Teams 2020 Rate My Pre-Season Team

[WaynesWorld19]

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[Mt Isa Mustang]

I would argue that 2 unproven 4th year players that have never averaged 90+ before are not "definite keepers".

Fair enough,
I'm picking them thinking they will be.
Even if Houston and Greenwood end up averaging 85 which I definitely think is unders - I probably wouldn't be trading them.

 

[Mt Isa Mustang]

Ryan at D1 does not look right at all. Laird at a very similar price has more consistent scoring and a higher floor. Whereas over the last two seasons Ryan has 12 scores of 80 or below. A burn man and I'm one who has been.

22 for average 90 started at 422k (win)
18 for average 95 starting at 489k (win - until he got injured)

If you traded him in at peak price post bye in 2018 (he didn't play well end of 2018) then yes you got burned. He'd only played about 25 AFL games at that stage.

Last year he had 3 scores <75 including the final one he got injured. He also had 3 games >130.
I reckon he's a good pick that will continue to improve. Definitely will have some ups and downs, but if you're on from the get go, I reckon a guy who can
From memory he was a guy who had the lowest %of play ons from kick ins last year. If he picks that up, could have a big boost in scoring.

I've had Laird in various iterations of the team. Think he'll be a decent pick too.

 

[Andrew Birch]

Fair enough,
I'm picking them thinking they will be.
Even if Houston and Greenwood end up averaging 85 which I definitely think is unders - I probably wouldn't be trading them.

I'm not saying they're bad picks, I'll probably end up starting Houston myself. I'm just not convinced that either is a guaranteed sure thing keeper. Partly due to factors that are out of their control, such as form of and availability of other players and coaches decisions on their roles from week to week and within games.

 

[ROOINYOU]

coming around to the 4 premo mid setup + DPP mid pricer.
I am not confident in the Rookie pool this year.
sure we will have enough in round 1, but will they stay in the team??
at least if I go with a bunch of mid price guys to start I can trade down to a rookie who has been solid and should hold his spot.
..but if the rooks dry up early we will be stuffed.
not all the mid pricers are breakout contenders. some just need to get back to their best(or close to) in Dev/Robo/Doc/Steven.
would rather waste trades trading down than have to scramble each week to fill a team and deal with rooks who get dropped after 2 games.
a lot to happen before round 1 but at the moment I don't want any more than 6 rooks on field max..
hope I'm wrong but this could be the year of the mid pricers.

 

[CaptainChardonnay]

coming around to the 4 premo mid setup + DPP mid pricer.
I am not confident in the Rookie pool this year.
sure we will have enough in round 1, but will they stay in the team??
at least if I go with a bunch of mid price guys to start I can trade down to a rookie who has been solid and should hold his spot.
..but if the rooks dry up early we will be stuffed.
not all the mid pricers are breakout contenders. some just need to get back to their best(or close to) in Dev/Robo/Doc/Steven.
would rather waste trades trading down than have to scramble each week to fill a team and deal with rooks who get dropped after 2 games.
a lot to happen before round 1 but at the moment I don't want any more than 6 rooks on field max..
hope I'm wrong but this could be the year of the mid pricers.

If you don't have at least 12 Keepers on field rd1, you're screwed. Mid pricers cost you premiums, trades & In the long run, points.

 

[SELFCONFESDAFLNERD]

If you don't have at least 12 Keepers on field rd1, you're screwed. Mid pricers cost you premiums, trades & In the long run, points.

I disagree, each year there are several players that average 20+ points over their starting price. Some of those make the leap to top 5-10 in their respective position/s. It is hard to pick them but if you do, you will save trades, add to your 'premium count' and gain points on those going vanilla guns n rookies. Yes, it is hard but just because a player is priced somewhere in between premium and rookie price doesnt mean they should be disregarded. One thing you have to be good at when going with midd-pricers is jumping off the duds quickly and downgrading to the rookies you've missed. 30 trades is plenty, you can afford 2 dud mid-pricers as long as you get rid of them early and jump on the gun rookies you missed. Then if you keep the other mid-pricers that turn into guns you will effectively save those 2 trades later in the season. Yes, if you pick loads of dud mid-pricers you will lose out...just like if you pick rookies that turn out to be duds.

Nothing wrong with different strategies, it just comes down to how good you are at picking the right players. Disregarding a whole group of players just on face value doesnt seem smart to me.

 

[Blackhawk42]

team is starting to take shape now

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Best 'no Whitfield' team I've seen so far.

 

[Gene Simmons]

I'm sure 80% of my team will change by Round 1 but here is my 1st draft.... Thoughts or suggestions will be be greatly appreciated....

