Defence Talk

[RaisyDaisy]

95% of defenders are POD'S

Disastrous line to pick

[T Dog]

95% of defenders are POD'S

Disastrous line to pick

Got that right RD   >:(

[Mat0369]

I've had Simmo all preseason but am now thinking about switching him for someone else

I am confident he can go 90-95, but with the Blues getting smashed every week I think I might go with a player who should be in a winning team more often and capable of going close to 100

I still have no idea what our 22 is going to look like. We have an abundance of HB's but still need speed on the wing. I'm thinking one of Simmo or Docherty plays there but we haven't had a full strength squad yet so they are playing at HB. I don't think Docherty has good enough disposal to be a premium but I am still waiting to see how it plays out.

[NickyBoy]

starting to think 4 premiums might be the way to go this year in the backline. Too many doubts about each player is making it so hard to stick with a solid defense.

[quinny88]

What's the bet the defenders go bananas and there's like 10 of them that go 100+ And we look back at this thread at the end of the season and wonder what we were worrying about haha

[BomberSam]

Tommy Sheridan anyone?

[RaisyDaisy]

Tommy Sheridan anyone?

Has been mentioned here earlier and there's a thread about him too

Looking good, but I fear he could pull a LOLmumba on us

[Holz]

What's the bet the defenders go bananas and there's like 10 of them that go 100+ And we look back at this thread at the end of the season and wonder what we were worrying about haha

Under 0.1@%

[LordSneeze]

Tommy Sheridan anyone?

Is getting hyped up in the media now after having 2 good NAB games. So expect his Ownership % to rise.

[Capper]

95% of defenders are POD'S

Disastrous line to pick

it was last year as well.Some juicy under valued players there if coaches are willing to take a chance

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

Decided to go with 4 'premos' and one mid-pricer in defence: Larid, KK, Macmillan, Yeo, Z.Williams, Brown (Ess). The rookies just seem a little unreliable this year down back.

[AaronKirk]

Decided to go with 4 'premos' and one mid-pricer in defence: Larid, KK, Macmillan, Yeo, Z.Williams, Brown (Ess). The rookies just seem a little unreliable this year down back.

Disagree.

The 2 Browns, Hartley, Broad, The Collins' from Freo and Bulldogs, Byrne from Carlton, Byrne-Jones from Port all look a chance to play round 1.

Bonner, Tippa, Wagner, Adams, Tucker, Adamson, Morgan etc are all lower chances but some chance to maybe play early games.

defensive rookie options are more reliable than the midfield IMO.

[Bully]

Decided to go with 4 'premos' and one mid-pricer in defence: Larid, KK, Macmillan, Yeo, Z.Williams, Brown (Ess). The rookies just seem a little unreliable this year down back.

Disagree.

The 2 Browns, Hartley, Broad, The Collins' from Freo and Bulldogs, Byrne from Carlton, Byrne-Jones from Port all look a chance to play round 1.

Bonner, Tippa, Wagner, Adams, Tucker, Adamson, Morgan etc are all lower chances but some chance to maybe play early games.

defensive rookie options are more reliable than the midfield IMO.

Some big 'ifs' with those names, Brown from Ess looks good to start on the field, Hartley has JS but limited scoring potential, a good bench option. Collins should get a game but will he outscore the forward rookies? Broad is still only 50/50, Byrne is still a rookie, Byrne-Jones I really like but is still a longshot.

In short, I think I would rather start with Ben Kennedy, Milera and Menadue. If Tucker was to get a game maybe I would risk it but I'm certainly hesitant to start with so many KP rookies.

[eaglesman]

Decided to go with 4 'premos' and one mid-pricer in defence: Larid, KK, Macmillan, Yeo, Z.Williams, Brown (Ess). The rookies just seem a little unreliable this year down back.

Disagree.

The 2 Browns, Hartley, Broad, The Collins' from Freo and Bulldogs, Byrne from Carlton, Byrne-Jones from Port all look a chance to play round 1.

Bonner, Tippa, Wagner, Adams, Tucker, Adamson, Morgan etc are all lower chances but some chance to maybe play early games.

defensive rookie options are more reliable than the midfield IMO.

I totally disagree AK.

Brown and Hartley are locks and Weitering is expensive option.

You need the rookies to be practically certainties if you are going guns and rookies otherwise you are in big trouble very quickly. Don't want to be trading just to get 6 on the park and u want the bench options to be making immediate cash. You don't pick for the hope of early games.

It's fingers crossed for Collins boys and Byrne jones and maybe tucker but these could easily dropped before a price rise.

As for the rest, I have no faith any will play the first 3 rounds.

[Sabretooth Tigers]

 :-\

Have been looking at S Docherty for some time but have seen mention made of his disposal efficiency not being
so good. So who has the best disposal out of Yeo, Docherty and B Smith ??  ??     ???