Dream Team - Squads

[Athomas]

I'll bite too. Won't be posting my team from Feb onwards though.

Backs:
Mackie
Goddard
Chornes
Adcock
Hargrave
Newman
Davenport
Suban
Ziebell

Kornes
Gibbs
Van Berlo
Ablett
Haselby
Rich
Robinson
Beams

Cox
Mcintosh
Currie
Cordie

Pavlich
Deledio
Lucas
Vezpremi
Headland
Yarran
Sidebottom
Ballantyne
Rusling


Hard to decide if Haselby, Lucas, Vezpremi, Headland are keepers. They all could be .

 

[iamthestig]

I'll bite too. Won't be posting my team from Feb onwards though.

Backs:
Mackie
Goddard
Chornes
Adcock
Hargrave
Newman
Davenport
Suban
Ziebell

Kornes
Gibbs
Van Berlo
Ablett
Haselby
Rich
Robinson
Beams

Cox
Mcintosh
Currie
Cordie

Pavlich
Deledio
Lucas
Vezpremi
Headland
Yarran
Sidebottom
Ballantyne
Rusling


Hard to decide if Haselby, Lucas, Vezpremi, Headland are keepers. They all could be .

I doubt Hasleby would be a keeper even with a good imagination. Think of it this way; who else could you have there instead by round 22? If you can't come up with 15 names, you are not trying hard enough. I would say the same with Headland but that is a little more contentious.

 

[Lakey91]

Everyone seems to be a bit light on in the FWs. I think 1-2 rookies and 1-2 players around that 200k mark (alwyn, lucas, higgins, vesz...) is ok - i would say 2-3 of these players, 4-5 is too much IMO.

 

[Effes]

Lucas looked proppy and left the track early today.

 

[Hirdy_5]

Lucas looked proppy and left the track early today.

I thought he looked ok, I noticed he left the track but i thought he returned,I thought i saw him do some marking drills, One on one with Ryder and seemed fine., may be wrong also. Knight's mentioned after the session that he was very happy with Lucas this pre season but most likely won't play in the NAB opener along with some others.

 

[Effes]

I thought he looked ok, I noticed he left the track but i thought he returned,I thought i saw him do some marking drills, One on one with Ryder and seemed fine., may be wrong also. Knight's mentioned after the session that he was very happy with Lucas this pre season but most likely won't play in the NAB opener along with some others.

If Knights is happy that's all that matters.

 

[chadleverington]

If Lucas is on the park come round 1 that's all that matters.

Edited for accuracy.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Just a couple of my thoughts.

Backline is quite solid, a-bit of an injury worry having both JWS and Malceksi but they could prove to be well worth the risk. The top 5 premiums/keepers are all solid picks with room to improve.

Midfield is very risky. Haselby and Coughlan are both coming back from a full season off and may not be fit enough to play all/majority of games. Will be eased back into it with limited tog to start. Butler still hasn't cemented his spot, injury concern there as well.

Rucks; lock and leave. Ottens isn't my favourite selection, but there is value there.

Forward premiums are very durable and consistent. Two rookies is risky, but there is so much depth there it is perfectly plausible. I don't think Lucas should be considered a keeper at this stage, his role is still unknown. He could play down back which will have an impact on his scoring.

Overall a nice looking team. I just think the midfield needs a-bit of tweaking.

Between posting my team and reading this I changed my mind and decided I'll probably keep Cotchin instead (I think he could easily average 85 or more, if Gibbs can do it with Judd, Stevens and Murphy taking attention off of him I see no reason why Cotchin can't with Deledio, Foley and Cousins taking the attention off of him) or at least save him for a late-season upgrade, and trade Lucas (and Higgins) off fairly early for Franklin and Riewoldt if all goes well. As for Haselby and Coughlan, they'll probably get injured at some point but I'm just hoping they'll last until about Round 9-10. And I would say barring more injury troubles Butler is definitely in the Eagles best 22. If not I have confidence in Rich or Foster if I stick with him to fill in for a few weeks. Cheers for the advice though.

 

[abs_of_STEELE]

Do people think it's a worry starting Higgins, Veszpremi, Yarran and one of Rusling/Walker/Ballantyne?

 

[Colin D'Cops]

It's not a worry if you're very strong in most other positions.

If you think that's where the value is, back your judgement and you never know, it may pay off.

 

[bloods01]

I doubt Hasleby would be a keeper even with a good imagination. Think of it this way; who else could you have there instead by round 22? If you can't come up with 15 names, you are not trying hard enough. I would say the same with Headland but that is a little more contentious.

I think Hasleby will be the Nick Stevens of last season. He's in my team.

 

[Lakey91]

Im worried about cotch gopower. Not liking his pretty restricted preseason, and the niggles he's had.

 

[Jolldo87]

Do people think it's a worry starting Higgins, Veszpremi, Yarran and one of Rusling/Walker/Ballantyne?

It's definitely a risk.

As long as you have a good bench and the other players are quite durable there shouldn't be a problem with it though. But a good bench is the key with this as one of those players is likely to get dropped at some stage and an injury could also pop up in the same week.

 

[spence]

Ok I'll give it a go.....

Backs - Goddard, Fisher, Enright, Cornes, Gram, Adcock, Malceski, Suban, Davenport

Centres - Gibbs, S.Tuck, Selwood, Hasleby, Coughlan, Rich, Sidebottom,
Dangerfield

Rucks - Cox, Simmounds Currie, Vickery

Forwards - Riewoldt, Deledio, Houlihan, Lucas, Higgins, Yarran, Walker, Ballantyne, Gumbleton

 

[spence]

anyone? haha

 

[abs_of_STEELE]

Good to see your forward structure is like mine spence. Well it's more likely bad for us...maybe.

