Random Breath Test v1.0

[johnnytheboy1]

Ithink you have a well balanced team although i wouldn't sam Gilbert think there are better options out there i haven't studied it well this year so can't give you advice on who to replace him with.
I think Salem and Hogan should have Breakout years.
If you need good Advice Ringo is good at picking strong teams.
The AFL Prospectus can also help also Supercoachcoach.com.au is a good site for advice on Supercoach.
I give your team a 7.5/10

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

Here is my team's current incarnation:

Defs: Smith, Shaw, Newnes, Waters, Brown, Dick, (Goddard, Newman)

Mids: Ablett, Selwood, Beams, Ward, Heppell, Brayshaw, Cripps, Biggs, (Heeney, Freeman, Lambert)

Rucks: Goldstein, Naitanui, (Cox)

Fwds: Deledio, Bennell, Swan, Mitchell, Clark, Hogan, (Daniel, Krakouer)

Bank: $7,100.

Thoughts? I'm still iffy on my weak defense, but want to go in with 5 premo mids, set and forget rucks and 4 possible keepers in the forward line.

[Money Shot]

I have a very similar back line to you at the moment I have went with Walker/Whitex over Smith/Brown but really at this stage it doesn't matter. I am also very nervous about my backline but I don't want to downgrade any other positions for it. So with the money you have its a good backline.
Just something to be aware of Brown will play each week but odnt expect much more than 60 each week.

Love the mids. Beams is a good unique, I know it is early but I would go NVB over Brayshaw or Cripps just keep that in mind. Good to see you have money in the mid rookies and will probably end up with an extra 100k to play around with.

Rucks are perfect. (Again doesn't matter but Read is the better bench pick.)

Forwards are pretty good also I wont be starting with Mitchell but I can see why you are I see him averaging around 90-95 which will be an okay 6th forward but non the less will get you money. Other picks are great.

I cant fault this team at all mate well done and just wait till the NAB too look at rookies.

Would love your thoughts on my team.

[ben_020285]

Here is my team's current incarnation:

Defs: Smith, Shaw, Newnes, Waters, Brown, Dick, (Goddard, Cordy)

Mids: Ablett, Selwood, Beams, Ward, Heppell, Brayshaw, Cripps, Biggs, (Heeney, Freeman, Lambert)

Rucks: Goldstein, Naitanui, (Cox)

Fwds: Deledio, Bennell, Swan, Mitchell, Clark, Hogan, (Daniel, Krakouer)

Bank: $7,100.

Thoughts? I'm still iffy on my weak defense, but want to go in with 5 premo mids, set and forget rucks and 4 possible keepers in the forward line.

Nice looking team.

I think your weak defence will be an issue though. I was having a look last night and there was literally not a single rookie in defence that is likely to play round 1. We will be lucky to have 2 playing rookies, let alone 3 or 4. Everybody has H Goddard but after having a look through the Saints round 1 best 22 thread on Big Footy, nobody has Goddard in the starting 22. I think he is simply a copycat selection. Brown will average 50 at best and will get injured at some stage so I am not touching him either as I'd rather pick a cheaper rookie in the mids or fwds that is likely to average more. I think you need to squeeze another premium defender in.

Your mids look good but I would swap Beams out for Pendles. Beams is an upgrade target as he will need to adjust to his new side in the first few rounds and it will also give us all a look at the role that he will be playing at the Lions. Heppell is a nice unique and could easily average 115 or more this year.

I don't like the set and forget option this year. With the new SC ruck scoring, I would prefer to wait and see who benefits from it first. I think downgrading Goldstein to whoever performs better in NAB out of Kreuzer and Leuey is the way to go and will save you cash to spend on your backline.

Regardless of which ruck setup you choose, I think a RUC/FWD link is crucial and Bellchambers is the best option in my mind. I would downgrade Bennell to Bellchambers and leave the rest.

