fanTCfool's 2016 SC Rollercoaster

[fanTCfool]

Starting to get cold feet surrounding my POD Lachie Hunter, dropping him back to Crouch would allow me to upgrade JPK to Fyfe, or add the money to my budget for one more forward and one more back, who I am yet to decide on.
Thoughts?

Don't you already have Fyfe? Anyway, I like that swap but I would prefer perhaps downgrading Simpkin to a rookie and then upgrading hunter 100k to Wines or Parker.

Don't mind that call, I still have 1.1m to spend on two players, but if I do not spend it all I could easily upgrade Hunter as you say.

It's one defender and forward yeah? You're probably already thinking this but I'd suggest one of Birch/Smith and one of Robbo/Buddy which would then give you enough to upgrade Hunter

It is indeed 1 forward and 1 defender.

I have been chopping and changing Smith, but will have to give Birch some more thought.

I've just neglected all the hype about him really, when I've had him in the past he has let me down, but I probably need to put the grudge behind me for the greater good of my side.

Mitch Robinson is probably my forward of choice at the moment, but I would like to see how he combines with the rest of the Brisbane midfield before selecting him.

I could always go back to the most popular option Buddy too, plenty to think about.

[TomK]

It is indeed 1 forward and 1 defender.

I have been chopping and changing Smith, but will have to give Birch some more thought.

I've just neglected all the hype about him really, when I've had him in the past he has let me down, but I probably need to put the grudge behind me for the greater good of my side.

Mitch Robinson is probably my forward of choice at the moment, but I would like to see how he combines with the rest of the Brisbane midfield before selecting him.

I could always go back to the most popular option Buddy too, plenty to think about.

Yeah I've been trading Birch in and out a lot lately, let me down in the past as well. Seen a few Hawks supporters say he could play a little more in the Mids this year but not sure if it will mean much scoring wise.

I'm keen on Robbo myself as well, had him before the NAB and am waiting to see how he lines up with Brisbanes midfield as well now.

[fanTCfool]

Using the TooSerious price calculator, and even with the most optimistic score projections, I can't get my man Lachie Hunter's price above 500k by Round 8, when I had intended to move him on to Wines - who I believe may have a slower start to the year. It appears that starting a keeper and saving myself a trade is a better idea. Change being made now.

[fanTCfool]

So I've been making countless changes to my side, so frequent that I haven't been posting them on here, at the moment I have:

Def: Rance, Laird, Simmo, Harwood, Brown (Ess), Hartley (Tucker, Ruggles)

Mid: Fyfe, Danger, Ablett, Rocky, Graham, M. Crouch, Libba, Mills (B. Kennedy, Mathieson, Davis)

Ruck: Goldy, Nic Nat (M. King)

Fwd: Martin, Barlow, Wells, Milera, Menadue, Kerridge (McCarthy, McDonald-Tipungwuti)

Cash: $104k

Now let's talk about it,

Defence:
Only happy with Simmo here, Laird and Rance are both fine, but I'm certainly looking at my other options,
Gibbo has scored well recently, and is a good 40k cheaper than CD Golden Boy Rance
Sheridan I had in my side until last night, still has an average of 90 over the NAB and I like him as a cheaper alternative
Bartel also had Bartel pretty much in and locked until last night, depending on R1 fitness I'd be starting him over Rance/Laird
Shaw with all this spare change, if no other changes take place I might as well start Shaw who I expect to be a Top 2 Defender

Midfield:
Danger looks unstoppable at the moment, Fyfe still had plenty of the pill last night, and GAJ/Rocky pick themselves,
Pendles was in my side for a while, but talk of playing down back and not great NAB scores have turned me off him
Graham Blues bias but I'm backing him in for a triple figure average this year, personal favourite I picked in my very first draft
Hunter this guy doesn't go away, another good performance last night has me torn. If he was a FWD he would be locked at F3
M Crouch probably the NAB stand-out, racking up the touches and has form on side unlike Brad
Libba we all have him, am hoping that 2/3 of M. Crouch, Graham & him are keepers

Ruck:
So I'm starting Goldy, why not I guess,
Stef Martin & NN Can't really split 'em, extra cash and different bye has me leaning towards NN

Forward:
Barlow in and locked, but other than that,
Dusty just what I didn't need really, more uncertainty, will back him in I think
Aaron Hall I really wanted to see one game with GAJ etc. but his price is enticing
Mitch Robbo frustrated that his game was cancelled last week, hearing only good things
Sam Gray another personal favourite, price has probably just got out of hand for someone lacking runs on the board
De Goey much hyped, on the consideration table as a F3 if I go Sheridan at D3 or find some more cash
Lyons more bias, but will definitely consider if named R1 as yet another cheap FWD option

Please let me know what you would change, or what you like/dislike, much appreciated  ;D

[Nige]

Interesting team Ryno, some cheeky selections that I like.

