Year of the expensive rookies??

[Holz]

im looking to start alot of them.

Im prepared to drop a premo to pick up 4-5 high priced rookies over 3-4 cheap rookies and a premo.

Apart from Dow and Brodie, who do you like?

Braysahw LDU Stephenson and then not really a rookie by basically rookie priced Byrne 220k. Im looking at the stkilda guys and Rayner too.

I actually dont have Brodie in my sqaud.

[quinny88]

The situation isn't that dire is it?

Fritsch and Banfield have already come out of left field to put their hand up for a round 1 debut. There will be others that perform over the JLT.

At the moment I have

D: Doedee, Murray, Finlayson, Mirra
M: Brodie, Kelly, Worpel, Barry, Holman, Ahern
F: Stephenson, Fritsch, Garlett, Ryan

So only 2 expensive rookies with 80k in the bank if I need to upgrade 1 or 2 but I'm confident there will be enough cheap options around. The main area I'd like them to pop up more is the backline. Pretty confident in the forward and mid options

[Mantis]

I ended up with way too many rookies that got dropped early on in the year and really did affect cash generation and I was forced to burn trades doing sideways trades between rookies. Happy to pay for the rookies that are going to play. Dow Brodie LDU Brayshaw all look good, I reckon I will pick 2 of those and Stephenson up forward and possibly Coffield down back if they are looking like getting a solid crack early on. I guess it will depend on everyone's structure to and how many rookies you are carrying in your side.

[Mantis]

The situation isn't that dire is it?

Fritsch and Banfield have already come out of left field to put their hand up for a round 1 debut. There will be others that perform over the JLT.

At the moment I have

D: Doedee, Murray, Finlayson, Mirra
M: Brodie, Kelly, Worpel, Barry, Holman, Ahern
F: Stephenson, Fritsch, Garlett, Ryan

So only 2 expensive rookies with 80k in the bank if I need to upgrade 1 or 2 but I'm confident there will be enough cheap options around. The main area I'd like them to pop up more is the backline. Pretty confident in the forward and mid options

Yeah they seem to be the popular rookies at this stage. Just not confident even if a lot of those start that they hold their spots. Maybe I am still suffering from my rookie burns last season haha

[ben_020285]

The situation isn't that dire is it?

Fritsch and Banfield have already come out of left field to put their hand up for a round 1 debut. There will be others that perform over the JLT.

At the moment I have

D: Doedee, Murray, Finlayson, Mirra
M: Brodie, Kelly, Worpel, Barry, Holman, Ahern
F: Stephenson, Fritsch, Garlett, Ryan

So only 2 expensive rookies with 80k in the bank if I need to upgrade 1 or 2 but I'm confident there will be enough cheap options around. The main area I'd like them to pop up more is the backline. Pretty confident in the forward and mid options

As far as the cheapies that you have mentioned go;

Murray, Ahern and Worpel not named for JLT1 doesn't bode well for a round 1 debut.

Banfield, Finlayson, Mirra, Holman and Garlett will HOPEFULLY play round 1 but none are guaranteed.

Doedee, Kelly, Barry, Fritsch and Ryan are likely to play round 1.

Not looking great!

[quinny88]

The situation isn't that dire is it?

Fritsch and Banfield have already come out of left field to put their hand up for a round 1 debut. There will be others that perform over the JLT.

At the moment I have

D: Doedee, Murray, Finlayson, Mirra
M: Brodie, Kelly, Worpel, Barry, Holman, Ahern
F: Stephenson, Fritsch, Garlett, Ryan

So only 2 expensive rookies with 80k in the bank if I need to upgrade 1 or 2 but I'm confident there will be enough cheap options around. The main area I'd like them to pop up more is the backline. Pretty confident in the forward and mid options

As far as the cheapies that you have mentioned go;

Murray, Ahern and Worpel not named for JLT1 doesn't bode well for a round 1 debut.

Banfield, Finlayson, Mirra, Holman and Garlett will HOPEFULLY play round 1 but none are guaranteed.

Doedee, Kelly, Barry, Fritsch and Ryan are likely to play round 1.

Not looking great!

Haha yeah as soon as I posted this the teams were announced with a couple missing. I can only assume Murray and Worpel are being managed as they both played really well in their respective intra club matches and have been talked up by their clubs all pre season.

It's just one of those things you can't really lock in until the Thursday of round 1. Confident there will be enough cheap options though with 2-3 more expensive rookies in my side

[Colley Dogs]

This is the important question this season.

Every year I fight like heck to run with a Guns-'n-Rookies set-up:

12-13 premiums
1-2 mid-pricers
8 Rookies (with a maximum of 3 160k+ Rookies)

This season my lack of faith in the 102K â€" 149K Rookies is forcing me to consider a mid-pricer approach (with more cash invested in top-tier Rookies). I feel very uncomfortable with the side I'm currently sitting on; but I think I have to trust my read.

11 Premiums
3 Mid-Pricers
8 Rookies (with 5 160K+ Rookies)

i.e. -1 prem/+1 mid-pricer to allow for two additional 160K+ Rookies.

I can't tell you how much I want to reverse this. But my gut-feel is to take the short-term pain for a guaranteed cash cow return. I'd rather over-invest and correct down, than end up with three Rookies who're struggling to put together five games.

