Teams 2019 My RDT Team: H&A

[go you pups]

Interesting choice on Lycett, may i ask why?

Incoming pups tldr

I always screw up my R2 year in year out and I try and back that pick in, but I end up getting injuries and can't find a luxury upgrade to improve the ruck situation.

Last 4 years I've stuffed up for example

2015 had Goldy, but Nicnat/Maric weren't good enough at R2 (couldn't afford Stef who finished strong) R1 tick, R2 massive fail

2016 because of my ruck issues year before, went set and forget Stef and Sauce, lol they were miles behind Gawn, Grundy and Goldy, ran out of trades round 18 when I was like 69th and still in the eliminator, way too many injuries, massive massive massive fail that year in the ruck depo

2017, traded Stef in early when it looked like he was back to his best and got a good half of the year from him then he faded post byes, the Nank/Sandi starting combo was a good one for the medium term and Nank was useful with his DPP all season long, particularly when Grundy got a rubbish suspension for a tackle late in the season, traded Grundy in during the byes, but Kruezer was better than Stef come year end and Sauce was marginally ahead of Stef too IIRC. R1 in Grundy tick (second best for the year), R2 in Stef a slight fail. Probably my best ruck division from 2015-18 though as there wasn't much separating the 4 best rucks that year, only gave up 10 points a week with Stef on say Kruezer and I had my best overall rank from 2015-18 in 2017 with 172nd I think. Came like 463, 618 and 1000 and something the other three years.

2018 had Gawn like everyone else and I started Stef again once it was clear Fagan preferred Stef as a lone ruck, but I couldn't afford Grundy when he started going beast mode after the byes, Stef conceded 20-40 points a week to him after the byes, was a massive fail come years end, even though Stef was easily third best for the year.

So yeah, I think Lycett can average 80-85-90 and be a season long F6-7/R2-3 while I work out who out of say Gawn, Witts, Goldy etc is the best pick to partner Grundy. Lycett's my weakest keeper but I'm not convinced on anyone aside from Grundy currently, will prefer to upgrade forward rookies to the best ruck at the right time then shift Lycett forward. Bines will be a handy loopholer plus provide DPP for Lycett eventually, I'm treating the two as basically like a more expensive version of 2017 Nank/Strnadica. Feel Ryder is like a poor mans NicNat in terms of ruck style being that high jumping athletic clearance type, plus Ryder can play key forward and has a dodgy achilles to manage, so I feel Lycett will shoulder a large load in the ruck and that his new ruck partner in Ryder is similar to his old one in NicNat.

Really trying not to waste trades and trying to work out a mix of value types, set and forget keeper material and having the right cash cows around, got 13 players who will be keepers in this structure (probably 10 upgrades to make as Lycett will be the last one to be benched as depth) and 2 others in Smith and Roberton who may or may not be upgraded on. Actually prefer McGrath over both Smith and Roberton due to his DPP as that DPP will be useful all season but would have to find another 125-150k from somewhere to bring him in, like doing Macrae to Zerrett then Roberton to McGrath or not spend as much on some of these rookies. The Adams injury has made me shuffle around a bit too.

Also on Lycett, Westhoff IMO is overpriced, I don't think he can back last year up with Lycett coming in taking his back up ruck role and IMO he will drop down to a 85-90 again which has been his regular range under Hinkley, he probably will outscore Lycett but I'm not convinced he'll be a top 6 forward either, so paying over 700k for him I'm not keen on doing unless he's either a clear upgrade and has the same freedom/role as last year which I can't see right now, or one of Ryder/Lycett get injured medium-long term before round 1 then he'd almost be a no brainer, but I don't think the role is there for him at the moment. Vardy is the next best DPP ruck, but I'm not convinced by his scoring potential, feel he's 60-65-70 plus he's so injury prone (Lycett is a little too, but he at least has had a few full seasons).

Anyways, tldr

 

[CrozaN]

brb chapter 1

edit: 5am, i really cbf now, will read later......dnno if you mentioned but Ryder got injured in the game??? Is it bad?


Does lycett become 2nd ruck or just a tall forward?

