No real reason why I have Macaffer, just a bit of a filler at the moment until R1 rookies are named. Might need to reconsider Zerrett after watching the Don get flogged. I know he didnt play, but I think you are right, highly priced Don players might struggle to score this year. I've backed Eddie to win the coleman this year, so expected big things from him! More than likely wasted money, but one never knows....Thinking of ditching Ablett for Danger as well. If Gaz doesnt play this week, I think Danger will be in. Sinclair did enough on the weekend for me keep his spot.

Nice team walesy, structure is right with a dash of mid priced, but not to the point of madness.
I want to be convinced on Sheridan, but I'm not just yet. Want to try and avoid pre-season hype trains if I can, something hard to split them for legit improvers.
I think Hall and Stringer in the same line is pretty risky, I'd go for someone more tried and true personally.
I'm also not sure Parish is worth the coin and may start is scoring slowly. However rookies' JS this year may force our hands to the more expensive ones.

Are you - or anyone else for that matter - nervous about starting Gaz without seeing him once this preseason? It worries me, especially when I am neglecting others like Pendles or Priddis for him. Maybe I have forgotten how good he can be....in Gaz we trust?

Oh and I think you are missing Danger - must have for me this year!

Hi guys, will be waiting with baited breath to see what you think. Ignore the rookies cause we are all doing rookie selections on the last day but the structure is what im looking at. Thanks guys

I like the Wells selection, because once he goes down I'll be one up on you already
But in all seriousness I am unsure if all of Libba, M.Crouch, McKenzie and Wells is sustainable. I am backing Libba in as a relatively safe keeper so in my eyes you have 3 mid pricers and I'd be more comfortable with 2 other than Libba. However, I know why you have them as like me you have Fyfe, Danger and GAJ which blows a lot of budget.
I like the Greene pick, but am not sold on Tippett myself

My team now, become a bit different to any pre-season side I've had any year in structure:

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Thanks RPritch. I think Wells, barring injury, could be top 5 fwds, but will be top 10 at least. Only concern is injury but you have to take some risks.

Libba will be a keeper so i have him in the Under Priced Premium bracket rather than Mid Pricer. He will be a M8 for the season and average 110ish.

Crouch means i can upgrade to another Premium within 5 weeks due to his cash level, so plan is by round 6 have at least 6 premium keeper Mids.

Agree on Tippet, but having him means i wont have to burn a trade if a ruckman goes down with a 1 week injury or gets suspended for a week or two. Keeping fingers crossed he is good to go.

RPritch, your structure is very similar to mine - so I like it! The main difference is that I've got one extra mid pricer down back and one extra rookie up front. I also haven't got the two highest rucks, I can see why you've done that and I've toyed with that in a lot of my draft teams but just couldn't cough up that much money there myself.

I'm looking at possibly using Blicavs there with Gawn/Nicnat/Martin and if/when a premo ruck drops in price enough swinging Blicavs into the midfield and trading in the cheap premo. Then later in the season (when hopefully I've got a full team of premos) Blicavs can be M9 and be traded into R3 for cover if needed. Still tossing up this idea.

Just on Macaffer I'm not really sure why no one is that interested in him. Cheaper then mills and parish with better job security and a higher potential average.

Understand where you're coming from Jason. I think there is potential in the backline rookies this year, you can't forget I have Tipungwuti in the forwardline who could go down there if needed which looks likely if I was to keep this structure. His hit on Danger was brilliant and looks composed with the ball too. However, it is likely that the teams come out and it becomes clear that I need an extra decent defender. I do want to incorporate Weitering as I believe he is the real deal to average 75-78 this year but couldn't fit him in in that side

Like the structure Pritch but need another defender. Goldy to naitanui and Merrett down to Wells will give you enough for a defensive keeper and wells is a better option than any bomber, lol.

I am very bullish on Wells though, bear taht in mind.

Pretty bullish on Wells no kidding! Sorry, but Wells could be top 5 fwds, top 10 at least is a ridiculous statement. 5th best forward will average about 102 and 10th about 95. Wells did average over 100 once, in 2011! He is 31 years old and is coming off two injury interrupted years, with 9 games between them and 2 in 2015. Sure he is or was a gun, but there is no reason or logic behind thinking he will do both of play minimum 20 games plus average 95+ this year. He may get through the year like Higgins last year and might average anywhere between 82-92 which, if done makes him one of the best picks at his price still, but you might be overrating him with your predictions. For me, I had him last year at about $300k mid only and he produced two games at 56.5. This preseason I said to myself, I hope he has a great preseason so more people are sucked in and then I will be one up on them once he goes down.

After looking at his last few years on the old stats page I may have been misinformed haha! Was thinking he would average like 75 but that seems a stretch.