Rate it please.

[GILLOTINE]

Backs:
Joel Bowden     
Sam Fisher 
Brendon Goddard   
Chad Cornes
Jed Adcock   
Ricky Petterd     
Jack Ziebell     

Mids:
Joel Corey     
Travis Boak     
Chris Knights     
Nathan Foley     
Hamish Hartlett 
Daniel Rich 

Rucks:
Dean Cox 
Brad Ottens 

Forwards:
Matthew Pavlich   
Brett Deledio       
Brent Harvey   
Jonathan Brown   
Shaun Higgins     
Chris Yarran
Sean Rusling 

Bench:
Aaron Kite-DEF
Nick Suban-DEF
Patrick Dangerfield-MID
Steele Sidebottom-MID
Ben McEvoy-RUCK
Daniel Currie-RUCK
Hayden Ballantyne-FWD 
Scott Gumbleton- FWD

What do you think? Any help would be appreciated.
Thankyou.

[A TEAM]

to many youngsters in the midfield i reckon

[MiGZ]

agreed, need 1 more gun in there i think.

[GILLOTINE]

ok guys, i have done some changing around and gone with a strong midfield now, and made my backline even stronger!


Joel Bowden       
Andrew Carrazzo     
Sam Fisher       
Brendon Goddard 
Chad Cornes 
Ricky Petterd     
Jack Ziebell 

Jimmy Bartel     
Joel Corey 
Kane Cornes     
Travis Boak 
Daniel Rich     
Patrick Dangerfield 

Dean Cox   
Brad Ottens 

Matthew Pavlich     
Brett Deledio 
Brent Harvey     
Shaun Higgins       
Chris Yarran   
Sean Rusling 
Mitchell Brown       

Nick Suban BAK
Aaron Kite  BAK
Steele Sidebottom MID   
Andrew Foster  MID
Daniel Currie  RUCK
Ben McEvoy  RUCK
Scott Gumbleton FWD
Taylor Walker  FWD

what do you think now? I know i have alot of rookies in the forward line but i beleive there is alot of value in the rookies there, so at some point i'm hoping to trade them off to guns like Riewoldt, assuming a couple of them come on. My backline is now 5/0/2/2 and my midfield 3/1/3/1

There will be some adjustments made before season starts but atm what do you think?

[Hawks_1976]

Zeibell, Dangerfield and Rusling are all risks as starters for R1 imo.
I would downgrade Bowden ( a gun but pricey and what about his form slump early last year ) so you can improve on these players.
Otherwise a very strong side.

[GILLOTINE]

Zeibell, Dangerfield and Rusling are all risks as starters for R1 imo.
I would downgrade Bowden ( a gun but pricey and what about his form slump early last year ) so you can improve on these players.
Otherwise a very strong side.

Any suggestions of who i could downgrade him to?

[A TEAM]

u could have someone like houli? he will never play in the backline! will be in the middle for the bombers this year!

[GILLOTINE]

u could have someone like houli? he will never play in the backline! will be in the middle for the bombers this year!

Is there injury concerns for Houli? or a history of injuries? I feel i have to ask as he plays for essendon and you just can't be too sure these days!

[Hawks_1976]

Mate don't get me wrong, I really like your side and am a fan of all of your gun selections.
I just think you may have to make some sacrifices somewhere to shore up your consistency in getting 22 starters on the field. I am in the same boat.
R1 is going to be a major bummer for so many people. Because of the first game being on a Thursday night, the sides playing on the weekend only name 25 man squads. This means that people placing their faith in cheap Melbourne backmen like Petterd and Grimes are risking the fact that they may not take to the field on the Sunday and score a big fat 0.
Personally I'd drop Bowden, Ottens and Fisher.
Not because I don't like them. Stated my opinion on Bowden. Ottens I believe has played is best footy and there is better value out there.
No excuse for Fisher, would just prefer only one saint in the backline.
Replacements to consider are Adcock ( tearing up preseason ), Malceski ( even more tempting after Kennellys retirement ), while guys like Mundy and Birchall are not guns but will consistently score 70 - 90 range.
Rucks are tough, not a lot on offer. Maybe Charman, McIntosh of Griffen.
See if you can fit Veszpremi into your forward line as an idea too.
Hope this helps.

[GILLOTINE]

Mate don't get me wrong, I really like your side and am a fan of all of your gun selections.
I just think you may have to make some sacrifices somewhere to shore up your consistency in getting 22 starters on the field. I am in the same boat.
R1 is going to be a major bummer for so many people. Because of the first game being on a Thursday night, the sides playing on the weekend only name 25 man squads. This means that people placing their faith in cheap Melbourne backmen like Petterd and Grimes are risking the fact that they may not take to the field on the Sunday and score a big fat 0.
Personally I'd drop Bowden, Ottens and Fisher.
Not because I don't like them. Stated my opinion on Bowden. Ottens I believe has played is best footy and there is better value out there.
No excuse for Fisher, would just prefer only one saint in the backline.
Replacements to consider are Adcock ( tearing up preseason ), Malceski ( even more tempting after Kennellys retirement ), while guys like Mundy and Birchall are not guns but will consistently score 70 - 90 range.
Rucks are tough, not a lot on offer. Maybe Charman, McIntosh of Griffen.
See if you can fit Veszpremi into your forward line as an idea too.
Hope this helps.

Good post mate.
I actually did alot of the things you said before i read this post. Ottens to McIntosh, which i dont really like, had charman originally, i just can't settle for the 2nd rucks spot. Vesz and McGylnn came in for Higgins and ruslings. Though i'm not sure im completly sold on McGlynn at this stage. Being a hawks supporter what are your thoughts on him?
i also changed my backline. Birch and adcock came in for Bowden and Chad.  I figure chad has some concerns and Joel usually starts slowly so he would be an ideal trade target. This allowed me to really upgrade my forward line and i dont think i lost TOO much potential in the backs.
The funny thing is you mentioned all of these moves and i made them all before reading your post!
Great minds think a like. Get back to me on the McGlynn situation please.

[Hawks_1976]

I can't shed too much light on the Hawks situation but here is what I know.
Crawf has retired, Croad will be missing for the 1st half of the year and Ellis might be missing till around R6 or so? Not 100% on Ellis.
In a nutshell, a few possies up for grabs.
Gilham and T.Murphy will get first cracks at key posts with Mitch Thorp heavily in the mix.
2 Midfield positions will be fought out by Morton, Kennedy, McGlynn, Tuck, Whitecross, Muston.
Tuck is probably 1st cab off the rank with McGlynn not far behind as they have runs on the board. But the rest of the pack is not far behind. The Hawks will give all these guys a run at some stage during the season but they will all find it difficult to cement a spot, especially when Croad and Ellis return.
Beau Dowler was a regular emergency last year and will not be far from a debut.

[XztatiK]

Not a bad team at all.

Better than most of the other duddish teams on here.

Ziebell's not a back anymore.

[dylan84]

think you ended up makin too many changes, but it looks like a very good side. would have left chad and higgins in the team though, really rate them this year.mcintosh right for 2nd ruck, as their are many in similar scoring ability and he is one of the cheaper high end rucks

[Hillsy]

I just tried to put this team into the system and it doesnt fit in the salary cap.

[gumdrop]

Carrazzo has a broken arm and will be out for 6 weeks...