Another waste of 9 months

Southstorm · January 30, 2018, 12:27:51 PM

Fiddling around with structures for most of January, think I'm most satisfied with this sort of layout.

Hurley, Yeo and Laird will be hard to top in defence, only player I can see getting near those three for the season is Hibberd. I think Hurley will have the better start to the season but it's much of a muchness between him and Hibberd at the moment. Good coverage on the byes too. Pretty happy with the amount and potential of rookies down back this year too, so not bothering to consider mid pricers like Birch or Brayshaw.

Paddy D is the captains pick in the midfield, otherwise I'm going for new faces while the rest of the comp loads up on the old shower like always. The 2013 draft is absolute class. Griffen and O'Meara, if fit, will be great cash cows up to the bye if they can go back to averaging around 90 or so, hopefully one can be a straight swap to a fallen premium. Not that confident with midfield rookies.

Set and forget rucks. Jacobs will become Naitanui depending on preseason form. Would otherwise start Ryder if not for Rd. 10 Bye

Forward line looks like shower this year, and unfortunately Heeney and Billings share the same bye as well. Expect them both to push 100 nonetheless. Dabbling heavy in midpricers as a result, fortunately there's a few to choose from. Am also considering a POD in Devon Smith in place of Deledio and a downtrade to one of Christensen or Ah Chee.

shaker · January 30, 2018, 12:55:01 PM

I like this set up as long as there is enough back rookies to have a backline like that but you do have O'Meara and Griffen to downgrade for some extra cash, mids are everybody's own choice but you have Danger and 4 other good ones , rucks solid , forwards a bit risky but not to bad one of the better teams I've seen well done.

SilverLion · January 30, 2018, 01:00:58 PM

Quote from: Southstorm on January 30, 2018, 12:27:51 PM

Fiddling around with structures for most of January, think I'm most satisfied with this sort of layout.

Hurley, Yeo and Laird will be hard to top in defence, only player I can see getting near those three for the season is Hibberd. I think Hurley will have the better start to the season but it's much of a muchness between him and Hibberd at the moment. Good coverage on the byes too. Pretty happy with the amount and potential of rookies down back this year too, so not bothering to consider mid pricers like Birch or Brayshaw.

Paddy D is the captains pick in the midfield, otherwise I'm going for new faces while the rest of the comp loads up on the old shower like always. The 2013 draft is absolute class. Griffen and O'Meara, if fit, will be great cash cows up to the bye if they can go back to averaging around 90 or so, hopefully one can be a straight swap to a fallen premium. Not that confident with midfield rookies.

Set and forget rucks. Jacobs will become Naitanui depending on preseason form. Would otherwise start Ryder if not for Rd. 10 Bye

Forward line looks like shower this year, and unfortunately Heeney and Billings share the same bye as well. Expect them both to push 100 nonetheless. Dabbling heavy in midpricers as a result, fortunately there's a few to choose from. Am also considering a POD in Devon Smith in place of Deledio and a downtrade to one of Christensen or Ah Chee.

Nice side, main concern is having all 3 of JOM, Griffin and Lids. Don't think they played 10 games between them last year, I'd be hesitant to start all 3.

Money Shot · January 30, 2018, 01:29:14 PM

Really like this team. I personally would look at getting smith in for Lids as well because he is a genuine chance of scoring 90-95 which should be enough to be a F6 keeper where as lids will struggle in a team like GWS to get the points he did in a weaker richmond side.

DCAK · January 31, 2018, 04:43:08 PM

Quote from: Southstorm on January 30, 2018, 12:27:51 PM

Fiddling around with structures for most of January, think I'm most satisfied with this sort of layout.

Hurley, Yeo and Laird will be hard to top in defence, only player I can see getting near those three for the season is Hibberd. I think Hurley will have the better start to the season but it's much of a muchness between him and Hibberd at the moment. Good coverage on the byes too. Pretty happy with the amount and potential of rookies down back this year too, so not bothering to consider mid pricers like Birch or Brayshaw.

Paddy D is the captains pick in the midfield, otherwise I'm going for new faces while the rest of the comp loads up on the old shower like always. The 2013 draft is absolute class. Griffen and O'Meara, if fit, will be great cash cows up to the bye if they can go back to averaging around 90 or so, hopefully one can be a straight swap to a fallen premium. Not that confident with midfield rookies.

Set and forget rucks. Jacobs will become Naitanui depending on preseason form. Would otherwise start Ryder if not for Rd. 10 Bye

Forward line looks like shower this year, and unfortunately Heeney and Billings share the same bye as well. Expect them both to push 100 nonetheless. Dabbling heavy in midpricers as a result, fortunately there's a few to choose from. Am also considering a POD in Devon Smith in place of Deledio and a downtrade to one of Christensen or Ah Chee.

