Round 1 Discussion

[go you pups]

Witherden to Newman round 3? Lol

 

[DaTBird187]

Not being precious at all. I'm simply suggesting that my structure of a few mid pricers and fallen premiums is not as ridiculous as you continue to suggest. So much so that I would be happy to back myself with some hard earned.
Why is it when you make a comment - it is just a general statement, yet when others query you, we're supposedly precious?

You have a gigantic chip on your shoulder don't you? I don't post a huge amount in here, but do read a bit and your conversations with most people seem to descend into confrontation. You're testy and blunt with a lot of people on here and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one to notice.

Who else have I ever said was precious? Who? I think you'll find I've got a fairly casual, friendly relationship with most posters here. Your response to a very general statement was to accuse me of a personal attack and then challenge me over money.

Have a ****ing drink, seriously.

 

[DaTBird187]

Witherden to Newman round 3? Lol

Haha, I'm already teeing up a trade to Newman if any of my three defender premos slip up. They have been warned. 26 possessions and 21 kicks!

 

[2006_Eagles]

Witherden to Newman round 3? Lol

Gotta factor in possible rookie fixes too

 

[SELFCONFESDAFLNERD]

Fisher, Walsh and setters for me. All did pretty well. Jeez fisher had a rollercoaster first half but looked good when playing on ball. Putting balta in at the 11th hour as f8 looks a mistake but I'll give him another round, hopefully he is not dropped.

 

[go you pups]

Gotta factor in possible rookie fixes too

Wont be a problem if it's just one

 

[Pea Nut]

Fisher, Walsh and setters for me. All did pretty well. Jeez fisher had a rollercoaster first half but looked good when playing on ball. Putting balta in at the 11th hour as f8 looks a mistake but I'll give him another round, hopefully he is not dropped.

Fisher was on the ball when he kept getting pinned holding the ball and kept giving up -3's. Was on 12 for a long time and I bet you were worried you'd made a huge mistake at that stage.

 

[Pea Nut]

Haha, I'm already teeing up a trade to Newman if any of my three defender premos slip up. They have been warned. 26 possessions and 21 kicks!

I've canned a premo and taking a huge punt on another mid-pricer which if it doesn't come off, he can become Newman.

 

[Kelly N]

Witherden to Newman round 3? Lol

He did look damn good. At least JLT2 scared off a lot of a punters so currently only 6% ownership were rewarded for their belief tonight.

It may almost be worth possibly restructuring your side this weekend so if he does back it up again next week you do have a viable way to get him in as that $544K is very awkward to deal with otherwise.

 

[SELFCONFESDAFLNERD]

Fisher was on the ball when he kept getting pinned holding the ball and kept giving up -3's. Was on 12 for a long time and I bet you were worried you'd made a huge mistake at that stage.

I had faith, but yeah i was also worried. He literally scored 15 in 5 mins, -3 in the next 40 and then 23 in 10 mins to get to 35 at the half. Positive signs but also went missing a fair bit. Nice tackles on dusty though. Jury is well and truly out, I'll definitely take a solid 84 first up though

 

[melanChronic]

I'll be happy to have a good four or five week look at Newman anyway to see if he is the real deal. Even if he carves up consistently (and really that's the only way I'd pick him) he'll still be pretty reachable and a good early upgrade target. Not worth changing your structure over I wouldn't think though.

 

[TheRednWhite]

Anyone fielding Brad Crouch? I sort of just copied my afl fantasy midfield. Just realised that Brouch doesn't have anywhere near the discount he gets in AF. He's still decent value but nowhere near a lock like he is in AF

 

[Benji85]

Cripps was so handball happy tonight, hopefully gets the ball to boot more. Lots of tackles which was nice, hopefully a big year for him this year. 101, can't complain although I'd like to see him pushing 110s before the 3 rounds are up

Walsh and Setterfield looking handy as. Newman was so good in his rookie year, but horse constantly took him out of the side. Looking the goods at Carlton, keeping two eyes on him.

 

[go you pups]

He did look damn good. At least JLT2 scared off a lot of a punters so currently only 6% ownership were rewarded for their belief tonight.

It may almost be worth possibly restructuring your side this weekend so if he does back it up again next week you do have a viable way to get him in as that $544K is very awkward to deal with otherwise.

I've done similar moves in EPL DT before and they have reaped dividends, but the only way I see I can do this type of move now is to get rid of Witherden now for a rookie and I'd prefer not to tank this week

So yeah, then the worst performing forward or back rookie (swing Burgess here if needed) becomes Newman next week. Just feel it's too reactionary a move, though round 3, wait and see.

But yeah, come round 3 Newman and McCarthy in for Balta and Witherden for example could work worst case scenario

 

[go you pups]

Another good thing with Newman, he's starting at just a medium price

He'll probably have a few rises if he has a fast start, but if he scores some 60s/70s/80s he'll plateau in price

If he's looking the goods he won't be too hard to get in, probably around 650-700k tops. If he were around Sis/Whitfield/Lloyd type of starting price and went on a tear then he'd be extremely difficult to get in then, luckily I'd imagine he won't be.

 

[Kelly N]

I've canned a premo and taking a huge punt on another mid-pricer which if it doesn't come off, he can become Newman.

Yeah Milera, Ryan, McGrath and Mills are all around that price point amongst others so I might run with one of those guys this weekend and if that doesn't work out over the next fortnight then it could be Hello Newman as a simple switch. I did have some of these guys in my team at one point so maybe it's not such a silly stretch but will certainly sleep on the idea first.

 

[CrozaN]

Newman trolled us hahaha, wish i kept him in

 

[Slipps]

Good old Simpson so reliable

 

[CJApples87]

It's funny how people say Patrick Cripps's ceiling is limited. The dude averaged 118 in the second half of last season and had scores of 162 and 146 in that run. First half of the season he had a 130, 138 and 140. Classic overreactions of this board. He tonned up in the first game after looking like he copped what could have been a potentially nasty knock. He'll be brilliant again this year.

 

[Andrew Birch]

Anyone fielding Brad Crouch? I sort of just copied my afl fantasy midfield. Just realised that Brouch doesn't have anywhere near the discount he gets in AF. He's still decent value but nowhere near a lock like he is in AF

I've got BCrouch @M4 ATM but am thinking of downgrading to Sheed and saving 110k.

 

[Andrew Birch]

It's funny how people say Patrick Cripps's ceiling is limited. The dude averaged 118 in the second half of last season and had scores of 162 and 146 in that run. First half of the season he had a 130, 138 and 140. Classic overreactions of this board. He tonned up in the first game after looking like he copped what could have been a potentially nasty knock. He'll be brilliant again this year.

If Crippa could add goal kicking to his game he'd be a DT fantasy pig

 

[CJApples87]

If Crippa could add goal kicking to his game he'd be a DT fantasy pig

If they played him out of the goalsquare for five minutes at a time and had some players who could reliably pass it to him (most likely Murphy at the moment) then he'd definitely kick a decent amount of goals through the year. He's got great pace off the mark, strength and height that would be perfect for a lead up forward.

 

[Tippaz]

241 from 3

Walsh 87
Higgins 83
Setterfield 71
(Gibbons) 43

reasonable so far

 

[Agechamp]

Elliot going to be a good get I think. Genuine gun fwd. And will prob get some midfield time.

 

[Agechamp]

I changed Kelly to Dunkley right before the bounce. FML haha.