Reading through the Blues Pre season thread and there’s mention of Walsh in a moon boot. Seems an unconfirmed rumour but may have some issue which isn’t great only a month out from the season as a premo.
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Reading through the Blues Pre season thread and there’s mention of Walsh in a moon boot. Seems an unconfirmed rumour but may have some issue which isn’t great only a month out from the season as a premo.
Can't screenshot but currently toying with the 4 rook midfield. With option 1 of the two I presented my team is:
B: Lloyd, Short, Dawson, Sic, Milera, Kemp
M: Titch, Simpkin, Crouch, Caldwell, Rowell, JHF, Daicos, Ward
R: Grundy, Darcy
F: Dunc, Dunk, Trel, Weller, Heeney, Pedlar
The X v Y v Z actually becomes:
Simp, Weller, Rowell, Kemp
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Whit, Serong, Rayner, Hobbs
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Whit & Serong .....I don't believe you can take the risk of both Serong and Crouch
Kemp over Hobbs
He’s not getting as much hype as I would have thought but what do we think Cerra can average?
Has shown he can go big and will be a pure midfielder now. Walsh and Cripps take all the opposition attention and he’s left free I would think.
Can he break out and go 105-110?
Has shown he can go big and will be a pure midfielder now. Walsh and Cripps take all the opposition attention and he’s left free I would think.
Can he break out and go 105-110?
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How many #3 ranked Mids are Fantasy relevant ......will take Cerra a while to gel in a CARL midfield ....a watch for me
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I guess that’s the big unknown at the moment but personally I see Cerra as taking the mantle as their number 2 player in the midfield behind Walsh.
However in saying that I think teams will still be more likely to tag Cripps leaving Cerra free.
Assume he won’t be spending any time on the wing like he did at Freo and will be purely inside where he tends to score well.
Tossing up between:
Hall (110), Powell (80) and Rowell (80) - 270
and
Lloyd (105), Rayner (70) and Cerra (105) - 280
Both very similar but if Hall goes 120 I don’t want to miss out on him but at the same time don’t really trust Rowell to go 80+
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Powell (80) and Rowell (80) - 270 .....Rayner (70) and Cerra (105)
I'm staying well away from any player that is predicted to breakout ......without historical scoring evidence, it'll be "show me the money" B4 I bring them into my side
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Pick 1...
If Pedlar plays could you go Whit, Rowell and Pedlar?
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90+80+60
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100+75,60
I’d go 2 I think purely because you’re getting a top 3 defender in. Weller may or may not be a keeper
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Yeah this is a good call. I tried to get fancy with McCluggage 2 seasons ago thinking he’d go from 90 to 105-110 and got stuck with him averaging in the 90’s. Someone like Simpkin though I’m keen to take the punt on as he put together a back end season of 105
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Hunter Clark fooled me last year ......Nick Reiwoldt in the press PS calling Clark the next SAINTS Superstar .....if any of the players start on fire, I'll jump on ...as I did with Tex Walker and De Goey last year
Will Day vs James Sicily...
Any Hawks fans wish to chime in on how the backline is likely to look, or if we should just avoid these guys altogether (obviously Jiath will be wanting his fair share too).
Any Hawks fans wish to chime in on how the backline is likely to look, or if we should just avoid these guys altogether (obviously Jiath will be wanting his fair share too).
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I am 99% sure that is a fake rumour.
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Simpkin and $100k for mine.
Re the 4-rookie midfield question that's been discussed on various threads – the fly in the ointment there is Matt Rowell.
There is a reasonable chance that given an injury-free run at things, he follows his natural progression towards being a premo or close to-premo mid (ie a 90+ average). That represents a ~$250K+ price increase, which you are going to want to be on board with given his high ownership %.
He’s going to be given every opportunity to make that progress by the coaching staff, in terms of TOG and CBA%, as they see him as the future leader of the club and a guy they want to hang on to.
If you don’t start with him, and instead pick a rookie at M5, what do you do if Rowell looks like he’s breaking out? You either have to find the cash to upgrade a rookie way ahead of schedule, or downgrade a premo mid.
If Rowell still has his injury worries and is looking like more of a 70-80 average type guy to start the year, it’s much easier to downgrade him to a promising rookie (e.g. Erasmus or McDonald) or sideways him to a Caldwell type.
There is a reasonable chance that given an injury-free run at things, he follows his natural progression towards being a premo or close to-premo mid (ie a 90+ average). That represents a ~$250K+ price increase, which you are going to want to be on board with given his high ownership %.
He’s going to be given every opportunity to make that progress by the coaching staff, in terms of TOG and CBA%, as they see him as the future leader of the club and a guy they want to hang on to.
If you don’t start with him, and instead pick a rookie at M5, what do you do if Rowell looks like he’s breaking out? You either have to find the cash to upgrade a rookie way ahead of schedule, or downgrade a premo mid.
If Rowell still has his injury worries and is looking like more of a 70-80 average type guy to start the year, it’s much easier to downgrade him to a promising rookie (e.g. Erasmus or McDonald) or sideways him to a Caldwell type.
Wise points. I wouldn't mind gambling him at m4 even if it strengthens the forwards and defenders like the rookie mid sides do.
I dumped him prior to round 1 last year, and I won't be starting him this year.
Thing is, you cannot have everyone. You'll always miss out on 1 or two.
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What do we think of Rachele? He's arguably the only warm rookie that seems to have a spot in our forward line. For structure reasons I keep looking at the following;
JHF + Heeney / Butters / Thomas type
or
Brayshaw / Jelly + Rachele
At first my rationale for selecting JHF was because he likely gets forward DPP at round 6 but if I start Rachele instead it's basically as if I've fast forward to round 6 already but instead of having a Heeney/Butters type I have a Jelly/Brayshaw type which in theory should easily outscore the forward premo of choice. Have I answered my own thoughts or can someone shed some light?
JHF + Heeney / Butters / Thomas type
or
Brayshaw / Jelly + Rachele
At first my rationale for selecting JHF was because he likely gets forward DPP at round 6 but if I start Rachele instead it's basically as if I've fast forward to round 6 already but instead of having a Heeney/Butters type I have a Jelly/Brayshaw type which in theory should easily outscore the forward premo of choice. Have I answered my own thoughts or can someone shed some light?
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Jelly + Curnow
Or
Treloar and Caldwell
Or
Treloar and Caldwell
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