no more fun/experimental teams,time to get serious

[jimmytigs]

Team value: $9,666,600.       Salary cap left: $333,400.

Brendon Goddard, $658,600
Luke Hodge, $589,000
Brian Lake, $528,700
Brett Deledio, $515,400
Ben Jacobs, $137,500
Matthew Watson, $127,500
Michael Coad, $87,500
Tendai Mzungu, $87,500
Cameron Richardson, $87,500
Daniel Talia, $87,500

Dane Swan, $641,500
Chris Judd, $599,100
Matthew Boyd, $537,800
David Swallow, $212,500
Andrew Gaff, $197,500
Dyson Heppell, $177,500
Shaun Atley, $132,500
Joshua Green, $87,500
Andrew Krakouer, $87,500

Aaron Sandilands, $576,500
Max Bailey, $87,500
Tom McDonald, $87,500
Zac Smith, $87,500

Paul Chapman, $588,800
Lance Franklin, $543,500
Alan Didak, $524,200
Matthew Pavlich, $502,300
Brendan Fevola, $250,200
Chris Knights, $246,800
Drew Petrie, $224,500
Ryan Gamble, $192,200
Jack Darling, $87,500
Luke Tapscott, $87,500

Im seeing some crows fans pick talia so based on that & fact that he was high draft pick last year im taking him as b/f option but could change if necessary,also dont know the freo boy but hes popular,rest of backs rock solid.Originally thought 4 & 5 for mids but this 3/6 combo isnt bad.Bit chancy in rucks but chances are that 1 of bailey,mcdonald,smith or petrie will play every week to back up sandi so i think ok.No apoligies for mid price options in forward line,gamble will get a game at saints & petrie,knights & fev are all quality players if on song & i dont rate either the cheapies or any of the other premiums including riewoldt.

Risking a donut or 2 maybe but with this team im sure i would win most games even with 2 donuts & some nice coin in the bank

[j959]

If you're going for a league win only, I'd rate it an 8.
don't mind the 3/6 for your mids

Is fairly solid apart from the following personal concerns:

*you're relying on 2 rooks on the field in def, potentially cost you in the initial stages.
* with your rucks - I don't know anything about Bailey but have seen him in a number of teams, the only issue is you may have to pull Petrie into the ruck every other week (or have some low scores) so the coin you're saving may not outweigh the points you'll be conceding if you don't move him in.
* don't mind the fwds at all apart from being able to cover Petrie's possible (perma) move to your ruck division.

Conclusion: solid mate, but something just doesn't look/feel right with the structure - can't put my finger on it but if you're giving up on overall ranking, no issues

[tferrier18]

Sorry mate, I don't rate this team at all. Here's why

-3 rookies in the backline
-7 starting rookies (inc. Bailey)
-Only 12 prems (Should be 13 or 14)
-Too much money left over
-Rucks are way too weak with only Sandi
-Fev is a big risk
-After I saw how weak your rucks were I thought you would have at least had Majak Daw on your bench so you could sub in Petrie, even if Daw doesn't play it'd still be useful. You can usually get away with only having 1 playing bench ruckman so this would be fine.
-Gamble is too expensive to be sitting on your bench

If I had to rate it, 6-7/10

Sorry man, but this team just doesn't appeal to me...others may disagree though

[j959]

whoops! 3 rooks in the backline!

jimmy, guessing your leftover cash is for your upgrade strategy ...

[mophead222]

Sorry mate, I don't rate this team at all. Here's why

-3 rookies in the backline
-7 starting rookies (inc. Bailey)
-Only 12 prems (Should be 13 or 14)
-Too much money left over
-Rucks are way too weak with only Sandi
-Fev is a big risk
-After I saw how weak your rucks were I thought you would have at least had Majak Daw on your bench so you could sub in Petrie, even if Daw doesn't play it'd still be useful. You can usually get away with only having 1 playing bench ruckman so this would be fine.
-Gamble is too expensive to be sitting on your bench

If I had to rate it, 6-7/10


Sorry man, but this team just doesn't appeal to me...others may disagree though

He has mcdonald who is a R/F.
but yer i dont like this team to much, if you would start two rooks in the backs, put heppell back there.

also fev is a huge NO NO
also gamble NOPE

[LiveTheDream]

+: I don't mind the mids and I know you're a fan of Boyd.

-: Wouldn't bother with Gamble or Fev. I think you're far better off starting a rookie in the forwards and playing Petrie as a ruck. Don't rate Riewoldt in the forward line?? Very questionable!

I'd downgrade a few players and spend the salary cap to upgrade one of your back rookies and it will look a lot safer.

[Barlow 21]

I wouldn`t reccomend Fev and Gamble due to their inconsistent ways. -1 Doubt Gamble will recieve many games. Starting 3 rookies in the back is a poor option and this means your backline is very week. -1

Rucks are horrible in no second recognized ruckman. I tried that last season and boy didn`t it work. -1 :(

7/10