2019 JLT thread

[stevebbb]

Watch Brodie Smith score 100 on the weekend and suck me in, even though I know he'll average ~80 for the year and I'll be stuck with him while I'm dealing with other shit

 

[Daniel McL]

wtf is happening to our rookie defenders?
thought we had a few likely types a week ago.. now all seem 50/50 at best for a good run early.
Clark could be dropped after Tuohy returns.
Collins fighting for a tall def spot.
Duursma/Hore/Quaynor/ all chances to miss rd1 too...
...Not Cool!

please guys...tear it up this weekend!

Clark won’t be dropped for Tuohy. That would be Z. Guthrie or O’Connor. Clark should be in the Hall of Fame already to be honest with how impressive he’s been.

 

[Huttabito]

His score and later comments paint a different picture, but I didn't watch.... Is he still sexy IYO??

Merrett will always just run around and do his thing. The only thing that should stop people picking him is if they have a "no interrupted pre-season" rule that they stick fat to because at his price, he's a bargain.

 

[JRyan23]

Hmm looks like Ben King has taken Sam Collins' spot in the starting team. Dew hates us even more than we hate him.

Nah Ben ain’t a chance of playing during the season, just giving him a run after his recent run with sickness. Collins v Hombsch imo


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[stevebbb]

Is that a full strength Demons back line named for this weekend? Let's see where Pig Hibberd plays with May coming in. Last year he spent way to much time 1 on 1 defending. Let's see if he can tempt me

 

[JRyan23]

Cant win games of footy without the ball and like Barlow last year he is your best extractor. Its a bit sus. Starting to think Dew can't coach for shit.

How do you get future stars of the comp like Lukosius and Rankine to develop their games and some confidence if they are always competing against harden men for the ball. They need to be told where to position themselves and then get fed a few easy ones so they can aclimatise to the amount of space and time you have to operate in playing AFL footy. They can't be expected to be Joel ****en Selwood from game one.
Guys like Miles have been with in squads that have won flags. They have been in the system for a few years. They know how to find the footy and lead by example putting their body on the line to do so. They make something out of what would normally be a hopeless situation and bring some hope to a team full of kids.

Dew's a ****stick if he doesnt play him.

Well I believe Brodie has fallen out of favour as hasn’t even been named in either extended squad in JLT, rumours going round that his running and ability to run our games is the problem. I agree Miles should be playing, players like Rankine and Lukosius however won’t play mid they will be playing forward (if they start round 1). For mids we have Swallow, Touk, Jack Martin (starting mid), Fiorini and Ainsworth. Miles and Brodie look like they are outside those blokes but I reckon Miles will play RD1


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[pincrusher]

Well I believe Brodie has fallen out of favour as hasn’t even been named in either extended squad in JLT, rumours going round that his running and ability to run our games is the problem. I agree Miles should be playing, players like Rankine and Lukosius however won’t play mid they will be playing forward (if they start round 1). For mids we have Swallow, Touk, Jack Martin (starting mid), Fiorini and Ainsworth. Miles and Brodie look like they are outside those blokes but I reckon Miles will play RD1


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Ainsworth is tempting me. Another strong showing in JLT2 might just convince me to take the punt.

 

[faible]

Well I believe Brodie has fallen out of favour as hasn’t even been named in either extended squad in JLT, rumours going round that his running and ability to run our games is the problem. I agree Miles should be playing, players like Rankine and Lukosius however won’t play mid they will be playing forward (if they start round 1). For mids we have Swallow, Touk, Jack Martin (starting mid), Fiorini and Ainsworth. Miles and Brodie look like they are outside those blokes but I reckon Miles will play RD1


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If Dew wasn't such a campaigner then we'd be able to assume Miles showed enough in JLT1 to lock in a spot for Round 1. Because he is, we've got no idea.

 

[Bollox]

Phukked up prediction #35336
Background to this mungbean.
Squibby looking metrodwarf who hangs a lot with another dwarf, in the hope nobody calls him dwarf.
Seemed to lose motivation. He cant think for himself so that happened because someone else lost motivation.
Moved clubs this offseason.
Last 5 years...92, 104, 95, 91...and last year 77
Fwd/Mid now priced down in mid 70's who will run thru the middle (when he could be bothered).

