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Kreuzer’s Losers

Def: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Collins, Scrimshaw, Hore (McLennan, Wigg)
Mid: Mitchell, Oliver, Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Constable, Ling, Collier-Dawkins (West, Valente, Bewley)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Fwd: Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Corbett, Burgess (McAdam, Cavarra)
Cash: $0

I think this year there could potentially be an abudance of rookies with GC getting there top up players as well as a lot of mature age players getting picked up in the draft!

This allows me to start the 3/5/2/3 who I think will be top 5/10/2/5 in there position.

Obviously it is very dependent on rookies.

Solid side MS.

Can't fault any of your premo picks.

Will just have to wait and see on rookies




Also... Kreuzer's Losers with no Krooooz??

Hope your right about abundance of rookies  ;D if so team looks good lots of quality premos great start MS

Looking good as expected MS

Not sure we'll be able to start 5 uber prems and all of Grundy, Gawn and Danger

Obviously it fits at the moment, but with $0 in the bank, I dare say you'll likely have to end up downgrade M5 to a second tier price ranged mid Eg/Bont, Crouch, Zerrett etc

 ;)

Nice team MS. Especially for incorporating, IMO, 12 prems you would only envisage trading if they suffered long term injury. It will be interesting to see whether Preuss plays and if he steals points from Gawn or just frees him up to be more mobile around the ground and gather more possessions. Cheers and best of luck mate.

Only queries are a weak F4 and starting Gawn. Not sold on starting Gawn given the Preuss factor. Feel with the abundance of good forward options a stronger F4 is a must.

Best of luck for 2019 :)

Classic 3/5/2/3 - love it.

Quote from: Ricochet on December 15, 2018, 02:56:09 PM
Also... Kreuzer's Losers with no Krooooz??

2/10 would not lose.

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Obviously if the rookies aren’t there then I will need to adjust my team accordingly.

If Preuss lines up next to Gawn round 1 I doubt I’ll start him at his price but for now he stays in.

I’ll probably sit on this side until after Xmas when I can get a real feel of which rookies are looking the goods.

Version 2

Def: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Williamson, Quayno, Burgess (Hore, McLennan)
Mid: Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Fyfe, Neale, Walsh, Stocker, Constable (Valente, Bewley, Foley)
Ruc: Grundy, Gawn (Baines)
Fwd: Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, McAdam, Corbett (Cavarra, Wilkinson)
$2,000

Neale comes in for Mitchell which allows me to strengthen my rookies across the board.

Solid side here Money Good Guns and Rookies mix solid 3/5/2/3 prem structure. With some more expensive rookies you have room to move if cheaper options come up.
Set and forget rucks.
With Mitchell injury starting to get a lot of different teams now. Neale was my POD initially but now coming up in a lot of teams.

Quote from: Ringo on January 16, 2019, 01:32:07 PM
Solid side here Money Good Guns and Rookies mix solid 3/5/2/3 prem structure. With some more expensive rookies you have room to move if cheaper options come up.
Set and forget rucks.
With Mitchell injury starting to get a lot of different teams now. Neale was my POD initially but now coming up in a lot of teams.

Yeah I was always intending on having Neale (was going to put him in for Fyfe) but now that he isn’t a pod I may as well put him in my side.

Solid!  Can't really criticise any area.  :D

Titz out for LeBois

Defence: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Williamson, Quaynor, Burgess (McLennan, Hore)
Midfield: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Stocker, Bewley (Valente, Hind, West)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Forward: Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (Mosquito, Hill)
$0

Defence:
Laird: Locked and loaded in my team. Has been a top 5 defender for years now and is super consistent with a higher ceiling than most defenders.
Whitfield: should play more midfield this year with Shiel leaving and Williams coming back. I expect natural improvement as well. Should go 100-105 which is pretty good for his starting price.
Williams: I was going to pick him last year but obviously he went down with injury. Should go 90+ comfortably this year which means you have to lock him in at his price. Should be good enough for D6.

Midfield:
Cripps: Was a top 5 midfielder last year and should only improve. Also have a Carlton bias so he is locked.
Oliver: I have a couple of question marks on him. Viney coming back and Brayshaw to be doing a lot of heavy lifting could make him lose some points throughout the year but I’m hoping that his natural improvement counteracts that. I think 107-112 will be his average which is good enough for me.
Fyfe: If he stays on the park I think he will be the number 1 scoring midfielder in the game. Big if but I like many other coaches are more than happy to take the chance on him.
Kelly: I think he could win the Brownlow this year. Has been getting better and better each year and has a lot of talent around him. Lock him in for another 110+ season.
Neale: was hoping he was going to be a bit of a pod for the season. Has been so consistent for so many years now and I think going to Brisbane will improve his average even more.

Rucks:
Grundy and Gawn were by far the best rucks last season and having Goldstein who was good enough to keep but kept losing to Grundy by 10+ a game was a killer for my season.

Forwards:
Danger: Having a potential top 5 and definite top 10 mid in your forward line is a must. First picked player.
Smith: was Uber consistant last season and at worst should match that again this season.
Heeney: I think he will turn from being a good midfielder to a great midfielder this season and will finish second behind Danger.

FYI: Macrae and Lloyd are upgrade targets. They’ve only had one good season so I’m happy to wait and see. If Preuss lines up round 1 with Gawn I’ll probably start Witts. But I want to be downgrading Gawn rather than trying to find the money last minute to get him in. Rookies are place holders but I went to the effort to get no 102k rookies just in case none line up round 1. I think there will be a fair few cheaper forward line rookies to that will score well this season so happy to go cheap there.

2/6/5 is my bye structure for my premiums which I am happy with at this stage.

Nice team to sit on MS. 0 cash the only real concern if need to adjust for rookies so hopefully a plan in place. You have covered a lot with reasoning well done

Bring on the JLT so we can see if there have been role changes for certain players. eg At Brisbane training and match simulations Charlie Cameron has been running with mids.

Quote from: Money Shot on January 22, 2019, 10:23:22 AM
Titz out for LeBois

Defence: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Williamson, Quaynor, Burgess (McLennan, Hore)
Midfield: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Stocker, Bewley (Valente, Hind, West)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Forward: Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (Mosquito, Hill)
$0

G'day MS,
Likes:
- pretty much whole structure is strong.
- no iffy mid-price picks
- all premiums are real good if fit

Question Marks:
- lack of preseason from midfielders (Oliver and Kelly)
- fyfe no doubt will be benched due to injury (or suspension this year)

Quote from: Ringo on January 22, 2019, 11:52:41 AM
Nice team to sit on MS. 0 cash the only real concern if need to adjust for rookies so hopefully a plan in place. You have covered a lot with reasoning well done

Bring on the JLT so we can see if there have been role changes for certain players. eg At Brisbane training and match simulations Charlie Cameron has been running with mids.

With a few of the more expensive rookies as place holders I’m reasonably confident that I’ll be able to work my way around the rookies come round 1.

I doubt I’ll be touching Cameron.

Quote from: fasttrack13 on January 22, 2019, 02:02:54 PM

Quote from: Money Shot on January 22, 2019, 10:23:22 AM
Titz out for LeBois

Defence: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Williamson, Quaynor, Burgess (McLennan, Hore)
Midfield: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Stocker, Bewley (Valente, Hind, West)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Forward: Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (Mosquito, Hill)
$0

G'day MS,
Likes:
- pretty much whole structure is strong.
- no iffy mid-price picks
- all premiums are real good if fit

Question Marks:
- lack of preseason from midfielders (Oliver and Kelly)
- fyfe no doubt will be benched due to injury (or suspension this year)

If Oliver and Fyfe don’t play JLT they can be easily replaced with literally anyone.

Fyfe could average 135 over the first half of the year which makes him a must even if he will inevitably get injured or suspended.

Quote from: Money Shot on January 23, 2019, 10:46:29 AM

Quote from: Ringo on January 22, 2019, 11:52:41 AM
Nice team to sit on MS. 0 cash the only real concern if need to adjust for rookies so hopefully a plan in place. You have covered a lot with reasoning well done

Bring on the JLT so we can see if there have been role changes for certain players. eg At Brisbane training and match simulations Charlie Cameron has been running with mids.

With a few of the more expensive rookies as place holders I’m reasonably confident that I’ll be able to work my way around the rookies come round 1.

I doubt I’ll be touching Cameron.

Just using Charlie as an example from what I know not suggesting him though as similarly others may have that change.

Quote from: Money Shot on January 22, 2019, 10:23:22 AM
Titz out for LeBois

Defence: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Williamson, Quaynor, Burgess (McLennan, Hore)
Midfield: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Stocker, Bewley (Valente, Hind, West)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Forward: Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (Mosquito, Hill)
$0

Nice side, but no real PoDs, but that might not be a bad thing ;)

I'm not sure I'd start Gawn, but that all depends on Preuss.

Quote from: SilverLion on January 24, 2019, 11:06:50 AM

Quote from: Money Shot on January 22, 2019, 10:23:22 AM
Titz out for LeBois

Defence: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Williamson, Quaynor, Burgess (McLennan, Hore)
Midfield: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Stocker, Bewley (Valente, Hind, West)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Forward: Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (Mosquito, Hill)
$0

Nice side, but no real PoDs, but that might not be a bad thing ;)

I'm not sure I'd start Gawn, but that all depends on Preuss.

Thanks mate.

