Ask Ziplock Pre-season NAB1

[Ziplock]

So guys, ask Ziplock once again, for your questions, calls on players, opinions etc.!

I'm actually just making the topic now, and won't be responding much until tomoz since I'll be going to sleep soon, but I'm just getting this out there so my lovely assistant PB can get his post in so we're all ready for the onslaught of questions :P

So lets do this! Post your questions peeps :P

[PowerBug]

Woot Woot!! Let's ge this thing going Zip!! And i'll be hleping out Zip for when he isn't online. ;)

Also on this post is what questions have been asked, page-by-page, like the Detective thread (But mine will be cooler :P)

Bit of a colour code:

Font	Meaning
Bold, Black	General Question
Bold, Orange	Adelaide	Bold, Pink	North
Bold, Maroon	Brisbane	Bold, Teal	Port
Bold, Navy	Carlton	Bold, yellow	Richmond
Bold, White	Collingwood	Bold, Red	St.Kilda
Red	Essendon	Pink	Sydney
Bold, Purple	Fremantle	Bold, Green	West Coast
Bold, Blue	Geelong	Bold, Lime Green	Western Bulldogs
Bold, Gold	Gold Coast	Green	Western Sydney
Bold, Brown	Hawthorn	Blue	Melbourne

THESE ARE THE PAGES WHICH THE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED ON
Page 1:
Most impressive in NAB Rd 1 (whatlez)
Forward's NRoo vs Zaha (dicey7)
Best Mid until Byes (elephants)

Page 2:
Adam Goodes worth the price? (elephants)
How to set-up in the mids (elephants)
Forward Set-up, around the Rd 13 bye (whatlez)
James McDonald or Lachie Neale (whatlez)
Scott Thompson or Scott Thompson (whatlez)

Page 3:
Tommy WalshOUT, which Rd 11 bye rookie comes in? (whatlez)
Will Steele Sidebottom play more forward, and will it help Dayne Beams (n00bsauce)
Who will play more: Magner, Couch, Nicholson (tabs)
When is Shiel returning? (tabs)

Page 4:
Do you want to catch up on Hindley st?? (F.A.R.K.)
Mitch Robinson and general forward choices (Adamant)
Rory Sloane vs Chris Judd (whatlez)
Lenny Hayes vs Michael Barlow (whatlez)
Dane Swan vs Scott Pendlebury (whatlez)
Most frustrating bye (whatlez)
Are the byes a problem (whatlez)
Is whatlez getting annoying (whatlez)

Page 5:
Will NRoo and Leigh Montagna get back to premium scoring? (truBLUE)
Is Gary Rohan worth it? (bomberboy0618)

[Ziplock]

super awkward now if nobody sends a question. I may have to go dyl style and make fake accounts :P

[PowerBug]

super awkward now if nobody sends a question. I may have to go dyl style and make fake accounts :P

Shouldn't be a problem, ele is online. ;D

[Justin Bieber]

... Who impressed you the most for rd 1 nab cup?

[Ziplock]

and he has enough questions to fill a library :P

[dicey7]

Pick n. roo in fwds and be able to afford a mid rookie in the 130,000 range

or pick Zaharakis in fwds and get a mid rook under 100k

[elephants]

Hahahahaha. Great work guys. Will have questions in the future... Maybe this one.

Of these super-guns who will score the least up until the byes in your opinion(s)..?

Dane Swan
Scott Pendlebury
Gary Ablett
Marc Murphy (personal fav.)

Thanks. I know Swan and Pendles have pretty tough draws. Gazza seems a lock imo with his kind draw and team improvement. Marc is a bit of a fav. of mine and has a pretty kind draw early...

Cheers! Great idea too :)

[Ziplock]

... Who impressed you the most for rd 1 nab cup?

well, obviously you generally use your NAB cup to suss out rooks really. In that regard, purely on their game performances, magner and hall just looked ridiculously tasty. From GWS, I really loved giles, seemed in everything, and his scores will be even higher without the modified NAB cup rules. I also liked cooyou a lot- that being said, I don't think he'll be a dominate fantasy player, but could end up being a bit of an x-factor.

Dell'Olio racking up 20+ points in less than a quarter was also pretty solid, he's been earmarked for a fair few games as well.

for midpricers, another obvious in Sloane- already touted to break out, I think he really showed he might have the stuff. Unfortunately, a lot of the boys I was looking for didn't show huge amounts, but players like Martin and Ziebell who were both naturally on my radar, looked the goods at various points. Phil Davis, while playing deep in defence also looked pretty impressive- he seemed to get into  everything, and for an 18 game player showed a lot of leadership... at his price deserves a look.
Hargrave also played really well, but it's been a couple of years since he performed at a premium level- might still have a spurt considering this would have to be about his last chance, monitor him for sure.

For your premium players, I don't think you can go past pavlich. It's looking like a 100+ year for him imo, playing in his most DT friendly role. Cox, while also dominate, I still can't justify with that price tag, especially worrying considering how he dropped off in form last year, age might be getting to him.

[Ziplock]

Pick n. roo in fwds and be able to afford a mid rookie in the 130,000 range

or pick Zaharakis in fwds and get a mid rook under 100k

n. roo, I'm not a zaha fan for several reasons- I just don't think he'll cut it this year.

who would you be looking at in that price range though? Apart from maybe wingard, most the best rookies are around or below the 100k mark.

[elephants]

and he has enough questions to fill a library :P

Hahahahah apparently if you ask heaps of questions it means your smart... I'll claim that ;D

[dicey7]

Pick n. roo in fwds and be able to afford a mid rookie in the 130,000 range

or pick Zaharakis in fwds and get a mid rook under 100k

n. roo, I'm not a zaha fan for several reasons- I just don't think he'll cut it this year.

who would you be looking at in that price range though? Apart from maybe wingard, most the best rookies are around or below the 100k mark.

I was thinking clifton from GWS?

[Ziplock]

Hahahahaha. Great work guys. Will have questions in the future... Maybe this one.

Of these super-guns who will score the least up until the byes in your opinion(s)..?

Dane Swan
Scott Pendlebury
Gary Ablett
Marc Murphy (personal fav.)

Thanks. I know Swan and Pendles have pretty tough draws. Gazza seems a lock imo with his kind draw and team improvement. Marc is a bit of a fav. of mine and has a pretty kind draw early...

Cheers! Great idea too :)

Swan and Ablett, flip a coin for these two.

actually not entirely true, I give swan closer to a 60% chance of outscoring ablett- but let me establish, I doubt he'll be outscoring by much, Ablett represents substantially more value and can definitely be used as a substitute auto captain.

I think Pendles has topped out for DT value- but I don't see him sliding, I think him and murphy will be close, with pendles edging out.

for predicted averages
Swan- 119-130 (123)
Ablett-118-125 (121)
Pendles- 113-118 (116)
Murphy- 110-118 (115)
thats my range of averages, barring injury, in the brackets are what I think they'll average :P

but I can see rockliff outscoring both pendles and murphy ;)

[Justin Bieber]

After reading that, I want Pav in my team

And I will keep on asking questions Zip forever just so this thread never dies haha

[PowerBug]

My orginal post is going to get very excessive. :-\