2017 Rate My Team
- Thread starter Brad
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I really like this team it's a great start.
Not much more to say until we see how the rookies and form pans out.
A few bucks in the skyrocket left so i would probably use it to boost another line. With you set and forget rucks i dont see any reason to start Ryder, but thats just me.
Anyway my 2 bobs worth, always a fun part of the year with pre season starting. All the best.
Cheers for the feed back I'm abit worried about goldy 2 as for keeffe all depends on wat rookies show up before round 1
Kennedy and docherty r over priced but I still see them too 6 at the end of the year so I'm not to stressed
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There's no magic number but $220k could be better spent somewhere than sitting idle.
LOOK AT WHAT I'VE BEEN REDUCED TO! This isn't really a rate my team just thought I'd take the opportunity to share with everyone what the Ruck situation and lack of mid rookies has lead me to. Fair chance my team will look nothing like this Rd 1 but this what I'm running with currently after endless tinkering tonight... Somehow I've managed to scratch KKolo from my never again list and he's found a spot in my backline. I've gone from an all out GnR onslaught to complete and utter midprice madness! I've got Murphy and Swallow sitting at M7&8.
I'm hoping by the end of JLT sanity will prevail, Witts will turn out to be not shit and he'll go R2, some mid rookies will put their hands up, get named Rd 1 and I'll be able to with the original plan of 5 mid premos + Swallow + rooks.
I can see it now though, SPP, WHE, Black and Hampton not named Rd 1, Boyd playing a deep forward role only and you will find this guy curled up in a ball, rocking backwards and forwards in the corner.
I'm hoping by the end of JLT sanity will prevail, Witts will turn out to be not shit and he'll go R2, some mid rookies will put their hands up, get named Rd 1 and I'll be able to with the original plan of 5 mid premos + Swallow + rooks.
I can see it now though, SPP, WHE, Black and Hampton not named Rd 1, Boyd playing a deep forward role only and you will find this guy curled up in a ball, rocking backwards and forwards in the corner.
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On the plus side, its one of the most unique structures I've ever seen. Might be closer to midprice insanity than madness, but I completely understand what you're trying to do. Every year we freak out about rookies and every year they turn up, without fail. If for some reason they don't, then this type of starting team might be a lot more common than you'd think.
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T. Adams, R. Laird, C. Mills, C. Marchbank, C. Hampton, T. Stewart, L. Ryan, R. Garthwaite
P. Dangerfield, Z. Merrett, A. Treloar, M. Bontempelli, N. Fyfe, J. O'Meara, D. Swallow, J. Barrett, S. Powell-Pepper, N. Freeman, S. Bolton
M. Gawn, B. Grundy, L. Strnadica
L. Dahlhaus, J. Caddy, I. Heeney, J. Roughead, A. Black, J. Pickett, D. Cameron, B. Eddy
$27.2K left
pull it apart, rip it to shreds and let me know
byes 10/6/11
P. Dangerfield, Z. Merrett, A. Treloar, M. Bontempelli, N. Fyfe, J. O'Meara, D. Swallow, J. Barrett, S. Powell-Pepper, N. Freeman, S. Bolton
M. Gawn, B. Grundy, L. Strnadica
L. Dahlhaus, J. Caddy, I. Heeney, J. Roughead, A. Black, J. Pickett, D. Cameron, B. Eddy
$27.2K left
pull it apart, rip it to shreds and let me know
byes 10/6/11
There are a lot of breakout contenders in this team - players who haven't yet preformed to full premium potential - Caddy, Heeney, Grundy, Mills.
Add to that at least three who have just performed at keeper level for one season or less - Zerritt, Treloar, and Bont - all three of whom you will be hoping to take the next step.
Then a few of the injury risks and fallen primos that most of us are taking - Adams, Fyfe, O'Mera, Swallow, Roughy - taking all these factors together and it feels like you might be hoping for too much to go right. High risk high reward I guess. If a few of the more unique risks come off you'll probably be flying but it is more risk than I'm aiming for.
The other question I have is: is Mills and Heeney in the same side a good idea? With them both needed extra midfield time it feels a bit like betting against yourself ... I suppose Heeney can play inside and rest forward and Mills can play mostly on the wing and they might both go we'll enough for their respective lines ... but ... seems like a lot to ask. Unless you have the inside good oil that is.
Think you've nailed the feedback really, probably just asking too much for all these blokes to take the next step that being said it's a fun team!
Love the Zerrett pick! Yours is the first team I've seen with him in it! I so badly want to get him in but I'm forever debating whether I am going with my head or heart. I really do feel like he has elevated his game to another level and could go uber premium but Treloar, Selwood and to a certain degree Rockliff just seems so much safer around that price. There are so many question marks about us this year I don't think I'm going to have the balls to start with any Dons.
