Rate my team Part III

[Papa Juggs]

Points are worth the same amount no matter when you get them.

I was thinking about upgrade times when saying this.

Every extra round you wait to upgrade a 200k player to a $480k gun you could be missing out on serious points. You need at least some of these gun mids in your starting lineup even if it's going to really eat into your cap.

They average 110 for the year and you pick up all the big 130+ scores they pull off and not just the ones they get at the end of the season after you upgraded your initial rookie choice to them.

There is just a huge emphasis on making money in the comments here.

The objective of the game is to score as many points as possible right from the start.

Coming from behind and winning the DT just isn't going to happen this year. The front runners will start strong and get stronger.

I go into it thinking the maximum amount of points I can squeeze from my round 1 team is what I want. You can find the cash cows later on when they have had 2 huge games and you know they will go up in value.

 

[Spoony]

Fair enough; who would you have instead of Hille? Nat is still so raw, will be inconsistant I think, Seaby was poor at WCE so won't necessarly be any better at Syd.. maybe Renouf who will be first choice ruck, and was apparantly impressive today against Bris?

Franklin is in much better shape this year than last, I see him as a keeper.

Same goes for Murphy, played games last year but from what WB fans have written he was never 100%.. I'm not sold on him but don't see any other obvious pick for the approximate money.

What are some better options than Walker?

when looking at hille i agree with you on Nat, bu Seaby might not be as bad as some think, although I would either upgrade Hille to tippet or downgrade to white or mcevoy, both i think could be allot like tippet last yaer and average around 70-75 which I think is better than Hille will do.

Thats a fair call on Franklin but I dont really see him scoring well unless hawthorn are top four like in 08 which at the moment I think is far from certin.

On Murphy, I am sure he will improve but I think there is a better option for the same price or a couple of better ones for about 20k-35k more, but im not going to spoonfeed you their names

For walker for almost exactly the same price there are two options which are better

 

[footycool]

when looking at hille i agree with you on Nat, bu Seaby might not be as bad as some think, although I would either upgrade Hille to tippet or downgrade to white or mcevoy, both i think could be allot like tippet last yaer and average around 70-75 which I think is better than Hille will do.

Thats a fair call on Franklin but I dont really see him scoring well unless hawthorn are top four like in 08 which at the moment I think is far from certin.

On Murphy, I am sure he will improve but I think there is a better option for the same price or a couple of better ones for about 20k-35k more, but im not going to spoonfeed you their names

For walker for almost exactly the same price there are two options which are better

I Agree Spooney regards to Buddy.

He has been a lock for me until the last couple of days when all things pointed to him lowering his scores this year. For 30k less you can get someone who is moving into the midfield (Gray)

 

[indieswan96]

Gram - Enright - Hodge - Shaw - Malceski - Ladson - Hunt
(Macguire - Silvagni)

Swan(vc) - Bartel(c) - Pendlebury - Mackay - Martin - Barlow
(Shuey - Bastinac)

Sandilands - Seaby
(Warnock - Skipper)

Goodes - O'Keefe - Pavlich - Giansiracusa - Gray - Dangerfield - Mayne
(Rockliff - Podsiadly)

Thoughts 1k left

 

[A Bit High]

Side overlooked for discussion from pge 49...please make comment.

 

[Tubbys Masterclass]

Thoughts on my team?

B: Goddard, Enright, Duffield, Hodge, Malceski, Hunt, Waters (Maguire, Webberley)
M: Hayes, J.Selwood, Watson, Armitage, Martin, Barlow (Banner, Schuey)
R: Sandilands, Tippet (Warnock, McCauley)
F: Riewoldt, O'Keefe, Pavlich, Giansiricusa, Reimers, Dangerfield, Rockliff (Hitchcock, Podsiadly)

$122.4k in the bank

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

Thoughts on my team?

B: Goddard, Enright, Duffield, Hodge, Malceski, Hunt, Waters (Maguire, Webberley)
M: Hayes, J.Selwood, Watson, Armitage, Martin, Barlow (Banner, Schuey)
R: Sandilands, Tippet (Warnock, McCauley)
F: Riewoldt, O'Keefe, Pavlich, Giansiricusa, Reimers, Dangerfield, Rockliff (Hitchcock, Podsiadly)

$122.4k in the bank

I don't know where you have spent all your money? Possibly the forward line? But I guess it makes sence when you see you have 122k left in the bank. Personally I think it's better spending that extra 100k to upgrade a mid range to a keeper as it saves you a trade.
The backline is very much a risk having Malceski, Hunt, Waters, maybe spend 50k on upgrading Malceski.
Your midfield again is like others but with a unique pick in Hayes. Disapointing about him, he was my unique gun pick in my team but has been struggling with injuries so I wouldn't have him in the team
Love your rucks.
Forward line is nice but Rockliff starting again is another risk. Be warned he may not be in the best 22 atm. Reimers, unique but can't see him being a much of a DT'er this year.

