2019 Rookies

[RaisyDaisy]

Do you think we could run with 5 rookies down back, with Collins anchoring D4?

X, X, X, Collins, Scrimshaw, Clarke (Duursma, Hore) and that still leaves Burgess up our sleeve just in case one of those 5 don't make it?

[RaisyDaisy]

I agree and disagree with parts of this post.

Midfield the clear picks are Walsh butters and gibbons due to their job security. Constable and Atkins could very much be fighting for same spot and ifnone is picked fouldeasilt be dropped for the other after a bad game. Not even convinced one will
Make it. Scott was decent the other day but have extreme doubts about him being picked and then holding spot.

Up forwArd It is setters and then I would rate petrucelle as the next pick in terms of job security. The returns of wines and lynch/caddy have me worried about the other 2 and Parker is just a pulse.

Down back I think Collins is a must purely because his spot is safe as houses. I’ll be surprised if burgess doesn’t play but he’s just a pulse. I reckon scrimmers edges Clark.

I can easily see ya having to do deeper across more lines than first anticipated. Right now I have 5 power mids and crouch but I must admit I’m strongly looking at Taranto formpne of those boys currently.

(Someone rose just posted)

I really don’t see why people are going for hateley. I have no idea how he scored but if ya watched his games there have been enough passages of play for me to think he is a player not up with the speed of the afl right now. Saying that, will be handy if he gets picked

Constable was playing pure mid, whilst Atkins was playing Half Forward, so I'm not sure they are fighting for the same spot - I think they can both play in the same side - hope they can

[batt]

Do you think we could run with 5 rookies down back, with Collins anchoring D4?

X, X, X, Collins, Scrimshaw, Clarke (Duursma, Hore) and that still leaves Burgess up our sleeve just in case one of those 5 don't make it?

Heck, I've had Scrimshaw at D4 for a while now.

Think I'm a good chance of staying with 3 on field come round 1.

[eaglesman]

I agree and disagree with parts of this post.

Midfield the clear picks are Walsh butters and gibbons due to their job security. Constable and Atkins could very much be fighting for same spot and ifnone is picked fouldeasilt be dropped for the other after a bad game. Not even convinced one will
Make it. Scott was decent the other day but have extreme doubts about him being picked and then holding spot.

Up forwArd It is setters and then I would rate petrucelle as the next pick in terms of job security. The returns of wines and lynch/caddy have me worried about the other 2 and Parker is just a pulse.

Down back I think Collins is a must purely because his spot is safe as houses. I’ll be surprised if burgess doesn’t play but he’s just a pulse. I reckon scrimmers edges Clark.

I can easily see ya having to do deeper across more lines than first anticipated. Right now I have 5 power mids and crouch but I must admit I’m strongly looking at Taranto formpne of those boys currently.

(Someone rose just posted)

I really don’t see why people are going for hateley. I have no idea how he scored but if ya watched his games there have been enough passages of play for me to think he is a player not up with the speed of the afl right now. Saying that, will be handy if he gets picked

Constable was playing pure mid, whilst Atkins was playing Half Forward, so I'm not sure they are fighting for the same spot - I think they can both play in the same side - hope they can

I understand that. But I think when the cats play all their midfield guns in their normal positions he won’t be as pure mid as what we would like. I think if we do a Geelong best 22 team it will tell a tale.

[eaglesman]

Do you think we could run with 5 rookies down back, with Collins anchoring D4?

X, X, X, Collins, Scrimshaw, Clarke (Duursma, Hore) and that still leaves Burgess up our sleeve just in case one of those 5 don't make it?

I still have my doubts regards the selection in the round 1 team of both Clark Duursma and hore. If they get named it solves a lot of problems. Then we can shove burgess forward for a swing as well

[RaisyDaisy]

Do you think we could run with 5 rookies down back, with Collins anchoring D4?

X, X, X, Collins, Scrimshaw, Clarke (Duursma, Hore) and that still leaves Burgess up our sleeve just in case one of those 5 don't make it?

