Teams 2024 Fantasy Rate My Pre-Season Team

[Jessbek]

That's a very good side, if all the role changes come off ....not sure of the scoring capacity of Zac Reid, Pink, or Gibcus ...they could be a real slow burn

Thanks, and yeah. I'm back and forth in that area between coffield and Curtin, and then a set up similar to that.

Will D6 even matter in the early bye weeks? And is that money better spent elsewhere? Who knows

 

[WCE_4_EVER]

Hey lads really stuck on how I can improve my team, suggestions would be much appreciated
DEFENCE: Sicily, Stewart, Young, Windhager, Williams, Curtin (Pink, Gibcus)
MIDFIELD: Merrett, Green, Butters, LDU, Miller, Mckercher, Sanders, Sharp(Hall, Duursma)
RUCKS: Grundy, Xeri(Heath)
FORWARDS: Flanders, M.Owens, MacDonald, Mackenzie, Macrae, Reid( Mannagh, Watson, Lazzaro)

 

[Corkintheocean]

Hey lads really stuck on how I can improve my team, suggestions would be much appreciated
DEFENCE: Sicily, Stewart, Young, Windhager, Williams, Curtin (Pink, Gibcus)
MIDFIELD: Merrett, Green, Butters, LDU, Miller, Mckercher, Sanders, Sharp(Hall, Duursma)
RUCKS: Grundy, Xeri(Heath)
FORWARDS: Flanders, M.Owens, MacDonald, Mackenzie, Macrae, Reid( Mannagh, Watson, Lazzaro)

Sicily - likely to play more accountable with news of Blanck's ACL today. Suggestions - Sinclair, Newman, Duggan

Pink & Gibcus - Both unlikely to score well, even if they are in the side. Perhaps worth considering going down from Sic to Clark and grabbing Coffield, pushing Curtin to the bench.

Green - has the early bye. Just swap to a player with similar output with no bye. Brayshaw /Serong/Rozee/Parish. Green also has the Rd 12 bye, so make him your first upgrade target in the mid season byes if you're super keen.

Duursma - no guarantee to start the season, costs $291k and will be playing forward in a side unlikely to see a lot of ball up there. Matt Roberts is a more mature body, will be up and around the ball and $46k cheaper.

Macrae - hamstring issues and already out of favour (lost VC role this week). Doubt he is ever getting his plum CBA role back or even 50% CBAs even if he's actually fit. Consider starting Adams and if he's not going flash, flick him at his round 5 bye for someone who has popped up.

Could use the $200k from going Macrae>Adams and Duursma>Roberts to upgrade R3. Heath>Conway/Sweet would provide you with Rd5 ruck cover for Grundy's bye, plus also generate you some cash in the interim to help you upgrade Grundy to English/Romo (if they are looking like the top 2 big dogs again).

 

[WCE_4_EVER]

Sicily - likely to play more accountable with news of Blanck's ACL today. Suggestions - Sinclair, Newman, Duggan

Pink & Gibcus - Both unlikely to score well, even if they are in the side. Perhaps worth considering going down from Sic to Clark and grabbing Coffield, pushing Curtin to the bench.

Green - has the early bye. Just swap to a player with similar output with no bye. Brayshaw /Serong/Rozee/Parish. Green also has the Rd 12 bye, so make him your first upgrade target in the mid season byes if you're super keen.

Duursma - no guarantee to start the season, costs $291k and will be playing forward in a side unlikely to see a lot of ball up there. Matt Roberts is a more mature body, will be up and around the ball and $46k cheaper.

Macrae - hamstring issues and already out of favour (lost VC role this week). Doubt he is ever getting his plum CBA role back or even 50% CBAs even if he's actually fit. Consider starting Adams and if he's not going flash, flick him at his round 5 bye for someone who has popped up.

Could use the $200k from going Macrae>Adams and Duursma>Roberts to upgrade R3. Heath>Conway/Sweet would provide you with Rd5 ruck cover for Grundy's bye, plus also generate you some cash in the interim to help you upgrade Grundy to English/Romo (if they are looking like the top 2 big dogs again).

