Rico's Advice Thread 2015

[TexR74]

Best mid for $260k? Soo close to finalising my team, already have Cripps, Brayshaw, Cockatoo, Heeney, CEY & Miller.

[Blues Blues Blues]

Hey Rico, with Bellchambers cleared I'm really keen on getting him into F4 as cover for NicNat.

BUT, I can't afford. Can you give advice on where to generate the funds via which downgrades?!

Def: Shaw, Gibson, Newnes, Lamumba, Goodes, Saad (Brown, Mcintosh)
Mid: GAJ, Fyfe, Beams, JPK, Swan, Cripps, Cockatoo, Heeney (CEY, Steele, Lambert)
Ruc: Goldy, NicNat (Mclaren)
Fwd: Gray, Bartel, Dusty, Salem, Clark, Karnezis (Hogan, Lamb)

$3k cash remaining.

Cheers mate!

[Big Mac]

This team - It just feels right for some reason.

Thanks for your thoughts on Ibbo by the way. Had him in earlier but this Essendon news has changed everything!

[Jay]

Given the expected drop in most ruckman's prices due to the new rules, is Lycett and Zac Smith a viable ruck combination for their keeper/stepping stone abilities? Have Belly up fwd as cover.

[NickyBoy]

DEFS: Shaw, Gibson, Newnes, Lumumba,  Goodes, Saad (Hamling, Mcintosh)
MIDS: Selwood, Sidebottom, Barlow, Parker, Griffen, Cripps, Vandernberg, CEY (Heeny, Miller Lambert)
RUCKS: Maric, Goldy (Read)
FWDS: Bartel, Martin, Swan, Salem, Hogan, Clark (Daniel, Lamb)
Cash remaining: $249,500.

How should I spend the rest of the money?

[Hawker_08]

G'day Rico. I would love your thoughts on which team is stronger and any changes/suggestions. Cheers in advance

Team 1:

Def: Shaw, Taylor, Newnes, Lumumba, Goodes, Saad, (Hamling, McIntosh)

Mid: Ablett, Pendles, Fyfe, Parker, Griffen, Newton, Cripps, CEY, (Heeney, Miller, Steele)

Ruck: Goldy, Maric (Read)

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

And Team 2:

Def: Shaw, Taylor, Newnes, Lumumba, Goodes, Saad, (Hamling, McIntosh)

Mid: Ablett, Fyfe, Lewis, Danger, Griffen, Cripps, CEY, Heeney, (VDB, Miller, Steele)

Ruck: Goldy, Maric (Read)

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

Cheers in advance

[Samsturmfels]

This team - It just feels right for some reason.

Thanks for your thoughts on Ibbo by the way. Had him in earlier but this Essendon news has changed everything!

Love the team, another thing you could consider is moving Belly to rucks, and turning Mummy to R.Gray

[Uncle]

Hi mate. Any advice appreciate! I've gone big in the mids, and paid top dollar for rookies. I Have gone low in the backs- even the premium backs were very inconsistent last year so will wait and see

B: Simpson, Newnes, lumumba, ibbo, goodes, saad (Oxley, McIntosh)

M: Ablett, fyfe, pendles, selwood, beams, cripps, nvb, Newton (heeney, Ellis -yolmen, vandenberg)

R: nic nat, belly (naismith)

F: bartel, Martin, Swan, Kennedy, Clark, Salem (Lambert, Hogan)

No money left. And obviously rookies subject to selection

[Ricochet]

Hey boys, I'll have a look at these shortly

[elite]

Hey Rico, just another question about a team even though you are probably over them now.

Team 1)

Defense: Kade Simpson (CARL) Heath Shaw (GWS) Jack Newnes (STK) Heritier Lumumba (MEL) Brett Goodes (WBD) Nathan Brown (COLL) Kamdyn McIntosh (RICH) Adam Saad (GCS)

Midfield: Scott Pendlebury (COLL) Nat Fyfe (FRE)  Joel Selwood (GEEL) Josh P. Kennedy (SYD) Dayne Beams (BRIS) Patrick Cripps (CARL) Isaac Heeney (SYD) Aaron Vandenberg (MEL) Cam Ellis-Yolmen (ADE) Nakia Cockatoo (GEEL) Touk Miller (GCS)

Rucks: Todd Goldstein (NTH) Nic Naitanui (WCE) Mason Cox (COLL)

Forwards: Robbie Gray (PORT) Dustin Martin (RICH) Dane Swan (COLL) Christian Salem (MEL) Mitch Clark (GEE) Jesse Hogan (MEL) Caleb Daniel (WBD) Kane Lambert (RICH)

