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[Junktimer]

@ HP

Again, I love the uniqueness.

Strong backline, a few unique premiums which I like.  Enright, however is aging, 29 isn't too bad, but is it preferable?  Is a great scorer however, and I think his class will shine through.  Gilbee and Newman are both pretty good options.  Not sold on Hurn, scored poorly this year, despite his potential.  Could you take the risk in the Drum?  Rookies look the goods.

Gun midfield, although you do have 2 premiums out for round 23 and 24.  Plenty of premium options, so it might be worth trading Murph and Watto.

A sandi-less ruckline is always inferior to one with Sandilands, no matter who the second ruck is.  You need him.  Ryder- bye in 24, no thanks.

Very strong forwards.  However I think it might be worth trading Chappy to somebody around 450-460k, then upgrading Ryder to Sandi.  Another issue IMO is Goodes, will be 30 this year, and really had trouble finding a right position for him self this year.  Look elsewhere, IMO.  Had terrible ball use this year, too.  Good rooks.

Basically HP, I know the whole point of your team is no super premiums.  And I trust that you will upgrade to them late in the season.  However, without a super premium, two problems are presented.

A) Hard choice for captaincy, fumbling around with 500k players.

B) Getting the shower kicked outta ya by them, see Ablett at the start of 2010.

You gotta have one of them, preferably 2.  Sure they may drop, but so will you in the rankings without one.

In saying this HP, I'm really digging this unique team.

HP, I'll give it an 83.  (Spectacular)

[Junktimer]

Near perfect forward line.  Sylvia may be on the verge of a breakout but is way more suited to DT however.  2 rookies starting is OK, but I think it may be worthwhile to take the aforementioned advice.

You can't consider krakattack as a rookie..? He's on the same level as matt maguire.

fine only one starting, but I said it was Ok anyway.

[Junktimer]

First off BOOMZ I like this team because it has some nice unique picks, too many teams too similar, like mine perhaps but I was one of the first to make one...

Goddard and Delids standard.  However Johncock is a great unique pick, SC specialist, kicked at 80% efficiency this year.  Duffman has a suspect kick- which is damning considering the amount of uncontested ball he gets.  He may be a bit of a risky pick, but you could do worse.
Freako says:

His form away from home is suspect.  Keep that in mind before committing.

Not entirely sold on Hurn either, scored poor this year, despite his potential. 
Freako:

Taggers will be a problem, but he is a defender that can produce the odd high score.

Duigan nice pick, should get games early.

VERY strong midfield.  Jacobs now a lock with MPP.  I actually think your mids may be too strong, could it be a good option if you were to take a premium out of there for D.Swallow and then upgrade a forward rookie?  Makes it more consistent over your lines. 

Rucks unique, I will address them below.

Near perfect forward line.  Sylvia may be on the verge of a breakout but is way more suited to DT however.  2 rookies starting is OK, but I think it may be worthwhile to take the aforementioned advice.

In answer to your questions:

I believe Priddis is a gun.  Very consistent, and a nice, underrated, unique.  Yes from me.
Freako:

Performs well in both forms of the game.  A safe bet.

The Jolly-Petrie combo is interesting, my thinking is that if both play it will go fine, however is Petrie's troublesome foot is keeping him out, it could be Jolly and Smith in the same rucks.  Not strong enough IMO.

I would go one or the other, and add big Sandi in there.  Petrie a possibility in the forwards too I guess.

BOOMZ, I'll give it an 86.  (Exceptional)

Great advice :D

Agree with u about Duffield I wanted to get Broughton instead but I'm not convinced he'll play a full season and Duffield seems to be more durable. Hurn is dodgy I don't think I'll leave him in there but not sure on any good replacements around that price... Any thoughts?

Agree with you on the mids and I may end up doing that :)

Who would u suggest for Sylvia?

Good to see u agree with Priddis it's hard to believe his average actually went up this year even though he play's for WC...

Cheers for that JT ;)

no worries BOOMZ.

Maybe Bock for Hurn, i rate Bock.  And if he can stay fit will be firing.  Your right, Duffield is durable, was the only docker to play all games in 2010.  It's a curly one for Sylvia, do you have money to get a premium?

I like that... Bock could be good. If I swap Hurn to Bock then I have enough to get anyone except Harvey, Didak & Chapman for Sylvia...

I like Green, but Sylvia ain't too bad.

[Boomz]

First off BOOMZ I like this team because it has some nice unique picks, too many teams too similar, like mine perhaps but I was one of the first to make one...

Goddard and Delids standard.  However Johncock is a great unique pick, SC specialist, kicked at 80% efficiency this year.  Duffman has a suspect kick- which is damning considering the amount of uncontested ball he gets.  He may be a bit of a risky pick, but you could do worse.
Freako says:

His form away from home is suspect.  Keep that in mind before committing.

Not entirely sold on Hurn either, scored poor this year, despite his potential. 
Freako:

Taggers will be a problem, but he is a defender that can produce the odd high score.

Duigan nice pick, should get games early.