Thanks so much for the feedback much appreciated , just to clear it up it was F.Macrae

 

[Corkintheocean]

Thanks so much for the feedback much appreciated , just to clear it up it was F.Macrae

Ahhh my bad! In that case, I like Finn.

Think you can still go Sic down and upgrade R3 if they are playing, too much cash to be generated at that spot to miss out.

 

[PAFC27]

Not going to try and predict Greens scoring output over the first 2 weeks vs North and West Coast…but let’s say he's going at 110. Losing Green in r3, and having a rookie cover him for let’s say ~70 has you down 40 points if you were to pick another player of equal ability instead without the bye.

40 points over 20 more weeks of football is 2 points a week. If he absolutely slays those first 2 match ups he’s probably made up that 40 point difference already too.

Is this a silly way of thinking?

 

[Corkintheocean]

Not going to try and predict Greens scoring output over the first 2 weeks vs North and West Coast…but let’s say he's going at 110. Losing Green in r3, and having a rookie cover him for let’s say ~70 has you down 40 points if you were to pick another player of equal ability instead without the bye.

40 points over 20 more weeks of football is 2 points a week. If he absolutely slays those first 2 match ups he’s probably made up that 40 point difference already too.

Is this a silly way of thinking?

You're not including the price rise you get from the premium playing that additional week.

You're also not replacing him with your best rookie score, more likely your 4-6th rookie score which could be as low as 50ish.

Green's bye is round 12 meaning he misses two weeks before a Rd 15 premium misses 1 match. Meaning you have another similar gap in round score.

Ofc on the flip side, the premium you pick instead of Green has to deliver too.

Imo, there's no world where Green is so far and above all similarly priced mids that you make that trade-off and generate positive expected value.

 

[burge13]

Pre praccy matches and don't know rookies beyond the obvious. Some risks but my draft thus far

DEF: Young, Coleman, Hinge, J Burgoyne, Daicos, Coffield: Pink, Wilson (guesses)
MID: Macrae, McKercher, Sharp, Walsh, Newcombe, Steele, Guthrie, Sanders: Hall, Binns (also guesses)
RUCK: English, Grundy: Sweet
FWD: Jackson, Flanders, Macrae, Adams, Duursma, Watson: Mannagh, Reid
UTL: Wilson (Saints)

Basically my sub 300k players are guesses outside the obvious. Easily interchangeable and not sold at all on Macrae x2, Steele, Guthrie. Should be easy to maneuver premo though

 

[PAFC27]

You're not including the price rise you get from the premium playing that additional week.

You're also not replacing him with your best rookie score, more likely your 4-6th rookie score which could be as low as 50ish.

Green's bye is round 12 meaning he misses two weeks before a Rd 15 premium misses 1 match. Meaning you have another similar gap in round score.

Ofc on the flip side, the premium you pick instead of Green has to deliver too.

Imo, there's no world where Green is so far and above all similarly priced mids that you make that trade-off and generate positive expected value.

I’m not sure price rises should be a deciding factor when you’re paying that price tag anyway. Every chance somebody or equal value without the bye decreases in value as well.

I didn’t mention this but In my scenario I’d be replacing him with a Sharp or Sanders because I’m a little deeper in the mids than most, so my points difference would come from the forward line where the gap between rookies, midpricers and premiums is a little less.

It’s a good point you make about the bye. At the same time I do like the idea of being a Green owner while others aren’t due to that mid season bye…but that is subjective ofc as I think he is closer to the 115-120 range

Thanks for the thoughtful reply too

 

[Barrybran]

You're not including the price rise you get from the premium playing that additional week.

You're also not replacing him with your best rookie score, more likely your 4-6th rookie score which could be as low as 50ish.

Green's bye is round 12 meaning he misses two weeks before a Rd 15 premium misses 1 match. Meaning you have another similar gap in round score.

Ofc on the flip side, the premium you pick instead of Green has to deliver too.

Imo, there's no world where Green is so far and above all similarly priced mids that you make that trade-off and generate positive expected value.

I’m not sure price rises should be a deciding factor when you’re paying that price tag anyway. Every chance somebody or equal value without the bye decreases in value as well.