 

[Bradkli]

Biggest decision is going to be,
Do I upgrade Roberton to Whitfield and downgrade one of my top 4 mids to a $500-$550 mid...

I like Kelly as a POD. Prefer him over the likes of hack billings and Dunkley. With Ablett playing forward, Selwood getting on I think Kelly will play big midfield minutes this season.

 

[go you pups]

Biggest decision is going to be,
Do I upgrade Roberton to Whitfield and downgrade one of my top 4 mids to a $500-$550 mid...

I like Kelly as a POD. Prefer him over the likes of hack billings and Dunkley. With Ablett playing forward, Selwood getting on I think Kelly will play big midfield minutes this season.

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Get rid of English friend

You'll be melting from the get go there

 

[Bradkli]

Get rid of English friend

You'll be melting from the get go there

Can only get Jacobs, kreuzer or lycett with remaining $$... I think English can average 80. No Boyd for first 5 weeks at least. The 3 others above may average 85 at best.

 

[go you pups]

Can only get Jacobs, kreuzer or lycett with remaining $$... I think English can average 80. No Boyd for first 5 weeks at least. The 3 others above may average 85 at best.

If Schache doesn't play next week then I'd say English will be spending a lot of time forward

 

[Bandicoot]

Incoming pups tldr

I always screw up my R2 year in year out and I try and back that pick in, but I end up getting injuries and can't find a luxury upgrade to improve the ruck situation.

Last 4 years I've stuffed up for example

2015 had Goldy, but Nicnat/Maric weren't good enough at R2 (couldn't afford Stef who finished strong) R1 tick, R2 massive fail

2016 because of my ruck issues year before, went set and forget Stef and Sauce, lol they were miles behind Gawn, Grundy and Goldy, ran out of trades round 18 when I was like 69th and still in the eliminator, way too many injuries, massive massive massive fail that year in the ruck depo

2017, traded Stef in early when it looked like he was back to his best and got a good half of the year from him then he faded post byes, the Nank/Sandi starting combo was a good one for the medium term and Nank was useful with his DPP all season long, particularly when Grundy got a rubbish suspension for a tackle late in the season, traded Grundy in during the byes, but Kruezer was better than Stef come year end and Sauce was marginally ahead of Stef too IIRC. R1 in Grundy tick (second best for the year), R2 in Stef a slight fail. Probably my best ruck division from 2015-18 though as there wasn't much separating the 4 best rucks that year, only gave up 10 points a week with Stef on say Kruezer and I had my best overall rank from 2015-18 in 2017 with 172nd I think. Came like 463, 618 and 1000 and something the other three years.

2018 had Gawn like everyone else and I started Stef again once it was clear Fagan preferred Stef as a lone ruck, but I couldn't afford Grundy when he started going beast mode after the byes, Stef conceded 20-40 points a week to him after the byes, was a massive fail come years end, even though Stef was easily third best for the year.

So yeah, I think Lycett can average 80-85-90 and be a season long F6-7/R2-3 while I work out who out of say Gawn, Witts, Goldy etc is the best pick to partner Grundy. Lycett's my weakest keeper but I'm not convinced on anyone aside from Grundy currently, will prefer to upgrade forward rookies to the best ruck at the right time then shift Lycett forward. Bines will be a handy loopholer plus provide DPP for Lycett eventually, I'm treating the two as basically like a more expensive version of 2017 Nank/Strnadica. Feel Ryder is like a poor mans NicNat in terms of ruck style being that high jumping athletic clearance type, plus Ryder can play key forward and has a dodgy achilles to manage, so I feel Lycett will shoulder a large load in the ruck and that his new ruck partner in Ryder is similar to his old one in NicNat.

Really trying not to waste trades and trying to work out a mix of value types, set and forget keeper material and having the right cash cows around, got 13 players who will be keepers in this structure (probably 10 upgrades to make as Lycett will be the last one to be benched as depth) and 2 others in Smith and Roberton who may or may not be upgraded on. Actually prefer McGrath over both Smith and Roberton due to his DPP as that DPP will be useful all season but would have to find another 125-150k from somewhere to bring him in, like doing Macrae to Zerrett then Roberton to McGrath or not spend as much on some of these rookies. The Adams injury has made me shuffle around a bit too.

