Discussion 2025 Pre-Season Planning Discussion

[A Bit Dusty]

 

[gutsroy]

What's crack-a-lacking,?
What's the go with this flex thing?
They opened it up or what?

 

[Saints4ever]

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What's crack-a-lacking,?
What's the go with this flex thing?
They opened it up or what?

Any player can be put in the flex position this giving us 23 players.

Lowest scorer of the 23 drops out.

Flex player is counted if he is in the top 22 scores.

 

[Veer Right]

Congrats on your win!

Congrats on the best gif of the month!

 

[VainGlorious]

Thanks for posting those training reports A Bit Dusty

 

[VainGlorious]

I’m kind of on board with this flex sitch now I guess.

It basically gives us a free hit at a fallen premo/premo/midpricer/rookie.

You could take a punt on a Clarry/Parish type with a proven scoring history.

Grab a high ceiling ruck like TDK (Pittonet scares me though)

An intercepting defender that you might not normally consider, or a KPF in the mould of Hogan/Curnow who are capable of a big spike score

A midpricer - I’m thinking Kerch/W Ashcroft/Short/Cerra/Callaghan/Bolton areas. Not those exact players but something in that vicinity

Or a rookie to kickstart some extra cash gen to upgrade with.

The opportunities are endless.

There’s so much more room for activities.

 

[King Max]

2025 SC Team picker Monday?

 

[buttox]

I’m kind of on board with this flex sitch now I guess.

It basically gives us a free hit at a fallen premo/premo/midpricer/rookie.

You could take a punt on a Clarry/Parish type with a proven scoring history.

Grab a high ceiling ruck like TDK (Pittonet scares me though)

An intercepting defender that you might not normally consider, or a KPF in the mould of Hogan/Curnow who are capable of a big spike score

A midpricer - I’m thinking Kerch/W Ashcroft/Short/Cerra/Callaghan/Bolton areas. Not those exact players but something in that vicinity

Or a rookie to kickstart some extra cash gen to upgrade with.

The opportunities are endless.

There’s so much more room for activities.

Don't do a rookie.
Say you have 7 on field and you play a rookie your flex ends up sub your stuffed.
If you put a premo in you are guaranteed to remove your lowest score and add a good one.

 

[Saints4ever]

Won’t matter if the rookie is in the flex position, midfield, forward or back.

We just have to pick our best 23 with the salary we have.

If Bont is Flex or midfielder it makes no difference and it’s going to count in the 22.

Our salary will determine how many guns and rookies we pick and as far as I can work out it won’t matter where we position them because it’s just best 22.

 

[gutsroy]

Any player can be put in the flex position this giving us 23 players.

Lowest scorer of the 23 drops out.

Flex player is counted if he is in the top 22 scores.

Aah, OK.
Guess it addresses those cases that crop up when a player on the 22 is injured, that has been a sore point for some.
Will let to squads targeting 23/24 premios, ideally probably picking up 1-2 DPP floaters with decent output off a price dip, stuff like that.
Don't hate it, does feel like they are falling into the trap of having to offer up a new gimmick each year, though.
shrugs

 

[Juzzomac]

Flex player is a good addition.

Now just remove the bail out that is VC/C looping

 

[gutsroy]

I’m kind of on board with this flex sitch now I guess.

It basically gives us a free hit at a fallen premo/premo/midpricer/rookie.

You could take a punt on a Clarry/Parish type with a proven scoring history.

Grab a high ceiling ruck like TDK (Pittonet scares me though)

An intercepting defender that you might not normally consider, or a KPF in the mould of Hogan/Curnow who are capable of a big spike score

A midpricer - I’m thinking Kerch/W Ashcroft/Short/Cerra/Callaghan/Bolton areas. Not those exact players but something in that vicinity

Or a rookie to kickstart some extra cash gen to upgrade with.

The opportunities are endless.

There’s so much more room for activities.

Shai 'Michael' Bolton, maaaaate... If there's a bloke more selective in his efforts running around, I'll go he.


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But the thinking seems right, those sorts of plays. Spreads the budget and with the flex, sounds about right.
Wait and see what the content creators land on, I guess

 

[jdstorm]

Flex player is a good addition.

Now just remove the bail out that is VC/C looping

Boo

Make it easier. Should just be able to lock in a VC score without having to resort to tricks

Edit:

Re flex. People on here are already speculating that a 3rd Premium Ruck is the obvious choice.

Given we had 3 rucks in the top 15 scorers last season it makes a lot of sense

 

[gutsroy]

Boo

Make it easier. Should just be able to lock in a VC score without having to resort to tricks

Edit:

Re flex. People on here are already speculating that a 3rd Premium Ruck is the obvious choice.

Given we had 3 rucks in the top 15 scorers last season it makes a lot of sense

Can sort of see that later on down the line, but would it take give you bang for buck early on? Big outlay and not super-efficient (doesn't necessarily have to be, I guess)
Interesting ideas and it does open up stuff like that.

 

[jdstorm]

Can sort of see that later on down the line, but would it take give you bang for buck early on? Big outlay and not super-efficient (doesn't necessarily have to be, I guess)
Interesting ideas and it does open up stuff like that.

Every team is starting with minimum 4-6 top premiums as Captain options: If 3 are rucks it doesn’t effect your planning all that much.

Just means at full premium Flex is more likely to count then F6 but that was always going to happen

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Won’t matter if the rookie is in the flex position, midfield, forward or back.

We just have to pick our best 23 with the salary we have.

If Bont is Flex or midfielder it makes no difference and it’s going to count in the 22.

Our salary will determine how many guns and rookies we pick and as far as I can work out it won’t matter where we position them because it’s just best 22.

Sounds like you can't loop the Flex position. Initial thought is I'll put a DPP player there (JHF as an example) and have an extra rookie as the 31st player.

 

[jdstorm]

I think whatever position you choose to put there your flex player should start as a premium. Mostly because it’s easier to loop rookies on other lines (not that it will matter much given best 18 for the first 5 weeks)

 

[VainGlorious]

 

[King_Steele]

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Surely won’t open today?

 

[VainGlorious]

Surely won’t open today?

So I told my boss to **** off and shat on his desk for nothing?

 

[VainGlorious]

So I told my boss to **** off and shat on his desk for nothing?

You’re self-employed dickhead.











Oh. Well this is awkward.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

You’re self-employed dickhead.











Oh. Well this is awkward.

Sounds like your boss is a w***er, he deserved it.

 

[A Bit Dusty]

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[VainGlorious]

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[Maybe Tomorrow]

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