Stew42's Evil Weevils FC 2015

[stew42]

TEAM NAME: Evil Weevils FC
DEF: M. Hibberd, S. Docherty, P. Seedsman, B. Waters, G. Ibbotson, M. Scharenberg (S. Colquhoun, K. Jaksch)
MID: S. Sidebottom, N. Fyfe, C. Ward, L. Whitfield, T. Mitchell, N. Hrovat, N. van Berlo, D. Rich (N. Freeman, A. Morabito)
RUC: M. Leuenberger, M. Kreuzer (T. Nankervis, J. Griffin)
FWD: R. Gray, D. Smith, J. Ziebell, C. Wingard, N. Vardy, E. Templeton (T. Membrey, N. Kommer)
CASH LEFT: $231,900

So I haven't put any of this year's draftees in, there might be one or two later on. This is mostly filled with players returning from injury, and those I reckon will breakout. Tear it to shreds :D

[Mr.Craig]

Not going to tear it to shreds. But...

Shaz busted his knee and will be out for most of 2015.

I worry about Whitfield winning enough ball in the GWS midfield.

Injury risk with a number of those players, but you already know that.

Those are a few of the things that come to mind.

[Nige]

Some of those selections, particularly the ones with injury history, make me very nervous.

Not sure about both Ward and Whitfield in the same midfield and the Van Berlo pick is odd imo.

Definitely need at least two or three of this year's rookies in there at some point, you'll learn which names soon enough.

[Ricochet]

Nothing wrong with the VB pick. He'll be nearly cheaper than some of the first rounders

Schaz will be out for a while stew, and I'd be careful with Ibbo. He'll be very inconsistent

Obviously a lot to come before the season starts but interesting to see you've gone down the 'value' path. I did something similar last year and then only thing I found that didn't work, was that I was relying on 90% of those value picks to bounce back into premo status. They all didn't. Which meant I wasted trades on bringing in the proven guns. I'd look for a good mix of Guns n Rooks and some value picks, well thats what I'll be doing this year anyway

[Nige]

Oh, I totally forgot that Van Berlo has been injured, I get that pick now.

[stew42]

Bit of a change up...


TEAM NAME: Evil Weevils FC
Used: $10,049,700 (99.8%), Remaining: $21,300 (0.2%) On Ground: $8,832,100 (87.7%), On Bench: $1,217,600 (12.1%)
Expected Total: 2016
Def: M.Hibberd (90), B.Smith (85), H.Lumumba (80), P.Seedsman (80), B.Waters (80), D.Moore (50) (Z.Jones (55), N.J. Brown (50))
Mid: J.Lewis (110), S.Pendlebury (114), N.Fyfe (107), D.Prestia (105), C.Ward (105), D.Rich (75), A.Brayshaw (75), P.Cripps (70) (N.van Berlo (75), I.Heeney (70), N.Freeman (50))
Ruc: M.Kreuzer (75), M.Leuenberger (75) (T.Nankervis (35))
Fwd: B.Goddard (102), D.Smith (99), D.Swan (107), T.Mitchell (98), T.Membrey (65), J.Hogan (55) (M.Clark (64), N.Kommer (65))

[pommyadam]

Darcy Moore's a KPP, so he'll score HORRIBLY over the first couple of seasons - I'd personally switch him out (I have Goddard, but Viojo-Rainbow and McGuinness are two popular alternatives) - I assume you'll be monitoring NAB anyway

I personally am not the biggest fan of Fyfe's DT potential, particularly as he's not the best with the tag (but he's better than Gaj in reallife imo) so I'd switch him out to Cotchin/Treloar/Gibbs
I'd probably also switch Lewis to Barlow, but that's personal preference (Barlow reaches his ceiling more often personally)

that ruckline is RISKY, especially with an early injury - that said, if you're happy with it, then fair enough

while there's no doubting Titchell's scoring, is he likely to get games? at his price, I'd like to be more confident (switching for Tomahawk could be a nice POD, especially with the additional big men for Geelong - had some decent games with Kersten playing)
also, having had Goddard for the latter half of this year, I'd be tempted to switch him out too (for a Richmond-er personally)
likewise not convinced on Membrey (it is StKilda after all) or Kommer (yeah, he did well in 2013, but didn't play this year) - maybe one to Vardy, and the other to BReid could be a decent switch

tl:dr
Moore -> Viojo-Rainbow/Goddard/McGuinness (KPP = lowscoring)
Lewis -> Barlow (personal preference)
Fyfe -> Cotchin/Treloar/Gibbs (threat of tag)
Titchell -> Tomahawk? (JS)
Goddard -> Lids/Martin (bad memories)
Membrey -> Vardy (JS)
Kommer -> BReid (JS)

[stew42]

Yeah, most of the rookies there are place holders, although those ones are on my watchlist.
I'm really tempted by Lewis, very underrated, managed to average 109 without anyone really noticing!
As a Swans fan, I rate Membrey. If he holds his NEAFL form and impresses selectors, he could be decent.
With Malceski gone, I reckon McVeigh will go to the half back line, leaving a spot in the midfield. Even if this doesn't happen, I reckon Mitchell will still get games, as he has the inside game that Lloyd and Cunners lack, just see the grand final  :-\ Plus I have an irrational dislike of Hawkins  :P
I'm willing to take the risk of that ruckline, although I'm tempted to bring in Ryder in the fwds and put Cox as R3 for backup...
Goddard is also kind of a place holder for a fwd premo. I need to have a look at his role in 2015 before I'm 100% convinced.

Thanks for the advice!