Discussion 2025 Fantasy Pre-Season Planning Discussion

[tigs2010]

It’s December and I’m a degenerate, so heck I’m in. Hello everyone.

As usual you’ll see heaps of me in the pre-season planning threads but then I’ll throw my toys out of the cot and vanish from round one onwards when I realise my team is hot garbage again.

I would have gone with different d word but sure degenerate works

 

[Zevon]

I would have gone with different d word but sure degenerate works

Well ok yes you got me, I am delightful. I was going to be humble and not say it

 

[tigs2010]

Well ok yes you got me, I am delightful. I was going to be humble and not say it

Is it too early to ask...



Team?

 

[Zevon]

Is it too early to ask...



Team?

Never too early, you can always ask

 

[tigs2010]

Never too early, you can always ask

Ok, team?

 

[WaynesWorld19]

It’s December and I’m a degenerate, so heck I’m in. Hello everyone.

As usual you’ll see heaps of me in the pre-season planning threads but then I’ll throw my toys out of the cot and vanish from round one onwards when I realise my team is hot garbage again.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Zevon

 

[happy_eagle]

Just had a play around in excel based on estimate of the new magic number and positions. With an average placeholder bench value of 250,000 per player (basement will be around 230,000 this year) you can have the following team there abouts with 100k to spare

Def: Sheezel, NWM, Short, Coleman, Mills, Travaglia
Mid: T.Green, Taranto, Petracca, Docherty, Oliver, L.Ashcroft, Draper, Lindsay
Ruc: Marshall, De Koning
Fwd: JHF, Macrae, Philippou, B.Smith, C.Daniel, E.Hewett


Locked in for R1, see you all then.

 

[RowellAnderson12]

It’s December and I’m a degenerate, so heck I’m in. Hello everyone.

As usual you’ll see heaps of me in the pre-season planning threads but then I’ll throw my toys out of the cot and vanish from round one onwards when I realise my team is hot garbage again.

Lol perfect summary for me

 

[Mezzoculo]

Ok, team?

I got u, Zevon

 

[tigs2010]

I got u, Zevon

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It's OK. I've PM'd him too where you can't cover for him

 

[Zevon]

Ok, team?

 

[Zevon]

It's OK. I've PM'd him too where you can't cover for him

He’s not even lying. He actually did. I just sent a different version of the same gif above

 

[Exambolor]

It’s December and I’m a degenerate, so heck I’m in. Hello everyone.

As usual you’ll see heaps of me in the pre-season planning threads but then I’ll throw my toys out of the cot and vanish from round one onwards when I realise my team is hot garbage again.

Question is Zevon, you starting Naicos?

 

[Zevon]

Question is Zevon, you starting Naicos?

If it’s a competition winning move to start him then no of course I won’t, don’t be ridiculous

 

[Mezzoculo]

It's OK. I've PM'd him too where you can't cover for him

 

[Mezzoculo]

With how hard your boys hit the draft tigs2010 , I'm half hoping you just start the season with a full list of Tigers. Should be able to field a solid split of rookies, mid pricers and premos.

 

[tigs2010]

With how hard your boys hit the draft tigs2010 , I'm half hoping you just start the season with a full list of Tigers. Should be able to field a solid split of rookies, mid pricers and premos.

mid pricers? Think we have rookies, Taranto and old washed campaigners.

 

[Mezzoculo]

mid pricers? Think we have rookies, Taranto and old washed campaigners.

Hey hey, hey. Don't you do my boy Hugo dirty like that.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Just had a play around in excel based on estimate of the new magic number and positions. With an average placeholder bench value of 250,000 per player (basement will be around 230,000 this year) you can have the following team there abouts with 100k to spare

Def: Sheezel, NWM, Short, Coleman, Mills, Travaglia
Mid: T.Green, Taranto, Petracca, Docherty, Oliver, L.Ashcroft, Draper, Lindsay
Ruc: Marshall, De Koning
Fwd: JHF, Macrae, Philippou, B.Smith, C.Daniel, E.Hewett


Locked in for R1, see you all then.

I think that forward line is looking to be very much lock and load. Only question mark is JHF who may not be value but we might have freed up enough cash with the remaining selections that he's worth it to look in a guaranteed top 6 forward. Sort of similar position to last year where players like Zorko didn't show any value Round 0 but you needed them in ASAP because there was just no competition for them from a points perspective.

 

[Mezzoculo]

I think that forward line is looking to be very much lock and load. Only question mark is JHF who may not be value but we might have freed up enough cash with the remaining selections that he's worth it to look in a guaranteed top 6 forward. Sort of similar position to last year where players like Zorko didn't show any value Round 0 but you needed them in ASAP because there was just no competition for them from a points perspective.

Unlike Zorko though, JHF is prone to a quiet game or two and doesn't (yet) have the crazy ceiling to blow his price up. He seems the perfect player to wait on.

 

[BloodBrother1]

Here is my first attempt with my excel spreadsheet and a guess at the magic number.

I am currently 11k over budget so something needs to change. Haven't figured out what to do yet. Guess just wait till pre- season and see who the smokey low draftees/rookies are.

 

[tigs2010]

Here is my first attempt with my excel spreadsheet and a guess at the magic number.

I am currently 11k over budget so something needs to change. Haven't figured out what to do yet. Guess just wait till pre- season and see who the smokey low draftees/rookies are.

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Hotton won't play till mid year at best and probably VFL. Just get a cheaper rookie there.

 

[happy_eagle]

Here is my first attempt with my excel spreadsheet and a guess at the magic number.

I am currently 11k over budget so something needs to change. Haven't figured out what to do yet. Guess just wait till pre- season and see who the smokey low draftees/rookies are.

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Magic number is higher this year, something like 10,280

 

[BloodBrother1]

Magic number is higher this year, something like 10,280

By my calcs magic number is 9082.

I could have it completely wrong given i just saw the new salary cap posted on Afl.com.au.

Factoring this in means i have about 1.6m spare which i doubt. Factoring in magic number of 10280 makes it a lot closer by telling me i am 65k over budget - makes more sense. (Would be nice if magic number was 9082!!!!)