I didn’t mention this but In my scenario I’d be replacing him with a Sharp or Sanders because I’m a little deeper in the mids than most, so my points difference would come from the forward line where the gap between rookies, midpricers and premiums is a little less.

It’s a good point you make about the bye. At the same time I do like the idea of being a Green owner while others aren’t due to that mid season bye…but that is subjective ofc as I think he is closer to the 115-120 range

I read PAFC's query as selecting Tom Green as a season-long keeper. I do agree with corkintheocean that the rookie score that replaces Green is likely to be 50 in round 3. If Green scores 110, a replacement player would have to score at least 107.4 to represent better value. I think you can get that from several players

The question, to me, then becomes about captain options.

 

[Corkintheocean]

I’m not sure price rises should be a deciding factor when you’re paying that price tag anyway. Every chance somebody or equal value without the bye decreases in value as well.

I didn’t mention this but In my scenario I’d be replacing him with a Sharp or Sanders because I’m a little deeper in the mids than most, so my points difference would come from the forward line where the gap between rookies, midpricers and premiums is a little less.

It’s a good point you make about the bye. At the same time I do like the idea of being a Green owner while others aren’t due to that mid season bye…but that is subjective ofc as I think he is closer to the 115-120 range

Thanks for the thoughtful reply too

All good mate.

If you run the season 10,000 times, there is definitely a number of those times that you grab Green, he fires early with low percentage ownership and others struggle to get him in until later in the season and this offsets the bye discrepancy.

My counter would be, if you acknowledge you are giving up 2 points a week (on average) when you don't have to, why would you take that option?

At this stage, there is no wrong or right outcome as the result is yet to be determined! So if you're keen on it, follow your own narrative. I find it far more enjoyable playing the game that way and celebrating your small wins when you go against the grain myself.

 

[Phar Ace]

Sicily - likely to play more accountable with news of Blanck's ACL today. Suggestions - Sinclair, Newman, Duggan

Pink & Gibcus - Both unlikely to score well, even if they are in the side. Perhaps worth considering going down from Sic to Clark and grabbing Coffield, pushing Curtin to the bench.

Green - has the early bye. Just swap to a player with similar output with no bye. Brayshaw /Serong/Rozee/Parish. Green also has the Rd 12 bye, so make him your first upgrade target in the mid season byes if you're super keen.

Duursma - no guarantee to start the season, costs $291k and will be playing forward in a side unlikely to see a lot of ball up there. Matt Roberts is a more mature body, will be up and around the ball and $46k cheaper.

Macrae - hamstring issues and already out of favour (lost VC role this week). Doubt he is ever getting his plum CBA role back or even 50% CBAs even if he's actually fit. Consider starting Adams and if he's not going flash, flick him at his round 5 bye for someone who has popped up.

Could use the $200k from going Macrae>Adams and Duursma>Roberts to upgrade R3. Heath>Conway/Sweet would provide you with Rd5 ruck cover for Grundy's bye, plus also generate you some cash in the interim to help you upgrade Grundy to English/Romo (if they are looking like the top 2 big dogs again).

I know it was an Intra Club of only North vs even less than North, but Pink (not the popstar one) was very good in the first half of what I saw. He could surprise with a classical North mediocre performance that for a $200k bench backman might actually work out. Quite a few intercept marks (but yeah, against North)

 

[Phar Ace]

Not going to try and predict Greens scoring output over the first 2 weeks vs North and West Coast…but let’s say he's going at 110. Losing Green in r3, and having a rookie cover him for let’s say ~70 has you down 40 points if you were to pick another player of equal ability instead without the bye.

40 points over 20 more weeks of football is 2 points a week. If he absolutely slays those first 2 match ups he’s probably made up that 40 point difference already too.

Is this a silly way of thinking?

I think Green has every chance of going 120 to 130 in those two rounds . Be the judge after Round 0 against Collingwood is my advice. If he knocks out a 100+ score there (he went just 81 and 94 last season against the Pies) he'll be hard to resist cos he'll face being over the $1m after Round 2. His free look against the Pies is a pivot moment I think.

