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[WaynesWorld19]

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Pretty happy with this latest team .....Petracca a watch for role

And of course the inevitable injuries will change thinking

 

[Barrybran]

Subject to change many, many times before round 1

 

[stallon]

Little bit of cash left and a few PODs in there, a couple ive picked hoping a role pans out rather than me being super confident. Early days still though

If we find out Poo is out with his injury today then hes an easy swap to Rankine or whoever at least

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Haven’t made any changes for close to a week which is probably the longest I’ve gone so far. Rookie are just place holders really to see who gets selected.

Pretty happy with this side. Can’t tell if I’m going to light down back (by means of uber premos) or if it’s a solid mix who will all likely go 90+ and be set and forget for most the year.

Open for any feedback!

 

[Shaunn]

Have quite a few line ups, but this one intrigues me, focused on all the value in the mids/forwards while getting the rooks aswell, but also getting a few of the safe value options in defence and just paying up for the big dogs as defense is a hard line to predict.

Is currently my highest projected team so far.

 

[Lukesera]

Looks like I'm rocking a bit of a different structure to most, with a very heavy forward line.

Been chopping and changing between McKercher and Rivers, but only room for one with this set up.

I understand my DEF and bench is very light but reading preseason reports all are a chance/likely early starters.

Still not confident with Darcy being ready for Round 1 and will require a restructure if so.

 

[Corkintheocean]

Little bit of cash left and a few PODs in there, a couple ive picked hoping a role pans out rather than me being super confident. Early days still though

If we find out Poo is out with his injury today then hes an easy swap to Rankine or whoever at least

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Interesting setup. Not sure you'll be able to generate enough cash with so few rooks. Lots of mid price punts in that group which could get you in trouble early doors if role/natural progression doesn't come through. Humphries, Wardlaw, Cerra, Hollands, Maric all mid prices with well under 5% ownership. The ruck pairing is quite risky too given De Koning/Pitt job share and Darcy being made of glass.

 

[stallon]

Interesting setup. Not sure you'll be able to generate enough cash with so few rooks. Lots of mid price punts in that group which could get you in trouble early doors if role/natural progression doesn't come through. Humphries, Wardlaw, Cerra, Hollands, Maric all mid prices with well under 5% ownership. The ruck pairing is quite risky too given De Koning/Pitt job share and Darcy being made of glass.

Yes its a bit riskier.
I dont think im short on rookies at this stage, the idea is I make up for it by having every single player having a very good reason for upside, honestly aside from Brayshaw, Duggan and maybe Rivers+TDK im sort of expecting all of the players to be easily capable of putting 10+ on their starting price.

Basically ive swapped a premo and a rookie with 30 points upside for 2 mid pricers with 10-30 points upside, one strategy is fun and different the other is the same as everyone else

As they say, rookies dictate structure. I'm just not seeing a huge amount of rookies right now who I think will absolutely smash it. That will change as match sims and pre-season games happen im sure.

 

[Corkintheocean]

Yes its a bit riskier.
I dont think im short on rookies at this stage, the idea is I make up for it by having every single player having a very good reason for upside, honestly aside from Brayshaw, Duggan and maybe Rivers+TDK im sort of expecting all of the players to be easily capable of putting 10+ on their starting price.

Basically ive swapped a premo and a rookie with 30 points upside for 2 mid pricers with 10-30 points upside, one strategy is fun and different the other is the same as everyone else

As they say, rookies dictate structure. I'm just not seeing a huge amount of rookies right now who I think will absolutely smash it. That will change as match sims and pre-season games happen im sure.

Will be interested to follow how you go. Hopefully it comes off. You might have an issue exiting once your mid pricers are capped out (if they get there within 5-6 weeks).

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Still not confident with Darcy being ready for Round 1 and will require a restructure if so.

He's training fine .....in full training ....the overseas trip was a quick 5 day pre-planned visit whilst players had a break

 

[4tune8]

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Pretty happy with this latest team .....Petracca a watch for role

And of course the inevitable injuries will change thinking

Didn't take long for the inevitable injuries to hit

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Didn't take long for the inevitable injuries to hit

Yep, just 24 hours for my side to be decimated

 

[4tune8]

Team for now with a definite consideration of all the byes and a little on fixtures.