Also on Lycett, Westhoff IMO is overpriced, I don't think he can back last year up with Lycett coming in taking his back up ruck role and IMO he will drop down to a 85-90 again which has been his regular range under Hinkley, he probably will outscore Lycett but I'm not convinced he'll be a top 6 forward either, so paying over 700k for him I'm not keen on doing unless he's either a clear upgrade and has the same freedom/role as last year which I can't see right now, or one of Ryder/Lycett get injured medium-long term before round 1 then he'd almost be a no brainer, but I don't think the role is there for him at the moment. Vardy is the next best DPP ruck, but I'm not convinced by his scoring potential, feel he's 60-65-70 plus he's so injury prone (Lycett is a little too, but he at least has had a few full seasons).

Anyways, tldr

I really don't see a great advantage in having two ruc/fwd players both in the ruck position. If Grundy misses for what ever reason, you have a donut or you have to waste a trade. The DPP advantage is only if you select Lycett as a forward which still leaves you with an R2 dilemma.
Same principle with McGrath. Unless you have a def/mid in the midfield, you don't have anyone to swap with McGrath.
I've gone with Goldy atm as I feel he is underpriced and he will make for an easy upgrade if necessary.

 

[Bandicoot]

Currently got $200K or so to play with and not sure whether to go Hore to Hanley as D6 or Smith to Libba at M6.

BTY. How many changes will or have you made to your squad as a result of JLT1?

 

[Pea Nut]

Currently got $200K or so to play with and not sure whether to go Hore to Hanley as D6 or Smith to Libba at M6.

BTY. How many changes will or have you made to your squad as a result of JLT1?

I've made way too many changes based on JLT1, but mainly just to see what's possible with premos on different lines and what it looks like adding in mid price options, then removing them.
As for your extra 200K, surely there are too many good rookies down back to be considering putting a mid pricer/under priced premo in at D6 ?? Same with Libba at M6 I would have thought. How is your forward line looking ?? Quality rookies look thin there. Last year there was a plethora of fwd rookies who churned out 30s every week. I will be trying my damndest to avoid that again.

 

[Bandicoot]

I've made way too many changes based on JLT1, but mainly just to see what's possible with premos on different lines and what it looks like adding in mid price options, then removing them.
As for your extra 200K, surely there are too many good rookies down back to be considering putting a mid pricer/under priced premo in at D6 ?? Same with Libba at M6 I would have thought. How is your forward line looking ?? Quality rookies look thin there. Last year there was a plethora of fwd rookies who churned out 30s every week. I will be trying my damndest to avoid that again.

Whether it be a rook or these mid price players I've mentioned, the extra $200K spent equates to 28 points.
In both cases they would be used later to upgrade.
So, if I was to guess that Hore was to average 50 (wouldn't think more than that) Hanley would need to average 78 in order to generate the same amount of cash. I feel he is more than capable of doing so.
Libba would probably need to average nearly 90 as I feel Smith would be around the 60 mark.
Currently have Collins and Watson as D7 & D8 but as you say, you could add Clark or Scrimshaw(??) to there as well.
If I do go with the two rooks, I'm inclined to leave the $200K in the bank which will then leave me with numerous options coming into the start of round 3.
My forwards currently have Rozee, Setterfield, Burgess and Parker. Other than those there is not much else on offer apart from possibly Blakey.

 

[go you pups]

I really don't see a great advantage in having two ruc/fwd players both in the ruck position. If Grundy misses for what ever reason, you have a donut or you have to waste a trade. The DPP advantage is only if you select Lycett as a forward which still leaves you with an R2 dilemma.
Same principle with McGrath. Unless you have a def/mid in the midfield, you don't have anyone to swap with McGrath.
I've gone with Goldy atm as I feel he is underpriced and he will make for an easy upgrade if necessary.

