Babylove's 2013 Supercoach Diary

Babylove · January 11, 2013, 12:36:40 AM

So I thought I might start a supercoach diary for my team. I've been playing around with it since before Xmas, so here is my team as it stands pre NAB Cup.

Def: B. Goddard, H. Shaw, B. Gibbs, K. Jaksch, L. Osborne, B. Goodes (J. Pittard, D. Turlich)

Mid: G. Ablett, S. Pendlebury, D. Beams, P. Dangerfield, T. Cotchin, O. Wines, B. Crouch, J. O'Meara (N. Hvorat, J. Viney)

Ruc: T. Goldstein, M. Leuenberger (B. Grundy, L. McBean)

Fwd: L. Franklin, D. Cox, T. Rockliff, D. Martin, J. Stringer, B. Staker (T. Lee, T. Membrey)

Cash Left: $47,600

kilbluff1985 · January 11, 2013, 01:10:28 AM

didn't take my suggestions i see lol ::)

Babylove · January 11, 2013, 01:28:16 AM

I appreciate the feedback, but I haven't really reviewed my team in relation to the changes you suggested yet. As the title suggests this is a diary for the year which will show my teams evolution throughout the year.

Feedback is very important as especially this time of year it can be hard to keep touch with what is happenings throughout the league. It is also very important to trust your gut on selections as well. I will probably look at doing another review of my team just before NAB Cup, so any changes that I may make as a result of any feedback I receive will happen then.

mpollock · January 11, 2013, 03:37:52 AM

Backs and forwards need work in my opinion.

I had a similar loaded midfield last year ... it didn't work because i missed out on some good midfield rookies ... i think 4 is the max + Embley/Ball type personally.

7 round 13 bye premiums just between your mids and backs ... but this is a problem we are all trying to deal with :)

Overall not bad for an early team ...

kilbluff1985 · January 11, 2013, 03:41:26 AM

Quote from: mpollock on January 11, 2013, 03:37:52 AM
Backs and forwards need work in my opinion.

I had a similar loaded midfield last year ... it didn't work because i missed out on some good midfield rookies ... i think 4 is the max + Embley/Ball type personally.

7 round 13 bye premiums just between your mids and backs ... but this is a problem we are all trying to deal with :)

Overall not bad for an early team ...

i started 5 premo mids last season and finished 1,769th overall so it can work well

mpollock · January 11, 2013, 03:50:00 AM

Define premium ... the ones in this team are all pretty bloody expensive ... :)

Hence why it only has 3 premium backs ... the other three back rookies will all probably average around 50 ... that makes them hard to upgrade and hurts if you can't do it till later in the year due to injuries or other problems with your team ...

If you had say a Shuey/Mundy/Barlow/Gaff for example then it isn't quite as bad.

Anything can work ... but in reality the best rookies are in the midfield and you need to make money to upgrade every line .. and these rookies are the best way to do that.

kilbluff1985 · January 11, 2013, 03:56:03 AM

GAJ, Pendles, Watson, Murphy, S. Thompson - were my starting 5 :)

mpollock · January 11, 2013, 04:01:53 AM

Total cost a still a lot less .... Watson was not $647,200 last year ... neither was Thompson compared to this team that has Dangerfield at $636,000 ...

We also had a rookie ruck option last year (and the year before) that many people used to get an extra premium into their side ...

kilbluff1985 · January 11, 2013, 04:05:25 AM

Quote from: mpollock on January 11, 2013, 04:01:53 AM
Total cost a still a lot less .... Watson was not $647,200 last year ... neither was Thompson compared to this team that has Dangerfield at $636,000 ...

We also had a rookie ruck option last year (and the year before) that many people used to get an extra premium into their side ...

yeah that's a far point i guess

mpollock · January 11, 2013, 04:07:46 AM

Check out my team if you have a chance guys ...

http://www.fanfooty.com.au/forum/index.php/topic,70482.0.html

Scroll to the bottom for the latest version ...

Cheers.

Babylove · March 08, 2013, 07:46:55 AM

This is my post NAB Cup week two team. Would love suggestions

Def: B. Goddard, H. Shaw, B. Gibbs,, L. Brown, B. Goodes, L. Stevenson (S. Colqhoun, D. Turlich)

Mid: G. Ablett, S. Pendlebury, D. Beams, P. Dangerfield, T. Cotchin, O. Wines, K. Mitchell, B. Crouch, (J. O'Meara J. Viney)

Ruc: T. Goldstein, M. Leuenberger (S. Rowe, D. Currie)

Fwd: D. Cox, T. Rockliff, M. Wright, D. Martin, M. LeCras, B. Macaffer, (B. Staker, J. Neade)

Cash Left: $12,800

Ringo · March 08, 2013, 12:38:42 PM

Strong team baby love.

You will need to have a trading plan in place to ensure that you do not have too many prems out in bye rounds. Currently you have 8 prems with this bye including all Def Prems and 4/5 mid prems.

Just personal but not a fan of the Goldberger combo although that is probably the combination for a majority of teams.

johnnytheboy1 · March 08, 2013, 02:03:50 PM

Babylove you have set a nice team would only suggest 2 changes

Def: Sound 3 Premium, 3 Cash cows on the field.
Mids: Solid can't fault any of these
Rucks this is where you should make the first change from Goldy to Jacobs
Fwds: The Change you should make here is Le Cras to Varcoe otherwise a solid forward line.

Well balanced team on each line give it an 8/10

tor01doc · March 08, 2013, 02:34:45 PM

johnnytheboy, is Jacobs definitely better than McEvoy?

If so, then agree with your suggestion.

If not much difference, I'd go McEvoy due to round 13 - lots already missing and Rowe will be out so be careful.

Nice team though apart from the obvious round 13 glut of selections which are hard to avoid given the teams clustered there.

Babylove · March 12, 2013, 09:29:12 PM

So I'm trialling a riskier Ruck strategy to put some more strength into my forward line.

Def: B. Goddard, H. Shaw, B. Gibbs, L. Brown, B. Goodes, L. Stevenson (S. Colqhoun, D. Turlich)

Mid: G. Ablett, S. Pendlebury, D. Beams, P. Dangerfield, T. Cotchin, O. Wines, K. Mitchell, B. Crouch, (J. O'Meara J. Viney)

Ruc: Z. Smith, J. Jenkins (S. Rowe, D. Currie)

Fwd: L. Franklin, D. Cox, T. Rockliff, D. Martin, P. Karnezis B. Macaffer, (T. Lee, J. Neade)

Cash Left: $50,000

I'm also thinking of downgrading Franklin to Wright or Robinson and upgrading Smith.