Def:

I think it'll be too risky to not start Flanders. He has the round 2 bye but he's the only premo missing that round, I'll also get a look at 24/25 players over those early byes with looping so the points cost/loss should be minimal. His matchups over those first 5 rounds will probably see him scoring 10PPG more than the next best Def premo anyway and I see him as being in the top 2 defenders so want to lock him away.
Sinclair has a pretty handy bye and just the one, seems to score well either in defence or mids and will probably see some mid time until Pou is back.
There was a definite shift in the way Freo moved the ball out of defence after the bye with an emphasis on speed which suits Clark's game, also has a good bye.
Rivers has been training with the mids all preseason and should see some good stoppage time with Petracca mid/forward.
Mills training with the mids, no more needs to be said
Has that very nice round 15 bye where there's a possibility of upgrading to someone coming off their bye.
Rookies are placeholders but with an eye on JS, value and scoring (obviously)

Mids:

Going with Brayshaw as another V/VC option again with an eye on byes, avoiding round 12. See him as a top 8 mid, so want to lock him in
Cripps is another with a very soft draw over the first 6 rounds, so why not have a crack? Has that shit round 12 bye, but I only have 4 missing that week, which is as far as I want to go
Oliver, nuff said.
Peatling should be a good stepping stone, looking to get some good exposure with Adelaide needing his defensive (tackling) mindset in their mid rotations, will flick him to an uber before his round 15 bye.
Ed Allan is a watch along with Noddy at that price, handy if involved in mid rotations, can be used as a donut for looping in round 3.
Same deal for the rookies as mentioned earlier.

Rucks:

Set and forget here with an eye on a playing R3

Forwards:

Reckon JHF will be the No.1 forward this year so why not lock him in to start?
Plenty has been said on the next 3, noting that 80-85 should be the bar for F3-F6 which they all should do in a canter.
Going to have a crack with Lynch, uninterrupted preseason (so far) looking very fit, priced at 42 but with the ability for spike scores. Makes him an ideal candidate for looping which can be done in each of the early byes, shouldn't be hard to flick him to Pou when he's back.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Version 1: I call it Blue Velvet

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Also am I the only one who hates the team share mode. You can't see the prices so you can't tell if its in price order (a cardinal sin if not) and you can't tell if someone you haven't looked into in depth before is good value or not at a glance, and therefore difficult to comment on the team and recommend changes etc.

 

[4tune8]

Also am I the only one who hates the team share mode. You can't see the prices so you can't tell if its in price order (a cardinal sin if not) and you can't tell if someone you haven't looked into in depth before is good value or not at a glance, and therefore difficult to comment on the team and recommend changes etc.

Yeah, was my first time using it, won't do it again.

Interested to hear how you're going to navigate the round 12 bye, my count is 11 players missing that week.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Yeah, was my first time using it, won't do it again.

Interested to hear how you're going to navigate the round 12 bye, my count is 11 players missing that week.

Twelve even!

I have a philosophy of not considering the middle byes in pre-season. With 22+ trades prior to the byes and then 3 trades on the bye i'm not worried about any number of middle by players at Round 1, with the ability technically to trade them all out if you wished ahead of time.

That being said, the Port boys (Rozee and Horne-bag) are not locked into the side, and I can see myself moving them. JHF was added only with Pou being ruled out and me not finding anyone else I like in the range. If a mid-priced or rookie forward presents himself, JHF will be the one to go. Likewise Rozee, who is taking M1 at the moment but is mainly as a last man standing. If I can find some cash, be it a JHF downgrade or rookies being shaved like Curtin to cheaper options, Brayshaw with the nice Round 13 bye may come into consideration.

Of the remaining Round 12 players, I see the likes of Docherty, Cerra, DeKoning and Sanders being the types potentially capable of being traded to uber premiums ahead of the bye if all goes well. We'll see what happens.

 

[4tune8]

Twelve even!

I have a philosophy of not considering the middle byes in pre-season. With 22+ trades prior to the byes and then 3 trades on the bye i'm not worried about any number of middle by players at Round 1, with the ability technically to trade them all out if you wished ahead of time.

