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Okay everyone, have at it.
Preseason Teams: Rate them, critique them and praise them.
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Great first up team:
- I’ve got Stephen hill as D6 currently.
-Cripps doesn’t mark or kick and can’t beat a tag. He will score 160 then have four weeks in a row under 90. Better options at his price.
- Noah Anderson should be in your starting mids
- with Tom Mitchell back and Puopolo cooked, I can see wingard playing more forward than mid.
- you need to have Devon Smith at his price as a forward
I have no doubt that this year, more than any other in the past 10 years or so, will have very few starting squads looking the same.
So, so many mid choices with very few of the top 40 or so being automatic selections. Rowell and Pickett are obvious but they are rookies.
In looking at your squad I would rather start with Houli over Crisp particularly with so many games played at the G early in the year. Crisp is a little too inconsistent for me. Dawson and Houston may have breakout years but I'm going with the safer options of Lloyd and Laird.
As I said earlier, the choice of top mids will be simply who you feel comfortable with. Not sure I can ride the Cripp's seesaw of 150 one week followed by a 60 the following one. Even with his 30% discount I think Mitchell could take a few weeks before he gets back to pig mode hence he is an upgrade for me as well.
I'm starting Grundy who will be my captain's option most weeks but will be going with either NicNat or Jacobs as R2.
I'm looking at Whitfield as an upgrade as I'm sure his price will fall. It certainly won't go up. Not sure about Wingard, Rozee and Brayshaw but if you see them taking a scoring leap next year, so be it. I'm surprised you are not starting with Smith. Hill is a no brainer as is Rankine.
As per DaTBird I am also starting with a predominantly guns and rookies squad. Not sure there are too many mid-pricers that scream "pick me" unlike past years. Anyway here it is. As per past years, the final squad probably won't look anything like this.
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Gawn injured his knee at training today. No ACL but it’s a grade 2 MCL which is 6-12 weeks..will miss key part of pre season and may miss first few weeks of season
DaTBird187
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I don’t feel he’s as much of a must have in RDT as opposed to SuperCoach. If that’s the case, he becomes Lycett and I spend elsewhere.
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With the backline, I will be going down a very similar path, think I’ll be starting with Lloyd and Laird as well. I can see how Houston and Dawson make sense to others, won’t take much of an increase to become year long keepers in an open position, but not for me at this stage. Hunter Clark in a similar position too.
It’s funny with Cripps, not owning him last year, I seem to remember the big scores and not the annoying sub 80s. I think I’ll be seating 1A on the rollercoaster this year. Mitchell is a yes for me, if named round 1, I do agree he will take some time to get going thou. With your team in the next post, I really like the idea of Macrae, Dunkley and Cogs. Those 5 player mentioned looks like a decent starting midfield to me, rounded out with all the likely rookies.
Rucks I will be starting with Grundy, he’s simply too hard to get in during the year otherwise. An easy fall to captain option, picks himself really. Even before the Gawn injury news I was thinking of staying away, too much cash tied up and compromised other areas too much.
Forward line seems like a real headache. Whitfield is interesting, think he will be the likely highest scoring forward still. Could argue somewhat underpriced with that half game last year, however we tagged him out pretty effectively in the final and think he’s due for some more attention.
Dusty looking likely, through lack of other options. Heeney is another I didn’t really want to start with, Sydney’s lack of scoring power sees him spending too much time forward.
Could see myself going down the cheap path for forwards, watching it unfold and picking them as they present themselves.
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No laird or Lloyd...will be like not starting with whitfield and brad crouch last season...will end up getting them in round 18.
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You need Houston in backline. He will play midfield early on. Ollie wines dislocated shoulder at training today. Needs surgery and out for the start of the season.
DaTBird187
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It certainly looks attainable that we can start with only 3-5 rookies on field this year.
Backs:
Smith, Doch, Houston, Roberton, Doedee, Young
Mids:
Dunks, Zerrett, Danger, Cogs, Titch, Rowell, McHenry, Pickett
Rucks:
Grundy, ROB
Forwards:
Dusty, Dawson, DSmith, Rozee, Bonar, Rankine
My approach this year is to trust my instinct, instead of going last second changes because of an article or a post I've just read.
FWIW, I pretty much had penciled in the more expensive players towards the end of the last year. The odd player here and there will be interchangeable as the pre-season starts.
I had Houston in my team at the back end of the season and it served me well - outside of the obvious players, he was one of my first picked. Smith could be become Lloyd or Crisp but he pulled out some big games towards the end of the season (and also provided me with some good scores), so I am bullish on him and even Rozee to an extent. I'm hoping Bonar gets a nod, by all accounts he could be a nice floater through the mids at times with the biggest downside being he's with North which offer very little in terms of points.
Smith, Doch, Houston, Roberton, Doedee, Young
Mids:
Dunks, Zerrett, Danger, Cogs, Titch, Rowell, McHenry, Pickett
Rucks:
Grundy, ROB
Forwards:
Dusty, Dawson, DSmith, Rozee, Bonar, Rankine
My approach this year is to trust my instinct, instead of going last second changes because of an article or a post I've just read.