I’ll use my first few trades to bring in some pods I think. If players like Blakely, Witherden, Ryan etc start the year well Ill bring them in over the first few rounds. I always end up shooting my self in the foot trying to pick pods.

Gawn is locked unless Preuss lines up next to him then I will downgrade him.

Titz out for LeBois

Defence: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Williamson, Quaynor, Burgess (McLennan, Hore)
Midfield: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Stocker, Bewley (Valente, Hind, West)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Forward: Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (Mosquito, Hill)
$0

Same team that I posted before but just thought I would repost for people so they don’t have to go onto the previous page. Very cooker cutter but I’m happy with it.

Quote from: Money Shot on January 24, 2019, 11:38:31 AM
Titz out for LeBois

Defence: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Williamson, Quaynor, Burgess (McLennan, Hore)
Midfield: Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Stocker, Bewley (Valente, Hind, West)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Forward: Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (Mosquito, Hill)
$0

Same team that I posted before but just thought I would repost for people so they don’t have to go onto the previous page. Very cooker cutter but I’m happy with it.

Very solid premium picks and the iconic 3,5,2,3 structure.
Great side MS.

Titz out for LeBois

Def: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, C. Ellis, Duursma, Burgess (Hore, McLennan)
Mid: Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Fyfe, Neale, Walsh, Hind, Gibbons (Bewley, Valente, Sparrow)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Fwd: Dangerfield, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Corbett, Cavarra (Parker, Hill)
Cash: $2,600

12 Premiums who I think will be top 6/8/2/6 in there position.

Also managed to get Ellis in who I think is going to avg around 75-80 as well as having solid job security. He isn’t in full training at the moment but should be fit for round 1.

Would love people’s thoughts.

Only contentious one would be Corey Ellis. Just watch JLT to see how being used and fitness levels. So many changes at Suns to see if he will get mid time as well.

Apart from that sit and see which rookies become available.

Nice team. Just sit and wait. I guess.

Quote from: Ringo on February 11, 2019, 08:34:54 PM
Only contentious one would be Corey Ellis. Just watch JLT to see how being used and fitness levels. So many changes at Suns to see if he will get mid time as well.

Apart from that sit and see which rookies become available.

Totally agree with Ringo that Corey Ellis is a watch, but believe he is a huge watch depending on where he is played. No info available on him which is very strange in itself. Talking POD's, keep an eye on Jayden Short during the JLT, currently in just 2% of teams

Quote from: Money Shot on February 12, 2019, 09:00:27 AM

Quote from: Sabretooth Tigers on February 12, 2019, 03:14:11 AM

Quote from: Ringo on February 11, 2019, 08:34:54 PM
Only contentious one would be Corey Ellis. Just watch JLT to see how being used and fitness levels. So many changes at Suns to see if he will get mid time as well.

Apart from that sit and see which rookies become available.

Totally agree with Ringo that Corey Ellis is a watch, but believe he is a huge watch depending on where he is played. No info available on him which is very strange in itself. Talking POD's, keep an eye on Jayden Short during the JLT, currently in just 2% of teams

Obviously Ellis is a wait and see but at 233k and a possible 80avg I think he would be a great stepping stone. Only concern is he is touch and go for round 1.

Collins/Rozee/Quaynor are all cheaper options however.

Roberton far greater chance of averaging 80 & not much extra $$

Ellis is borderline best 22 according to all the Sun's forums I've seen. Even if he makes the team his position is far from secure.

Quote from: Bully on February 12, 2019, 04:11:55 PM

Quote from: Money Shot on February 12, 2019, 09:00:27 AM

Quote from: Sabretooth Tigers on February 12, 2019, 03:14:11 AM

Quote from: Ringo on February 11, 2019, 08:34:54 PM
Only contentious one would be Corey Ellis. Just watch JLT to see how being used and fitness levels. So many changes at Suns to see if he will get mid time as well.

Apart from that sit and see which rookies become available.

Totally agree with Ringo that Corey Ellis is a watch, but believe he is a huge watch depending on where he is played. No info available on him which is very strange in itself. Talking POD's, keep an eye on Jayden Short during the JLT, currently in just 2% of teams

Obviously Ellis is a wait and see but at 233k and a possible 80avg I think he would be a great stepping stone. Only concern is he is touch and go for round 1.

Collins/Rozee/Quaynor are all cheaper options however.

Roberton far greater chance of averaging 80 & not much extra $$

Fair point.

Quote from: ubeaut on February 12, 2019, 06:51:50 PM
Ellis is borderline best 22 according to all the Sun's forums I've seen. Even if he makes the team his position is far from secure.

I’ll take Ellis out for now I think. Can always upgrade to him later.

Version 4

Def: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Moore, Duursma, Wilke (Hore, McLennan)
Mid: Oliver, Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Hind, Gibbons (Bewley, Smith, Watson)
Ruc: Grundy, Gawn (Baines)
Fwd: Danger, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Cavara, Parker (Burgess, Corbett)
Cash: $3,800

In my opinion I have 3/5/2/3 of the top 6/8/2/6 in their position.
Darcy Moore has just turned 23, is having a pretty close to full preseason from everything I can see, is best 22 when fit, is training as a defender, taking kick ins and can sure up my D4/F4 position if one line is looking thin. I think an 80 avg is more than likely and that should see him around 380k around his bye which means I could potentially use one trade to upgrade him to a fallen premium!

Quote from: Money Shot on February 19, 2019, 12:14:05 PM
Version 4

Def: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Moore, Duursma, Wilke (Hore, McLennan)
Mid: Oliver, Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Hind, Gibbons (Bewley, Smith, Watson)
Ruc: Grundy, Gawn (Baines)
Fwd: Danger, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Cavara, Parker (Burgess, Corbett)
Cash: $3,800

In my opinion I have 3/5/2/3 of the top 6/8/2/6 in their position.
Darcy Moore has just turned 23, is having a pretty close to full preseason from everything I can see, is best 22 when fit, is training as a defender, taking kick ins and can sure up my D4/F4 position if one line is looking thin. I think an 80 avg is more than likely and that should see him around 380k around his bye which means I could potentially use one trade to upgrade him to a fallen premium!

This is a quality lineup. Really like what I see.
I have upgraded most of mids to look similar to this.

Only thing I don’t like is Darcy Moore cos I just don’t rate him.

Quote from: eaglesman on February 20, 2019, 09:40:34 AM

Quote from: Money Shot on February 19, 2019, 12:14:05 PM
Version 4

Def: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Moore, Duursma, Wilke (Hore, McLennan)
Mid: Oliver, Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Hind, Gibbons (Bewley, Smith, Watson)
Ruc: Grundy, Gawn (Baines)
Fwd: Danger, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Cavara, Parker (Burgess, Corbett)
Cash: $3,800

In my opinion I have 3/5/2/3 of the top 6/8/2/6 in their position.
Darcy Moore has just turned 23, is having a pretty close to full preseason from everything I can see, is best 22 when fit, is training as a defender, taking kick ins and can sure up my D4/F4 position if one line is looking thin. I think an 80 avg is more than likely and that should see him around 380k around his bye which means I could potentially use one trade to upgrade him to a fallen premium!

This is a quality lineup. Really like what I see.
I have upgraded most of mids to look similar to this.

Only thing I don’t like is Darcy Moore cos I just don’t rate him.

Cheers mate!

Darcy Moore is the pick I’m least confident in however as said above he does have a lot going for him. Only time will tell.

Love this side MS..recon you've got to slot Dusty in at his bargain price.. as a Tiger supporter looking to him for another 2017.

Quote from: Ashmore62 on February 20, 2019, 10:43:30 AM
Love this side MS..recon you've got to slot Dusty in at his bargain price.. as a Tiger supporter looking to him for another 2017.

I am very tempted but just want too see how Richmond go with the 6-6-6 layout as they are the team that is set to be affected most. Probably won’t have any impact but I am very tempted by Dusty.

Hard to fault any of your picks, and it's a fairly solid GNR set up.
However, going with 8 players 600k+ has left a weak point at F4 and maybe D4.
I think you could possibly look for some value picks to strengthen those spots, and avoid having to 4 good fwd rookies with 2 on field plus Setterfield.
Remember that less than half of the top 10 mids backup the next season.

Quote from: ubeaut on February 20, 2019, 11:55:41 AM
Hard to fault any of your picks, and it's a fairly solid GNR set up.
However, going with 8 players 600k+ has left a weak point at F4 and maybe D4.
I think you could possibly look for some value picks to strengthen those spots, and avoid having to 4 good fwd rookies with 2 on field plus Setterfield.
Remember that less than half of the top 10 mids backup the next season.

I agree.

I see plenty of value in Merrett, Sloane, Dusty, M. Crouch etc but would rather downgrade to them than try and find the money for the guys I have if that makes sense. Thanks for your input.

Quote from: Money Shot on February 20, 2019, 06:07:08 PM

Quote from: ubeaut on February 20, 2019, 11:55:41 AM
Hard to fault any of your picks, and it's a fairly solid GNR set up.
However, going with 8 players 600k+ has left a weak point at F4 and maybe D4.
I think you could possibly look for some value picks to strengthen those spots, and avoid having to 4 good fwd rookies with 2 on field plus Setterfield.
Remember that less than half of the top 10 mids backup the next season.

I agree.

I see plenty of value in Merrett, Sloane, Dusty, M. Crouch etc but would rather downgrade to them than try and find the money for the guys I have if that makes sense. Thanks for your input.

