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| Sunday, Mar 17 | |||
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| Port Adelaide vs. West Coast Eagles | Adelaide Oval (FOX) | 4:00pm | 3:30pm |
| Fremantle vs. Brisbane Lions | Optus Stadium (FOX) | 6:50pm | 3:50pm |
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Only one Sunday change – replacing Salem with Budarick and bringing in a more expensive bench rook.
I reckon has Budarick might have similar scoring to Salem for more cash generation upside – what do you guys think?
Leaves me with ~$150K in the kitty to give me more flexibility for early season correctional trades in rounds 2 & 3.
Not keen to spend the extra cash just for the sake of it.
Def: Daicos,Sheezel,Whitfield,Young,Williams,Howes (Reid,Shoenmaker)
Mid:Bont,Merrett,Brayshaw,Newcombe,Wardlaw,Jordan,Sanders,Mckercher (Clark,Roberts)
Ruc: Gawn,Grundy (Barnett)
Fwd: Heeney,Fisher,Fyfe,Sexton,Reid,Lazaro (Cambell,Wilson)
Thoughts?
Nice PODs in Heeney, Merrett, Newcombe, Wardlaw, Daicos.
Personal preference would be to back in someone like a Bonner, Sharp etc, over Fyfe and swap Jordon to FWD line, but if you think he will score well, back him in.
Backline looks a little weak, with Coffield over Reid/Shoenmaker probably ideal, but finding a 150K in cash would force you to probably downgrade Daicos or someone in your mids. So you need to determine if you are happy with the risk.
how is Daicos a pod hahahaha he’s 49% owned – awful advice btw
Brayshaw has retired unfortunately
Def: Sheezel,Whitfield,Young,Budarick,D’Ambrosio, Williams (Coffield,Howes)
Mid:Bont,Laird,Steele,Martin,Wines,Bonner,Mckercher,Sanders (Sharp,Roberts)
Ruc: Gawn,Grundy (Barnett)
Fwd: Harmes,Fisher,Jordon,Mackenzie,Sexton,Reid (Lazzaro,Wilson)
Utility: Clark
Have a few different PODs, but main likes about this team is that I am confident in its ability to generate a lot of cash, no weak backline and the rookies I am picking I am confident in (no Reid/Shoenmaker etc.).
Interested in thoughts.
Def: Daicos, Sheezel, Whitfield, Young, Budarick, Howes (Schoenmaker, Pink)
Mid: Bont, Dawson, Green, Kelly, Touk, McKercher, Sanders, Roberts (Garcia, Clark)
Ruck: Gawn, Grundy
Fwd: Heeney, Fisher, Jordon, Sexton, Lazarro, Wilson (Mannagh, Campbell)
Utl: (Thomas)
$56k remaining
yeah mate go on with touk green and Kelly all sharing same bye, that’ll work
So I’m not sure who to put at M2 or M3, but I have enough cash to buy anyone ($1.09m). This is how the team is shaping up at the moment, what are your thoughts? Id love feedback haha. Im thinking about Whitfield too, what do you reckon?
Defence: Sheezel, Young, Salem, Yeo, Williams, Coffield, (Schoenmaker, Reid)
Midfield: Bontempelli, *unknown*, Steele, Martin, Crouch, Wines, Sanders, McKercher, (Roberts, Sharp)
Ruck: Gawn, Grundy (Barnett)
Forward: Heeney (or LJ or fyfe if I need to save cash), Fisher, Jordon, Sexton, Reid, Lazzaro, (Cadman, Wilson)
Utility: Clark or a forward/mid dpp
Spare Cash at the moment: (With one unselected player) $1.09m
I thought I could maybe go Amon or Newcombe or someone around that pricetag at M2/3 then go from Lazzaro to Fyfe, I don’t know for sure, I’m just experimenting. I could also chase the points by starting Green at M2 then trading to Gulden after R2. I really don’t know at the moment.
Any thoughts?
