Rico's Advice Thread

[blues123]

My new and improved team

DEF: Mitchell, Simpson, hurn, swallow, Suckling, Mcdonald (Langdon, Georgiou)

Mids: Ablett, Pendlebury, Watson, Beams, Thomas, Michie, Polec, Ellis (Crouch, dunstan)

Rucks: lobbe, Sandilands (Derickx, King)

Fwds: Dangerfield, Martin, parker, caddy, higgins, Rohan (JHK, mcarthy)

cash left: 116 k i  need an extra 40 k to take thomas out and bring muprh in who should i free up for 40 k
but i dont want to take watson out

[HotTiges]

Either Suckling to Webster (Yuck for mine), Parker to Dahlhaus? Higgins to playing rookie? McDono a chance, risk Impey?

[blues123]

any other players

[blues123]

should i take the risk with murph or stick with daisy

[blues123]

DEF: Mitchell, Simpson, hurn, swallow, Suckling, Mcdonald (Langdon, Georgiou)

Mids: Ablett, Pendlebury, Watson, Beams, murphy, Michie, Polec, Ellis (Crouch, dunstan)

Rucks: lobbe, Sandilands (Derickx, King)

Fwds: Dangerfield, Martin, dahlaus, caddy, higgins, Rohan (JHK, mcarthy)

cash left: 4k

Im still thinking should i downgrade murphy to thomas and upgrade lobbe to nic nat or either luey

please give it a rate

[sammy123]

http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,91017.0.html

Rate

[KERS]

Hi mate any chance that I can get advice from you regarding my team.

DEFENDERS
bartel, mcveigh, mitchell, mcdonald, laidler, langford (cutler, georgiou)
MIDFIELD
ablett, pendlebury, libertore, murphy, beams, thomas, polec, ellis (michie, dunstan)
RUCKS
mcintosh, sandilands (thurlow, king)
FORWARDS
dangerfield, martin, mitchell T, wright, higgins, rohan (KHJ, impey)

$139400 left over.

I am not sure what to do with my ruck devision. I thought of maybe downgrading murphy to tyson to free up money and maybe get a premium ruck eg. cox. Also not sure about cutler and KHJ. Is there better rookies that i have missed? Do you think this is a competitive side for a $50 comp. Or is there any other improvement that you can see.

[benharris222]

Love your work mate. When you have time could you please have a look at my team!

Backs: S. Mitchell, S. Thompson, J. Grimes, M. Suckling, R. Shaw, L. McDonald.
Bench: J. Laidler, A. Georgiou

Mids: G. Ablett, J. Watson, T. Liberatore, D. Beams, D. Thomas, J. Martin J. Polec, X. Ellis.
Bench:  M. Crouch, L. Dunstan 

Ruck: Luenberger, A. Sandilands.
Bench: F. Thurlow, M. King

Forwards: P. Dangerfield, D. Martin, L. Franklin, M. Pavlich, J. Caddy, J. Kennedy-Harris.
Bench: G. Rohan, Impey 

$2,900 left in the bank.

Any advice welcome! Thanks for your time!

[Jmachete]

Is this good enough to take into round 1??????

Revised team.

Backs: McVeigh, Mitchell, Hanley, Suckling, Webster, McDonald, (Laidler, Langford)

Mids: Ablett, Pendles Rockliff, Beams, Tyson, Ellis, Michie, Polec (Dunstan, M.Crouch)

Rucks:  McEvoy , Sandilands (Derickx, Thurlow)

Fwds: Dangerfield, Martin, Gunston, Higgins, Caddy, Rohan (Kennedy-Harris , L.Taylor)


Bank: $238,200

DEF: Not a fan of fielding two rookies (Webster and McDonald) in defence man. McDonald is fairly safe but still has a high risk of vests in a strong Kangaroos side and Laidler on the bench will find it tough to cement a spot. I'd definitely look to upgrade one here. McVeigh and Mitchell are great top end premos and Suckling is great value

MIDS Nothing wrong here. Would like to see Dthomas in there but a good mix of premos, underpricers and rookies.

RUCKS Unsure how McEvoy will go this year but he is a premo when on song. Sandi is great value.

FWDS Danger and Martin are great top end picks.  I'm not a huge fan of the Gunston pick tbh. At an 83ave from last year he will have to average 100 to a) be a top end premo and b) make you some decent cash. If you can see him doing that then jump on but if not it's not such a big deal if you don't start with him and jump on him later Caddy, Higgins and Rohan are great value. Taylor has had an injury interrupted preseason so consider McCarthy, Impey or McDonough.

How does this look now mate?

Backs: McVeigh, Mitchell, Hanley, Hurn, Suckling, McDonald, (Laidler, Langford)

Mids: Ablett, Pendles Rockliff, Beams, Tyson, Ellis, Michie, Polec (Dunstan, M.Crouch)

Rucks:  McEvoy , Sandilands (Derickx, Thurlow)

Fwds: Dangerfield, Martin, M.Wright, Higgins, Caddy, Rohan (Kennedy-Harris , Impey)

Bank: $69,500

[cortez]

Hey mate just after your oponion of this?

