2019 planning

[Elroy67]

Watching him closely, Harry Perryman is another interesting one to look at. Cameron said he'd be the other player along with Taranto to get more mid time, and he's gone 80 and 88 in his two games. Not entirely confident, but one I'm keeping an eye on who's slipped under the radar

Perryman looks ok, but like Taranto I can't yet get excited by these GWS midprice midfielders until I see their best midfield in action.

 

[Shadow89]

This midfield makes me feel very good in the special place -

 

[Maurice Mitchell]

any thoughts on caleb daniel? had a strong finish last if i remember right


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Switched to defence and averaged 101 last four rounds

 

[replicant]

This midfield makes me feel very good in the special place -

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Change Matt Crouch for Libba, and you have my midfield too.

 

[Maurice Mitchell]

I'm confident there will be enough Rookies picked Round 1 (maybe that's just hope though)

So am I, just won't be the cheap ones

 

[Chris99]

969k to fill a DEF and MID spot.

Thinking Cripps & 170k rookie or B.Crouch & Williams. Any other options I’m missing ?

 

[Butterz]

969k to fill a DEF and MID spot.

Thinking Cripps & 170k rookie or B.Crouch & Williams. Any other options I’m missing ?

Lock and load

 

[danster168]

This midfield makes me feel very good in the special place -

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Literally 2 days ago you said your midfield was: Brayshaw, Duncan, taranto, crouch, sheedy, miles, Libya, cousins (walsh, bewley). So you've changed half your midfield!

Then you said to another poster that some people are jlt reactionary which "isnt how you want to go into round 1".

 

[Butterz]

Literally 2 days ago you said your midfield was: Brayshaw, Duncan, taranto, crouch, sheedy, miles, Libya, cousins (walsh, bewley). So you've changed half your midfield!

Then you said to another poster that some people are jlt reactionary which "isnt how you want to go into round 1".

I feel like knowing you shouldn't be reactionary and actually not being reactionary are 2 very different things. Most of us are aware we shouldn't be chopping and changing this much, but that doesn't stop us from making 150 changes each week leading up to round 1

 

[bol316]

I feel like knowing you shouldn't be reactionary and actually not being reactionary are 2 very different things. Most of us are aware we shouldn't be chopping and changing this much, but that doesn't stop us from making 150 changes each week leading up to round 1

With a player pool the size of this and so many coaches ever-changing plans to deal with, switching your team around a ton preseason is inevitable and theres nothing wrong with it. You need to do it to establish a basis of how you want your team to look. The exact details come into focus over the JLT period.

 

[bl4ke]

Have had Taranto and MCrouch sitting in my midfield since the dt drawing board days. Am currently looking at Cripps and Shuey (634k) though. Who wins out?

Option 1

 

[JDWCE]

Reported that Thompson from gold coast has done his ACL at training. Leaves a huge hole in that backline. Come on down Collins me thinks

 

[bl4ke]

Literally 2 days ago you said your midfield was: Brayshaw, Duncan, taranto, crouch, sheedy, miles, Libya, cousins (walsh, bewley). So you've changed half your midfield!

Then you said to another poster that some people are jlt reactionary which "isnt how you want to go into round 1".

Shadow is very reactionary it was only a week ago parfitt was a lock

 

[Butterz]

With a player poole the size of this and so many coaches ever-changing plans to deal with, switching your team around a ton preseason is inevitable and theres nothing wrong with it. You need to do it to establish a basis of how you want your team to look. The exact details come into focus over the JLT period.

Yeah I agree, I think sometimes we can put a little bit too much value on a JLT performance, but at the end of the day JLT is the best possible data we can get on the many players we have in our considerations. I think the issue comes in when some people are making selections purely off a JLT performance when the player has no previous data suggesting they are a valid pick. I know for me at the start of the pre season I have around 50 possible selections, and a good JLT match that solidifies their role/form gives them every chance for selection.

Perfect examples for me are players like Newman, B.Smith, B.Crouch, gus Brayshaw and T.Taranto. Non of these players were a certain lock pre JLT but were firmly on the radar, after their JLT performances they're basically all locks now.

 

[Shadow89]

Shadow is very reactionary it was only a week ago parfitt was a lock

Cannot argue with that, haha

I think there's reactionary and then there's knowing when to admit you're wrong as well. I thought after JLT 1, 'yep, he's in the role that I thought he would be.' Then JLT 2 turned that on its head, and I realized that our midfield is just far too stacked to take a chance on him. I love him, but I have to be absolutely 100% sure that a player is not going to cause me grief, if I'm going to select him Round 1

 

[Zevon]

Loving the variety in teams this year. Not just in personnel but in overall structure. Case in point, Shadow89 has a hot midfield batting deep with Taranto down at M6 while in my case I’ve gone for value in the mids (B.Crouch at M4 and Libba at M5) so I can pay up on other lines where rookies look more questionable. There is no ‘right’ strategy this year and it should make for an interesting season.

 

[atlas1]

I'm not, like at all. Here's my reason why:

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Elliot Yeo is just crossed off for me due to a few hunches, but the rest are highlighted based on locks in my team (green), consideration in my team (yellow), unknown due to not much info (grey) and out of contention (red).

Those who are out of contention are out based on low scoring ability, role change, injury or no inclusion in JLT 2 squads.

