2019 Rookies

[Deliverance]

 

[Keg on legs]

I agree. Balta is what Waite should’ve been. We all know it.

Nice avvie

 

[Keg on legs]

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Cut out just before the tittays. Poor efforr

 

[nameless]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...n/news-story/5792a82711928fbc5efd79ceb079e1ed


If you'd started nothing but rookies and Grundy last year, and made all the right trades, you could have won Supercoach.

Interesting phenomenon. Trying to imagine sticking with a Rookies & Rookies approach beyond two weeks is killing my reserve.

free version?

 

[Keg on legs]

Darcy Moore has had a strong preseason and already showed great signs in his new role during intra club hitouts and it carried on through the JLT series.

Forget past scoring history. Playing as a tall forward and crippled with injury has ruined any consistent output. He’s now pegged in a new SC friendly role and will be heavily involved as a sweeper/intercept guy. Pies have invested a lot of time with him at training with kick out duties also. The ONLY thing stopping him from being decent is the soft tissue issues he has, otherwise he can and will show he’s a decent scorer. I’ve said it before and stand by my statement that he has all the traits to be an AA defender, health permitting. At 239k with dpp he’s hardly THST big a risk. Worst case you downgrade to a good rookie if he fails.

Now leave Ms Darcy alone and stop FN bagging her.

Nice avvie kent

 

[Daniel McL]

Can’t wait for Jordan Clark to average 90+ for all us kents

 

[ubeaut]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...n/news-story/5792a82711928fbc5efd79ceb079e1ed


If you'd started nothing but rookies and Grundy last year, and made all the right trades, you could have won Supercoach.

Interesting phenomenon. Trying to imagine sticking with a Rookies & Rookies approach beyond two weeks is killing my reserve.

Can't see how that would work. There's barely enough rookies as it is let alone enough to fill 29 spots

 

[bananatigz]

Balta IN

 

[Biggie]

Balta IN

Can see this ending in tears myself.

 

[Marlowe]

Can't see how that would work. There's barely enough rookies as it is let alone enough to fill 29 spots

I am not the maths wiz. Their admission is that your team would inevitably field donuts, but over the course of the season things could not only balance out but propel you to the top.

A lot if it's dependant on decisions that fly against normal Supercoach logic though and on you making every single correct trade. Like, even if you were fielding 20 rookies, you'd have to have been Nostradamus to captain Parfitt the week he scored 168. Likewise, you'd need insane foresight to captain Jack Riewoldt the week he scored 219, etc.

It's not a very realistic scenario. Improbable but not impossible, I suppose.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Can see this ending in tears myself.

+1

 

[PoopingHindi]

screw you Richmond FC.
now i've got another decision to make.

someone talk me into/out of Balta please.

 

[Bont2Bruce]

screw you Richmond FC.
now i've got another decision to make.

someone talk me into/out of Balta please.

Scored really well in JLT
Is already 100 kg at 19
May not stay in the side if Caddy becomes available
Caddy currently listed as indefinite

 

[ubeaut]

screw you Richmond FC.
now i've got another decision to make.

someone talk me into/out of Balta please.

Well he's been named with Lynch. Surely Tigers can't go with the same ruck strategy that flogs Nank and relies on Grigg as back up. And Lynch is too valuable to risk in the ruck. Balta is athletic and versatile, makes more sense to use him as a Mr. Fix it including back up ruck.
The options in the fwd rookies department are slim, Drew has Wines coming back, Putrid Smelly has Cripps, Burgess will score like poo... Setterfield and Parker the only safe bets imo

 

[Northernsoul74]

Well he's been named with Lynch. Surely Tigers can't go with the same ruck strategy that flogs Nank and relies on Grigg as back up. And Lynch is too valuable to risk in the ruck. Balta is athletic and versatile, makes more sense to use him as a Mr. Fix it including back up ruck.
The options in the fwd rookies department are slim, Drew has Wines coming back, Putrid Smelly has Cripps, Burgess will score like poo... Setterfield and Parker the only safe bets imo

Thinking maybe Drew and Balta but drew to the mid bench. Depends on who else named. Opens up the dpp as the other mid rookies are mid only.