Looks solid. Depending on who you get at M2, you could potentially upgrade to a rookie to a mid-pricer in the fwd line if you feel 2 rookies on field is a risk.
Not sure on whether JS and rookie management makes playing Reid and another rookie on field a safe play.
Yeah thanks, its what I’m looking at. What’s your forward rookie setup?
I have Mackenzie, meaning I only have Reid on-field with Lazaro and Wilson on the bench.
Looks good. Maybe have green or rozee, maybe butters as he is cheaper.
Wow, Budrick and Heeney. 📈⬆️
Def: Sheezel, whitfield, young, yeo, williams, curtain (pink, Schoenmaker)
Mid: Laird, Rozee, Martin, Crouch, jordan, sharp, mckercher, sanders (clark, roberts)
Ruck: Gawn, grundy (barnett)
Fwd: Macrae, flanders, fisher, mackenzie,fyfe,reid(duursma, lazzarro)
Utility: wilson
still got 282k to work with. would like 150ish to use to after round 1
Any tips would be great
Main feedback would be for the price of Macrae you could get a much better option in the midfield, so I would recommend swing Jordon to the forward line and getting a Wines or Amon type if you want to save money or use that spare cash to go up to a premo.
thanks, i made a couple changes moved Jordan forward, changed Macrae into Steele and then upgraded curtain to budrick (might change)
Def: Sheezel, Wanganeen-Milera, Clark, Blakey, Williams, Curtin (Schoenmaker, Pink)
Mid: Rozzee, Miller, Rowell, Martin, Wines, Jordon, McKercher, Sanders (Roberts, Clark)
Ruck: Gawn, Grundy (Barnett)
Fwd: Macrae, Moore, Owens, Lipinski, Sexton, Reid (Simpson, D Wilson)
Utl: (Mannagh)
$42k in bank
Thoughts?
To much spent on toward line, look for value there. Look for score in your defence and midfield
DEF
Daicos, Young, Sheezel, William, Coffield, Curtin (Dean, Howes)
MID
Bontempelli, Dawson, Merrett, Green T, Jordon, McKercher, Sanders,
Sharp (Clark, Roberts)
RUCK
Gawn, Grundy (Heath)
FWD
Macrae, Flanders, Jackson, Sexton, Reid, Windsor (Mannagh, Wilson D)
UTI
Phillips E
Please, someone help my confidence with this team. Or suggestions?
On quick glance you are running more off a traditional guns and rookies approach. You have more forward premos than most and running more traditional guns in the midfield versus chasing value with the mid-pricers i.e. Wines, Crouch, Martin etc.
The benefits of this is that you are starting with more likely keepers than most mid-pricer teams i.e. up to 12 in yours vs ~8.
This will set you up well in the long-term as long as the rookies pay off in terms of JS and scoring. Could quickly backfire if they are dropped/score poorly.
Most coaches are opting to pay up more for Reid, Lazzaro etc. which requires a premo downgrade to a mid-pricer elsewhere, but makes it stand-out from most others this year.
Curtin won’t play round 1
Def: Sheezel, Whitfield, Wanganeen-Milera, Blakey, Williams, Curtin (Schoenmaker, Pink)
Mid: Rozzee, Miller, Rowell, Martin, Wines, Jordon, McKercher, Sanders (Roberts, Clark)
Ruck: Gawn, Grundy (Barnett)
Fwd: Jackson, Heeney, Owens, Fishers, Sexton, Reid (Simpson, D Wilson)
Utl: (Mannagh)
Thoughts?
Try and get curtin off field but rest is good
Not too sure how to get curtin off
Nicksy will be screaming that to the runners a few times this year I think
Swap Curtin for Zach Reid.
Reid in and fisher swapped for Hewett with Jordon into the forwards
Pretty good overall. Try and get curtin off the field. Also it’s quite risky to not have Hayden young.
