long time follower
Thought I would start off with my final team leading into the pre season
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D1, Lloyd - Will be the number 1 defender again, paying for the consistent 100's and not having to worry.
D2, Laird - Most likely the number 2 defender when this season is over, he has made that midfield role his own and hasn't moved from my side since opening.
D3, Stewart - Unsure here, Tom Stewart will probably be in my team for many years to come. Super consistent and slightly underpriced due to his injury game of 18. Zac Williams has been the other one that has been in an out of my D3 offers great value at 458k with a great ceiling but his score declines a lot when playing forward. I've been off him since the Jack Martin comments but will be eagerly watching the role he has tonight.
M1, Neale - His AVG v Opp in the first 3 rounds is 87.33, after round 3 his average v opponents is exceptional. I've started him because I do believe it will be very difficult to get him even if he does drop in price, he also provides a great captain option and I'm not 100% sold on a lot of the $620k+ mids.
M2, Oliver - Just start him, he can skip a full pre season and still come out and average 110+ I believe he had very limited pre season at the start of 2019 due to a shoulder operation and still averaged 109 that season.
M3, Kelly - From all reports uninterrupted pre season and exceptionally fit. I think he will have average a career high this season and go very close to winning the Brownlow. The only question mark is how many games does he play?
M4, Fyfe - Not to keen to start him and Jelly, but he can turn it on whenever he wants. Since 2015 Fyfe has had a injury season every second year. I'm on him this season and hopefully he continues that trend of having a healthy season and returns to his best. I'm also considering swapping him for Tom Mitchell if he lines up round one, we all know what he can do especially after last season playing with a dodgy shoulder which he copped in Round 1.
M5, Cripps/Walsh - I've gone with Cripps for now he's cheap and offers a heap of upside, Walsh appears to have an inside mid role now which we seen him score very well in last season and will not cop a tag. 50/50 for me here and I'm a bit stuck with the selection.
R1,2 - Set and forget the rucks, not mucking around with any other combo and having to worry about finding a huge amount of cash to upgrade to them. Granted Gawn will fall in price but I also lose the best Captain option if I don't start him,
F1, Danger - He's been in since day 1 won't be leaving my side especially after Scott has come out and said he will be used mainly in the midfield this year.
F2, Martin - Came into my side yesterday afternoon after reading the Dunkley comments, if Dunkley has his usual inside mid role like he did in 2019 well done to owners brave enough to start him because dunks is absolute pig in the engine room, but who can trust Mr Magnets? not me sadly. I've gone with Martin instead because he will be a top 6, high ownership and wont hurt having him & will average 100.
F3, Impey - Bit light in the forward line this year, he's a watch for me at the moment. Ziebell is the other one I'm considering. Need to see something in the AAMI series to be confident to pick either of these guys.
