Ringos Team

[Ringo]

Being a Novice at DT first year playing welcome criticism and comments on this team.

Had fun trying to make the team within the Salary Cap.

Def: Sam Mitchell;   Kade Simpson;  Michael Hibberd; David Swallow;  Matthew Suckling;  Kade Kolodjashnij; (Luke McDonald; Matthew Fuller)
Mid: Dane Swan; Dayne Beams; Jobe Watson; Tom Rockliff; Dale Thomas; Dom Tyson; Viv Michie; Clay Beams; (Xavier Ellis: Dayle Garlett)
Rucks: Matthew Lobbe; Aaron Sandilands; (Rory Lobb; Ben Brown.)
Forwards: Patrick Dangerfield; Dustin Martin; Dayne Zorko; Charlie Dixon; Mitchell Clark; Ben Lennon; (Shane Kersten; Daniel Markworth.)
Cash Remaining $48k

Bye Structure 11/10/9

Lobb may beome Derrickx though

[T Dog]

Hey Ringo....good fun starting up gain?  The Pig over Pendles could work. Swallow, Dixon and the Zorkman  could be PODs in what I have seen so far....so nice effort before pre season kicks in..

[Football Factory]

Cant really see anything wrong with it  :)

You have an extra cheapy in your midfiled compared to mine but you have slightly stronger Back/forward lines.

Good job Ringo

[Ricochet]

BACKS Like this line alot. 3 premos with 1 breakout contender and 1 underpriced semi-premo. Rooks are expensive but that will give you cover if any cheaper ones pop up.

MIDS Again solid with some great value. Beams, Watson, Rocky and Thomas are all underpriced. Tyson, Michie and Beams will be great cash cows too. M6 to M9 is expensive but they are all pretty good value.

RUCKS It will be interesting to see how Lobbe goes this year. He certainly has the scoring potential to be a premo. Sandi is value.

FWDS Zorko is an interesting pick. Do you see his role changing?? Danger and Martin are lock in premos. Dixon is injury prone but can pump out premo numbers. Clark and the rooks are good picks also.

Overall an interesting team with a few good PODs mate.

[Ringo]

Thanks Richo - all advice I can get on D/T appreciated.

On Zorko - With Brown staying at FF and not roaming up the ground at CHF think it opens some more opportunities for Zorks as well - Will still be playing forward though and Leppas game plan is to win contested possessions and lock ball in forward 50 as much as possible.  This will suit Zorko who has added pace in off season.  Do not really know if that will increase DT scoring or not but he should accumulate more possessions.

Speculative I know but think he is over 2nd year syndrome and has really worked hard in off season and now leads the club in the sprint drills.

[Ricochet]

That is interesting on Zorko. Will have to keep an eye on him

[Ringo]

Just a query for DT who is the better out of Dixon or Bellchambers. One will be in forward line as ruck cover.

[eg6914]

Just a query for DT who is the better out of Dixon or Bellchambers. One will be in forward line as ruck cover.

Neither, just go set and forget in the rucks ;)

[Mr.Craig]

Just a query for DT who is the better out of Dixon or Bellchambers. One will be in forward line as ruck cover.

It probably comes down to personal preference, there's not a lot separating them. Dixon has the better upside but I'd say Belly is the slightly safer pick.

[Grazz]

I like Dixon, he can score well and a lot of upside to him. Never really got going last year as a foot/ankle injury kept him out a lot  and it never really recovered from memory.

[nrich102]

Hey ringo, good team.

On Zorks, the lions spent the 15th most time in the forward half, so if as you say, we will really need to improve in that area. Also, Dixon is better than Bellchambers if he can get his body right/

[hardnut]

Dixon is a breakout candidate for sure, I think he's a seriously competitive beast who can run the wings when playing in the forward line and hunts the footy when in the guts. Not sure of the intended talls setup for GCS as if thye play Nicholls and Z.Smith he may not ruck much as their best KPP up forward.

Got him in my team atm

[Ringo]

Have changed a bit and thoughts on team:

Have taken a punt on McEvoy at the Hawks in rucks.  He was averaging 90 in 2011 and 88 in 2012 and with I strong team think he can average more.  Would not have been recruited if this was not the case.

Using Dixon as cover should it fall in a heap.

Can Play around a bit more but just asking for advice being first year in DT. Rookies will be finalised when round 1 teams annouced

Bye Structure 11/9/10

Cash left $18,900

[_wato]

I like it Ringo, I'm going along the same lines. Really well balanced team with great choice of premiums.

There's nowhere in this team where you look thin or too thick, it pretty much has no faults. Well done mate.

I'd sit on his team until NAB challenege,then assess from there. First year for me too, so I wouldn't take everything I say as good advice hahah

[Grazz]

Very similar to my team team apart from a few we are a lot alike. Makes me feel better about mine now lol.