Good number of Pods in there! Would love to hear your thoughts on a couple of them.

Houli is super consistant, so should be solid in the backline so long as he plays 22 games.

Gaff, I love as a pick- reckon he's one of the few 500k mids that has the potential to step up to premium this year.

Tell me your thoughts on Macaffer over other rookies?

Sinclair has a fair amount of risk about him. Should get a good run at the Swans though and has shown that he can ton up when given a shot, so will be interesting. Not sure I have the stones though!

Zerrett. Want him to step up this year, but am has massive resevations about Essendon in general. Fear that 10 goal smashings each week will have a detrimental effect on his scoring. Perhaps he'll get more of it? Or perhaps there will just be less to go around.

Eddie Betts. He's great to watch, but does he have much growth in him? A Franklin, Christensen, Robinson or A. Hall might fill that price point better.

Oh, and Trent "The disappointment" McKenzie- reckon Jase can give you a good run down on him. Might involve swear words.

Look at that, had a cyst removed- cheers dude. Should make it back for Rd. 1 though.

Stringer- agree, great option!

So, fine sirs. Can I get some thoughts on this effort?

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Now we're talking.

I'm going a bit cold on Yeo. Looked a bit lost in the midfield last night, against a bunch of no-name GC mids. Think he may just frustrate coaches who choose him this year, with the occasional high score but too many low ones also.

I'm only going to choose M.Brown (WC) if he is the last available cheap DEF option that is named for R1. That may of course eventuate, but let's hope we get some better options!

Like the Menadue pick, but it means that you have BenKen at 187k on your FWD bench, which I don't like. Think you should move one of your M/F cheapies into the MID line and open up the DPP link.

Hannebery should be a huge POD. I'm just not convinced about Sydney this year, he won't be in my team (although he was last year).

Interesting squad. You have a number of unique selections that don't appear to be that popular, but that is what I like most about your team.

I'm not a fan of choosing both Sinclair and Tippett, because I don't expect that they can both improve on their SC scoring in the one position at the same club. I think Tippett will at least hold and hopefully improve his SC output but am not sold on Sinclair's chance to do likewise.

McKenzie looked great last night, back to his debut season form. I really hope he has got off the booze and sorted his shit out, because he should be so much more than his output over the last 1-2 years has shown. Huge risk though, too much of a risk for me to choose him in SC (although I do have him in one of my keeper leagues).

Echoing what walesy said about Betts, he might have peaked last year in terms of SC scoring and I just can't see how he presents any value for 2016. Would at best hold ground and is more likely to drop value than anything else.

MB (WCE) is a symptom of just how bad those backline rookies look! Hibberd is the preferred choice, but he needs to get named, otherwise the JS of Brown probably sees him keeping the spot warm for me.

Macpherson has come a long way- there will probably be a better option, but at the moment, his price is right.: D

Yeo though, I think you're both right- certainly going cold on him, just need to find a replacement. - Kinda hate the Smith/JJ options thoguh. Might see if I can price in an upgrade somewhere.

Yeo -> Sheridan is worth considering. Also frees up enough $$$ to mess around with rookies and not be stuck on 102k options.

Sheridan is going to be the real deal, isn't he? If he lives up to the hype, you won't win without him.

I'll bring him in, which will leave 192k to play with DMac.

With that much loose change you could certainly look at upgrading one of your cheap DEF players to Weitering

Maybe- but I don't see Weitering as offering much more on the field that Brown/Hartley - nor do I see him bringing in as much cash as elsewhere.

I can also turn Parish into MCrouch. But that feels like madness.

Wonder if I can get Kennedy up into Stringer- might be worth a crack.

Righteo, gunna leave this here- then not touch it til nearly lockout/rookies-named I reckon. Pretty happy with every name on this list.

Getting better by the hour.

Still reckon you should find one more cheap FWD and put one of your F/M players into the MID line.

Didn't Menegola go down with an injury during the last NAB game?

Yeah, probably need to to something about him and Petracca, but there's $600 in the kitty and I'll cross that bridge once all the ducks are lining up.

That said, if Menegola is named come round 1, he's a lock.