Teams 2025 Rate My Pre-Season Team

[A Bit Dusty]

Just a heads up kents if you didn't know you can copy & paste you team in one go clicking on this.

 

[Sherman41]

But it’s always something with him. “Oh he had a sore knee the first half of the season” pretty sure that was the excuse the year before. He’s never actually put up a full season of quality. All of the Freo mids have the potential for role changes due to how much talent they have going through the midfield

As a Brayshaw owner all of last season for the first time , I can confirm it was a tough own for the first half of true season.

One of those players that found a lot of it but didn’t get bang for his buck at times.

Unreal second half of the season and crucial to my ranking climb and league wins.

I felt being pushed to a high half forward role last year actually benefited him as it allows him to get easy ball as his opponent would often drop him. I am looking to start again this year and hoping they stick with the same role.

One thing I did notice is he gave away a lot of free kicks last year which impacted his scoring at times.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

But it’s always something with him. “Oh he had a sore knee the first half of the season” pretty sure that was the excuse the year before. He’s never actually put up a full season of quality. All of the Freo mids have the potential for role changes due to how much talent they have going through the midfield

Freo have the best bye, which makes it so tempting to start one. Gun to your head who are you picking from Strong/Brayshaw/Young?

 

[BuckleysBrigade]

Freo have the best bye, which makes it so tempting to start one. Gun to your head who are you picking from Strong/Brayshaw/Young?

Can someone provide a short summary/logic for which byes are “bad” and “good”?

I’ve seen people say that R12 is bad - is that because it has 4 teams who play round 0 [edit: this is not correct, sorry for the bum steer]? But aren’t round 0 players helpful (as keepers) because they only have one bye and an early price increase, whereas other teams have 2 byes?

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Can someone provide a short summary/logic for which byes are “bad” and “good”?

I’ve seen people say that R12 is bad - is that because it has 4 teams who play round 0? But aren’t round 0 players helpful (as keepers) because they only have one bye and an early price increase, whereas other teams have 2 byes?

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere.

None of the the R12 teams are playing round 0, which is a little bad, cause as you say, we won't get an early squiz outside of the preseason.

I have very few r14 and r15 premos, in part because most of those teams have byes between round 2 and 4.

There are also lots of R12 premos (ie Roos, Dogs, Port and Blues players) who could be selected on their merits but you only want a few to miss each bye. So if you consider Xerri, Daniels, Butters and Bont locks, every additional premo leaves you with greater exposure when that bye comes around.

R13 teams are clearly the best on paper because there are only two teams - St Kilda and Freo - that week. (Personally I have to restrain myself from loading up on Saints and Freo players because they have quite a few promising options this year and I've already got quite a few)

 

[BuckleysBrigade]

None of the the R12 teams are playing round 0, which is a little bad, cause as you say, we won't get an early squiz outside of the preseason.

I have very few r14 and r15 premos, in part because most of those teams have byes between round 2 and 4.

There are also lots of R12 premos (ie Roos, Dogs, Port and Blues players) who could be selected on their merits but you only want a few to miss each bye. So if you consider Xerri, Daniels, Butters and Bont locks, every additional premo leaves you with greater exposure when that bye comes around.

R13 teams are clearly the best on paper because there are only two teams - St Kilda and Freo - that week. (Personally I have to restrain myself from loading up on Saints and Freo players because they have quite a few promising options this year and I've already got quite a few)

Thanks heaps, that makes sense. I’ll have to DMOR rather than look for an easy answer

Not sure where I got that R0/12 nonsense from!

 

[Makeshift Park]

Thanks heaps, that makes sense. I’ll have to DMOR rather than look for an easy answer

Not sure where I got that R0/12 nonsense from!

No probs.

I think if you were to take a bye-centric view of selecting premos, the Dees, Crows and Eagles are all pretty favourable, in that none have an early bye and they all have the "good" round 15 bye.

Flipside is that none are in round 0, so that's bad for their rookies, as none will have price changes a round earlier than the rest.

ie. Rookies from Brizzie, Geelong, Sydney, Hawthorn, GC, Essendon, Pies and Giants will benefit from being on the bubble a week early.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

No probs.

I think if you were to take a bye-centric view of selecting premos, the Dees, Crows and Eagles are all pretty favourable, in that none have an early bye and they all have the "good" round 15 bye.

