The Byes Team

[Junktimer]

DEF: B. Goddard, B. Deledio, H. Shaw, H. Hartlett, B. Waters, M. Buntine, S. Docherty (T. Mohr, S. Morris)
MID: S. Pendlebury, G. Ablett jnr, A. Swallow, J. Selwood, M. Barlow, C. Wingard (D. Shiel, D. Zorko)
RUC: T. West, H. McIntosh (R. Stanley, J. Giles)
FWD: L. Franklin, N. Fyfe, T. Cloke, M. Kreuzer, B. Macaffer, W. Hoskin-Elliott, S. Kersten (J. Porplyzia, A. Saad)
CASH LEFT: $87,000

Defence-  Lets hope Shaw isnt gonna be a dickhead this year, if not then he should be a good buy.  Hartlett and Waters both present risk IMO, both injury prone and especially Hartlett at a premium price, still, as a C/B, if I had the assurance he wasn't gonna get injured I'd jump on.

Midfield- Looks very solid.   Splashed plenty of cash on.  Barlow worries me though, his kicking seems to have been affected by the leg break, and unless he can return to his 2010 form, won't be worth IMO.  If he does though you'll be laughing.

Rucks- Economical.  Though I wouldn't have Stanley or McIntosh.  McIntosh whilst a good player and cheap, had Petrie and Goldstein both have great 2011s.  His output will be limited IMO.  Stanley is way out of favour and looks to get the chop at the end of 2012.  Let's just hope he isn't the cheapest F/R, im guessing thats the only reason you got him.

Forwards- Kreuzer, as I've mentioned before will have a big 2012, however, I'm not sure it will necessarily equate to too much SC points.  Will not see much ruck time.  Utilizing F/R though.  Macaffer was actually one that interested me this year pre season, LOL, what a flop!  Seems very out of favour now, only pick if massive pre season.  Kersten has interested me, I know he did well in U/18 championships as a 17 year old last year.  Do you see him playing much footy?

Overall, a good strong line up.  To be expected from you MTTY.

[charliesheen]

If I were to pick hmac, it wouldn't be as a keeper but as a temporary place holder.

If hmac gets 40% discount, he just needs about 3 solid games against crappy teams, for his price to rocket.  I think its quite feasible when you look at how well Z. Clarke and Griffin did.

Even A. Graham from Richmond can average 80!!  D. Hale too managed to averaged 95 for a short period too.

I think I will stay away from Hmac though, and play it safe with Goldy.

[MTTY]

McIntosh i reckon wioll be changed come start of the season as i am interested in the role he may have for the Roos.

Yeah Stanley and Kruezer are basically there to utilise DPP and simply add a back up option if one of West or McIntosh flop.

Macaffer is there mainly due to teh fact he is cheap and training with Richmond if they pick him up he may very well be a bargain in 2012.

Kerstan for me will be similar to Darling, as most may think he may not get games but in his similarites in body build/type to Darling i gather he may very well play most of the season, will be a bargain.

Cheers JT.

[j959]

McIntosh i reckon wioll be changed come start of the season as i am interested in the role he may have for the Roos.

Yeah Stanley and Kruezer are basically there to utilise DPP and simply add a back up option if one of West or McIntosh flop.

Macaffer is there mainly due to teh fact he is cheap and training with Richmond if they pick him up he may very well be a bargain in 2012.

Kerstan for me will be similar to Darling, as most may think he may not get games but in his similarites in body build/type to Darling i gather he may very well play most of the season, will be a bargain.

Cheers JT.

i'm not as hot on Kerstan at this stage as i was this time last year re Darling ... but i think Darling's NAB Cup form was a clincher so the same could be said of Kerstan ...

MTTY, i think Cloke at top dollar is a risk - i'd rather pick him up in-season after i may be able to hopefully confirm that he is replicating or improving on his solid 2011 season.

agree with JT on Hartlett/Waters but i reckon taking a punt on at least one of them should be ok to your set-up.

good luck mate!  :)

[MTTY]

McIntosh i reckon wioll be changed come start of the season as i am interested in the role he may have for the Roos.

