RD's SC Team 2018

[Money Shot]

Thanks fellas :)

Ringo, I never start expensive rookies

I think Mills and Cockatoo are the only two I ever have, and they both didn't work out. I was forced to select them due to no other options being available so as long they are available I will always go with the cheap rookies

I prefer to go with the cheaper guys, and to use the cash saved elsewhere allowing me to do so in the first place

I think Davies Uniacke and Will Brodie are two rookie priced players that you need to consider. Think both could push a 70avg.

Davies Uniacke could go into the midfield and be there best midfielder.

[DCAK]

Considering this thread was the very last in this section, I guess it was time that I logged back into SC and played around with things  ;D

I actually don't mind the 1st team I have above still, but with this 2nd version I have now taken byes into consideration for the keepers, and I've also made a few prem changes too



I've decided to drop my mega stacked midfield and Dusty has made way (due to price and his bye) which has allowed me to bring more balance to the backline. I don't like the idea of having 3 250-300k players so I got rid of Birchall who is still dealing with knee problems and I've bought in Griff instead. By all reports Griff and Christensen have had injury free preseasons so they get the nod.

NN has also had an interrupted preseason so I ended up going with Sauce simply because of his bye, even though it doesn't excite me lol. Other than that I've switched Yeo to Hurley, Billings to Dahl and Hibberd comes in as a 4th prem defender

At this stage I'm really comfortable with this side and I would say that only Heeney (due to health) and Dahl are the two players that are not entirely locked and could be changed

We all know R14 is going to be the worst bye, so I think I've done well to balance it as well as I can for now. I've got 6 keepers missing already, but they do spread across all 4 lines which means I should be able to field 18+ still

R10: Hanley
R12: Titch, Cripps, Dahl
R13: Gawn, Hurley, Hibberd, Lobb
R14: Danger, Crouch, Fyfe, Jacobs, Heeney, Laird

Curious as to why you've selected Hayes as R3?

[RaisyDaisy]

I think Davies Uniacke and Will Brodie are two rookie priced players that you need to consider. Think both could push a 70avg.

Davies Uniacke could go into the midfield and be there best midfielder.

It's all about cash generation, and 117k-123k rookies generate cash a lot quicker than 180k+ rookies. I'm not ruling LDU out completely, but it's doubtful I would start him

As for Hayes, he's just a place holder like all rookies are for the time being

[GoLions]

I think Davies Uniacke and Will Brodie are two rookie priced players that you need to consider. Think both could push a 70avg.

Davies Uniacke could go into the midfield and be there best midfielder.

It's all about cash generation, and 117k-123k rookies generate cash a lot quicker than 180k+ rookies. I'm not ruling LDU out completely, but it's doubtful I would start him

As for Hayes, he's just a place holder like all rookies are for the time being

Not all rookies

[SilverLion]

Good side, think taking out Martin was the right move. Backs, Mids and Rucks are great. Forwards a little weak by comparison but similar to what I and many others seem to be running with so not bad in that sense.

[ben_020285]

Don't think I've posted in this thread for years and you probably don't need my help as you have smashed me in the rankings recently but will do so for you anyway, Chris, so feel privileged!  :P

I think your 'keeper' picks are all spot on with the exception of Hanley. Although I can see the appeal and he may turn out to be a good pick. His bye round sucks plus he just isn't for me. (Unless he completely tears the JLT Challenge a new one!)

The picks I don't like are Griffen and Christensen. History would suggest that approx 1/10 players in that 250k-300k bracket will turn out to be good picks. So if you nail 2/2 then you will be some sort of SC genius.

I would upgrade one to a 'keeper' and downgrade one to a rookie priced player.

I like your thoughts on the high end rookies. I don't have any in my current team either but have made a plan of which 'keepers' I will need to downgrade to cheaper 'keepers' if any of the high end rookies appear to be must haves.

Best of luck this season and in The Main Event!

[ubeaut]

Love the team RD pretty well balanced. Not sold on Dahl either think he may play too much fwd with McLean in the team.
Lobb is tempting if no.1 ruck, just worried he's never played full season there,plus if Patton,Cameron or another tall go down Simpson may come in and stuff things up.
On the rookies if LDU and co smash it and cheap rookies get dropped/ score badly u may need to look at downgrading Hanley round 3 to get one or two in.
Id love to go this cheap with rookies but feel that some of LDU/Brayshaw/Brodie/Cerra/Dow could be must haves.