FWIW, I pretty much had penciled in the more expensive players towards the end of the last year. The odd player here and there will be interchangeable as the pre-season starts.
I had Houston in my team at the back end of the season and it served me well - outside of the obvious players, he was one of my first picked. Smith could be become Lloyd or Crisp but he pulled out some big games towards the end of the season (and also provided me with some good scores), so I am bullish on him and even Rozee to an extent. I'm hoping Bonar gets a nod, by all accounts he could be a nice floater through the mids at times with the biggest downside being he's with North which offer very little in terms of points.
Was he in the midfield at the end of last season? He was on fire in the last 5 or so games. And I think Ollie Wines played then too. So he may be a good pick regardless. Thanks.
I keep saying the same thing to myself at this time of year every year yet can't help myself. Although, in saying that, I am pretty content with the way my team looks right now.
I'm not 100% convinced with Houston. If he were to play the whole year in the middle, then he will be a good selection at his current price but if he is forced to go back to the backline due to injuries or whatever, he will score shit. I'd still rather pay the extra and go with Laird who I know will score 80* even on a bad day.
Three of them will almost certainly be mids.
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Two actually, as Pickett is not technically a rookie, even though he is priced as one.
Definitely some group think in here that is very hard to get away from. Not too surprising that a lot in here had an average season in 2019.
I've treated him as a rookie as he didn't play a home & away game last year. But, I know what you mean.
There's nothing wrong with considering the comments that are put up here but you just have to consider whether what is being said is better than what you believe. I agree though that you should stay with your own instincts.
Other than rookies and injuries between now and round 1, I'll be surprised if my starting 22 changes anymore than 1 or 2.
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Yep some considerable risk with Houston, at the moment he’s on the watch list but not inside my side.
I’d view ports as having better midfield depth than defense depth, which could easily see him rotated back at any stage.
The big appeal for a few of the players around that price, is it doesn’t take much to become potential keepers. I’d have Lloyd and Laird as top 6 locks, I still have a few queries over Crisp/Houli but they should round out the top 4. Then it opens right up, any player that can average ~90 is only going to be a few points behind the theoretical top6, so if you can nail one it’s a huge leg up. Will be selecting one of those type, just a matter of which one at this stage.
Yeah, I'm not saying it is necessarily a bad thing; I was just making an observation as to the similarity of results.
I expect my team will change a lot between now and round one. Changes due to rookies and injuries can have a flow on effect to other spots due to the salary cap, and there is always the preseason comp to keep an eye on for player form and change of role. There's a lot more info coming our way between now and round 1!
The biggest problem I have with Houston is that he will most likely play in the midfield during the Marsh pre season games and possibly even the first few rounds particularly with Wines' injury. He'll possibly average 90+ in these matches and everyone will jump on board only for him to go back to defence and return to the 60 odd average he has as a defender.
I think Houli is a safer option than Crisp as he scored much higher in matches played last year at the G and I 9 of his first 12 games are at the G this year.
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Im seriously warming to the idea of starting with 6 premium mids + Rowell & Pickett. Im weighing up whether it is better to start Whitfield and a mid rookie versus Macrae and a forward rookie. Currently if i pick Whitfield i wont be fielding any forwardline rookies which doesnt seem ideal as im sure at least 1 rookie will present themselves as capable enough to warrant a spot in my starting lineup. As well, i value Macrae as approximately 100k more than Whitfield. The 100k is an arbitrary amount but i came up with it given Whitfield's injury history, the fact he may be tagged sometimes meaning he could be hot and cold and therefore may be picked up cheaper later on. I still have Dusty & Greenwood as my top 2 forwards and although my backline is very weak - it is by design as i feel there are several players coming back from injury that will average a good 20-30+ above their pricing point. Yes, if i was to post my team then everyone would critique the fact that i dont have a genuine gun back there but i honestly feel more comfortable banking the midfield points and then hoping that my backline cheapies last 6+ weeks and then i can offload them.
My current midfield is this:
My current midfield is this:
I think we sometimes get carried away with a player's position. A defender who averaged 105 or so last year is no worse a choice than a mid who averaged the same. So whether you choose to put most premiums in the midfield or elsewhere is really a moot point. At the end of the day all those who played 10 games or more last year are priced solely as to their average score last year. We have a salary which all 30 players need to fit into which necessitates that we need x amount of starting rookies on field.
However, the question then arises as to where is the best place to find these rookies. More times than not, it is the midfield. It is more likely that the mid rookies will score significantly more than forward or defender ones so this is where I feel most should come from.
There are a number of cheap options to start with in both forward and defence. Birchall, Roberton, Doedee, Cockatoo, Hill and to a lesser extent Steven and Smith.
Personally, I feel 6 premiums in the middle is one too many but then again, everyone should go with their own gut feel.
