Dream Team - Squads

[Saint KFC]

B: Scotland, Cornes, Newman, Macdonald, Adcock, J Smith, S Hill, (Suban, Petrenko)
M: Black, S Burgoyne, Fletcher, Griffen, Coughlan, Rich (Dangerfield, Beams)
R: Cox, Mcintosh (Cordy, Currie)
F: Franklin, Gianciracusa, ROK, Porplyzia, Higgins, Yarran, Hentschel (Ballantyne, Gumbleton)

Questioning the players in bold... still have $272,900 banked

No offence mate, but your midfield sucks

Black? Go check the AFL homepage.

 

[nooB]

No offence mate, but your midfield sucks

Black? Go check the AFL homepage.

He'll be back by round 1 hopefully, not round 12 or something. Its all in preparation for round 1 remember? Midfield is a worry i agree. Might splash some money around that area

 

[sdsdsdsd]

Backs:
Goddard
Cornes
Gram
Adcock
Malceski
Houlihan
JWS
(Suban, Patrenko)

Centres:
Kornes
Selwood
Gibbs
Reilly
Hasleby
Rich
(Dangerfield, Beams)

Rucks:
Cox
McIntosh
(Currie, Cordy)

Forwards:
Pavlich
Deledio
Harvey
Headland
Lucas
Higgins
Sidebottom
(Walker, Gumby)

I think I've gone with too many risky players (JWS, Headland etc) so I'll definitely be looking more closely at changing this, but for now that's what I've got. Might get Yarran in somehow as well (just swapped him out for Headland)

Edit: just swapped Headland and JS for Birchall and Yarran! Birchall brings in some stability, which this team lacks at the moment

u have 24/29(not including Cordy) of my players

 

[Team Mo']

B: Scotland, Cornes, Newman, Macdonald, Adcock, J Smith, S Hill, (Suban, Petrenko)
M: Black, S Burgoyne, Fletcher, Griffen, Coughlan, Rich (Dangerfield, Beams)
R: Cox, Mcintosh (Cordy, Currie)
F: Franklin, Gianciracusa, ROK, Porplyzia, Higgins, Yarran, Hentschel (Ballantyne, Gumbleton)

Questioning the players in bold... still have $272,900 banked

Midfield is very average...

Black even if back round 1 or 2 will take time to get back to his best. Fletcher is not a good selection and Burgoyne is very up and down as is Griffen.

Would probably pick more consistent players IMo...

 

[Saint KFC]

He'll be back by round 1 hopefully, not round 12 or something. Its all in preparation for round 1 remember? Midfield is a worry i agree. Might splash some money around that area

Don't underestimate the effect that a hampered preseason can have.

 

[ChubbyGallon]

Hi Guys,

Just an opinion on what I have scratched up..

Backs:

Birchall
Goddard
Enright
Cornes
Malceski
Houlihan
Adcock

Emerg: Suban, Rance

Kerr
Gibbs
Bartel
Tuck
Rich
Sidebottom

Emerg: Beams, Davenport

Cox
Ottens

Emerg Currie and Tippett

Pavlich
Delidio
S.Johnson
Lucas
Veszpremi
Yarrran
Ballentyne

M.Brown
Gumbleton

I have gone for 2 starting rookies in both forwards and back.. Yet to decide if Sidebottom will be a forward or mid.. Could bring a dangerfield or someone into the mid if I brought him forward..
Safe to say my backs only needs a houlihan upgrade and Rucks shoudl be good if I dont cop any injuries..

Any thoughts/??

 

[spence]

Hi Guys,

Just an opinion on what I have scratched up..

Backs:

Birchall
Goddard
Enright
Cornes
Malceski
Houlihan
Adcock

Emerg: Suban, Rance

Kerr
Gibbs
Bartel
Tuck
Rich
Sidebottom

Emerg: Beams, Davenport

Cox
Ottens

Emerg Currie and Tippett

Pavlich
Delidio
S.Johnson
Lucas
Veszpremi
Yarrran
Ballentyne

M.Brown
Gumbleton

I have gone for 2 starting rookies in both forwards and back.. Yet to decide if Sidebottom will be a forward or mid.. Could bring a dangerfield or someone into the mid if I brought him forward..
Safe to say my backs only needs a houlihan upgrade and Rucks shoudl be good if I dont cop any injuries..

