Teams 2022 Rate My Preseason Team

[WaynesWorld19]

 

[Saints_Man]

Pretty happy with this team heading into the practice/pre-season games. 72k left in the bank.

 

[Northernsoul74]

Pretty happy with this team heading into the practice/pre-season games. 72k left in the bank.
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Hobbs instead of Rachele. I don’t get the thinking of Rachale in midfield.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Does Roughead make him more accountable?

Yes good point but maybe he'll get more contested marks. I'm risking it for the biscuit, I just hope he's not a scotch finger snap biscuit.

 

[Saints_Man]

Hobbs instead of Rachele. I don’t get the thinking of Rachale in midfield.

Do you reckon Hobbs will get games early at Essendon? I've got Rachele just purely MID/FWD DPP link.

 

[Northernsoul74]

Do you reckon Hobbs will get games early at Essendon? I've got Rachele just purely MID/FWD DPP link.

No idea but Rachele reported role as a small fwd doesn’t sound promising points wise at his price.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Do you reckon Hobbs will get games early at Essendon? I've got Rachele just purely MID/FWD DPP link.

With Stringer out I think he will. He looks a simular type to a young Jack Graham.

 

[Deliverance]

Plenty of coin being spent on high price rookies. Don't seem to recall this many being this popular previous years.

 

[JT_the_Man]

With Stringer out I think he will. He looks a simular type to a young Jack Graham.

Stringer will play round 1. Minor injury and has had a full preseason to this point.

Hobbs will play anyway, find it hard to see us leaving him out after standout out performances in both intra club games.

 

[buttox]

Plenty of coin being spent on high price rookies. Don't seem to recall this many being this popular.

I'm going to start 6 rookies on field.
I currently have 4 over 145k and 2 less than 145k on the field.
I think that still may be too many.

 

[Northernsoul74]

Plenty of coin being spent on high price rookies. Don't seem to recall this many being this popular.

I think we were spoilt with Walsh and Rowell. They’re the exception not the rule. Hard to not hear the hype on JHF though.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Plenty of coin being spent on high price rookies. Don't seem to recall this many being this popular.

I recall a simular year when the winner had heaps of $180,000 to $ 230,000 priced players.
This draft was meant to be a super draft at the top end.
I usually wouldn't pay for high priced rookies but this lot look very good and all scored big supercoach numbers last year in their teams.

 

[buttox]

I recall a simular year when the winner had heaps of $180,000 to $ 230,000 priced players.
This draft was meant to be a super draft at the top end.
I usually wouldn't pay for high priced rookies but this lot look very good and all scored big supercoach numbers last year in their teams.

I think Daicos and Horne have such massive ownership you have to take them. To big a risk if you don't take them and they do well.
Ward, Hobbs, Erasmus, Chesser and Rachele are a little bit more of a punt.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

I think Daicos and Horne have such massive ownership you have to take them. To big a risk if you don't take them and they do well.
Ward, Hobbs, Erasmus, Chesser and Rachele are a little bit more of a punt.

At least with Ward you know he will get games in that team imo.
JHS and Daicos the same.

 

[buttox]

At least with Ward you know he will get games in that team imo.
JHS and Daicos the same.

Yep but a third rookie over 180k seems excessive imo.
Ward + 123k rookie = Hobbs + Chesser.
We wont know which is the better option until the Ansett cup.

 

[Lord De Goey]

Plenty of coin being spent on high price rookies. Don't seem to recall this many being this popular previous years.

I can see it backfiring too but let them do it

 

[buttox]

Pretty happy with this team heading into the practice/pre-season games. 72k left in the bank.
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That is pretty good mate. I don't mind it.
Just playing devils advocate.
Too many 170k+ rookies.
But otherwise nice team!

 

[Saints_Man]

That is pretty good mate. I don't mind it.
Just playing devils advocate.
Too many 170k+ rookies.
But otherwise nice team!

Thanks! Hopefully we get more cheaper rookies pop up throughout the pre-season.

 

[Deliverance]

Yep, tough balancing act. Mostly, its cheap rookies that make more money, but you can't afford to miss a Walsh type.

 

[buttox]

Yep, tough balancing act. Mostly, its cheap rookies that make more money, but you can't afford to miss a Walsh type.

Clark at m8 seems the move to me.
He will be one of this years best rookies.
No need to go all the way to m8 with expensive rookies.

 

[Andrew Birch]

Yep but a third rookie over 180k seems excessive imo.
Ward + 123k rookie = Hobbs + Chesser.
We wont know which is the better option until the Ansett cup.

I realise it's a flawed way of looking at it, but I see 180k+ rookies like they've already had one or two price rises compared to those starting at 102-124k so they can be downgraded/upgraded a week or two earlier than a cheaper rookie if they don't quite live up to expectations and there's a juicy bottom priced rookie on the bubble I want to downgrade to or a fallen premo i want to upgrade a midpricer to early in the year.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Has he? That’s quite a misleading statement.
“
Preuss also developed lower back pain post-season that GWS medical staff initially tried to treat with injections before he went in for surgery in November.

