SC 2014 Profile: Ryan Griffen

[Grazz]

He strikes me as the kind of character that will thrive with the Captaincy and lead by example which to me makes him even more fantasy relevant if that's possible. Congrats Griff.

[Ringo]

Now that he has been given the captaincy and imo will lead by example may need to reassess my initial thoughts on Griffen for this year. Initially thought he could not improve on last years output and may go backwards but with the captaincy he may take up a further notch. See him in the Brownie mould leading by example and stepping up as needed.
Only concern he may be tagged a little more but has the ability to cope.

[Holz]

I seriously think he is worth looking at but only for those that are looking to go for overall.

his round 9 bye cant be understated

he is the only round 9 super premo who will likely finish in the top 10 mids (who you want to end with)

there is also a severe lack of round 9 rookies that i can see,

kelly too pricey for me and the only other viable mid i can see is sheed. so basically the only round 9 mids im even considering are sheed and griffen.

if your only starting 1 round 9 mid thats a waste in the midfield in either bye 8 or 10, you want to maximise your scores over these rounds.

im considering starting him over a guy like watson because there are plenty of round 10 rookies avilable c.beams, tyson, dunstan, acres, salem

if you think he can maitain a 115 he should be in your squad becasue of his bye, if you dont think he can than dont pick him.

I personally have just taken out watson and put in griffen.

[TeeJay]

I seriously think he is worth looking at but only for those that are looking to go for overall.

his round 9 bye cant be understated

he is the only round 9 super premo who will likely finish in the top 10 mids (who you want to end with)

there is also a severe lack of round 9 rookies that i can see,

kelly too pricey for me and the only other viable mid i can see is sheed. so basically the only round 9 mids im even considering are sheed and griffen.

if your only starting 1 round 9 mid thats a waste in the midfield in either bye 8 or 10, you want to maximise your scores over these rounds.

im considering starting him over a guy like watson because there are plenty of round 10 rookies avilable c.beams, tyson, dunstan, acres, salem

if you think he can maitain a 115 he should be in your squad becasue of his bye, if you dont think he can than dont pick him.

I personally have just taken out watson and put in griffen.

Well said and I agree with this 100%

[hawkers65]

I seriously think he is worth looking at but only for those that are looking to go for overall.

his round 9 bye cant be understated

he is the only round 9 super premo who will likely finish in the top 10 mids (who you want to end with)

there is also a severe lack of round 9 rookies that i can see,

kelly too pricey for me and the only other viable mid i can see is sheed. so basically the only round 9 mids im even considering are sheed and griffen.

if your only starting 1 round 9 mid thats a waste in the midfield in either bye 8 or 10, you want to maximise your scores over these rounds.

im considering starting him over a guy like watson because there are plenty of round 10 rookies avilable c.beams, tyson, dunstan, acres, salem

if you think he can maitain a 115 he should be in your squad becasue of his bye, if you dont think he can than dont pick him.

I personally have just taken out watson and put in griffen.

Wow Holz, you've talked me into taking out Wato for him! I hadn't even noticed that i only had 1 Rnd 9 player in my mids, and it was O'Rourke. Well said!

[Holz]

I seriously think he is worth looking at but only for those that are looking to go for overall.

his round 9 bye cant be understated

he is the only round 9 super premo who will likely finish in the top 10 mids (who you want to end with)

there is also a severe lack of round 9 rookies that i can see,

kelly too pricey for me and the only other viable mid i can see is sheed. so basically the only round 9 mids im even considering are sheed and griffen.

if your only starting 1 round 9 mid thats a waste in the midfield in either bye 8 or 10, you want to maximise your scores over these rounds.

im considering starting him over a guy like watson because there are plenty of round 10 rookies avilable c.beams, tyson, dunstan, acres, salem

if you think he can maitain a 115 he should be in your squad becasue of his bye, if you dont think he can than dont pick him.

I personally have just taken out watson and put in griffen.

