Opinion 2022 Fantasy Player X vs Y vs Z

[JDWCE]

Macrae + Butters vs Walsh + TThomas

All 4

 

[Milo Cyrus]

Duncan & DeGoey vs Taranto & Heeney

 

[kozi]

Duncan & DeGoey vs Taranto & Heeney

1 easy

Cameron already strongly hinted at Taranto forward first few rounds while Greene is out. Will be an upgrade gift

 

[JDWCE]

Macrae + Butters vs Walsh + TThomas

Truth be told I think I would choose Walsh and butters. Just gut feel though. For me, Macrae is at his maximum. He likely won’t drop but you know what you’re getting. Walsh could honestly jump up to Macrae levels and I think butters midfield role is a little more assured than TT. Plus I think TT is too dangerous forward to not spend a little time there or cop a tag here and there. Honestly like splitting hairs though

 

[Milo Cyrus]

1 easy

Cameron already strongly hinted at Taranto forward first few rounds while Greene is out. Will be an upgrade gift

Ahhh, I missed the Taranto forward memo.

 

[wahooo]

Heeney v Thomas v Butters v Dusty?

Leaning towards Heeney with the tease of midfield time. I'm ready to be hurt again.

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Heeney v Thomas v Butters v Dusty?

Leaning towards Heeney with the tease of midfield time. I'm ready to be hurt again.

Thomas, bout to break out. Superstar (no i'm not a closet norf fan)

 

[11kgm]

Thomas, bout to break out. Superstar (no i'm not a closet norf fan)

Just following Greenwood

 

[Thetrader15]

Simpkin and Oliver

Or

Titch and Neale

 

[11kgm]

Simpkin and Oliver

Or

Titch and Neale

second easy

Neale 105-110 and Titch 115-120

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Just following Greenwood

Nar more of a SIMP guy

 

[kozi]

Macrae (115) Hall (110) 250k rook (65)

vs

Crouch (95) Whit (105) Serong (100)

 

[weltschmerz]

Macrae (115) Hall (110) 250k rook (65)

vs

Crouch (95) Whit (105) Serong (100)

First one, Macrae with our draw is a tailor made VC option

 

[kozi]

First one, Macrae with our draw is a tailor made VC option

First one I've had all pre-season.. started Macrae 4 years straight and doubt that changes this year. Throwing some combo's around for some food for thought

 

[Dougz]

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Crouch (95) Whit (105) Serong (100)




Macrae (115) Hall (110) 250k rook (65)

v

I like option 2.

I always think if you can get the same amount of points without using a rookie on field you always do it for a few reasons.
- Medical vest for rookies is still here
- Covid outs - Does a 950k hurt more over a 650k player being out
- I also think it means you have 1 extra rookie on field with option 1? maybe i'm wrong but it'd be like 5 rookies on field instead of 4 in a completed team or an extra rayner/brodie type.

A healthy Crouch has me hoping a 100 average. Those number back end of 2020 in shorten QTRs are insane, even with laird in the middle.

 

[kozi]

I like option 2.

I always think if you can get the same amount of points without using a rookie on field you always do it for a few reasons.
- Medical vest for rookies is still here
- Covid outs - Does a 950k hurt more over a 650k player being out
- I also think it means you have 1 extra rookie on field with option 1? maybe i'm wrong but it'd be like 5 rookies on field instead of 4 in a completed team or an extra rayner/brodie type.

A healthy Crouch has me hoping a 100 average. Those number back end of 2020 in shorten QTRs are insane, even with laird in the middle.

Good points. For balance here's the positives on option 1:

-Starting two players you'll almost 100% be chasing later in the season if you don't start them
-Macrae VC option for the first 5 rounds is big. Can easily burn those not starting him
-The rook in option 1 would be a blue chip 250k-300k type
-Far less inj risk. Crouch and Whit you're rolling the dice to a certain extent

In saying that there's a strong case for starting all of Macrae Hall Crouch

 

[Dougz]

Good points. For balance here's the positives on option 1:

-Starting two players you'll almost 100% be chasing later in the season if you don't start them
-Macrae VC option for the first 5 rounds is big. Can easily burn those not starting him
-The rook in option 1 would be a blue chip 250k-300k type
-Far less inj risk. Crouch and Whit you're rolling the dice to a certain extent

In saying that there's a strong case for starting all of Macrae Hall Crouch

Yep 100% get it.

