The Gary Ablett Jnr Thread

[ben_ess94]

ive got him and swan.
along with 2 rookies on the field and a player aroun the 500k mark

i reckon he will sitll be as good, tags didnt really affect him

[Blueboys]

I went with swan over GAJ this year. I like most are just not aure how he will go. (point wise)

Like at the cats the GC are still going to give him a ton of the ball.

I think I'll just wait this one out and see how he goes maybe an upgrade if he does well....

[troy87]

Ablett is a great player and knows how to find his own footy so i would be suprised if he didnt keep up his great record.

I agree some of the geelong players may suffer with a different game style under a different coach.

I guess this is what makes supercoach interesting all the unknowns.

[DamenS]

Gary Ablett has TWO byes in the first 10 rounds, a significant groin injury which will lead to him missing much of the preseason and his first game back will be against his Nemesis ... Aaron Joseph - this is in addition to not knowing how well he will play without the protection afforded to him by the big bodied and team oriented players at Geelong ... i reckon you guys are crazy, but Good Luck !!

[Alex7089]

Gary Ablett has TWO byes in the first 10 rounds, a significant groin injury which will lead to him missing much of the preseason and his first game back will be against his Nemesis ... Aaron Joseph - this is in addition to not knowing how well he will play without the protection afforded to him by the big bodied and team oriented players at Geelong ... i reckon you guys are crazy, but Good Luck !!

Very well said I agree with it all.
Too many questions over GAJ this season, there is no way I am picking him over Swan or Goddard. I want to see how he goes first, maybe an upgrade target. Although I doubt it.

[Fletch74]

Gary Ablett has TWO byes in the first 10 rounds, a significant groin injury which will lead to him missing much of the preseason and his first game back will be against his Nemesis ... Aaron Joseph - this is in addition to not knowing how well he will play without the protection afforded to him by the big bodied and team oriented players at Geelong ... i reckon you guys are crazy, but Good Luck !!

Very well said I agree with it all.
Too many questions over GAJ this season, there is no way I am picking him over Swan or Goddard. I want to see how he goes first, maybe an upgrade target. Although I doubt it.

+1 I think you'll find that most people will look to him after Rd 9 when GC have their second bye. Hopefully he hits top form by then. Having 2 byes in the first 9 rounds is too hard to manage for a premium as good as GAJ.

You need to get off to a good start as well.

[redfield]

Gary Ablett has TWO byes in the first 10 rounds, a significant groin injury which will lead to him missing much of the preseason and his first game back will be against his Nemesis ... Aaron Joseph - this is in addition to not knowing how well he will play without the protection afforded to him by the big bodied and team oriented players at Geelong ... i reckon you guys are crazy, but Good Luck !!

Very well said I agree with it all.
Too many questions over GAJ this season, there is no way I am picking him over Swan or Goddard. I want to see how he goes first, maybe an upgrade target. Although I doubt it.

+1 I think you'll find that most people will look to him after Rd 9 when GC have their second bye. Hopefully he hits top form by then. Having 2 byes in the first 9 rounds is too hard to manage for a premium as good as GAJ.

You need to get off to a good start as well.

+2. This has got to be the set play for most teams I think. There are too many unknowns with GAJ atm. Have a good look at him from rounds 2-8 and then bring him in for rd 10 if he is ripping it up (and you can afford him).

[troy87]

some good points there. Lets just hope he is affordable by then.

[DamenS]

By the way (and I'm pretty sure Alex7089, Fletch74 and redfield will also agree with me here), it has NEVER hurt me more to leave a player out of my team at the start of the season, and there is no player who has ever made me want to say "damn my Logic - he's in the team" more than Gary Ablett.  If the doubts over him playing for a new team in GC were all that he had going against him, I would have him in my team 100% and would be hoping other people dropped him due to uncertainty ...  so I'm sure we ALL understand where you are coming from !!!

[Fletch74]

By the way (and I'm pretty sure Alex7089, Fletch74 and redfield will also agree with me here), it has NEVER hurt me more to leave a player out of my team at the start of the season, and there is no player who has ever made me want to say "damn my Logic - he's in the team" more than Gary Ablett.  If the doubts over him playing for a new team in GC were all that he had going against him, I would have him in my team 100% and would be hoping other people dropped him due to uncertainty ...  so I'm sure we ALL understand where you are coming from !!!

Agreed ;)

[Alex7089]

Certainly agree with that Damen. Had to read through it a few times to work out you hadn't done a u-turn though >> I didn't realise you were talking to troy :P

[DamenS]

LOL - sorry about that ... I DID consider the u-turn (just to amuse myself) but am trying to act a bit more mature than that now ... for the moment ...   :P

[Alex7089]

The u-turn would of confused a lot of people given the convincing post you made for the other way :P Would of been amusing... for you :P

[DamenS]

LOL - Yep ... it would have been a huge challenge to mount the counter-argument ... which is why I almost succumbed to the temptation ...   ;D

[HillHero13]

maybe an upgrade target throughout the season to see how he goes. because i don't think i he will keep his 130 avg but not go to far down therfore drop in price.