That being said, the Port boys (Rozee and Horne-bag) are not locked into the side, and I can see myself moving them. JHF was added only with Pou being ruled out and me not finding anyone else I like in the range. If a mid-priced or rookie forward presents himself, JHF will be the one to go. Likewise Rozee, who is taking M1 at the moment but is mainly as a last man standing. If I can find some cash, be it a JHF downgrade or rookies being shaved like Curtin to cheaper options, Brayshaw with the nice Round 13 bye may come into consideration.

Of the remaining Round 12 players, I see the likes of Docherty, Cerra, DeKoning and Sanders being the types potentially capable of being traded to uber premiums ahead of the bye if all goes well. We'll see what happens.

Fair enough, you should get off to good start given the Blues soft early draw, considering one or two more myself, GCS early fixture is mouth watering too.

My philosophy is built around gaining an advantage over all of the byes by limiting the amount of premos missing each one, as well as factoring in stepping stones where their position eliminates any bye. Peatling is a prime example where he can be flicked in rounds 13, 14 & 15 to a player that's already had his bye. It's something that Moriera swore by in his reign of dominance.

What worries me is twofold with your strategy, firstly, you'll be using trades to upgrade the likes of those that you've mentioned to uber premos whilst others will be actively upgrading rookies to those same premos, not as quickly obviously, meaning that you fall behind in the upgrade cadence but also come luxury upgrade time you've still got rookies/underperforming MP's in your side. Secondly, flicking a round 12 premo to another premo doesn't avoid a bye, just kicks the can down the road.

I guess I work on the principle that every premo missing a bye is a 40-60 point hit to the team. My aim is to have no rookies on the field after round 12 (as it is every year) Looks like I'll be starting 5 with an eye on two early upgrades to Coleman and Pou. The other 3 will be upgraded to players that will add balance to the mid season byes. With some luck on the injury front I should be able to negotiate those byes by luxury trading into those uber premos that aren't in the team.

We all have plans and strategies, good luck with yours, looks like a solid starting team.

 

[Cm Perfect]

PODs (exc. rookies):

Rivers 3%
Arie 3%
Dawson 4%
Cerra 4%
Darcy 6%
Maric 1%

No red dot for Round 1 if Boyd plays, so Xerri straight C against English and his sore tummy.

 

[JDWCE]

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PODs (exc. rookies):

Rivers 3%
Arie 3%
Dawson 4%
Cerra 4%
Darcy 6%
Maric 1%

No red dot for Round 1 if Boyd plays, so Xerri straight C against English and his sore tummy.

Between you and I we’ve got 4 different players. Therefore I like your team a lot

 

[amazingjoshy]

1st crack, pretty stock standard so far

 

[Corkintheocean]

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PODs (exc. rookies):

Rivers 3%
Arie 3%
Dawson 4%
Cerra 4%
Darcy 6%
Maric 1%

No red dot for Round 1 if Boyd plays, so Xerri straight C against English and his sore tummy.

Mine's very similar too.

Schoenmaker > Rook
Cerra > Taranto
Darcy > TDK
Rankine > JHF
Maric > Rook

 

[Cm Perfect]

Mine's very similar too.

Schoenmaker > Rook
Cerra > Taranto
Darcy > TDK
Rankine > JHF
Maric > Rook

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Very nice, I think that's a very solid structure to start with, with good flexibility to go up or down in some of those riskier positions as needed. A lot will depend on how these GWS rookie guys (and El-Hawli if he plays) go in Round 0 and if we think they're viable on-field options from Round 1 onwards.

 

[Corkintheocean]

Very nice, I think that's a very solid structure to start with, with good flexibility to go up or down in some of those riskier positions as needed. A lot will depend on how these GWS rookie guys (and El-Hawli if he plays) go in Round 0 and if we think they're viable on-field options from Round 1 onwards.

Agree, Schoenmaker is high on my radar should some of these defensive rooks not get picked.

 

[JADED]

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1st crack, pretty stock standard so far

Like the Hutchinson and Hall picks.
Cheap, Hutch already getting midfield minutes this pre season, and Hall should get a game with Yeo injured.