 

[jackoisno1]

Backs:
Enright
Scotland
Hodge
Shaw
Malceski
Ladson
Hunt

Waters
Maguire

Backs: I got Enright and Scotland as my top backs becuase they are both consistant. Having them i know i will get 22 games from them and get a 90+ week in week out. its a safe bet. Hodge and shaw will both improve and hopefully play the whole season. Malceski will be a jet this year he should average 80+ and be a keeper. Ladson, Hunt and waters are value picks. Probably wont be keepers but should go up enough that i could trade for a goddard/duffield type of player. Maguire on the bench could be handy, he average 60 a couple of years ago which is awesome for a KPD. I dont trust Silvangi, Davis trengove to average enough to be a upgrade.

Mids:
Ablett
Mitchell
Watson
Ball
Trengove
Martin

Barlow
Bastinac

I paid up for Ablett just for that captain option for week in week out. Still undeicded if i should pick him or Swan yet but i have that felling swan wont start the season as well as maybe Ablett will. Mitchell, Watson and Ball are keepers and i think i can all improve on their averages from last year. Trengove/scully will both have great first years and Martin and Barlow are ready made for afl and probably the best 2 rookies imo in dream team this year. Kangaroos love Bastinac and will give him a game which is awesome.

Rucks:
Clark
Hille

Warnock
Skipper

With Charman going down i reckon Clark will blossom this year. The end of last year he was averaging 105 and was killing it week in week out. If leauy goes down this guys a must. David Hille should fantastic value for his price. He average 86 in 2008 and a average of 70-75 this year isnt out of his reach. But I'am hoping i could upgrade him early to sandilands or cox who both will have slow starts to the year. Warnock and skipper are on the bench cuz they both will play and are handy back ups

Forwards:
Riewoldt
Giansiracusa
Franklin
Murphy
Gray
Ballantyne
Dangerfield

Rockliff
Pods

Riewoldt and Gia are both must haves this year. They both have had awesome pre seasons and proformed well in the nab cup. Franklin will be awesome this year and i got rockliff to back up for round 1 but i dont like all this talk about him not playing in the forward line. Hes the best in the league as if u wouldnt have him there? Gray will will great this year playing ruck rover agaisnt the bulldogs and roatating fwd. should average 80+ which a 6/7 keeper. ballantyne and dangerfield both bargins for there prices. Hopefully they can hit 300ish by round 6 and i can upgrade them to Jonathan brown or Alan Didak Rockliff and pods should have good value from the bench and come in when needed.

Keepers- 14
Improvers/upgrade targets- 7
Rookies- 9

thoughts?

 

[Spoony]

I would not have waters on bench it is a waste of money, beacuse there is two rookie picks who should be worth picking up who's names you didn't mention, I am not going tell you their names though.

I would not have mitchell anymore with taylor and sewel down his average will drop. Also Im not to sure if Ball and watson can become keepers, although this depends on how much you expect a midfield keeper to average.

Hille is not going to average 70, coming of a knee-reco i really cannot see this happening I would either upgrade him or downgrade him.

 

[nickos10]

Hey People helping me out with my team is really what l need thanx so much any criticism is welcome
Back
Enright Carrazzo Hodge Shaw Malceski Hunt Waters
McGuire Silvagni

Midds
Bartel Hayes Boyd Ball Martin Barlow
Banner Bastinac

Rucks
Clark Tippett
Warnock Skipper

Fwds
Riewoldt Pavlich Higgins LeCras Medhurst Warren Dangerfield
Rockliff Hitchcock

 

[Spoony]

Hey People helping me out with my team is really what l need thanx so much any criticism is welcome
Back
Enright Carrazzo Hodge Shaw Malceski Hunt Waters
McGuire Silvagni

Midds
Bartel Hayes Boyd Ball Martin Barlow
Banner Bastinac

Rucks
Clark Tippett
Warnock Skipper

Fwds
Riewoldt Pavlich Higgins LeCras Medhurst Warren Dangerfield
Rockliff Hitchcock

Carrazzo and Hayes have both been injured so get rid of them they will have slow starts to the season and proberly drop in price. get grey instead of LeCras, hes got more upside. I would also consider Gia instead of higgins. appart from that its a pretty good team

 

[castro]

