Teams 2023 Fantasy - Rate My Preseason Team

[WaynesWorld19]

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[Shadow89]

Yeah saw this last night. Think LDU is a no for me and I’ve scrapped Tarryn Thomas and Richards from my side already.

Currently have LDU, Cogs, Rozee, Lycett, Macrae, McLean and Doc from this bye. Plus rooks and Will Phillips. Not too bad now but not my favourite line up.

Yeah mine isn't too bad either right now - LDU, Cogs, Rozee, Macrae, Doch, McLean, Taranto, T. Thomas and Phillips who will be gone as a rook by the time byes rock around -and then maybe one of T. Green/Cerra if their pre-season is good and I need cash.

10 max for that last round, including rooks is I think the 'sweet' spot. Taking out rooks, I currently have a 4-1-4-8 split - which is actually pretty good, considering the last round is the heaviest and the others are all minimal.

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Looking at the recent pics of Angus Bray at training he certainly doesn’t look in great shape if he’s going to be playing midfield...

 

[Shadow89]

Looking at the recent pics of Angus Bray at training he certainly doesn’t look in great shape if he’s going to be playing midfield...

To be fair, he's never been in that great shape anyway and he's averaged 105 before, haha. Still 2 months to go, so hopefully in a bit better shape come Round 1. Swan was one of the greatest fantasy footballers of all time, and he was in much worse shape - so some people just have those sort of bodies but can still perform at the highest level, IMO.

 

[Gunf]

I really really hate ****ing byes being spread over 4 weeks just make it one week you complete douche bags.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Looking at the recent pics of Angus Bray at training he certainly doesn’t look in great shape if he’s going to be playing midfield...

This ! .....carrying a spare tyre.

I just don't trust MELB playing A.Brayshaw in the same role all year ....he's a bit of a utility

 

[Shadow89]

I really really hate ******* byes being spread over 4 weeks just make it one week you complete douche bags.

Disagree this year, if I'm being honest. Only the last 2 weeks are 6 missing, so the byes are way f*cking easier this year. Extra trade as well, so shouldn't have to plan as much given the only hard bye is the last one - and the first 3 will be relatively easy to navigate

 

[Shadow89]

This ! .....carrying a spare tyre.

I just don't trust MELB playing A.Brayshaw in the same role all year ....he's a bit of a utility

Melbourne board speculating could be poor lighting or even water weight/higher fat content but burned off easily. Either way though, most recent training photo looks better (more definition in arms) -

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Melbourne board speculating could be poor lighting. Either way though, most recent training photo looks better -

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Is this better ...

 

[Shadow89]

Is this better ...

Yeah that's the one I saw too. But that was from the prior training session. The most recent training photos are the one I put above. You can easily have that from poor posture, or eating too much/drinking too much water, lol. Doesn't seem to be a problem in his latest photo - but we'll obviously be able to better see once pre-season really ramps up. Still 2 months to go 'til Round 1

EDIT: Looks like I was wrong, and the photo I posted was from 2 days earlier. Honestly, I think he's just someone who doesn't have a great bod - ever - and will sort of just fluctuate up and down. We'll see anyway over the coming months. If he still looks like that and looks sluggish during practice matches, then I'll definitely be rethinking things.

 

[Gunf]

Disagree this year, if I'm being honest. Only the last 2 weeks are 6 missing, so the byes are way f*cking easier this year. Extra trade as well, so shouldn't have to plan as much given the only hard bye is the last one - and the first 3 will be relatively easy to navigate

I am thinking more so for pure watching not fantasy wise as byes usually add some decent challenges that i like.

 

[Shadow89]

WaynesWorld19 this is from the same training session (see above edited post as I got it wrong, and you were right that the 'spare tyre' photos were the most recent ones) -



The more I see, the more I think he just has shitty posture tbh. That can give you a gut, no matter how in shape you are. These tops aren't exactly flattering either -







All of Gawn, Hunter, Oliver and Hibberd looking a bit 'podgy' in those photos - so I don't reckon the lighting/angle is entirely favourable in these bright red guernseys that show 'all.'

 

[tigs2010]

WaynesWorld19 this is from the same training session (see above edited post as I got it wrong, and you were right that the 'spare tyre' photos were the most recent ones) -

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The more I see, the more I think he just has shitty posture tbh. That can give you a gut, no matter how in shape you are. These tops aren't exactly flattering either -

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All of Gawn, Hunter, Oliver and Hibberd looking a bit 'podgy' in those photos - so I don't reckon the lighting/angle is entirely favourable in these bright red guernseys that show 'all.'

Lmao they all look like they’ve got ahead of themselves and stacked on 10kg

 

[TedDougChris]

Lmao they all look like they’ve got ahead of themselves and stacked on 10kg

 

[Barrybran]

Not my actual team but I thought I'd have a crack at a "Round 15 bye team" where all the keepers have their bye in round 15 with the team topped up with players discussed in these threads that should have fattened up and moved on by round 12.

 

[staffa002]

One to consider for the start of the year would be cripps. No walsh and start of season always rested. I can see him doing a 120 avg for first 4-5 rounds just like last year then dips off usually after hot start and injuries start. I will start with him then upgrade to a fallen uber and pocket the cash. Points and cash will be handy early on. Just hope the cars dont use taggers this year otherwise will have to reconsider. Oconners out so dont think the cats have anyone else

 

[Calebs Shlong]

This set up leaves me with enough to fill the empty spots with 200k rookies but I'll likely need to downgrade somewhere since a lot of the good rooks will be over 200k.

 

[11kgm]

Is this better ...

Jake stringer?