Flipside is that none are in round 0, so that's bad for their rookies, as none will have price changes a round earlier than the rest.

ie. Rookies from Brizzie, Geelong, Sydney, Hawthorn, GC, Essendon, Pies and Giants will benefit from being on the bubble a week early.

GWS and the Suns have their bye in round 2 so their rookies are on the bubble round 3 like the others. No rookie from a R0 team is likely to maxxed out by their bye, so it's not really important for rookies.

Can someone provide a short summary/logic for which byes are “bad” and “good”?

I’ve seen people say that R12 is bad - is that because it has 4 teams who play round 0 [edit: this is not correct, sorry for the bum steer]? But aren’t round 0 players helpful (as keepers) because they only have one bye and an early price increase, whereas other teams have 2 byes?

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere.

MP has already answered, but in a perfect world you would be trading in players coming off their R12 bye to complete your teams, but there are quite a few premo's many would like to start on that bye. Probably not a massive issue, but you don't want too many premo's missing.

 

[4tune8]

None of the the R12 teams are playing round 0, which is a little bad, cause as you say, we won't get an early squiz outside of the preseason.

I have very few r14 and r15 premos, in part because most of those teams have byes between round 2 and 4.

There are also lots of R12 premos (ie Roos, Dogs, Port and Blues players) who could be selected on their merits but you only want a few to miss each bye. So if you consider Xerri, Daniels, Butters and Bont locks, every additional premo leaves you with greater exposure when that bye comes around.

R13 teams are clearly the best on paper because there are only two teams - St Kilda and Freo - that week. (Personally I have to restrain myself from loading up on Saints and Freo players because they have quite a few promising options this year and I've already got quite a few)

It's not so much the 'early squiz' for me. If I want to avoid those players with the early byes then I end up with too many missing in round 12 and even though there's only 2 teams playing in round 13 then it's also easy to load up there too much as well (if avoiding the early early byes) I really don't like the round 12 bye as it doesn't allow any 'slingshotting' of players ie: it's pointless trading out of round 12 to avoid the bye when the player you're trading into still has a bye to come.

At this stage I have just the 2 players missing the early byes, Mills & Sniff but I have 4 missing round 12, Sheezel, Bont, Xerri and Daniel as well as 4 missing round 13, Clark, Serong, Macrae and Phillipou. Those 10 players are going to be popular picks but I don't think that I can load the team with any more players from those rounds.

Really only leaves the Crows, Melb, WCE and Tigers players as the best options and they're pretty thin on the ground. Peatling, Cumming, Dawson and Laird (as a defender), Rivers and Clarry and a few roughies in Taranto, Short and McGovern

 

[Makeshift Park]

GWS and the Suns have their bye in round 2 so their rookies are on the bubble round 3 like the others. No rookie from a R) team is likely to maxxed out by their bye, so it's not really important for rookies.

Ah yes, of course, you're right.

From a planning perspective though, it'd be slightly advantageous to lock in the rookies on the bubble at the earliest occasion tho, no? Even if you aren't going to be able to cash them in any earlier than the others?

 

[4tune8]

Ah yes, of course, you're right.

From a planning perspective though, it'd be slightly advantageous to lock in the rookies on the bubble at the earliest occasion tho, no? Even if you aren't going to be able to cash them in any earlier than the others?

It's always risky going early on rookies, more so when there are byes involved. For example, a GCS rookie debuts in round 0 then plays round 1 and is on the bubble, but the coach has already decided to just give him 2 games for the exposure/experience and wanted to have a look at how he went, that rookie is then dropped to work on his game, is injured during training or the player that he replaced is back from injury.

 

[SELFCONFESDAFLNERD]

My latest attempt. $335,400 in the kitty

Rivers, Short and Mills have been a staple of my plan team for a while now. I like Sinn if he can make a spot his own. IF Kiddy Coleman is fit, he will come in for Sinn most likely. Rookies may change but early indication is Bice and Travaglia should be playing and in potentially lucrative roles too.

My midfield will either excel or will completely cost me any chance of finishing anywhere near the top. I love Durham, not sure he will be a high enough scorer but i think he is a brilliant player who will hopefully see an up tick in CBAs. Day is one of my favourite players and has a high ceiling but injury risk and tag risk is there. Still, i like 'risking' him. Cerra is undervalued if given the right role and Oliver has just snuck into my team with the Petracca news and given so far he seems to be having a decent preseason. Im not entirely sold but at the price he is worth a risk. Ashcroft could become one of the best players in the league this season i reckon. Time for him to explode! Dawson is a strange one, could see him go berserk or could see him plateau a bit. The other player im considering here is Ed Richards

Rucks are locked in. Considering TDK in the flex spot but i think im happier to keep the flex open to other positions rather than locking in a ruck. I see a fair bit of upside with TDK but like i said, probably not enough there to lock him in. Flynn on the bench is a big spend but if he can make 200k then it gives me massive versatility with trades as i can downgrade at any time.

