Jaeger O’Meara

[enzedder]

Choosing the mid-pricers will make or break your team; i'll be taking a very conservative approach!

Where's the fun in that? ;)

[LordSneeze]

Picking all 3 of Crouch, JOM & Libba is risky, but at worse they should all increase and you really only need 2 to become keepers. Using the weakest as a stepping stone wouldn't be a bad move.

I don't mind the look of a midfield of Ablett, Rocky, Wines, Libba, Crouch, JOM, Rookie, Rookie (Bench)

[sammy123]

i think you can have 2 of the 3

libba and crouch the 2 best folloewd by o'meara

[LordSneeze]

i think you can have 2 of the 3

libba and crouch the 2 best folloewd by o'meara

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If JOM plays R1 and becomes a Keeper if you don't start him you will be well off the pace and be very hard to catch up over the course of the year. 
Most people say it is a risk starting all 3, I argue that it is more of a risk not starting all 3.

[YoungGun]

this is the year to risk it all on mid priced mids

[RaisyDaisy]

Why not start all 3? If one of them fails then downgrade/corrective trade to Mills  Hopper etc

At their prices they are musts if they line up rd1

[MC]

I was having a look back at my final teams for the past few years and was surprised to find that it was the mids that were the 'weakest' line in terms of what i'd consider the average needed for a keeper. Generally I always had a full team of 90+ defs, 95+ fwds, 105-110+ rucks, but only 5 roughly that were 110+ in the mids...

I've finished quite well in recent years, top 1k for the last few so it was surprising to see! One consideration is that I may have traded heavily in the final few rounds to bring in fallen/injury-affected premiums... Rambling but my point is that it may be ok to roll with a few mid-pricers in the mids and luxury trade them later.

[eaglesman]

Why not start all 3? If one of them fails then downgrade/corrective trade to Mills  Hopper etc

At their prices they are musts if they line up rd1

Don't mind the idea of a corrective trade at all

My query is ... If we select all 3, I feel we select all 3 as season keepers. I think a majority would have omeara at m7 ... to become full premium we would only have 1 place for an upgrade in our midfields which would probably be a Fyfe or Dangerfield type whom most see as upgrade targets

Most likely omeara becomes a season keeper but as an m9???

[RaisyDaisy]

Why not start all 3? If one of them fails then downgrade/corrective trade to Mills  Hopper etc

At their prices they are musts if they line up rd1

Don't mind the idea of a corrective trade at all

My query is ... If we select all 3, I feel we select all 3 as season keepers. I think a majority would have omeara at m7 ... to become full premium we would only have 1 place for an upgrade in our midfields which would probably be a Fyfe or Dangerfield type whom most see as upgrade targets

Most likely omeara becomes a season keeper but as an m9???

Honestly, too hard to predict so just wing it and adjust as it comes

I think JOM at M8 or M9 cover if you have the trades would be fine, but it;s just guessing at this stage

I think the 3 of them have shown that they are very capable, and at their super cheap prices the risk is definitely worth the reward. Worst case scenario, we just trade them out if they dont get it done

[Big Mac]

Why not start all 3? If one of them fails then downgrade/corrective trade to Mills  Hopper etc

At their prices they are musts if they line up rd1

Don't mind the idea of a corrective trade at all

My query is ... If we select all 3, I feel we select all 3 as season keepers. I think a majority would have omeara at m7 ... to become full premium we would only have 1 place for an upgrade in our midfields which would probably be a Fyfe or Dangerfield type whom most see as upgrade targets

Most likely omeara becomes a season keeper but as an m9???

Crouch and O'Meara I am intent on trading, whether that is in round 1 or 7 or 15 will be decided by their scores

[Gigantor]

Why not start all 3? If one of them fails then downgrade/corrective trade to Mills  Hopper etc

At their prices they are musts if they line up rd1

Don't mind the idea of a corrective trade at all

My query is ... If we select all 3, I feel we select all 3 as season keepers. I think a majority would have omeara at m7 ... to become full premium we would only have 1 place for an upgrade in our midfields which would probably be a Fyfe or Dangerfield type whom most see as upgrade targets

Most likely omeara becomes a season keeper but as an m9???

Yeah JOM at m7 is too much for me, If I pick all three my midfield would be:

Pendles, GAJ, Rocky, Libba, Crouch, JOM, Rookie, Rookie

People would say thats too weak but when have we ever had a year with 3 players in the 300-360k range who can average 90-110

[GoLions]

Why not start all 3? If one of them fails then downgrade/corrective trade to Mills  Hopper etc

At their prices they are musts if they line up rd1

Don't mind the idea of a corrective trade at all

My query is ... If we select all 3, I feel we select all 3 as season keepers. I think a majority would have omeara at m7 ... to become full premium we would only have 1 place for an upgrade in our midfields which would probably be a Fyfe or Dangerfield type whom most see as upgrade targets

Most likely omeara becomes a season keeper but as an m9???

