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Will the good d'ters pick Drummond and Chapman?
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Chapman is having his best pre-season for some time. It seems he is going to rotate through the midfield (with Gary), is well priced at $410k and is now in his football prime in terms of skill, fitness and DT capability.
But, he burnt me badly last year and the bitter after-taste still lingers. It's almost as bad as Didak and Shaw.
Another problem is that Thompson/Geelong have employed the old Sheedy/Essendon tactic of not being forthcoming when it comes to injured players. Late withdrawals are a killer in DT. Late "unexpected" withdrawals are worse and give me nasty heartburn. Chapman has often contributed to this medical condition.
The mid-priced value players and rookies seem to be a bit more straight forward to identify this year. With the larger DT salary cap there's not going to be too much that separates the wheat from the chaff.
Chappie maybe the man...but be prepared to invest in some Alka-Seltzer.
But, he burnt me badly last year and the bitter after-taste still lingers. It's almost as bad as Didak and Shaw.
Another problem is that Thompson/Geelong have employed the old Sheedy/Essendon tactic of not being forthcoming when it comes to injured players. Late withdrawals are a killer in DT. Late "unexpected" withdrawals are worse and give me nasty heartburn. Chapman has often contributed to this medical condition.
The mid-priced value players and rookies seem to be a bit more straight forward to identify this year. With the larger DT salary cap there's not going to be too much that separates the wheat from the chaff.
Chappie maybe the man...but be prepared to invest in some Alka-Seltzer.
Especially when the Cats are 18-1 and he is "managed" for the last 3.
I would not be shocked in both comments, Cats look good for coming into round 20 being 18-1 and Chapman being nursed back into fitness.
There is no way the Cats will want to come into September with injured players, so there may be some "player management" in the final rounds.
Wouldn't call Higgins a "risk"... he will play every game this year if fit. His injuries have simply been unlucky, not ongoing injuries such as soft tissue problems.
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I'm willing to take the risk on Chapman. I realize there's a big durability risk, but if he plays every game he could easily be the highest scoring forward in the competition, and it's not like he's never played every game before. And even assuming he misses three games, which seems fair enough, if he averages 100 (I think he'll average more personally but anyway) and your emergency averages 50 in those games, you're still getting 2050 points out of him, giving you an average of 93. I don't see anybody in his price range averaging much more than that, so I see it as a calculated risk. I recognize that he could miss more games, but a Didak or Johnson could also miss games (just because it hasn't happened much before doesn't mean it won't this year, look at Pavlich) and in the off-chance Chappy does play every game he'll be a very, very good pick.
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Very hard to go past Chappy now. There is going to be a lot of unhappy coaches if he gets injured and i'll be one of them.
Now I just have to decide if I want to take the risk of two injury prone players and pick up Drummond as well.
Now I just have to decide if I want to take the risk of two injury prone players and pick up Drummond as well.
Yeah def Virgil. But what will you do now? 1 week becomes 3. Then he comes back, plays sore.... same old story with chappy.
You can keep telling yourself that if it makes you happy. Geelong can afford to rest players as often as they like. I'm not worried one bit.
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Yeah, unfortunately the problem with Geelong being so good is they can afford the luxury or resting 1 or 2 stars if there is a niggle. Obviously players like Ablett and Chapman have had a past with injuries so they're probably a bit more careful than other players such as Bartel and Corey.
Anyway, 785 from 8 games including a 0 is still more than most forwards are getting.
Anyway, 785 from 8 games including a 0 is still more than most forwards are getting.
He rarely misses just one game but that is premature seeing SEN presumably have absolutely no idea what is wrong with him.
The forwards are really being a pain this year.
If the injury stretches it just makes it easier to get Volt!
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Sadly picked them all except drummond LOL. Funny stuff.
What do you want a gold medal.There arnt many players in the AFL that play all 22 games a year anyway so youve only predicted something that was highly likely to happen anyway so i cant understand what your on about.Every person who has entered a team in SC or DT has been affected by injuries already this year so its no surprise
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