DEF: Sheezel, Whitfield, Young, Budarick, williams, coffield(Reid, Howes)
MID: Bont, Dawson, Parish, Amon, Martin, Mckercher, Sanders, Roberts(Clark, Sharp)
RUCK: Gawn, Grundy (Barnett)
FWD: Heeney, Fisher, Jordon, Sexton, Reid, Lazzaro(Wilson, windsor)
UTILITY: Mannaugh
Is Roberts okay at D8? He played really well in R0.
Is gawn still a good option after grundy dominated?
Any other opinions would be helpful.
Keep Gawn.
Grundy had a point to prove and muscled Gawn all night long.
Def: Daicos, sheez, Young, yeo, Williams, coff (shoe, Howes)
Mid: Bont, Rozzee, Steele, Newcombe, Martin, wines, sanders, mckercher (Robert’s, clark)
Ruck: Grundy Xerri
Fwd: Heeney, Fish, Jordon, Reid, Lazaro (Wilson, Windsor)
Thoughts?
Your team is missing three players but what you have looks okay.
Def: Daicos, whitfield, young, wanganeen-milera, yeo, coffeild (Schoenmaker, phillips)
Mid: Green, parish, steele, newcombe, wines, Wardlaw, mckercher, sanders (Clark, sharp)
Ruck: Grundy, xerri (heath)
Fwd: fyfe, jordon, mackenzie, duursma, sexton, tsatas (Wilson, lazarro)
Utl: Roberts
Any thoughts of this team. Trying to finish somewhere hight this year
Looking for crticical feedback. Thankyou!
holy actual yuck
Lowest value fwd line I’ve ever had
L. Jackson, J.Jordan, H. Reid, C. Lazzaro, A. Sexton, D. Wilson, B. Nyuon, H. Thomas
DEF: N. Daicos, L. Whitfield, H. Young, E. Yeo, Z. Williams, N. Coffield (Z. Reid, B. Howes)
MID: M. Bontempelli, T. Green, C. Rozee, N. Martin, C. McKercher, Z. Duursma, R. Sanders, M. Roberts (J. Sharp, J. Clark)
RUCK: M. Gawn, B. Grundy (H. Barnett)
FWD: J. Macrae, I. Heeney, Z. Fisher, J. Jordon, A. Sexton, H. Reid (C. Lazzaro, D. Wilson)
UTL: C. Windsor
Remaining salary: $17K
Lots of young players in midfield due to expensive backline, can I fix this somehow?
Please give some feedback.
Yea 4 MID rookies on the field is too many. I would upgrade Duursma up to Wines or Crouch.
To do that you will need to drop some premos players to cheaper better value premos. For example
Bont/ Green to Steele/Touk.
Macrae to Jackson
Who scores higher?
Wanganeen-Milera and Lazzaro or
Salem and Mackenzie
Does anyone think it’s possible to go very deep in the back line. So have Sheezel, Stewart, Whitfield, young, Yeo, Williams. This mean I have to go real value in the forward line so I still have enough cash for the midfield. Or do go the opposite in a way and start both Jackson and Heeney in the forward line and take out either Stewart or Whitfield for a Coffield. I’ve got a few good teams just don’t know which to choose lol
Newcombe or someone like Steele or touk taking the bye
Xerri and heeney or Gawn and fyfe
I would go Xerri and Heeney, but last year I finished about 27,000
Just created a league, code is 7H3NAZVM if anybody wants to join
Def: Daicos, Sheezel, Young, Yeo, Williams, Coffield (Reid, Howes)
Mid: Green, Butters, Newcombe, Martin, Wines, Mckercher, Sanders, Roberts (Lazzaro, Sharp)
Ruck: Gawn, Grundy (Barnett)
Fwd: Jackson, Heeney, Fisher, Jordan, Sexton, Reid (Wilson, Campbell)
Utility: Jhye Clark
Thoughts? Also Like Owens as a backline option and not entirely keen on jackson as he will be traded soon. feel like I should have one of the big boys above $1mil in the midfield. Not sure about the bench and only have 2k left in the bank.