“It sounds scary, but it’s not as big as it sounds – a few AFL players have had it, so it wasn’t too bad,” Preuss told News Corp.

“A disc was just pressing on a nerve (in my lower back), so they had to shave a bit of the disc away.

“I couldn’t do anything for about two months and I lost a bit there, around the core and the legs and whatnot, but I went for a few jogs pre-Christmas.”

Exacerbating Preuss’ rotten luck was his Covid diagnosis shortly after returning to training post-Christmas, which cost him another week in isolation.

He said the virus “cooked” him for the first day or so and impacted him with his running but he took part in match simulation on Thursday.

The challenge for the 26-year-old is not only staying healthy but increasing his fitness and strength bases in time for Round 1 to catch up to Flynn, who is in career-best shape.”

lol, facts.

I think the time is coming to stop trying to talk people out of Preuss. Let them scramble to trade in another ruck in round 3 when he misses.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

I realise it's a flawed way of looking at it, but I see 180k+ rookies like they've already had one or two price rises compared to those starting at 102-124k so they can be downgraded/upgraded a week or two earlier than a cheaper rookie if they don't quite live up to expectations and there's a juicy bottom priced rookie on the bubble I want to downgrade to or a fallen premo i want to upgrade a midpricer to early in the year.

I agree with that, but spending the extra $50k on a rookie means you have to spend $50k less on a premo somewhere.

JS is the best thing in favour of these high priced rookies imo. JHF/Daicos/Ward will play a lot. Harder to be sure of the lower priced rookies (most of them at least).

 

[Andrew Birch]

I agree with that, but spending the extra $50k on a rookie means you have to spend $50k less on a premo somewhere.

JS is the best thing in favour of these high priced rookies imo. JHF/Daicos/Ward will play a lot. Harder to be sure of the lower priced rookies (most of them at least).

Makes no difference to me. I started 2018 & 2019 with 300k in the bank and my final ranks were no diffferent than when I started with 10k in the bank the last 2 years, so I'm either going to invest some funds into bluechip rookie stocks or hold cash for an early upgrade or two.

 

[blueiris]

Has he? That’s quite a misleading statement.
“
Preuss also developed lower back pain post-season that GWS medical staff initially tried to treat with injections before he went in for surgery in November.

“It sounds scary, but it’s not as big as it sounds – a few AFL players have had it, so it wasn’t too bad,” Preuss told News Corp.

“A disc was just pressing on a nerve (in my lower back), so they had to shave a bit of the disc away.

“I couldn’t do anything for about two months and I lost a bit there, around the core and the legs and whatnot, but I went for a few jogs pre-Christmas.”

Exacerbating Preuss’ rotten luck was his Covid diagnosis shortly after returning to training post-Christmas, which cost him another week in isolation.

He said the virus “cooked” him for the first day or so and impacted him with his running but he took part in match simulation on Thursday.

The challenge for the 26-year-old is not only staying healthy but increasing his fitness and strength bases in time for Round 1 to catch up to Flynn, who is in career-best shape.”

Dam internet you can’t even joke these days because someone has to cross check facts

 

[Dunna Heartknee]

I had plenty of time on my hands, something to do in downtime.
The aim for me is to try and find the players that will enter the top 5.

+ represents made the top 5 the previous year
The number represents where the players ranking the previous season

2021​	2020​	2019​	2018​	2017​	2016​	2015​	2014​	2013​	2012​
​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Macrae 6​	Gawn +​	Grundy +​	Grundy 45​	Dangerfield +​	Dangerfield +​	Goldy 20​	Ablett +​	Ablett +​	Ablett +​
Steele +​	Neale +​	Gawn +​	Mitchell +​	Martin 19​	Pendles +​	Fyfe +​	Rockliff 13​	Pendles +​	Pendles +​
Oliver +​	Oliver +​	Macrae +​	Macrae 18​	Mitchell 30​	Gawn 39​	Dangerfield 32​	Pendles +​	Selwood 7​	Swan +​
Miller 30​	Lloyd 15​	Fyfe 7​	Gawn 74​	Ablett +​	Selwood 26​	Pendles +​	Selwood +​	Stevie J 66​	Beams 71​
Gawn +​	Steele 61​	Neale 9​	Dangerfield +​	Docherty 14​	Ablett +​	Ablett +​	Fyfe 18​	Swan +​	Watson 32​

1. There is a pattern that minimum 2 players exit the top 5 every season
2. The players that enter the top 5 generally are ranked 6 - 35 from the previous season. (6-15=7, 16-25=5, 26-35=5 36-45=2, 46 and up=3).
3. Players that reach the number 1 position, when they exit out of the top 5 they seem to be goneski disappearo.
4. When the top ranked player is a midfielder they back it up, Mcrae is safe so who will be the other 2 players that survive?

I exhausted every avenue trying to find other patterns, there was nothing of note to add.

Hopefully this helps someone trying to decide who to start as their captain options