Rico's Advice Thread 2015

[GraysFan]

Hey Greatest man alive (Rico)

ive been fiddling around with my team and have come up with a 6 premo defence line... tell me im stupid for doing it?
My team is

Simpson, Shaw, Gibson, Hibberd, Newnes, Lulumba (goddard, Oxley/dick/saad)
Pendles, Fyfe, Ward, Barlow, Greene, Newton, Anderson, Vandenberg (Ellis yolman, Freemon, Dumont)
NicNat, Belly (cox)
Bartel, Swan, Titchel, Clarke, Karnezis, Steele (Hogan, Lambert)

Do you think it makes the other lines too weak? any advice would be helpful

Thanks mate!

[Huttabito]

Hey Rico,

Midfield currently stands as:
Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams, JPK, Griffen, Newton, Cripps, Vandenberg (Freeman, Steele, Heeney)

I really want Gray and think he's about to explode but can't fit him in the FWD with all the decent rookies.
To fit him in the MID and swing him FWD later in the season, I need to downgrade Newton/Cripps to lower priced rookie to free up enough $$ to upgrade the other to Gray.

Currently not running GAZ so Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams/Selwood, JPK are a must and I see value in Griffin.

Do you think this is worth it or 2 of the Newton/Cripps or the NVB type are a must have?

Cheers in advance!

Edit: If it helps this is the current full team:
DEF: Shaw, Gibson, Hurn, Newnes, Lumumba, Goddard (Hamling, Saad)
MID: Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams, JPK, Griffen, Newton, Cripps, Vandenberg (Freeman, Steele, Heeney)
RUC: Maric, NicNat (Read)
FWD: Martin, Swan, Salem, Clark, Hogan, Karnezis (Lamb, Lambert)

[TexR74]

Who is the best midfielder available for $455k?

Love ya work,
Tex

Jack Steven mate. Has gone 105+ before

What if it could be either a forward or mid? Plus i am legitimatley $100 short of steven

I'd still try and get Steven mate. He's the best pick around that price.

Others i like though are TMitchell and Ziebell

Ok, i got Steven but it was at the expense of Nathan Freeman (who i dont really care about) I brought in Ellis-Yolmen, is he a good pick? Also can u take a look at the few changes i've made to my team?

DEF: Simpson, H Shaw, Newnes, Higgins, K Kolodjashnij, A Saad (Maynard, H Goddard)

MID: Ablett, Pendlebury, Griffen, A Swallow, Neale, J Steven, Cripps, Heeney (J Anderson, Ellis-Yolmen, K Lambert)

RUC: Goldstein, Maric (Read)

FWD: D Martin, Swan, J Martin, Bellchambers, M Clark, Hogan (Steele, C Daniel)

$10,500 left over

Woah man that midfield is loaded! think your missing out on too many good rooks there. Mainly NVB and Newton

Ok, if i downgrade Neale to Newton, what should use the extra cash on?
Cheers Legend

[TexR74]

Best defender aside from Simpson? i'm thinking Hibberd?

[Ricochet]

Hey Greatest man alive (Rico)

ive been fiddling around with my team and have come up with a 6 premo defence line... tell me im stupid for doing it?
My team is

Simpson, Shaw, Gibson, Hibberd, Newnes, Lulumba (goddard, Oxley/dick/saad)
Pendles, Fyfe, Ward, Barlow, Greene, Newton, Anderson, Vandenberg (Ellis yolman, Freemon, Dumont)
NicNat, Belly (cox)
Bartel, Swan, Titchel, Clarke, Karnezis, Steele (Hogan, Lambert)

Do you think it makes the other lines too weak? any advice would be helpful

Thanks mate!