Lacking PODs but have a few to look at in the first few rounds.
THOUGHTS?
Green will be one of the best boys this year.
Newcombe butters or Steele for M4?
Butters has a nice run of games but injury niggle concern.
I like Newc, I think his stonks are rising for a break out to Uber status this year.
Rozee at M2 and Wardlaw at M6 or Butters at M2 and Holmes at M6?? Or any other opinions would help a lot.
Not seeing a lot of love for Tommy Stewart this year. Am I missing something?
Nah’s he’s a bit of a sleeper atm. Watch everyone get on him after this potentially lol I guess its worth noting that he is over 30 now in a team that is known for resting their older players and he has yet to average over 100 in fantasy & and he does get some attention from opposition players which doesn’t help his scoring. But I do think his role will allow him to get some easy +6s
Can’t make my mind up between Jackson and Fisher in the forward line. Thoughts?
I haven’t been able to keep across everything regarding fantasy this preseason. Can I get some feedback on my team?
Daicos – Sheezel – Young – Yeo – Williams – Curtin (Gibcus – Pink)
Bonts – Green – Butters – Martin – M. Crouch – Kercher – Sanders – J. Sharp (M. Roberts – J. Clark)
English – Grundy (Barnett)
Heeney – Fisher – Fyfe – Jordon – Reid – Duursman (Wilson – Cadman)
(Mannagh)
not the worst team I’ve seen but definitely up there
Pretty stock standard team however with over $300k in the bank and not really much in the way of PODs, looking for any advice and feedback
DEF- Whitfield, Young, Yeo, Willaims, Coffield, Curtin (Reid, Schoenmaker)
MID – Green, Laird, Rozee, Steele, Martin, Hewett, McKercher, Sanders (Roberts, Clark)
RUC – Gawn, Grundy (Barnett)
FWD – Jackson, Fisher, Jordan, Sexton, Reid, Lazzaro (Wilson, Duursma)
UTIL – Sharp
With Walsh and Doc down im expercting Hewett to get a lot more mid time and priced well.
Dropped Daicos and Sicily for Whitfield after OR and to make the most of the draw with WC and North
I’ve gone heavy on cash generation to target uber premiums that will drop in value like Bont and Daicos after Rnd 3/4 while also leaving alot of cash in the bank to move around as needed to make the best of the early byes.
Thoughts?
Is Darcy Cameron a play or a trap
Not sure who to go for here out of these options in their respective positions:
Salem, Yeo or Budarick – Budarick cheapest but riskiest? Do they all have similar outputs though?
Hewett, Wines or Crouch – Loving Hewett as a POD but will Walsh affect him when he’s back? Wines and Crouch concern me a little too…
Any opinion is greatly appreciated!
I’m going to end my season early by picking Nat Fyfe. Good luck and all the best for season 2024. Let the games begin.
Def: Sheezel, Whitfield, Young, Budarick, Williams, Coffield (Reid, Howes)
Mid: Dawson, Green, Laird, Newcombe, Martin, McKercher, Sanders, Roberts (Duursma, Clark)
Ruc: Gawn, Grundy (Barnett)
Fwd: Heeney, Fisher, Fyfe, Jordon, Sexton, Reid (Wilson, Lazzaro)
Utility- Windsor
Thoughts?
I wouldn’t get Windsor, he didn’t score enough to be a good $ generator.
Hey DT Talk Regulars.
I still need a couple of coaches (5 to be exact) to join this league
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If you are already in “Shags DT Talk Chat League 2024” there is no need to jump in this one as well.
