2019 Defenders

[Bully]

Not sold on Hanley, his body is too unreliable. Think the best thing I can do is bring in M.Crouch & Witherden for Macrae & Roberton, points wise I probably suffer a bit but hopefully can catch Macrae when he throws in a stinker. Witherden I think can hit 90 this year, once you factor in his injury hit 13 there's some sort of value, his form was also pretty good from round 12 onwards. 

[Nige]

Definitely not sold on Hanley, but as RD said, it's an easy transition from Roberton if need be and as Bully said, he only needs about 6 weeks of solid scoring and he can be moved on. Roberton has better ability and potential to be a keeper, but obviously needs to play.

I just hope he's okay though, fantasy is irrelevant.

[RaisyDaisy]

Hanley is the clear choice in terms of smooth transition which has no impact on structure

I really liked the appeal of Robbo because I was picking him to be my permanent D6 come seasons end, but I'd expect Hanley would need to be upgraded at some point

I truly believe Hanley can go 85ish. The last two years he had the death of his brother plus numerous injury worries, but he seems to be passed it all now, and if he can stay fit then he can score well

On the other hand, I'm thinking I should just go GnR down back and be done with it. If I end up paying overs for some of the prems, then so be it, at least it's set and forget and then just upgrade the rookies in due course

I could also spend the extra 35k and grab Brodie instead

Defence is a flowering mess lol

Problem with GnR down back is which guns you go with, I think that's why the 2-3 midpricer structures are so common at the moment because it's less confusing than trying to pick which defenders will be clear top 6 come end of season.

Not keen on any of Lloyd, Sicily or Simpson at their starting prices, having doubts about Laird & Whitfield and taking a punt on a Witherden or Andrews or similar seems just as risky.

I think we're letting JLT results influence our thoughts on proven prems. Happens every year, and we all do it

A fit Brodie, and even Milera might see Laird drop back to 95-100 so he could hit 500k at one point, but sometimes do we just bite the bullet and cop the cash loss knowing that it will at least save us a trade later?

Sicily I have put a line through - just can't ride the rollercoaster if he's going to be a swing man now

Haven't really had Whitfield in my side much at all - expect him to avg the same so can get him later

Hurn took a step up last year, and the way we setup down back I expect him to be pretty similar

Lloyd/Laird/Simmo/Hurn are the 500k guys I would still consider

Either way, it's a real crap shoot right now

[crowls]

exactly rd and need to wait on them till slaughter time.  if robbo goes I will downgrade to ridley.

[tkringle]

Hope everyone jumps off Robo.. any proof of the ‘feeling wonky’ comment? Could have been taken way out of context because of his history..

[RaisyDaisy]

Hope everyone jumps off Robo.. any proof of the ‘feeling wonky’ comment? Could have been taken way out of context because of his history..

Plenty of proof. It's everywhere

Sounds like it might not be as bad as it was

[Southstorm]

Hope everyone jumps off Robo.. any proof of the ‘feeling wonky’ comment? Could have been taken way out of context because of his history..

It's been reported from a few outlets that he complained of dizziness and the doctors attended so doesn't look like just a rumor unfortunately. The club is yet to say anything it seems so hopefully they'll address it with a condition update this week. At the very least it will be known if he doesn't train.

[RaisyDaisy]

Hope everyone jumps off Robo.. any proof of the ‘feeling wonky’ comment? Could have been taken way out of context because of his history..

It's been reported from a few outlets that he complained of dizziness and the doctors attended so doesn't look like just a rumor unfortunately. The club is yet to say anything it seems so hopefully they'll address it with a condition update this week. At the very least it will be known if he doesn't train.

Yes they have

Richo spoke about it in his presser. There's an article on the AFL website

[Southstorm]

Hope everyone jumps off Robo.. any proof of the ‘feeling wonky’ comment? Could have been taken way out of context because of his history..

It's been reported from a few outlets that he complained of dizziness and the doctors attended so doesn't look like just a rumor unfortunately. The club is yet to say anything it seems so hopefully they'll address it with a condition update this week. At the very least it will be known if he doesn't train.

Yes they have

Richo spoke about it in his presser. There's an article on the AFL website

Fair enough. I was checking the club website for updates but they haven't posted anything about it yet

[Pokerface]

If Roberton is too wonky for round 1, Darcy Moore is the answer to all your problems.

[kilbluff1985]

If Roberton is too wonky for round 1, Darcy Moore is the answer to all your problems.

ridley>moore

[crowls]

c'mon kb  ridley is only for bomber supporters the rest can take moore.   

[IntegralX]

I really liked what I saw from Hurn last night, so much so that I’ve jumped off Whitfield for him.

I still think it’s too big of a risk to start the season without one of Lloyd/Laird though.

[Ricochet]

If Roberton is too wonky for round 1, Darcy Moore is the answer to all your problems.

Yep that's what I'll be doing

[oh_lol]

I've been tempted by Ridley, although I could grab literally anyone else in DEF. Not sure I want to spend the $$$ though, would rather save a bit in case of trades and get some value for money right now.