In my eyes the cheaper guys close the gap on those top end players. 1 sub par score from any of those 2 means everyone else gets them cheaper, if it comes in the early rounds you're already 50k+ behind everyone - not only from price dropping but also mid pricers going up.

On rookies I think most people will start with 4 250k+ rookies no matter what option you choose out of those 2 - that 250k rookie scoring 65 is going to be in both teams. Hard to explain, but when I've been playing around with it I seem to get stuck playing a 190k rookie because i've ran out of fieldable rookies with an option 1 type.

 

[kozi]

Yep 100% get it.

In my eyes the cheaper guys close the gap on those top end players. 1 sub par score from any of those 2 means everyone else gets them cheaper, if it comes in the early rounds you're already 50k+ behind everyone - not only from price dropping but also mid pricers going up.

I don't think this is entirely accurate in most instances. A guy like Macrae rarely puts in a bad score so it's unlikely his price will drop, and the strike rate on mid price success stories isn't that great. Think back to last year, most of them were flops people ended up being stuck with for way too long. The season quickly became all about shipping them out for guns and rooks. Those who started mainly guns & rooks with the select few mid pricers got a big leg up. I'm heading that way this year also.. just the select few mid pricers and not skimping on getting in the big dogs to start.

 

[Cotchy9]

I don't think this is entirely accurate in most instances. A guy like Macrae rarely puts in a bad score so it's unlikely his price will drop, and the strike rate on mid price success stories isn't that great. Think back to last year, most of them were flops people ended up being stuck with for way too long. The season quickly became all about shipping them out for guns and rooks. Those who started mainly guns & rooks with only selective mid pricers got a big leg up.

Yet everyone is saying don’t start more than 5 rookies this year. So say most have 12 premium/keepers, the 5 mid pricers and 5 rookies. Why couldn’t you have say 13 premiums, 2-3 mid pricers and 6-7 rookies?

 

[kozi]

Yet everyone is saying don’t start more than 5 rookies this year. So say most have 12 premium/keepers, the 5 mid pricers and 5 rookies. Why couldn’t you have say 13 premiums, 2-3 mid pricers and 6-7 rookies?

Those type of early crows don't mean much when nobody knows what rooks on what lines will be picked come round 1.

One thing's for sure.. those extra few rooks always inevitably pop up which prove to be better value scoring 50's and making decent coin than the failed mid pricers who go on to average mid 70's and you need to ship out asap.

 

[Cotchy9]

Steele and Walsh
V
Titch and Macrae?

120 and 110
V
115 and 115

Hard to split. I have Neale and Simpkin atm, so going the Titch option means a 3rd round 14 bye premium

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Steele and Walsh
V
Titch and Macrae?

120 and 110
V
115 and 115

Hard to split. I have Neale and Simpkin atm, so going the Titch option means a 3rd round 14 bye premium

I’d go option 2.

Mitchell could easily match Steele and Macrae is a proven 115 player year on year.

Walsh is still somewhat unknown what his ceiling is. He’s a great player but will he push above the 110 or stay around there? At least we know that answer for Macrae whereas we are just assuming Walsh will increase again at this point.

Both splitting hairs really either way though.

 

[Cotchy9]

I’d go option 2.

Mitchell could easily match Steele and Macrae is a proven 115 player year on year.

Walsh is still somewhat unknown what his ceiling is. He’s a great player but will he push above the 110 or stay around there? At least we know that answer for Macrae whereas we are just assuming Walsh will increase again at this point.

Both splitting hairs really either way though.

Yeah it’s a very hard one. Just the names Titch and Macrae look nice, Fantasy royalty. But also like Steele and Walsh

 

[tigs2010]

Steele and Walsh
V
Titch and Macrae?

120 and 110
V
115 and 115

Hard to split. I have Neale and Simpkin atm, so going the Titch option means a 3rd round 14 bye premium

Probably 2. Titch went massive 2nd half of year too.

 

[Keystone agony]

Grundy + JHF + T Stewart + Tucker

Draper + Serong + Lloyd + Tucker

Draper + JHF + Lloyd + T Stewart