Hey legend, sorry I took a little bit to get back to ya

DEF: Yep very very strong man. But only pick I can fault is Hibberd. Its looking more and more likely that Bombers boys would get bans. Also Bombers players haven't been able to take part in any practice matches or NAB games and thats a concern because there is no substitute for games against opposition. The rest of your picks are perfect. Structure-wise I think you can afford to drop one of these boys down to a cheap midpricer like an Ibbotson/CPearce/Bewick/Geary/etc.
MIDS: Good to see the 6 premo backs haven't weakened your mids, that was the first thing i looked at. But your top 4 are great picks. Barlow looks set to play for Peel Thunder on the 28th, a week before round 1, so if he gets through that then he'll be good to go. I do have concerns with Greene and I'll quote my thoughts on him below. For your rookies also consider NVB, Cripps, Cockatoo, Lang and Heeney.
RUCKS: Ok i think we need to have a look at this line. NIcNat is a lock. But Belly at R2 with no cover is a bit risky mate. There's two things you can do here. Either upgrade R3 to a 200k-ish rookie so you have room to move come round 1 and can grab the best available rookie. OR you can upgrade R2 to a premo and switch Belly to your fwd line to use as swinging cover. Again, I think Bombers boys will cop bans so thats something to consider.
FWDS: Structure-wise its perfect with 3 premos (well 2 and TMitch) and 3 rooks. Your 2 gun premos are perfect and love the TMitchell pick man. Rookies are gine at this stage as well. Also consider Salem, Lamb, Lonie and Krakouer.

So yeh maybe look at Downgrading D6 mate (probably Hibberd because i love all your other picks), and strengthening your ruck line man.

Thoughts on Greene...

Just wondered about people's thoughts on Toby Greene as a genuine midfield premium option.

When he came back from his suspension last year - over the last 9 rounds - he averaged 120.3 and one of those scores was a 63 (his first game back funnily enough).

Considering all of this I am wondering about whether he is deserving of a midfield position.

Yeh he did dominate from RD17 onwards but

Congilio only played up until round 16
Scully only up to round 18
Whitfield only up to round 17

So add those 3 back in, along with Griffen and Greene could be severely hampered. Just something to consider.

[Ricochet]

Hey Rico,

Midfield currently stands as:
Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams, JPK, Griffen, Newton, Cripps, Vandenberg (Freeman, Steele, Heeney)

I really want Gray and think he's about to explode but can't fit him in the FWD with all the decent rookies.
To fit him in the MID and swing him FWD later in the season, I need to downgrade Newton/Cripps to lower priced rookie to free up enough $$ to upgrade the other to Gray.

Currently not running GAZ so Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams/Selwood, JPK are a must and I see value in Griffin.

Do you think this is worth it or 2 of the Newton/Cripps or the NVB type are a must have?

Cheers in advance!

Edit: If it helps this is the current full team:
DEF: Shaw, Gibson, Hurn, Newnes, Lumumba, Goddard (Hamling, Saad)
MID: Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams, JPK, Griffen, Newton, Cripps, Vandenberg (Freeman, Steele, Heeney)
RUC: Maric, NicNat (Read)
FWD: Martin, Swan, Salem, Clark, Hogan, Karnezis (Lamb, Lambert)

No I wouldn't mate. Newton and NVB are must haves imo. Cripps I have concerns about because he will probably cop vests. And your fwd line is fine as it is, plus like you said Griff is great value. I would keep your structure as is man.

[Ricochet]

Who is the best midfielder available for $455k?

Love ya work,
Tex

Jack Steven mate. Has gone 105+ before

What if it could be either a forward or mid? Plus i am legitimatley $100 short of steven

I'd still try and get Steven mate. He's the best pick around that price.

Others i like though are TMitchell and Ziebell

Ok, i got Steven but it was at the expense of Nathan Freeman (who i dont really care about) I brought in Ellis-Yolmen, is he a good pick? Also can u take a look at the few changes i've made to my team?

DEF: Simpson, H Shaw, Newnes, Higgins, K Kolodjashnij, A Saad (Maynard, H Goddard)

MID: Ablett, Pendlebury, Griffen, A Swallow, Neale, J Steven, Cripps, Heeney (J Anderson, Ellis-Yolmen, K Lambert)

RUC: Goldstein, Maric (Read)

FWD: D Martin, Swan, J Martin, Bellchambers, M Clark, Hogan (Steele, C Daniel)

$10,500 left over

Woah man that midfield is loaded! think your missing out on too many good rooks there. Mainly NVB and Newton

Ok, if i downgrade Neale to Newton, what should use the extra cash on?
Cheers Legend

A couple of options man. You could look at upgrading someone like Swallow to a gun mid like Fyfe/Jelwood/etc
Or upgrading Kolo to Lumumba/Gibson/etc
Or JMartin to a gun fwd like Lids/Gray/etc

Think either of those options would really strengthen your team. You have a lot of value picks, but probably time to look at some real top end premos

[Ricochet]

Best defender aside from Simpson? i'm thinking Hibberd?

