How will the bye affect your team selection?

[Mr Mosquito]

With Carlton Essendon North and Geelong having byes in the last 4 rounds of the years which is the time that supercoach finals will be on., I am struggling to find a good enough reason to select premium players from these club from the start when I will have to trade them out come finals time.

I feel the premiums I select now I will want to keep for the rest of the year. As such Gibbs Judd Selwood Bartel Chapman Watson etc are going to be making in into my side form the start.

What are peoples thoughts.

 

[shaun1800]

Re: How will the bye effect your team selection?

I didn't know that but I'm glad you told me, I might have to think about getting rid of judd and swallow (north) now.

 

[Moonwalker]

Re: How will the bye effect your team selection?

If you're side is good enough you should be able to upgrade a 23rd player preferably in the midfield with MPP to cover the last 4 rounds. The extra starting cash and 4 extra trades means you should have enough time and cash to do that safely.

 

[Mr Mosquito]

Re: How will the bye effect your team selection?

If you're side is good enough you should be able to upgrade a 23rd player preferably in the midfield with MPP to cover the last 4 rounds. The extra starting cash and 4 extra trades means you should have enough time and cash to do that safely.

true i guess. however i think there are good enough option in the midfield to avoid having players from these teams and not have to worry about having chris judd on the bench when playing in a grand final

 

[SJ]

Re: How will the bye effect your team selection?

If you are going for the league win then it's something to consider.

If you are going for highest ranking (like almost all you will find here), it's not a huge issue.

 

[Super Gusto]

Another factor to take into account for those wanting to win their private league is that there is no private league games on multi bye weeks ie rd 4,5,6,16 and 19.

4 Teams have byes only on mulit bye weeks - Bris, Mel , Syd, Frem

Which effectively means that any players from these teams will not need to be substituted.

 

[JHF1870]

If you're playing the game to win, you will have zero chance winning the multi-team bye rounds. I'm sure people will pre select teams just for those bye rounds, with only players from teams not participating in the bye.

My first change from previous seasons, is not to have more than 1 player in each position from a team.

I'm using up all teams which is a first.

I don't have Nick Riewoldt, and B Goddard

or

D Swan and Pendlebury

or

J Bartel and J Corey

Im thinking its not a good idea to have two top ranking scorers in your team

 

[ozzyoslo]

2011 byes in jpg format

Can anyone help me out with a link to the byes list that was made in jpg format. I know I've seen it floating around but can't find it again

 

[Blues_FC]

Re: 2011 byes in jpg format

Can anyone help me out with a link to the byes list that was made in jpg format. I know I've seen it floating around but can't find it again

is this it?

http://dreamteamtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/afl2011fixturedreamteam.jpg

 

[sportztragic]

yeah it's something else to consider, after picking a side i looked at the muti bye rounds and found that I would have some significant headaches on some lines from time to time.

from an 'overall' perpective I'm figuring that these multi bye rounds are going to be the hardest to deal with if your trying to maintain a respectable score.

Four teams Bris, sydney, melb and freo are involved in the multi-bye rnds twice, therefore I'm gonna be careful about selecting a lot of players from these teams intially.

 

[UpTheGuts]

For private leagues, the temptation to leave out Ablett until R10 will be considerable. In 5 of the first 9 rounds he won't score (2 byes) or his score won't count in the comp(s) between your mates.

 

[ozzyoslo]

Re: 2011 byes in jpg format

is this it?

http://dreamteamtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/afl2011fixturedreamteam.jpg

Nope but it'll do the job thank you BluesFC!,

 

[Mick_15]

For private leagues, the temptation to leave out Ablett until R10 will be considerable. In 5 of the first 9 rounds he won't score (2 byes) or his score won't count in the comp(s) between your mates.

That is a very very good point! well picked up mate, very significant for people like me aiming to claim to spoils of a league comp.

 

[GOAUS!]

Ive just finished my first draft of my team. Then I look at the multi-team byes in rounds 4,5,6,16 and 19. Rounds 4,5 and 19 have 4,2 and 3 players missing from each team . Rounds 6 and 16 are shaping up as shockers with 8 players out in Round 16 admittantly 5 of the 8 are rookies. Round 6 is going to be a major head**** with Freo, Geelong and Hawthorn all having a bye, Ive got 7 premiums and 4 rookies out that week. Back to the drawing board.