Any thoughts/??

trade veszpremi for higgins and you're looking pretty good mate

 

[orks]

Thoughts, comments, abuse?

A Mackie
H Shaw
J Drummond
T Lockyer
N Malceski
T Goldsack
A Raines

(Mckernan, Zac D)

S Mitchell
S Thompson
L Hayes
J Selwood
P Hasleby
D Rich

(Muston, K Thornton)

D Hille
H Mcintosh

(Nick Nat, J Sellar)

Deledio
Didak
B Harvey
Lucas
A McPhee
Higgins
M Thorp

(Gumbleton, M Brown)

Obvious injury risks with Drummond, Malceski, Raines, and lesser extent McIntosh and Lucas, but otherwise pretty happy with it as a start. Hopefully the Messiah (aka Mitch Thorp) can break into the Hawks team for 10-12 games.

 

[Athomas]

Hi Guys,

Just an opinion on what I have scratched up..

Backs:

Birchall
Goddard
Enright
Cornes
Malceski
Houlihan
Adcock

Emerg: Suban, Rance

Kerr
Gibbs
Bartel
Tuck
Rich
Sidebottom

Emerg: Beams, Davenport

Cox
Ottens

Emerg Currie and Tippett

Pavlich
Delidio
S.Johnson
Lucas
Veszpremi
Yarrran
Ballentyne

M.Brown
Gumbleton

I have gone for 2 starting rookies in both forwards and back.. Yet to decide if Sidebottom will be a forward or mid.. Could bring a dangerfield or someone into the mid if I brought him forward..
Safe to say my backs only needs a houlihan upgrade and Rucks shoudl be good if I dont cop any injuries..

Any thoughts/??

Similar price structure to my team.

 

[stuart27]

Hi Guys,

Just an opinion on what I have scratched up..

Backs:

Birchall
Goddard
Enright
Cornes
Malceski
Houlihan
Adcock

Emerg: Suban, Rance

Kerr
Gibbs
Bartel
Tuck
Rich
Sidebottom

Emerg: Beams, Davenport

Cox
Ottens

Emerg Currie and Tippett

Pavlich
Delidio
S.Johnson
Lucas
Veszpremi
Yarran
Ballantyne

M.Brown
Gumbleton

I have gone for 2 starting rookies in both forwards and back.. Yet to decide if Sidebottom will be a forward or mid.. Could bring a dangerfield or someone into the mid if I brought him forward..
Safe to say my backs only needs a houlihan upgrade and Rucks shoudl be good if I dont cop any injuries..

Any thoughts/??

A few risky moves there but overall not bad.

General rule, I find, is where you have a choice between putting someone in MID as opposed to FWD/DEF, you always go with the non-MID option, so I'd be moving Sidebottom to the forwards. Watch the NAB Cup to see if he's going to get game time in the real season.

Also keep an eye on Ballantyne. A few elbow niggles may delay his debut and leave you with a donut.

Have a look at Lucas, Higgins and Veszpremi in the NAB Cup. I'm yet to decide which 2 of those 3 will make my line-up, but all 3 are good cheap forward options, so pay attention to their form.

Otherwise, a good start

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

Thoughts, comments, abuse?

A Mackie
H Shaw
J Drummond
T Lockyer
N Malceski
T Goldsack
A Raines

(Mckernan, Zac D)

S Mitchell
S Thompson
L Hayes
J Selwood
P Hasleby
D Rich

(Muston, K Thornton)

D Hille
H Mcintosh

(Nick Nat, J Sellar)

Deledio
Didak
B Harvey
Lucas
A McPhee
Higgins
M Thorp

(Gumbleton, M Brown)

Obvious injury risks with Drummond, Malceski, Raines, and lesser extent McIntosh and Lucas, but otherwise pretty happy with it as a start. Hopefully the Messiah (aka Mitch Thorp) can break into the Hawks team for 10-12 games.

I would say you have done well.
Nice job

But also, on Shauny McKernan who i'm so hyped about; if Phil Davis is listed as a ruckman, he might get more games then him.
Hes been so impressive even with his injury.

Edit - my bad, you have McKernan in your backline

 

[T Rick]

For everyone saying Black won't score well when he gets back, your kidding yourselves. Blacky hasn't had a proper pre season for years, but still manages to keep himself in great shape. With a broken hand, he can still do all the cardio he needs. He will be fit by round 1, he is just so professional you shouldn't worry whether or not he'll have the fitness to play well. There are obviously no doubts about Black's skills, and thus a broken hand will not affect him when it heals in anyway. He will be 100% once it heals.

