5 premo FWDS

[gdfgesd]

What does every body recon about having 5 premo FWDS and only 3 gun defenders. I think I'm going to go with it because of the lack of FWD rookies and there are a few good back rookies that can cover my on field spots. What does everybody think about this strategy?

[bottlemart]

Yes, I think this is the way to go.  In fact with a lack of fwd rookies, its probably the only way to go, unless you were to have mid priced fwds in there aswell.

I'm starting with 5 premium fwds, one mid pricer and 2 rookies.

In defence I have 3 premiums, 2 mid pricers and 3 rookies.

[locknload]

Horrible Idea if you are looking at key forwards.
Decent Idea if you are looking at Bartel Rockliff Robinson with a Cox and Franklin.

You are right about no Forwards rookies.
I am really big on Patton and Macaffer who I think are the cheapest legitimate options.
Varcoe Knights Byrnes make up the other mid pricers.
If Claye Beams was fwd eligible I would be all over that too!

[fever]

Horrible Idea if you are looking at key forwards.

care to extrapolate on this, cos i disagree.

all that matters is average, not week to week. i'd much rather someone who scores 150 one week and 50 the next than someone who scores 95 every week.

[harrynutts]

Horrible Idea if you are looking at key forwards.

care to extrapolate on this, cos i disagree.

all that matters is average, not week to week. i'd much rather someone who scores 150 one week and 50 the next than someone who scores 95 every week.

Fever, finally some common sense. Who cares about consistency - only total points matter. Sick of reading all this rubbish about picking a 'unique' - load of BS imo, all that matters is how many points your team will score, not how they will do it or if your team looks almost identical to the cookie cutter team. All that matters is total points. But personally, Key forwards don't score greatly barring Franklin of course.

[felsty]

Why fever? Blokes like Broughton, Ryder, Walker and the like give me the irrits whenever I have them I would much rather Stevie J over a Walker everyday of the week but I'm interested to hear your point of view

[fever]

i'm just interested in the players i think will average the most (without bad histories of injury/suspensions). in my example the key fwd averages 100 vs the solid small fwds 95 average. it's a no-brainer. it doesnt matter the manner in which they achieve that average, just the outcome.

[liam32]

Yeah sounds good!
Consistancy is everything, 1 week they coudl get 150 and you could win the round by 200, but if he gets 50 the next week it could cost you the whole round, just my opinion

[fever]

nah you're dead wrong. you will win just as many games with the 150s as you'll lose due to their 50s. think about it for one second.

[locknload]

Horrible Idea if you are looking at key forwards.

care to extrapolate on this, cos i disagree.

all that matters is average, not week to week. i'd much rather someone who scores 150 one week and 50 the next than someone who scores 95 every week.

The only one that applies to is Buddy. Possibly Pavlich.
And if you saw my comment I included Franklin in the 5 prems.

Note I list a key forward as the big dude who stays at home. The Rooeys, Mitch Clark, Dawes, Hawkins, Trav Cloke, Tippett, Patton etc.

None of these guys will make it to my team (except Patton.. way to cheap to ignore!)
With the bevy of mid/fwds you are better of grabbing them. Don't go grabbing Jack Roo expecting him to be consistent.

[Samm79]

Consistency equals low buy price fluctuations, inconsistency equals high price fluctuations. The later can allow you to upgrade on the cheap and obtain value, which is the key to getting the $50K!

And I do not mind having inconsistent players in my team, makes it all the more exciting!

[fever]

edit: wrote this in response to locknload

once again, i disagree. i can see your point, but i think it's as simple as comparing two players and deciding who you think will average more (on top of price and other factors like injury susceptibility etc)

[fever]

re samm and the price flucuations, i agree that it's a factor that can come into play. but i think there's an equally good chance that when your cash cows are at their peak that the up n down player will be on an upswing, thus not allowing you to afford them, as they will be cheap on a downswing (which, lets face it, goes a long way to achieving max value/the best side possible). i would rather know that such-n-such a player will be remaining steady at a price/average so that i can plan and know exactly what i'll need to do to get them into my side.

[yorgis]

does'nt matter how you get the score on the board , as long as you get it. the only thing about inconsistency this

year is you have to have patience, and hold off on the itchy trade finger

[quinny88]

Failing to say weather your goal is to win over all or just your league. It makes a huge difference.
Consistency is vital to winning a league premiership. If your forwards in your team scored 100 every week you would win a lot more games than if they all scored 50 one week and 150 the next week. It's simple probability.

And even if you are going for over all you are still better off with the consistent players to start. The up and down players will have a price slump, it's inevitable. Key forwards can often have 3 weeks of sub par scores before another big ton so it would be silly to pay full price for them from the start. If you start key forwards over mid/fwds you are going to struggle to ever get the mid/fwds in.
It's important to look at the over all picture and what they will average but it's also important to start the right players