I don't expect players to get injured early, even if they do which happens most years

DPP always comes into play when I'm running out of trades, when I have trades I'm not too fussed. Bines will be there as a loopholer from the get go, while he'll provide DPP later on

I don't expect Fort to play for a while. Sweet might be a chance but as he's most similar to Campbell in regards to ruck style plus has average endurance too, I only see him playing if all three of English, Boyd and Trengove are injured, we'd probably ruck Bont, Dunkley or Jong if it came to it. Clarke is the only one at rookie price who's a good chance, but then all depends on Bellchambers' durability, though if he is named round one I could go there then plunk Lycett forward so the DPP could work then

The plan is to shift Lycett forward though once I upgrade forward rookies to a ruck

 

[go you pups]

Whether it be a rook or these mid price players I've mentioned, the extra $200K spent equates to 28 points.
In both cases they would be used later to upgrade.
So, if I was to guess that Hore was to average 50 (wouldn't think more than that) Hanley would need to average 78 in order to generate the same amount of cash. I feel he is more than capable of doing so.
Libba would probably need to average nearly 90 as I feel Smith would be around the 60 mark.
Currently have Collins and Watson as D7 & D8 but as you say, you could add Clark or Scrimshaw(??) to there as well.
If I do go with the two rooks, I'm inclined to leave the $200K in the bank which will then leave me with numerous options coming into the start of round 3.
My forwards currently have Rozee, Setterfield, Burgess and Parker. Other than those there is not much else on offer apart from possibly Blakey.

Clark is an on field lock I'd have thought

 

[Bandicoot]

Clark is an on field lock I'd have thought

Have decided to go with Clark on field and keep $180K in the bank.

 

[Bandicoot]

Another good performance next week could see L McCarthy in as a Forward rook.

 

[melanChronic]

Puzzling M5+R2 choice:

Sloane and Westhoff

vs

Rockliff and Gawn

Both have their risks/drawbacks, but are the only way I can get remotely happy with my team as a whole without resorting to a bargain basement R2 (i.e. Clarke, Smith, or O'Brien paired with Fort R3) which if I'm honest is a) unlikely to come to fruition and b) very likely to blow up three rounds in even if there is that option available.

 

[CrozaN]

Sloane and Westhoff for sure.

Rockliff is not Rockliff anymore, massive risk and can't see any positive signs of him returning back to his old self....so option 1 for sure.

 

[Agechamp]

Shaw taking all gws kick ins?

Or did he just get plenty of the ball?

 

[Slipps]

Whipped this up last night thats my first crack.. cant say im to excited about DT this year hopefully a good start will change my mind... dont know if want to go with Crouch yet might put Lyons in, He has alot of scoring ability might flourish at Brissy, they are starting to look like having alot of high scoring DT players like that 2010 pies.
The Hoff will stay in the Ruck until i work out who the other must have ruck is then Hoff can move FWD

 

[DaTBird187]

Brad Crouch is far to expensive in RDT.

 

[go you pups]

Didn't realise you were a Tottenham fan Slippers

 

[Slipps]

Didn't realise you were a Tottenham fan Slippers

Sure am have been since i started watching EPL about 12 years ago...Is that bad or good haha ? I needed a new avatar couldnt think of anything else

 

[Tex Danger]

Brad Crouch is far to expensive in RDT.

yes and no
too expensive to take the risk I agree

At the same time I think he can comfortably average 105 and if he does then he is an excellent pick for that price. He would be a great POD

 

[Tex Danger]

Looking at alternatives to R2, lead me to this highly risky comparisson

Gawn, Collins, Butters
Pierce, Josh Kelly, Duursma

Unlikely to unfold anyway but interested as to peoples thoughts.

I thought Longer was only out for the 1st round or so but looks more like 3-4 rounds which opens up Pierce as an option. Probably too risky for RDT though but I do like being able to get another big dog mid who I am more confident in that Gawn (esp if Preuss is named although I don't think he will and id revert to max, this is more options of Preuss is named)

 

[DaTBird187]

yes and no
too expensive to take the risk I agree

At the same time I think he can comfortably average 105 and if he does then he is an excellent pick for that price. He would be a great POD

He's the same price as Isaac Heeney, a fit 'these are my real groin muscles' Isaac Heeney. For someone who has been out for 12 months, that is bonkers.

Supercoach he's $418,000. At that price giddy up.

I bet this is their push back from the Daniel Wells at $178,500 days.

 

[Pea Nut]

Is Zorko finished being relevant now ??