Different Angle

brandy · February 21, 2011, 04:16:19 PM

Trying to not go down the path of everyone else, taking some risks at the moment.
Nothing is locked in.
All criticism welcome.

Backs: Gibbs, Gilbert, Deledio, Duffield, Waters, Carrazzo, Schofield?? Hooper, Faulks, Hibberd

Mids: Boyd(C), Judd, Thomas, Greenwood, Rohan, Krakouer Bennell, Heppell, Harris

Ruck: Sandilands, Petrie Vardy, Derickx

Forwards: Goods, N.Riewoldt, Pavlich, Rioli, Grant, Mzungu, Tapscott J.Tippet, Matera, I.Smith

$31k leftover

At the moment Waters, Schofield, Greenwood and Rohan are all only maybes. Like I said, I'm aiming for a diffferent team that will be competitive. Swan may yet make it into the team but we will wait and see.

canty · February 21, 2011, 05:07:46 PM

you NEED goddard and swan!!!!
no matter how different you are trying to make your team. Going without these two guys is DT Suicide.

otherwise not a bad team really

brandy · February 21, 2011, 05:47:18 PM

Like I said. Nothing locked at the moment.

If I go with Goddard and Swan then I don't lose out on anything form anybody else, this is true. I'm just trying different combinations at the moment. I just feel that the extra 170k I would need to spend to get them may be over the top. I don't think it will be too hard to use the cash elsewhere and regain the 50 points that I might be missing out on with solid rookie and smokey options.

Judd is in the form of his life.

Pav is only a maybe at the moment as well. If Freo's young midfield can fire then he will return to his super dominace up forward I think. He just needs good service. He was in the running for the Coleman medal until he injured himself last year.

browny_wce · February 21, 2011, 07:49:39 PM

ok heres my likes:
Waters i like, wish i could fit him into my team but i just cant

heres my dont likes:
schofield - hack
rohan - hack
gilbert - will play forward more often and this is shocking for his DT points
carrazzo - u can do better than this
greenwood - no
vardy & derickx - no
tippet - no
the fact that you are not having Goddard, Swan, Montagna, Franklin or Swallow is just stupid!

Davoo · February 21, 2011, 07:59:12 PM

the angle is a bit too big.
goddard and swan are a must! not enough captain choices as well.
rookies: average
otten is a must. he will be great this year. i live in SA and they say he's a star and will be one of the best crows players this year.
thomas, greenwood, rohan and schofield is a MUST change. and there are better options for carrazzo and grant. if i had to rate out of ten, 5/10

brandy · February 21, 2011, 08:46:33 PM

Quote from: browny_wce on February 21, 2011, 07:49:39 PM
the fact that you are not having Goddard, Swan, Montagna, Franklin or Swallow is just stupid!

Like I said, all criticisms welcome. But seriously, lighten up.

In order to not classify as stupid I have to have Goddard, Swan, Montagna, Franklin AND Swallow in my team? Might as well just use a bot.

Quote from: Davoo on February 21, 2011, 07:59:12 PM
the angle is a bit too big.
goddard and swan are a must! not enough captain choices as well.
rookies: average
otten is a must. he will be great this year. i live in SA and they say he's a star and will be one of the best crows players this year.
thomas, greenwood, rohan and schofield is a MUST change. and there are better options for carrazzo and grant. if i had to rate out of ten, 5/10

Which rookies would you recommend I change?

SydneyRox · February 21, 2011, 09:01:03 PM

The idea is to build up to the best possible team, just pick the guys you think work the best, take others advice with a grain of salt

Though IMO also you should have Goddard, Swan as well as either Bennell/Swallow (or both) in your team.

I am not a fan of Duffield, I think he is suspect away from home

I love Carrazzo, but he has been used as a tagger last year and that has affected his scoring

brandy · February 22, 2011, 05:38:54 PM

OK.

Thanks for the feedback so far guys, it has been taken on board.

Here's the update. Thoughts?

Back: Goddard, Gibbs, Gilbert, Deledio, Duffield, Waters, Otten Hooper, Puopolo, Hibberd

Mids: Boyd, Pendlebury, Judd, Rohan, Bennell, Gaff Krakouer, Heppell, Harris

Rucks: Sandilands, Warnock Z.Smith, Derickx

Forwards: Goodes, N.Reiwoldt, Pavlich, Rioli, Grant, Richardson Matera, Mzungu, I.Smith

$7,600 left over.

Almost exclusively guns and rookies, which I'm a little worried about. But there are so many good rooks this year that it looks to be a good plan.

Ablett is a potential upgrade, as well as Cox.

Botak · February 22, 2011, 06:30:45 PM

If that's Gary Rohan, I think you can do better to be honest.

And I don't know how you'd fit Swan in, but yeah.... What the guys above have said... :)

The Guns + Rookies strategy isn't a bad one... I've used it before and it works, especially in years when the talent coming through is so strong. Have to completely disagree with SydneyRox, Duffield is a great choice for DT - he always gets plenty of the ball thanks to his role as a running back into the midfield, and his pace.

I think you've still got some more juggling to do to get the mix right... I'd start with your forward line.

brandy · February 22, 2011, 08:27:36 PM

I'm going out on a limb not taking Swan, but I'm pretty sure that I can use the extra dosh elsewhere. Fingers crossed he has a slow start and drops in price, I'll snap him up then. If he doesn't drop in price, well I'll probably upgrade anyway.

I agree that the GnR strategy can work well with good rookie stock, and that this year there is a lot of good rookie stock.

I never was good at juggling. I think Pav is going to have another screamer getting better service from the ever improving Freo midfield. Goodes and Reiwoldt are both solid as rocks and I think Cyril is also set for a blinder. The others aren't lock yet but I'll definitely have a look. Thanks for the feedback!