Hey People helping me out with my team is really what l need thanx so much any criticism is welcome
Back
Enright Carrazzo Hodge Shaw Malceski Hunt Waters
McGuire Silvagni

Midds
Bartel Hayes Boyd Ball Martin Barlow
Banner Bastinac

Rucks
Clark Tippett
Warnock Skipper

Fwds
Riewoldt Pavlich Higgins LeCras Medhurst Warren Dangerfield
Rockliff Hitchcock

Nice team there mate. Solid midfield and defence. Personally, I would start Rockliff in the fwd line and bring in someone like Pod's for the bench. The reason for this is because you have 4 midprice/cheapies in there and you would have to be pretty lucky for all of them to come off..Look to upgrade Lecras/Medhurst to a premium and your team will even better. Warren and Danger are almost certain to go up by at least 70k and potentially 100k so I would keep them in.

 

[bergerson33]

first time playing dreamteam, ive been more of a supercoacher over the years, i would comment on another team but i dont think my opinion will mean too much.

my team

backs: goddard, enright, broughton, hodge, kennelly, ladson, hunt (waters, maguire)

mids: ablett, swan, watson, trengove, martin, barlow (banner, shuey)

rucks: clark, hille (warnock, skipper)

forwards: riewoldt, o'keefe, higgins, tippett, medhurst, hall, ballantyne (rockliff, podsiadly)

69K in the bank. be harsh, thanks for the help

 

[bulldogsman]

Nice team there mate. Solid midfield and defence. Personally, I would start Rockliff in the fwd line and bring in someone like Pod's for the bench. The reason for this is because you have 4 midprice/cheapies in there and you would have to be pretty lucky for all of them to come off..Look to upgrade Lecras/Medhurst to a premium and your team will even better. Warren and Danger are almost certain to go up by at least 70k and potentially 100k so I would keep them in.

Rockliff might not play round 1 big risk. Pods is no certainty to play all year, seems to be more of backup. Couldn't imagine having Mooney, Hawkins, Pods and Ottens playing their for stints. Certainly wouldn't be good for structure.

 

[Audacious]

Every extra round you wait to upgrade a 200k player to a $480k gun you could be missing out on serious points. You need at least some of these gun mids in your starting lineup even if it's going to really eat into your cap.

They average 110 for the year and you pick up all the big 130+ scores they pull off and not just the ones they get at the end of the season after you upgraded your initial rookie choice to them.

There is just a huge emphasis on making money in the comments here.

The objective of the game is to score as many points as possible right from the start.

Coming from behind and winning the DT just isn't going to happen this year. The front runners will start strong and get stronger.

I go into it thinking the maximum amount of points I can squeeze from my round 1 team is what I want. You can find the cash cows later on when they have had 2 huge games and you know they will go up in value.

Just out of curiousity whats the best finish youve had in a year? If youre going to be making sideways trades after round 2 you will run out of trades by the end of the year. And often the teams that are scoring the best in rounds 1 and 2, drop off quickly throughout the year.

B - Enright, Hodge, H.Shaw, Gilbee, S.Thompson, P.Stewart, Hunt (Maguire, Trengrove)
M - Ablett, Boyd, Watson, Armitage, Martin, Barlow (Banner, Shuey)
R - Sandilands, Seaby (Warnock, Skipper)
F - Riewoldt, Pavlich, Gia, Franklin, Gray, Ziebel, Dangerfield (Rockliff, D.Stewart)

geez a lot of unique picks in there. Stewart, Thompson, Armitage, Seaby, Gia, and Gray will either make or break you. I think maybe youve spent too much money in the midfield. Your rookies are solid though.

 

[evan17]

Thougts on my team please

Backs:
Enright, Grimes, Hogde, Shaw, Malceski, Kenelly, Hunt. (Trengove, Maguire)

Mids:
Bartel, Selwood, Mitchell, Ball, martin, barlow. (banner, bastinac)

Rucks:
Sandilands, Hille (warnock, roughead)

Forwards:
Reiwoldt, Brown, Gianciricusa, Franklin, Gray, Dangerfield, Rockliff (Lobbe, Podsiady)

150k in bank, how can i use this?
Thanks

 

[Good Win]

Carrazzo and Hayes have both been injured so get rid of them they will have slow starts to the season and proberly drop in price.

What is this injury to Carrazzo that you speak of? did he do it in the challenge game?

 

[Piikeyyy]

What is this injury to Carrazzo that you speak of? did he do it in the challenge game?

Mistaken for Scotland?