As you can see, not that many rooks remain. I suspect Collins might not play, as well as Jack Scrimshaw. Duursma hopefully scores better this week, so he should be yellowed as well. Still, I'm not confident on many of these at all

I really hope we get some left field ones Round 1, otherwise, we're gonna be in a world of pain, haha

EDIT: Jack Macrae should be a lock too* (green, not yellow)

Cripps in red?

 

[bl4ke]

Cannot argue with that, haha

I think there's reactionary and then there's knowing when to admit you're wrong as well. I thought after JLT 1, 'yep, he's in the role that I thought he would be.' Then JLT 2 turned that on its head, and I realized that our midfield is just far too stacked to take a chance on him. I love him, but I have to be absolutely 100% sure that a player is not going to cause me grief, if I'm going to select him Round 1

Parf will be a gun thats for sure. Just on Telly, I'm fairly certain Hutchings ran with him when he went through the middle last week and he also played a fair amount of time on the flanks to give the kids a go in the guts so i wouldn't be reading in to his JLT 1 60 too much

 

[Shadow89]

Literally 2 days ago you said your midfield was: Brayshaw, Duncan, taranto, crouch, sheedy, miles, Libya, cousins (walsh, bewley). So you've changed half your midfield!

Then you said to another poster that some people are jlt reactionary which "isnt how you want to go into round 1".

Actually, that was my first iteration, before TheRednWhite convinced me on Macrae a few posts after, and then I settled on a different structure that has been pretty consistent since then.

Team has changed since this post lol. I have Macrae, so that balances my side a bit more. Duncan is there at a similar price point to Merrett, so if Merrett fires, then i can go straight to him. If he doesn't I stick with Dunc. McCarthy is priced at 35K more than thr highest rook, will play some mid time and has high tackle numbers. No brainer for me over someone like a Parker or Cavarra who might not even play

Merrett and Duncan didn't fire and Selwood was my sneaky choice that was at the same price point. So that's not much change. Macrae, Brayshaw, (Duncan to Selwood), Taranto, Brouch, Walsh, Cousins, and now Libba to Matt Crouch (which I thought I'd try out for the screenshot, and who very well will probably change back again if Libba backs it up in JLT 2). How is that half my midfield?

I've had Witherden, Newman, Williams, Smith, Clark, Brayshaw, Taranto, Brouch, Walsh, Cousins, Goldstein, Danger, Heeney, Boak, McCarthy, Setterfield, Worpel and Drew, in pretty much every iteration of my team since JLT Round 1 and before (with Boak and Cousins the only inclusions from JLT 1). That's 18 out of 22 players. How exactly is that 'reactionary'? I've changed 4 players based on structure and rookie changes/injuries/role etc. since then. Parfitt is the only one I thought was a lock, but has made me unsure now.

Tell me? Is there any particular reason you're always such a dick when it comes to my posts? Everyone else on here doesn't act this way, but both years on here, you've popped up in the pre-season with your snarky comments, and then disappeared afterwards. I stopped ignoring you because I thought you might have turned over a new leaf, but you're still exactly the same. There's no need for it, and it ruins the vibe of the community.

EDIT: Just found this post as well.

Dude, you were pumping up Parfitt's tyres and even had him in your team. You deserve to have Parfitt in your team. Now you're off him and on to Dahlhaus? Mid-price madness!

God you really are a dick.

I said 'Dahlhaus is a sneaky one who could be worth a look', I didn't say I was considering him for my team. Mate, you're borderline obsessed with me. Hiding behind your keyboard with your sycophantic comments, get a life. No-one else behaves like this in this community, except you.

Piss off.

 

[Iceman!]

Think some people gotta accept that people are going to jump on players who do well in JLT. I have been hot on Taranto all pre season and yeah it kinda sucks i lost a POD but shit happens. I was also not real keen on Brad Crouch because of his injuries but now he is a lock in my team. Of course you are going to make changes based on how players perform.

 

[Corby_4]

Chayce Jones JS prospects?
Can't imagine they'd be great with the amount of Crows mids.
Any Adelaide supporters have any info?

 

[JDWCE]

Chayce Jones JS prospects?
Can't imagine they'd be great with the amount of Crows mids.
Any Adelaide supporters have any info?

Don't think he will be a high enough scorer for his price tag unfortunately

 

[Corby_4]

Don't think he will be a high enough scorer for his price tag unfortunately

Fair point.
I'll stick with Walsh and LDU in that case.

 

[Thetrader15]

Chayce Jones JS prospects?
Can't imagine they'd be great with the amount of Crows mids.
Any Adelaide supporters have any info?

I haven't seen the games this year but the coaches seem to love him. I think he plays rd1, and will probably play about 10 games this year.

 

[Beau_Waters for PM]

Think some people gotta accept that people are going to jump on players who do well in JLT. I have been hot on Taranto all pre season and yeah it kinda sucks i lost a POD but shit happens. I was also not real keen on Brad Crouch because of his injuries but now he is a lock in my team. Of course you are going to make changes based on how players perform.

Hear hear.

If the choice is between my watchlist players blitzing the JLT, or crashing and burning, I know which I'd prefer.

Not a fan of the whinging when 'your PODs' tear up the JLT.

The better fantasy coaches will use JLT alongside their existing watchlist, rather than the definitive word on a player. So we'll all be okay.

If anyone is at all like me, I've chopped and changed my side way more than usual this preseason, mainly trying to get the structure right due to the lack of promising basement rookie options. It has forced some wholesale changes but thems the breaks!