C Judd 3 votes.

[NickyBoy]

Refer to last post.

[AaronKirk]

Good to be back in the SC spirit! Always the most exciting part of SC is the start of the season. Here is my first crack at it:
DEFS: Shaw, Gibson, Hurn, Rampe, Waters, Goddard (Warren, Wigg)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Watson, Tmitchell, Petracca, Van Berlo, Freeman (Dick, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Leuy (COX)
FWDS: Goddard, Martin, Gunston, Swan, Membrey, Clark (Hogan, C. Daniel)
Remaining Salary: $100
Few concerns which are Gibson and definitely Tmitchell but I feel that with Nick Mal gone, Mitchell may feature now.

Some interesting POD picks

I'd move TMitch into the forwads and bring in either a mid rookie or premo for Gunston.

Gibbo is a risk in defence, so is Rampe. The latter mainly because we still are unsure what role he will play now Malceski is at the Suns.

Decent platform to start with none the less.

[NickyBoy]

Some interesting POD picks

I'd move TMitch into the forwads and bring in either a mid rookie or premo for Gunston.

Gibbo is a risk in defence, so is Rampe. The latter mainly because we still are unsure what role he will play now Malceski is at the Suns.

Decent platform to start with none the less.

Gibbo is at 497k so I think that's a bit too much for him. I went for Birchall instead. My gut feeling is that Mcveigh is going to fill the void from Nick Mal but if not, Rampe would be locked in 100%.

My backup team is
DEFS: Shaw, Birchall, Hurn, Everitt,, Waters, Goddard (Warren, Wigg)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Watson, Swan, Petracca, Van Berlo, Freeman (Dick, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Leuy (COX)
FWDS: Goddard, Martin, Tmichell, Walters, Membrey, Clark (Hogan, C. Daniel)
Remaining Salary: 94,500
Not too sure about Walters, he was on my radar last year till his injury. I may replace him with Stevie Motlop.

[NickyBoy]

I've now officially changed this into my diary thread.
DEFS: Shaw, Birchall, Hurn, Everitt,, Waters, Goddard (Warren, Wigg)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Barlow, D Rich, Brayshaw, Van Berlo, Freeman (Dick, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Leuy (COX)
FWDS: Deledio, Goddard, Martin, Tmichell, Membrey, Clark (Hogan, C. Daniel)
Remaining Salary: $19,800.

I'm more comfortable with this team here, it looks fairly solid.

INS: Deledio, Barlow, Rich and Brayshaw.
OUTS: Watson, Swan, Petrecca and Walters.

[Mat0369]

As a Carlton supporter I wouldn't be touching Everitt, Mick was using him in lockdown roles often which can kill his scoring.

I really do like it though. 

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I've now officially changed this into my diary thread.
DEFS: Shaw, Birchall, Hurn, Everitt,, Waters, Goddard (Warren, Wigg)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Barlow, D Rich, Brayshaw, Van Berlo, Freeman (Dick, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Leuy (COX)
FWDS: Deledio, Goddard, Martin, Tmichell, Membrey, Clark (Hogan, C. Daniel)
Remaining Salary: $19,800.

I'm more comfortable with this team here, it looks fairly solid.

INS: Deledio, Barlow, Rich and Brayshaw.
OUTS: Watson, Swan, Petrecca and Walters.

It is an interesting team. Hurn, shaw, Birchall should be top 10... Wondering what you want out of Everitt... Won't be s top 10 IMO not priced low enough to be a cow.
Barlow is a top class pod, really like him.
Rucks are risky, I would look to upgrade leuy rather than him being s keeper.
Like you fwds, think swan is a must, top 10 for sure. Chuck Deledio out for him with wicka saying lids will play more forward.
Use left over cash for a 100% keeper down back.

[NickyBoy]

DEFS: Shaw, Birchall, Hurn, Newnes, Waters, Goddard (Warren, Wigg)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Barlow, D Rich, Brayshaw, Van Berlo, Freeman (Dick, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Leuy (COX)
FWDS: Deledio, Goddard, Martin, Tmichell, Membrey, Clark (Hogan, C. Daniel)
Remaining Salary: $19,300

Thanks so far for the advice guys. I jumped on the Newnes bandwagon which is a better pick. I'm sticking with my risky rucks as high risk could mean high reward (or failure).I'm undecided on the forward line. I could either A) Keep deledio and downgrade a couple from mid/defence to upgrade Tmitchell to Swan. Or, I can downgrade Deledio to possibly Christensen, Dahl or if I dare, Rioli.