 

[mullpig88]

Happy new year all! My resolution is to not cook my team by making 1,000,000,000,000 changes before the preseason games based on hype.

Would've liked to push Tom Mitchell to M5 but I like the look of a Ward or Green in there and how that helps to balance things a bit better across the other lines.

Feedback encouraged!

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Happy new year all! My resolution is to not cook my team by making 1,000,000,000,000 changes before the preseason games based on hype.

Would've liked to push Tom Mitchell to M5 but I like the look of a Ward or Green in there and how that helps to balance things a bit better across the other lines.

Feedback encouraged!

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[Iceman!]

One to consider for the start of the year would be cripps. No walsh and start of season always rested. I can see him doing a 120 avg for first 4-5 rounds just like last year then dips off usually after hot start and injuries start. I will start with him then upgrade to a fallen uber and pocket the cash. Points and cash will be handy early on. Just hope the cars dont use taggers this year otherwise will have to reconsider. Oconners out so dont think the cats have anyone else

Problem with this sort of thinking is it can backfire when you have 5 rookies dropped 3 injuries and 3 underperforming premiums by round 4 and all of a sudden you have the player you wanted to be a short hit being no chance of being moved on.

 

[Richo83]

If I'm going to spend 900k on a player they're a keeper or at least I want them to be. I think trades should be saved for a) upgrading rookies b) injuries c) badly playing premiums and I think you'll get more value using trades like that. I mean, who knows, maybe Cripps carries that early season form through the whole season and you've traded out a premium scorer for another one? Feels like it's a sideways trade at best. Feels like you're trying to be Wall St wizard when you only have limited trades.

I think if you're going to try and leap onto a guy to try and catch a struggling premium, they're gotta be cheaper. Someone like Cerra or Green makes more sense.

 

[Shadow89]

If I'm going to spend 900k on a player they're a keeper or at least I want them to be. I think trades should be saved for a) upgrading rookies b) injuries c) badly playing premiums and I think you'll get more value using trades like that. I mean, who knows, maybe Cripps carries that early season form through the whole season and you've traded out a premium scorer for another one? Feels like it's a sideways trade at best. Feels like you're trying to be Wall St wizard when you only have limited trades.

I think if you're going to try and leap onto a guy to try and catch a struggling premium, they're gotta be cheaper. Someone like Cerra or Green makes more sense.

Mmm yes and no. I think the idea here is, to only hold Cripps for the time Walsh is out. Last year Cripps went at 125 in his first 6 games (excluding injury affected game in Round 5 against the Suns). If Cripps went at that (he always has a massive one against the Tigers), until Walsh came back, then you'd essentially have him priced at the same amount as Laird. When his inevitable dip came because Walsh is taking points away, you could then trade him to Laird, and have saved yourself 150K in the process.

It is definitely fraught with danger as 007 points out, but it can work if you have a set plan and follow it - and don't get any forced trades when you need to make that move. It's something I did in previous seasons, especially when my Round 1 team was perfect and I literally swapped premos because one of them underperformed and wasn't in the right role, so I got the one I wanted using my first trades - because they were essentially for the sake of it.

I've thought about doing something like it, and Cripps is a prime candidate, but ultimately - it can very easily blow up in your face if he does face that form dip that comes with less ball being available/injury/positional change if someone in the forward line goes down and he needs to cover.

Worth monitoring his form at least over PS/practice matches though, IMO. If he's ripping games apart, you can start him under the proviso that you know he starts strong and will score well, and then trade accordingly if that form drops and he no longer looks Top 8 - when Walsh returns.

 

[Richo83]

Mmm yes and no. I think the idea here is, to only hold Cripps for the time Walsh is out. Last year Cripps went at 125 in his first 6 games (excluding injury affected game in Round 5 against the Suns). If Cripps went at that (he always has a massive one against the Tigers), until Walsh came back, then you'd essentially have him priced at the same amount of Laird. When his inevitable dip came because Walsh is taking points away, you could then trade him to Laird, and have saved yourself 150K in the process.

It is definitely fraught with danger as 007 points out, but it can work if you have a set plan and follow it - and don't get any forced trades when you need to make that move. It's something I did in previous seasons, especially when my Round 1 team was perfect and I literally swapped premos because one of them underperformed and wasn't in the right role, so I got the one I wanted using my first trades - because they were essentially for the sake of it.

I've thought about doing something like it, and Cripps is a prime candidate, but ultimately - it can very easily blow up in your face if he does face that form dip that comes with less ball being available/injury/positional change if someone in the forward line goes down and he needs to cover.

Worth monitoring his form at least over PS/practice matches though, IMO. If he's ripping games apart, you can start him under the proviso that you know he starts strong and will score well, and then trade accordingly if that form drops and he no longer looks Top 8 - when Walsh returns.

I can see the logic but I'm also wary. Around that time you may have injuries, premiums feeling the mid season blues, finishing off your team etc. I also don't necessarily think Cripps' average would drop that much with Walsh in the team anyway, especially as I predict Walsh won't play that many minutes and will be eased in with an eye to finals. It's a risk and I'd only do it if there was nothing else to work on.

I'm also wary of Cripps as there's a lot of premiums playing in the same week.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

If Pittonet stays healthy and he isn't forced to Ruck at stages I think Cripps avgs 120 and a chance to B2B the Brownlow. Only dip in form he had was while Pittonet and McKay were out and he was forced to ruck and be an option down the line for kickouts as TDK isn't quite able to handle the load yet. Took him a couple of weeks to get back to his best in the midfield after that period but when he was consistently playing inside mid he was pumping out big scores every week.

 

[kozi]

Is this better ...

That was in friendly lighting too. This was the normal shot