So I've personally got Dusty locked away at F1, Barlow is locked at F2-3 & 99% chance I will start with Bird, but outside of that it looks really hard to me, had teams with Zorko, Z Merett, Lids, Billings, Wells, Simpkin but haven't really liked any of the combinations thus far,
I had Sinclair and Bird up forward for ages as midpricers, at F3 and F4 and with Dusty and Barlow being my F1 and F2, found it really hard to take either of the midpricers out because I thought both could happily average 95ish, but once I did it makes my team feel a bit more stable. I now have
Dusty, Dahlhaus, Barlow, Wells, Simpkin, Kerridge
The way I see it Dahlhaus, Dusty, Barlow are all F1,2,3 all year.. Wells is a potential F6 if he's at his best and Simpkin possibly an F6 contender too [unlikely but possible if he's onball the whole time]. With my F1,2,3 already locked in it means I can take advantage of a fallen premium when they drop in value for F4,5,6 rather than having to fork out cash for top end premiums mid-season because Bird and Sinclair only end up at F4-6 standard.
[I like a couple of the midpricers up forward but I felt a lot safer with the guns and rookies approach, especially with Wells potentially contending for an F6 spot by the end of the season he kinda takes what I was looking at Sinclair/Bird to do for 100k less]