FF Fantasy A-League (Classic League)

[BlueStorm]

Necevski is no guarantee to be Sydney keeper, and I'd avoid having all rookies from one team, look for a greater spread. Best to wait until teams tonight to see which fringe players may get a game.

[colmullet]

no worries, cheers man

[Chelskiman]

Anyone considering Hersi?  Priced at $150k he could be a great pick up for his price.

[Holz]

Warning - Rojas, Archie & Milligan will all miss Round 2 due to international duty. Archie & Milligan are the only A League players in the Socceroos squad (woohoo!), and Rojas will be off with NZ. I''d imagine that will affect a few Phoenix players too.

They will only miss the one round, abck for round 3, but bear in mind with squad selections.

It should mean Brockie will be gone too. Not sure if thats good or bad news for Huysegems

Will Smeltz also be going.

[colmullet]

quick question....any considering Pellegrino at a measly 90K? i thought the guy was better than that

[BlueStorm]

Mr Mullet - reckon you are safe with Necevski looking at that line up.
Avoid Pelligrino - had a cracking season for Perth 3 years ago, and I got suckered in by him 2 years ago. Well past his prime, and will rarely see the 60min minimum you are looking for

[colmullet]

ahh ok no worries, was just a thought hahaha guess he is cheap for a reason :p thought a new club might change his fortunes

[BlueStorm]

He has been with CCM for at least last season, and I think maybe the season before too. Really used as a back-up midfielder, and they have a tonne of those.

[colmullet]

hmmm ok, will have to change my team around again, james brown not being fit for round 1 has thrown my original plans out the window a little....might have to go with Antonis or Chianese in the middle instead

[BlueStorm]

I'd go Antonis, he should do nicely with a certain Italian alongside him  ;)

OK, can't be stuffed trying to do the image thing again, so here is the new line-up. Substantial changes, and subject to some tinkering tomorrow. And yes, it is top heavy, just the way I like it  ;D

GK: Thomas, (Redmayne)

Def: Rose, Golec, Zwaansjik (Ciara, Vrankovic)

Mid: Flores, Ono, Finkler, Rojic (Polenz)

Fwd: Smeltz, Heskey, Berisha

Still with $45k left in the bank. Done and done...

[Chelskiman]

I've decided to fit Broich into my team.  I've been saying no all this time due to his price, but I reckon after being down by his standards last season he is ready to explode this season.

Final team, boys...

[colmullet]

nice team man, very strong up front, ive spread it out a little more, i think im set now haha

GK: Necevski

Backs: Zwaanswijk, Rose, Thwaite, Golec

Mids: Broich, Nichols, Flores, Halloran

Fwds: Smeltz, Djite

Bench: Thomas, Poljak, Kresinger, Caira

Was either Antonis and Djite ->? or Nichols and Djite as my last decision

[BlueStorm]

So it comes down to this Chelski - your overall eveness, up against my star factor. Funny, normally I play your strategy but feels different this year with so much cheap talent in defenders. Bolton won't play the whole season, every chance he will retire early 2013 and Redmayne will be there waiting. Mwahaha...

[colmullet]

hahaha good luck my man, we will see who comes up smelling like Roses :p

[Chelskiman]

So it comes down to this Chelski - your overall eveness, up against my star factor. Funny, normally I play your strategy but feels different this year with so much cheap talent in defenders. Bolton won't play the whole season, every chance he will retire early 2013 and Redmayne will be there waiting. Mwahaha...

Haha, yeah.  It's taken me about 10 tries for me to get this team. xD  I think I'm solid all the way through.  My starting defenders should be playing 90 minutes every week.  Broich will pull the strings in mid with Vidosic and Bozanic supporting.  I'm just banking on Finkler and Hersi to have solid seasons, and both certainly have the talent to do so.  Berisha and Smeltz don't even need introductions, we all know they're class.