VERY strong midfield.  Jacobs now a lock with MPP.  I actually think your mids may be too strong, could it be a good option if you were to take a premium out of there for D.Swallow and then upgrade a forward rookie?  Makes it more consistent over your lines. 

Rucks unique, I will address them below.

Near perfect forward line.  Sylvia may be on the verge of a breakout but is way more suited to DT however.  2 rookies starting is OK, but I think it may be worthwhile to take the aforementioned advice.

In answer to your questions:

I believe Priddis is a gun.  Very consistent, and a nice, underrated, unique.  Yes from me.
Freako:

Performs well in both forms of the game.  A safe bet.

The Jolly-Petrie combo is interesting, my thinking is that if both play it will go fine, however is Petrie's troublesome foot is keeping him out, it could be Jolly and Smith in the same rucks.  Not strong enough IMO.

I would go one or the other, and add big Sandi in there.  Petrie a possibility in the forwards too I guess.

BOOMZ, I'll give it an 86.  (Exceptional)

Great advice :D

Agree with u about Duffield I wanted to get Broughton instead but I'm not convinced he'll play a full season and Duffield seems to be more durable. Hurn is dodgy I don't think I'll leave him in there but not sure on any good replacements around that price... Any thoughts?

Agree with you on the mids and I may end up doing that :)

Who would u suggest for Sylvia?

Good to see u agree with Priddis it's hard to believe his average actually went up this year even though he play's for WC...

Cheers for that JT ;)

no worries BOOMZ.

Maybe Bock for Hurn, i rate Bock.  And if he can stay fit will be firing.  Your right, Duffield is durable, was the only docker to play all games in 2010.  It's a curly one for Sylvia, do you have money to get a premium?

I like that... Bock could be good. If I swap Hurn to Bock then I have enough to get anyone except Harvey, Didak & Chapman for Sylvia...

I like Green, but Sylvia ain't too bad.

Yeah I think I'll wait and see :)

[Justin Bieber]

Comparing team names are we, HP? ;)

Haha. You don't stand a chance!! :P.

@ HP

Again, I love the uniqueness.

Strong backline, a few unique premiums which I like.  Enright, however is aging, 29 isn't too bad, but is it preferable?  Is a great scorer however, and I think his class will shine through.  Gilbee and Newman are both pretty good options.  Not sold on Hurn, scored poorly this year, despite his potential.  Could you take the risk in the Drum?  Rookies look the goods.

Gun midfield, although you do have 2 premiums out for round 23 and 24.  Plenty of premium options, so it might be worth trading Murph and Watto.

A sandi-less ruckline is always inferior to one with Sandilands, no matter who the second ruck is.  You need him.  Ryder- bye in 24, no thanks.

Very strong forwards.  However I think it might be worth trading Chappy to somebody around 450-460k, then upgrading Ryder to Sandi.  Another issue IMO is Goodes, will be 30 this year, and really had trouble finding a right position for him self this year.  Look elsewhere, IMO.  Had terrible ball use this year, too.  Good rooks.

Basically HP, I know the whole point of your team is no super premiums.  And I trust that you will upgrade to them late in the season.  However, without a super premium, two problems are presented.

A) Hard choice for captaincy, fumbling around with 500k players.

B) Getting the shower kicked outta ya by them, see Ablett at the start of 2010.

You gotta have one of them, preferably 2.  Sure they may drop, but so will you in the rankings without one.

In saying this HP, I'm really digging this unique team.

HP, I'll give it an 83.  (Spectacular)

Thanks JT. Get the points you mentioned and it's a risk I like taking to add a little excitement to the year. I'm too lazy to go with the "normal" team and watch it do well like 10,000 others.

I see Drummo and Hurn as very similar players. But Hurn comes with less of an Injury risk which is why I chose him.

I was sure I didn't have Goodes and Watson (Swallow and somebody else). Ah well, still on the watchlist. Goodes is getting old but is quality and very effective on a game. Depends if he'll play centre from the start. If Bradshaw is fit, I'd say he will.

Murphy, Pendles and Boyd are solid Captain choices. They are consistently scoring over 100 so are safe options and have 140+ games as well. I'm thinking of Ablett/Joey though as many are turning off them ;). I love Joey so is always a plus.

[Junktimer]

do you plan to get Swan or Goddard later in season?

[Luigi197]

Gonna do myne JT?

[Justin Bieber]

do you plan to get Swan or Goddard later in season?

I would be crazy not to!!! Hopefully Goddard mainly. Will see about Swan as Pendles should improve and move into the elite group of SC'ers. Quite a few rookies on field which means I'd like to upgrade to get all premiums by mid year (round 9-14 depending).

