Game Day 2025 Fantasy Round 1 Discussion

[stallon]

Value wise 100%. How much can we trust Cerra though?

Hes got a nice run to start the year too, went 97 in 2023.
Cant just not pick him because hes an injury risk imo, as long as your team as a whole isnt full of injury prone guys youll be fine. I look through my side for example and Cerra is the only one id consider an injury risk

With JHF and Rankine we can at least fall back on the fact they’re both likely keepers.

I dont think being a keeper matters even the slightest lol, we will have 8-10 rounds of sideways trading guys to end the year to get the keepers in.
That idea of wanting to start keepers is a relic of a time when we had sub 30 trades for the year

 

[Coasters7]

Hes got a nice run to start the year too, went 97 in 2023.
Cant just not pick him because hes an injury risk imo, as long as your team as a whole isnt full of injury prone guys youll be fine. I look through my side for example and Cerra is the only one id consider an injury risk

I dont think being a keeper matters even the slightest lol, we will have 8-10 rounds of sideways trading guys to end the year to get the keepers in.
That idea of wanting to start keepers is a relic of a time when we had sub 30 trades for the year

That’s the issue though. The team currently has Day, Callaghan and Ash. Hence why a “safer” pick at that spot was on my radar, as I’ll be needing trades to potentially move them on early.

Having Cerra types goes against that strategy a bit as it heightens the risk that you miss the timing.

Agreed that keepers aren’t especially relevant this early, but more from the point of view that they could be left on the back burner whilst the focus is on the players above.

 

[stallon]

That’s the issue though. The team currently has Day, Callaghan and Ash. Hence why a “safer” pick at that spot was on my radar, as I’ll be needing trades to potentially move them on early.

Having Cerra types goes against that strategy a bit as it heightens the risk that you miss the timing.

Agreed that keepers aren’t especially relevant this early, but more from the point of view that they could be left on the back burner whilst the focus is on the players above.

I dont see why Callaghan or Day are in line to be moved on early? They seem like 90+ guys who will be #1 or #2 in their respective midfields. Could hold them to the byes while fixing up rookies and actually failed mid pricers

Cerra brings some risk but his upside is so much higher than the rest of the 700k guys(except Oliver) that hes still imo a better pick than Callaghan or Day if you were worried about it

 

[Phar Ace]

I have Cerra comfortably over JHF or Rankine

What game, or worse, the minute mark the hammy?

 

[tigs2010]

What game, or worse, the minute mark the hammy?

 

[DenieD]

2 days out from the season and i am still making mass changes to my team and completely experimenting with different structures. Not sure i have ever been this undecided about my team this close to a season starting.

Same. There is so much value in the forward and midfield lines that I am having trouble fitting them all in. So many coin flips.

 

[Coasters7]

I dont see why Callaghan or Day are in line to be moved on early? They seem like 90+ guys who will be #1 or #2 in their respective midfields. Could hold them to the byes while fixing up rookies and actually failed mid pricers

Cerra brings some risk but his upside is so much higher than the rest of the 700k guys(except Oliver) that hes still imo a better pick than Callaghan or Day if you were worried about it

Yeah for sure, best case scenario they stay but just contingency planning. If Cerra pings a hammy the same week Green returns and Callaghan starts hitting 80s for instance then shit really hits the fan.

 

[Exambolor]

Value wise 100%. How much can we trust Cerra though?

With JHF and Rankine we can at least fall back on the fact they’re both likely keepers.

I can’t pick him, I’ve had him in the past and it hasn’t been for long as he’s got injured immediately after

 

[stallon]

Yeah for sure, best case scenario they stay but just contingency planning. If Cerra pings a hammy the same week Green returns and Callaghan starts hitting 80s for instance then shit really hits the fan.

Cerra would be your only urgent move in this case. Still unlikely to happen that early in the year

 

[squashface]

I think I’m fairly set apart from R2 and the entirety of my defence.

Changes hourly.

 

[Exambolor]

Sonny to miss this week… Murphy Reid time?

 

[Phar Ace]

Same. There is so much value in the forward and midfield lines that I am having trouble fitting them all in. So many coin flips.

 

[DenieD]

Sonny to miss this week… Murphy Reid time?

Darcy, Young, Bolton and now Walters...

This is just like last season isn't it?