HShaw would be definitely my next pick mate. Hibberd may cop a ban and hasn't been able to participate in any practice games/NAB games. And there is no substitute for games against opposition

[Hawker_08]

Here we go.

Def: Simpson, Shaw, Birchall, Newnes, Lumumba, Brown., (Saad, Goddard)

Mid: Pendles, Selwood, JPK, Ward, Neale, Newton, Anderson, Heeney, (Boekhorst, Vandenberg, Krakouer)

Ruck: Maric, Nic Nat (Read)

Fwd: Gray, Martin, Swan, Salem, Clark, Hogan (Lamb, Lambert)

Cheers Mate. Great thread btw

[Ricochet]

Here we go.

Def: Simpson, Shaw, Birchall, Newnes, Lumumba, Brown., (Saad, Goddard)

Mid: Pendles, Selwood, JPK, Ward, Neale, Newton, Anderson, Heeney, (Boekhorst, Vandenberg, Krakouer)

Ruck: Maric, Nic Nat (Read)

Fwd: Gray, Martin, Swan, Salem, Clark, Hogan (Lamb, Lambert)

Cheers Mate. Great thread btw

Ok man lets have a look, at first glance this looks like a really solid team man, but i'll go through line by line anyway.

DEF: Hard to knock mate. Your top end premo's are perfect and both Newnes/Lumumba are great value. Keep an eye on Birchall though because he is still managing his knee injury. You might need to keep some cash on hand for D6 to grab the best available rookie, because I wouldn't recommend starting NBRown.

MIDS: Top 4 are very very solid and Neale is a decent risk. Rookies are fine at this stage, except I would be careful with Anderson and Boeky, they have vest written all over them. Also consider NVB, Cockatoo, Lang, Steele.

RUCKS: Great premo picks. Concern is lack of cover though. I am recommending people upgrade their R3 to a 200kish rookie to allow for movement here when rookies are named come round 1. I currently have Phillips

FWDS Perfect line mate. Top end picks are great and rookies are perfect. Can't fault it.

So going back to your original question of Ablett and Smedts VS Simpson and Neale, I would recommend the second option like you have above. Smedts at D5 is far too risky imo

[Hawker_08]

Here we go.

Def: Simpson, Shaw, Birchall, Newnes, Lumumba, Brown., (Saad, Goddard)

Mid: Pendles, Selwood, JPK, Ward, Neale, Newton, Anderson, Heeney, (Boekhorst, Vandenberg, Krakouer)

Ruck: Maric, Nic Nat (Read)

Fwd: Gray, Martin, Swan, Salem, Clark, Hogan (Lamb, Lambert)

Cheers Mate. Great thread btw

Ok man lets have a look, at first glance this looks like a really solid team man, but i'll go through line by line anyway.

DEF: Hard to knock mate. Your top end premo's are perfect and both Newnes/Lumumba are great value. Keep an eye on Birchall though because he is still managing his knee injury. You might need to keep some cash on hand for D6 to grab the best available rookie, because I wouldn't recommend starting NBRown.

MIDS: Top 4 are very very solid and Neale is a decent risk. Rookies are fine at this stage, except I would be careful with Anderson and Boeky, they have vest written all over them. Also consider NVB, Cockatoo, Lang, Steele.

RUCKS: Great premo picks. Concern is lack of cover though. I am recommending people upgrade their R3 to a 200kish rookie to allow for movement here when rookies are named come round 1. I currently have Phillips

FWDS Perfect line mate. Top end picks are great and rookies are perfect. Can't fault it.

So going back to your original question of Ablett and Smedts VS Simpson and Neale, I would recommend the second option like you have above. Smedts at D5 is far too risky imo

Cheers mate.

[NickyBoy]

Hey Rico, I would love your advice on 2 possible teams for myself.

