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Speaking of, what are your thoughts on Neale mate? I was red hot on him right through til a couple of weeks ago (87 from <70 TOG, now best 22, can go huge), now I've been spooked into thinking he won't lift enough to be a keeper, esp with Wines, Crouch etc as options. How do you reckon he'll go?
Thanks for the input. I was actually impressed that he racked up a few of those 120+'s when Fyfe/Barlow/Mundy were all playing, unless I'm mistaken.
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Yeah he did have a few big games. The Carlton one was when he kicked the match winning goal. The games against Brissy and Melbourne were games when our whole team just dominated. The West Coast game was Lachie's career breakout game. He won the Ross Glendinning medal (Pretty sure he's the youngest ever to win it).Thanks for the input. I was actually impressed that he racked up a few of those 120+'s when Fyfe/Barlow/Mundy were all playing, unless I'm mistaken.
That's more or less what I had him pegged as - probably can't pick him with those expectations, but I'll be spewing if he has a real premo breakout.
Deledio is injured.
I reckon only two of five DEF rookies (Brown, Hamling) have a better than 50-50 chance of starting. You need another premo or solid mid-pricer back there (like a Simpson, B. Smith, Shaw, etc).
On the positive side, it's unique. Looks like something auto select would do.
Way too many midpricers mate. It's a little different this year (with stuff-all def rookies and lots of value fwd midpricers), but you usually want the bulk of your team to be made up of premos (~$500-550k+) and rookies (ideally <$150k) ('Guns n Rookies'). Your guns/premos are going to score your big points, and your rookies are going to make you cash for upgrades - at the start of the season, rookies are priced to score ~20-25pts, so they're very underpriced.
Thanks mate for the advice.Way too many midpricers mate. It's a little different this year (with stuff-all def rookies and lots of value fwd midpricers), but you usually want the bulk of your team to be made up of premos (~$500-550k+) and rookies (ideally <$150k) ('Guns n Rookies'). Your guns/premos are going to score your big points, and your rookies are going to make you cash for upgrades - at the start of the season, rookies are priced to score ~20-25pts, so they're very underpriced.
Ablett and Fyfe is a good start, but I'd put in at least another two big-scoring, reliable players (say two of Pendlebury, Sloane and Fyfe) to be the core of your team. The rest of your mid positions are going to be rookies (look at other teams for ideas), and you can throw in a value pick of someone on the improve (like an Ollie Wines at ~$530k) that will hopefully end up being a premo that you got for cheap, compared to what he will output.
The same principle applies to the fwds - pick perhaps four rookies, give or take, and score your points with premo picks like Martin, Buddy, Goddard, Deledio etc. Dane Swan is practically a lock at $464k (can score much bigger than he did last year), and you could look at young guns like Tom Mitchell or Bontempelli if you like at similar sort of price points (but again, don't go crazy on those midpricers).
In the rucks, you probably want at least one to set-and-forget, like a Goldstein, Naitanui, Jacobs, etc, and can either go for another set-and-forget for your second ruck, or someone discounted like Bellchambers, like you have, or up-and-coming, like a Lycett.
Defs are a cluster**** this year, and it's anyone's guess - Shaw is probably a good pick, and Newnes will probably improve like most of us are hoping. I like the Langdon pick too. You could throw in another solid scorer like Kade Simpson, Hibberd or Brodie Smith in, and avoid KPDs like Thompson. Rookies are very thin on the ground, but consider Adam Saad (if he gets upgraded) and Hamling.
If there's a midpricer you really like, then go crazy, but think about what you want from the player - you only have a limited number of spots at the end of the year, so you'll usually want a player to either be there at the end of the year, or make you lots of money, quickly - which is why either a premo or rookie is often the better choice. But you need to go crazy every now and then. Sorry to blather on.
Personally I'd have Tmitchel forward. Better mids TBH
Not too much to say really, pretty solid team.
j/k 
Cheers GingyPut the C on Petracca every week and you're set!
Either turn Vlastuin into a premo somehow or downgrade him to a rookie & upgrade elsewhere. 363k is way too much for a M5 that will have the same output as a half decent rookie mid.
You are much better at making Jaffles.