For the record now I have 6 over 600k

Quote from: Money Shot on February 19, 2019, 12:14:05 PM
Version 4

Def: Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Moore, Duursma, Wilke (Hore, McLennan)
Mid: Oliver, Cripps, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Hind, Gibbons (Bewley, Smith, Watson)
Ruc: Grundy, Gawn (Baines)
Fwd: Danger, Smith, Heeney, Setterfield, Cavara, Parker (Burgess, Corbett)
Cash: $3,800

In my opinion I have 3/5/2/3 of the top 6/8/2/6 in their position.
Darcy Moore has just turned 23, is having a pretty close to full preseason from everything I can see, is best 22 when fit, is training as a defender, taking kick ins and can sure up my D4/F4 position if one line is looking thin. I think an 80 avg is more than likely and that should see him around 380k around his bye which means I could potentially use one trade to upgrade him to a fallen premium!

Strong line up mate. Good picks. Run with it I say.

Like the structure MS.  Not surprised to see similarities to my thinking,  You go deeper in the forwards and Mids than me.
Hope the mature age rookies all get a rd 1 start.   AFL teams are learning as are SC coaches., that it is a rare teenager who has the physical maturity to match the talent in their first year.   As NZ said run with this unless injury or non starters affect you.   

Updated team:

Laird, Whitfield, Williams, Moore, Duursma, Wilke (Hore, Watson)
Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Fyfe, Neale, Walsh, Constable, Hind (Bewley, Smith, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Gray, Setterfield, Burgess, McAdam (Cavara, Parker)
$3,000

Gray is in for Smith.

Smith will be a good pick but I don’t see him improving on his average. Gray could come out and go 100+ with no Wines, Polec and Boak looking to spend more time up forward. Worst case scenario he averages 90 best case 105+. Worth the risk for mine.

Gray for Smith makes sense. agree more upside with Gray. 

Laird, Williams, Newman, Roberton, Burgess, Watson (Hore, McLennan)
Cripps, Oliver, Fyfe, Kelly, Neale, Walsh, Constable, Hind (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Gray, Greene, Setterfield, Drew (Cavarra, Parker)
$3,700

Pretty big shake up in terms of structure.

I like many others have went with some value picks down back. Newman will kill it this year and I’m happy to pick him as a keeper with a bit of Carlton bias. Mills/McGrath and too a lesser extent Smith are on my watch list as well.

If Libba has another strong outing I’ll find a way to get him in at M6 followed by Walsh.

I have got on the Goldy train purely because everyone thinks he is destined for a 150+ season on this forum. In all seriousness I think he will fall 5ish points behind Gawn but can use the money better elsewhere.

Gray is a speculative pick but I think he has the most upside. Greene is set to play in the coming week so he is locked in.

nice team MS.   not convinced spending 200+ on rookie is worth it,  tend to side with RD on that.   Gray at f3 may be worth it.  not sure where you would spend the money if you dropped him. 

think you should drop a premo mid for cousins and upgrade a defender rookie

would u rather neale/watson on field or cousins/witherden

60 for watson is optimistic and Cousins could easily go 85+ seen no reason he cant yet

Is Watson going to even get a game? Although you can probably just swap him out for one of the other rookies

I like the structure though. I'm thinking something pretty similar, just a mid price ruck if I can find one and a premium forward instead of Greene

DEF: Definitely a risky backline, but playing it safe doesn't win Supercoach. Though, not sure if you'd be wanting to waste so many trades upgrading multiple stepping stones. Trades are gold. Maybe one too many midpricers, but it is the year for them in the backline.

MID: Agree with your comments, its very solid indeed. Maybe too solid, money could be better spent propping up the forward line.

RUC: Good to go.

FWD: Risky going with 3 rookies on field. Yes Setterfield is a lock, but Drew and Balta have only shown us potential in one JLT match. Be very cautious. I'd recommend getting in another premo.

Overall its a risky side, but does have good upside if you pull it off. Good luck!!

You'll need to make a change somewhere

With next to no money left, and 4 cheap def rookies that you're relying on, it's just not going to happen

Easy fix of course, and once you've done that just sit tight like the rest of us and see how this weekend goes

Def: Whitfield, Williams, Newman, Smith, Roberton, Clark (Burgess, Hore)
Mid: Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Fyfe, Neale, Libba, Walsh, Constable (Bewley, Hind, Gibbons)
Ruc: Grundy, Goldy (Fort)
Fwd: Danger, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Cavara)
$12,800

Whitfield is as good a chance as any to be a top 6 defender and with all the mid pricers that follow he sures up the line a lot. Williams is locked as I was going to start him last year when he was 80k more and he has shown that he can be a premium. Newman will take over Docherty’s role and be our go to go out of defence. Smith and Roberton are both too cheap to ignore. Clark looks like a ready made player who has good scoring ability. With so many mid pricers this it means I only need to start one defensive rookie which I love.

This is going to be one of the strongest starting mids in the comp and I love it. I have picked who I think will be the top 5 mids come seasons end (I think Macrae will drop back to the pack) I then have Libba who I think will score 100ish and Walsh who could push an 80avg which is insane for a first year player. The remaining 4 mids are the cheapies that look like they have good scoring ability as well as job security.

Grundy/Goldy is now locked in for me as I can’t jusity the extra price tag on Gawn. Having extra cash allowed me to get Fort in who could play round 1 and potentially make some cash if he performs well tonight

Danger/Heeney are obvious choices and Greene who is playing this weekend needs to be locked in. Apart from the 3 I mentioned I can’t find another top end forward that stands out to me so I thought I may as well load up on rookies. Setterfield looks like a solid enough F4 and Drew/Balta have shown good scoring ability so if they can hold there spots up until the byes or there about they will be great picks. Parker/Cavvara also look to have good job security and decent enough scoring ability as well.

Watch List:
McGrath: if he scores well and plays midfield tonight I will be extremely tempted to drop Whitfield too him. If not Newman could swap to him as well.
Mills: similar boat to McGrath

B. Crouch: awkward price but before injuries he was touted to be better than Matt so it’ll be hard to pass him up if he performs well again.
Miles: cooled off him a bit but still on the watch list.

Rucks are locked and loaded

Worpel: want too see how he goes with a stronger hawks side
Moore/Elliot: very unlikely to make my team but will be keeping an eye on them.

Hah, a minute later after I posted

Much better ;)

Quote from: Sven on March 07, 2019, 10:03:50 AM
DEF: Definitely a risky backline, but playing it safe doesn't win Supercoach. Though, not sure if you'd be wanting to waste so many trades upgrading multiple stepping stones. Trades are gold. Maybe one too many midpricers, but it is the year for them in the backline.

MID: Agree with your comments, its very solid indeed. Maybe too solid, money could be better spent propping up the forward line.

RUC: Good to go.

FWD: Risky going with 3 rookies on field. Yes Setterfield is a lock, but Drew and Balta have only shown us potential in one JLT match. Be very cautious. I'd recommend getting in another premo.

Overall its a risky side, but does have good upside if you pull it off. Good luck!!

Sorry mate I wanted to go more in depth with my selections so deleted the post and just reposted it below.

Agree that the backline is super risky but I believe that the top 10 come seasons end will be completely different too this years apart from Lloyd/Laird/Whitfield and I personally think Lloyd will drop right back to the pack. I usually hate selecting mid pricers but in the backline this year I am loading up. McGrath/Mills are very close to replacing Whitfield but even that looks to risky for me.

I’m hoping that my loaded mids can carry the weaker forward line and risky backline for the first few rounds before I start upgrading. I already have one more premium than most so that extra 30 or so points will come in handy early on.

Agree that Drew/Balta need to impress again this weekend but if they do along with Parker/Cavvara I’m backing them in.

Very nice team, identical structure to my own yet plenty of differences in the midfield. See you've managed to squeeze in Libba which would give you some sort of edge. Still unsure which rookie mids I want to start, Walsh at M6 is fine but not sold on the other guys.

Quote from: Bully on March 07, 2019, 11:55:43 AM
Very nice team, identical structure to my own yet plenty of differences in the midfield. See you've managed to squeeze in Libba which would give you some sort of edge. Still unsure which rookie mids I want to start, Walsh at M6 is fine but not sold on the other guys.

Cheers Bully!!! I’m sure most sides in the comp will be starting at least one of Constable, Hind, Bewley, Gibbons and I think there will be plenty starting 2-3 of those guys so I’m not too concerned.

Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Roberton, Clark, Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)
Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, Walsh, Hind (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Cavarra)
$2,000

Need round 1 to come already.

Smith and Coniglio have come in as I think Smith will go 90+ and Coniglio will be a top 8 mid.

Brad Crouch is very close to coming into this side but I just don’t know if I see him going 105+ across the whole season.
Matt Crouch and Sloane are also tempting but will they be top 10 mids? I don’t think so.
Laird would be in the team but can’t fit him in due to structure and I don’t see him improving on last year whereas Whitfield could.

Quote from: Money Shot on March 08, 2019, 10:13:51 PM
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Roberton, Clark, Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)
Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, Walsh, Hind (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Cavarra)
$2,000

Need round 1 to come already.

Smith and Coniglio have come in as I think Smith will go 90+ and Coniglio will be a top 8 mid.

Brad Crouch is very close to coming into this side but I just don’t know if I see him going 105+ across the whole season.
Matt Crouch and Sloane are also tempting but will they be top 10 mids? I don’t think so.
Laird would be in the team but can’t fit him in due to structure and I don’t see him improving on last year whereas Whitfield could.