[Money Shot]

I really think you need to lock in Swan as he will be top 5 for 465k.
Apart from that it's a good team.
Would downgrade Goddard to Swan because I like the Mitchell pick.

[NickyBoy]

Spent a lot of time away from my SC team thinking i'd leave it until the NAB cup starts but with Waters being injured, it's forced me to make some changes.

Just 1 the change of N Brown in for Waters. This now leaves me with $139,600 leftover. 1 Possible trade I can do is get Bellchambers in for Membrey. However, i'm not sold on Bellchambers scoring well even though its good cover for the rucks. What should I do with the money guys?

[NickyBoy]

UPDATE: With Lids having Achilles soreness, I thought i'd trade him out. That left me with a fair bit of cash to spend so I've made some more changes to the team.

DEFS: Shaw, Birchall, Hurn, Newnes, Brown, Goddard (Warren, Wigg)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Barlow, A.Swallow, Heeny, Van Berlo, Freeman (Dick, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Leuy (COX)
FWDS: Bartel, Goddard, Martin, Tmichell, Saad, Clark (Hogan, C. Daniel)
Remaining Cash: $87,500

Few things i'll be keeping an eye out is to see how Membrey fits into St Kilda's team. It's either him or Saad to take F5. Unsure about Jimmy but I think he's one of the best options around as a POD. Another one i'm considering is Patty Ryder or even NRoo although Nroo starts dropping off mid season but he's a strong starter and finisher. Andy Swallow at just over 500k is an absolute bargain for a player of his calibre. Been trying to get him into my team for awhile but with waters out, it gave me a bit of cash to upgrade Rich. I still got a bit of cash left so that could be used to upgrade some rookies e.g Saad or Brown if there are better options to choose when the NAB cup finishes.

p.s a name change was also done to The Socceroos

[AaronKirk]

Still going to be a problem getting a rookie priced player to be D6 come season start. Allan Richardson in his interview with AFL.com.au basically said Goddard will not play early games.

Saad is on the rookie list at St Kilda and needs to be promoted to play. Keep that in mind.

[Holden the ball]

you might want to ship off waters unlikely to play round 1

[NickyBoy]

Still going to be a problem getting a rookie priced player to be D6 come season start. Allan Richardson in his interview with AFL.com.au basically said Goddard will not play early games.

Saad is on the rookie list at St Kilda and needs to be promoted to play. Keep that in mind.

Hopefully Saad gets upgraded.

I made a second team, what do you think is better?
DEFS: Shaw, Hibberd, Hurn, Newnes, Lever, Maynard (Brown, Wigg)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Barlow, A.Swallow, Heeny, Van Berlo, Freeman (Dick, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Leuy (COX)
FWDS: Bartel, Goddard, Martin, Tmichell, Saad, Clark (Hogan, C. Daniel)

Or

DEFS: Shaw, Hibberd, Hurn, Newnes, Lever, Maynard (Brown, Wigg)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, A.Swallow, Hannebery, Heeny, Van Berlo, Freeman (Dick, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Maric (COX)
FWDS: Goddard, Martin, Swan, Tmichell, Saad, Clark (Hogan, C. Daniel)

[Jelemas10]

Team 2 for me but I think the Backs are too weak overall.

[NickyBoy]

I've spent a fair bit of time away from SC since i've been pulling my hair out too much. I've made some changes to the side which I think is decent now.

DEFS: Shaw, Hibberd, Newnes, Lumumba, Dick, Maynard (Saad, Mckenzie)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Barlow, A.Swallow, Van Berlo, Anderson, Vandernberg  (Heeny, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Maric (COX)
FWDS: Goddard, Martin, Smith, Swan, Hogan, Clark (Karnezis, Krak)
Salary: $2,200

My concern is that backline since it's very weak. I might consider ibbo or Jamie Mac to fill D5 and look to downgrade Maric/Smith.