2017 HoleMeal Team- Diary.

[HoleMeal]

BACK-Rance, Adams, Laird, Keeffe, Scharenberg, Vickers-Willis (Ryan, Stewart)

MID-Danger, Pendles, Hanners, Bont, Fyfe, Swallow, Myers, Powell-Pepper (Barrett, Drew, Graham)

Ruck-Gawn, Martin (Strnadica)

FWD-Dahl, Macrae, Heeney, Caddy, Black, Pickett (D.Cameron, Eddy)

$200 left

3 solid backs
5 solid mids
Going Martin over Goldi due to Goldi's ankle issues and Grundy is still 12 months away I believe and also had some Xmas shin splints.
4 solid forwards

Any thoughts, opinions and feedback would be appreciated.  Thanks guys..

[MC]

I like it mate, very similar to my squad!

[HoleMeal]

Thanks MC.

Martin in the ruck is probably the only pic (apart from rookies) that I am not 100% sold on but it DOES allow you extra $$ to spend on other lines.

[Money Shot]

Yep! Good team with some nice pods. Well done :)

[Ringo]

Nice Team with some pods Well done - Will be set if both Caddy and Heeny fire from Rd 1.

[uncleswagy]

one of the more rock solid squads ive seen in these forums

$200 bucks left is minor concern but i wouldnt stress out too much about it.

like the call martin over goldy. i wanna do that too but the north supporter inside me wont let it.

never knew grundy was battling shin splints either, wouldnt wish shin splints on the worst of my enemies haha, annoying stuff that doesnt go away

[Glenmaggie]

Really solid team, I like it a lot.

My only concern is Heeney and Caddy. Both could be great options but not sure how close to top 6 forwards they will be. Maybe trade them out and upgrade to one more super premium Mid like Treloar.

But really, great team! Good luck

[HoleMeal]

Thanks for the replies guys.
Will leave team for now until JLT starts.

[HoleMeal]

Round 1 team finalised-

DEF- Doch, Laird, Howe, Marchbank, Hampton, Hibberd (Stewart, Otten)

MIDS- Danger, JPK, Treloar, Fyfe, Neale, Murphy, Beams, O'Meara (SPP, SPS, Barrett)

RUCKS- Nank, Sandi (Preuss)

FWD- Dahl, Greene, Roughy, McCarthy, Houston, Butler (Eddy, Pickett)

$8400 left.

Happy enough with Howe. Would prefer Adams' score  :(

Murphy was my gut pick. Did well but not getting carried away.

Not sure whether to keep Pruess at R3 or get Strndicia for $20k less and loophole option??

McCarthy my other 'roll of the dice' pick.

[Ringo]

Go with gut on Strnadica. Is perfect loophole option especially if you had JPK or Murphy as VC

[HoleMeal]

Go with gut on Strnadica. Is perfect loophole option especially if you had JPK or Murphy as VC

Unfortunately had VC on Treloar  :(

[HoleMeal]

2121 points for round1.

Below average I would think.

BLUE = No concern
RED = Concern

DEF- Doch, Laird, Howe, Marchbank, Hampton, Hibberd (Stewart, Otten)

MIDS- Danger, JPK, Treloar, Fyfe, Neale, Murphy, Beams, O'Meara (SPP, SPS, Barrett)

RUCKS- Nank, Sandi (Preuss)

FWD- Dahl, Greene, Roughy, McCarthy, Houston, Butler (Eddy, Pickett)

$8400 left.

Really going to watch how McCarthy and Greene bounce back this week.

Greene could become Steele and McCarthy could become Hannan very easily.

[HoleMeal]

Won't be trading this week.

Will watch Hannan this week to see if he has another solid game.

Next week could be Roughy/McCarthy to Steele/WHE.

[HoleMeal]

2307.

Traded out Neale for Oliver. Only did the 1 trade to raise some $$.

This week looking at -
Trade Roughy out, put Nank into fwd line, trade in Witts.
And McCarthy to WHE.

[HoleMeal]

OK so I am really stuck with what to do this week.

Definitely want WHE in, so am thinking to trade out McCarthy instead of Pickett, straight trade.

My second trade, if I do one is tricky.

See the below options.

1. Roughy out, Nank down to fwd line, Witts in ruck.

2. O'Meara out, Hibberd down to mids, Adams in def.

3. Roughy to Higgins or Buddy.

4. another option??

Thoughts guys....

BACK- Doch, Howe, Laird, Marchbank, Hampton, Otten (Hibberd, Stewart)

MID- Danger, Treloar, JPK, Murphy, Fyfe, Oliver, Beams, Powell-Pepper (Barrett, O'Meara, SPS)

Ruck- Nank, Sandi (Preuss)

FWD- Dahl, Greene, Roughy, Butler, Houston, Pickett (McCarthy, Eddy)

$238,700 in bank.