Brilliant side ... can’t fault it

Quote from: eaglesman on March 08, 2019, 10:18:37 PM

Quote from: Money Shot on March 08, 2019, 10:13:51 PM
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Roberton, Clark, Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)
Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, Walsh, Hind (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Cavarra)
$2,000

Need round 1 to come already.

Smith and Coniglio have come in as I think Smith will go 90+ and Coniglio will be a top 8 mid.

Brad Crouch is very close to coming into this side but I just don’t know if I see him going 105+ across the whole season.
Matt Crouch and Sloane are also tempting but will they be top 10 mids? I don’t think so.
Laird would be in the team but can’t fit him in due to structure and I don’t see him improving on last year whereas Whitfield could.

Brilliant side ... can’t fault it

Cheers mate! Hope you’re not being sarcastic ;)

Quote from: Money Shot on March 08, 2019, 10:22:11 PM

Quote from: eaglesman on March 08, 2019, 10:18:37 PM

Quote from: Money Shot on March 08, 2019, 10:13:51 PM
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Roberton, Clark, Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)
Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, Walsh, Hind (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Cavarra)
$2,000

Need round 1 to come already.

Smith and Coniglio have come in as I think Smith will go 90+ and Coniglio will be a top 8 mid.

Brad Crouch is very close to coming into this side but I just don’t know if I see him going 105+ across the whole season.
Matt Crouch and Sloane are also tempting but will they be top 10 mids? I don’t think so.
Laird would be in the team but can’t fit him in due to structure and I don’t see him improving on last year whereas Whitfield could.

Brilliant side ... can’t fault it

Cheers mate! Hope you’re not being sarcastic ;)

Nope I thought my power midfield was good ... you have a better one without compromising rest of the side

Nice side, will burst out of the blocks I think. My only concern would be your limited cash generation in the midfield, but in saying that your points will be pretty good in the first 6-7 rounds.

If I was going to offer one suggestion, that would be Coniglio down to Brad Crouch & Goldy up to Gawn (presuming he's rucking solo).

Looking good mate, but I'd probably make a change somewhere just to get some more cash.

The fact that you can't even turn Hind into Constable says you need some more cash haha

Nothing drastic, but you want to be in a position where you can select all the good rookies once Round 1 teams drop, without having to change your structure, and right now you probably will.

Quote from: Money Shot on March 08, 2019, 10:13:51 PM
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Roberton, Clark, Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)
Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, Walsh, Hind (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Cavarra)
$2,000

Need round 1 to come already.

Smith and Coniglio have come in as I think Smith will go 90+ and Coniglio will be a top 8 mid.

Brad Crouch is very close to coming into this side but I just don’t know if I see him going 105+ across the whole season.
Matt Crouch and Sloane are also tempting but will they be top 10 mids? I don’t think so.
Laird would be in the team but can’t fit him in due to structure and I don’t see him improving on last year whereas Whitfield could.

Great side MS.. making slight changes as we speak.

nice side, your midfield is very strong! however the only issue i really have is that you dont have enough cash to spend on more expensive rookies such as collins (not a must), butters and constable

Quote from: Money Shot on March 08, 2019, 10:13:51 PM
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Roberton, Clark, Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)
Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, Walsh, Hind (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Cavarra)
$2,000

Need round 1 to come already.

Smith and Coniglio have come in as I think Smith will go 90+ and Coniglio will be a top 8 mid.

Brad Crouch is very close to coming into this side but I just don’t know if I see him going 105+ across the whole season.
Matt Crouch and Sloane are also tempting but will they be top 10 mids? I don’t think so.
Laird would be in the team but can’t fit him in due to structure and I don’t see him improving on last year whereas Whitfield could.

Nice side MS, paying up for that midfield but thats where the majority of points come from so not a bad idea. Would be starting Laird over Whitfield, safe as houses to be a top 6 back, and theres not many players on any line you can say would be a top 6 comfortably.

Quote from: SilverLion on March 10, 2019, 01:07:29 PM

Quote from: Money Shot on March 08, 2019, 10:13:51 PM
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Roberton, Clark, Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)
Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, Walsh, Hind (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Cavarra)
$2,000

Need round 1 to come already.

Smith and Coniglio have come in as I think Smith will go 90+ and Coniglio will be a top 8 mid.

Brad Crouch is very close to coming into this side but I just don’t know if I see him going 105+ across the whole season.
Matt Crouch and Sloane are also tempting but will they be top 10 mids? I don’t think so.
Laird would be in the team but can’t fit him in due to structure and I don’t see him improving on last year whereas Whitfield could.

Nice side MS, paying up for that midfield but thats where the majority of points come from so not a bad idea. Would be starting Laird over Whitfield, safe as houses to be a top 6 back, and theres not many players on any line you can say would be a top 6 comfortably.

Just an extension of the defender premo vs the midfield premo argument, it can very tough to get a bargain in defence due to scarcity, if you go back in history you will see the best scorers rarely dip in price & generally don't have the depth that fallen midfield premos have. That essentially means you have to wait & hope for a buying opportunity & sometimes that may entail two downgrades to get the necessary cash. Laird is a prime example, in 20 games last year he scored 13 tons and only once scored below 80, that is amazing consistency & provides the perfect anchor for any defence. The fact he has also gone 93, 96, 100, 106 over the past 4 years also indicates a player trending in the right direction.

Quote from: Bully on March 10, 2019, 01:23:27 PM

Quote from: SilverLion on March 10, 2019, 01:07:29 PM

Quote from: Money Shot on March 08, 2019, 10:13:51 PM
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Roberton, Clark, Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)
Macrae, Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, Walsh, Hind (Bewley, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Goldy (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield, Drew, Balta (Parker, Cavarra)
$2,000

Need round 1 to come already.

Smith and Coniglio have come in as I think Smith will go 90+ and Coniglio will be a top 8 mid.

Brad Crouch is very close to coming into this side but I just don’t know if I see him going 105+ across the whole season.
Matt Crouch and Sloane are also tempting but will they be top 10 mids? I don’t think so.
Laird would be in the team but can’t fit him in due to structure and I don’t see him improving on last year whereas Whitfield could.

Nice side MS, paying up for that midfield but thats where the majority of points come from so not a bad idea. Would be starting Laird over Whitfield, safe as houses to be a top 6 back, and theres not many players on any line you can say would be a top 6 comfortably.

Just an extension of the defender premo vs the midfield premo argument, it can very tough to get a bargain in defence due to scarcity, if you go back in history you will see the best scorers rarely dip in price & generally don't have the depth that fallen midfield premos have. That essentially means you have to wait & hope for a buying opportunity & sometimes that may entail two downgrades to get the necessary cash. Laird is a prime example, in 20 games last year he scored 13 tons and only once scored below 80, that is amazing consistency & provides the perfect anchor for any defence. The fact he has also gone 93, 96, 100, 106 over the past 4 years also indicates a player trending in the right direction.

Interesting points boys.

Definitely something to think about.

Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Roberton*, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Dusty, Crouch, Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker)
$32,400

Defence:
Whitfield is a reasonably safe bet to finish in the top 6 and isn’t as expensive as Lloyd/Laird/Simmo/Sicily etc. The next 3 in line I think all have potential to go 90+ this season. If Roberton lines up round 1 I’m starting him and if he doesn’t I have a few options that I will explore. Clark/Duursma look to have the best scoring ability out of the rookies and Burgess can swing forward with Moore. Hore looks good for a bench player.

Midfield:
The first 5 selections I think could be top 8 mids come seasons end. The fact that Matt Crouch is only in 11% of teams excites me because after looking at his stats he could easily go 110+ this year. Brad Crouch I think goes 100-105 which I will be keeping at M8. Walsh has been one of only a few players that hasn’t left my side this season. Then 4 cheaper guys to round out the midfield.

Rucks:
Grundy/Gawn locked as they should comfortably be number 1 come seasons end. Was on Goldy for a while but if he is scoring 10 or more points less per game it is really going to hurt me. Baines can swing forward incase of emergency.

Forward:
Danger and Heeney locked for obvious reasons. Greene looked really lively and scored well for his time on ground and has shown he can be a keeper so I’m happy to take the punt on him for the 3rd time (shame on me if it goes wrong) Moore looked bloody good today against my blue boys so having him with his job security and ability to score 80+ comfortably makes him much more appealing than a rookie. Setterfield and Drew are both locks. Balta could score well pinch hitting in the ruck and Parker will be a nice F9.

Other options:
Defence: Hanley, Taylor, Ridley are all possible alternatives for Roberton if he doesn’t get up.

Midfield: Macrae, Coniglio, Liberatore are all possibilities.

Pretty set on rucks and forwards.

I like all your lines except for the forward line. I can see the merit in picking all the guys you have in defense, the midfield and in the ruck. Forward line on the other hand....

Danger and Heeney should be locks. 100% agree on those two. Drew and Setters should also be locks. Balta and Parker are both good bench options. Starting both Moore and Greene is a recipe for disaster.

Greene can score but you're taking the risk on his body which is fine if he is your forward 4. If he flops you can trade him to a rookie. Moore looked ok today against a Carlton team who have not had any cohesive play out of their 3 tall forwards outside of the last quarter where McKay looked good and Curnow looked meh. The way the Blues moved the ball in the first three quarters was pretty poor.

