Which Gun Mid?

[Bluke]

Looking to upgrade Trengove have 465,000 to spend.

Want to add another Gun Midfielder, someone who consistantly scores 110+

Choices are:

Boyd: Bit of a unique pick for my league which makes him tempting
Montagna: My original target
Stanton
Bartel: The cheapest of the bunch surprisingly. Been very good for a long time.
Simpson: New to the 110 club, can he keep it up?

Midfield is:

Ablett, Judd, Barlow, Cornes, Ball, Trengove, Martin, Shuey

OR

Do I go Gumby - Rohan/Hughes or Martin -> Rohan (for MPP flexibility)
and pick up Swan with the extra cash?


Tell me what you would do and why?

[RiOtChEsS]

Stanton next week as he needs 180 to hold his current price, could always downgrade this week for armstrong and upgrade next week, i have boyd and am a fan as he is really consistent also have stanton and he can throw up some monster games so next week is ideal to scoop either of these 2 ;)

[Bluke]

Bumped it up.. Added a new poll option.

Seriously considering Swan

[LF]

i voted simpson but i have him,bartel, boyd and stanton.simpson is quite a unique pick not many teams have him.his lowest score this year so far was 88 and he has only had that game plus 2 others under 100 points.he also doesn`t seem to get the tags judd,murphy and gibbs get.these are things i considered before i bought him into my team a few weeks ago.

[RiOtChEsS]

i voted simpson but i have him,bartel, boyd and stanton.simpson is quite a unique pick not many teams have him.his lowest score this year so far was 88 and he has only had that game plus 2 others under 100 points.he also doesn`t seem to get the tags judd,murphy and gibbs get.these are things i considered before i bought him into my team a few weeks ago.

super durable too hasnt missed a game in eons ;D

[Bluke]

Hmmm... Very interesting, would indeed be a unique pick, especially for my league.

This is the Breakdown of teams that have the 6 gun mids selected (most teams have GAJ)

Boyd   3
Swan  3
Montagna  3
Bartel  4
Stanton  1
Simpson  0

Opponents Midfield: Swan, Ablett, Montagna, Barlow, Hayes, Green

A very nice midfield but he has a number of deficencies in other areas... Will be a touch match!

[Bluke]

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[Prospector_1]

Bump bump bump

19 votes is good - settle down. Or don't you like the advice you're getting?

[Bluke]

A little more written advice would be grand.. the more the merrier.. as they say.

[Prospector_1]

Well its down to Montagna and Bartel on the vote - who's best value? Did you check the rollercoaster? Are you goin' for league or overall? What do you think of their BEs?

[Bluke]

League win...

Montagna 126 B/E
Bartel 102 B/E
Swan 110 B/E

Plan at the start of the season was Montagna, and his little price drop suits that nicely. However, last week I wanted Swan, would have had enough if trengove hit his B/E and Swan didnt smash his, but thats life. Bartel is the safe choice, but my main rivals in league have Bartel, so something different could be nice. I love the looks of Swan + Ablett midfield, did me well last year.

Only problem is now I'd have to go either Gumby -> Playfair/Rohan/Watts

or.

Martin -> Rohan (For MPP flexibility)

planned to keep Martin as reserve mid, hes already had a rest this year so think he will play most of the rest of the games.

[Bluke]

If Rohan were to play all year i'd go Martin -> Rohan in a heart beat...

[Prospector_1]

Bartel averages 84 against the Pies - does that help?

[Bluke]

Yea, Bartel is a no.

My missus thinks Boyd, but shes watched maybe 3 games of AFL her entire life.

So either Montagna or Boyd or Swan.....

I also place a high value on durability which puts Boyd and Swan a little higher than Montagna and Ross "General Soreness" Lyon.