Wow, now he becomes a POD! I think if you're not selecting him you'd have to have Titch and Dusty. I don't think there's any other prems that are close.

Nice of Bundy and Hanley to lock themselves into my team today.

I currently have all 3!
Not sure what to do with Danger now. I think I’ll prep 2 potential starting teams and keep an eye on news about Danger. The injury might not be anything worth worrying about, but it could be. Even if he started round 1 not fully fit, it could be a chance for his price to drop... there might be too many question marks about him now to start him.

As in Bundy and Coke. With the latter not being the liquid version.

Thanks for starting the thread this year.
My 2 cents on your team:
You have almost half a player worth of cash in hand. Seems a lot.
Mid-heavy structure is the way to go for me also this year.
Your non-rookie FWD and DEF players look dodgy to me. I'm not going anywhere near the 4 DEFs that you have chosen and I only like Petracca of your FWD choices. Not that there are a whole lot of "pick-me" FWD or DEF options this year though.

Should I be concerned that none of the 3 GWS players in my team are in yours?
We appear to have settled on very similar structures although I have an extra DEF rookie and you have an extra MID rookie.
I think Marchbank will be a tease and although tempted, will be resisting selecting him to start.

Are you sure you want to spend all that money on DEF players? I find it hard to see upside in your first 4 choices and Angus Brayshaw might be a slow burn this year.
Other lines seem pretty good, with exception of Barlow at F2. Don't like that choice much.

Here's my current lineup:

Might end up downgrading LDU if a cheaper MID option presents between now and R1. Cripps might then become Bontempelli. Currently happy enough with Cripps though, despite my inherent red-white-and-blue bias.

Finlayson is definitely ahead of Cumming at the moment, and whilst neither will play 22 Finlayson will play more all things being equal (and is in my rejigged squad).
Keeffe has to play well enough to keep a returning Buntine out (as early as R3), possible but risky.
Whifield looks like a great choice, and a very good chance to blow through 110, if I didn't have JKelly and Cogs I'd have him.
Neale is a great POD at 2.7% ownership.
As you say a very similar structure to mine, so I like a lot more about it than dislike

Players that would be handy are the 24 sub $203kers that played 2 JLT games and averaged 49 or better
DEF - T Doedee, L Murphy, N Coffield, J Finlayson, A Naughton, Z Guthrie, T Cole
MID - H Clark, A Brayshaw, B Banfield, D Barry, W Brodie, N Holman, N Shipley, C Constable, T Kelly
FWD - D Fogarty, C Rayner, J Stephenson, L Keeffe, Z Langdon, B Fritsch, G Miers, J Waterman

Also it would be worth adding a few of the cheaper rucks - D Cameron, T English, M Pittonet and any likely to play Round 1 high draft picks and mature agers like Dow, LDU, O'Shea, S Murray and L Ryan.

Cheers TTH

I personally don’t mind the idea of starting with a bit of cash in reserve.

Even though I suggested that you spend your $ on Danger, @That KI Guy , I started last season with about $200k in the bank, and I’d ideally like to do it again this year.

Last year it worked really well because it opened up so many more options for my early season trades. I’d spent it all by round 5 or so, by bringing in Taylor Adams and Tom Rockliff early. It was good to be able to jump on the good performers early without stuffing my starting team too much.

I think having the extra rookie helped with overall cash generation too

I reckon that teams that don't start Danger in Round 1 are going to need $200-$250k or so in the bank unless they take a punt on not bringing him in to around Round 6-8 or are willing to spend 3-4 trades (or trade out a premium plus a midpricer) getting him into the side for Rounds 3-4.

Looks pretty solid mate.
Lloyd could be a nice POD with an under the radar JLT.
Marchbank seems pretty risky (not that taking a punt is a bad thing). Did ok last year as +1 but if not in that gig then his scores suffered. Has smacked it out of the park in JLT so might be a genius selection.
Doggies mids still seem a mystery. The likes of Bont, Libba, Dahl and McLean all look ok picks at their price point but which one will really standout?

I think if your leaving more than $100k on the table then you're wasting it. That could be the difference in upgrading a mid pricer to a less riskier premium, or upgrading a cheap premium to an elite one.

Anyway apologies for the curse on AC and Hanley. I talk them up and one gets injured and the other goes awol.

DEF -
T Doedee - 46.7, L Murphy - 6.3, N Coffield - 20.3, J Finlayson - 23.3, A Naughton - 18.4, Z Guthrie - 3.4, T Cole - 0.9

MID -
H Clark - 6.1, A Brayshaw - 28.4, B Banfield - 12.6, D Barry - 32.9, W Brodie - 7.5, N Holman - 29.7, N Shipley - 0.7, C Constable - 2.4, T Kelly - 42.1

FWD -
D Fogarty - 16.4, C Rayner - 28.3, J Stephenson - 15.2, L Keeffe - 18.7, Z Langdon - 3.3, B Fritsch - 29.6, G Miers - 1.4, J Waterman - 1.4

Will do the rest a bit later on

Defence rookies seem to have settled. Naughton or Coffield plus Doedee, Murray and Finlayson. Adelaide's Murphy as back up or if only going with 3 prems.

I think I'll be picking O'Shea if selected in round 1.

Also, whats the story with Alex Morgan from the roos? Anyone know if he is in the frame for round 1?