They play Geelong, Richmond and WC in the first three rounds. I'd be shocked if he averaged more than 70 (probably closer to 60) through those first 3 games. You have Hawkins, JRoo/Lynch and JJK/Darling in the first three rounds with mids that will serve it to them on a platter.

Quote from: Mat0369 on March 11, 2019, 08:15:10 PM
I like all your lines except for the forward line. I can see the merit in picking all the guys you have in defense, the midfield and in the ruck. Forward line on the other hand....

Danger and Heeney should be locks. 100% agree on those two. Drew and Setters should also be locks. Balta and Parker are both good bench options. Starting both Moore and Greene is a recipe for disaster.

Greene can score but you're taking the risk on his body which is fine if he is your forward 4. If he flops you can trade him to a rookie. Moore looked ok today against a Carlton team who have not had any cohesive play out of their 3 tall forwards outside of the last quarter where McKay looked good and Curnow looked meh. The way the Blues moved the ball in the first three quarters was pretty poor.

They play Geelong, Richmond and WC in the first three rounds. I'd be shocked if he averaged more than 70 (probably closer to 60) through those first 3 games. You have Hawkins, JRoo/Lynch and JJK/Darling in the first three rounds with mids that will serve it to them on a platter.

Greene I am backing in to be a keeper and if he gets injured early on I’m sure there will be options to trade him too.

Moore has played two really good games in a SuperCoach friendly position. Freo and Carlton are definitely not the greatest opponents to verse however. Considering how cheap he is and the job security he has I am willing to take the risk on him. If he averages 70 and plays every game then it isn’t a fail in my eyes as he has much better job security than others. He also only needs a few big scores to make some serious coin.

Quote from: Money Shot on March 11, 2019, 08:54:01 PM
Repost so it’s all on the same page!

Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Roberton*, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Dusty, Crouch, Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker)
$32,400

Defence:
Whitfield is a reasonably safe bet to finish in the top 6 and isn’t as expensive as Lloyd/Laird/Simmo/Sicily etc. The next 3 in line I think all have potential to go 90+ this season. If Roberton lines up round 1 I’m starting him and if he doesn’t I have a few options that I will explore. Clark/Duursma look to have the best scoring ability out of the rookies and Burgess can swing forward with Moore. Hore looks good for a bench player.

Midfield:
The first 5 selections I think could be top 8 mids come seasons end. The fact that Matt Crouch is only in 11% of teams excites me because after looking at his stats he could easily go 110+ this year. Brad Crouch I think goes 100-105 which I will be keeping at M8. Walsh has been one of only a few players that hasn’t left my side this season. Then 4 cheaper guys to round out the midfield.

Rucks:
Grundy/Gawn locked as they should comfortably be number 1 come seasons end. Was on Goldy for a while but if he is scoring 10 or more points less per game it is really going to hurt me. Baines can swing forward incase of emergency.

Forward:
Danger and Heeney locked for obvious reasons. Greene looked really lively and scored well for his time on ground and has shown he can be a keeper so I’m happy to take the punt on him for the 3rd time (shame on me if it goes wrong) Moore looked bloody good today against my blue boys so having him with his job security and ability to score 80+ comfortably makes him much more appealing than a rookie. Setterfield and Drew are both locks. Balta could score well pinch hitting in the ruck and Parker will be a nice F9.

Other options:
Defence: Hanley, Taylor, Ridley are all possible alternatives for Roberton if he doesn’t get up.

Midfield: Macrae, Coniglio, Liberatore are all possibilities.

Pretty set on rucks and forwards.

The team looks very solid, can sit and wait for round 1 teams.
Just a question, why the lack of interest in fyfe? and whats your contingency plan for roberton... would u swing moore down back?

Fyfe has had an interrupted preseason and will likely be managed throughout the season. No doubt he scores well but with so many premium options who score just as well I will take the risk on not starting him and hope he misses a game or two earlish in the season. I think on overall points he will be a top 5-10 mid but I’m more confident in the 5 mids in my team currently.

Moore to Swing back, Petruccelle at F7 use the cash to upgrade elsewhere.
Alternatively
Hanley, Taylor, Ridley, Collins and even Scrimshaw are all capable at D4.

Can I get some more thoughts on Moore???

I know he is playing back now but has never averaged close to 80+ and always gets injured.

Do you think he can play 10+ games until the byes?

Quote from: greco272 on March 12, 2019, 08:31:52 PM
Can I get some more thoughts on Moore???

I know he is playing back now but has never averaged close to 80+ and always gets injured.

Do you think he can play 10+ games until the byes?

I think he looked really good in the two JLT games and has much better scoring ability and job security than the rookies so I have locked him in.

Why I don’t rate the top tier defenders this year.

1. Lloyd: massive jump from the previous season so is likely to fall back a little bit and be much cheaper later on
2. Laird: Milera and Smith take valuable points off him and Smith seems to be taking kick in duties
3. Sicily: could be hit and miss as a swingman
4. Simpson: had his best year for a long time last year and Newman coming in could take some points off him.
5. Whitfield: Another role change to HFF could really hurt his scoring
6. Hurn: Best year ever last year by a while. Think the 6-6-6 role could hurt him a bit
7. Crisp: Had a pretty poor end to last season and will be hard to have huge numbers with Grundy, Trealor, Beams, Pendles, Sidebottom.

Think Whitfield is the only one who is undervalued a smidgen, if you look back on last year he started very slowly & then came home like a freight train. Moving to the wing won't hurt either, he's already proven he can score well there. Don't buy the forward talk either, Greene comes back, Daniels should get more time, Taranto can play there too.

Quote from: Bully on March 13, 2019, 02:47:10 PM
Think Whitfield is the only one who is undervalued a smidgen, if you look back on last year he started very slowly & then came home like a freight train. Moving to the wing won't hurt either, he's already proven he can score well there. Don't buy the forward talk either, Greene comes back, Daniels should get more time, Taranto can play there too.

Taranto looks set to become a full time mid this year. I just can’t understand why they would post an article about him playing forward if there was no truth behind it.

Final Team (I hope) Subject to rookies:

Williams, Smith, Roberton, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, M. Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, (Boak/Walters), Greene, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker)
15k

Defence: Williams, Smith and Roberton all have the potential to go 90+ and fill out my D4-D6 come seasons end. If Roberton doesn’t play round 1 he will be moved to D. Moore. I have picked the defender rookies who I believe have the best scoring potential to go on field and then Burgess/Hore who look like having decent job security to fill out the bench.

Midfield: I have tossed and turned about Macrae for a while now but I am pretty set on not starting him now. My top 6 mids I believe will finish top 8 and I will try and get Macrae later in the season. Fyfe/Kelly have both missed out due to limited preseasons. Walsh has been locked since day one and then the other 4 rookies look most likely to play round 1.

Ruck: Grundy/Gawn say no more.

Forward: Danger/Heeney are locked and I am taking the punt on Greene. He looks a lot better at F4 rather than F3 though that’s for sure. Walters and Boak are fighting for a spot at F3. Boak the safer pick IMO but Walters has the better scoring ability I would think. Setterfield and Drew look like decent scorers and balta/Parker on the bench to round out my team.

Would love people’s thoughts on Boak vs Walters as both are somewhat speculative picks.

interesting team mate

only thing id worry about is fielding 3 defender rookies

have u thought of getting Libba in instead of one of ur premos and getting Moore or somebody at d4

Quote from: kilbluff1985 on March 13, 2019, 04:39:44 PM
interesting team mate

only thing id worry about is fielding 3 defender rookies

have u thought of getting Libba in instead of one of ur premos and getting Moore or somebody at d4

Yes I have but then decided to risk it for the biscuit. All 3 of Scrimshaw, Clark and Duursma should score relatively will in my opinion and allows me to go super strong else where.

Definitely interesting, similar to what kb said, I feel like the mids might unbalance the defence, maybe downgrade one of your mid premos and get another premo in defence? I do agree that Smith and Roberton can go at at least 90, but if it was me I'd feel a bit better knowing I had another tried and tested gun in defence. At the end of the day, it's a solid team so if you feel this is the right setup, go for it.

Quote from: Urbaninfinnity on March 13, 2019, 06:48:07 PM
Definitely interesting, similar to what kb said, I feel like the mids might unbalance the defence, maybe downgrade one of your mid premos and get another premo in defence? I do agree that Smith and Roberton can go at at least 90, but if it was me I'd feel a bit better knowing I had another tried and tested gun in defence. At the end of the day, it's a solid team so if you feel this is the right setup, go for it.

Different is good!

I’m sick of always finishing in the top 5000-10000 may as well do something different and see how it goes.

Would much prefer Coniglio over Laird and Crouch over Whitfield

Quote from: Money Shot on March 13, 2019, 07:38:17 PM

Quote from: Urbaninfinnity on March 13, 2019, 06:48:07 PM
Definitely interesting, similar to what kb said, I feel like the mids might unbalance the defence, maybe downgrade one of your mid premos and get another premo in defence? I do agree that Smith and Roberton can go at at least 90, but if it was me I'd feel a bit better knowing I had another tried and tested gun in defence. At the end of the day, it's a solid team so if you feel this is the right setup, go for it.

Different is good!

I’m sick of always finishing in the top 5000-10000 may as well do something different and see how it goes.

Would much prefer Coniglio over Laird and Crouch over Whitfield

Fair enough, hopefully it pays off for you. :D

Boak over Walters every day of the week, more consistent, plays more games and has three seasons of 99 or more.

