What would you do?

[Woppa15]

Backs: J Bartel. P Hanley. M Suckling. R Shaw. S Docherty. K Koladjashnij. (M Fuller. L McDonald.)

MIDS: G Ablett. S Pendlbury. D Beams. N Fyfe. D Thomas. X Ellis. V Michie. L Dunstan. (J Aish. L Perris.)

Rucks: S Mumford. D Simpson. (D Currie. T Nankervis.)

FWDS: P Dangerfield. C Wingard. L Parker. J Caddy. M Honeychurch. J Billings. (L Taylor. S Menegola.)

Cash remaining..... $304,400

Plenty of cash and room to move....

[Jroo]

Backs: J Bartel. P Hanley. M Suckling. R Shaw. S Docherty. K Koladjashnij. (M Fuller. L McDonald.)

MIDS: G Ablett. S Pendlbury. D Beams. N Fyfe. D Thomas. X Ellis. V Michie. L Dunstan. (J Aish. L Perris.)

Rucks: S Mumford. D Simpson. (D Currie. T Nankervis.)

FWDS: P Dangerfield. C Wingard. L Parker. J Caddy. M Honeychurch. J Billings. (L Taylor. S Menegola.)

Cash remaining..... $304,400

Plenty of cash and room to move....

Yeah it does look a bit risky, but it still looks good.
I'd stay away from Rhyce Shaw and you need to improve your forward line, though.
Maybe cull one of Mummy or Simpson to Sandi?
Then I'd look to trade Billings and Mengola to better forwards (maybe lik Gray/Zorko and Fasolo or something).
Then possibly upgrade RShaw to a better defender.

[Woppa15]

Thanks JROO8.

With a bit more research and your advice Revised team as follows and pretty happy I must say actually.

Backs: J Bartel. J McVeigh. P Hanley. S Atley. M Suckling. J Laidler. (M Fuller. L McDonald.)

Mids: G Ablett. S Pendlebury. J Ziebell. D Beams. D Thomas. J Aish. V Michie. X Ellis. (L Dunstan. L Perris.)

Rucks: S Mumford. H Macintosh. (T Nankervis. D Currie.)

Fwds: P Dangerfield. C Wingard. D Martin. J Caddy. J Billings. M Honeychurch. (S Menegola. L Taylor.)

Cash Remaining: $35,400.

[westy501]

Thanks JROO8.

With a bit more research and your advice Revised team as follows and pretty happy I must say actually.

Backs: J Bartel. J McVeigh. P Hanley. S Atley. M Suckling. J Laidler. (M Fuller. L McDonald.)

Mids: G Ablett. S Pendlebury. J Ziebell. D Beams. D Thomas. J Aish. V Michie. X Ellis. (L Dunstan. L Perris.)

Rucks: S Mumford. H Macintosh. (T Nankervis. D Currie.)

Fwds: P Dangerfield. C Wingard. D Martin. J Caddy. J Billings. M Honeychurch. (S Menegola. L Taylor.)

Cash Remaining: $35,400.

Fwds still too weak if you ask me... why caddy? hmac is soo risky aswell id take sandi over hmac..Love zieball as a choice but you haven't looked at byes... your 4 main mids are all round 8 bye... leaves a weak link there... back line is solid!

[nick wilkesmann]

This looks pretty good but I agree with comments about the rucks, lock in one set and forget ruckman like a minson or goldy who will def be top 4, rather than 2 rucks that you will prob have to upgrade

[Woppa15]

Thanks JROO8.

With a bit more research and your advice Revised team as follows and pretty happy I must say actually.

Backs: J Bartel. J McVeigh. P Hanley. S Atley. M Suckling. J Laidler. (M Fuller. L McDonald.)

Mids: G Ablett. S Pendlebury. J Ziebell. D Beams. D Thomas. J Aish. V Michie. X Ellis. (L Dunstan. L Perris.)

Rucks: S Mumford. H Macintosh. (T Nankervis. D Currie.)

Fwds: P Dangerfield. C Wingard. D Martin. J Caddy. J Billings. M Honeychurch. (S Menegola. L Taylor.)

Cash Remaining: $35,400.

Fwds still too weak if you ask me... why caddy? hmac is soo risky aswell id take sandi over hmac..Love zieball as a choice but you haven't looked at byes... your 4 main mids are all round 8 bye... leaves a weak link there... back line is solid!

I'm aware of the bye issue with the mids, considering either Cotchin/Watson but just not sure who to swap them for?

Caddy I think will have really settled into the Geelong way of life now and he had an injury interrupted pre season last year which held him back a bit. Looking at more mid time and high flanks/wing time this year I think. Love the way he goes about his footy!! Also considering Buddy and the Tomahawk but not sure yet.

[Woppa15]

This looks pretty good but I agree with comments about the rucks, lock in one set and forget ruckman like a minson or goldy who will def be top 4, rather than 2 rucks that you will prob have to upgrade

Thanks for the advice but why is the Big Mummy not considered a keeper? He only has Giles to compete with for a spot and they drafted him for a reason. I thought he would hold down the number one spot and get back to his 110+ scoring......

[sammy123]

Ziebell needs to become a watson or jelwood. Need 3 super premos as M1,2,3.

[Woppa15]

Ziebell needs to become a watson or jelwood. Need 3 super premos as M1,2,3.

Why do you say that? He has dropped 10kg's this pre season, granted he'll put a couple back on but carrying that much less weight can only be good for his aerobic capacity. Plus he is a contested ball machine. Swallow is out until mid season so he will have more responsibility in the midfield, he will be 23 this year and all things going well will crack the 100 games so hes getting to the right maturity level footy wise to really stand up this year.

[Woppa15]

Def: Shaw. Hibberd. Newnes. Lumumba. McIntosh. Saad. (Goodes. Brown.)

Mid: Gaz. Fyfe. Jelwood. Ward. VDB. Heeney. CEY. Cocky. (Miller. Cripps. Lambert.)

Ruck: Goldy. Nic Nat. (Read.)

Fwd: Bartel. Dusty. Bennell. Swan. Salem. Hogan. (Clarke. Lonie.)

$69,400 remaining.

Not sure where the priorities lie at this stage.
What to do with Gaz?
Oxley in for Goodes?
Possibly NVB as well, maybe for Cocky/Cripps?
Would love Sloane/JPK/Docherty in shortly.