Yeah Stanley and Kruezer are basically there to utilise DPP and simply add a back up option if one of West or McIntosh flop.

Macaffer is there mainly due to teh fact he is cheap and training with Richmond if they pick him up he may very well be a bargain in 2012.

Kerstan for me will be similar to Darling, as most may think he may not get games but in his similarites in body build/type to Darling i gather he may very well play most of the season, will be a bargain.

Cheers JT.

i'm not as hot on Kerstan at this stage as i was this time last year re Darling ... but i think Darling's NAB Cup form was a clincher so the same could be said of Kerstan ...

MTTY, i think Cloke at top dollar is a risk - i'd rather pick him up in-season after i may be able to hopefully confirm that he is replicating or improving on his solid 2011 season.

agree with JT on Hartlett/Waters but i reckon taking a punt on at least one of them should be ok to your set-up.

good luck mate!  :)

Cheers j

Have had a go at a new team it is in the original post now.  :)

[charliesheen]

Hartlett and Gray almost reminds me of Grimes and Higgins combo in '11.  :D

Well... I can't talk I have waters and brown in my initial team.

[MTTY]

Hartlett and Gray almost reminds me of Grimes and Higgins combo in '11.  :D

Well... I can't talk I have waters and brown in my initial team.

Yeah I feel this year there has to be a risk in either defence or forward on an injury prone player, given the quality that players like; Hartlett, Waters etc. Can produce. There is a low
List of talent in both lines this season it seems.

[tferrier18]

DEF: B. Goddard, B. Deledio, H. Shaw, H. Hartlett, P. Davis, M. Buntine, S. Docherty (A. Forster, S. Morris)
MID: S. Pendlebury, G. Ablett jnr, A. Swallow, M. Barlow, T. Mitchell, E. Kavanagh (D. Shiel, D. Zorko)
RUC: S. Mumford, T. West (J. Giles, O. Stephenson)
FWD: L. Franklin, N. Fyfe, R. Gray, D. Zaharakis, M. LeCras, A. Morabito, J. Porplyzia (A. Saad, T. Walsh)
CASH LEFT: $337,300

Like the team MTTY, a few picks in particular that I really like - Mummy, Swallow, & Hartlett
I had Swallow as my unique last year and was usually pretty good having him in my team - just note, if you watch live scoring he can give you a heart attack because he usually pulls out 50+ point last quarters lol.

Anyway, players I'm a bit iffy about:
P. Davis - as a key def I just don't see a heap of improvement in him. At his price i'd be more inclined to go with r. hargrave or even courtenay dempsey?
Gray/Zaha/Lecras - Least concerned about Zaha as he'll definitely see more midfield time. Lecras has been promised mid time for years but never really sees it. Gray is a decent unique but I'd feel more comfortable choosing him if he played for a top 4 side. The only players I'd be ok with picking from port hartlett/boak (but even then, port are in serious trouble). Zaha is not such an issue..its just seeing 3 small fwd/mids in a row is a bit disheartening but I'm sure zaha will increase his avg.
Morabito - I initially had him in my team but I don't know if I'd feel comfortable starting him. Sure he's got job security but in his first year he didn't score well at all. If he could get to 65-75 points a game he'd do his job so he might'n be such a bad pick after all

Like your team but if it were my team I'd secure my fwd line a little bit more. You've got cash so your teams pretty flexible, you're getting closer!

[charliesheen]

What do you think about PA coach?  With Gray, I don't see him as the type to come firing out of the block.  If you look at his '11 stats he averaged close to 100 in the 2nd half of the season when there was nothing on the line.

He also has a reasonably high standard deviation, meaning you can always pick him up later on without over paying.

Who knows.