Quote from: Southstorm on March 13, 2019, 08:38:46 PM
Boak over Walters every day of the week, more consistent, plays more games and has three seasons of 99 or more.

Yeah the more I look into it the more I see how Walters has not lived up to his expectations season after season.

Boak locked in at F3. Has a good bye and should score 95 comfortably I think.

I'm going 3 defender rookies but if you are you almost have to go Collins. You cant have that many 50/50 rookies weekly. I'd take him over Hore.

No Butters either? Gone super lean on the rooks

Quote from: hawkers65 on March 13, 2019, 11:06:07 PM
I'm going 3 defender rookies but if you are you almost have to go Collins. You cant have that many 50/50 rookies weekly. I'd take him over Hore.

No Butters either? Gone super lean on the rooks

Am tempted to get Collins in for the extra job security.

I don’t think Butters is going to score a hell of a lot more than Constable.

Quote from: Money Shot on March 14, 2019, 08:22:07 AM

Quote from: hawkers65 on March 13, 2019, 11:06:07 PM
I'm going 3 defender rookies but if you are you almost have to go Collins. You cant have that many 50/50 rookies weekly. I'd take him over Hore.

No Butters either? Gone super lean on the rooks

Am tempted to get Collins in for the extra job security.

I don’t think Butters is going to score a hell of a lot more than Constable.

It would be Gibbons, you'd trade Gibbons for Butters and i see a big difference there

Quote from: hawkers65 on March 14, 2019, 08:44:42 AM

Quote from: Money Shot on March 14, 2019, 08:22:07 AM

Quote from: hawkers65 on March 13, 2019, 11:06:07 PM
I'm going 3 defender rookies but if you are you almost have to go Collins. You cant have that many 50/50 rookies weekly. I'd take him over Hore.

No Butters either? Gone super lean on the rooks

Am tempted to get Collins in for the extra job security.

I don’t think Butters is going to score a hell of a lot more than Constable.

It would be Gibbons, you'd trade Gibbons for Butters and i see a big difference there

That’s true. Could be 20+ points there.

Quote from: Money Shot on March 14, 2019, 09:28:34 AM

Quote from: hawkers65 on March 14, 2019, 08:44:42 AM

Quote from: Money Shot on March 14, 2019, 08:22:07 AM

Quote from: hawkers65 on March 13, 2019, 11:06:07 PM
I'm going 3 defender rookies but if you are you almost have to go Collins. You cant have that many 50/50 rookies weekly. I'd take him over Hore.

No Butters either? Gone super lean on the rooks

Am tempted to get Collins in for the extra job security.

I don’t think Butters is going to score a hell of a lot more than Constable.

It would be Gibbons, you'd trade Gibbons for Butters and i see a big difference there

That’s true. Could be 20+ points there.

Yeah I would find the cash to get Butters in the team too...probably at the expense of Gibbons.

Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, M. Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker)
$10,000

Boak to Moore
Roberton to Whitfield

Pretty happy with the team.
14 Keepers (Greene and Smith F6/D6) and Moore. Can’t complain.

Considered Hanley/Taylor for Roberton but didn’t want to risk it.

Would like to get Collins and Butters in there but don’t think they are must haves.

Luke Ryan is a pod I’m considering. Has the good bye, well priced and should benefit from the kick in rules. Whitfield is just so much safer though.

Good job, identical structure to mine. I've gone with Collins over Scrimshaw because of JS & the fact I can trade down if need be.

Quote from: Bully on March 15, 2019, 12:07:35 PM
Good job, identical structure to mine. I've gone with Collins over Scrimshaw because of JS & the fact I can trade down if need be.

Great minds think alike ;)

Whitfield to Ryan and Rookie to Collins is what will happen if need be.

Very Solid like most teams atm with only 2 or 3 differences,

Quote from: Money Shot on March 15, 2019, 01:46:04 PM
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, M. Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker)
$10,000

Repost so you guys don’t have to go back a page.

very solid team, noticed you saved money by having no collins down back, any plan in place for if Hore (or any other) isnt named to bring in a collins type who has JS

Quote from: walloo44 on March 16, 2019, 02:01:37 PM

Quote from: Money Shot on March 15, 2019, 01:46:04 PM
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, M. Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker)
$10,000

Repost so you guys don’t have to go back a page.

very solid team, noticed you saved money by having no collins down back, any plan in place for if Hore (or any other) isnt named to bring in a collins type who has JS

Whitfield down to Luke Ryan is the move I would make. Really like Ryan as a POD but Whitfield the much safer option if I can afford him.

Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, M. Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker)
$9,500

D1 is the only position I’m not set on.
Really like Luke Ryan as a cheaper option but Whitfield just seems safer even if he will play wing/HFF.

Quote from: Money Shot on March 20, 2019, 11:26:44 PM
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, M. Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker)
$9,500

D1 is the only position I’m not set on.
Really like Luke Ryan as a cheaper option but Whitfield just seems safer even if he will play wing/HFF.

We have the identical structure. I just have Macrae/Crouch and you have Cogs/Dusty. For Round 1 i've switched Mooore and Burgess around so i can field Balta over Scrimshaw. IMO looks better

Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Clark, Duursma, Wilkie (Burgess, Hore)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, M. Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (C) (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Petrucelle)
$27,800

Score: 2116
Rank: 18,753

Pretty happy after round 1.

Balta to Parker is what I am looking at doing but will hold to next week. If Greene gets managed Petrucelle will come on and I’ll hope for the best.

Don’t see any major issues this round.

Very similar to my own team. ( except Macrae for Oliver and Sloane for dusty in mids)

I think Dusty might grow into an issue but your set up looks damn good.

Hold on Balta.

Quote from: PICCOLLO on March 29, 2019, 01:26:32 PM
Very similar to my own team. ( except Macrae for Oliver and Sloane for dusty in mids)

I think Dusty might grow into an issue but your set up looks damn good.

Hold on Balta.

I regret picking Dusty already... I’m hoping he turns into a serviceable M8

Team going into round 3
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Wilkie, Burgess)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, M. Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (C) (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petrucelle, Parker)
$1,900

Round 2 score was: 2115
Overall score: 4,231
Overall Rank: 39,672 :(

Trades I have made this week:
Balta to Parker
Hore to Scrimshaw

Dusty and Heeney get another week to prove themselves I know they will lose a bit of money but I will make more doing the above to trades.

Quote from: Money Shot on April 01, 2019, 12:22:07 PM
Team going into round 3
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Wilkie, Burgess)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, Dusty, M. Crouch, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (C) (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petrucelle, Parker)
$1,900

Round 2 score was: 2115
Overall score: 4,231
Overall Rank: 39,672 :(

Trades I have made this week:
Balta to Parker
Hore to Scrimshaw

Dusty and Heeney get another week to prove themselves I know they will lose a bit of money but I will make more doing the above to trades.

What if Balta and Hore get named? Good possibility due to May being ruled out along with JRoo/Rance.

Would that make you re-think trading Dusty/Heeney??

No it wouldn’t.

Balta would need a massive score for me to regret the move. And Hore could come in and then straight back out again.

I would jump on the Balta > Parker trade but unsure on Hore to Scrim just yet. I'd wait to see on Hore. Reckon Scrim could be due for a rest very soon.

Quote from: _wato on April 02, 2019, 09:56:52 PM
I would jump on the Balta > Parker trade but unsure on Hore to Scrim just yet. I'd wait to see on Hore. Reckon Scrim could be due for a rest very soon.

Thanks Wato, you raise a good point.

Team going into round 4
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Wilkie, Burgess)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, M. Crouch, Libba, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (C) (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petrucelle, Parker)
$142,700

Round Score: 2287
Round Rank: 20,477

Total Score: 6518
Total Rank: 25,129

This week I will be trading Dusty to Libba.

Leaves me with $140,000 and 27 trades remaining.

Scott/Atkins/Gibbons to Stack is looking very likely next week.

Hopefully I can break into the top 20,000 after this week.

Beat me by 7 points in FF F1  ::)

Quote from: Money Shot on April 08, 2019, 09:32:46 AM
Team going into round 4
Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Wilkie, Burgess)
Cripps, Oliver, Neale, Coniglio, M. Crouch, Libba, Walsh, Constable (Scott, Atkins, Gibbons)
Grundy, Gawn (C) (Bines)
Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Setterfield, Drew (Petrucelle, Parker)
$142,700

Round Score: 2287
Round Rank: 20,477

Total Score: 6518
Total Rank: 25,129

This week I will be trading Dusty to Libba.

Leaves me with $140,000 and 27 trades remaining.

Scott/Atkins/Gibbons to Stack is looking very likely next week.

Hopefully I can break into the top 20,000 after this week.

Yeah looking at a similar trade myself next week

Quote from: TommyC on April 08, 2019, 10:14:34 AM
Beat me by 7 points in FF F1  ::)

With a few games to go in the round I thought you had it tbh

Quote from: Money Shot on April 08, 2019, 11:11:26 AM

Quote from: TommyC on April 08, 2019, 10:14:34 AM
Beat me by 7 points in FF F1  ::)

With a few games to go in the round I thought you had it tbh

If only Worpedo scored a few more

Team after round 4

Def: Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Duursma, Clark (Wilkie, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Oliver, Crouch, Coniglio, Libba, Walsh, Constable (Atkins, Gibbons, Stack)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Heeney, Moore, Drew, Parker, Petrucelle (Greene, Setterfield)
$315,300

Round score: 2225
Round rank: 13,197

Total Score: 8743
Total rank: 16,093

Not too sure on trades at the moment.