Forwardline is MPM. Currently deciding between the young and the old with respect to Sanders or L.Parker. If given the right role i see considerable upside in both. I can see a range of outcomes for both and im open to the idea of downgrading them and running Hewett/Erasmus/Curtin on field.

Obviously my strategy is fraught with risk and my season could be over early but i just love the midfield options so much that i dont want to leave any of them out. I dont trust the forwardline premiums as far as i could throw them and my backline i think makes use of the value options quite well. To be honest, if i abandoned my strategy of keeping cash in the bank i would probably upgrade Sinn to someone like Sinclair but like i said, i rate Sinn highly under the right circumstances and Coleman is likely the bail out option if and when he is fit.

Rip it to absolute shreds people!

 

[Makeshift Park]

It's always risky going early on rookies, more so when there are byes involved. For example, a GCS rookie debuts in round 0 then plays round 1 and is on the bubble, but the coach has already decided to just give him 2 games for the exposure/experience and wanted to have a look at how he went, that rookie is then dropped to work on his game, is injured during training or the player that he replaced is back from injury.

What you say is true, but in the context of this discussion, I think it only really applies to GWS and GC this year?

Come round 2, we'll know which rookies are selected for their third game for the following teams: Lions, Pies, Cats, Swans, Hawks, Bombers. If any rookies from those teams are killing it, that'll be our chance to jump on board. That's what I mean by rookies from those teams offering a slight advantage.

 

[4tune8]

What you say is true, but in the context of this discussion, I think it only really applies to GWS and GC this year?

Come round 2, we'll know which rookies are selected for their third game for the following teams: Lions, Pies, Cats, Swans, Hawks, Bombers. If any rookies from those teams are killing it, that'll be our chance to jump on board. That's what I mean by rookies from those teams offering a slight advantage.

Definitely take those rookies that are on the bubble and have been named (with the usual caveats)

 

[Choppers]

My latest attempt with $170,300 itb.

 

[stevebbb]

My latest attempt with $170,300 itb.

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Like the Maric pick, rolling with him at D6 atm. I think Curtin as a 2nd year, 200cm forward is not the one for his price. Let's see if the Maric down back experiment works.

 

[4tune8]

My latest attempt with $170,300 itb.

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Nice team, but IMO a bit light on the rookie spend, players like Lindsay, Smillie, Lalor and possibly Draper all look like being reasonably productive and early starters. That being said, most of those you've picked could also have early debuts.

*Edit......forgot that you have $170k ITB, scratch the above.

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Freo have the best bye, which makes it so tempting to start one. Gun to your head who are you picking from Strong/Brayshaw/Young?

I'm all over Brayshaw this year I think he is unders a little bit and could easily go 115+

 

[Eagling]

 

[A Bit Dusty]

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Very nice team.
I'm interested in your thoughts about Maric?
I did see earlier on the Eagles forum about Maric. "• They seem keen to get the ball into Maric’s hands off half back"

 

[Eagling]

Very nice team.
I'm interested in your thoughts about Maric?
I did see earlier on the Eagles forum about Maric. "• They seem keen to get the ball into Maric’s hands off half back"

Basically similar thoughts; he's somewhat of a speculative pick but if he can get that 3rd tall/outlet role that would be Supercoach gold, especially as we haven't really had someone as the prime distributor since Hurn retired. Now the overall composition of our defence, (and team as a whole) is still very much up in the air, but I'm confident Maric will be utilised in the back half - the only question is how the rest of the team is set up, and how far that goes to allow him the most lucrative SC opportunities.

 

[Chronz]

But it’s always something with him. “Oh he had a sore knee the first half of the season” pretty sure that was the excuse the year before. He’s never actually put up a full season of quality. All of the Freo mids have the potential for role changes due to how much talent they have going through the midfield

Found the problem.

 

[andrewroberts91]

Nuffie question but how are you guys creating your team right now?

I can't seem to get into the new 2025 supercoach? keeps reverting me back to 2024..