Planning for 2017

[Gigantor]

If he averages 115-120 in the last four he will be priced around 580-600k for next year. Not sure if I want to pay that for someone who is so brittle...

[RaisyDaisy]

The reality with Rocky is, that you need to factor in missed games and trades used as well

Dreaming if you think he will line up Rd1 and play 22 games. In 7 years, only 2 has he played enough games and averaged well

No doubt he can rack them up, but I'm not starting him again

[GoLions]

[Jroo]

‏@FantasyFreako: H&A games missed since 2014 - Ablett (26), Fyfe (20) and Rockliff (15). #SuperCoach #AFLFantasy

[GoLions]

Rocky > Fyfe, Ablett confirmed.

[Holz]

‏@FantasyFreako: H&A games missed since 2014 - Ablett (26), Fyfe (20) and Rockliff (15). #SuperCoach #AFLFantasy

true but Rocky is minor injuries which are more annoying then big ones. Would rather my guy play 11 games then get a season injury then 5 good weeks a minor 2 weeks injury another 8 good weeks then a 3-4 week injury.

Probably avoiding Ablett for this reason. Fyfe is locked, Rocky is a maybe.

[Mat0369]

Fyfe is a bit reckless and can either get suspended or gets those nagging injuries which aren't bad enough to miss but still hurt his performance on the field. Look at the corkies this year, the thing is though he wasn't missing chunks of 2-3 games through the year, it is more 1 here and there.

[crowls]

The reality with Rocky is, that you need to factor in missed games and trades used as well

Dreaming if you think he will line up Rd1 and play 22 games. In 7 years, only 2 has he played enough games and averaged well

No doubt he can rack them up, but I'm not starting him again

Love the bloke but at best a late season upgrade option.   If i can wait until round 17 for Pendles this year I can definitely wait for Rocky next season.   
Looking at my trades this year.    Hall, Barlow, Rocky, Fyfe, Ablett, Deledio all consumed trades.     Other bad decisions,  McVeigh, Rich,

[enzedder]

I'll be on Lockcliff. Probably twice but hey I'll still have another 28 trades.

[quinny88]

Who I start in my side largely depends on weather the Essendon players receive discounts or not.
Not expecting a huge discount like players that missed a season through injury but surely they get something taken off their price? Otherwise no one would touch them after being out of the game for 18 months by the time round 1 rolls around.

If there are discounts there is some great value in Hooker, Hurley, Hibberd, Heppell, Myers, and possibly even Jobe.
Then there's Ryder at Port who would make a great F/R link for the season.

Assuming there are no discounts at all on those guys the players i would have at this early stage are (assuming no positional changes)

D: Docherty, Shaw, Laird, Scharenberg, rookies
M: Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams, D.Swallow, Omeara, Freeman, Rookies
R: Goldstein, Naitanui
F: Deledio, Dahlhaus, Roughead, Bennell, Rookies

[Gigantor]

Who I start in my side largely depends on weather the Essendon players receive discounts or not.
Not expecting a huge discount like players that missed a season through injury but surely they get something taken off their price? Otherwise no one would touch them after being out of the game for 18 months by the time round 1 rolls around.

If there are discounts there is some great value in Hooker, Hurley, Hibberd, Heppell, Myers, and possibly even Jobe.
Then there's Ryder at Port who would make a great F/R link for the season.

Assuming there are no discounts at all on those guys the players i would have at this early stage are (assuming no positional changes)

D: Docherty, Shaw, Laird, Scharenberg, rookies
M: Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Fyfe, Beams, D.Swallow, Omeara, Freeman, Rookies
R: Goldstein, Naitanui
F: Deledio, Dahlhaus, Roughead, Bennell, Rookies

Forgot about Ryder, would be a lock if DPP, after the way Trengove has performed there is no way they would play Ryder and Lobb in the same team

[RaisyDaisy]

Quite a lot of risk in that midfield Quinny!

I've learnt my lesson this year - Im starting durable players!

[_wato]

It's gonna be tough, because there's 6 super premium mids I really wanna start.

Danger, Pendles, Hanners, Fyfe, Rocky, Beams

[RaisyDaisy]

Extremely early days, but at this stage I'd say I would be starting Danger, Pendles, Fyfe and one of JPK or Hanners. After those 4, who knows for now

[King_Robbo]

Extremely early days, but at this stage I'd say I would be starting Danger, Pendles, Fyfe and one of JPK or Hanners. After those 4, who knows for now

I'm with you on the first three. I think Fyfe will be too hard to resist.
Can see Bont and Cripps going 115 next year. Both contested beasts and you can see that they are gradually improving their games and SC scores year by year. One will be in my starting side