Defence looks solid. Even as a Tiges man, I'd probably consider the Rance > Gibbo move, can't go wrong either way though. Watch Harwood closely, but if he lines up R1, you're all good, can score super well especially for his price.

Gotta have at least one bias pick in the mids I reckon. Graham seems primed to explode this year and doesn't nearly get as much hype as some other Blues players, I reckon you're onto a winner. I'd watch Bennedy, seems a tad pricy to have sitting on the bench, but I guess he's somewhat of a placeholder?

Rucks are fine, pretty common combo.

Lock in Dusty and Barlow and throw away the key. The 2-4 option seems popular for good reason. I'm not sold on Wells, pretty convinced he'll go down sooner or later. I'll take my chances on a cheaper alternative. The others are fine, I've got them all bar Milera but he's on the watchlist. Some of your alternative picks are really intriguing, but solid PODs nonetheless.

I reckon Rance > Gibbo/Heater, Bennedy > cheaper rook and Wells > cheaper rook or more expensive POD (depending on cash) is the way to go.

[fanTCfool]

Interesting team Ryno, some cheeky selections that I like.

Defence looks solid. Even as a Tiges man, I'd probably consider the Rance > Gibbo move, can't go wrong either way though. Watch Harwood closely, but if he lines up R1, you're all good, can score super well especially for his price.

Gotta have at least one bias pick in the mids I reckon. Graham seems primed to explode this year and doesn't nearly get as much hype as some other Blues players, I reckon you're onto a winner. I'd watch Bennedy, seems a tad pricy to have sitting on the bench, but I guess he's somewhat of a placeholder?

Rucks are fine, pretty common combo.

Lock in Dusty and Barlow and throw away the key. The 2-4 option seems popular for good reason. I'm not sold on Wells, pretty convinced he'll go down sooner or later. I'll take my chances on a cheaper alternative. The others are fine, I've got them all bar Milera but he's on the watchlist. Some of your alternative picks are really intriguing, but solid PODs nonetheless.

I reckon Rance > Gibbo/Heater, Bennedy > cheaper rook and Wells > cheaper rook or more expensive POD (depending on cash) is the way to go.

Thanks for the detailed feedback Nige  ;D

All rookies bar Mills are subject to change, but I've obviously tried to pick blokes who are a chance to line-up.
Originally had Bennedy down forward, but brought in Milera so I just pushed Bennedy into the Mids for the time being. I'll probably only pick one of those two as they are a little pricey.

Just quickly on Graham, people have been talking him up as a DT option rather than a SC option, but these were his scores towards the end of last year, DT on the left and SC on the right:

71 - 79
106 - 101
79 - 103
85 - 106

Looks a little more SC to me, but I'll probably pick him in both  8)

Not much of a Wells fan either, and, to be honest, I've been looking for a reason to not pick him, but he didn't do much for the cause yesterday. Straight swap to Lyons could be an option, or to De Goey should probably be seriously considered, think I'm best to decide later and see what my gut says before heading to the Blues & Tiges match  :P

I'll be watching Harwood today, right now in fact, if he doesn't perform I could even go a bit heavy in defence and start Sheridan along with 3 premos.

