??? I really don't understand where you are coming from mate. The DPP positioning given by CD is arbitrary and all of the F/M players are really MIDs who we are magically allowed to also use in the FWD line.

In terms of the two cheap F/Ms on my MID line, absolutely I think they will score as well as some of the straight M rookies that I have named.

Bontempelli is only at M5 to start because there are enough good and cheap FWD options that I can't fit them all into my FWD line.

Straight MIDs are better value than F/Ms at the top end of the pay scale. But at the bottom end, they don't necessarily have any better job security or ability to score SC points.

If all of the almost-keeper options Bill listed kick on for 2015 then Bill will probably win the whole damn thing.

Would you like to suggest what the odds of all 10 of the players I named increasing their output by 10 to 15 ppg?

The odds would be huge.
I'm not saying it'd be easy, but AO's analysis from last year proved that its possible.

I was just surprised to see so many DPP's in the mids to start the season.

I'd also expect most to score better than an equivalent forward, but equal-ish to the mids you've left out. Its just because of that, that I'm unsure about so many of them in the mids.

Who knows? I could be very easily be very wrong...

I really like the squad, I am not as sold on Goldy as a lot of others but he isn't lacking quality.

Be wary of Steele, Cameron was pretty clear that the squad named for this NAB round would be the squad from which the Round 1 team was picked, and Steele isn't playing. Given our mid depth that's inevitable for mine and I'd have him as a potential upgrade target if(when) we get injuries.

Structurally the only real problem I see is that with only 17k in the bank and some very cheap rookies picked if they are not named you might have to shuffle more than rookies..

My 1st RMt for the year, have hated all the squads I had with Ablett in, don't mind this one.

DEFENDERS
1. Simpson, K 2. Smith, B 3. Newnes, J 4. Hampton, C 5. Jaksch, K 6. Hamling, J
23. Dalgleish, L 24. Saad, A

MIDFIELDERS
7. Rockliff, T 8. Pendlebury, S 9. Selwood, J 10. Jack, K 11. Griffen, R 12. Hallahan, M 13. Anderson, J 14. Heeney, I
25. Ellis-Yolmen, C 26. Dawson, L 27. Miller, T

RUCKS
15. Mumford, S 16. Hickey, T 28. Cox, M

FORWARDS
17. Goddard, B 18. Martin, D 19. Bontempelli, M 20. McCarthy, C 21. Clark, M 22. Lonie, J
29. Hogan, J 30. Lamb, T

$68k left, probably be used to upgrade Hickey but waiting for the R1 squads in case I need it for spackfiller.

I dumped Hampton from the ORFFL because while he is talented I don't see SC as being his thing. Lumumba or Higgins in their new roles I can see upside, but I'm not seeing it from Curtly.

I think your structure is out of whack if you have a $260k player in there. Jaksch has a career high of 64SC. You might be better off with Nathan Brown, at least he will make you about 80k on his start price.

Maybe drop Jaksch and McCarthy down to cheaper options and spend the extra $$ to upgrade Hallahan. All of these guys are just awkwardly priced and I would avoid anyone between 150k and 400k without a really good reason for picking them.

Curtly is seriously under-rated, his first season earnt him the nick of 'wtf', but last year prior to injury he showed real promise and run off the back line. Happy to back him in if he is given that role this weekend, if not I'll look elsewhere.

Jaksch, like O'Rourke and a number of others, including Miles, has shown huge promise since leaving the giants, he can play the third defender very well and his NAB scores are impressive, def is a shambles for me this year so I may still switch him.

McCarthy is a lock, even at that price, he is a player 'right out of the box', be very surprised if he isn't our leading goal kicker at the end of the year tbh.

Take your point re risk of all 4 working out, but will probably start with at least 3 of them, I am dumb like that..

Guns and rookies. Just doesn't have room for multiple players in the 150k to 400k bracket. You could use the spare cash from your last 'half' a premium perhaps on a mid-pricer, but not as many as you have.

Where's Terry when you need him. He tried mid-priced madness one SC not that long ago as I recall. Let's ask him how that turned out?

Pretty sweet team Jase, and I don't mind the Bont mid pick. Been chopping and changing him and Mitchell for the last few months. Bont def has more upside for mine.
Some massive points up for grabs at the kennel and you'd expect Bont to be near the top of the queue after his efforts last yr. Can't see any 2nd yr blues here.

As a port man I love Gray to death but I am not convinced he will repeat last yrs scoring. Had some great last quarter contributions which look set to be diluted this yr.
Will he be a top 10 fwd? You bet. I just see better value in these other blokes in the $530-550K range.

Higgins scares me, but i'm sure i'm not alone there. At his price, there's no bigger torment in SC.
Freeman looking less likely for rnd 1, Krakouer easy replacement.
Solid bye structure there.

Kudos for getting these threads going and hanging it out there.

Goddard said tonight that Edwards was training as a forward and highly unlikely to play in round 1.

What do people think of Lewis Jetta?

As an option

That's what I was trying to say, but you said it better.

I don't think it's valid to apply the 2014 tap outcomes to Mumford, collectively the GWS mids will be better this year than in 2014 and his hitout to advantage can only go up.

Unfortunately can't argue with the missing games but at least Mumford has had a full pre-season, NN has not. Hoping that NN has a big game this weekend as I would love him at 2nd ruck.

Same scaremongering could be applied to Naitanui's lack of preseason. Why on earth would you pick a player who hasn't been on the track for weeks?