Teams 2013 Rate my Dream Team

[churchy83]

Heres my team could do with any advice.

My main questions i keep asking myself as i changed it every second day.

1. Ignoring goddard til i see how he is going is it risky or is he a must have.
2. do i need one more premium defender to start?
3. have i got my midfield too stacked.
4. forgetting leunberger and trying to just go with a decent ruck combo to reduce headache, is this the way to go?
5. Am i being one eyed putting jude bolton there?
6. should i ditch a mid priced forward for say lee and upgrade the other?

To be honest mate, I would seriously consider getting rid of suban, possibly down grading to make some more money to bolster elsewhere, imo there are plenty of def rookies this year that will play. Not sure on mitchell in mid, i would keep an eye over the first couple of rounds, but wouldn't have him as a lock.

I would seriously get rid of byrnes down forward, you can get something like a kennedy for not much more, who imo will score a lot better than byrnes.

I would say goddard is a must, I would definitely put him down back, and remember he gives you that DPP.
IMO midfield isn't too stacked as I have the same sort of idea going on, but have a very different team.
I think Bolton might be one eyed, perhaps down grade to a player that a) could rise a lot b) still from sydney c) will give you more cash but on the down side, could be a bit of a risk, but however I will be watching Jetta very carefully as imo I think he could fire this year....

Just a few thoughts, and as I had said, IMO....

 

[Krujan]

Heres my team could do with any advice.

My main questions i keep asking myself as i changed it every second day.

1. Ignoring goddard til i see how he is going is it risky or is he a must have.
2. do i need one more premium defender to start?
3. have i got my midfield too stacked.
4. forgetting leunberger and trying to just go with a decent ruck combo to reduce headache, is this the way to go?
5. Am i being one eyed putting jude bolton there?
6. should i ditch a mid priced forward for say lee and upgrade the other?

Short term Bolton is a good pick. So no you aren't as far as he goes. In fact I'd also piss off Suban for Tony Armstrong if I were you.

 

[Matching Mole]

5. Am i being one eyed putting jude bolton there?

Short term Bolton is a good pick. So no you aren't as far as he goes. In fact I'd also piss off Suban for Tony Armstrong if I were you.

He's getting on - this would surely be his last season - and can have quiet games, but you never know with Bolton, some days he'll get in a mood and lay 83 tackles in a game. Sold! The forwards feel so up in the air this year, it's a good plan for a quick cash grab. I've seen odder. Someone on DT Talk wrote an article about Craig Bird!

 

[DylanW]

Hey guys, I've been doing a lot of shuffling to my dream team and I'm having a hard time making up my mind. Thinking of dropping some mid pricers for rookies and upgrading my other mid pricers to premiums. Not sure though - any advice/oversights appreciated

Backs:Goddard, Gibbs, Harbrow, Jordan Roughead, Armstrong, Goodes (Staker, Pittard)
Midsangerfield, Kennedy, Ward, Shuey, Masten, Cooney, Smith, Rischitelli (Crouch, Vinery)
Rucks: Cox, Leuenberger (Gorringe, Currie)
Forwards: Martin, Higgins, Lecras, Kennedy, Varco, Everitt (Macaffer, Lee)

$50,000 left in the kitty - Mainly looking at changing Harbrow, Ward, Rischitelli, Higgins and maybe Cooney

 

[Butler]

Give him some reasons for doing as you say. Also, it's your opinion that he has too many mid premos - if three of Vlastuin (might get vest), Docherty (should play, may not score that well), Terlich (will play and score reasonably imo), Stevenson (will play and score reasonably imo) and Goodes (will play and score reasonably imo) all play the first three rounds without the vest, he is absolutely laughing with six mid premos. It's about balancing risk. There's no set structure, he doesn't need four defensive premiums if he honestly expects three rookies to play.

I don't know how many times Jobe has to be told that. I don't know if he doesn't read what has been said to him or if he is just ignoring it but i really do hope people don't change their structure just because he has said they have to.

