Discussion 2025 Fantasy Pre-Season Planning Discussion

[WaynesWorld19]

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

JHF any chance of gaining fwd status? Thought he may have during the year as he spent plenty of time forward this year.

 

[JDWCE]

JHF any chance of gaining fwd status? Thought he may have during the year as he spent plenty of time forward this year.

As a draft owner I was astounded he didn't get it throughout the year somehow. Has to be a chance

 

[Barrybran]

Aaaaannd we're doing Opening Round again

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Aaaaannd we're doing Opening Round again

Cost me starting Gawn this year and completing effojg my starting lineup.

Lesson learnt, don’t make changes based on a poor OR.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Aaaaannd we're doing Opening Round again

I thought it added a different element to the game ....I'm not as fussed as many

 

[happy_eagle]

Few relevant teams in OR as well

Brisbane - Coleman, Ashcroft x2
Geelong - B.Smith
Sydney - Mills, Gulden
Hawthorn - Day, Newcombe
Gold Coast - Flanders (if DEF)
Essendon - Parish, Merrett
GWS - T.Green, Coniglio
Collingwood - Perryman, N.Daicos, Houston

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Few relevant teams in OR as well

Brisbane - Coleman, Ashcroft x2
Geelong - B.Smith
Sydney - Mills, Gulden
Hawthorn - Day, Newcombe
Gold Coast - Flanders (if DEF)
Essendon - Parish, Merrett
GWS - T.Green, Coniglio
Collingwood - Perryman, N.Daicos, Houston

What's your feelings around Macrae ....will be a FWD ...and we could be tight for FWDS

We'll lose Heeney to Mids ....and Flanders to DEF

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Few relevant teams in OR as well

Brisbane - Coleman, Ashcroft x2
Geelong - B.Smith
Sydney - Mills, Gulden
Hawthorn - Day, Newcombe
Gold Coast - Flanders (if DEF)
Essendon - Parish, Merrett
GWS - T.Green, Coniglio
Collingwood - Perryman, N.Daicos, Houston

could easily rule out cogs. just had jaw and shoulder surgery, blokes cooked

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Few relevant teams in OR as well

Brisbane - Coleman, Ashcroft x2
Geelong - B.Smith
Sydney - Mills, Gulden
Hawthorn - Day, Newcombe
Gold Coast - Flanders (if DEF)
Essendon - Parish, Merrett
GWS - T.Green, Coniglio
Collingwood - Perryman, N.Daicos, Houston

I might realistically take a look at five or six of those, but no more.

Won't be taking premiums from OR teams unless they're value (rules out Gulden, Merrett, Green, Houston, Flanders) and Perryman, Day, Newcombe, Parish don't particularly scream value to me. Daicos is a question, leaning against this year.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

I might realistically take a look at five or six of those, but no more.

Won't be taking premiums from OR teams unless they're value (rules out Gulden, Merrett, Green, Houston, Flanders) and Perryman, Day, Newcombe, Parish don't particularly scream value to me. Daicos is a question, leaning against this year.

Every Premium I paid for in my starting side .....all failed & lost me big $$$

Dawson, LDU, English ....

We get seduced every year .....I gotta learn, and go 100% value

 

[Barrybran]

Every Premium I paid for in my starting side .....all failed & lost me big $$$

Dawson, LDU, English ....

We get seduced every year .....I gotta learn, and go 100% value

Butters was my M1 this year and I held him the whole year. I was very happy with that choice.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Butters was my M1 this year and I held him the whole year. I was very happy with that choice.

Yeah, that's the value I should have chased

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Every Premium I paid for in my starting side .....all failed & lost me big $$$

Dawson, LDU, English ....

We get seduced every year .....I gotta learn, and go 100% value

Yeah i treated myself to premos last year to see what the fuss was.

Daicos Gulden Bont English Marshall....

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Yeah i treated myself to premos last year to see what the fuss was.

Daicos Gulden Bont English Marshall....

 

[WaynesWorld19]

 

[Barrybran]

I don't see why he wouldn't. I'm expecting him to be a lock for me there.

