Dream Team Squads Part 2

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

There aren't any. Keep Hill and Brennan. I think Brennan will average 90+ anyway.

I want to keep Hill, but my forward line has 2 rookies so I think I will need another player like Deledio my forward line is more balanced.

 

[Daz]

Backs- C.Cornes, Hodge, Adcock, Malceski, Ellis, Nicoski, Hill (Suban, Petrenko)
Mids- Gablett, Kerr, Judd, Masten, Hasleby, Butler (Robinson, Rich)
Rucks- Cox, Leuenberger (Currie, Vickery)
Forwards- Pavlich, Deledio, Giansiracusa, Staker, Higgins, Lucas, Ziebell (Walker, Ballantyne)

Your thoughts?
Expecting big years from ellis, masten and leuenberger. Must keep an eye on the fitness of Hodge and Ellis and make sure they are 100% come round 1.

My 'have to have him' tip is nicoski. Racks up the points, got in to great form at the end of last season and has already starred vs collingwood (DT wise). At only 263k, he will pay handsomely.

I don't usually give team advice but I love your training reports so I'll make an exception. Even though I don't have any of them, I won't advise against your eagles players in Nicoski, Kerr, Masten, Butler and Staker because you would know more about them than me. A couple of things that stand out to me about your team are:

1) You seem to be giving preference to great footballers rather than great DT'ers. Players like Kerr and Judd are unlikely to ever be outstanding DT'ers.

2) I'm not sure if you are aware of this or not but both Hodge and Ellis have had surgery during the off-season and will miss the NAB Cup. Ellis is even in a fair bit of doubt for RD 1.

TBH it's hard to find much wrong with your team but like I said, I felt obliged to offer something in return for those training reports of yours

Just one question for you Beatle, how is Mitch Brown travelling? By the sounds of your reports he has been ripping up the pre-season but he was then left out of the NAB Cup. Is he a likely starter for RD 1? My other worry with him is that Lynch has said he will play as a permanent forward which means a forward line of Hansen, Lynch and Kennedy. Could it be a struggle for him to get a game? Cheers.

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

Pikey, why Mattner, why not Malceski ?

similar player 50k cheaper.

Because Malceski is injury prone and not everyone wants to take the risk on him

 

[slider1978]

My dreamteam squad at the moment

Backs: Mackie, Goddard, Chad Cornes, Mattner, Myers, Raines, Schoenmakers, (Kite,Suban)

Mids: Gibbs, Boak, Knights, Swallow, Hill, Rich, (Robinson, Beams)

Rucks: Cox, Skipper (Currie, Graham)

Forwards: Pavlich, Richardson, Deledio, Didak, Chapman, Lucas, Higgins (Ziebell, Gumbleton)

Any thoughts please i tend to cut my loses in the midfield early in the year then tend to upgrade after about round 8 and im a bit worried about my second ruck in Skipper but heard hes havn his best pre season to date.
Also want a rookie as my seventh backman and could really only find schoenmakers so if u have any other suggestions there that would be great.

 

[Tippaz]

There aren't any.

i agree

mine are Petrenko/Suban atm.
i reckon Suban's got some scoring potential and might play some games.
and Petrenko i'd never heard of until a couple of weeks ago. got nfi why everyone's got him but i'll take it.

 

[Tippaz]

Because Malceski is injury prone and not everyone wants to take the risk on him

well i reckon he's a gun, and at that price i'll take him even if he's injury-prone.

what is your assessment of The Porpoise this year? you buying?

 

[Piikeyyy]

Because Malceski is injury prone and not everyone wants to take the risk on him

Ditto
Because I have Raines and Hill the rest of my backline has to be durable hence the reason i chose Mattner

 

[GeeCats07]

(not owning) Nick Stevens hurt me more than any other player ilast year.

you've been warned.

There's a bit of a difference though. Stevens was into a team where he wasn't going to be tagged much and had Judd and Murphy as support. Haselby is coming into a midfield where he is the number 1 and will always have a player marking him.

 

[Number32]

Backs
L.Hodge, B.Goddard, C.Cornes, R.Houlihan, JWS, J Grimes S.Hill (N.Suban, A.Rance)

Mids
G.Ablett, D, Swan, L.Power, P.Haselby, C.Judd, D,Cross (D.Rich, P, P.Dangerfelid)

Rucks
D.Cox, H.McIntosh (D.Currie, J,Spencer)

Fowards
B.Harvey, J.Roughead, S.Lucas, S.Higgins, A.Maric, J.Grant, AL.Davey, (S.Sidebottom, S.Gumbleton)

Any suggestions guys? I know my foward line is my weakness, i am hoping for the majority of them to be more or less cash cows...

Any input i will take onboard and will be much appreciated!!!

One more thing, how do you Travis Tuck will perform this year? And will Simon Hogan fit into a allready compact Geelong side???

Thanks guys

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

Backs
L.Hodge, B.Goddard, C.Cornes, R.Houlihan, JWS, J Grimes S.Hill (N.Suban, A.Rance)

Mids
G.Ablett, D, Swan, L.Power, P.Haselby, C.Judd, D,Cross (D.Rich, P, P.Dangerfelid)

Rucks
D.Cox, H.McIntosh (D.Currie, J,Spencer)

Fowards
B.Harvey, J.Roughead, S.Lucas, S.Higgins, A.Maric, J.Grant, AL.Davey, (S.Sidebottom, S.Gumbleton)

Any suggestions guys? I know my foward line is my weakness, i am hoping for the majority of them to be more or less cash cows...