[Colty]

The situation isn't that dire is it?

Fritsch and Banfield have already come out of left field to put their hand up for a round 1 debut. There will be others that perform over the JLT.

At the moment I have

D: Doedee, Murray, Finlayson, Mirra
M: Brodie, Kelly, Worpel, Barry, Holman, Ahern
F: Stephenson, Fritsch, Garlett, Ryan

So only 2 expensive rookies with 80k in the bank if I need to upgrade 1 or 2 but I'm confident there will be enough cheap options around. The main area I'd like them to pop up more is the backline. Pretty confident in the forward and mid options

As far as the cheapies that you have mentioned go;

Murray, Ahern and Worpel not named for JLT1 doesn't bode well for a round 1 debut.

Banfield, Finlayson, Mirra, Holman and Garlett will HOPEFULLY play round 1 but none are guaranteed.

Doedee, Kelly, Barry, Fritsch and Ryan are likely to play round 1.

Not looking great!

Haha yeah as soon as I posted this the teams were announced with a couple missing. I can only assume Murray and Worpel are being managed as they both played really well in their respective intra club matches and have been talked up by their clubs all pre season.

It's just one of those things you can't really lock in until the Thursday of round 1. Confident there will be enough cheap options though with 2-3 more expensive rookies in my side

Am I right in saying that forwards are prob were the least rookie gold is? excluding rucks of course.

[ben_020285]

The situation isn't that dire is it?

Fritsch and Banfield have already come out of left field to put their hand up for a round 1 debut. There will be others that perform over the JLT.

At the moment I have

D: Doedee, Murray, Finlayson, Mirra
M: Brodie, Kelly, Worpel, Barry, Holman, Ahern
F: Stephenson, Fritsch, Garlett, Ryan

So only 2 expensive rookies with 80k in the bank if I need to upgrade 1 or 2 but I'm confident there will be enough cheap options around. The main area I'd like them to pop up more is the backline. Pretty confident in the forward and mid options

As far as the cheapies that you have mentioned go;

Murray, Ahern and Worpel not named for JLT1 doesn't bode well for a round 1 debut.

Banfield, Finlayson, Mirra, Holman and Garlett will HOPEFULLY play round 1 but none are guaranteed.

Doedee, Kelly, Barry, Fritsch and Ryan are likely to play round 1.

Not looking great!

Haha yeah as soon as I posted this the teams were announced with a couple missing. I can only assume Murray and Worpel are being managed as they both played really well in their respective intra club matches and have been talked up by their clubs all pre season.

It's just one of those things you can't really lock in until the Thursday of round 1. Confident there will be enough cheap options though with 2-3 more expensive rookies in my side

Am I right in saying that forwards are prob were the least rookie gold is? excluding rucks of course.

Yes, it's looking that way. I think we will need to go deeper in FWD than DEF or MID.

Currently have Christensen at F5 and Fritsch at F6. I think the cheap Eagles boys need to sit on the bench due to their low scoring potential.

[Bully]

The situation isn't that dire is it?

Fritsch and Banfield have already come out of left field to put their hand up for a round 1 debut. There will be others that perform over the JLT.

At the moment I have

D: Doedee, Murray, Finlayson, Mirra
M: Brodie, Kelly, Worpel, Barry, Holman, Ahern
F: Stephenson, Fritsch, Garlett, Ryan

So only 2 expensive rookies with 80k in the bank if I need to upgrade 1 or 2 but I'm confident there will be enough cheap options around. The main area I'd like them to pop up more is the backline. Pretty confident in the forward and mid options

As far as the cheapies that you have mentioned go;

Murray, Ahern and Worpel not named for JLT1 doesn't bode well for a round 1 debut.

Banfield, Finlayson, Mirra, Holman and Garlett will HOPEFULLY play round 1 but none are guaranteed.

Doedee, Kelly, Barry, Fritsch and Ryan are likely to play round 1.

Not looking great!

Haha yeah as soon as I posted this the teams were announced with a couple missing. I can only assume Murray and Worpel are being managed as they both played really well in their respective intra club matches and have been talked up by their clubs all pre season.

It's just one of those things you can't really lock in until the Thursday of round 1. Confident there will be enough cheap options though with 2-3 more expensive rookies in my side

Am I right in saying that forwards are prob were the least rookie gold is? excluding rucks of course.

Having huge issues with F6, really want to bring in another rookie but no-one has put there hand up. Will give Stephensen & Poholke more time but not looking good.

[fasttrack13]

I've got 4 150k+ guys. Stephenson, LDU, Clark are very close. Not touching Rayner with a 50ft pole, be shocked if he gets midfield time!

[Levi434]

Currently have 3 150K+ guys. Brayshaw, Dow and Naughton. I don't love my backline at all so it Naughton stinks it up in JLT I'll make changes.

[StuL]

We shall see. I like Brayshaw but am currently getting by with no exy rookies.

[DunnyBrush]

Those who try to skim this year on rookies are going to get destroyed.
Money making is the number one priority.

[Bully]

Those who try to skim this year on rookies are going to get destroyed.
Money making is the number one priority.

Rather go more mid pricers to be honest.