I’m going to wait for teams to be announced.

Quote from: Money Shot on April 16, 2019, 12:15:50 PM
Team going into round 5 (subject to teams)

Def: Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Scrimshaw, Duursma, Hore (Wilkie, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Oliver, Crouch, Coniglio, Libba, Walsh, Constable (Atkins, Gibbons, Stack)
Ruck: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Drew, Parker (Petrucelle, Setterfield)
$315,300

Round score: 2225
Round rank: 13,197

Total Score: 8743
Total rank: 16,093

Double downgrade this week frees up a heap of cash.

Atkins/Gibbons to Ross next week
Fwd rookie to Boak

It’s a lot of trades to get Boak in but he has the perfect bye and I don’t see his price dropping anytime soon.

Setters out
Greene out
Parker highly doubtful
Moore question mark
Heeney query

Still sticking with your trades?
FWIW I have 4/5 too. Got rid of Greene last week to Dollhouse  >:(

Nope trades will be reversed. Not too sure what my plans are now.

Greene and Setters definitely out
Parker 50/50
Heeney and Moore are more likely than not

Might try and turn Greene into Boak.

Gawn to O’brien
Parker to Boak

Leaves me with $300,000

Next week I’ll be getting Ross and Lloyd in for rookies

So I just checked the salary calculator & O'Brien will 288k after 3 price rises, so you might need something close to 400k to get Gawn back. That's the big challenge, don't think you can last too long beyond the next month without a top line ruck. Can certainly see merit in your approach but it does create an extra headache beyond just upgrading all your rookies.

Quote from: Bully on April 17, 2019, 09:35:10 PM
So I just checked the salary calculator & O'Brien will 288k after 3 price rises, so you might need something close to 400k to get Gawn back. That's the big challenge, don't think you can last too long beyond the next month without a top line ruck. Can certainly see merit in your approach but it does create an extra headache beyond just upgrading all your rookies.

I’m banking on Gawn dropping back to a 105ish average over the next few rounds (maybe not this one as Preuss could miss) dropping a bit in price.

O’brien Is going to continue to go 80+ which is much more than Parker/Clark and Lloyd/Boak will average the same or more than Gawn in my opinion.

Agree that it will take a bit of effort to get Gawn back in but don’t think it’s impossible

Team going into round 6:

Def: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Duursma, Wilkie (Hore, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Oliver, M. Crouch, Coniglio, Libba, Walsh, Constable (Atkins, Gibbons, Scott)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Boak, Heeney, Greene, Moore, Drew (Petrucelle, Setterfield)
$21,800

Round 5 score: 2156
Round 5 rank: 35,151

Total Score: 10,899
Total Rank: 16,502

This weeks trades:
Clark > Hore
Scrimshaw > Lloyd

If O’brien continues doing what he is doing I think I should have a really good round this week.

Fyfe is the next player I am eyeing off.

Was just thinking about your O'Brien situation, what are you doing with him when you are ready to bring Gawn back?

Quote from: Bully on April 23, 2019, 08:18:36 PM
Was just thinking about your O'Brien situation, what are you doing with him when you are ready to bring Gawn back?

I’m hoping that O’Brien can get too 350-400k and Gawn goes down too 550-600k and I can do it in one trade when a fattened cash cow can be swapped out for a rookie. It may take 3 trades to get it done but if O’brien Keeps pumping out 80-90’s I don’t see why it couldn’t be done in 1 trade.

Quote from: Money Shot on April 24, 2019, 10:51:18 AM

Quote from: Bully on April 23, 2019, 08:18:36 PM
Was just thinking about your O'Brien situation, what are you doing with him when you are ready to bring Gawn back?

I’m hoping that O’Brien can get too 350-400k and Gawn goes down too 550-600k and I can do it in one trade when a fattened cash cow can be swapped out for a rookie. It may take 3 trades to get it done but if O’brien Keeps pumping out 80-90’s I don’t see why it couldn’t be done in 1 trade.

That would mean giving up ruck cover, this is where it gets tricky, I'm even unsure of what to do with him but erring on the side of a straight swap to Lycett/Lobb/Hoff. I just looked at the numbers & parity with Hoff is likely to occur in 3 weeks. Worth it? Still don't know but surely Hoff bounces back eventually.

Quote from: Bully on April 24, 2019, 11:16:20 AM

Quote from: Money Shot on April 24, 2019, 10:51:18 AM

Quote from: Bully on April 23, 2019, 08:18:36 PM
Was just thinking about your O'Brien situation, what are you doing with him when you are ready to bring Gawn back?

I’m hoping that O’Brien can get too 350-400k and Gawn goes down too 550-600k and I can do it in one trade when a fattened cash cow can be swapped out for a rookie. It may take 3 trades to get it done but if O’brien Keeps pumping out 80-90’s I don’t see why it couldn’t be done in 1 trade.

That would mean giving up ruck cover, this is where it gets tricky, I'm even unsure of what to do with him but erring on the side of a straight swap to Lycett/Lobb/Hoff. I just looked at the numbers & parity with Hoff is likely to occur in 3 weeks. Worth it? Still don't know but surely Hoff bounces back eventually.

I’m potentially looking at bringing in Hoff as a fwd through the bye rounds as F6/F7 and ruck cover

Team going into round 7

Def: Lloyd, Williams, Smith, Wilkie, Duursma, Hore (Whitfield, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Oliver, M. Crouch, Coniglio, Libba, Walsh, Gibbons (Atkins, Hayes, Scott)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Boak, Heeney, Kelly, Greene, Moore (Petrucelle, Setterfield)
$24,500

Constable to Hayes
Drew to Kelly

This would mean I don’t have any forward rookies on the field that I need to worry about and would give me another premium.

Round score: 2187
Round Rank: 13,010

Total Score: 13086
Overall Rank: 11,934

Hopefully next week I can break into the top 10,000

Solid trades. Kelly to good to pass this week

Team going into round 8 (obviously Whitfield will be on bench)

Def: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Hore, Wilkie (Answorth, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Oliver, M. Crouch, Coniglio, Libba, Walsh, Duursma (Atkins, Hayes, Scott)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Boak, Danger, Heeney, Kelly, Moore, Greene (Petrucelle, Setterfield)
Cash: $324,000

Round Score: 2106
Round Rank: 14,892

Total Score: 15,192
Overall Rank: 9,244

Trades:
Petrucelle > Moore
Gibbons > Answorth

So I went up 2640 spots this week with what I thought was a pretty poor score.

In the next two weeks I want to get Ryan and Sicily in my backline.

Team going into round 10

Def: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Hore, Duursma (Wilkie, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Fyfe, Oliver, Coniglio, M. Crouch, Libba, Walsh (Hayes, Answorth, Rowbottom)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Moore, Greene (Setterfield, Moore)
$38,600

Trades:
Atkins to Fyfe
Scott to Rowbottom

Round Score: 1984
Round Rank: 88,432

Season score: 17,176
Season Rank: 17,903

With Coniglio and Crouch both out decided to bring in the ever reliable Fyfe!

Def: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Hore, Duursma (Wilkie, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Fyfe, Oliver, Coniglio, M. Crouch, Libba, Walsh (Hayes, Answorth, Rowbottom)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Moore, Greene (Setterfield, Moore)
$38,600

Round Score: 2215
Round Rank: 30,248

Total Score: 19,391
Overall Rank: 17,050

Thinking of a double downgrade this week, will wait for teams.

Quote from: Money Shot on May 21, 2019, 05:55:00 PM
Def: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Hore, Duursma (Wilkie, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Fyfe, Oliver, Coniglio, M. Crouch, Libba, Walsh (Hayes, Answorth, Rowbottom)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Moore, Greene (Setterfield, Moore)
$38,600

Round Score: 2215
Round Rank: 30,248

Total Score: 19,391
Overall Rank: 17,050

Thinking of a double downgrade this week, will wait for teams.

Duursma>Young via Moore?
Wilkie>Garner/Hinge?

Quote from: HoleMeal on May 21, 2019, 06:03:39 PM

Quote from: Money Shot on May 21, 2019, 05:55:00 PM
Def: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Hore, Duursma (Wilkie, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Fyfe, Oliver, Coniglio, M. Crouch, Libba, Walsh (Hayes, Answorth, Rowbottom)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Moore, Greene (Setterfield, Moore)
$38,600

Round Score: 2215
Round Rank: 30,248

Total Score: 19,391
Overall Rank: 17,050

Thinking of a double downgrade this week, will wait for teams.

Duursma>Young via Moore?
Wilkie>Garner/Hinge?

Yep!

Duursma and Wilkie are gone and Young is definitely coming in.

Rotham, Garner and Hinge are the choices for the downgrade.

Almost time to bring Gawn back, think you need to make plans ASAP

Quote from: Bully on May 21, 2019, 07:38:44 PM
Almost time to bring Gawn back, think you need to make plans ASAP

I’m hoping O’brien Makes it to his bye.

Wilkie to Young
Duursma to Hinge

Gives me $434,300

Quote from: Money Shot on May 22, 2019, 09:48:15 AM

Quote from: Bully on May 21, 2019, 07:38:44 PM
Almost time to bring Gawn back, think you need to make plans ASAP

I’m hoping O’brien Makes it to his bye.