[Southstorm]

So I've been making countless changes to my side, so frequent that I haven't been posting them on here, at the moment I have:

Def: Rance, Laird, Simmo, Harwood, Brown (Ess), Hartley (Tucker, Ruggles)

Mid: Fyfe, Danger, Ablett, Rocky, Graham, M. Crouch, Libba, Mills (B. Kennedy, Mathieson, Davis)

Ruck: Goldy, Nic Nat (M. King)

Fwd: Martin, Barlow, Wells, Milera, Menadue, Kerridge (McCarthy, McDonald-Tipungwuti)

Cash: $104k

Now let's talk about it,

Defence:
Only happy with Simmo here, Laird and Rance are both fine, but I'm certainly looking at my other options,
Gibbo has scored well recently, and is a good 40k cheaper than CD Golden Boy Rance
Sheridan I had in my side until last night, still has an average of 90 over the NAB and I like him as a cheaper alternative
Bartel also had Bartel pretty much in and locked until last night, depending on R1 fitness I'd be starting him over Rance/Laird
Shaw with all this spare change, if no other changes take place I might as well start Shaw who I expect to be a Top 2 Defender

Midfield:
Danger looks unstoppable at the moment, Fyfe still had plenty of the pill last night, and GAJ/Rocky pick themselves,
Pendles was in my side for a while, but talk of playing down back and not great NAB scores have turned me off him
Graham Blues bias but I'm backing him in for a triple figure average this year, personal favourite I picked in my very first draft
Hunter this guy doesn't go away, another good performance last night has me torn. If he was a FWD he would be locked at F3
M Crouch probably the NAB stand-out, racking up the touches and has form on side unlike Brad
Libba we all have him, am hoping that 2/3 of M. Crouch, Graham & him are keepers

Ruck:
So I'm starting Goldy, why not I guess,
Stef Martin & NN Can't really split 'em, extra cash and different bye has me leaning towards NN

Forward:
Barlow in and locked, but other than that,
Dusty just what I didn't need really, more uncertainty, will back him in I think
Aaron Hall I really wanted to see one game with GAJ etc. but his price is enticing
Mitch Robbo frustrated that his game was cancelled last week, hearing only good things
Sam Gray another personal favourite, price has probably just got out of hand for someone lacking runs on the board
De Goey much hyped, on the consideration table as a F3 if I go Sheridan at D3 or find some more cash
Lyons more bias, but will definitely consider if named R1 as yet another cheap FWD option

Please let me know what you would change, or what you like/dislike, much appreciated  ;D

Looks good mate.

Defintely agree with the Rance > Gibbo move though or perhaps even Bartel (don't think his concussion is that bad). Extra $50k to turn Wells into De Goey if you aren't convinced on his fitness maybe? 

Only things I don't like about it are Graham, (I'd want to see how he goes playing with Murph, Gibbs, Cripps, Thomas and now Kerridge all in the same team before I back him in to go triple figures, which you sort of have to at the price he's at) and McCarthy (think there could be some better options at F7/F8).

Aside from that it's a really well structured team and you've got plenty of PODs in there as well.

[fanTCfool]

So I've been making countless changes to my side, so frequent that I haven't been posting them on here, at the moment I have:

Def: Rance, Laird, Simmo, Harwood, Brown (Ess), Hartley (Tucker, Ruggles)

Mid: Fyfe, Danger, Ablett, Rocky, Graham, M. Crouch, Libba, Mills (B. Kennedy, Mathieson, Davis)

Ruck: Goldy, Nic Nat (M. King)

Fwd: Martin, Barlow, Wells, Milera, Menadue, Kerridge (McCarthy, McDonald-Tipungwuti)

Cash: $104k

Now let's talk about it,

Defence:
Only happy with Simmo here, Laird and Rance are both fine, but I'm certainly looking at my other options,
Gibbo has scored well recently, and is a good 40k cheaper than CD Golden Boy Rance
Sheridan I had in my side until last night, still has an average of 90 over the NAB and I like him as a cheaper alternative
Bartel also had Bartel pretty much in and locked until last night, depending on R1 fitness I'd be starting him over Rance/Laird
Shaw with all this spare change, if no other changes take place I might as well start Shaw who I expect to be a Top 2 Defender

Midfield:
Danger looks unstoppable at the moment, Fyfe still had plenty of the pill last night, and GAJ/Rocky pick themselves,
Pendles was in my side for a while, but talk of playing down back and not great NAB scores have turned me off him
Graham Blues bias but I'm backing him in for a triple figure average this year, personal favourite I picked in my very first draft
Hunter this guy doesn't go away, another good performance last night has me torn. If he was a FWD he would be locked at F3
M Crouch probably the NAB stand-out, racking up the touches and has form on side unlike Brad
Libba we all have him, am hoping that 2/3 of M. Crouch, Graham & him are keepers