Wow Holz, you've talked me into taking out Wato for him! I hadn't even noticed that i only had 1 Rnd 9 player in my mids, and it was O'Rourke. Well said!

just need to monitor how the captaincy and the rise of his team will affect him. Will read some reports in the preseason and look at the NAB with a grain of salt.

this idea only works if he can keep his average up.

last year was a career best season by a long way. Just dont want him to go back down to a 110 player.

playing a super premo mid instead of a back or forward rookie should gain you 40-50 points per week which could be two weeks. so it depends on your strucutre but its possible having him over watson could gain you 80-100 points which is equal to 3.6- 4.5 points per game over the season.

so a 115 average from him and a 115 average from watson could mean.

115 Griffen Avergae
115-4 = 111 Watson Average

so that justifies the extra 25k. as 3-4 points = 20-30k.

If you think Griffen can outscore Watson at all, I would start him over Watson despite the extra price.

[Vinny]

Hmmm thats convincing, maybe. Probably not though, I don't think we can afford the teams we got now at all anyway Holz.

[Doggoneit]

jump on and enjoy the ride

[_wato]

Really really really trying to fit him in. I love Griffen as a player and he will be very unique compared to most squads.

Has everything and is the complete SC player. Wins the hard ball, rarely gets beaten in a tag, wins both contested and uncontested possessions, runs all day, can gather huge possession counts and has a very high ceiling with a lot of 130+ which separates you from everyone else.

[twinkle]

Yep a lock for me - he is almost untaggable (he gets tagged every single week!). Dead set gun.

[Holz]

I seriously think he is worth looking at but only for those that are looking to go for overall.

his round 9 bye cant be understated

he is the only round 9 super premo who will likely finish in the top 10 mids (who you want to end with)

there is also a severe lack of round 9 rookies that i can see,

kelly too pricey for me and the only other viable mid i can see is sheed. so basically the only round 9 mids im even considering are sheed and griffen.

if your only starting 1 round 9 mid thats a waste in the midfield in either bye 8 or 10, you want to maximise your scores over these rounds.

im considering starting him over a guy like watson because there are plenty of round 10 rookies avilable c.beams, tyson, dunstan, acres, salem

if you think he can maitain a 115 he should be in your squad becasue of his bye, if you dont think he can than dont pick him.

I personally have just taken out watson and put in griffen.

Wow Holz, you've talked me into taking out Wato for him! I hadn't even noticed that i only had 1 Rnd 9 player in my mids, and it was O'Rourke. Well said!

just need to monitor how the captaincy and the rise of his team will affect him. Will read some reports in the preseason and look at the NAB with a grain of salt.

this idea only works if he can keep his average up.

last year was a career best season by a long way. Just dont want him to go back down to a 110 player.

playing a super premo mid instead of a back or forward rookie should gain you 40-50 points per week which could be two weeks. so it depends on your strucutre but its possible having him over watson could gain you 80-100 points which is equal to 3.6- 4.5 points per game over the season.

so a 115 average from him and a 115 average from watson could mean.

115 Griffen Avergae
115-4 = 111 Watson Average

so that justifies the extra 25k. as 3-4 points = 20-30k.

If you think Griffen can outscore Watson at all, I would start him over Watson despite the extra price.

With Thomas now a mid, I actually think he is a great pick over Watson and Griffen. Depends how much cash you have to spend.

[meow meow]

I didn't see his last few games but any reason for his drop off?

In the latter part of the year it was a more even team performance so the load was shared.

Averages for the last 6 games of the year:

Dahlhaus 102
Murphy 108
Cooney 114
Libba 118
Minson 122

Boyd returned from injury played the last 4 and averaged 111, and Cross played the last 5 and tonned up 3 times. All these blokes took a fair chunk of the pie.

[Ricochet]

I didn't see his last few games but any reason for his drop off?

In the latter part of the year it was a more even team performance so the load was shared.

Averages for the last 6 games of the year:

Dahlhaus 102
Murphy 108
Cooney 114
Libba 118
Minson 122

Boyd returned from injury played the last 4 and averaged 111, and Cross played the last 5 and tonned up 3 times. All these blokes took a fair chunk of the pie.

So should we expect similar then?

[meow meow]

Minson is the only one of those guys that you can have faith in to back it up again. Cooney, Libba and Boyd might all outscore Griff next year!

[Jroo]

Minson is the only one of those guys that you can have faith in to back it up again. Cooney, Libba and Boyd might all outscore Griff next year!

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