Wilkie to Young
Duursma to Hinge

Gives me $434,300

He should do, don't think you go much beyond round 13 but that seems a solid plan.

Wilkie to Hurn
Moore to Young

Gives me the big 3 in defence!!!

Double downgrade next week if all goes to plan.

Quote from: Money Shot on May 22, 2019, 10:51:37 PM
Wilkie to Hurn
Moore to Young

Gives me the big 3 in defence!!!

Double downgrade next week if all goes to plan.

Solid trades MS. Whats your plans for williams?

Quote from: sammy123 on May 23, 2019, 01:59:53 AM

Quote from: Money Shot on May 22, 2019, 10:51:37 PM
Wilkie to Hurn
Moore to Young

Gives me the big 3 in defence!!!

Double downgrade next week if all goes to plan.

Solid trades MS. Whats your plans for williams?

I think he is good enough to be a keeper.

I just pray he is back for round 13.

Def: Lloyd, Whitfield, Hurn, Williams, Smith, Hore (Duursma, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Fyfe, Oliver, M. Crouch, Coniglio, Libba, Walsh (Answorth, Rowbottom, Baker)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield (D. Moore, Young)
Cash: $106,400

Round Score: 2169 (21 players)
Round Rank: 61,270

Total Score: 21,560
Overall Rank: 21,941

Trades:
Hayes > Baker

Next week I will probably just being doing the one trade getting Coleman-Jones in.

Def: Lloyd, Hurn, Whitfield, Williams, Smith, Hore (Duursma, Burgess)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Fyfe, Oliver, M. Crouch, Coniglio, Libba, Walsh (Answorth, Rowbottom, Baker)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield (D. Moore, Young)
Cash: $106,400

Round Score: 2,209
Round Rank: 43,605

Total Score: 23,769
Overall Rank: 23,713

Whitfield > Ryan

Is all for this week.

Will have 21 playing if Rowbottom plays.

Next week

Hore > Sicily
Moore (assuming he isn’t named) > Gardner
Baker > Bewley

Def: Lloyd, Hurn, Ryan, Williams, Smith, Hore (Answorth, Burgess)
Mid: Neale, Cripps, Fyfe, Oliver, Coniglio, Crouch, Libba, Walsh (Duursma, Baker, Rowbottom)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Kelly, Boak, Heeney, Greene, Setterfield (Moore, Young)

Round Score: 2024
Round Rank: 10,636

Total Score: 25,793
Overall Rank: 18,840

Round trades:
Hore > Sicily
Baker > Bewley
Moore > Gardner

Leaves me with $250,000

Next week
Walsh > Macrae
O’brien > Gawn
Duursma > Clarke

That’ll leave me with 7 trades with 1 upgraded needed in the forward line.

Going to have to stick with the underperforming Smith, Libba and Greene for most of the season as I would rather keep the trades for later on.

Do you have Duursma?
So it means playing one of setterfield/young/gardner each week? Would you consider keeping Walsh a bit longer and spend the cash in the fwd line?

Suspect one of Answoth listed twice is Dursma,

If correct would you consider Answerth rather than Dursma. Marcus Adams is resuming in NEAFL next week, Bailey is not far away so could be dead wood on bench whereas Dursma has the better JS.

Would you have the cash to go Moore to Macrae rather than Walsh.

Yep I have Duursma, edited the team now.

Think I will be getting rid of Duursma next round due to needing the cash.

Upgrading Setterfield instead of Walsh is enticing though. Don’t know why i haven’t thought of that.

After ROB last night I think I’ll leave him as my last upgrade.

Answorth > Clarke
Setterfield > Marshall
Walsh > Macrae

No thoughts on leaving the Walsh to Macrae one for one week because of the BEs?

Quote from: PowerBug on June 14, 2019, 01:24:47 PM
No thoughts on leaving the Walsh to Macrae one for one week because of the BEs?

Obviously I’ll reasses next week. If Walsh has an average game and Macrae kills it I’ll defintely be doing those trades next week.

Quote from: Money Shot on June 14, 2019, 01:32:47 PM

Quote from: PowerBug on June 14, 2019, 01:24:47 PM
No thoughts on leaving the Walsh to Macrae one for one week because of the BEs?

Obviously I’ll reasses next week. If Walsh has an average game and Macrae kills it I’ll defintely be doing those trades next week.

Oh so those are Rd 14 trades you have above? That's fine, if you were doing Walsh to Macrae for Rd 13 then I'd consider looking elsewhere. I'm in a similar spot with Walsh where I sort of hope he just scores 80-85 so I'm happy to trade him next week. Another 100 and it would be difficult to move him on.

Quote from: PowerBug on June 14, 2019, 01:53:48 PM

Quote from: Money Shot on June 14, 2019, 01:32:47 PM

Quote from: PowerBug on June 14, 2019, 01:24:47 PM
No thoughts on leaving the Walsh to Macrae one for one week because of the BEs?

Obviously I’ll reasses next week. If Walsh has an average game and Macrae kills it I’ll defintely be doing those trades next week.

Oh so those are Rd 14 trades you have above? That's fine, if you were doing Walsh to Macrae for Rd 13 then I'd consider looking elsewhere. I'm in a similar spot with Walsh where I sort of hope he just scores 80-85 so I'm happy to trade him next week. Another 100 and it would be difficult to move him on.

Yep, should have specified.

They will be my round 14 trades.

Team going into round 14 (after trades)

Def: Lloyd, Hurn, Ryan, Sicily, Williams, Smith (Answorth, Gardner)
Mid: Neale, Cripps, Fyfe, Macrae, Oliver, Coniglio,M. Crouch, Libba (Bewley, Clarke, Rowbottom)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Kelly, Boak, Heeney, Billings, Greene (Moore, Young)
$156,500

Round Score: 1761
Round Rank: 12,605

Total Score: 27,554
Overall Rank: 12,504

Another good round in terms of overall rankings. I have moved up 10,000 spots in the first two bye rounds.

Walsh > Macrae
Setterfield > Billings
Duursma > Clarke

Next week:
Libba > Sloane

I have 20 playing if all available play. That is relying on Answorth, Gardner, Bewley, Clarke, Rowbottom and D. Moore. I’m hoping I can get 18!

Any plans to get Gawn in or relying on O'Brien? If so I would try and work Gawn in this week rather than Billings but your choice.

Quote from: Ringo on June 19, 2019, 11:15:51 AM
Any plans to get Gawn in or relying on O'Brien? If so I would try and work Gawn in this week rather than Billings but your choice.

Due to limited trades (only have 7 left after this round) I am going to wait for O’brien To make a bit more cash before trading.

Manage to field 18 this week.

After moving up 10,000 spots in the last two rounds I’m hopeful that I’ll break into the top 10,000 again this week.

Quote from: Money Shot on June 20, 2019, 09:03:31 PM
Manage to field 18 this week.

After moving up 10,000 spots in the last two rounds I’m hopeful that I’ll break into the top 10,000 again this week.

Good luck mate, just gotta hope Gawn doesn't go mental this week.

Team going into round 15

Def: Lloyd, Hurn, Ryan, Sicily, Williams, Smith (Answerth, Gardner)
Mid: Cripps, Fyfe, Macrae, Neale, Coniglio, Oliver, Sloane, M. Crouch (Clarke, Bewley, Rowbottom)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Kelly, Boak, Heeney, Billings, Greene (Dylan Moore, Young)
Cash:56,200
Trades left: 6

Round Score: 1777
Round Rank: 16,123

Total Score: 29,331
Total Rank: 16,123

All I want to do now is upgrade O’brien To Gawn.

Greene hasn’t been to bad recently so I’m happy to have him at F6.
Smith has been underwhelming recently but I can’t afford to upgrade him with limited trades.

Team going into round 16

Def: Whitfield, Lloyd, Hurn, Ryan, Williams, Sicily (Answorth, Gardner)
Mid: Fyfe, Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Oliver, Coniglio, Sloane, M. Crouch (Clarke, Bewley, Rowbottom)
Ruc: Grundy, O’brien (Bines)
Fwd: Dangerfield, Boak, Kelly, Billings, Heeney, Greene (Chol, Young)
$28,700

Round score: 2,340 (with Danger Captain)
Round rank: 6,089

Total Score: 31,671
Total Rank: 12,931

Trades:
Smith > Whitfield
Moore > Chol

Decided Smith isn’t going to make the cut for my final team and Whitfield who should be back this week will give me a massive boost coming into finals.

4 trades and O’brien to Gawn the only thing I want too do. O’Brien has a breakeven of 1 and Gawn has a break even or 212 so in a couple of weeks it should be a relatively easy trade.

Greene the only player I need to carry but he hasn’t been shocking so I’m happy to keep him if he keeps going 70+ with the occasional 100.

With Whitfield being out I’ve decided to hold Smith another week!

Def: Lloyd, Hurn, Ryan, Sicily, Williams, Smith (Answorth, Gardner)
Mid: Cripps, Neale, Fyfe, Macrae, Oliver, Coniglio, Sloane, M. Crouch (Clarke, Rowbottom, Bewley)
Ruc: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Kelly, Walters, Billings, Heeney, Greene (Hanrahan, Young)
$42,300
Trades: 3

Round Score: 2,578
Round Rank: 162

Total Score: 34,249
Overall Rank: 6,793

Pretty happy with where I am now. Smith and Greene I’m holding even though I know they will be underperforming however I’d prefer the trades for finals.