I still have my doubts regards the selection in the round 1 team of both Clark Duursma and hore. If they get named it solves a lot of problems. Then we can shove burgess forward for a swing as well

That's why I have had just 4 def rookies (2 on field 2 on bench) because it gives me some fallback options just in case 1 or 2 don't actually get named

Might stick with that for now

[eaglesman]

Do you think we could run with 5 rookies down back, with Collins anchoring D4?

X, X, X, Collins, Scrimshaw, Clarke (Duursma, Hore) and that still leaves Burgess up our sleeve just in case one of those 5 don't make it?

I still have my doubts regards the selection in the round 1 team of both Clark Duursma and hore. If they get named it solves a lot of problems. Then we can shove burgess forward for a swing as well

That's why I have had just 4 def rookies (2 on field 2 on bench) because it gives me some fallback options just in case 1 or 2 don't actually get named

Might stick with that for now

I feel like we need to drop a mid prem and field a rookie so we can bolster other lines but we just don’t have that mid rookie.

Can’t possibly see how anyone can be rolling with defensive premiums this year.

[_wato]

Collins, Scrimshaw, Clark (Duursma, Hore) - Burgess if one goes down but jeesh no chance I'm picking any GC rookie if I don't have to.

Walsh, Constable (Butters, Scott, Gibbons) - Atkins a real possibility but 46DT for 80sc ain't gonna happen regularly. Bewley and Giants boys don't think good enough.

Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker) Don't like any other forward rookie. Petrol Jelly looked good but JS is an issue as already stated.

IMO that's the best of the rooks.

[RaisyDaisy]

Collins, Scrimshaw, Clark (Duursma, Hore) - Burgess if one goes down but jeesh no chance I'm picking any GC rookie if I don't have to.

Walsh, Constable (Butters, Scott, Gibbons) - Atkins a real possibility but 46DT for 80sc ain't gonna happen regularly. Bewley and Giants boys don't think good enough.

Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker) Don't like any other forward rookie. Petrol Jelly looked good but JS is an issue as already stated.

IMO that's the best of the rooks.

Petruccelle has been great all summer, and with LeCras retired, plus Cripps injured - he actually has pretty good JS for a rookie I would think.

That said, I really don't love the look of 3 forward rookies on field

Looks like we might need to grab some mid pricers just to make the cash stretch across all lines  :-[

[eaglesman]

Collins, Scrimshaw, Clark (Duursma, Hore) - Burgess if one goes down but jeesh no chance I'm picking any GC rookie if I don't have to.

Walsh, Constable (Butters, Scott, Gibbons) - Atkins a real possibility but 46DT for 80sc ain't gonna happen regularly. Bewley and Giants boys don't think good enough.

Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker) Don't like any other forward rookie. Petrol Jelly looked good but JS is an issue as already stated.

IMO that's the best of the rooks.

Petruccelle has been great all summer, and with LeCras retired, plus Cripps injured - he actually has pretty good JS for a rookie I would think.

That said, I really don't love the look of 3 forward rookies on field

Looks like we might need to grab some mid pricers just to make the cash stretch across all lines  :-[

Agree with all this. Cripps coming back the latest round 3/4 scare you. I actually think he may have jumped venables.

[Bully]

Collins, Scrimshaw, Clark (Duursma, Hore) - Burgess if one goes down but jeesh no chance I'm picking any GC rookie if I don't have to.

Walsh, Constable (Butters, Scott, Gibbons) - Atkins a real possibility but 46DT for 80sc ain't gonna happen regularly. Bewley and Giants boys don't think good enough.

Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker) Don't like any other forward rookie. Petrol Jelly looked good but JS is an issue as already stated.

IMO that's the best of the rooks.

Petruccelle has been great all summer, and with LeCras retired, plus Cripps injured - he actually has pretty good JS for a rookie I would think.

That said, I really don't love the look of 3 forward rookies on field

Looks like we might need to grab some mid pricers just to make the cash stretch across all lines  :-[

Petrucelle had 11 contested possessions today, that gives me huge confidence to go with 5 rookies in the forward line. Parker also took a screamer in the pocket so I think the Saints persist. Bugger it, I'm rolling the dice. Have read all the gossip on Roberton & it may not be as bad as reported, will wait on a full diagnosis, but if OK then I'm going deep in the mids & light in the forward line.