Any input i will take onboard and will be much appreciated!!!

One more thing, how do you Travis Tuck will perform this year? And will Simon Hogan fit into a allready compact Geelong side???

Thanks guys

Start again and dont use so much money in the midfield.

Tuck IMO will score around the 75-80 mark this year, he will replace Crawf. Another option is Mackay who is 50k less and looks the goods.

 

[force65]

Back

P Burgoyne, Bock, Birchall, Gilbee, Drummond, Malceski, Hill (Suban, Petrenko)

Midfield

Bartel Swan Kornes Masten Haselby Rich (Ziebell, Robinson/others)

Rucks

Simmonds, Ottens (Currie, Meeson/others)

Forwards

Deledio, Gia, Murphy, Lucas, Higgins, SKipworth, Yarren (Gumbleton, Walker)

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

well i reckon he's a gun, and at that price i'll take him even if he's injury-prone.

what is your assessment of The Porpoise this year? you buying?

Thats what alot of people are saying mate, but really I am not going near him.
Porps isnt in my team currently, but im sorta tossing him up with Brennan. Porpa should be fine for round 1, but he might not be available, so I would wait for further reports.
IMO, if his shoulder stays fine, he could average 90.

 

[happy_eagle]

Without his injury games last year, poprs averaged 102

 

[Daz]

Without his injury games last year, poprs averaged 102

No, before he injured his shoulder against Collingwood he averaged 87. No idea where you got 102 from.

 

[happy_eagle]

Ah yes, a bit of calculation error on my front
Forgot to carry the 1
Didnt think he did that well last year

 

[Number32]

Start again and dont use so much money in the midfield.

Tuck IMO will score around the 75-80 mark this year, he will replace Crawf. Another option is Mackay who is 50k less and looks the goods.

So you think my team is pretty average?? What players do you think i should get rid of?

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

So you think my team is pretty average?? What players do you think i should get rid of?

Your backline is waaayy to weak and get rid of one/two of Grimes/Raines/JWS.

 

[happy_eagle]

Shouldnt really matter what others think if you are confident in your team 100%

However i would only get 1 of ablett or swan, and possibly only two off judd, cross, power. Hodge could be downgraded to someone less expensive. Money could be saved on the bench, and used to boost up some of your forwards and a few of your backs

 

[NatheM]

Question.

Do your reserves also score points?

Or is it only the starting 22?

 

[happy_eagle]

Only starting 22
So having an expensive bench dosnt really achieve much

 

[LemmingMaster]

Uh, why do I see people putting Ryan Houlihan in their team?

I can guarantee a couple of things if you have that man in your team:

A). You are stupid.
B). The chances of you finishing top 1000 are equal with the chances of the sun imploding in the next 10 minutes.

Actually, no. Disregard this post. The man is a superstar that will tear it up in '09

1. Houlihan is in Carlton's best 22
2. Before last season he only missed 1 game in the previous two years.
3. Priced at an average of 55 with the two previous years before last having averages of 75 and 82.
4. Carlton should be an improving side, hence should be a higher scoring team.

If you can come up with some reasons why, someone is stupid for selecting Houlihan, I would love to hear them.

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

Question.

Do your reserves also score points?

Or is it only the starting 22?

Starting 22...

 

[silverscope]

Backs: L.Hodge -- H.Taylor -- D.Wojcinski -- S.Gilham -- P.Ryder -- A.Raines -- M.Maguire (EMG: N.Suban -- T.Slattery)

Mids: G.Ablett -- S.Mitchell -- R.Palmer -- C.Young -- D.Kerr -- M.White (EMG: D.Rich -- S.Blease )

Rucks: A.Sandilands -- M.Kruezer (EMG: J.Tippet -- B.Connelly)

Fwds: M.Pavlich -- L.Franklin -- P.Chapman -- Ja.Roughead -- L.Franklin -- C.Brown -- S.Lucas -- S.Higgins (EMG: H.Ballantyne -- R.Nahas)

Any Suggestion would be greatly appreciated! thanks!

 

[Virgil]

Backs: H.Taylor -- S.Gilham -- P.Ryder -- M.Maguire

Key position backmen rarely make good DT players, as they tend not to rack up stats. There's really only a handful of key position backmen worth considering IMO.

 

[William C]

Early Stages ...

B. Goddard, H. Scotland, C. Cornes, D. Milburn, T. Lockyer, J. Adcock, J. Smith (S. Hill, N. Suban)

L. Hayes, J. Selwood, M. Rischitelli, D. Kerr, P. Hasleby, D. Rich (P. Dangerfield, S. Sidebottom)

A. Sandilands, B. Ottens (D. Currie, J. Trengrove)

B. Harvey, S. Goodwin, B. Johnson, S. Lucas, S. Higgins, T. Hentschel, J. Ziebell (S. Gumbleton, T. Walker)

hmmm .. about 70k in the bank to fix the forward line.
Thinking about Milburn -> Hodge or Shaw ... thoughts?