General Discussion

[R.Griffen]

Gotta nominate I think that's the point for nomination

[Football Factory]

Question.

When one places a DPP player (such as Matt de Boer, who has FWD/MID DPP status) as an emergency, can said player replacescores on either line? Or do I have to nominate one position for him to replace?

Thanks in advance.

They have to be nominated ..(M),(F),(R),(B) but if you have a DPP player in your utilities and you have a player in your team not play and cant replace him with one of your interchange then we replace that player with the DPP player aslong as he has the correct position, we then replace the utility with first named interchange if not used yet. If they were used then the second named interchange will replace the missing utility and so on.

[LF]

Rusty will be looking after the team during the 2nd bye week as I will be away and we still have to post for the eliminator

[Football Factory]

Rusty will be looking after the team during the 2nd bye week as I will be away and we still have to post for the eliminator

Yeah cool

[Grannyboy]

Just looking at my list and Asuncions/Bolivias list and where we are on the ladder, I reckon I should probably get 2nd pick in midseason draft, in ladder order. If Memph was the coach being sanctioned and he was still coach it might make sense but I reckon I'm in a much better position for the future than Asuncion and they need the pick #1 more than I do. Even if Memph got the 2 wins earlier I'd still be ahead of him now.
Any opinions either way?

[Memphistopheles]

Just looking at my list and Asuncions/Bolivias list and where we are on the ladder, I reckon I should probably get 2nd pick in midseason draft, in ladder order. If Memph was the coach being sanctioned and he was still coach it might make sense but I reckon I'm in a much better position for the future than Asuncion and they need the pick #1 more than I do. Even if Memph got the 2 wins earlier I'd still be ahead of him now.
Any opinions either way?

Asuncion needs the pick imo.

Hey is there a mid-season trade period as well or only a draft (only asking as I'm back as an assistant at Dallas).

[elephants]

Nicaragua will be stoked. Scored the most points in the league yet they're still getting a better pick than three other teams! #envious

[Football Factory]

Just looking at my list and Asuncions/Bolivias list and where we are on the ladder, I reckon I should probably get 2nd pick in midseason draft, in ladder order. If Memph was the coach being sanctioned and he was still coach it might make sense but I reckon I'm in a much better position for the future than Asuncion and they need the pick #1 more than I do. Even if Memph got the 2 wins earlier I'd still be ahead of him now.
Any opinions either way?

Asuncion needs the pick imo.

Hey is there a mid-season trade period as well or only a draft (only asking as I'm back as an assistant at Dallas).

There wont be a trade period. We don't want teams changing half way through a season.

[popedelio]

For a bit of friendly banter, how does everyone think their recycled players have gone so far this season? I don't want to be too arrogant but I just feel like I cleaned up in that draft, especially coming in with the last pick.

Recycled Draft
1. Harley Bennell (Pick 12) - so much potential, yet still hasn't reached it.
2. Stephen Coniglio (Pick 24) - solid bull who is in the 22 for a strong Giants midfield, has performed.
3. Brendan Goddard (Pick 25) - gun, lucky to be a forward this season
4. Elliot Yeo (Pick 48) - gun (eagles bias  ;D), won't be a defender next season but can't complain  :)
5. Jesse Hogan (Pick 49) - potential rising star winner, maybe not suited for DT, but can possibly kick bags to have huge scores
6. Patrick Cripps (Pick 72) - How did he end up being the last pick? Front runner for rising star, looks to be the leading Carlton midfielder in the future, contested beast.

A lot of youth, and arguably my worst pick would be my first selection in Bennell. I feel like the only player I would've selected ahead of my bunch would be Jack Steven who was a steal at pick 27. But my last 3 selections have been steals, and all are still very young. Pity the rest of my team hasn't performed this year hahaha  ::)

How do you reckon you have gone in your recycled draft last year? Any selections you hoped you had changed in hindsight? Predictions on how they will perform on the rest of there career?

[LF]

1.Ollie Wines (Pick 10)
2.Nathan Jones(Pick 22)
3.Jack Steven(Pick 27)
4. Brodie Martin(Pick 46)
5. Ben McEvoy(Pick 51)
6. Jarryn Geary(Pick 70)

All our mid picks doing what we hoped they'd do,did not think however that Steven would turn out to be pretty much our perma C tho had Jones pegged as our VC/C behind Ablett.
Geary has been solid for us as well as decent defence depth
Martin has been a bit stiff not to play more games but again was just intended depth and did well in the games he did play
And McEvoy was just picked as extra ruck depth and was never intended to be used unless really needed.
Considering we had late draft picks we scored extremely good mids to bolster us nicely this year.

Basically we grabbed what we felt we needed,young mids to come in for the old brigade,some extra ruck depth with Coxy retiring,extra defence depth.
Then we used the Nat and rook drafts to top up with youth in all positions having so many older players that will retire in the next couple of years.

2014 National Draft
Pick 12: Hugh Goddard
Pick 13: Jarrod Garlett
Pick 19: Caleb Daniel

2014 Rookie Draft
Pick 11: Alec Waterman
Pick 12: Dylan Buckley

Retiree Compo Picks
For Dean Cox Pick 26 : Aaron Vandenberg
For Daniel Jackson Pick 30: Dean Gore

Then add in another decent looking defender in Byrne and what could be a very nice pickup for our forward line in the future in Davis from mid season draft.

