Paper Champions

[Mat0369]

We did a fantasy draft last night with a few people on the board. The teams look like this at the moment, so who is the paper champ heading into the season?

Team A




Team B

Burgoyne, Jaensch, Harbrow, Kolodjashnij
Rocky, Redden, NDS, Hanners, A Swallow
Sandi
Boomer, Bartel, Lecca, Tex

Langdon, Hartlett, S. Hill, Hale, Petrie on bench


Team C

Malceski, Shaw, Hodge, Hibberd
Sidebottom, Watson, McVeigh, Ellis, Coniglio
Leuenberger
Chapman, Christensen, Lynch (gc), D Pearce

(Harwood, Gibson, Douglas, Smith, Crisp)


Team D

Murphy, Newnes, Adcock, Higgins.
Fyfe, Treolar, Wines, Vince, Cornes.
Martin.
Martin, Westhoff, Cooney, Cloke.

Frawley, Wells, McEvoy, Bontempelli, Salem.



Team E

Duff, Hurn, Yaz, Mackie
Pendles, Jones, Gibbs, Kieren Jack, Macrae
Nic Nat
Ryder, Bennell, Cyril, Adams

Picken, Jack Steven, Belcho, Waite and Gus Monfries



Team F

Def: James Kelly, H. Taylor, D.Rampe, J.Geary

Mid: G.Ablett, P.Dangerfield, R.Griffen, M.Boyd, B.Crouch

Ruck: S.Mumford

Fwd: B.Deledio, L.Breust, J.Ziebell, S.Lycett

Bench: N.Vlastuin, C.Judd, D.Armitage, T.Hickey, M.Waters



Team G

Backs:  Houli, Lumumba, Docherty, Grundy

Mids:   Sloane, Barlow, Lewis, Greene, Shuey

Ruck:   Maric

Forwards: Zorko, Bird, Wright, Betts

Bench: T. Liberatore, P. Hanley, McGlynn, L.Thomas, McGovern


Team H




Team I





Team J

Def: Rance, Howe, Suckling, Bewick
Mids: Joel Selwood, Priddis, Heppell, Ebert, D Swallow
Rucks: Goldy
Forwards: Roughead, NRoo, Tomahawk, Pav

Bench: B. Goodes, Mundy, Greenwood, Pyke, Schulz




Some extra options


Best Defence

Best Midfield

Best Rucks

Best Forwards

[nrich102]

We all know team C has this in the bag  ;)

[AaronKirk]

We all know team F has this in the bag  ;)

[LordSneeze]

I like the look of team D on paper

[GoLions]

Not counting myself in any of these (Team B)

Best Defence: Team C
Best Midfield: Team E (Team F unlucky with Crouch injured)
Best Rucks: Team F
Best Forwards: Team H

Best Team: Team I, but Team E could absolutely kill it if guys like Rioli, Bennell, Yarran, NicNat etc stay fit and perform at their best

[Spite]

E, H, I

[Mat0369]

I won't include my own and won't say which one mine is so it doesn't change the voting.

Best Defence - Team C

Best Midfield - I like F but it might be missing a couple of guns come round 1 so I might give it to J because their top 3 are great and Mundy on the bench is top notch depth. H is close as well if Johnson/Scooter bounce back and Duncan/Cunnington/Dyson take the next step

Best Rucks - Team F because of the coverage with Lycett in the forward line. Team E could go close if the ASADA suspensions are not bad

Best Forwards: Team H has the best one/two combo in Gray and Buddy but I also like Boomer/Bartel in team B

Best team: H has the potential to go boom or bust so I will give it to them for now

[SydneyRox]

had to vote with my head, not heart :(

DEF = C and considering hibberd (and was hodge too?) were auto picks its pretty good

MID = Team F if Crouch in, but I like the look of B myself esp with Hartlett on the bench

RUC = Team E, with 3 ruckmen has the best ruck division, even though Team J has what I think will be the #1 ruck and decent backup

FWD = Team H

Overall I would give it to F for the mid line but with Crouch out, it gets tough for them

[Mat0369]

Team E doesn't have Crouch, Team F is the one with Crouch  :P

[SydneyRox]

Team E doesn't have Crouch, Team F is the one with Crouch  :P

my bad, fixed.

[AaronKirk]

Unlucky for me to pick Crouch and then out for a couple of months, but Judd and Arma should give decent cover. Early on GAJ being out is a concern.. but not enough to not take him with Pick 1

Not including my Team (Team F) my thoughts below

Best Defence: Team C by a decent margin

Best Mid: A lot of even midfields but I will say Team E just over Team J

Best Rucks: Team D

Best Forwards: Team H

Best Team: Agree with Mat and say Team H is the team to beat.

[Mat0369]

Unlucky for me to pick Crouch and then out for a couple of months, but Judd and Arma should give decent cover. Early on GAJ being out is a concern.. but not enough to not take him with Pick 1

When I heard he injured his foot I tried to avoid him but if you are willing to hold onto him for the 8 weeks that midfield will probably be the strongest when he comes back. There is some good coverage there in Juddy and Armitage who I can see having a decent year. Worst case you can move Lids to the midfield and bring Walters on as a forward.

[AaronKirk]

Unlucky for me to pick Crouch and then out for a couple of months, but Judd and Arma should give decent cover. Early on GAJ being out is a concern.. but not enough to not take him with Pick 1

When I heard he injured his foot I tried to avoid him but if you are willing to hold onto him for the 8 weeks that midfield will probably be the strongest when he comes back. There is some good coverage there in Juddy and Armitage who I can see having a decent year. Worst case you can move Lids to the midfield and bring Walters on as a forward.

I'll see how I go for a few weeks and assess it from there, but relatively confident I should be allright.

[Mat0369]

I'll see how I go for a few weeks and assess it from there, but relatively confident I should be allright.

I found a pretty handy loophole you can probably use to your advantage at the moment. You probably already know what it is but I will PM it to you

[nrich102]

DEF = C and considering hibberd (and was hodge too?) were auto picks its pretty good

All 4 defenders on field were auto picked...  :(