 

[spence]

Good to see your forward structure is like mine spence. Well it's more likely bad for us...maybe.

Yeah definatly gotta cash in on all the fortune in the forwards...it will be a good result long term.

 

[abs_of_STEELE]

Yeah definatly gotta cash in on all the fortune in the forwards...it will be a good result long term.

Yeah I think it's great, it allows me to have Bartel, Swan, Cross and S.Tuck in my mids. It could turn out real ugly but let's just hope for the best.

 

[spence]

Yeah I think it's great, it allows me to have Bartel, Swan, Cross and S.Tuck in my mids. It could turn out real ugly but let's just hope for the best.

Hmmm I'm not sure about that, i can't see your team but i would downgrade Cross to someone like around halebys price or even a rookie, and make your backs even more durable

 

[stuart27]

Yeah I think it's great, it allows me to have Bartel, Swan, Cross and S.Tuck in my mids. It could turn out real ugly but let's just hope for the best.

I can't put that much faith in my forwards

I'm willing to sacrifice a Cross or a Tuck for a Kerr or a Haselby and a bit more reliability overall.

Not making the Courtney Johns mistake again

 

[Lakey91]

Ok I'll give it a go.....

Backs - Goddard, Fisher, Enright, Cornes, Gram, Adcock, Malceski, Suban, Davenport

Centres - Gibbs, S.Tuck, Selwood, Hasleby, Coughlan, Rich, Sidebottom,
Dangerfield

Rucks - Cox, Simmounds Currie, Vickery

Forwards - Riewoldt, Deledio, Houlihan, Lucas, Higgins, Yarran, Walker, Ballantyne, Gumbleton

Chad, Malceski, Hasleby, Coughlan, Houlihan, Lucas, Higgins, Gumbleton all have injury concerns. Thats fine, but id be a tad concerned about malceski, haslbey, coughlan and lucas all in the one team.

I think you might have a few too many payers that will need to take the next step to represent value. Yeh its ok to pick people who you think will impronve but i think expecting all of adcock, chad, malceski, tuck, selwood, coughlan, houlihan, higgins, lucas, gumbleton all to bounce back significantly, return strongly from injury or breakout might be a bit much – not sure if this is a really warranted argument, its just a point i think we could discuss. Maybe we could construct a list of players who have bounced back, returned from injury, and broken out when expected, and those who havent, to see what success/failure ratio is common. Kind of hard, and left field but yeh.
I think the mids are lacking, though i understand the 3 keepers you have would fill positions 4-6 in your final midfield. Also, captain option (see dogs post in other thread about cox’s projected start to season).
13 keepers is good though.

Also, probably downgrade vickery to a 77k ruck. Thatll get you some extra cash...

Just my thoughts.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Im worried about cotch gopower. Not liking his pretty restricted preseason, and the niggles he's had.

I'm not completely sold on him either for the reasons you mentioned. He's actually the one guy in my team that I personally don't think is a great pick. But I can't really see any better value around his price (I only have 3k left in the salary cap) and if all goes well Cotchin's ceiling is huge. Plus I figure if you don't take risks you're never gonna win. I'd rather aim to come first and risk coming 20,000th than make a safe team and aim to come 5,000th. Although on the plus side for picking Cotchin, he had an even worse pre-season last time and still managed to come in and do pretty well.

 

[Decipher]

Team
Backs:
Andrew Carrazzo , Brendon Goddard , Chad Cornes , Bachar Houli , Jed Adcock , Ryan Houlihan , Jesse W. Smith , R:
Michael Hurley , Jack Ziebell

Mids:Shane Tuck , Chris Judd , Daniel Kerr , Paul Hasleby , Mark Coughlan , Daniel Rich , R: Patrick Dangerfield , Steele Sidebottom

Rucks:Brad Ottens , Hamish McIntosh , R: Nick Naitanui , Tyrone Vickery

Forwards:Matthew Pavlich , Brett Deledio , Brent Harvey , Aaron Davey , Scott Lucas , Shaun Higgins , Chris Yarran , R: Trent Hentschel , Hayden Ballantyne

Structure: 3/4/2/0 - 1/3/3/1 - 1/1/2/0 - 3/3/2/1 = 8/11/9/2 (in the format of premium/mid/cheap/rookie for each position)

Comments? Recommendations? This team will change obviously with the NAB cup but just an initial look. Cousins abit pricey, Cox I would perhaps see if I can upgrade as I expect him to shed 80-100k by the time a rookies prime. As per many other teams theres a couple of risks with injury prone players but I guess well see how they go in the NAB cup.

 

[Lakey91]

Not sure if houlihan will be a back?

Judd isnt best dreamteamer. Better options with gibbs, pendlebury, boak, sewell... at that price range - all IMO though.

Kerr, also never really scored that great, and also injury prone - got a few niggles at the moment too IIRC.

Rucks a bit week, but ok.

Main concern is injuries -goddard, chad, houli, smith, kerr, hasleby, coughlan, HMAC, Ottens, Davey, Lucas all injury prone or have significant recent injuries (or generally just not 100% durable). This is ok, but maybe just cut ack on a few of them.

Also, downgrade one of ruck reserves to currie - probably nicnat since he's out for a while with a knee (?).

 

[Hirdy_5]

Not sure if houlihan will be a back?

He is, one of the prospectus Supercoach teams has him as a back, and is listed as a Utility-Med in his profile. I am fairly sure m0nty has changed th fanplanner to align with this, as positions for Dreamteam and Supercoach are the same.