 

[morgs640]

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[Butler]

Hey guys, I've been doing a lot of shuffling to my dream team and I'm having a hard time making up my mind. Thinking of dropping some mid pricers for rookies and upgrading my other mid pricers to premiums. Not sure though - any advice/oversights appreciated

Backs:Goddard, Gibbs, Harbrow, Jordan Roughead, Armstrong, Goodes (Staker, Pittard)
Midsangerfield, Kennedy, Ward, Shuey, Masten, Cooney, Smith, Rischitelli (Crouch, Vinery)
Rucks: Cox, Leuenberger (Gorringe, Currie)
Forwards: Martin, Higgins, Lecras, Kennedy, Varco, Everitt (Macaffer, Lee)

$50,000 left in the kitty - Mainly looking at changing Harbrow, Ward, Rischitelli, Higgins and maybe Cooney

Ok I will start off with advising against Cooney. You are a dogs supporter and probably know more about his condition than me but can go down at any stage and is also a very good chance to be rested at times during the season. Even at his best he wasn't super DT effective.

By the end of the year you really want to have 6 of the top 10 or so scorers back and forward and 8 of the top scoring midfielders. With the side you have listed I believe you might struggle to bring in enough of those players purely because midpricers are so hit and miss.

You are also sacrificing rookies such as O'Meara, Wines, Whitfield, Mitchell, Stevenson, Vlaustin, Docherty etc by putting in those extra midpriced players. A good rookie is always the best way to bring in money.

I would recommend looking through the list of players and selecting a top scorers list for each position. Look through and tinker with your team and decide which of those players you will bring in later and which ones to start. Keep in mind that there is no set structure and it's all your personal preference.

There is nothing wrong with having midpricers, just know the risks that come with them

 

[TargaryenDragon]

Hey everyone, first post!

Decided to give Dreamteam a red hot crack this year, so any tips would be appreciated.

Defenders: Goddard, Pearce, Yarran, Addison, Richards, A. Selwood
subs: Ugle, B.Goodes

Midfield: Ablett, J.Kennedy, Hartlett, Scully, Lewis Jetta, O'Meara, Wines, Armfield
subs: Crouch, Viney

Rucks: Maric, Hampson
subs: Mckernan, Gorringe

Forwards: Bartel, Varcoe, Krakouer,Thornton, Zorko, A.Goodes
Subs: Daniher, Lee

 

[Krujan]

Hey everyone, first post!

Decided to give Dreamteam a red hot crack this year, so any tips would be appreciated.

Defenders: Goddard, Pearce, Yarran, Addison, Richards, A. Selwood
subs: Ugle, B.Goodes

Midfield: Ablett, J.Kennedy, Hartlett, Scully, Lewis Jetta, O'Meara, Wines, Armfield
subs: Crouch, Viney

Rucks: Maric, Hampson
subs: Mckernan, Gorringe

Forwards: Bartel, Varcoe, Krakouer,Thornton, Zorko, A.Goodes
Subs: Daniher, Lee

Auto-fill seems to be working just fine ATM.

If you can't be arsed doing ANY research whatsoever, then I'm not willing to give you any helping pointers.

1/10

 

[TargaryenDragon]

Pardon? i spent quite awhile doing this team, i havent used autofill
i was asking cause i wanted to get better!

 

[MrRock131313]

Very good effort for a second year of dream team.

Keep in mind that Vlastuin and Docherty are sub risks and neither are guaranteed for round 1. Keep a close eye out before the Richmond game for Vlastuin but with Docherty I would suggest maybe bringing on Pittard as his JS is very solid. That hardest thing about playing 3 back line rookies is avoiding the vest which i think can be done.

Very good midfield. No Swan but that could pay off for you. Interested in your thoughts behind having Zorko in your midfield though? Have you considered moving him into your forward line? You could replace Lee/Rowe with Zorko and then bring in a midfield rookie which are looking far stronger than forward rookies. Possibly Couch?

Also be careful of Kennedy as he will be playing as a deep forward.

Good luck

Thanks for all the feedback guys, I've changed my team. How do you guys like it now?


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[Krujan]

Pardon? i spent quite awhile doing this team, i havent used autofill
i was asking cause i wanted to get better!

In all the time you spent working on your team, did you by any chance look though ANY of the previous 30 pages of this thread, or visited dreamteamtalk.com or fanfooty.com ? Because if you did, I wouldn't be wasting my time typing this.

 

[Krujan]

Thanks for all the feedback guys, I've changed my team. How do you guys like it now?
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I love this team! (although Leuy probably won't play Rd1, but hopefully Currie will) Your structure is one of the best I've seen here so far. Like your player choices as well. Kudos! 8.5/10

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Hey everyone, first post!

Decided to give Dreamteam a red hot crack this year, so any tips would be appreciated.

