First Crack at SC 2012

erich1036 · December 26, 2011, 11:02:21 PM

Hey guys, I was just hoping you could spare some to voice your opinions and thoughts regarding my first attempt for Supercoach 2012.

By the way, I'll be continually updating this as I go.

DEF: B. Goddard, H. Scotland, B. Deledio, G. Broughton, S. Docherty, B. Ellis, L. Spurr (S. Morris, L. Brown)
MID: G. Ablett jnr, D. Swan, M. Murphy, S. Thompson, D. Shiel, J. McDonald (E. Kavanagh, T. Mitchell)
RUC: S. Mumford, M. Leuenberger (J. Giles, O. Stephenson)
FWD: L. Franklin, M. Pavlich, D. Martin, P. Dangerfield, S. Clifton, A. Saad, C. Hampton (D. Zorko, T. Dickson)

CASH LEFT: $13,700

kilbluff1985 · December 27, 2011, 01:46:59 AM

Not really sure if Kavanagh will get games in his first season

erich1036 · December 27, 2011, 02:33:42 AM

He'll get picked every week ahead of blokes like Ricky Dyson and Sam Lonergan. Plus Dyson Heppell playing the whole season is a good example of Essendon putting games into quality young blokes.

ronl · December 27, 2011, 09:01:52 AM

I agree with erich, bombers are desparate for another gun midfielder, they'll be putting games into Kavanaugh asap.

Ringo · December 27, 2011, 11:06:15 AM

Reasonably sound team. Like most do not know how rookies are going to perform so watch during pre season.

Not sure about Gibbs as mid as last year he was only the 20th rank midfielder based on his scores. Would prefer Murphy or Judd who score better for Carlton.

Also watch how GWS use McDonald as he may be a mid option at only $106k. He was averaging 99 SC points in 2010 and may be worth a look as mature aged rookie.

pieman · December 27, 2011, 11:21:29 AM

I like your backline, albeit you may have spent a little too much on it. I think Burgoyne, if he can remain fit, could be a really important POD now that he is a defender. Gibbs is a big punt as a pure mid, I think there are several better options than him. You are also asking for trouble making Giles your 2nd ruck.....many have tried the rookie 2nd ruck tactic (including myself) and it can really backfire. I would spend up on a premium and leave Giles as R3. I would fund this by downgrading Gibbs to a rookie (I feel you can have more faith in mid rooks than elsewhere on the field). Your forward line looks reasonable. Overall a pretty good side to start with.

erich1036 · December 27, 2011, 05:09:52 PM

Quote from: pieman on December 27, 2011, 11:21:29 AM
I like your backline, albeit you may have spent a little too much on it. I think Burgoyne, if he can remain fit, could be a really important POD now that he is a defender. Gibbs is a big punt as a pure mid, I think there are several better options than him. You are also asking for trouble making Giles your 2nd ruck.....many have tried the rookie 2nd ruck tactic (including myself) and it can really backfire. I would spend up on a premium and leave Giles as R3. I would fund this by downgrading Gibbs to a rookie (I feel you can have more faith in mid rooks than elsewhere on the field). Your forward line looks reasonable. Overall a pretty good side to start with.

I had Zac Smith has my second ruckmen last year and that paid dividends so I think I'm willing to take that risk again. Giles averaged 92 DT points last year for GWS and will get a lot of game time.

But yeah, I think I'll put Marc Murphy in for Gibbsy just to be safe.

DishBestServedCold · December 30, 2011, 06:19:12 PM

Defenders: Brendon Goddard, Greg Broughton, Shaun Burgoyne, Brian Lake, Ben Stratton, Marty Clarke, Steven Morris
Res: Billie Smedts, Beau Wilkes

Midfielders: Gary Ablett, Marc Murphy, Paul Chapman, David Zaharakis, Kane Lucas, Kyal Horsley
Res: Dayne Zorko, James McDonald

Rucks: Ben McEvoy, Matthew Kreuzer
Res: Jonathan Giles, Orren Stephensen

Forwards: Lance Franklin, Nathan Fyfe, Dustin Martin, Jonathan Brown, Allen Christensen, Jason Winderlich,Jason Porplyzia
Res: Devon Smith, Ahmed Saad

$ Left: $3,900