Discussion 2023 Pre-Season Matches - March 2-4th

[WaynesWorld19]

Mar 2-4 (Official practice matches)​

Date	Match	Local Time (EDT)	Stadium
Thu Mar 2	Hawthorn vs Collingwood	5.10pm	UTAS Stadium
Thur Mar 2	Fremantle vs Port Adelaide	4:10pm (7:10pm)	Fremantle Oval
Thu Mar 2	Brisbane vs Geelong	7:10pm (8:10pm)	Brighton Homes Arena
Fri Mar 3	St Kilda vs Essendon	4:10pm	RSEA Park
Fri Mar 3	Sydney vs Carlton	7:10pm	Blacktown International Sports Park
Fri Mar 3	West Coast vs Adelaide	4:40pm (7:40pm)	Mineral Resources Park
Sat Mar 4	GWS vs Gold Coast	12:10pm	Blacktown International Sports Park
Sat Mar 4	Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne	1:10pm	IKON Park
Sat Mar 4	Melbourne vs Richmond	4:10pm	Casey Fields

 

[Caztheconquerer]

I’d prefer (and have) Laird and Neale TBH. Clarry hates the tag, and the first block of games will see him get a few. And Neale often comes out of the blocks. First upgrade target for mine.

Sydney round 3 will tag him but who else in the first six games

 

[CaptainHowdy87]

J.Kelly
Callaghan
Rowell
Constable
O.Baker
Sheezel
Petracca
Hopper
Taranto

 

[Bollox]

Hey guys I'm picking Gawn

Was first on Gulden too

Cheerio

O Paleeeeeeze

There were several back in January....here's two of them

Quick first crack for the season.

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My second draft but first post of my team here.
FWD I was tossing up between Moore and Rozee but if Rozee is playing full time MID that might just get him the nod. Not going near Butters becuase I started with him last year and it was a nightmare. Gulden was another one on my breakout watchlist and I think he could be really good this season with more mid time.

All in all I’m pretty happy so far with the structure. Rookies and maybe a couple of flip flop picks will be definitely changed before round 1.
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[Bollox]

Sneeze looked a lot better than McLean, but we all know you hate him for some reason

You should buy both

 

[A Bit Dusty]

McVee has been the one I’ve been most disappointed with today. Spot in Round 1 team was his to lose. Has been non-existent.

He played more like Ronald McDee

 

[Jiska]

Im tossing up between him and Ridley, 4 premo fwd line and 2 premo def vs 3 premo fwd and back. We know Ridley can average 100+ and Scott should play him in his preferred role and TT has never averaged over 100, but on the other hand I think TT is a safer choice to finish top 8 in their position and should see the most midfield time of his career.

Tossing up the same things myself, but at the end of the day, can see TT being around the same price or marginally more at various s5ages throughout the season so can grab him then.

 

[Jiska]

Yeah, I've gone with Laird over Oliver. Neale is pretty vulnerable to a tag too.

Only 14 of his last 85 games (ignoring the two injury seasons) have been sub 100.

 

[Jiska]

Sydney round 3 will tag him but who else in the first six games

Dogs did both times last year and he didn’t score too well. WCE have last few times too.

 

[Scythe94]

Feel like I'm nailed on with 29/30 picks now. The last one is just going to be F8. I have 165k to spend, but no rookie has really put their hand up in an obvious way (have Greene at F7). A little more cash could get Ratugolea and the R/F swing which would be nice, but don't really want to sacrifice elsewhere to make it happen.

 

[Jiska]

Feel like I'm nailed on with 29/30 picks now. The last one is just going to be F8. I have 165k to spend, but no rookie has really put their hand up in an obvious way. A little more cash could get Ratugolea and the R/F swing which would be nice, but don't really want to sacrifice elsewhere to make it happen.

I’m a bit the same. Might grab Samson Ryan. Has a cool name, opens up the DPP swing and is likely to play at some stage you’d think.

 

[Scythe94]

I’m a bit the same. Might grab Steely Green. Has a cool name, opens up the DPP swing and is likely to play at some stage you’d think.

Hopefully he starts Reelin' In The Years Points

 

[Jiska]

Hopefully he starts Reelin' In The Years Points

You beat my edit. I meant Samson Ryan.

 

[Scythe94]

Damn it Jisk why did you have to edit your post

 

[hoddo]

Only 14 of his last 85 games (ignoring the two injury seasons) have been sub 100.

Yes, no one's saying he isn't consistent. But unless you add which of those games he was tagged in and in which of them he wasn't, it's not really relevant to the point.

 

[Ash1337]

The worry I have with gawn n grundy is if 1 has a dominant game would the other suffer a lower score?

 

[Bob Butter]

Yes, no one's saying he isn't consistent. But unless you add which of those games he was tagged in and in which of them he wasn't, it's not really relevant to the point.

I doubt he's only been tagged in 15% of games, and even if that were the case, are teams really just now going to completely change the way they play him after about 8 solid seasons in a row including 3 AA's and a Brownlow?

 

[Obese Arachnid]

He played more like Ronald McDee

Distraught, that's not the screaming eagle I was hoping for.

More JL, pls

 

[Scythe94]

The worry I have with gawn n grundy is if 1 has a dominant game would the other suffer a lower score?

Honestly, with the amount of work he does around the ground, Max should be good for ton most weeks, regardless of Grundy. Grundy on the other hand could very well drop some 50-60s throughout the year

 

[Scythe94]

I’d prefer (and have) Laird and Neale TBH. Clarry hates the tag, and the first block of games will see him get a few. And Neale often comes out of the blocks. First upgrade target for mine.

You'd consider being 'tagged out of a game' would be a sub-90 for him, yeah?

He's went under 90 five times in his last 60 games (65 if you include finals).

 

[No eye deer]

Honestly, with the amount of work he does around the ground, Max should be good for ton most weeks, regardless of Grundy. Grundy on the other hand could very well drop some 50-60s throughout the year

But is that worth 622k?

 

[Jiska]

You'd consider being 'tagged out of a game' would be a sub-90 for him, yeah?

He's went under 90 five times in his last 60 games (65 if you include finals).

The test I used for Neale was sub 100

 

[NinjaSwan]

I hate that Taranto is looking near mandatory, slow and a complete butcher but he'll get so much of the ball playing entirely midfield that it's too much of a risk not to have him with how many teams he'll be in.

 

[Caztheconquerer]

Feel like I'm nailed on with 29/30 picks now. The last one is just going to be F8. I have 165k to spend, but no rookie has really put their hand up in an obvious way (have Greene at F7). A little more cash could get Ratugolea and the R/F swing which would be nice, but don't really want to sacrifice elsewhere to make it happen.

Menzie maybe

 

[Scythe94]

But is that worth 622k?

I'm not picking him at that starting price FWIW, but he'll be in most of our forward lines come Round 7. Was more just answering that poster's question.

 

[Northernsoul74]

People laughed at me when I talked about Kossie being an option at 365k running through the middle. Said he wouldn’t play middle. Has certainly been playing through there today and will go close to scoring a ton.

I thought we weren’t supposed to take Melbourne players positions seriously today?