So in my opinion I think you should go:

Beams --> Pendles
Goldstein --> Kreuzer/Leuey
Bennell --> Bellchambers
Brown --> Defence premium

Oh and by the way, are you still currently ranked 16 mate?  :P

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

Oh and by the way, are you still currently ranked 16 mate?  :P

I ended up flowering 69th after having 10 donuts in the last two weeks. I was 10th after rnd 20, then avgd 2100 over the last 3 rnds.

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

A.   Hibberd (93), Selwood (121), Ward (116), T.Mitchell (94), Biggs (80), Goldstein (107) = 611 p/w with 13 keepers + Mitchell and Waters

Or

B.   Yeo (85), Pendlebury (126), Kennedy (122), Priddis (118), Lang (62), Maric (103) = 616 p/w with 13 keepers + Yeo and Waters

If I did B, I’d need to start 2 of Lang, Freeman, Heeney, Boekhorst . If I did A, I’d only start 1.

Both have very little pocket change left in the bank.

I'm leaning towards B because out of Yeo and Titchell, Yeo has 100% JS imo, and we all know what Titchell's JS is like....

[ben_020285]

A.   Hibberd (93), Selwood (121), Ward (116), T.Mitchell (94), Biggs (80), Goldstein (107) = 611 p/w with 13 keepers + Mitchell and Waters

Or

B.   Yeo (85), Pendlebury (126), Kennedy (122), Priddis (118), Lang (62), Maric (103) = 616 p/w with 13 keepers + Yeo and Waters

If I did B, I’d need to start 2 of Lang, Freeman, Heeney, Boekhorst . If I did A, I’d only start 1.

Both have very little pocket change left in the bank.

I'm leaning towards B because out of Yeo and Titchell, Yeo has 100% JS imo, and we all know what Titchell's JS is like....

Option A for me.

Personally I see 5 keepers plus Biggs in option A but just 4 keepers with Yeo and Lang in option B.

I would pick Mitchell over Yeo 11 times out of 10. I don't see the appeal of Yeo at all.

[eaglesman]

Like Mitchell and like Yeo! Hard one ... 

No appeal on Yeo ... Victorian ?

[ben_020285]

Like Mitchell and like Yeo! Hard one ... 

No appeal on Yeo ... Victorian ?

Hurn, Waters and Nic Nat are all in my side.

Just can't see Yeo averaging 90+ which is what he needs to average to be a keeper.

And yeah I'm from Victoria but what has that got to do with anything?

[eaglesman]

Like Mitchell and like Yeo! Hard one ... 

No appeal on Yeo ... Victorian ?

Hurn, Waters and Nic Nat are all in my side.

Just can't see Yeo averaging 90+ which is what he needs to average to be a keeper.

And yeah I'm from Victoria but what has that got to do with anything?

Just curious ... Wasn't saying you are vic biased or anything but being vic biased you are not privileged to some media that we have over here and vice versa

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

I'm from VIC, and I basically read every state's "heraldsun" to get the goss on players.

Team update:

Def: Smith, Shaw, Hibberd, Newnes (D/M), Waters, Fuller, [Viojo-Rainbow, McKenzie (D/M)]

Mids: Ablett, Pendlebury, Fyfe, Priddis, Van Berlo, Brayshaw, Biggs, Heeney, [Boekhorst, Freeman, Lambert (M/F)]

Ruck: Naitanui, Kreuzer, [McLean (R/F)]

Fwds: Deledio (M/F), Goddard (M/F), Swan (M/F), Mitchell (M/F), Bellchambers (R/F), Clark, (Hogan, Daniel)

Bank: $2,900

Bye Rounds: 10/13/7 (may need to be looked at)

I'm playing around with having Kreuzer and Bellchambers. With NVB being released from tagging, I like having him at M5 too.

From my calculations, with Ablett as C, this team SHOULD avg about 2150-2200 from the start, which is exactly what you want from a starting team, then push towards a 2300 avg by season's end.