Prediction
Might be about to finally grow the F up as it dawns on him that at 26 he could be washed up v shortly.
Not mentioned by anyone for fear of ridicule (sensible), but this time next week he'll be back in fashion somewhat after a 128 in JLT2 with a fair whack of midfield time.

Pffff Biff, your almanac has a typo. He only got 118.

Yeah sorry about that.
Spiked to 4% ownership already within 24 hrs.
O Yeah, they're coming for him.

Caleb freakin Daniel at same price, without the DPP, and never hit an 80 season.

Daniel Schmaniel. All aboard the other dwarf.

 

[pincrusher]

Yeah sorry about that.
Spiked to 4% ownership already within 24 hrs.
O Yeah, they're coming for him.

Caleb freakin Daniel at same price, without the DPP, and never hit an 80 season.

Daniel Schmaniel. All aboard the other dwarf.

Averaged 102 and crack the ton 3/4 games at the end of the season when moved to defence. That makes him relevant IMO.

 

[Girthquake]

Is that a full strength Demons back line named for this weekend? Let's see where Pig Hibberd plays with May coming in. Last year he spent way to much time 1 on 1 defending. Let's see if he can tempt me

We're only missing leaver but that shouldnt impact hibbards scoring i dont imagine, whatever he scores this weekend should be a fairly accurate basis to go off

 

[AFDogs]

Phukked up prediction #35336

Background to this mungbean.
Squibby looking metrodwarf who hangs a lot with another dwarf, in the hope nobody calls him dwarf.
Seemed to lose motivation. He cant think for himself so that happened because someone else lost motivation.
Moved clubs this offseason.
Last 5 years...92, 104, 95, 91...and last year 77
Fwd/Mid now priced down in mid 70's who will run thru the middle (when he could be bothered).

Prediction
Might be about to finally grow the F up as it dawns on him that at 26 he could be washed up v shortly.
Not mentioned by anyone for fear of ridicule (sensible), but this time next week he'll be back in fashion somewhat after a 128 in JLT2 with a fair whack of midfield time.

I hate this metrodwarf more than any other of our premiership players. Hope he has a shit year filled with minor injuries.

He'll probably dominate though. Let's be honest.

 

[Bollox]

Averaged 102 and crack the ton 3/4 games at the end of the season when moved to defence. That makes him relevant IMO.

I'm simply a pragmatist. I work value off reality rather than speculation.

Two blokes same price.
One has never hit 80 and we dont know what position he'll play. We THINK he'll be playing somehwere he had a spike in possession over a short period.
3 of those 4 games were against 14th, 10th and 18th who couldnt give a rats arse about the result by that stage of the season.
The other has hit 92, 104, 95, 91 and he's playing a familiar role.

You would be relying on one guy exploding from being ordinary to being a 95+ fwd.
You are relying on the other to simply do what he normally does apart from one disgruntled season.

One is proven One is not.

One wears a helmet. Name me a single bloke who has EVER gone 95+ with a helmet on
The other doesnt have one of those stupid irish type names that were popular with mums who had a thing for Liam Neeson 25years ago...like Liam, Ethan, Eamon or Caleb. Name me a single bloke with one of those stupid names that has ever cracked the ton ? Our ability to rule out shit names is vital in this game.

ok maybe i aint as big a pragmatist as i pretend to be

418K is a shit price for anyone. So i simply need to see some value rather than find a reason to take a punt.

 

[pincrusher]

I'm simply a pragmatist. I work value off reality rather than speculation.

Two blokes same price.
One has never hit 80 and we dont know what position he'll play. We THINK he'll be playing somehwere he had a spike in possession over a short period.
3 of those 4 games were against 14th, 10th and 18th who couldnt give a rats arse about the result by that stage of the season.
The other has hit 92, 104, 95, 91 and he's playing a familiar role.

You would be relying on one guy exploding from being ordinary to being a 95+ fwd.
You are relying on the other to simply do what he normally does apart from one disgruntled season.

One is proven One is not.