 

[UpTheGuts]

That is a very very good point! well picked up mate, very significant for people like me aiming to claim to spoils of a league comp.

Also, I've been thinking that with the sub rule, surely the preference of midfielders over big fwds should be accentuated.

Big fwds will be on the ground for the same time as usual but runners will have to rest out on the ground more than the past, when they'd often head to the bench. Surely that should make them score even more than previous years. Unless that extra time on the ground buggers them, of course

Just a thought.

 

[LiverpoolRed]

Longest Period without a bye:
Adelaide - Round 3-15
Brisbane Lions - Round 5-18
Carlton - Round 9-22
Collingwood - No bye after round 14
Essendon - Round 11-23 (also no by till round 10)
Fremantle - Round 5-15
Geelong - Round 5-21
Gold Coast - No bye after round 9
Hawthorn - Round 7-16
Melbourne - Round 6-15
North Melb - Round 4-20
Port Adelaide - No by untill round 12
Richmond - No Bye untill round 11
St Kilda - No bye after round 15
Sydney - Round 6-18
Western Bulldogs - Round 5-19
West Coast - Round 6-14 (also no bye after round 16)

 

[ThePezDispenser]

Longest Period without a bye:
Adelaide - Round 3-15
Brisbane Lions - Round 5-18
Carlton - Round 9-22
Collingwood - No bye after round 14
Essendon - Round 11-23 (also no by till round 10)
Fremantle - Round 5-15
Geelong - Round 5-21
Gold Coast - No bye after round 9
Hawthorn - Round 7-16
Melbourne - Round 6-15
North Melb - Round 4-20
Port Adelaide - No by untill round 12
Richmond - No Bye untill round 11
St Kilda - No bye after round 15
Sydney - Round 6-18
Western Bulldogs - Round 5-19
West Coast - Round 6-14 (also no bye after round 16)

These are the ones that must be utilised.

 

[Big Sledge #32]

The bye is the most interesting curve ball added to SC in sometime, I am quite keen to get into the season to see how many teams have put in the necessary thought into their teams not to get into trouble.

I believe I have planned well enough for the byes (injuries permitting) not to get into trouble for the first 10-13 rounds. By then my team will be unrecognisable with new rookies/premiums I'll have to adjust my strategy on the fly.

The area it has most effected me is with my placement of DP players. I currently have 7 MID/FWD with a 2:5 split. Along with for the first time investing in two (hopefully) decent back up rucks.

 

[ozzyoslo]

Re: How will the bye effect your team selection?

true i guess. however i think there are good enough option in the midfield to avoid having players from these teams and not have to worry about having chris judd on the bench when playing in a grand final

you SHOULD have at least planned for a swap when the time comes

 

[sparkyblue]

The bye is the most interesting curve ball added to SC in sometime.

Agreed. this is a pretty interesting addition and I'm intrigued to see what strategies actually work. I'm excited and also dreading round 4-6 considering how many premiums are impacted and how SC'ers will deal with the situation. Some will do nothing (if playing for a league win), some will want to minimise the impact on their overall score, and some will take a hybrid approach.

Still haven't worked out what my priorities are yet and whether it'll impact my initial team selection. I'm leaning towards mostly getting premiums from those teams that don't have a bye until after round 6, but there are some unavoidable guns that any good team can't do without that are in that round 4-6 bye scenario.

 

[Big Sledge #32]

Agreed. this is a pretty interesting addition and I'm intrigued to see what strategies actually work. I'm excited and also dreading round 4-6 considering how many premiums are impacted and how SC'ers will deal with the situation. Some will do nothing (if playing for a league win), some will want to minimise the impact on their overall score, and some will take a hybrid approach.

Still haven't worked out what my priorities are yet and whether it'll impact my initial team selection. I'm leaning towards mostly getting premiums from those teams that don't have a bye until after round 6, but there are some unavoidable guns that any good team can't do without that are in that round 4-6 bye scenario.

It's all about not overloading one line to keep everything under control.

You will see most people who are going for league wins plummet in the overall rankings from rounds 4-6 and unless their team is truly awesome they probably won't make that ground up. But people playing for overall should always be ahead of those playing for league.

I'm all about getting the highest score I possibly can so careful management is needed through that period.