Def: McVeigh, Mitchell, Hurn, Suckling,   McDonald, Martin (Cameron, Clurey)

Mids: Ablett, Watson, Rockliff,  Murphy, Beams, Tyson, Michie, Polec (Ellis, Dunstan)

Rucks: Mumford Sandilands (Derickx, Currie)

forwards: Dangerfield, Martin, Gunston, Caddy, Higgins, Rohan (Impey, Kennedy-Harris)

$6,600 in bank

Cheers

[Ricochet]

Hey Rico,

Need some advice pls mate, it's my first time getting involved in SC and it would be much appreciated!

Initial Team:
Backs: Mitchell, Hanley, Swallow, Suckling, Docherty, L. McDonald (Langdon, Georgio)
Mids: GAJ, Pendles, Cotch, D. Beams, Daisy, Tyson, Polec, Ellis (C. Beams, Michie)
Ruc: Lobbe, Sandi (Nankervis, Thurlow)
Fwds: Danger, Dusty, Dixon, Pav, Caddy, Kersten (JKH, Impey)

21,400 left in bank.

Firstly, looking at swapping C. Beams with Dunstan as he looks unlikely for round 1.
Docherty also unlikely for round 1, so wanted you thoughts on replacing him?
Was thinking that if I swap Caddy for Fasolo it would free up $110,000, so I would effectively have $415,000 to replace Docherty with. Any defenders you would recommend for around 400K to shore up the back line?
Other options I was thinking with this extra $$ was to upgrade Lobbe or Pav to Westhoff?

Any advice you can give would be awesome, cheers mate

No worries man lets have a look.

DEF Yeh think its very risky with Docherty at D5 and LMac at D6. I'd upgrade Docherty here. Mitchell, Hanley, Swallow and Suckling are all good picks though. Georgiou is still on the rookie list so consider Clurey and Langford as rookies.

MIDS I like this line alot. Cotchin, DBeams and Daisy are great value and both GAJ and Pendles are good top end picks. Your rookies are fine except for CBeams who now has a foot fracture. Downgrade to Dunstan mate

RUCKS I'm not a massive fan of Lobbe this year. You can see my thoughts on him in the Opening Post here. Sandi is great value though

FWDS Danger, Dusty and Pav are all ripper picks. I'm not sure on Dixon but he will give you good cover for your rucks. Caddy is good value also. For your rookies also consider McCarthy, McDonough, Rohan and Blease. JKH and Impey are fine though.

I would consider downgrading Dixon and then Upgrading either Docherty or Lobbe mate. Look at maybe Dixon to Higgins?

[Ricochet]

Hey Rico,

Would love some of your great advice because l'm quite stuck current team

Def - J.Mcveigh, S.Mitchell, K.Simpson, C.Enright, S.Hurn, J.Webster (T.Langdon, A.Georgiou)

Mid - G.Ablett, T.Rockliff, T.Cotchin, D.Beams, D.Tyson, V.Michie, J.Polec, X.Ellis (L.Dunstan, M.Crouch)

Ruck - M.Luenberger, A.Sandilands (.F.Thurlow, A.Smith (needed to make cash somewhere)

Fwd - Dangerfield, D.Martin, M.Pavlich, J.Caddy, S.Higgins, J.Harris Kennedy (J.Impy, Z.merrett)

I'm just a little concerned with my forward line l'm thinking if l should get rohan for F6 i have three options

1.Leave the team
2.Mcviegh to Houli to get rohan
3.Webster to macdonald to get rohan

Which would you choose or would you recommend leaving the team at it is?

DEF very very strong line mate. No Sucking though? He's almost a must because a) he is so cheap and b) everyone will have him so there is less risk. Otherwise I like this line.

MIDS Like your premos here a lot. Would like to see DThomas or MMurphy in here though as they are great value. Your rookies are the best of the bunch so far.  Not a lot wrong with this line

RUCKS Thats fine having ASmith at R4. You'll most likely not need that position. Leuey is becoming more and more popular and Sandi is a must have.

FWDS A good mix of top end premos and value picks here. I think you do need Rohan at F6 though. Also consider McCarthy and MdDonough for your rookies. I would go Enright to Suckling mate. That will free up heaps of cash

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Cheers for the advice mate i made a few changes now let me know what you think

Def - J.Mcveigh, S.Mitchell, K.Simpson, S.Hurn, C.Enright, A.Mcdonald (T.Langdon, A.Georgiou)

Mid - G.Ablett, T.Rockliff, T.Cotchin, D.Beams, D.Tyson, V.Michie, J.Polec, X.Ellis (L.Dunstan, M.Crouch)

Ruck - M.Luenberger, A.Sandilands (.F.Thurlow, A.Smith (needed to make cash somewhere)

Fwd - Dangerfield, D.Martin, M.Pavlich, J.Caddy, S.Higgins, G.Rohan  (J.Impy, J.Harris Kennedy)

Cheers for the advice.
i'm not to confident about thomas and his ankles and i don't mind running the 4 rookie mid field. I thought about suckling but i really like having the 5 premo back line cause it makes it super strong and kinda makes it a set and forget and saves me a trade for later. I guess i just sorta wanna go different to everyone else to separate me from the pack. If i did go enright to suckling what would you recommend me doing with the cash?