Cheers :)
Here we go for 2024
BACKS: Daicos, Stewart, Hayden, Yeo, Williams, Reid (Howes & Arie)
MIDS: Merrett, T.Green, Laird, McCluggage, J.Hopper, Horne-Francis, McKercher, Sanders (Clarke & M.Roberts)
RUCKS: Gawn, Grundy (Barnett)
FWDS: C.McDonald, Z.Fischer, J.Jordan, A.Sexton, H.Reid, D.Wilson (Windsor & Thomas)
SUB: S.Campbell
Bank $164
Team is a lock (Oh until teams are named :) )
Thoughts on this team please:
DEF: Whitfield, Young, Salem, Yeo, Williams, Coffield (Schoenmaker, Reid)
MID: Merrett, Daicos, Steele, Miller, Newcombe, Martin, Mckercher, Sanders (Roberts, Clark)
RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Barnett)
FWD: Heeney, Fisher, Jordon, Sexton, Reid, Lazzaro (Campbell, Wilson)
0k left. A little worried I’ve got too many players from 0R and that I will struggle with byes early in the season. Also feel a little bit light on in the forward line.
Any help would be much appreciated :)
Very r0 player early bye orientated team. A few injuries or outs could hurt you
Thoughts
Def: Sheezel Houston young Salem Williams coffield ( Uwland, Howes)
Mid: Bont Green Dacios Libba Jordan Sanders sharp Mckercher ( Clark, Lazzo )
Ruck: Grundy Xerri (Barnett)
Fwd: Flanders Heeney Fisher Sexton Reid Dursmaa ( Wilson Cambell)
((M.Roberts))
270k Bank
I like the Libba pod pick. Which Daicos are you running with in the midfield?
You are running with 5 rookies on field (6 if you count coffield who will put out rookie scores). I’d maybe work to get one of them off the field.
LADDDS
Amon & Fisher
Or
Steele & Tsatas
Help pls
I think Fisher simply cannot be ignored.
Hey All
Its that time of year again!
Check my second draft out and let me know what you think!
DEF: Sheezel, Whitfield, Young, Yeo, Zilliams, Curtin (Pink, Schoenmaker)
MID: Zerrett, Green, Miller, Steele, N Martin, McKercher, Sanders, Roberts (Mannagh, Clark)
RUC: Gawn, Grundy (Barnett)
FWD: Flanders, Heeney, Owens, Jordon, Sexton, Reid (Wilson, Campbell)
UTIL: Howes
$$ left: 15k
Cheers All!
why would you possibly have curtin
Yeo,Wines and HoustonYeo, Wines and Wanganeen MileraBudarik,Wines and Wanganeen or HoustonBudarik Crouch and either Waganeen or HoustonBudarik, Newcombe and Wanganeen
Please help me pick one the best option. Originally was leaning towards 2 but Houston great early fixtures and ability to score very well at home is tempting (his lack of consistency scares me) I think i will roll with option 5 as I think Yeo and Budarik will score very similarly (hard to score in the WCE) and both newcombe and Wanganeen are very solid options.
Major weigh up is Yeo vs Budarik and Wanganeen vs Houstoun.
Please give THOUGHTS.
Def: Sheezel, Young, Yeo, Williams, Coffield, Howes (Reid, Shoenmaker)
Mid: Merret, Green, Rozee, Steele, Newcombe, Sanders, Mckercher, Roberts (Sharpe, Clark)
Ruc: Gawn, Grundy (Barnett)
Fwd: Flanders, Heeney, Fisher, Fyfe, Jordan, Reid (Lazaro, Windsor)
Utl: Wilson
58k in kitty
Any advice for a man?
can’t field coalfield and howes
FINAL TEAM (will probably change before tomorrow
DEF:sheez, Whitfield, young, yeo,williams,coffield (schoenmaker,howes)
MID: bont, viney, steele,martin,crouch,wardlaw,mckercher,sanders(clark,roberts)
RUCK:Gawn,grundy(barnett)
FWD:Heeney,fisher,fyfe,jordan,sexton,reid(wilson,campbell)
Utl: WIlson
$137k
Was thinking moving heeney to Flanders after his bye, then upgrade.
viney as a POD
Any ideas/tips would be appreciated