Opinion SC 2021: Rate My Team
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Where I am at currently..
DEFS: Lloyd has been in and out, but ultimately my gut says don't pay full price with an ongoing knee niggle. Laird, Daniel and Short look rock solid as picks. Also like Stewart, Ridley and Doch here but you can't fit them all in. I hate the rookies here and will definitely not be starting one. See money making potential in all three of Cumming, Young and Clark. Cumming on kick out duties and should be able to find the ball more than he did in the pre-season game IMO. Not as worried about Ryan/Duncan as some others for Young and Clark, think both are set for really big years.
MIDS: Macrae and Merrett boring standard picks and rightfully so, plenty will have them. Taranto hasn't left my side all pre-season, happy to write off 2020 and can see improvement from his club champion 2019 season. Danger is in the mids right now as I just don't want to leave him out, couldn't find another forward I wanted to leave out either. Like Steele and Fyfe as well who could very well come in still. Rookies here look the strongest and which is why I have four on the field. Don't 100% like leaving Neale out, but also not a fan of taking players who have had soft tissue injuries throughout the preseason.
RUCKS: Lock and load, best R3 looks to be Flynn.
FWDS: Dunkley, Dusty and Phillips locks for mine - all look set for big years. Gone for some more value picks here like in defence - see real money making ability from all three. All had big pre-seasons, all fit and I think you just have to back that in and hope for the best. Don't rate the rookies here either, would rather not start one. Not buying the Warner hype personally, Horse has burnt me too many times before and Warner seems like he is on the fringe.
Probably more mid-pricey than I normally go in with, but once again I just think the rookies look particularly weak this year and I'm not prepared to drop a ruckman for a rookie. I think I have 12 premiums to start with anyway which is a good start. Could easily cave and tinker to bring in Lloyd/Neale as they are the two guys I'm most worried about not having due to potential "hurt factor".
Subject to change! But thoughts always welcome.
Love this as a team that's just going for it for overall.
Gaff stands out as against the narrative of the team, if you're just picking him as a safe 106-108 for 570k.
You also have a couple of 102k rookies who have just been announced to have troubles for RD1 (Murray ankle, Treacy suspension) and no money to fix them, so I would be looking to free up some cash to fix them. (although a Fyfe donut for the same price might be the best option for Murray anyway).
Other concern is you are possibly missing out on some of the better forward rookie options (Warner, Fullarton, Bergman).
One tempting option might be Gaff down to Taranto, Bolton down to Warner, Treacy to Bergman and get the best defender you can in place of Murray (pretty sure that gets you up to Short but not sure if it gets you up to Daniel). I know that means filling the DEF line without Lloyd but I think you can take the gamble that an opportunity will come up to get him. One appealing aspect of that is that it goes all-in on the bet that defensive rookies fail where your ruck rookies succeed, because there will be very few who can avoid rookie defs if they are paying up for the rucks, so you make the most of both sides of the gamble. Just thinking out loud though.
Another way of looking at it would be that you are making one big bet on the rookie rucks so the rest of your team could be quite conservative so that your gambles are all confined to the one place. In that version you could turn Duggan and Bolton into Clark and Oliver or something.
Love it though. Good luck!
Gaff stands out as against the narrative of the team, if you're just picking him as a safe 106-108 for 570k.
You also have a couple of 102k rookies who have just been announced to have troubles for RD1 (Murray ankle, Treacy suspension) and no money to fix them, so I would be looking to free up some cash to fix them. (although a Fyfe donut for the same price might be the best option for Murray anyway).
Other concern is you are possibly missing out on some of the better forward rookie options (Warner, Fullarton, Bergman).
One tempting option might be Gaff down to Taranto, Bolton down to Warner, Treacy to Bergman and get the best defender you can in place of Murray (pretty sure that gets you up to Short but not sure if it gets you up to Daniel). I know that means filling the DEF line without Lloyd but I think you can take the gamble that an opportunity will come up to get him. One appealing aspect of that is that it goes all-in on the bet that defensive rookies fail where your ruck rookies succeed, because there will be very few who can avoid rookie defs if they are paying up for the rucks, so you make the most of both sides of the gamble. Just thinking out loud though.
Another way of looking at it would be that you are making one big bet on the rookie rucks so the rest of your team could be quite conservative so that your gambles are all confined to the one place. In that version you could turn Duggan and Bolton into Clark and Oliver or something.
Love it though. Good luck!
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Exactly $0 remaining, with potentially 13 keepers (provided Cripps and Phillips come good). The remaining premiums should all score well, based on their preseason games. Only question mark is on Oliver - will watch with interest on him.
2 cheap mid-pricers in JClark and Ziebell, but most teams will have them.
7 onfield rookies, fingers crossed they all get named this week.
2 cheap mid-pricers in JClark and Ziebell, but most teams will have them.
7 onfield rookies, fingers crossed they all get named this week.
