jamzee
Debutant
Good explination, i still think lobbe is not necessary ALTHOUGH for the 10k you probably should get him for the few upsides there are like thisThere is a few other little things that I think come in to it.
For starters, forwardline rookies are generally better than ruck rookies (although Warnock may prove to be somewhat of an exception). So in the case that Hille goes down for say 2-3 weeks and you don't want to trade him, DPing Tippett into the rucks under the assumption you will probably have better cover in your forwards may be an option. So in short, you expect a greater score from a forward rookie than a ruck rookie in the short term.
The other, and more important issue in my opinion is that Hille may not become a premium and in the event you choose to downgrade him, there should be better options to upgrade to in the forward line. It also means any money Lobbe has earned gets put to use.
So for example, Hille gets to 300k by mid season but stagnates. Tippet had played well and can legitimately be justified as a premium ruck, but maybe not an out and out premium forward (remember that a premium ruck scores well below a premium forward on the whole, i.e. top 10 of forwards v top 10 rucks). Lobbe has played a couple of games and is worth 150k.
Downgrade Hille to a 77k player (you aren't going to be using another cow here so it is obviously irrelevant), swap Tippett in and you now have just under 400k to spend on upgrading Lobbe to maybe a forward who has slipped in price (ROK was 360k halfway through last year).
Effectively Hille becomes a cash cow of sorts, although it isn't ideal.
In the event you don't have Tippett, you are forced to either straight trade Hille using whatever he is worth or you are forced to downgrade a player in another area (may not be such a bad thing). But then you only have the choice of a much more limited group of players.
The other simple thing is, if you were legitimately just wanted Hille and Tippett in their respective positions, which some do, then the logical choice is to simply have Lobbe as well for the extra security it provides in the event a lot of things go wrong.
It provides a bit of flexibility I guess.
In saying all that, I haven't gone down the DP road with Lobbe/Tippett. I personally think if you believe Tippett is going to end up in your rucks, you might as well start him there, especially with Warnock proving to be solid cover.
Not only that, but I picture a 230k forward rookie is going to be more fruitful than a 230k ruckman in Hille, which is the compromise if you switch them over.
That's just my take on it, I'm probably missing something though