Crouch and O'Meara I am intent on trading, whether that is in round 1 or 7 or 15 will be decided by their scores

Yeah, they're like 300k! If they avg 100, they make about 200k I assume? That's definitely worth starting, then require only 50-100k for a super premium. Even Libba I don't mind if I have to trade, but if he scores well enough he'll be a great M8.

[MC]

Why not start all 3? If one of them fails then downgrade/corrective trade to Mills  Hopper etc

At their prices they are musts if they line up rd1

Don't mind the idea of a corrective trade at all

My query is ... If we select all 3, I feel we select all 3 as season keepers. I think a majority would have omeara at m7 ... to become full premium we would only have 1 place for an upgrade in our midfields which would probably be a Fyfe or Dangerfield type whom most see as upgrade targets

Most likely omeara becomes a season keeper but as an m9???

Crouch and O'Meara I am intent on trading, whether that is in round 1 or 7 or 15 will be decided by their scores

Yeah, they're like 300k! If they avg 100, they make about 200k I assume? That's definitely worth starting, then require only 50-100k for a super premium. Even Libba I don't mind if I have to trade, but if he scores well enough he'll be a great M8.

Not quite.
For Libba to make 150k he needs to average 105 over 10 rounds, 156k max. If he averages 103, he never generates 150k. 
Crouch @ 105 hits +150k after 7 rounds, 196k max.
O'Meara @105 hits +150k after 6 rounds, 200k after 11, 206k max.
**Assuming no massive scores lift their rolling average etc.

So in summary, Libba is picked as a keeper, Crouch/O'Meara could be stepping stones.
*Credit: KLo30

[GoLions]

Why not start all 3? If one of them fails then downgrade/corrective trade to Mills  Hopper etc

At their prices they are musts if they line up rd1

Don't mind the idea of a corrective trade at all

My query is ... If we select all 3, I feel we select all 3 as season keepers. I think a majority would have omeara at m7 ... to become full premium we would only have 1 place for an upgrade in our midfields which would probably be a Fyfe or Dangerfield type whom most see as upgrade targets

Most likely omeara becomes a season keeper but as an m9???

Crouch and O'Meara I am intent on trading, whether that is in round 1 or 7 or 15 will be decided by their scores

Yeah, they're like 300k! If they avg 100, they make about 200k I assume? That's definitely worth starting, then require only 50-100k for a super premium. Even Libba I don't mind if I have to trade, but if he scores well enough he'll be a great M8.

Not quite.
For Libba to make 150k he needs to average 105 over 10 rounds, 156k max. If he averages 103, he never generates 150k. 
Crouch @ 105 hits +150k after 7 rounds, 196k max.
O'Meara @105 hits +150k after 6 rounds, 200k after 11, 206k max.
**Assuming no massive scores lift their rolling average etc.

So in summary, Libba is picked as a keeper, Crouch/O'Meara could be stepping stones.
*Credit: KLo30

Yeah I was only referring to Crouch and JOM, as they're both a bit cheaper than Libba, and I don't expect either to be keepers. 150k after 6-7 rounds is awesome though, and both could make 200k a bit quicker with a few big scores ;)

[LordSneeze]

Why not start all 3? If one of them fails then downgrade/corrective trade to Mills  Hopper etc

At their prices they are musts if they line up rd1

Don't mind the idea of a corrective trade at all

My query is ... If we select all 3, I feel we select all 3 as season keepers. I think a majority would have omeara at m7 ... to become full premium we would only have 1 place for an upgrade in our midfields which would probably be a Fyfe or Dangerfield type whom most see as upgrade targets

Most likely omeara becomes a season keeper but as an m9???

Crouch and O'Meara I am intent on trading, whether that is in round 1 or 7 or 15 will be decided by their scores

Yeah, they're like 300k! If they avg 100, they make about 200k I assume? That's definitely worth starting, then require only 50-100k for a super premium. Even Libba I don't mind if I have to trade, but if he scores well enough he'll be a great M8.

Not quite.
For Libba to make 150k he needs to average 105 over 10 rounds, 156k max. If he averages 103, he never generates 150k. 
Crouch @ 105 hits +150k after 7 rounds, 196k max.
O'Meara @105 hits +150k after 6 rounds, 200k after 11, 206k max.
**Assuming no massive scores lift their rolling average etc.

So in summary, Libba is picked as a keeper, Crouch/O'Meara could be stepping stones.
*Credit: KLo30

Yeah I was only referring to Crouch and JOM, as they're both a bit cheaper than Libba, and I don't expect either to be keepers. 150k after 6-7 rounds is awesome though, and both could make 200k a bit quicker with a few big scores ;)

PLus the points on the board, rather than risking a rookie in that spot.

I think have JOM at M6 is worth it as there are more rookies in the mids than other lines.