Position 2025 Defenders

Please find attached the initial player positions of who has qualified for 2025 defenders

The details are in an excel spreadsheet

 

[VainGlorious]

Dale is priced at 98 and has gone 100+ precisely once (102).

How much value is he really? Surely in that price range you are looking for kent's that jump up to 105+? Where/how does he do that?

I said ‘some’ value, not exceptional value. He has the propensity to churn out big scores, but doesnt do it consistently enough for long periods of time. I guess it’s a more of a hope than anything.

Kind of really need someone in that price bracket that does a 2024 Whitfield.

I feel as if the defensive line was far easier to fill this time last year. I already knew I was taking Daicos/Sheezel/Young and a cut price Zilliams @D5 - but this year its Sheezel, Mills and crickets, although it is early.

Not really keen on any of the top 10 as starting picks bar Sheez and Sinc, and the next tier down in the $500-$575 bracket don’t really excite me due to round 0 and my thoughts on value.

If Stewart was playing as a full-time mid i’d probably take a punt on him, maybe.

 

[Sherman41]

I’ve also had the impression from GEEL games that the Cats are transitioning from Stewart to Zac Guthrie

Let’s not forget the uptick of Holmes as well.

Let’s be honest though, the only thing really hampering Tom Stewart is opposition coaches.

 

[VainGlorious]

I agree I wouldn't start him but he did finish the year strong after the bye with 8/11 Tons and 1 game was subbed out.

Averaged a tick under 115 in a 7-game stretch there. It was quite welcome after he sharted all over my defensive line for about 5-6 weeks prior to that.

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

Stewart is only 31, he’s really not that old.

Got subbed out twice last year for 62 and 33. Besides those he didn’t go under 75. Previous years average were 113, 110, 108. Priced at 97. Played 22, 22 and 17 (Prestia suspension) games in them years.

Seems like a good pick to me. I like him the most of out of the cheaper premo defenders.

 

[MacStradbroke]

Stewart is only 31, he’s really not that old.

Got subbed out twice last year for 62 and 33. Besides those he didn’t go under 75. Previous years average were 113, 110, 108. Priced at 97. Played 22, 22 and 17 (Prestia suspension) games in them years.

Seems like a good pick to me. I like him the most of out of the cheaper premo defenders.

Impressive argument you make. The guy is a gun.

Reckon one small obstacle for him might be Lawson Humphries. At times over the past 4 or 5 years we had to get the ball to Stewart as he was the only elite kick down back. We have now added Humphries from nowhere who does not miss a target, so Stewart shouldn’t be as relied on as heavily. Having said that, intercept contested marks are SC gold and there is no reason why they will disappear.

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

Impressive argument you make. The guy is a gun.

Reckon one small obstacle for him might be Lawson Humphries. At times over the past 4 or 5 years we had to get the ball to Stewart as he was the only elite kick down back. We have now added Humphries from nowhere who does not miss a target, so Stewart shouldn’t be as relied on as heavily. Having said that, intercept contested marks are SC gold and there is no reason why they will disappear.

Humphries probably won’t get as much of the ball as Holmes did playing down back? Sounds like Holmes is gonna be a full time midfielder?

 

[MacStradbroke]

Humphries probably won’t get as much of the ball as Holmes did playing down back? Sounds like Holmes is gonna be a full time midfielder?

Yeah possibly. Holmes still spent a fair chunk of time in the middle last year, and Humphries will get plenty of kick outs going forward, he’s as accurate a kick as I’ve seen in the hoops for a while.