Strategy 2026 Planning Thread

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Byes

R2: Bris, Carlton, Pies, Cats
R3: Suns, WB, Hawks, Sydney
R4: GWS, St Kilda

R12: Adelaide, Suns, Port, North
R13: GWS, Richmond
R14: Pies, Hawks, Carlton, Freo
R15: Lions, Sydney, WC, Essendon
R16: WB, Cats, St Kilda, Melbourne

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

Holy ****.

20 years on BF.

What have I done with my life

 

[Saints4ever]

Holy ****.

20 years on BF.

What have I done with my life

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

yeah pretty much

 

[Deliverance]

Holy ****.

20 years on BF.

What have I done with my life

Achieving stuff is over rated

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Wonder if GWS make some changes next year. Ash scored well in SC but was a liability in terms of winning games. Beeen doing it too long for it to just be bad form.

He's pretty much Caleb Daniel

5

Caleb Daniel

Age

29

Ht

171cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

19.5

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

CL

1.0

3star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

9.2

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.2

2star

with pace.

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Wonder if GWS make some changes next year. Ash scored well in SC but was a liability in terms of winning games. Beeen doing it too long for it to just be bad form.

He's pretty much Caleb Daniel with pace.

Do you want Kingley's number I'm sure he will love your input.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Do you want Kingley's number I'm sure he will love your input.

Sure just post it here

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Sure just post it here

0406 650 430

 

[Deliverance]

0406 650 430

Genuinely tempted to call that number to see who picks up

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Genuinely tempted to call that number to see who picks up

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[SC0012]

Newbie here. Does anyone know where to find players % of time in each position? Am interested to start planning for my keeper league next season.

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

I just looked at my diary.

On the 10th of June 2009 after visiting the local post office and sending in my team for the week I realised I straight up Captained Nick Del Santo so to drown my sorrows I went to the bottle shop after consuming all the liquor in my house.
So although I dont remember it Im pretty sure thats actually me

 

[St Steady]

Newbie here. Does anyone know where to find players % of time in each position? Am interested to start planning for my keeper league next season.

might be on here somewhere

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[Scythe]

Rucks have slaughtered me over the past couple of seasons. Thing is, I'm not sure if pre-season will help too much.

The way I see it, the rule change factors are:

They want rucks to be able to run and jump at the contest, which probably means good athletic tap ruckmen get a boost, and dour wrestling types are less effective. Someone like Gawn can do just about anything, but Xerri might be negatively affected, not necessarily because he's not a good ruckman, but the ball might go further and offer fewer tackling opportunities.

And the last touch out of bounds - fewer stoppages, fewer chances for Xerri to lay a tackle. But someone like Gawn is a gold mine with his contested intercept marking - assuming Melbourne's new coach keeps Gawn in a lucrative role like that.

That's putting aside all the other issues, like massive averages being hard to back up, the absolutely blessed run Xerri, Gawn and Grundy had at times, the viable alternatives (if any). Additionally, pre-season is pretty free-flowing so we might not be able to gauge how different the changes will be in the regular season.

Fit mobile rucks might also get a boost if the stoppages are played immediately, notwithstanding rucks that can cover more ground to take marks. Not sure if there's statistics on average distance covered per match * TOG, but it might be worth studying.

If you're going purely by aggregate, English was a better pick than Xerri, but now, with Flex, he probably wasn't, even if one didn't have outright cover for Xerri. Maybe English is worth another go. 105-110ish average seems to be his level, and you hope either he bursts out another 130 average, and/or Gawn/Grundy/Xerri have slow starts and you pick them off by starting Darcy/Briggs; maybe keeping some money in the bank.

Wouldn't worry about that. It might be introduced one day, but zero chance that it starts from next season.

Well shit, you were right Eagling

AFL to propose introduction of last touch rule from 2026

Greg Swann confirms his first change.

www.sen.com.au

 

[Deliverance]

No brainer, that one.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Wonder if they get rid of opening round. It's such a weird way to start the season.

 

[Wighty]

Yes there is.

Will Day will be around 400k with the 6 game discount
Hayden Young won’t get a discount but will still be around 400k, but you’d want a solid preseason from him given injury history.
DeGoey will be cheap.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Brodie was $191k this year, would expect him to be cheaper in 2026.

Can Reidy replace Pittojet at Carlton? 1 game @ 34 this year. Looked very much like a potato to me, but we just need him to play 6 games in a row.



Wonder if more teams go with 2 rucks now there will be 5 on the bench?

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Brodie was $191k this year, would expect him to be cheaper in 2026.

Can Reidy replace Pittojet at Carlton? 1 game @ 34 this year. Looked very much like a potato to me, but we just need him to play 6 games in a row.



Wonder if more teams go with 2 rucks now there will be 5 on the bench?

Ahh memories Will Brodie in 2022

 

[SC fish]

Rankine will be available in round 2, anyone picking him?

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Rankine will be available in round 2, anyone picking him?

He will be priced at 100 and can't see his price changing much up or down so will probably be an upgrade target during the season.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

He will be priced at 100 and can't see his price changing much up or down so will probably be an upgrade target during the season.

Agree, with how important a fast start is in SC starting one premo short doesn't seem like a good idea

 

[pincrusher]

Brodie was $191k this year, would expect him to be cheaper in 2026.

Can Reidy replace Pittojet at Carlton? 1 game @ 34 this year. Looked very much like a potato to me, but we just need him to play 6 games in a row.



Wonder if more teams go with 2 rucks now there will be 5 on the bench?

Brodie should get a 30% discount. Would make him around 134k next year.

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Brodie should get a 30% discount. Would make him around 134k next year.

Josh Carr left his role as Freo's midfield coach at the end of 2022. Josh Carr is now Port Adelaide's coach and there is a spot now Boak has retired.

No surprise that after Carr left Freo Brodie didn't play many more matches.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Brodie should get a 30% discount. Would make him around 134k next year.

The discount I think is for players missing due to injury.

SC are not very consistent with discounting players, some have had more than 30% in recent years.