$20,900 Players selectable: 19 20 21

Team 2:

Defense: Kade Simpson (CARL) Heath Shaw (GWS) Jack Newnes (STK) Heritier Lumumba (MEL) Brett Goodes (WBD) Nathan Brown (COLL) Kamdyn McIntosh (RICH) Adam Saad (GCS)

Midfield: Gary Ablett (GCS) Scott Pendlebury (COLL) Nat Fyfe (FRE) Dayne Beams (BRIS) Andrew Swallow (NTH) Patrick Cripps (CARL) Isaac Heeney (SYD) Aaron Vandenberg (MEL) Cam Ellis-Yolmen (ADE)  Nakia Cockatoo (GEEL) Touk Miller (GCS)

Rucks: Todd Goldstein (NTH) Nic Naitanui (WCE) Mason Cox (COLL)

Forwards: Robbie Gray (PORT) Dustin Martin (RICH) Dane Swan (COLL) Christian Salem (MEL) Mitch Clark (GEE) Jesse Hogan (MEL) Tom Lamb (WCE) Kane Lambert (RICH)

$47,800 Players selectable: 21 22 17

I am considering Swallow to Wells and then putting in Bellchambers but just don't know whether to make them R2/R3 or M4.
I don't know whether to upgrade Swan to someone else with the leftovers but don't know who to.

Cheers Rico :)

[Ricochet]

Rico I whould like any comments mate.

Def: K.Simpson,S.Burgoyne,B.Smith,B.Goodes,C.Marchbank,J.Hamling (H.Goddard,A.Saad)

Mid:S.Pendelebury,J.Selwood,M.Barlow,R.Griffen,A.Swallow,N.Van Berlo,B.Newton,P.Cripps (I.Heeney,T.Dumont,T.Miller)

Ruc:W.Minsow,T.Bellchambers (R.O'brain)

FWD:R.Gray,B.Deledio,B.Goddard,D.Swan,P.McCartin,M.Clark(J.Hogan,K.Lambart)


What do u think mate.

DEF: One too many rookies here mate. Most will go with only one rookie at D6, some will go with Goodes at D6. 1 is fine, but you need to upgrade Marchbank here.  Premos are fine and Goodes is great value

MIDS: Like the structure here mate, 5 premos and 3 rookies is perfect. Top end picks are fine and both Griff and Swallow could be great value. I'm not completely sold on both but back yourself in. For your rookies I'd look at replacing Dumon and Miller with 2 of vandenberg, Cockatoo, Ellis-Yolmen.

RUCKS: I like the Minson POD and we should know more about whether Belly will be there RD1 tonight after the hearing. I think you need to keep some cash on hand for your R3. Just in case only expensive rookies are named RD1 (if any at all) and you can upgrade O'brien. Ruck cover is very important in my eyes

FWD: Very strong mate. And I think this is where we can find some cash to strengthen that backline. Gray, Lids, Goddard and Swan are all ripper picks, but maybe look to downgrade Goddard. Just the uncertainty of the ASADA case and who it will affect around him. We don't know how he scores playing with a bunch of replacements. As for your rookies I'd also consider Karnezis, Salem, Lamb.

Sup Ricco again I want to show you the changes I made to my team and If its better

DEF:K.Simpson,S.Burgoyne,S.Broddie,C.Pearce,B.Goodes,B.Smedts (H.Goddard,A.Saad)

MID:S.Pendelebury,J.Selwood,M.Barlow,R.Griffen,A.Swallow,N.Van Berlo,B.Newton,P.Cripps (I,Henney,A.Vandernberg,C.Ellis-Yolmen)

RUC: W.Minsow,T.Bellchambers (S.Durdin)

FWD:R.Gray,B.Deledio,D.Swan,C.Manye,C.Salem,P.Karneziz,(J.Hogan,T.Lamb

CASH LEFT: $17,500

What should I do now, bro!

Hey man lets see. I don't mind the defence upgrades, you could probably go Smedts down to NBrown though. Yep Mid rookies are perfect now. OK not so keen on Mayne, I don't see him becoming a keeper. How about Tom Mitchell instead?? Fwd rookies are perfect, also consider Lambert though

[Nathaneph]

Hey Ric with bombers being cleared I'm unsure if I should take these players would love your thoughts
Hibberd + TBC + KK vs Gibson + Nic Nat
Just unsure if Bellchambers is good enough over nic nat at R2, Aswell as if KK will perform

[Ricochet]

G'Day rico, thanks for takimg the time to have a look at everyones teams..