[sinclair39]

Here's my side:
(At the moment 12/5/10/6 with $14,700 left)

Back: Goddard*, Gibbs*, Deledio*, Gilbert" Adcock, Otten, Jacobs*
(Watson, Toy, Hibberd)
Mid: Swan, Montagna, Boyd, D.Swallow, Gaff, Heppell*
(Wallis, Atley, Mzungu^)
Ruck: Sandilands, Jolly
(McDonald, Z.Smith)
Fwd: N.Riewoldt, Didak^, Pavlich^, Rioli, Knights, Petrie~, Prestia^
(Talia", Richardson, Darling)


" = Defence/Foward MPP
* = Defence/Midfield MPP
^ = Centre/Foward MPP
~= Ruck/Forward MPP

[Junktimer]

Gonna do myne JT?

yeah luigi hang tight

[4820]

Any suggesstion appreciated.
Going for a leauge win.
TEAM NAME: juddy55

DEF: B. Goddard, B. Gibbs, B. Deledio, S. Hurn, J. Drummond, A. Otten, B. Jacobs (M. Coad, J. Toy, P. Faulks)

MID: D. Swan, L. Montagna, D. Mundy, D. Swallow, A. Gaff, J. Polec (D. Heppell, S. Iles, T. Mzungu)

RUC: A. Sandilands, D. Jolly (Z. Smith, J. Redden)

FWD: N. Riewoldt, L. Franklin, A. Goodes, C. Sylvia, C. Knights, D. Petrie, A. Krakouer (B. Matera, J. Darling, C. Richardson)

CASH LEFT: $32,400

[Junktimer]

excellent...  ;D

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TEAM NAME:
TheSquadOfJets

STRUCTURE:
13/3/11/6

BANK:
$88,100


BAC:
Goddard(c), Gibbs(c), Deledio(c), Broughton, Otten, Heppel(c), Jacobs(c)
[[M Watson, Hibberd(c), Toy]]
CTR:
Swan, Judd, Boyd, D Swallow, Gaff, Conca
[[Krakeour(f), X Clarke (b), Mzungu(f)]]
RUC:
Sandilands, Jolly
[[T Mcdonald(f), Z Smith]]
FWD:
N Riewoldt, Didak(c), Pavlich(c), Rioli, Knights, Petrie(r) Prestia(c)
[[Darling, Matera, Richardson]]

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And also... people on TS say that Didak may not start strong from the very start and that would be an upgrade target after his byes.. and seeing X Clarke is now a no-no...

Didak to Harvey wich would leave 105k
then Conca to Harris as a unique followed by Clarke to another Cheapie such as Libers, Hallahan, Blease or Andreoli? (check your Prospectuses..) ? ? ?

Very standard backline, don't see much wrong with it apart from Watson, though he may get games for basement price you could get someone who will probably score better.

Sound mids, but Xavier Clarke has had surgery so I would think twice.

Not sure about the attempt to go set and forget in your rucks department.  My reason being that big boys are often less durable, so something will probably go wrong, and if something was to say go wrong with Petrie in round 13 or whatever, you could upgrade to a premium, rather than make a sideways trade with Jolly.  Another reason is, how do we know that one of them won't be a dud?  I for one started this year Jolly and Hille, Jolly was an absolute spudley at the start, so he had to go.  I was forced into a sideways trade, rather than spend the money that a cheapie would make to get a premium.  Are you with me?

Didak is a gun, don't worry about him.  Your forward line looks very good, though I do think Petrie belongs in the rucks. 

One thing I'm not a huge fan of in your team is you have 6 rookies starting.  Whilst some might be mature age, 6 players starting have never played a game before.  Don't expect huge scores in that department... Your other 16 will have to go well until you upgrade there.  I like that you have 12/13 premiums though.  (I think Jolly shouldn't be classified as a premium.)

Luigi, I'll give it an 84.  (Spectacular)

[Junktimer]

going to the open today so will rate your teams tomorrow.

[Luigi197]

Thanks, Jt

Appreciate it

[pie time]

Please rate both team. Which team is better??

TEAM NAME: magpie madness 2011
DEF: C. Newman, H. Shaw, P. Duffield, J. Grimes, B. Goddard, B. Jacobs, D. Heppell (J. Toy, S. Iles, J. Brennan)

MID: C. Judd, L. Montagna, S. Pendlebury, P. Chapman, S. Atley, D. Swallow (D. Stanley, T. Mzungu, R. Conca)

RUC: M. Clark, K. Tippett (M. Bailey, Z. Smith)

FWD: C. Sylvia, N. Riewoldt, R. Petterd, L. Franklin, A. Krakouer, D. Petrie, M. Pavlich (A. Hooper, C. Richardson, I. Callinan)
CASH LEFT: $27,500




TEAM NAME: magpie madness
DEF: C. Enright, S. Fisher, P. Duffield, J. Grimes, B. Gibbs, D. Heppell, B. Jacobs (J. Toy, J. Brennan, S. Iles)

MID: D. Swan, B. Goddard, C. Judd, D. Swallow, R. Petterd, B. Deledio (D. Stanley, S. Atley, I. Callinan)

RUC: K. Tippett, M. Clark (Z. Smith, M. Bailey)

FWD: C. Sylvia, L. Franklin, C. Knights, R. O'Keefe, D. Petrie, N. Riewoldt, A. Krakouer (C. Richardson, A. Hooper, T. Mzungu)
CASH LEFT: $23,900

I have taken a punt with the rucks in the hope to upgrade to sandilands later on. Looking for league win and to score well in comp. Aware of issue with judd and gibbs late bye, but if i have picked my MPP players well enough then i should have enough trades at season end to trade.