One wears a helmet. Name me a single bloke who has EVER gone 95+ with a helmet on
The other doesnt have one of those stupid irish type names that were popular with mums who had a thing for Liam Neeson 25years ago...like Liam, Ethan, Eamon or Caleb. Name me a single bloke with one of those stupid names that has ever cracked the ton ? Our ability to rule out shit names is vital in this game.

ok maybe i aint as big a pragmatist as i pretend to be

418K is a shit price for anyone. So i simply need to see some value rather than find a reason to take a punt.

Love the thinking. No doubt you've got the $50k sewn up. FYI Patrick is an Irish name. I assume you don't have anyone by that name in your team this year?

 

[Bollox]

Love the thinking. No doubt you've got the $50k sewn up. FYI Patrick is an Irish name. I assume you don't have anyone by that name in your team this year?

Patrick hmmm
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope

no wait...

Patrick is a REAL name anyway. Its a mans name Paddy is a shit name, but Patrick is ok

The only truly shit name i ever invested in was a Tarquin...and he phukked me over.

Caleb ? Just saying it shits me. Sounds like a type of chocolate bar or something.

Yeah u can tell i've got the win sewn up cant you.

 

[Bollox]

o yeah forgot about the "two christian names" rule.
Never EVER

 

[pincrusher]

Patrick hmmm
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope

no wait...

Patrick is a REAL name anyway. Its a mans name Paddy is a shit name, but Patrick is ok

The only truly shit name i ever invested in was a Tarquin...and he phukked me over.

Caleb ? Just saying it shits me. Sounds like a type of chocolate bar or something.

Yeah u can tell i've got the win sewn up cant you.

I'm recommending they just give you the $50k now.

 

[majortinkle]

Patrick hmmm
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope

no wait...

Patrick is a REAL name anyway. Its a mans name Paddy is a shit name, but Patrick is ok

The only truly shit name i ever invested in was a Tarquin...and he phukked me over.

Caleb ? Just saying it shits me. Sounds like a type of chocolate bar or something.

Yeah u can tell i've got the win sewn up cant you.

I’m lost - I thought you were talking about a Luke???

 

[Bollox]

I’m lost - I thought you were talking about a Luke???

yepp.
try to keep up.
This is important

Go down the list of fwds starting from the top.
Patrick
Tom
Justin
Lance
Sam
Devon (shit name)
Tom
Isaac
Robbie
David
Luke
Josh
Toby
Tim
Jack
Jesse
Mitch
Kane
Chad
Blake
Travis
Michael
Jordan (chics name)
Jack
Shane
Jack
Josh
Jarryd
Orazio (dodgy and a little flowery but rolls off the tongue well)
Ben
Matt
Christian
Jeremy
Jamie
Jack
Josh
Jack
Tom
Kyle
Darcy (chics name)
Brandon (dodgy)
Jade (really shit name)
Tom
Charlie
David
John
Charlie
CALEB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (shit name)
Luke


see ? Stands out. Add a helmet to it and the alarm bells start going DING DING DING farkin DING.

I've learnt that Maths and Science will only take u so far in this game. Eventually u need to go with your gut instinct

 

[Andrew Birch]

Watch Brodie Smith score 100 on the weekend and suck me in, even though I know he'll average ~80 for the year and I'll be stuck with him while I'm dealing with other shit

I'm hoping Brodie has a down game and dishes out a 50 so he can be a POD

 

[TurtleKid]

Jordan Ridley 2019 JLT = Essendon's best player
JLT1 97 SC points (highest for Essendon)
JLT2 94 SC points (2nd highest for Essendon)

Smells like a Bonner Trap Mk II

 

[Andrew Birch]

Smells like a Bonner Trap Mk II

prolly...different sort of hb flanker though

 

[Burtman]

Probably been answered already but anyone got an idea on josh kelly? If it’s his groin again he’ll be copping the chop

 

[Huttabito]

I'm hoping Brodie has a down game and dishes out a 50 so he can be a POD

Play the law of averages. Get a shit one out of the way so the rest are better on average.

 

[stevebbb]

I'm hoping Brodie has a down game and dishes out a 50 so he can be a POD

Curious, what do you think he will average?



What changes will happen to improve his average? Kick-ins?

I would love to get on him because he's so cheap, but I'm yet to see a good argument for why?

From his history, 2014 looks like an outlier and a 75-85 average seems imminent