Plugging the Holes - Brisbane Dragons

[Lions_Master]

This is a draft of the Brisbane Dragons. Hoping to get some help from it.

BACKS

C Cornes
Mundy
Lovett-Murray - Unsure/Suggestion for change
Mattner
Symes
Bradshaw
Ellis

S Selwood
Greenwood

MIDFIELD

Judd
Black
Griffen
Steven
Davies
Boak

Palmer
Ebert

RUCKS

Cox
Gardiner

Leuenberger
Hampson

FORWARDS

Palvich
J Brown
B Johnson
Tredrea - Unsure/Suggestion for change
Hawkins
Thompson
Deledio

Rioli
Valenti


Please suggest any ideas and to the ones I have highlighted. Hoping to get the reserves right and a good soild team.

 

[The-Spanner]

Don't change Thompson. The year off with the ACL means he's heaps cheaper than a man of his talents should be!

 

[monty1104]

If Dick is the one from Essendon then he is rookie listed, so unless we get a LTI (knocks on wood) then he wont play. I wouldnt change Stevens or Thompson, they are bargains.

As for rucks, see if you can somehow get simmonds. He is a bargain as far as rucks go. For some reason, I refuse to get Cox straight off at the start of the year. At some stage, his price should drop enough for you to be able to upgrade to him. So maybe drop cox for simmonds, which would free up a fair amount of cash to use elsewhere. Leuenbergar is probably a decent backup, but having him starting you will get some inconsistent scores from him - its a bit of a risk. Daniel Gilmore is a fairly good bargain, as are David Hille and Jason Laycock (obvious Essendon bias, i know )

 

[The-Spanner]

I'd wait to see on Leuenberger before plumping him in so quickly. He may have a blinder of a season. But then, he may have second year blues.

 

[TheBigUnit]

Back line looks fairly solid. Back reserves - I'd look at having Pffeifer, Proud, Armfield, Greenwood, Urquhart, Spangher, S.Selwood (min. wage), Hansen (slightly more expensive), and a couple of others participating in the pre-season comp, on the radar (tracking how they go in pre-season).

Ruck - I'd look at getting Hampson on the bench as an alternative (possibly even start ahead of Leuenberger) - cheaper than Gardiner, Kreuzer and Leuenberger - and should be Carlton's no. 1 ruck.

There's a massive abundance of value gets in the midfield (you already have Stevens and Griffen). Some others: McNamara, Davies, Houli, Dempsey, Butler, Peake, Coughlan, T.Logan, to name a few - plenty of choices.

Forwards look good.

 

[The Sultan]

get rid of bradshaw have heard he may be out for first few rounds, treadrea is also questionable injury prone, and think his best days are behind him.

 

[Lions_Master]

Updated the team. I will think about Bradshaw.