Ask Ziplock Pre-season

[blues boy]

Is Nick Vlastiun a lock? do you think he is too risky to be a D4?

[Ziplock]

Hey Zip,

What are your thoughts on starting only four premium midfielders? I've got two choices:

1. Swan, Ablett, Cotchin, Pendlebury, Redden, Wines, Lonergan, O'Meara (Mitchell, Crouch)      +Pittard    +T.Lee

or

2. Swan, Ablett, Cotchin, Pendlebury, Whitfield, Wines, Lonergan, O'Meara (Mitchell, Crouch)    +Hartlett   +Knights/Petterd/Varcoe



So essentially, what would you choose out of:

Redden + Pittard + Lee
Whitfield + Hartlett + MP

Thanks :)

redden, pittard, lee

[blues boy]

Boyd (M2) + Moloney (M5) + H. Hartlett (D4) CASH LEFT = $5000

OR

Ablett (M2) + Deledio (M4) + N. Vlastiun/J. Pittard/L. Stevenson (One of these will be traded to Hartlett) Cash Left = $10,500

Sorry to double post haha

[Ziplock]

Moloney + Docherty
or
Whitfield + Vlastuin

thanks mate

I think docherty + vlastuin will average pretty similar.

and moloney has whitfield by 10 ppg by my counts.

so option 1.

[Ziplock]

$688,700 for M5 and F4.

Already have Moloney and Karny (as they would be the logical suggestions haha!)

whitfield + bartel

a bit arbitrary

but most of dt is.

[Ziplock]

Is Nick Vlastiun a lock? do you think he is too risky to be a D4?

I dont see him as very risky, but I definitely dont see him as a lock. He looks like an ok scorer, but his JS isn't amazing...

[essendon2]

1,183,800 to spend on 2 MIDs...  ??? ::)

[Capper]

Hey Zip,

What is your best 22 players for GWS this year?

[Ziplock]

1,183,800 to spend on 2 MIDs...  ??? ::)

Ablett + Selwood?

If you can't afford that, boyd + selwood?

[essendon2]

1,183,800 to spend on 2 MIDs...  ??? ::)

Ablett + Selwood?

If you can't afford that, boyd + selwood?

Ablett leaves me 540k left
Boyd leaves me 590k left

[Ziplock]

Hey Zip,

What is your best 22 players for GWS this year?

B: Gilham, Kennedy, Mohr
HB: Hampton, Davis, Bugg
M: Coniglio, Treloar, Scully
HF: Whitfield, Patton, Shiel
FF: Hoskin-Elliot, Cameron, Sumner
R: Giles, Greene, Ward
I/C: O'Hailpin, Townsend, Smith, Adams

That's atm... there's a few players like cornes who'd go in there if he was fit, and tyson, buntine who'd be pushing for selection too.  I  think we'll see Jaksch, Plowman and Corr rotated through the team as well (although, I'd be surprised to see more than one of them play at once unless we have an injury). O'hailpin hasn't really shown a lot in the pre-season, but we need him structurally, so I think he'll play... that being said, Brogans always there for second ruck.

Sumner is probably the most speculative pick, playing only 2 games last year, but I found him really impressive in NAB, showed some really good awareness and a ridiculous amount of speed. The backline feels a little too top heavy, but you'll have Hampton swinging forward as well, so it's about right imo.

That being said, a lot of those positions are going to be rotated. There are blokes like Palmer who should really be in there and guys like Thornton who'll be pushing for it. IMO, out of that line up, the following are pretty much locked in our 22 barring injury.

B:      -     ,    -     ,     - 
HB: Hampton, Davis, Bugg
M: Coniglio, Treloar, Scully
HF: Whitfield, Patton, Shiel
FF:    -  , Cameron,     -
R: Giles, Greene, Ward
I/C:   -  ,   -   , Smith, Adams

*edit* I thought hampton was taller than he was :S I'm pretty happy with my initial structure now :P

[Ziplock]

1,183,800 to spend on 2 MIDs...  ??? ::)

Ablett + Selwood?

If you can't afford that, boyd + selwood?

Ablett leaves me 540k left
Boyd leaves me 590k left

boyd + pendles then

[essendon2]

1,183,800 to spend on 2 MIDs...  ??? ::)

Ablett + Selwood?

If you can't afford that, boyd + selwood?

Ablett leaves me 540k left
Boyd leaves me 590k left

boyd + pendles then

sorry , already got Pendles and Swan locked!
this is for m2 + m4
Boyd + sub 590k
vs
Ablett + sub 540k

[Ziplock]

Ablett + Selwood?

[essendon2]

Ablett + Selwood?

rate Selwood over Murphy, Redden, Swallow and Scooter?