Currently:

DEFS: Shaw, Hibberd, Newnes, Lumumba, Macmilan, Dick (Saad, Edwards)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Barlow, A.Swallow, Van Berlo, Anderson, Vandernberg  (Heeny, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Belly (Read)
FWDS: Bartel, Goddard, Martin, Swan, Hogan, Clark (Karnezis, Krak)
salary left $9,100

Or

DEFS: Shaw, Hibberd, Newnes, Lumumba, Macmilian, Saad (Brown, Dick)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Barlow, Cripps, Van Berlo, Steele, Vandernberg  (Heeny, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Mummy (Read)
FWDS: Bartel, Goddard, Martin, Swan, Hogan, Clark (Karnezis, Krak)
Cash left $25,900

Option 1 has the better balance in terms of structure mate, but Belly at R2 is too weak with no cover and a basement rookie at D6 is also too weak. Maybe drop one of your fwd premos down to a rookie. Most teams will go 3 premo fwds, with some going with only 2

What do you think of the changes?

DEFS: Shaw, Hibberd, Newnes, Lumumba, Macmilan, Pearce (Saad, Dick)
MIDS: Ablett, Pendles, Jelwood, Barlow, A.Swallow, Van Berlo, Steele, Vandernberg  (Heeny, Dumont, Lambert)
RUCKS: Nic Nat, Maric (Read)
FWDS: Bartel, Martin, Swan, Salem Hogan, Clark (Karnezis, Krak)
8600 left in the bank.

What's your opinion on Selwood or JPK? Or even upgrade Barlow to Ward/JPK? Also, I was thinking of grabbing Gibson in since it looks like he will be playing as loose man in the hawks defence. Do you think he has the potential to score more than Hibberd?

[Hawker_08]

I think alot of people are being sucked in by Gibbo. Birchall will come back and play spare man. Gibson will match up on Clark week 1 and Lake will take Hawkins. Gibson definitely wont be spare man rebounding against Geelong, that is for sure.

[Huttabito]

Hey Rico,

Midfield currently stands as:
Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams, JPK, Griffen, Newton, Cripps, Vandenberg (Freeman, Steele, Heeney)

I really want Gray and think he's about to explode but can't fit him in the FWD with all the decent rookies.
To fit him in the MID and swing him FWD later in the season, I need to downgrade Newton/Cripps to lower priced rookie to free up enough $$ to upgrade the other to Gray.

Currently not running GAZ so Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams/Selwood, JPK are a must and I see value in Griffin.

Do you think this is worth it or 2 of the Newton/Cripps or the NVB type are a must have?

Cheers in advance!

Edit: If it helps this is the current full team:
DEF: Shaw, Gibson, Hurn, Newnes, Lumumba, Goddard (Hamling, Saad)
MID: Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams, JPK, Griffen, Newton, Cripps, Vandenberg (Freeman, Steele, Heeney)
RUC: Maric, NicNat (Read)
FWD: Martin, Swan, Salem, Clark, Hogan, Karnezis (Lamb, Lambert)

No I wouldn't mate. Newton and NVB are must haves imo. Cripps I have concerns about because he will probably cop vests. And your fwd line is fine as it is, plus like you said Griff is great value. I would keep your structure as is man.

Cheers Mate.

I had a bit of coin in the bank and by downgrading Lumumba (or Hurn, thoughts?) to Bewick I freed up just enough to Cripps to Gray. At least I get my boy Gray to swing FWD mid season and can at least have Newton/NVB. Really hoping I don't need to throw more money into the DEF line....

Still left with $19k to rookie watch before RD1.

DEF: Shaw, Gibson, Hurn, Newnes, Bewick, Goddard (Hamling, Saad)
MID: Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams, JPK, Gray, Griffen, Newton, Vandenberg (Freeman, Steele, Heeney)
RUC: Maric, NicNat (Read)
FWD: Martin, Swan, Salem, Clark, Hogan, Karnezis (Lamb, Lambert)

[jfitty]

I think alot of people are being sucked in by Gibbo. Birchall will come back and play spare man. Gibson will match up on Clark week 1 and Lake will take Hawkins. Gibson definitely wont be spare man rebounding against Geelong, that is for sure.

I'm considering Gibson. It's impossible to know for sure, but I'd say Lake goes to Hawkins and Frawley goes to Clark, meaning Gibson takes the third tall.

Can't see him getting as much space as he did against the Saints, but he still has the potential to rack up the possessions at a high efficiency since he'll be freed up from playing on the main forward.