That Rnd 3 Bye is with the Suns, so depending on who you have from them and the Giants, you may not be batting very deep to get your best 18. If he tons up in Rnd 0 - I'd be all over him - bye or no bye. Could very quickly become M1

 

[Barrybran]

I know it was an Intra Club of only North vs even less than North, but Pink (not the popstar one) was very good in the first half of what I saw. He could surprise with a classical North mediocre performance that for a $200k bench backman might actually work out. Quite a few intercept marks (but yeah, against North)

Is he capable of six marks per game? Six marks, six kicks and he's made 15 points on his price.

 

[Mezzoculo]

Is he capable of six marks per game? Six marks, six kicks and he's made 15 points on his price.

If he plays north each week...

 

[Phar Ace]

Is he capable of six marks per game? Six marks, six kicks and he's made 15 points on his price.

He had five in a half that I saw - but I stress - against NM

 

[SM]

He had five in a half that I saw - but I stress - against NM

Biggest flaw with selecting North players is they don't get to play North.

 

[Phar Ace]

Biggest flaw with selecting North players is they don't get to play North.

But geez they are good in the IntraClub games with all that intel!

Is that the case resting for the mid season trade period argument?

 

[Barrybran]

I think you guys are looking at this all wrong. Six marks and six kicks against North must be worth 12 and 12 against anyone else

 

[Frederico_WA]

Team 2.0
$94k in bank
Forward line is my concern. Slim pickings so will no doubt tinker here alot.
Need to watch Green/Touk and Greene/Flanders R3 BYE combo for changes or just plan to use side trades here



Too t

 

[squashface]

Team 2.0
$94k in bank
Forward line is my concern. Slim pickings so will no doubt tinker here alot.
Need to watch Green/Touk and Greene/Flanders R3 BYE combo for changes or just plan to use side trades here


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I’d be more concerned about early bye players than your forward line.

Lots of points you’ll be missing out on/wasting trades with side trades.

 

[Frederico_WA]

I’d be more concerned about early bye players than your forward line.

Lots of points you’ll be missing out on/wasting trades with side trades.

The way I see it, most trades that early in the season are luxury ones to fix up your initial team selection issues or pick up a massive cash cow you didn't get.

Point taken though, I will certainly play around with the points estimates for naming those guys vs using others.

 

[Barrybran]

Team 2.0
$94k in bank
Forward line is my concern. Slim pickings so will no doubt tinker here alot.
Need to watch Green/Touk and Greene/Flanders R3 BYE combo for changes or just plan to use side trades here


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Toot indeed

 

[danster168]

Sicily - likely to play more accountable with news of Blanck's ACL today. Suggestions - Sinclair, Newman, Duggan

Pink & Gibcus - Both unlikely to score well, even if they are in the side. Perhaps worth considering going down from Sic to Clark and grabbing Coffield, pushing Curtin to the bench.

Green - has the early bye. Just swap to a player with similar output with no bye. Brayshaw /Serong/Rozee/Parish. Green also has the Rd 12 bye, so make him your first upgrade target in the mid season byes if you're super keen.

Duursma - no guarantee to start the season, costs $291k and will be playing forward in a side unlikely to see a lot of ball up there. Matt Roberts is a more mature body, will be up and around the ball and $46k cheaper.

Macrae - hamstring issues and already out of favour (lost VC role this week). Doubt he is ever getting his plum CBA role back or even 50% CBAs even if he's actually fit. Consider starting Adams and if he's not going flash, flick him at his round 5 bye for someone who has popped up.

Could use the $200k from going Macrae>Adams and Duursma>Roberts to upgrade R3. Heath>Conway/Sweet would provide you with Rd5 ruck cover for Grundy's bye, plus also generate you some cash in the interim to help you upgrade Grundy to English/Romo (if they are looking like the top 2 big dogs again).

Blanck's injury won't affect Sicily. Hawks aren't going to change their best and most important players role just because of 1 injury. They'll bring someone else in to replace Blanck.

Pink scored well in their recent intra-club. Plenty of marks.

 

[Frederico_WA]

Toot indeed

I was wondering where those letters got to ...