[elephants]

Recycled Draft

#11 - Toby Greene - down on his 2014 season average of 102 (including a 7 game stretch to end the season where he went @ 125ppg), he has picked up forward status in AF and is a reasonable chance to get this again across all forms of fantasy in 2016.  Can't be too shattered with this pick, should turn out highly beneficial in the long term as he's shown he can score well while playing as a forward!

#23 - Tom Mitchell - As you all know I'm an enormous believer in this guy. Took a little while to crack into the team but since he has he's gone on to average 111, dropping under the ton once for a score of 95. At just 22 years of age, fair to say this bloke is one of the more valuable players in the league! Odds are he will lose forward status but when you're producing an average like he is at his level of consistency thats somewhat irrelevant, a starter in any team be it midfield or forward line.

#26 - Jack Billings - When drafted he drew comparisons to Stevie J but in his first season I saw fantasy number production similar to Brent Stanton. The young fella loved a +6 pushing up onto a wing from half forward and despite an interrupted pre-season, the young lad has gone on with it averaging 84 as a forward. Almost wish I kept the young fella around but looking back I did trade him and Harley Bennell for Stevie Johnson and fantasy sluts David Armitage and Jordan Lewis, so I really can't complain :p

#47 - Josh Thomas - Probably the only pick in the draft I'm disappointed with. The kid had shown ball winning abilities and with midfield spots becoming vacant at the Pies I thought it was a premium time to jump on this young fwd/mid. He's now looking at 2 years out of the game with a doping ban. Highly disappointing.

#50 - Tom Lynch - Absolutely love this guy and was happy from the moment I picked him up in the draft. Coming into his prime at 25 years of age, he's pumping an average of 88 as a forward and is a slight chance to pick up def/fwd in the future. Very very happy.

#71 - Mitch Wallis - Bit of a freak this kid and with Libba going down he's really stood up. Without his injury affected game and his return game the bloke averages 107, an increase of 49 points per game on his 2013 average of 58. Very very happy with this pick up, even if Pat Cripps went one pick later!

Great discussion idea pop!

[Grannyboy]

Funny thing that draft, if we had it now and Prestia had his 12-14 week injury (why haven't I made him LTI yet?) I'd be thinking pick #1 is Jack Steven and #2 is probably Ellis still. Would Prestia go 3rd? Steven went #27 but has made huge gains this season on the rest of the comp.
I might have to go through my others later and see how they look now compared to when I drafted them.

[popedelio]

looks like you've done very well le, all are young guns. Pity about Thomas, did show potential, guess it was the PED's talking hahaha. I guess once my boy Libba returns Wallis can return back to his 60 ppg  :P

Funny thing that draft, if we had it now and Prestia had his 12-14 week injury (why haven't I made him LTI yet?) I'd be thinking pick #1 is Jack Steven and #2 is probably Ellis still. Would Prestia go 3rd? Steven went #27 but has made huge gains this season on the rest of the comp.
I might have to go through my others later and see how they look now compared to when I drafted them.

Prestia is still a gun GB, others may have done better so far because of his injury, but my foresight predicts he should be back to his gun ways once he returns back to health  :)

[Pkbaldy]

#26 - Jack Billings - When drafted he drew comparisons to Stevie J but in his first season I saw fantasy number production similar to Brent Stanton. The young fella loved a +6 pushing up onto a wing from half forward and despite an interrupted pre-season, the young lad has gone on with it averaging 84 as a forward. Almost wish I kept the young fella around but looking back I did trade him and Harley Bennell for Stevie Johnson and fantasy sluts David Armitage and Jordan Lewis, so I really can't complain

He's mine now!!! Mwahhhaah

[Football Factory]

For a bit of friendly banter, how does everyone think their recycled players have gone so far this season? I don't want to be too arrogant but I just feel like I cleaned up in that draft, especially coming in with the last pick.

Recycled Draft
1. Harley Bennell (Pick 12) - so much potential, yet still hasn't reached it.
2. Stephen Coniglio (Pick 24) - solid bull who is in the 22 for a strong Giants midfield, has performed.
3. Brendan Goddard (Pick 25) - gun, lucky to be a forward this season
4. Elliot Yeo (Pick 48) - gun (eagles bias  ;D), won't be a defender next season but can't complain  :)
5. Jesse Hogan (Pick 49) - potential rising star winner, maybe not suited for DT, but can possibly kick bags to have huge scores
6. Patrick Cripps (Pick 72) - How did he end up being the last pick? Front runner for rising star, looks to be the leading Carlton midfielder in the future, contested beast.

A lot of youth, and arguably my worst pick would be my first selection in Bennell. I feel like the only player I would've selected ahead of my bunch would be Jack Steven who was a steal at pick 27. But my last 3 selections have been steals, and all are still very young. Pity the rest of my team hasn't performed this year hahaha  ::)

How do you reckon you have gone in your recycled draft last year? Any selections you hoped you had changed in hindsight? Predictions on how they will perform on the rest of there career?

I knew you had a gun in the making, sent you a pm saying very good pick if you remember  ;)