 

[nameless]

I'm going Moore as F5 so I don't need to take Drew or Balta as I dislike both.

 

[bananatigz]

Balta JS decent enough now that he is picked with Lynch. Caddy a concern but you could argue that Weller is the one who will be a perfect swap for him once he comes back, which looks like it might be a while away anyway.

If he can make the second ruck thing work he should stick around for a while you'd think.

 

[gutsroy]

Bewley would be interesting if the talk about him having been pulled out of a WAFL game at halftime and getting half a game in JLT2 is true, and works ok as a donut if not always playing early doors.

 

[pulpdriver]

STARTING TEAM
The starting team is very minimalistic with a whopping 22 rookies, seven mid-pricers (six of them under $301k), and a single premium — Brodie Grundy.

To be completely honest, there are a number of players in this team that I have never heard of such as Stefan Giro, David Mirra, Matt Guelfi, and Luke Lavender.

DEFENCE

Riley Bonner (Port) $257,300; Jeremy Finlayson (GWS) $123,900; Tom Doedee (Adel) $123,900; Paul Seedsman (Adel) $300,200; Sam Murray (Coll) $123,900; Lachie Murphy (Adel) $102,400.

Bench: David Mirra (Haw) $102,400; Ed Richards (WB) $135,300.

MIDFIELD

Tim Kelly (Geel) $117,300; Brandan Parfitt (Geel) $295,500; Nick Holman (GC) $102,400; Lachie Fogarty (Geel) $117,300; Cam Ellis-Yolman (Adel) $236,900; Jaidyn Stephenson (Coll) $180,300; Jarrod Garlett (Carl) $117,300; Bailey Banfield (Frem) $123,400.

Bench: Ben Jacobs (NM) $200,100; Stefan Giro (Frem) $102,400; Charlie Spargo (Melb) $117,300.

RUCKS
Brodie Grundy (Coll) $534,700; Tim English (WB) $134,700.

Bench: Luke Lavender (Ess) $102,400

FORWARDS

Jesse Hogan (Melb) $383,200; Bayley Fritsch (Melb) $117,300; Jed Anderson (NM) $258,600; Jake Waterman (WC) $123,900, Billy Gowers (WB) $117,400; Liam Ryan (WC) $117,300.

Bench: Matt Guelfi (Ess) $117,300; Jack Henry (Geel) $123,900.


Round by round summary
Round Score Team value Budget Captain Trade in Trade out
1 1747 $5.1m - Rily Bonner (119) - -
2 2069 $5.1m - Jesse Hogan (145) - -
3 1965 $6.4m $6.2k Brodie Grundy (154) - -
4 2078 $6.4m $6.2k Brandan Parfitt (168) Harris Andrews, Willie Rioli -- Riley Bonner, Liam Ryan
5 2049 $7.4m $19.5k Max Gawn (151) Max Gawn, Jack Higgins -- Jeff Garlett, Jesse Hogan
6 2077 $8.1m $59.8k Max Gawn (168) Angus Brayshaw, Jack Redden -- Brandan Parfitt, Tim English
7 2251 $8.9m $18.3k Jack Macrae (189) Ben Ronke, Jack Macrae -- Jaidyn Stephenson, Jeremy Finlayson
8 2160 $9.3m $77.8k Jack Macrae (156) Harrison Himmelberg, Jake Lloyd -- Paul Seedsman, Lachie Fogarty
9 2366 $9.9m $38k Jack Macrae (177) Brody Mihocek, Tom Mitchell -- Sam Murray, Jake Waterman
10 2315 $10.5m $31.1k Brodie Grundy (152) Callan Ward, Jade Gresham -- Cam Ellis-Yolman, Willie Rioli
11 2254 $10.9m $18k Max Gawn (139) Tom Hawkins, Hayden Crozier -- David Mirra, Jed Anderson
12 1977 $11.2m $99.4k Callan Ward (156) Josh Kelly, Ollie Wines, Chad Wingard -- Ben Jacobs, Ben Ronke, Jack Macrae
13 1936 $11.3m $216.1k Ollie Wines (157) Luke Breust, Aliir Aliir, Elliot Yeo -- Harris Andrews, Jack Henry, Bayley Fritsch
14 2124 $11.6m $46.9k Patrick Cripps (187) Patrick Cripps, Jason Johannisen -- Nick Holman, Ed Richards
15 2689 $11.9m $93.9k Tom Mitchell (181) Dayne Beams, Jack Riewoldt -- Bailey Banfield, Ollie Wines
16 2799 $12.4m $64.7k Luke Breust (165) Josh Dunkley -- Billy Gowers
17 2580 $12.9m $1.9k Tom Mitchell (159) Patrick Dangerfield, Seb Ross -- Tom Doedee, Luke Breust
18 2715 $13.3m $1.9k Tom Mitchell (192) - -
19 2686 $13.6m $1.9k Patrick Cripps (173) - -
20 3057 $13.7m $57k Josh Kelly (205) Lance Franklin -- Jade Gresham
21 2652 $13.9m $57k Jack Riewoldt (219) - -
22 2718 $14.1m $57k Brodie Grundy (162) - -
23 2602 $14.2m $57k Brodie Grundy (148) - -