 

[chadleverington]

For everyone saying Black won't score well when he gets back, your kidding yourselves. Blacky hasn't had a proper pre season for years, but still manages to keep himself in great shape. With a broken hand, he can still do all the cardio he needs. He will be fit by round 1, he is just so professional you shouldn't worry whether or not he'll have the fitness to play well. There are obviously no doubts about Black's skills, and thus a broken hand will not affect him when it heals in anyway. He will be 100% once it heals.

I dont see blacky increasing his scoring though. I think he will score about that same, and unless you are a top 6 mid, then scoring the same wont make you a final 22 player.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Backs:

Houlihan
Adcock
Cornes
Goddard
Birchall
Newman
Petterd

(Grimes, Suban)

Mids:

Kornes
Gibbs
Selwood
Coughlan
Sidebottom
Rich

(Davenport, Hill)

Rucks:

Cox
Ottens

(Currie, Vickery)

Forwards:

Pavlich
Deledio
S. Johnson
Headland
Higgins
Hentschel
Lucas

(Gumbleton, Ballantyne)

Thoughts? I'm not liking my mids at the moment.

 

[Stormer]

You got about 500k left over dude?

 

[KouDogg]

damit at everyone getting Higgins , he was going to be my "unique player" .

 

[Decipher]

Rise_up _Stiffy
17 of your starting 22 match mine...
I like your thoughts

Matt Hillier
Keep an eye on Tuck and Kerr in Nab Cup. Possibly way want to swap em out before the start of the season. And get Higgins as said would be ideal. Nice team though.

Orks your backline worries me. I definately wouldnt be starting that combination. Up to you though.

 

[Athomas]

damit at everyone getting Higgins , he was going to be my "unique player" .

If it makes you feel any better I definitely won't be getting him. Feels like this happened last year with Cloke.

I can't see him performing, and to whoever said trade Vezpremi to Higgins, you are kidding yourselves, Vez will average at least 10-15 more ppg.

 

[tonemeister]

Backs:

Houlihan
Adcock
Cornes
Goddard
Birchall
Newman
Petterd

(Grimes, Suban)

Mids:

Kornes
Gibbs
Selwood
Coughlan
Sidebottom
Rich

(Davenport, Hill)

Rucks:

Cox
Ottens

(Currie, Vickery)

Forwards:

Pavlich
Deledio
S. Johnson
Headland
Higgins
Hentschel
Lucas

(Gumbleton, Ballantyne)

Thoughts? I'm not liking my mids at the moment.

I don't expect those guys to be in rd 1. Have a look at the best 22 threads on the team boards, remember there's very little time between the team sheets being released and the lockout. If you want to risk it good luck. Who's spot is Cogs going to take considering he hasn't played senior football for more than 2 years? I can tell you he's alot smaller than he was back then.

damit at everyone getting Higgins , he was going to be my "unique player" .

Your cracking me up, 50,000 other coaches will have your unique player.

 

[Lakey91]

Im gonna laugh if higgins is the big flop of 2009.

 

[tonemeister]

Im gonna laugh if higgins is the big flop of 2009.

well we'll see won't we.

 

[Athomas]

Im gonna laugh if higgins is the big flop of 2009.

well we'll see won't we.

He will be. But prove me wrong people and pick him, i'll look like an idiot!

 

[spence]

If it makes you feel any better I definitely won't be getting him. Feels like this happened last year with Cloke.

I can't see him performing, and to whoever said trade Vezpremi to Higgins, you are kidding yourselves, Vez will average at least 10-15 more ppg.

Haha are you serious!?

Higgins has so much upside.

Has ran well in preseason
It has been stated by other players he will play midfield
Dominated in Intra club match
Injury plagued 08 means lower prices

 

[KouDogg]

Your cracking me up, 50,000 other coaches will have your unique player.

Hah yeh, i guess the word about him going into midfield and being ontop of the time trials at the dogs spread quickly.

Oh well, i think he will have a great year!

 

[tonemeister]

He will be. But prove me wrong people and pick him, i'll look like an idiot!

I'd love to tell you because i went to whitten oval today to watch the hitout the doggies had, and as much as i enjoy reading your posts. Your still a Carltank supporter so i won't.