[RaisyDaisy]

Good side, think taking out Martin was the right move. Backs, Mids and Rucks are great. Forwards a little weak by comparison but similar to what I and many others seem to be running with so not bad in that sense.

Cheers SL :)

Yeah I decided to drop Martin mainly because of his bye because I already have Danger, Crouch and Fyfe also having the same by and I prefer those 3 over him for now

Don't think I've posted in this thread for years and you probably don't need my help as you have smashed me in the rankings recently but will do so for you anyway, Chris, so feel privileged!  :P

I think your 'keeper' picks are all spot on with the exception of Hanley. Although I can see the appeal and he may turn out to be a good pick. His bye round sucks plus he just isn't for me. (Unless he completely tears the JLT Challenge a new one!)

The picks I don't like are Griffen and Christensen. History would suggest that approx 1/10 players in that 250k-300k bracket will turn out to be good picks. So if you nail 2/2 then you will be some sort of SC genius.

I would upgrade one to a 'keeper' and downgrade one to a rookie priced player.

I like your thoughts on the high end rookies. I don't have any in my current team either but have made a plan of which 'keepers' I will need to downgrade to cheaper 'keepers' if any of the high end rookies appear to be must haves.

Best of luck this season and in The Main Event!

Believe me Ben I feel very special that you have graced me with your presence here hehehe :P

Thanks for the feedback mate I actually agree with everything you've said. If we are fortunate enough to have enough decent looking mid and fwd rookies come round 1 then I would definitely turn Griff/Christo into Prem/Rookie because I know how rarely these 250-300k guys actually work out. I might even play around with that now to see what I can come up with :)

As for Hanley, I'm locking him in. He finished off the year strong after having a horrible year with injuries and the passing of his brother, and he's been touted to spend more time in the guts. With his previous history too, I think he can go 90+ and considering there isn't a great deal of top end defenders I like I'm set on Hanley

Look forward to going around again in The Main Event!

Love the team RD pretty well balanced. Not sold on Dahl either think he may play too much fwd with McLean in the team.
Lobb is tempting if no.1 ruck, just worried he's never played full season there,plus if Patton,Cameron or another tall go down Simpson may come in and stuff things up.
On the rookies if LDU and co smash it and cheap rookies get dropped/ score badly u may need to look at downgrading Hanley round 3 to get one or two in.
Id love to go this cheap with rookies but feel that some of LDU/Brayshaw/Brodie/Cerra/Dow could be must haves.

Thanks ubeaut :)

Yeah as mentioned previously Dahl is definitely not set in stone. I had Billings in my initial squad and could easily see myself bringing him back in to replace Dahl

I'm going to toy around with the idea of bringing in LDU. I really hate start higher priced rookies, but as we know it's all wait and see for now until we get a better look at them during the JLT

Cheers fellas!

[Peter]

Personally, I would downgrade Hanley and upgrade Griffen, but can understand your logic

[Bully]

Not far off my own team, here's how our head to heads will go.

Hurley vs Shaw
rookie vs Birchall
Mitchell vs Selwood
Crouch vs Beams
rookie vs Bontempelli
Jacobs vs Martin
Heeney vs Cyril
Lobb vs Bennell

Just some gut feelings I have about some of your selections.

*Crouch at peak price & will take a hit with Gibbs in the team
*Hurley a notorious slow starter, will come down in price
*T.Mitchell broke the record for possessions in a season, I expect more attention this year
*Heeney hasn't had a preseason, Swans will ease him in
*Lobb is more of a correction trade come round 3, need to see some continuity in the ruck

[Money Shot]

RD will beat Bully in round 1 if teams stay the way they are. ;D

Crouch finished the year averaging over 120, not at his peak price by any means.
Hurley has had his first full preseason in ages and will continue his form from last season.
Mitchell is not someone oppositions will look at tagging.
Heeney didn't have a full preseason last season and came out and killed it from day 1.
Lobb, if he plays as the number one ruck in the JLT and lines up as the ruck in round 1 warrants a selection too.