 

[happy_eagle]

Yeah, that's the value I should have chased

I say it to myself every year, and most of the time I end up ignoring it.

But have 2 players in your team that are VC and C options, and then just go value across the board.

Last year I thought I had those players in Daicos and T.Green. But unfortunately neither proved to be reliable options at their price.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

I say it to myself every year, and most of the time I end up ignoring it.

But have 2 players in your team that are VC and C options, and then just go value across the board.

Last year I thought I had those players in Daicos and T.Green. But unfortunately neither proved to be reliable options at their price.

Potential captaincy / vice spots - R1, M1, otherwise value. Some potential 'value' premiums I'll have in my black book are Tim English, Daicos, Andy Bray, Rozee, Taranto, Trac, Sic Dawg, Ashcroft.

I don't know who I would take at the pure captaincy level at the moment. No one screams must have.

 

[happy_eagle]

Potential captaincy / vice spots - R1, M1, otherwise value. Some potential 'value' premiums I'll have in my black book are Tim English, Daicos, Andy Bray, Rozee, Taranto, Trac, Sic Dawg, Ashcroft.

I don't know who I would take at the pure captaincy level at the moment. No one screams must have.

Of the top 10 averaging players

Of that list the only ones I'd feel confident putting a C on regularly are Marshall and Merrett, but neither are priced with any upside in my view.

Gawn, Zorko, Whitfield and Treloar are too injury prone/old to consider.
Not enough exposed form to fully trust Xerri, Sheezel or the role of Flanders.
Gulden also has question marks over role, and now the fact he is Opening Round makes him hard to pick.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Of the top 10 averaging players
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Of that list the only ones I'd feel confident putting a C on regularly are Marshall and Merrett, but neither are priced with any upside in my view.

Gawn, Zorko, Whitfield and Treloar are too injury prone/old to consider.
Not enough exposed form to fully trust Xerri, Sheezel or the role of Flanders.
Gulden also has question marks over role, and now the fact he is Opening Round makes him hard to pick.

Agree entirely. Merrett's history of:

	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Zerrett	109	113	107	110	115 (adj)	108

makes him an entiticing option to pick purely out of consistency, but priced at 109 and now 30 years old, you wonder if there is any upside, or even potentially downside due to age.

 

[happy_eagle]

Yeh Merrett will at the very best hold, if not slide a fraction.

Maybe this is the year that I just take a gamble on all the underpriced guys with a slither of upside. Thinking a midfield with Parish (91), Petracca (90), Oliver (77), Mills (70)

 

[Cm Perfect]

Few relevant teams in OR as well

Brisbane - Coleman, Ashcroft x2
Geelong - B.Smith
Sydney - Mills, Gulden
Hawthorn - Day, Newcombe
Gold Coast - Flanders (if DEF)
Essendon - Parish, Merrett
GWS - T.Green, Coniglio
Collingwood - Perryman, N.Daicos, Houston

Probably only keen on Bazlenka (given lack of FWDs) and Mills (depending on role) from that list.

Worth keeping an eye on Roberts and Callaghan too from the OR teams as potential starting picks.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Probably only keen on Bazlenka (given lack of FWDs) and Mills (depending on role) from that list.

Worth keeping an eye on Roberts and Callaghan too from the OR teams as potential starting picks.

JHF apparently has been confirmed as having FWD status, feedback from a podcaster .....and Rankine should be a fwd as well

 

[Barrybran]

JHF apparently has been confirmed as having FWD status, feedback from a podcaster .....and Rankine should be a fwd as well

I half expect to see a fairly generic forward line next year. Rankine, JHF, Bailey Smith and Phillipou should all be popular.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

I half expect to see a fairly generic forward line next year. Rankine, JHF, Bailey Smith and Phillipou should all be popular.

Traders were doing a bit of a trade period breakdown on their Patreon and after little hesitation they slipped quickly into Daniel, Macrae and Smith all being locks. Smith obviously is, and Daniel may be depending on his role, but I can't see myself going back to Macrae at this stage. I suspect there will be a big push for a midfield consisting of the "three former dogs" in the casual crowd though.