The budget team gets off to a relatively poor start, not scoring over 2100 until Round 7. However, it comes home like a freight train averaging over 2700 in the last nine rounds.

The budget team does not miss out on Josh Kelly’s 205 in Round 20 or Jack Riewoldt’s monster score of 219 in Round 21.

Some of the captain selections early on are very brave including Riley Bonner in Round 1 in what was his fourth senior game and Brandan Parfitt in Round 4 in his 16th game.

Although the team only starts with around half the budget, it finishes with a team value of $14,230,000, which is actually more than that of Cole Cook’s team ($13,671,000). Who says you need money to make money?



This year's version would look something this

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Interesting experiment but man oh man, good luck when you consider that for that budget team from last year to be able to win they had to be doing things like making Riley Bonner captain and basically trade in every forward just before they have a monster game. If you're able to win Supercoach with a starting team like that then go out and buy some lottery tickets because you're one lucky kent.

 

[gutsroy]

STARTING TEAM
The starting team is very minimalistic with a whopping 22 rookies, seven mid-pricers (six of them under $301k), and a single premium — Brodie Grundy.

To be completely honest, there are a number of players in this team that I have never heard of such as Stefan Giro, David Mirra, Matt Guelfi, and Luke Lavender.

DEFENCE

Riley Bonner (Port) $257,300; Jeremy Finlayson (GWS) $123,900; Tom Doedee (Adel) $123,900; Paul Seedsman (Adel) $300,200; Sam Murray (Coll) $123,900; Lachie Murphy (Adel) $102,400.

Bench: David Mirra (Haw) $102,400; Ed Richards (WB) $135,300.

MIDFIELD

Tim Kelly (Geel) $117,300; Brandan Parfitt (Geel) $295,500; Nick Holman (GC) $102,400; Lachie Fogarty (Geel) $117,300; Cam Ellis-Yolman (Adel) $236,900; Jaidyn Stephenson (Coll) $180,300; Jarrod Garlett (Carl) $117,300; Bailey Banfield (Frem) $123,400.

Bench: Ben Jacobs (NM) $200,100; Stefan Giro (Frem) $102,400; Charlie Spargo (Melb) $117,300.

RUCKS
Brodie Grundy (Coll) $534,700; Tim English (WB) $134,700.

Bench: Luke Lavender (Ess) $102,400

FORWARDS

Jesse Hogan (Melb) $383,200; Bayley Fritsch (Melb) $117,300; Jed Anderson (NM) $258,600; Jake Waterman (WC) $123,900, Billy Gowers (WB) $117,400; Liam Ryan (WC) $117,300.

Bench: Matt Guelfi (Ess) $117,300; Jack Henry (Geel) $123,900.


