Good chance too, as word around camp is Prestia is also going to be touch and go for a R1 start.
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Good chance too, as word around camp is Prestia is also going to be touch and go for a R1 start.
Not much.. same with Crowley (despite reports he could be "released" to play more offensively - could he reach the dizzying heights of a 65pt average? Pass)
Hopefully we won't need to go down this route - hopefully one (or both) of MacPherson and Marcon (2016's Kane Lambert) get upgraded..
I would've thought Gresham will play early.. we should see 1 of Mathieson/Keays playing early given the Lion's list.. Gore looked good amongst a strong (only Sloane missing from memory) Crows' midfield in NAB1.. Trengove could be a fantasy zombie at $156k.. Big wraps on Cuningham, Menegola could play straight away.. Hopefully we have more than 5 mid-eligible rookie-priced players named for Rd 1..
Add to that Weller, Mills, Hopper, Parish, C.Ellis (if not putting him in the FWD line) all around the same price with arguably higher upside.. to go with Kerridge, Petracca, Phillips who are M/Fs..
What heady days we live in when so many rookies COULD play Rd 1 - until Rd 1 teams actually drop on March 23/24 of course with only a handful of debuts..
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Someone to sit on the bench for the first 12 rounds and only play 1 game while everyone else makes cash and then trades him in after round 12 for the same price anyway? Regardless of how he plays NAB, I wouldn't trust his JS at the Tigers.
Mate, I'm hoping that there is NOT MORE than 6 rookie mids, I'd like to have a 5 Premo MIDS to start the season. If there's more than that, we have to pick the RIGHT ones, which could spell trouble. It's hard enough leaving the right rookies on field or on bench.....
I've tried it but it leaves me with a 1-1-1 ruck line and 2 keepers on each of the other 2 lines, which means a whole heap of midprice madness. Plus it only allows 5 mid rookies, and that's where most of our cash generation will come from. It could still work out but it means putting a lot of faith in midpricers all over the park. I don't have the nads for that.
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I have seen draft teams that are solving the mid-priced madness by running 3 rookies on field in defence or 4 up forward. I think it is too early to tell if that will work. If it can work I'll probably do it but as you say you don't want to miss that extra mid rookie gem if he exists.
All my teams so far have had Libba at M5, personally i'm think trying to squeeze one more premo into the middle makes it hard to fill other lines.
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The question though is will we have to fill those other lines or can rookies in those other spots get it done. Too early to tell on that but forward rookies look promising including starting Kerridge forward and maybe Wells.
To early for sure, Wells not sure about but Kerridge is a definite lock in the forward line.
Yep the only way I can see Libba starting at M6 is if we get some confidence n D5 & D6. Right now its looking a bit grim