Order restored. Done and dusted. Team LOCKED!

[Colley Dogs]

Look... I think you make a valid point. And probably you're right.

I've invested a lot of cash in my Rookies, and without any impact to my team can very easily turn Pendles and Parker into Ablett & Rocky respectively. It's very likely I'll do so with at least one of them, and quite probably with both.

The way I figure it, 80% of the top 3,000 players will start with Ablett & Rocky, so if either or both fails, then everyone's in the same boat. But if you're right and I'm wrong, I'm stuffed from the outset.

But for this week, I'll be bold and remain steadfast. Imagine if I'm right! Next week, however, I'll be sure to cower and do what the knowledgeable coaches are recommending ;)

[strikes91]

didn't mean to sound pushy. Never know the hammy might ping running through the banner (hope not)

[Ringo]

You have very little cash left for rookie adjustments so trust you have a plan B if needed.

Risky without Ablett or Rocky but if gut says worth the risk go with it. 

Risky players you have named as I see it Howe, Graham and Hall who I think are similar risks to Rocky and Ablett.
Howe is very up and down
2015 Av 74 with only 7 scores over 90 from 22 games
2014 Av 84 with 10 scores over 90 from 22 games
2013 Av 73 with only 5 scores over 90 from 21 games
Graham yet to be proven and has not had a full NAB season and Hall will be pushed back down the list when O'Meara and Prestia return. 

May pay off early but you may need trades later,

[piesfan1989]

He averaged 115 last year not including the first 3 games where he was subbed twice and played pure fwd line.

He's priced at 100 and can go well above 115.

Same with ablett. When he came back from injury last year he averaged like 160 over those 3 games. The potential upside is so big I don't think you can afford to miss out. If you go with them, which is what everyone is doing, and they don't do well.. you're at no loss. But by not having them, are you really getting in other players that are THAT much better and so amazing that they'll make a huge impact? Because a lot of people have fyfe, pendles, danger, ablett and rocky.

[Colley Dogs]

Thank you everyone for your feedback. Greatly appreciated.

I've slept off my momentary madness. I've had a major reshuffle, and the team below is hopefully evidence that sanity will prevail. My concerns are:
1) B. Crouch at M6. Would much prefer Libba, his brother, or N. Graham, but only have $5,800 in the bank.
2) Two non-starting players in Petracca and Korchek. I want Korchek as a long-term loophole, and having downgraded my F3 Premium to a Rookie, I need to swing Menadue through a Bench DP for extra support.

D: Shaw; McDonald, Houli; Weitering; Dea; McDonald-Tippa (Hartley; Broad)

M: Fyfe; Dangerfield; Pendlebury; Ablett; Rockliff; B. Crouch; Mills; Davis (Gresham; Petracca; Mathieson)

R: Goldstein; S. Martin (Korcheck)

F: D. Martin; Barlow; Wells; Kennedy; Menadue; Kerridge (Milera; Brown)

Bank: $5,800

[Ringo]

You need to just sit and work out which is best as an example will Danger+ B Crouch score as well as Say Matt Priddis and M Crouch/Libba.  Sometimes Prems + mid pricers are better scoring wise than super premos and lower priced mids. Go with gut though.


McDonald at  D2 also worries me a little. Can not see him maintaining his scores of last year which was his best season by far.  Maybe wrong but a risk in my opinion at D2,  Do not mind Houli though,

[Colley Dogs]

Thanks for the feedback, Ringo. Good advice.

McDonald down to Bartel allows me to go B. Crouch to Libba.

May sit on this for a bit now.

Thanks, again.

[piesfan1989]

I was able to get MUCH better balance by getting rid of one of libba & crouch. As much as I want both of them, pushing one mid pricer to the backline just reduces risk so much - If we have a repeat of yesterday (brown/hartley scoring 62 between them), it's really going to catch some teams out.

You've done the same, I think it's the way to go. On paper you could say the rookies + prem + crouch & libba could outperform a super premo + crouch + rookie but the potential for one of those rookies to score a 20 is pretty hectos

[Colley Dogs]

Currently:

D: Shaw; Houli; Laird; Weitering; Dea; McDonald-Tippa (Hartley; Broad)

M: Fyfe; Dangerfield; Pendlebury; Ablett; Rockliff; Mills; Oliver; Davis (Menadue; Gresham; Mathieson - short-term loophole)

R: Goldstein; S. Martin (Cox)

F: D. Martin; Barlow; Wells; Simpkins; B. Kennedy; Kerridge (Milera; Brown)

[Bully]

Mathieson could be out for weeks, crazy starting him.

[RaisyDaisy]

Nice looking team Sonny, but I think Libba is an absolute must, and passing on both Libba and Crouch you're really missing out on some excellent value

Not a huge fan of both Mills and Oliver. I'd prefer Crouch and a rookie for same price, or just one of them

Like Bully said get rid of Mathieson, and I'd look to bring in Adams as a rookie.

[IntegralX]

Dropping Pendles down to liberatore/crouch/etc allows you to shore up that fwd line by turning Simpkin into an extra premium, as well as taking advantage of the value a player such a liberatore has to offer.

As far as Mathieson goes, you could move kerridge up to play m8 instead of Davis and pick up Adams.

[Colley Dogs]

My team is close to being locked. Any final feedback would be much appreciated.

Final structure changes include downgrading D. Martin to a Rookie in order to upgrade Libba to Rockliff for 5 premium mids, Weitering to Sheridan for a mid-pricer at D4, and NicNat to Goldy.


D: Shaw; Houli; Laird; Sheridan; Brown; Adams (Hartley; Broad)

M: Fyfe; Dangerfield; Pendlebury; Ablett; Rockliff; B. Crouch; Mills; Oliver (Gresham; Petracca; Davis)

R: Goldstein; S. Martin (Korcheck)

F: Barlow: Hall; Wells; Kennedy; Menadue; Kerridge (Milera; McDonald- Tippa)

Bank: $4,300


Goldstein into NicNat can turn Oliver into Libba, but I really, really have a bad gut feel about starting without Goldy.

[Glenmaggie]

Sheridan to rookie Oliver to libba. Looking really good otherwise.

[fanTCfool]

I think you have the wrong Martin, or could do with both.
No Libba is a ballsy move, but is also one I am considering, pretty good side overall.