Hello: A Rough Draft

[Justin Bieber]

Cheers for the advice Maca :D. WIll do when I get the time.

Very badly CF :-X. Finished 7k in '09. Finished 40k in '10 :o. Quite a drop :(. Mainly due to people literally picking the ezact same teams with 90% the same players.

I go unique for the hell of it :P. Some years it works, some years it doesn't.

[ronl]

Hi, nice team there, a great start.  I personally wouldn't  gamble on Higgins or Gray (for me they are serial offenders) and not sure about Houli, I like him but he doesn't play well under pressure and, even with Hirdy in charge, he may not get regular games, in other words, I see him as a risk I probably wouldn't take (although his price is certainly attractive).

[Justin Bieber]

Get where you're coming from for Higgo and Gray. They have talent and BURNED me this year :'(. Will totally depend on preseason.

Houli might actually be going to Richmond even though I don't want him to. Has a good kick which makes him good for SC though. At that price would onylr eally want to keep him in for a max of 10 rounds as a cash cow (depends if he turns out like a Mal though).

It's changed a bit so will post the new team up when I get the time.

[Justin Bieber]

Team is updated with the notable absences of Higgins, Gray, Petterd and Day.

[benjy251090]

why dont you use daw as 4th ruck? he is basement price and allows mpp with petrie?

[Justin Bieber]

Depends on who gets game time. Daw is on the radar and could slip in. But need to make sure he'll get games and has a decent pre season.

I can easily slip him in with no extra cost :P.

[CrowsFan]

Has anyone heard of a ruckman called Jonathan Giles? He is a mature ager playing in the SANFL. Apparently he had a very good year and will most likely get recruited by a club in the draft. Could be a good pick up for the 4th ruck spot in daw doesn't get a game early

[Justin Bieber]

Never heard of him. But we don't here much about other states in Victoria. Will keep an eye out for him now CF ;).

[Justin Bieber]

Team has changed. Look back at the top soon :).

[Justin Bieber]

Hey guys. Made this team and relatively happy with it. A few risks to make the game a little more exciting next year ;D. Can you guess who they are ;).

Defence:
Deledio, Kelly, Broughton, Hurn, Drummond, Krakouer, Otten (Iles, Shaw, Toy)

Pretty happy with that line. Not the biggest names but solid players. Dlids and Brought should keep on improving. Hurn and Drummond very underpriced for what he can do. Rookies still up in the air but generally happy even with two Sun players. Fairly happy with the 5 keepers from the get go here. Might also mention Symes is also in the running. Hard to leave him out and will try to fit him in for Krakouer somehow. Krakouer would of course just be a cash cow for first few rounds.

Midfield:
Watson, Boyd, Swallow, Pavlich, Swallow, Hallahan (Krakouer, Clarke, Sewell)

I really like the looks of that line. Watson and Swallow should keep on growing and won't break the bank early. Boyd was a lock (has been for years). Really like the rookies 8). Pavlich and Clarke are there for MPP. Rookies are ones I like. Hallahan and Sewell should be fairly good and have the ability to start if placed in a fairly average midfield.

Rucks:
Ryder, Petrie (Bailey, Smith).
Tough not to include Sandi here. Happy with Ryder and can hopefully get in Sandi over the course of the year after a bad game. Smith should see alot of game time and so should Bailey. Petrie is there for a cash cow. Maybe a keeper and wouldn't mind if I go without Sandi as long as these 2 fire.

Forwards:
Chapman, Riewoldt, Didak, O'Keefe, Higgins, Knights, Veszpremi (Dixon, Hooper, Matera)

Have 4 Guns in which looks good. Higgins risky and really borderline at this stage. I see he has talent but those injuries :'(. Knights returning from injury should see alot of gametime likely off the half forward line. Vesz should see gametime in the Bulldogs forwardline as they need other targets. Very risky but he was a high draft pick for a reason. However, he can easily be dropped if I see somebody else. Rookies up in the air but all should get games next year. A good blend of rookies here. 2 GC rookies here also a big risk which I don't really want.

Rookies will be aplenty next year in the midfield. Likely to play 2 or 3 in the midfield to stock up elsewhere like this season.

[benjy251090]

2 starting bulldogs up front :S apart from that, solid team, which shaw is that up back? Brayden?

[Justin Bieber]

Sam Shaw from Adelaide. Hearing he could see some game time next season with a few of the backman likely to move up the field a little more. It's between and Talia really to get some more time.

Yeah, 2 Dogs up forward is worrying. Can always move Higgins to midfield for Pav :P. Got 4 F/C up forward and 1 in the midfield.

Vez could be a bargain at less than 200k. He's had his injury problems but some players turn it on in new teams if not alot of pressure is put on them. He's still on the edge of getting dropped though :P.

[benjy251090]

It's so hard keeping up with all the shaws  ::)

and yeah, I guess you can do that if you want to take a risk on higgins :)

[Justin Bieber]

Well, it's either Higgins or Gray :P. Gotta have some kinda ride next year :P.

So many Shaws ;D. Lucky the Brown's are down as well :P.

[benjy251090]

Haha, maybe we can make a team full of shaw's, brown's and selwoods, I am sur we can come close to filling a team :P