Better Late than Never :D

[Marstar]

Usually more active in the pre- having done a lot more rookie research and figured out my bye strategy ...

My bare bones 1st attempt:

DEF   : P. Hanley, K. Simpson, D. Swallow, M. Suckling, K. Kolodjashnij, J. Ashby - [ M. Fuller, J. Battersby]
MID   : G. Ablett, S. Pendlebury, J. Selwood, J. Kennedy, D.Thomas, J. Caddy, L. McDonald, X. Ellis - [L.Dunstan, J. O'Rouke]
RUCK : N. Naitanui, P. Ryder - [D. Currie, F. Thurlow]
FWD  : P. Dangerfield, D. Martin, C. Dixon, T. Walker, N. Bock, G. Rohan - [J. Impey, P. Wearden]

30k in the back pocket

[Hydra]

Not sure Walker is ready for round 1? Also doubt Ashby will play so early.

I'd try and fit Caddy into the forward line instead of mids, and probably try and get Sam Mitchell up back.

[E-Lemon_ator]

B: Suckling is fine to be in the side, but not d4. Should be d5-6 in my opinion.  Will be rusty and managed throughout the year and at risk of the dreaded red vest.  Not sure of rookies D Ashby & J Battersby - better options out there i think

M: Very good.  Would look at moving caddy to the forward line,

R:  Smart thinking.  POD with Ryder

Fwd:  Looks weak to me.  Taylor Walker likely will not play until rd 3 and coming off a knee reco will also be rusty and managed.  Need to do something with either Bock or Rohan.  As I said change one of them to Caddy which frees up some cash and you can then get another mid rookie.

All the best.

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[Marstar]

Thanks for the replies guys. Still haven't nailed on all of the rookies so that will be addressed at the final step when round 1 teams are named.

Tex will def need replacing.

To strengthen D4 and/or F4 would require weakening the Mids and/or taking a punt on Sandi.  ATM this is a strategic choice rather than a personnel  choice.

As already stated, haven't factored in byes yet. Last year there was a link that you could over-write on SC and it would colour-code your players into the 3 bye rounds. Is there another one for this year?

[hawkboy80]

cpl of good p o ds Marstar, fwd line concerns me tho, rate me back