Hey bud, I really like your team, excepet for the Dids pick, can't condone that, he is always injured and his best is a distant memory.

Peter · February 02, 2018, 07:38:20 PM

Big call, sacrificing gun mids for gun defenders

DCAK · February 02, 2018, 08:04:29 PM

Addendum to my last, ditch Griffen too, he's a has been. Move him down to a rookie and use the leftover cash to upgrade Dids

Southstorm · March 06, 2018, 01:24:27 AM

Thanks for advice all, have made another revision. Will probably make another revision at the end of JLT

Down back, Yeo goes out for Hibberd. Really doubting if this is the best move though because I'd prefer to have a starting def premium with the Rd 12 bye so I'm contemplating a trade to Simpson, either Hibbo or Hurley. One of those two will definitely be the better scorer than Simpson IMO but I can just imagine myself being flowered in Rd. 13 so might be worth the pain. Keeping with the three rookie on field strategy with Keeffe as crucial DPP link.

Mids, Griff goes out for Armitage who looks good. Not sure on Bont's role in a Stringer-less WB team so Cripps in for him. Fyfe looks too good to pass up at the moment so Zach Merrett comes out. And the necessity of finding cash means Josh Kelly is now Treloar, but I'm hardly sold on Adam. JOM stays in, should be right to go this season.

Jacobs to Goldy. Shuffling deck chairs at this point.

Up forward, really not set on Heeney so he comes out for Devon Smith and extra cash means Deledio goes to Petracca. Billings and Smith are safe bets IMO, Petracca is more risky but I'm backing him in for a lot more midfield minutes this season. Sicily will start in forward line; he'll be a keeper but just not sure where. Bundy goes to F5 and Ah Chee out.

I'm thinking of going Hurley to Simpson and upgrading Treloar to Merrett, Oliver or Kelly.

crowls · March 06, 2018, 03:58:38 AM

Quote from: Southstorm on March 06, 2018, 01:24:27 AM

I'm thinking of going Hurley to Simpson and upgrading Treloar to Merrett, Oliver or Kelly.

good moves, improve consistency of mids and hurley should drop in price later

Ringo · March 06, 2018, 09:48:49 AM

Nice team and not a lot to comment on as it is a structure that seems to be the desired one at this stage. Ahern may have to be replaced as still not starting in JLT.

ubeaut · March 06, 2018, 09:57:11 AM

Quote from: crowls on March 06, 2018, 03:58:38 AM
Quote from: Southstorm on March 06, 2018, 01:24:27 AM

I'm thinking of going Hurley to Simpson and upgrading Treloar to Merrett, Oliver or Kelly.
good moves, improve consistency of mids and hurley should drop in price later

Yep Merrett/Oliver/Kelly over Treloar.
Not sure about all 3 of JOM,Armo and Petracca tho. Essentially Trac. If the mids fail u can downgrade to a rookie mid without hurting team . If Trac fails you'll have another fwd rookie unless u somehow find 100 k for upgrade.

Money Shot · March 06, 2018, 02:03:14 PM

swing Sicily down back for a bit more balance and your team looks great.

Southstorm · March 06, 2018, 08:36:23 PM

Quote from: Money Shot on March 06, 2018, 02:03:14 PM
swing Sicily down back for a bit more balance and your team looks great.

Don't think moving sicily back fixes anything, all it does is bring another rookie on the field in the forward line and moves Bundy to F4. Down back there's no good midprice options under $400k but it looks like there will be a few rookies while up forward it's the opposite problem. Makes more sense to me to keep Sicily in the forward line for that reason.

Worst comes to worst, I can move him with Keeffe DPP link any time I want in the season.

Southstorm · March 12, 2018, 07:40:22 PM

Post-JLT team and dangerless. Thinking Clarry and Crouch are better options than Mitchell and Dusty.

Coniglio replaces one of JOM/Armo to reinforce M6 with extra cash

Hopefully set and forget 1-3 for Def and Fwd. Dunkley/Christo for F4/5 at the moment but not really sold on these two after the JLT

How are we looking?

ubeaut · March 12, 2018, 08:27:49 PM

Quote from: Southstorm on March 12, 2018, 07:40:22 PM

Post-JLT team and dangerless. Thinking Clarry and Crouch are better options than Mitchell and Dusty.

Coniglio replaces one of JOM/Armo to reinforce M6 with extra cash

Hopefully set and forget 1-3 for Def and Fwd. Dunkley/Christo for F4/5 at the moment but not really sold on these two after the JLT

How are we looking?

Pretty good mate. Fairly balanced structure while still going deep in the mids. Love the Parker and Oliver picks.
Two things tho. Big call leaving both Dusty and Titch out as well as no danger. I'd look to get one in for Crouch if possible.
The other is both Dunkley and Bundy but given lack of fwd rookies is understandable.