Rate my Dream Team

[its me lads]

Rate my Updated team please.

DEF: B.Goddard (MID), B.Gibbs (MID), D.Heppell (MID), G.Broughton (FWD), J.Pittard, S.Docherty, C.Cameron (FWD), D.Terlich

MID: G.Ablett, T.Cotchin, S.Pendlebury, P.Dangerfield, J.Redden, S.Mayes (FWD), T.Menzel (FWD), B.Crouch, J.O'Meara, S.Colquhoun (DEF)

RUCK: S.Jacobs, M.Leunberger, M.Daw, B.Grundy

FWD: L.Franklin, T.Rockliff (MID), D.Thomas (MID), D.Martin (MID), J.Stringer, J.Daniher, B.Staker (DEF), T.Lee

CASH: $53,500

All thoughts would be appreciated.

[Windigo]

Very solid back line, Heppell should improve further and is a very sensible choice.  :)

You a Danger man? It could be risky picking Danger as pure mid, reckon it may be wise to re-assess.  :-\

Great FWD line,  but with the extra cash left over maybe upgrade Danger to someone?  ???

Then this team will be popping.  ;) Unless you see Danger going 110+.  :-\

[its me lads]

Very solid back line, Heppell should improve further and is a very sensible choice.  :)

You a Danger man? It could be risky picking Danger as pure mid, reckon it may be wise to re-assess.  :-\

Great FWD line,  but with the extra cash left over maybe upgrade Danger to someone?  ???

Then this team will be popping.  ;) Unless you see Danger going 110+.  :-\

Thanks heaps for the feedback. If Heppell can stop drifting out of games then he will improve heaps. Yep, Danger man all the way. Absolute star and he will carve up, going to be very hard to talk me out of it, there's just no way i could leave him out. :P

Really appreciate the feedback.

[Windigo]

Haha, that is okay.

Don't like seeing a post with no replies that's all.  :P

[Andrew]

I voted 8/10. Like above, Dangerfield seems risky this year and Franklin is over-priced to start with for mine. I also don't like the Thomas pick coming back from ankle surgery, but hey he seemed to do OK in the semi-final with a dodgy ankle last year. Midfield is rookie-loaded (see below).

My replacements: Marc Murphy is sitting there for $3k less with an easier draw and would be a straight swap for Dangerfield. But you've also over-looked Ball & Embley, by downgrading Franklin to a mid-priced forward and then swapping a rookie for one of these mid-priced MIDs opens up a lot more midfield options for you. But who knows, it could be the year for rookie midfielders (I'm suspecting it won't be...).

[its me lads]

I voted 8/10. Like above, Dangerfield seems risky this year and Franklin is over-priced to start with for mine. I also don't like the Thomas pick coming back from ankle surgery, but hey he seemed to do OK in the semi-final with a dodgy ankle last year. Midfield is rookie-loaded (see below).

My replacements: Marc Murphy is sitting there for $3k less with an easier draw and would be a straight swap for Dangerfield. But you've also over-looked Ball & Embley, by downgrading Franklin to a mid-priced forward and then swapping a rookie for one of these mid-priced MIDs opens up a lot more midfield options for you. But who knows, it could be the year for rookie midfielders (I'm suspecting it won't be...).

Thanks, as mentioned before i'm keen on Dangerfield. My Forward line is probably the line that will change the most from now until the start. I have toyed with the Idea of not having Franklin but i just included him because i thought the majority of people would have him so it's safer in that situation to just go with the flow. certainly not opposed to leaving him out though. I agree about Thomas but when he is at his best he is worth it, whether or not he will be at his best is unknown.

Ball would be the one i would choose over Embley, i think he should do alright aswell. I never thought about downgrading Franklin but now that you mention it, it seems plausible, which mid-pricer would you recommend? Lecras? Knights? Bock? Just putting it out there im not keen on Varcoe at all. I was tempted to get Robbie Gray but i saw new that he might not be back for the start of the season.

[its me lads]

thoughts about these changes

Mayes out Ball
Franklin out Lecras in