 

[Tex Danger]

I have 3 spots to fill with a range of players in interested in at different prices:
Players listed in rough order of preference for me in each position

Budget 1.55 million

Defender x 1 (on field)
Perryman (759k)
Freijah (627k)
De Koning (564k)

Forward x 1 (on field)
Sanders (656k)
Garcia (421k)

Utility (could also fill the forward spot, including option of Davidson coming off the bench to F6)
Wicks (393k)
any other rookie that fits budget thats not davidson, stone, campo, boxshall, ashcroft, reid, boyd)


I cant fit Perryman and sanders so in a way thats the starting point. maye leaves me with

• perryman + garcia + 370k rookie
• sanders + freija + 267k
• sanders + SDK + 330k
• Freija + Wicks + Garcia

 

[kozi]

Trainor D6 straight on field first game

 

[stallon]

I have 3 spots to fill with a range of players in interested in at different prices:
Players listed in rough order of preference for me in each position

Budget 1.55 million

Defender x 1 (on field)
Perryman (759k)
Freijah (627k)
De Koning (564k)

Forward x 1 (on field)
Sanders (656k)
Garcia (421k)

Utility (could also fill the forward spot, including option of Davidson coming off the bench to F6)
Wicks (393k)
any other rookie that fits budget thats not davidson, stone, campo, boxshall, ashcroft, reid, boyd)


I cant fit Perryman and sanders so in a way thats the starting point (eg perryman + garcia vs sanders + freija)

Perryman + Garcia and then whoever you want as utility, Wicks is fine if theres nobody you prefer.

Imo Garcia has more upside than Sanders anyway. Garcia I think can go 70-75, and Sanders is maybe an 85 guy with a good role which he may not have for that long with Treloar sounding like hes not that far away

 

[kozi]

Wicks received 5 coaches votes for round zero.
Bodes well that he was recognised.
Might have to squeeze him in fwd.

Can he score though?

74 with 3 frees for.. bit mediocre even though he’s cheap

 

[happy_eagle]

Can he score though?

74 with 3 frees for.. bit mediocre even though he’s cheap

Priced at 38, he's a win if he goes at 65 imo

I do like that he scored 74 without an obvious stat outlier.

 

[Tex Danger]

Perryman + Garcia and then whoever you want as utility, Wicks is fine if theres nobody you prefer.

Imo Garcia has more upside than Sanders anyway. Garcia I think can go 70-75, and Sanders is maybe an 85 guy with a good role which he may not have for that long with Treloar sounding like hes not that far away

THats ehat ive landed on at the moment (btut 20k short of wicks as the 3rd wheel unfortuantely a hed be a good one for the guaranteed cash.

THeres just some FOMO with sanders but i tend to agree with you - handball happy to cap his scoring. And ive got a risky backline so some safety in perryman as a known quantity over Freijah who if he sucks could leave me in all sorts is prob a smart move given theres more flexiblity to cover/adjust up front.

That also leaves me with 370k so can get a genuine pick of the rest when it comes to last rookie, not just whoever is available at basement

 

[Tex Danger]

Can he score though?

74 with 3 frees for.. bit mediocre even though he’s cheap

double price rise and a chance to watch the alternatives makes it tempting. if can make it fit salary cap, but it is also a decent spend that makes it hard for me to fit him without compromising on another pick.

also the benefit that if he was staying on the bench he will get dpp rd 6 and add some depth to a weak backline, but your robably not planning to keep him that long anyway or if so not much longer (hed have to be iehter a smash pick and on field which isnt going to happen, or a dud who you have better options to cash in on which case its a bad pick)

 

[kozi]

Priced at 38, he's a win if he goes at 65 imo

I do like that he scored 74 without an obvious stat outlier.

If he goes that for 5 games it’s a win

Playing lockdown small defender I have worries that his floor is ultra low that’s all

 

[tigs2010]

I added Wicks on Saturday but definitely felt like I was sacrificing elsewhere. If he was a defender I'd be all over him like a fat kid kozi on a triple reds burger combo.

 

[stallon]

THats ehat ive landed on at the moment (btut 20k short of wicks as the 3rd wheel unfortuantely a hed be a good one for the guaranteed cash.

THeres just some FOMO with sanders but i tend to agree with you - handball happy to cap his scoring. And ive got a risky backline so some safety in perryman as a known quantity over Freijah who if he sucks could leave me in all sorts is prob a smart move given theres more flexiblity to cover/adjust up front.

That also leaves me with 370k so can get a genuine pick of the rest when it comes to last rookie, not just whoever is available at basement

All the rookies will get named in the next couple of days, there will be one that pops up. Camporeale seems like a decent one if he gets thast wing role. Its not like hes covering for an injury in that role, Hollands who had it before has gone down back.

 

[kozi]

I added Wicks on Saturday but definitely felt like I was sacrificing elsewhere. If he was a defender I'd be all over him like a fat kid kozi on a triple reds burger combo.

Box not combo campaigner

 

[kozi]

I have Cerra comfortably over JHF or Rankine

Don’t think either will burn not starting. Rankine still very gettable if one of the mid price fwds is a flop