Shaw has many question marks regarding the role he will play and with Wilson/Williams gone will attract a lot of attention.
Birchall has had an interrupted preseason and is in 'a race for round 1' (warrants a selection if he does line up though)
Martin has Smith/McInerey too worry about as they are younger and the lions will want to get games into them (Espescially McInerey)
Cyril is injury prone however could pay off
Bennell won't play AFL ever again.

[RaisyDaisy]

MS has pretty much taken the words out of my mouth  ;D

The reason I am starting Crouch is because I think he is value at 600k. Like MS said take a look at his SC scoring from last year, especially the last 2/3 of the season where he really established himself

I've never had Hurley in my SC team ever in all these years, but his numbers are too hard to ignore. With no Docherty, he gets the nod now as I just think he will be more reliable than Yeo

Mitchell will probably go close to breaking the record again. He averaged 104 as the 4th/5th in line mid at Sydney. Safe as houses to average 115+

I've said that Heeney is in the side currently but with a watch and see approach as I am well aware of his interrupted preseason, but as MS states he was worse 12 months ago with glandular fever and that didn't stop him

If Lobb is the sole ruck ,then he stays. If Dawson lines up Round 1 then Lobb is gone

Appreciate the feedback on my selections Bully, but surely the players you've picked (other than Bont and Jelwood) carry way more risk than mine

[Bully]

RD will beat Bully in round 1 if teams stay the way they are. ;D

Crouch finished the year averaging over 120, not at his peak price by any means.
Hurley has had his first full preseason in ages and will continue his form from last season.
Mitchell is not someone oppositions will look at tagging.
Heeney didn't have a full preseason last season and came out and killed it from day 1.
Lobb, if he plays as the number one ruck in the JLT and lines up as the ruck in round 1 warrants a selection too.

Shaw has many question marks regarding the role he will play and with Wilson/Williams gone will attract a lot of attention.
Birchall has had an interrupted preseason and is in 'a race for round 1' (warrants a selection if he does line up though)
Martin has Smith/McInerey too worry about as they are younger and the lions will want to get games into them (Espescially McInerey)
Cyril is injury prone however could pay off
Bennell won't play AFL ever again.

Gibbs will impact on Crouch, that's just my feeling. Let's not forget that one year doesn't maketh the man. The same can be said for Mitchell who only has 1 year of elite scoring, very few players back these numbers up over consecutive years.

Hurley's career record over 6 rounds (100s)

2017 - 2/6
2015 - 2/6
2014 - 0/6
2013 - 1/6
2012 - 0/6
2011 - 1/6

So that's 6/30 over the past 6 active seasons.

* Lobb has Dawson Simpson to worry about, both players shared first ruck duties towards the end of the year.

* Heeney may have come back strong but let's not underestimate the value of a preseason, he's not superman and will still play despite being underdone.

* Stef Martin can be changed but it's always a case of pay a premium and then downgrade to a cheaper ruck, keeps the structure in place.

* Shaw could easily resume rebounder responsibilities, in which case he's a bargain (but will monitor)

*You may be right about Bennell & Birch but can easily swap them for premo & rookie. Birch has 10 consecutive seasons of 80+ (if you round up his 79.5). If named round 1 he's as safe as houses to hit 80. Ross Lyon has been pushing Bennell to meet his KPI's and feels he's still in the frame, Freo clearly want a return on investment.

[Money Shot]

This is what makes supercoach such a beautiful game! So many differing opinions.

Surely Gibbs will take Smith/Levers points before he takes Crouchs???

Hurley has never been an 'elite' top 6 premium before last season so I am not concerned by those stats as he was coming back from 12 months off football prior to last.

Although Heeney is not superman he was the best player in his draft and if he plays JLT he is in.

[Bully]

This is what makes supercoach such a beautiful game! So many differing opinions.

Surely Gibbs will take Smith/Levers points before he takes Crouchs???

Hurley has never been an 'elite' top 6 premium before last season so I am not concerned by those stats as he was coming back from 12 months off football prior to last.

Although Heeney is not superman he was the best player in his draft and if he plays JLT he is in.

Don't think Gibbs was recruited to play as a rebounder, think he will play in the guts for the most part. As for Heeney, he will be in my side at some point but at 536k and no preseason I'm steering clear for now.