Please Rate My Team - First Attempt

[vtaced]

At the moment, I've dropped Ablett. Rookies are subject to change, but pretty happy with the strategy and premos. What do you think?

Defenders: K.Simpson, H.Shaw, M.Hibberd, J.Newnes, N.Brown, H.Goddard (J.Hamling, A.Saad)

Midfielders: S.Pendelbury, N.Fyfe, J.Selwood, R.Griffin, N.VanBerlo, B.Newton, N.Cockatoo, A.Vanderberg (J.Steele, N.Krakouer, K.Lambert)

Rucks: T.Goldstein, I.Maric (R.O'Brien)

Forwards: R.Gray, L.Franklin, D.Martin, D.Swan, M.Clark, J.Hogan (C.Salem, T.Lamb)

[Huttabito]

Def: Brown at D5 is way to weak IMO. You will struggle to to field 6 DEF every week. I would look at upgrading one of the rookies. Not sure I like Goddards chances to line up RD1 given he didn't play in yesterdays match. You could look at some slightly cheap mid-pricers (C.Pearce, Macmillian, Jaksch) if you want to save some cash.
Mid: Looks strong. I like Griffin, if you can bump him down to M5 and get one more premium (JPK, Beams, Sidebottom) you will be in good stead. Krakouer and Lambert need to both be elevated so just keep an eye on those come RD1.
Ruc: Solid - Can't fault
Fwd: Probably a little to strong with Swan at F4. There are quite a few good rookies floating around in the FWD this season that look set to play so I would look to downgrade one of the premos to a rookie. This will give you the extra cash to bump up the defense. I personally have Swan at F2...

On a whole though, looks decent! Just need to beef up the DEF a tad :)

[vtaced]

Took some of your advice and beefed up the back line. Dropped Swanny. Thoughts

Defenders: K.Simpson, H.Shaw, H.Lumumba, J.Newnes, S.Higgins, C.Pearce (J.Hamling, A.Saad)

Midfielders: S.Pendelbury, N.Fyfe, J.Selwood, R.Griffin, N.VanBerlo, B.Newton, N.Cockatoo, A.Vanderberg (J.Steele, N.Krakouer, K.Lambert)

Rucks: T.Goldstein, I.Maric (R.O'Brien)

Forwards: R.Gray, L.Franklin, D.Martin, C.Salem, M.Clark, J.Hogan (P.Karnezis, T.Lamb)

[AntG87]

I can't fault that side.... Like Pearce. I think he is 80% likely to feature in r1 but it is possible he won't be named. so watch that. But with Pearce at d6 it is pretty easy to ditch him or maybe higgins for a rookie if you need more cash before r1 begins!
Deffinatly sit on that side until r1 teams are named
Good luck  :)

[arbel]

Vandenburg and Krakeour both weren't upgraded to the senior list at their respective clubs so will probably need to find replacements for those 2 too playing rookies. Otherwise team looks pretty good.

[AntG87]

Vandenburg and Krakeour both weren't upgraded to the senior list at their respective clubs

Is there still opportunity to be upgraded before R1 or was that the last deadline that just passed?

[vtaced]

Updated Team...Please tell me what you think? I've chickened out and am taking the little master

Defenders: B.Smith, H.Shaw, H.Lumumba, J.Newnes, Goodes , N. Brown (McIntosh, A.Saad)

Midfielders: Ablett, S.Pendelbury, N.Fyfe, J.Selwood, Dangerfield, Ellis-Yolmen, A.Vanderberg, Steele (Miller, N.Krakouer, Heeney)

Rucks: T.Goldstein, NicNat (R.O'Brien)

Forwards: R.Gray, L.Franklin, D.Martin, C.Salem, M.Clark, J.Hogan (Lonie , T.Lamb)

[dosstheboss]

Very solid team with good structure. Can't really fault anything here but Ablett, Pendles and Fyfe share the round 12 bye so keep that in mind. Good luck!