DEF: Simpsonn, Shaw, Newnes, Lumumba, Macmillan, Goodes (Hamling, Saad)

MID: Fyfe, Selwood,Wines, swallow, Steven, Wells, Cripps, Newton (Ellis-Yolmen, Boekhorst, Steele)

RUC: Goldstein, Naitanui (Cox)

FWD: Deledio, Swan, Mitchell, Salem, Clark, Hogan (Lambert, Lamb)

Feeling as though im one super premium short in the mids but dont want to miss out on the value of swallow/steven/wells. Wines is my pod thinking he will have a great third year now gray will be recieving more attention. prefer him over griffen

DEF: Great premo picks mate. Your top 4 are very very strong. And Goodes is great value. I'm not too keen on Macmillan though. He has never been a good scorer. Would prefer CPearce at that price, or go up to Ibbo. You could also go down to a rookie (like NBrown) and field Saad.

MIDS: Ok man we need to strengthen this up a bit. Fyfe and Jelwood are ripper picks, but your lacking some fire power after that. Most teams will go 3-4 110+ mids and then . Atm you only have 2. Wines and Swallow are both around 500k. At that price they need to average 110+ to become keepers, because they aren't cheap enough to be a stepping stone. I'd suggest upgrading 1 or both if you can man. Steven is a great pick becuase he is a lot cheaper and has the ability to hit 110. Wells is another decent pick. I just feel like you've gone a bit too cheap in the mids here man and are also missing out on some good rookies. Rookies I think you strongly need to consider are Cockatoo, Heeney and vandenBerg. Keep Cripps, Newton and Ellis-yolmen but look to replace Boekhorst and Steele and maybe downgrade one of your mids.

RUCKS: Perfect mate, nothing wrong with those premo picks. Just keep some cash on hand for R3. You may need to upgrade him if a more expensive rooke like Lobb/Phillips is the only one available when teams are named.

FWDS: Like this line mate, rookies are fine and Premo's are great. And really love the Tom Mitchell picks.

So mate I soulw suggest downgrading Macmillan to a rookie and upgrading one or two of your mids. Unless you think Wines/Swallow can go 110+, in that case back yourself in

[Ricochet]

Rico, here is another team for you to check out....

Def: Shaw, Gibson, Newnes, Lumumba, Goodes, Saad - McIntosh, Adamson
Mid: Fyfe, Pendlebury, Parker, Deledio, Neale, Cripps, Anderson, Heeney - Ellis-Yolmen, Vanderbarg, Miller
Ruc: Goldy, Maric - O'brien
Fwd: Bartel, Martin, Swan, Bontempelli, Salem, Clark - Byrne, Lambert


I know GC boys might not make the cut with a full squad, but as usual rookies will change until teams announced.
Neale is my only question mark atm...  believe he will breakout, but there is a cloud....

Thoughts?

DEF: Solid mate, like the structure. Premo picks are fine, for your rookies consider NBrown for JS reasons.

MIDS: Fyfe and Pendles are ripper picks. I'm not sold that Parker can improve again this year, its very very hard for players to improve after such a breakout year. Only guys like GAJ, Pendles and co have done it. But back your gut in with him. I've never been a fan of starting fwds in the midfield, if your looking for a dpp link then look at rookies. Start Lids in the fwd line over Bonts. I'm not sure on Neale. At 468k he will need to average over 110 to make 150k and also become a keeper, I don't think he can do that this year (one day soon though!). I would rather Steven who has shown he can go 110. For your rookies also consider Newton, Cockatoo and yeh be careful with Miller.

RUCKS: perfect premo picks. Keep some cash on hand for R3 incase only rookies like Phillips get named RD1

FWDS: Premos are great mate, I'm not sold on Bonts though. Personally think he'll be super inconsistent this year and cop a hell of a lot of attention. You could afford to downgrade him because there are plenty of fwd rookies this year, or bring Lids into the fwd line. ROokies to consider are Hogan, Karnezis and Lamb.

Dropped Neale/Bont/Martin

Brought in Priddis/Gray/Karnezsis and $110k leftover for more flexibility with rookies...

I've kept Gray in mids for DPP, just unsure of for prem mids atm... whereas i believe Gray will be top 6 prem fwd...

Fair enough mate, I like those changes

[Ricochet]

Hey, Rico.

Any issue in upgrading M1 from Pendlebury to Ablett if Fyfe/Beams/Parker are the other premo mids.

Would usually start with Ablett/Pendlebury but the last 3 years he's averaged 125ish, opened up at 667k+ and always fallen below 600k. Is it time to start looking at him as an upgrade target?

Cheers

So you currently have Pendles and want to bring Ablett in mate? No issues with that at all. The rest of your mids are solid as and there is a bit of uncertainty around Pies atm