[MTTY]

DEF: B. Goddard, B. Deledio, H. Shaw, H. Hartlett, P. Davis, M. Buntine, S. Docherty (A. Forster, S. Morris)
MID: S. Pendlebury, G. Ablett jnr, A. Swallow, M. Barlow, T. Mitchell, E. Kavanagh (D. Shiel, D. Zorko)
RUC: S. Mumford, T. West (J. Giles, O. Stephenson)
FWD: L. Franklin, N. Fyfe, R. Gray, D. Zaharakis, M. LeCras, A. Morabito, J. Porplyzia (A. Saad, T. Walsh)
CASH LEFT: $337,300

Like the team MTTY, a few picks in particular that I really like - Mummy, Swallow, & Hartlett
I had Swallow as my unique last year and was usually pretty good having him in my team - just note, if you watch live scoring he can give you a heart attack because he usually pulls out 50+ point last quarters lol.

Anyway, players I'm a bit iffy about:
P. Davis - as a key def I just don't see a heap of improvement in him. At his price i'd be more inclined to go with r. hargrave or even courtenay dempsey?
Gray/Zaha/Lecras - Least concerned about Zaha as he'll definitely see more midfield time. Lecras has been promised mid time for years but never really sees it. Gray is a decent unique but I'd feel more comfortable choosing him if he played for a top 4 side. The only players I'd be ok with picking from port hartlett/boak (but even then, port are in serious trouble). Zaha is not such an issue..its just seeing 3 small fwd/mids in a row is a bit disheartening but I'm sure zaha will increase his avg.
Morabito - I initially had him in my team but I don't know if I'd feel comfortable starting him. Sure he's got job security but in his first year he didn't score well at all. If he could get to 65-75 points a game he'd do his job so he might'n be such a bad pick after all

Like your team but if it were my team I'd secure my fwd line a little bit more. You've got cash so your teams pretty flexible, you're getting closer!

Cheers for the rate TF

With Zaha, Lecras and Gray really just chose them as they could move into the midfield for more periods of time this season and add greater scoring consistency. As you said though I have some cash for upgrades to Cloke etc. 

Cheers  ;)

I'll have a look and give you team a rate at some stage tomorrow, along with other ones.

[MTTY]

What do you think about PA coach?  With Gray, I don't see him as the type to come firing out of the block.  If you look at his '11 stats he averaged close to 100 in the 2nd half of the season when there was nothing on the line.

He also has a reasonably high standard deviation, meaning you can always pick him up later on without over paying.

Who knows.

Yeah I did notice that huge form/ points increase mainly Due to the fact I started with him and traded him right before he went on that hot streak.  ;D

[MTTY]

DEF: B. Goddard, B. Deledio, H. Shaw, B. Waters, J. Grimes, L. Spurr, S. Morris (S. Docherty, B. Ellis)
MID: G. Ablett jnr, A. Swallow, J. Selwood, D. Pfeiffer, D. Shiel, J. McDonald (L. Brown, T. Mitchell)
RUC: M. Leuenberger, J. Roughead (J. Giles, O. Stephenson)
FWD: L. Franklin, N. Fyfe, D. Beams, D. Martin, J. Lewis, S. Clifton, D. Zorko (C. Hampton, J. Hamling)
CASH LEFT: $8,500

[MTTY]

Have now updated my team with the new prices and positions. Have taken byes into accoutn slightly, as i have gone with some of m0nty's suggested structure but minimised the numbers and not taken rookie byes into account.

Thoughts??

[Ringo]

Just watch your DPP MTTY.  Just to trying to work out how you are going cover using DPP for byes if following Montys structure for byes.. eg who is you r/f with Roughy?? Would be tempted to switch both Zorko and Docherty to mids to open the DPP and select other rookies but that is just me.  This is assuming you are not going to do via the trade window as per new rules.

[tferrier18]

Have now updated my team with the new prices and positions. Have taken byes into accoutn slightly, as i have gone with some of m0nty's suggested structure but minimised the numbers and not taken rookie byes into account.

Thoughts??

Where is it?! Im battling