If I keep Belchambers as R3/F7, I only need to upgrade 8 players. 7 if Waters goes 75-85 then he can be kept as D7.

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

I've been playing around with 4 different teams, and thinking of the positives and negatives of each, but can't decide. Which team/s are the best in people's eyes?

Def- Malceski, Birchall, Newnes, Yeo, Waters, Whitecross, (Goddard, DVJ)
Mids- Ablett, Rockliff, Pendlebury, Ward, NVB, Biggs, Heeney, Freeman, (Boekhorst, Vandenberg, Lambert)
Rucks- Maric, Naitanui, (Cox)
Fwds- Goddard, Martin, Swan, Mitchell, Salem, Clark, (Hogan, Daniel)

Or

Def- Malceski, Smith, Birchall, Newnes, Yeo, Waters, (Goddard, DVJ)
Mids- Ablett, Rockliff, Pendlebury, Ward, NVB, Biggs, Heeney, Freeman, (Boekhorst, Vandenberg, Lambert)
Rucks- Maric, Naitanui, (Cox)
Fwds- Goddard, Martin, Swan, Salem, Clark, Hogan, (Daniel, Steele)

Or

Defs- Smith, Birchall, Newnes, Docherty, Yeo, Waters, (Goddard, DVJ)
Mids- Ablett, Pendlebury, Selwood, Ward, NVB, Biggs, Heeney, Freeman, (Boekhorst, Vandenberg, Lambert)
Rucks- Maric, Naitanui, (Cox)
Fwds- Goddard, Martin, Swan, Mitchell, Clark, Hogan, (Daniel, Steele)

Or

Defs- Smith, Birchall, Newnes, Yeo, Waters, Whitecross, (Goddard, DVJ)
Mids- Ablett, Rockliff, Pendlebury, Ward, NVB, Biggs, Heeney, Freeman, (Boekhorst, Vandenberg, Lambert)
Rucks- Goldstein, Naitanui, (Cox)
Fwds- Goddard, Martin, Bennell, Swan, Clark, Hogan, (Daniel, Steele)

All have bye weeks of 11/10/9 or 11/11/8.

[Money Shot]

I like the last team mate!
Just looks to be the most solid team in my opinion.
Would love your thoughts on my team!

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

Is it too much to have Hurn, Yeo and Waters all in Defence? Especially with Hurn and Waters playing similar roles.

[H1bb3i2d]

I'm from VIC, and I basically read every state's "heraldsun" to get the goss on players.

Team update:

Def: Smith, Shaw, Hibberd, Newnes (D/M), Waters, Fuller, [Viojo-Rainbow, McKenzie (D/M)]

Mids: Ablett, Pendlebury, Fyfe, Priddis, Van Berlo, Brayshaw, Biggs, Heeney, [Boekhorst, Freeman, Lambert (M/F)]

Ruck: Naitanui, Kreuzer, [McLean (R/F)]

Fwds: Deledio (M/F), Goddard (M/F), Swan (M/F), Mitchell (M/F), Bellchambers (R/F), Clark, (Hogan, Daniel)

Bank: $2,900

Bye Rounds: 10/13/7 (may need to be looked at)

I'm playing around with having Kreuzer and Bellchambers. With NVB being released from tagging, I like having him at M5 too.

From my calculations, with Ablett as C, this team SHOULD avg about 2150-2200 from the start, which is exactly what you want from a starting team, then push towards a 2300 avg by season's end.

If I keep Belchambers as R3/F7, I only need to upgrade 8 players. 7 if Waters goes 75-85 then he can be kept as D7.

I really like this team personally. I'd like to say, if you see JPK averaging 122, he should easily be your first picked! And I don't see any upside to Priddis whatsoever, don't rate him as a SC starter at all. Get a JPK or Ward in there instead. But hey, it's your team, but they're my thoughts. Otherwise a solid team!