 

[FantasticShirt]

Thougts on my team please

Backs:
Enright, Grimes, Hogde, Shaw, Malceski, Kenelly, Hunt. (Trengove, Maguire)

Mids:
Bartel, Selwood, Mitchell, Ball, martin, barlow. (banner, bastinac)

Rucks:
Sandilands, Hille (warnock, roughead)

Forwards:
Reiwoldt, Brown, Gianciricusa, Franklin, Gray, Dangerfield, Rockliff (Lobbe, Podsiady)

150k in bank, how can i use this?
Thanks

How sold are you on Grimes? Upgrading him to Goddard would use up some of your cash but its worth it imo. Goddard has been one of my first picked players for the last couple of years and that didn't change this year either.

 

[Audacious]

Thoughts on my team:

Goddard, Enright, Duffield. Hodge, Mackie, Hunt, Waters (Maguire, Silvagni)

Bartel, Ball, Martin, Trengove, Barlow, Jetta (Shuey, Banner)

Clarke, Sandilands (Warnock, 77ker)

Riewoldt, O'keefe, Lockyer, Pavlich, Harvey, Franklin, Ball (Rockliff, Stewart).


ive changed to a gun/rookie strategy. Ive got 15 guns. Obviously taken a big risk in midfield and im aware i could cop some zeros. But it appears that Martin, Jetta and Trengove will potentially all play 22 games. So i just need one of Shuey, Banner and Barlow to play each week.

The reason behind my gun/rookie strategy is to limit the number of upgrades ill need throughout the year so i can save my trades for LTI's.

 

[cuzz is back]

back: goddard, hodge, enright, kennelly, ladson, j.hunt, waters EMG: magurie, p.davis


mid: gazza, selwood, j.watson, burgoyne, m.mcveigh, martin EMG: barlow, trengove


rucks: sandilands, ottens EMG: warnock, trengove

fow: roo, pav, brown, harvey, r. murphy, danger, rockliff EMG: TDL, hitchcock


what you think guys????

 

[bulldogsman]

back: goddard, hodge, enright, kennelly, ladson, j.hunt, waters EMG: magurie, p.davis


mid: gazza, selwood, j.watson, burgoyne, m.mcveigh, martin EMG: barlow, trengove


rucks: sandilands, ottens EMG: warnock, trengove

fow: roo, pav, brown, harvey, r. murphy, danger, rockliff EMG: TDL, hitchcock


what you think guys????

Okay for a start your backline is a big risk. Waters is not a certain starter I would upgrade him. Also Davis is unlikely to play much this year if he does he won't score much.

Burgoyne may not be ready for round 1 if so he will probably have a slow start I would downgrade him to a rookie and use that money to upgrade Waters. McVeigh I assume you realize he's suspended and a big risk also.

Ottens is very injury prone and just coming back from injury big big risk.

You've loaded up on your forward line too much downgrade someone. It's a big risk having a forward rookie starting on the field as none of those you selected are certain starters.

 

[bulldogsman]

Thoughts on my team:

Goddard, Enright, Duffield. Hodge, Mackie, Hunt, Waters (Maguire, Silvagni)

Bartel, Ball, Martin, Trengove, Barlow, Jetta (Shuey, Banner)

Clarke, Sandilands (Warnock, 77ker)

Riewoldt, O'keefe, Lockyer, Pavlich, Harvey, Franklin, Ball (Rockliff, Stewart).


ive changed to a gun/rookie strategy. Ive got 15 guns. Obviously taken a big risk in midfield and im aware i could cop some zeros. But it appears that Martin, Jetta and Trengove will potentially all play 22 games. So i just need one of Shuey, Banner and Barlow to play each week.

The reason behind my gun/rookie strategy is to limit the number of upgrades ill need throughout the year so i can save my trades for LTI's.

Wow 4 rookie starters goodluck with that hope it works out for you

 

[Little Jerry]

Please rate
BACKS:
C.Enright, H.Shaw, J.Harbrow, J.Macdonald, L.Hodge, J.Hunt, C.Dempsey, (M.Maguire, A.Silvangi)
MIDS:
J.Watson, D.Martin, M.Boyd, B.Goddard, S.Mitchell, C.Masten, (L.Sheuy, M.Barlow)
RUCKS:
A.Sandilands, D.Hille, (R.Warnock, W.Skipper)
FORWARDS:
M.LeCras, B.Hall, J.Ziebell, P.Dangerfield, B.Burton, R.O'Keefe, L.Franklin, (T.Rockliff, S.Gumbleton)

 

[Hodgey09]

^
looks like a pretty good side dude, especially like the harbrow pick could be great imo

heres my latest effort, any thoughts/advice/criticism all greatly welcome!



Cheers,
Rowan