Round by round summary
Round Score Team value Budget Captain Trade in Trade out
1 1747 $5.1m - Rily Bonner (119) - -
2 2069 $5.1m - Jesse Hogan (145) - -
3 1965 $6.4m $6.2k Brodie Grundy (154) - -
4 2078 $6.4m $6.2k Brandan Parfitt (168) Harris Andrews, Willie Rioli -- Riley Bonner, Liam Ryan
5 2049 $7.4m $19.5k Max Gawn (151) Max Gawn, Jack Higgins -- Jeff Garlett, Jesse Hogan
6 2077 $8.1m $59.8k Max Gawn (168) Angus Brayshaw, Jack Redden -- Brandan Parfitt, Tim English
7 2251 $8.9m $18.3k Jack Macrae (189) Ben Ronke, Jack Macrae -- Jaidyn Stephenson, Jeremy Finlayson
8 2160 $9.3m $77.8k Jack Macrae (156) Harrison Himmelberg, Jake Lloyd -- Paul Seedsman, Lachie Fogarty
9 2366 $9.9m $38k Jack Macrae (177) Brody Mihocek, Tom Mitchell -- Sam Murray, Jake Waterman
10 2315 $10.5m $31.1k Brodie Grundy (152) Callan Ward, Jade Gresham -- Cam Ellis-Yolman, Willie Rioli
11 2254 $10.9m $18k Max Gawn (139) Tom Hawkins, Hayden Crozier -- David Mirra, Jed Anderson
12 1977 $11.2m $99.4k Callan Ward (156) Josh Kelly, Ollie Wines, Chad Wingard -- Ben Jacobs, Ben Ronke, Jack Macrae
13 1936 $11.3m $216.1k Ollie Wines (157) Luke Breust, Aliir Aliir, Elliot Yeo -- Harris Andrews, Jack Henry, Bayley Fritsch
14 2124 $11.6m $46.9k Patrick Cripps (187) Patrick Cripps, Jason Johannisen -- Nick Holman, Ed Richards
15 2689 $11.9m $93.9k Tom Mitchell (181) Dayne Beams, Jack Riewoldt -- Bailey Banfield, Ollie Wines
16 2799 $12.4m $64.7k Luke Breust (165) Josh Dunkley -- Billy Gowers
17 2580 $12.9m $1.9k Tom Mitchell (159) Patrick Dangerfield, Seb Ross -- Tom Doedee, Luke Breust
18 2715 $13.3m $1.9k Tom Mitchell (192) - -
19 2686 $13.6m $1.9k Patrick Cripps (173) - -
20 3057 $13.7m $57k Josh Kelly (205) Lance Franklin -- Jade Gresham
21 2652 $13.9m $57k Jack Riewoldt (219) - -
22 2718 $14.1m $57k Brodie Grundy (162) - -
23 2602 $14.2m $57k Brodie Grundy (148) - -



The budget team gets off to a relatively poor start, not scoring over 2100 until Round 7. However, it comes home like a freight train averaging over 2700 in the last nine rounds.

The budget team does not miss out on Josh Kelly’s 205 in Round 20 or Jack Riewoldt’s monster score of 219 in Round 21.

Some of the captain selections early on are very brave including Riley Bonner in Round 1 in what was his fourth senior game and Brandan Parfitt in Round 4 in his 16th game.

Although the team only starts with around half the budget, it finishes with a team value of $14,230,000, which is actually more than that of Cole Cook’s team ($13,671,000). Who says you need money to make money?



This year's version would look something this

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Cheers for posting that, saw the headline but it was paywalled and a lot of their stuff is shithouse.

 

[toxic]

Balta IN

Absolute lock

 

[Andrew Birch]

Lachlan Schultz, mature aged $117k FWD is a chance to debut for Freo

 

[stevebbb]

I'm going Moore as F5 so I don't need to take Drew or Balta as I dislike both.

That's smart...


... but I'm a legend good supercoacher moron and currently have Setterfield at F4

 

[toxic]

To Gibbons or to not Gibbons

Dis is da question

 

[pincrusher]

Interesting experiment but man oh man, good luck when you consider that for that budget team from last year to be able to win they had to be doing things like making Riley Bonner captain and basically trade in every forward just before they have a monster game. If you're able to win Supercoach with a starting team like that then go out and buy some lottery tickets because you're one lucky kent.

More chance of me winning every lotto draw for a year than there is of that scenario eventuating. It also assumes that you nailed the captains choice in every single round.