Ruck:
So I'm starting Goldy, why not I guess,
Stef Martin & NN Can't really split 'em, extra cash and different bye has me leaning towards NN

Forward:
Barlow in and locked, but other than that,
Dusty just what I didn't need really, more uncertainty, will back him in I think
Aaron Hall I really wanted to see one game with GAJ etc. but his price is enticing
Mitch Robbo frustrated that his game was cancelled last week, hearing only good things
Sam Gray another personal favourite, price has probably just got out of hand for someone lacking runs on the board
De Goey much hyped, on the consideration table as a F3 if I go Sheridan at D3 or find some more cash
Lyons more bias, but will definitely consider if named R1 as yet another cheap FWD option

Please let me know what you would change, or what you like/dislike, much appreciated  ;D

Looks good mate.

Defintely agree with the Rance > Gibbo move though or perhaps even Bartel (don't think his concussion is that bad). Extra $50k to turn Wells into De Goey if you aren't convinced on his fitness maybe? 

Only things I don't like about it are Graham, (I'd want to see how he goes playing with Murph, Gibbs, Cripps, Thomas and now Kerridge all in the same team before I back him in to go triple figures, which you sort of have to at the price he's at) and McCarthy (think there could be some better options at F7/F8).

Aside from that it's a really well structured team and you've got plenty of PODs in there as well.

Thanks for the feedback SS  :)

Just quickly on Graham, he still managed to ton on Friday night with all of those you listed except Murphy in the side, and I do not believe that he would have a drastic impact on his scoring. Kerridge and Daisy seem to be spending time forward as well, and then the other 4 (Cripps, Gibbs, Murphy, Graham) can rotate through the mids.

McCarthy is not locked into my side, but with Cockatoo set to miss a few games, he should get a run for the first few weeks, and get the chance to make an impression. Been on the list for a while and I'm pretty satisfied with him should he be named R1.

Who would your better options for the forward line be?

[fanTCfool]

Knew I was missing somebody, Brodie Smith as another option down back.

[fanTCfool]

Starting to lose the vision I had for my side, here's what I am stuck with



Something doesn't feel right, in need of constructive feedback please ladies and gents

If Harwood is named for Round 1, I will probably swing him back in in place of Sheridan, though I wouldn't mind both, Sheridan could become D3 I guess.

[crowls]

Structure is good.  Like the team.   Any changes will be purely persoanl preference.
I like houli, laird down back. But Rance Simmo and Gibson just as valid.
Have Shiels in mids as expecting breakout to 110+.  No starting Pendles due to lack of conviction in his preseason form and ? over role.   


Will be competitive team.


Cheers

[Bully]

Would look at getting Graham up to Selwood, Sheridan down to Weitering will get the job done.

[Colley Dogs]

This is a very interesting team.

The only reason it doesn't work for me is Graham at M5 and only 2 premium Forwards. If Hall or someone similar was at F3 I'd say perfect!

And I'm a massive Graham fan btw. (Carlton supporter, and would love to fit him into my side).

Obviously, with 104K in the bank (although this was the amount for your earlier version - you didn't declare your bank money for your current team), it needs to be invested.

I'd recommend:

Sheridan to Weiterging & Dea to Broad...

allowing for Graham to a Premium (ideally Pendelbury or Hannebery).

I don't know if the maths works out, but you get my drift.

Nice team though. Good luck for the season.

If you'd rate my team I'd much appreciate it :) :

http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,105523.45.html

[Bully]

Dea to Broad won't work, there's very little chance he gets a game

[fanTCfool]

Thanks for the feedback!  ;D

I've managed to squeeze Hall into F3 as requested by Sonnydark, rather than revert to the 5 premo midfield with Pendles that I had previously, but have since moved away from.

Keen on hanging on to Graham, so he stays.

Also moved away from Simpson as I felt the need for someone who could push their average upwards, despite the risk, and have gone with Laird. Gibson and Bartel are not certainties, I might tweak the defence a little prior to Thursday night, depending on cash I need for rookies.

Not 100% convinced on Hall, but he should get off to a big start at a considerably cheaper price. Might become Robinson.



Toyed with no Libba, but he remains in the side at this stage.
Hoping that 2/3 of he, Crouch & Graham can be keepers, M8 and M9.

If I am short of defence rookies, I'll look to either Harwood or Howe at D4.

Any thoughts, opinions?