Defenders: Goddard, Pearce, Yarran, Addison, Richards, A. Selwood
subs: Ugle, B.Goodes

Midfield: Ablett, J.Kennedy, Hartlett, Scully, Lewis Jetta, O'Meara, Wines, Armfield
subs: Crouch, Viney

Rucks: Maric, Hampson
subs: Mckernan, Gorringe

Forwards: Bartel, Varcoe, Krakouer,Thornton, Zorko, A.Goodes
Subs: Daniher, Lee

Hey mate,

Firstly, keep track of the AFL website's articles about how certain players' preseasons are going and such, as well as pay attention to the roles certain players play. For example - A. Selwood plays a role that is very unfriendly to DT points; he is not worth the price as he won't improve. At that price tag, you want improvers.

Secondly, keep track of best 22s. The best way to get a rough gauge of these is to head around to opposition teams' boards and find their best 22 thread. Read a couple and you'll get a decent idea. For example, Addison's job security is very poor, and is also unlikely to be a good DT contributor.

Thirdly, rookies are often more valuable than mid-pricers, as they allow you to upgrade other mid-pricers to premiums while making money themselves. For example, you're very light on premiums in defense due to filling your team with players like Jetta, Scully, Selwood, Richards, Addison, Yarran etc. Mid-pricers are good, but only a few here and there.

Lastly, and most importantly - you need to be looking for players that you expect to increase their average unless they're a premium. For example, with a player like Ablett, you're paying for his consistent point totals...but with lower-priced players, you're looking for value for money; those who will increase their average and earn you some money.

Best of luck.

 

[DylanW]

I love this team! (although Leuy probably won't play Rd1, but hopefully Currie will) Your structure is on of the best I've seen here so far. 8.5/10

Got any thoughts on my team on the last Page Gingy?

 

[TargaryenDragon]

In all the time you spent working on your team, did you by any chance look though ANY of the previous 30 pages of this thread, or visited dreamteamtalk.com or fanfooty.com ? Because if you did, I wouldn't be wasting my time typing this.

I have only just joined here, and i've been doing searches on good players to pick and not to pick from various dt websites like sportsfan DT builder. and i have been looking back on a few of these pages, thats why i joined in the first place, i didn't just want to copy someones team, i wanted to get a base team, and then work out the best team from there.

Hey mate,

Firstly, keep track of the AFL website's articles about how certain players' preseasons are going and such, as well as pay attention to the roles certain players play. For example - A. Selwood plays a role that is very unfriendly to DT points; he is not worth the price as he won't improve. At that price tag, you want improvers.

Secondly, keep track of best 22s. The best way to get a rough gauge of these is to head around to opposition teams' boards and find their best 22 thread. Read a couple and you'll get a decent idea. For example, Addison's job security is very poor, and is also unlikely to be a good DT contributor.

Thirdly, rookies are often more valuable than mid-pricers, as they allow you to upgrade other mid-pricers to premiums while making money themselves. For example, you're very light on premiums in defense due to filling your team with players like Jetta, Scully, Selwood, Richards, Addison, Yarran etc. Mid-pricers are good, but only a few here and there.

Lastly, and most importantly - you need to be looking for players that you expect to increase their average unless they're a premium. For example, with a player like Ablett, you're paying for his consistent point totals...but with lower-priced players, you're looking for value for money; those who will increase their average and earn you some money.

Best of luck.

Thanks for that, i will look around and try and find some rookies to fill some mid-table players, hopefully being able to get some bigger players in defense.

 

[VSTone]

Pardon? i spent quite awhile doing this team, i havent used autofill
i was asking cause i wanted to get better!

read the last 20 pages of this thread, it will bring you up to speed with where most sit.
look for players in your team, if you don't see them then no one else is picking them and you have to wonder why?

 

[Jobe3votes]

Not trying to start a war here and no offence intended, but this is such a useless answer. Just because you have 4 premo defenders and 5 premo mids and he has soemthing different, does not mean he and everybody else has to do exactly the same as you. If that is the structure that he wants to go withh then thats his decision. The back rookies he has selected in defence are all very capable of stringing some games together, so picking 3 prem defenders is not such a bad idea and he has backed up this structure with solid rookie priced players. If he had selected a bunch of rookies that werent going to get games then id probably suggest changing a few things and bringing in more premos to balance out his defence, but what you said provides no insight whatsoever.

