Which Rucks?

[Holz]

My plan is that if Witts underperforms, I downgrade him to any rookie I have missed by swinging Nank into the Rucks until I upgrade to Gawn/Goldy.

not a bad move.

This is why people shouldnt be worried about the rucks too much. There is always round 3 corrections

[Holz]

Have people considered that if you start with Gawn/Goldy and Witts comes out with 2 big scores then you can simply just trade them down to witts and then upgrade your worst rookie to the best premo.

If you have witts and he underpeforms and Gawn Goldy kill it then i guess you can drop your worst premo to the best rookie you missed.

Both good options however i think missing a premo and picking a bad rookie is slightly more likely then having a bad premo and missing a stand out rookie.

however if you missed out on Butler then thats what you could do.

Downgrading Gawn or Goldy after 2 games to Witts sounds crazy. You back them in all the way

Not really if Goldy comes out say 95 90 and Witts goes 85 95
Then pickett underforms again and some guy like Macrae goes 100 100.

then i would make the Goldy Pickett to Witts Macrae trade in a second.

[Mat0369]

I'm trying to decide on a Gawn/Preuss combo vs a Goldy/Witts.

[Holz]

I'm trying to decide on a Gawn/Preuss combo vs a Goldy/Witts.

Gawn Preuss abit of a waste, think preuss will get dropped at some point soon when we have other forward playing. So would recomend Gawn Stranidica for loophole.

However i obviously prefer Goldy Witts

[crowls]

I'm trying to decide on a Gawn/Preuss combo vs a Goldy/Witts.

Gawn Preuss abit of a waste, think preuss will get dropped at some point soon when we have other forward playing. So would recomend Gawn Stranidica for loophole.

However i obviously prefer Goldy Witts

Agree with you Holz though i have goldy/strndica in my team.     

[Grufflez]

Gotta disagree big time Holz.

I've played this game long enough. No way will I still have Witts after his bye let alone Round 10.

Good luck with Goldy being 0-6 and ticking around 100-105. Can't wait for Sandi to monster him.

oh yeah forgot about the bye, basically means you will have to move him on after 8 rounds.

Personally i like oppurtunities come to me rather then being forced to do so.

buy low is the most important thing for me.

Good luck to you as well. I look forward to round 6. Witts v Goldy. He went 125 on them last year.

if 100-105 is the downside to him then ill take it. He is priced at 108 so a 105 is fine by me.

Actually depending on how Nankervis maintains Holding witts thru his bye as cover for the real byes is completely doable
3 rucks over the byes will be handy.

[Holz]

Gotta disagree big time Holz.

I've played this game long enough. No way will I still have Witts after his bye let alone Round 10.

Good luck with Goldy being 0-6 and ticking around 100-105. Can't wait for Sandi to monster him.

oh yeah forgot about the bye, basically means you will have to move him on after 8 rounds.

Personally i like oppurtunities come to me rather then being forced to do so.

buy low is the most important thing for me.

Good luck to you as well. I look forward to round 6. Witts v Goldy. He went 125 on them last year.

if 100-105 is the downside to him then ill take it. He is priced at 108 so a 105 is fine by me.

Actually depending on how Nankervis maintains Holding witts thru his bye as cover for the real byes is completely doable
3 rucks over the byes will be handy.

witts will play through all the byes as well since he is round 9.

[Grufflez]

Gotta disagree big time Holz.

I've played this game long enough. No way will I still have Witts after his bye let alone Round 10.

Good luck with Goldy being 0-6 and ticking around 100-105. Can't wait for Sandi to monster him.

oh yeah forgot about the bye, basically means you will have to move him on after 8 rounds.

Personally i like oppurtunities come to me rather then being forced to do so.

buy low is the most important thing for me.

Good luck to you as well. I look forward to round 6. Witts v Goldy. He went 125 on them last year.

if 100-105 is the downside to him then ill take it. He is priced at 108 so a 105 is fine by me.

Actually depending on how Nankervis maintains Holding witts thru his bye as cover for the real byes is completely doable
3 rucks over the byes will be handy.

witts will play through all the byes as well since he is round 9.

Yeah that's what i meant mate  :) So there is no pressure to trade him if we have Nank.

[Mat0369]

I'm trying to decide on a Gawn/Preuss combo vs a Goldy/Witts.

Gawn Preuss abit of a waste, think preuss will get dropped at some point soon when we have other forward playing. So would recomend Gawn Stranidica for loophole.

However i obviously prefer Goldy Witts

Mason Wood is about 6 weeks away right? The idea behind it us it would give me enough cash generation to turm Preuss into Cameron  and take a 60 average.  Other option is Goldy and Preuss for locking down 1 ruck spit regardless

[Grufflez]

Isn't Pruess just playing while Brown is out?

[Mat0369]

Brown isn't out. He has been named on an extended bench and I would expect him to be picked. It means Waite and Brown are the 2 main forwards and Preuss is the ruck/forward. He has Daw's spot in the team. When Mason Wood comes back he becomes the 2nd forward and pushes Preuss out. Brown then becomes the 2nd ruck.

The other thing to consider is that Waite could very well be injured in 2 weeks opening a longer term vacancy in the forward line

[Holz]

Isn't Pruess just playing while Brown is out?

we don't know as Ben Brown is listed on the extended bench.

The other thing is Majak Daw didnt make the team he will be pushing his hardest to make the squad. Any slip up and preuss is gone.

Mason Wood was 6-8 weeks away in february and its now looking closer to 6 weeks. May play 1-2 games in the VFL but he would be very very close.

can tell you this now, nobody will keep out a healthy Wood.

I reckon we run Wood Waite Brown and then sometimes play Preuss/Daw

[frenzy]

Preuss and the other 5 debutants will stay in the team as long as they're playing well. If they're starring, they're staying. A few players like Hansen, Atley and Brown would want to bring their A game.

[Holz]

Preuss and the other 5 debutants will stay in the team as long as they're playing well. If they're starring, they're staying. A few players like Hansen, Atley and Brown would want to bring their A game.

lets say Brown isnt named this week. If North have a healthy Brown and Wood waiting for selection, Preuss would have to play out of his mind to keep a spot over him.

Wood is the future forward of the club.

Believe that Preuss is the Goldy replacement though.

[frenzy]

Preuss and the other 5 debutants will stay in the team as long as they're playing well. If they're starring, they're staying. A few players like Hansen, Atley and Brown would want to bring their A game.

lets say Brown isnt named this week. If North have a healthy Brown and Wood waiting for selection, Preuss would have to play out of his mind to keep a spot over him.

Wood is the future forward of the club.

Believe that Preuss is the Goldy replacement though.

Agreed, but Wood is  as good a wingman as a forward and has many more options of who makes way when he's fit. I can see Preuss kicking Brown out the squad and we play 2 top line ruckmen. Let's face it Brown aint the best ruckman in the team. There's a showerload of teams that wouldn't have a 206 cm backmen to take care of Preuss and the resting Goldy.