[RaisyDaisy]

Collins, Scrimshaw, Clark (Duursma, Hore) - Burgess if one goes down but jeesh no chance I'm picking any GC rookie if I don't have to.

Walsh, Constable (Butters, Scott, Gibbons) - Atkins a real possibility but 46DT for 80sc ain't gonna happen regularly. Bewley and Giants boys don't think good enough.

Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker) Don't like any other forward rookie. Petrol Jelly looked good but JS is an issue as already stated.

IMO that's the best of the rooks.

Petruccelle has been great all summer, and with LeCras retired, plus Cripps injured - he actually has pretty good JS for a rookie I would think.

That said, I really don't love the look of 3 forward rookies on field

Looks like we might need to grab some mid pricers just to make the cash stretch across all lines  :-[

Petrucelle had 11 contested possessions today, that gives me huge confidence to go with 5 rookies in the forward line. Parker also took a screamer in the pocket so I think the Saints persist. Bugger it, I'm rolling the dice. Have read all the gossip on Roberton & it may not be as bad as reported, will wait on a full diagnosis, but if OK then I'm going deep in the mids & light in the forward line.

And Parker appears to have very good JS, and that's super important. He might put up 50 most weeks, but if he can put up the odd 70+ he will make cash whilst having good JS

Drew and Balta are the worries, for reasons eaglesman mentioned earlier, but I cannot for the life of me pick a F3 with confidence so I think I will stick with Greene F3 and 5 rookies. Any way I slice it, I'm going to have a dodgy def or fwd line

[Bully]

Collins, Scrimshaw, Clark (Duursma, Hore) - Burgess if one goes down but jeesh no chance I'm picking any GC rookie if I don't have to.

Walsh, Constable (Butters, Scott, Gibbons) - Atkins a real possibility but 46DT for 80sc ain't gonna happen regularly. Bewley and Giants boys don't think good enough.

Setterfield, Drew (Balta, Parker) Don't like any other forward rookie. Petrol Jelly looked good but JS is an issue as already stated.

IMO that's the best of the rooks.

Petruccelle has been great all summer, and with LeCras retired, plus Cripps injured - he actually has pretty good JS for a rookie I would think.

That said, I really don't love the look of 3 forward rookies on field

Looks like we might need to grab some mid pricers just to make the cash stretch across all lines  :-[

Petrucelle had 11 contested possessions today, that gives me huge confidence to go with 5 rookies in the forward line. Parker also took a screamer in the pocket so I think the Saints persist. Bugger it, I'm rolling the dice. Have read all the gossip on Roberton & it may not be as bad as reported, will wait on a full diagnosis, but if OK then I'm going deep in the mids & light in the forward line.

And Parker appears to have very good JS, and that's super important. He might put up 50 most weeks, but if he can put up the odd 70+ he will make cash whilst having good JS

Drew and Balta are the worries, for reasons eaglesman mentioned earlier, but I cannot for the life of me pick a F3 with confidence so I think I will stick with Greene F3 and 5 rookies. Any way I slice it, I'm going to have a dodgy def or fwd line

It's really the same story with rookies every year, unless you're the number 1 pick then it's a week to week proposition. I actually don't think the forward line is as bad as it appears on paper, the scoring potential of Drew & Balta is excellent, it just becomes a question of stringing a few strong games together. Balta has been sharing the ruck with Soldo too, I expect him to get plenty more time in there when Soldo gets demoted. Aside from that he averaged 77 in the two JLT games which is all you can ask for.

[hawkers65]

Drew is actually a bit of a beast and is highly rated internally. You dont get signed on for two years mid long term injury before you've even debuted for nothing either. I dont think his JS is as shaky as you all make it out to be. Plenty are chances to go before him one would imagine. I'm running the 5 fwd rookies atm and i'm more worried about Balta and Pettrucelle tbh.

[_wato]

Hinkley said in a presser that it's likely 5 or 6 guys will be making their debut for PA Round 1.

Lycett, Burton, Rozee, Duursma, Drew, Butters the likely contenders. IMO think they all play.

Re Petroleum still not sold on him. West Coast just won the flag, competition for spots everywhere. I'd love another Venables pick averaging 47 lol