I would keep the cash mate. I really like that team if Enright was Suckers. Then hang onto the cash for upgrades early on. Also consider Langford and Clurey in your defender rookies

[Ricochet]

TEAM NAME: New And Improved!!!
DEF: J. McVeigh, S. Mitchell, K. Simpson, S. Hurn, M. Suckling, L. McDonald (T. Langdon, A. Georgiou)
MID: G. Ablett jnr, S. Pendlebury, T. Liberatore, D. Beams, D. Thomas, J. Polec, X. Ellis, L. Dunstan (M. Crouch, L. Taylor)
RUC: P. Ryder, A. Sandilands (F. Thurlow, R. Lobb)
FWD: P. Dangerfield, D. Martin, J. Kennedy, J. Caddy, S. Higgins, M. McDonough (J. Impey, J. Kennedy-Harris)
CASH LEFT: $28,200


cheers mate!

Mate I'm not gonna lie. I was going to do a full writeup for you but can hardly find anything wrong with it. I have concerns with Libba but very very slight concerns. And your rookies can be sorted when teams are named but I like this year.

[Ricochet]

Hi mate
How do you think my team looks at the moment?
Thoughts on Macrae?



DEF:
Mitchell, Simpson, Enright, Suckling, Webster, McDonald (Clurey, Langdon)

MID:
Ablett, Pendlebury, Murphy, D.Beams, Macrae, Michie, Polec, Sheed (Dunstan, M.Crouch)

RUCK:
Lobbe, Sandilands (Thurlow, King)

FWD:
Dangerfield, D.Martin, Roughead, Pavlich, Caddy, Higgins (JKH, Impey)

Hey mate. I'm a little wary with Macrae. Only because he is coming into his second year and is priced similar to other more experienced performers like Daisy and Shiels.

DEF Solid to start with but Webster at D5 and LMac at D6 concerns me.  McDonald is fairly safe but still has a high risk of vests in a strong Kangaroos side. I'd look to strengthen the back end of the defensive line.

MIDS Yeh Macrae is the concern here. I have no problems with the rest of this line but maybe consider Daisy or Shiels just because they are proven. And I really think Ellis needs to be in there. You could even go Macrae to Michie or Tyson for cash.

RUCKS I'm not a massive fan of Lobbe this year. You can see my thoughts on him in the Opening Post here. Sandi is great value though.

FWDS Quite a strong line here. You could look at Rohan at F6 to upgrade your backline but I reckon Macrea to Michie or Tyson would be the way to go. Don't have any other issues with the rest of this line

[Ricochet]

DEF a few interesting PODs here mate. Malceski is quality but for his price I would probably prefer Birchall. Not a massive concern though. I do have a concern with Broadbent however. He is priced at 80 and never averaged over 84. At his price he will need to average 98 to a) make you 100k and b) become a top 8 defender. Personally I can't see that happening so I would look elsewhere here. Mitchell, Suckling and Webster are all good picks. I think its a bit risky with Webster at D5 and LMac at D6 though. Especially with the lack of depth of defender rookies. Georgiou is still on a rookie list and LMac may cop a fair few vests in a strong Kangaroos side. I'd look to upgrade one of D5 or D6.

MIDS Ablett, Rocky and DBeams are great picks. I'm not 100% on Libba. He will be a star one day but I have my concerns with picking a player after their first big breakout the year before. Hardly ever do they back it up or improve again. Also with Macrae I would prefer DThomas as he is proven. Your rookies are fine though.

RUCKS Becoming a more common ruck combo. Nothing wrong here.

FWDS A lot of risk here. Danger is a great pick. At a 79ave Dahlhaus will need to average 98 to a) make you 100k and b) become a keeper. That's on par with Roghead and Cloke. If you can see him doing that then jump on, if not then there is no real loss in not starting him and picking him up later. I'm not a fan of Zorko this year, you can see my thoughts in the opening post here. Wright is a risk but is great value, as are both Caddy and Higgins.

Quite a few risks here mate. I know you have to risk it to get the biscuit but maybe one too many here. The rest of the team looks solid.

i get what you're saying and i do have some reservations about it too.
But i'll stick with my gut and go with the players i choose.


Broadbent - i dont think he has to avg 98. anything over 90 for a DEF is solid. there's 15 players who's avg are between 90-100.
and i really think Broadbent can be one of them.

Dalhaus - same reasoning as Broadbent. 9 players who avg is between 90-100, and Dalhaus can definitely lift his game to that level.

Macrae, i believe that he is better value than Daisy, Im afraid that he's more of an injury concern than Macrae is.
and as i think both are to have similar outputs i might as well go with the safer option.

thank you for your thoughts, i'll probably change my team a few more times before rnd 1 starts.

Fair enough man. Gotta go with your gut!