 

[stevebbb]

If you don't have at least 12 Keepers on field rd1, you're screwed. Mid pricers cost you premiums, trades & In the long run, points.

I'm so sick of wasting trades on rookie corrections, even later in the season when I'm stuck with some spud who is sitting at $160k

I just had a look at the last team you posted, of the 7 rookies you have on field, I reckon you'll be lucky to get 4 or 5 picked in round 1 (and that includes Rowell and Pickett, who are guarantees)

 

[Andrew Birch]

If you don't have at least 12 Keepers on field rd1, you're screwed. Mid pricers cost you premiums, trades & In the long run, points.

In both of the last 2 seasons I started with 8 Premo "keepers" & 8 "mid-pricers" & still had trades left for the later rounds. Finished 558 & 538.

 

[CaptainChardonnay]

I'm so sick of wasting trades on rookie corrections, even later in the season when I'm stuck with some spud who is sitting at $160k

I just had a look at the last team you posted, of the 7 rookies you have on field, I reckon you'll be lucky to get 4 or 5 picked in round 1 (and that includes Rowell and Pickett, who are guarantees)

Rookies are all place holders. Every year there's panic 3 weeks out that there won't be enough rookies. There always is. Absolutely they're a gamble, but hey, that's super coach.

 

[CaptainChardonnay]

In both of the last 2 seasons I started with 8 Premo "keepers" & 8 "mid-pricers" & still had trades left for the later rounds. Finished 558 & 538.

Which mid pricers?

 

[ROOINYOU]

If you don't have at least 12 Keepers on field rd1, you're screwed. Mid pricers cost you premiums, trades & In the long run, points.

non playing rooks can cost you too!
I know every year it seems slim but this year all the SC friendly role rooks seem to be on the wrong teams and will struggle to stay/get in the team.
aside from Rowell/Pickett the others I'm not confident in.
looks like we will be stuck with a bunch of slow burn rooks and upgrades may not come so quick this year. King,Rankine,Mchenry,Gould,Hosie types will take ages to moo. to get a true upgrade to premo I worry we will be forced to trade out our best rooks early.

again I hope I'm wrong and suddenly we have a plethora of rooks with solid JS and SC friendly roles...but till then I'm looking at all options.

 

[stevebbb]

Rookies are all place holders. Every year there's panic 3 weeks out that there won't be enough rookies. There always is. Absolutely they're a gamble, but hey, that's super coach.

I think it's extra bad this year, but we'll know a lot more after Marsh #2. I hope I'm wrong!

 

[Andrew Birch]

Which mid pricers?

The ones priced between 220k-450k

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

In both of the last 2 seasons I started with 8 Premo "keepers" & 8 "mid-pricers" & still had trades left for the later rounds. Finished 558 & 538.

Yeah.
Well.
I Roughie Maneuvered Lycett and Hoff enough times to finish outside the top 20k

 

[JuddgementDay]

coming around to the 4 premo mid setup + DPP mid pricer.
I am not confident in the Rookie pool this year.
sure we will have enough in round 1, but will they stay in the team??
at least if I go with a bunch of mid price guys to start I can trade down to a rookie who has been solid and should hold his spot.
..but if the rooks dry up early we will be stuffed.
not all the mid pricers are breakout contenders. some just need to get back to their best(or close to) in Dev/Robo/Doc/Steven.
would rather waste trades trading down than have to scramble each week to fill a team and deal with rooks who get dropped after 2 games.
a lot to happen before round 1 but at the moment I don't want any more than 6 rooks on field max..
hope I'm wrong but this could be the year of the mid pricers.

Disagree - you are wrong!
Every year is a good year for mid pricers

 

[Andrew Birch]

Disagree - you are wrong!
Every year is a good year for mid pricers

 

[LuvtheKangas]

In both of the last 2 seasons I started with 8 Premo "keepers" & 8 "mid-pricers" & still had trades left for the later rounds. Finished 558 & 538.

I'm backing you ro finish 518 this year.

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[Silky pants]

 

[Leeroy Brown 15]

I'm leaving this thread for a week look what you all made me do to my team with all the midprice talk

 

[Phoenix_9]

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I don’t hate it, don’t think I can roll with that many midpricers personally tho.

 

[A Bit Dusty]

I'm leaving this thread for a week look what you all made me do to my team with all the midprice talk

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I don't see the problem myself except maybe English R2 and Green for Jack Steven

 

[A Bit Dusty]

I don’t hate it, don’t think I can roll with that many midpricers personally tho.

Well I do hate it and he will probably be in the top 200 after Round 1

 

[00Stinger]

why do I keep seeing teams with Ceglar?

Am I missing something?