Instead I would rather alert him to things like
-Berger still seems a very risky pick atm, maybe look at some alternatives as backup
-Do agree that both Dawe and Currie isnt the best of picks however.
-Martin has looked very lacklustre and there may be better value out there for that price based on his attitude in the NAB so far.
-Rockliff is wasted in the mids, may as well move him forward and pick another perm/mid pricer midfielder in his place.
-Franklin does seem a bit iffy for me to start with given his price tag after all that has evolved so far, but im sure he will still be a solid pick, it is buddy.

so what's this thread called? and what did the poster ask for? for feedback on his dreamteam. Which is exactly what I did. Not everyone will agree, people will have different replies. so what was the purpose of your reply? maybe you could of instead given the poster your feedback yeah?

 

[Jobe3votes]

I love this team! (although Leuy probably won't play Rd1, but hopefully Currie will) Your structure is one of the best I've seen here so far. Like your player choices as well. Kudos! 8.5/10

Gingy, are you serious? so there is not one single player you would maybe advise him to trade out? really?

 

[Butler]

so what's this thread called? and what did the poster ask for? for feedback on his dreamteam. Which is exactly what I did. Not everyone will agree, people will have different replies. so what was the purpose of your reply? maybe you could of instead given the poster your feedback yeah?

Here is a post I made earlier to Fitzy about the same issue. It's far easier than typing it all again:

Try to avoid telling people to change their players. Instead offer pros and cons of having/not having the player in mention.

It is the same with structures. Different structures work and who knows which one will pay off the most at this stage. Too often people tell others asking for advice to go with a certain structure rather than opening up a discussion and letting them choose for themselves.

It's not only you that is at fault, many others do as well. Discussion and opinions are what people are chasing, not Fitzys or Jobes team x50.

Yes, people want feedback on their teams but they don't want someone telling them exactly what structure to go with and which players. If you read through the thread you will see that people have responded far better to people who offer advice in the way that I explained.

 

[Krujan]

Gingy, are you serious? so there is not one single player you would maybe advise him to trade out? really?

Just looked at the team again...other than I would try to get Swan in there somehow, I like ALL their player selections. (at least based on NAB form & early draw)

 

[TargaryenDragon]

Updated team:

Defenders: Goddard, Gibbs, Yarran, Pearce, Armstrong, Vlastuin
subs: Van Unen, B.Goodes

Midfield: Ablett, J.Kennedy, Hartlett, Scully, Lewis Jetta, O'Meara, Wines, Swallow
subs: Crouch, Viney

Rucks: Maric, Leuenberger
subs: Gorringe,Currie

Forwards: Bartel, Petterd, Krakouer,Thornton, Zorko, Wright
Subs: Daniher, Lee

Left: 41,100

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Updated team:

Defenders: Goddard, Gibbs, Yarran, Pearce, Armstrong, Vlastuin
subs: Van Unen, B.Goodes

Midfield: Ablett, J.Kennedy, Hartlett, Scully, Lewis Jetta, O'Meara, Wines, Swallow
subs: Crouch, Viney

Rucks: Maric, Leuenberger
subs: Gorringe,Currie

Forwards: Bartel, Petterd, Krakouer,Thornton, Zorko, Wright
Subs: Daniher, Lee

Left: 41,100

Much, much improved team, mate. Great work.

Keep tinkering as the pre-season goes on and you'll do well.

 

[TargaryenDragon]

Cheers Dan, Hopefully those Rookies do as well as they're promising to!
And i can actually make the main finals this year, done a Richmond last couple of years and finished 9th, winning the minor cup, but i wanna be where the action is.

 

[THE THIN MAN]

Updated team:

Defenders: Goddard, Gibbs, Yarran, Pearce, Armstrong, Vlastuin
subs: Van Unen, B.Goodes

Midfield: Ablett, J.Kennedy, Hartlett, Scully, Lewis Jetta, O'Meara, Wines, Swallow
subs: Crouch, Viney

Rucks: Maric, Leuenberger
subs: Gorringe,Currie

Forwards: Bartel, Petterd, Krakouer,Thornton, Zorko, Wright
Subs: Daniher, Lee

Left: 41,100

Defenders
Omit Yarran and replace with Hartlett (Yarran far too inconsistent)

Forwards
Omit
Petterd - Rookie Listed
Krakouer - Inconsistent and no pre-season
Thornton - better value players

Try to bring Rockliff into the forwards; exceptional value.