OK we are still thinking through the whole Multi Positional Players (MPP) thing.  And Im sure that people still need some rock solid examples to make their thoughts gel.  Im sure I do.

First lets get a few assumptions out of the way early.  Im happy to debate them.

1) You wont win just because you put a few MPPs in your team.
2) You wont win if you completely ignore MPPs through the entire competition - flexibility alone of players will be worth at least 1000 points which no-one (not even Chris) can afford to give up to his opponents.
3) The best value MPPs may never even play a match.
4) Not thinking before you lace a team with MPPs is the same as picking a team of players in the 350k range - will give you a quite easy wooden spoon in a competitive league.  This includes picking all MPPs in the same line so you cannot substitute them.
5) Thinking about MPPs is like thinking about cash-cow trades.  Two is the minimum to get the job done.
6) It doesnt matter (much) that Mitch Farmer is the lowest price MPP in the MID-DEF category at over the 150k mark.

Now I hear you asking wheres that Peace of Mind?  And for only $269k.  You cant get much for that, only Ladson and a bit of change.

Peace of Mind comes in the most unlikely of sources: Dylan McNeil, Matthew Lobbe and Jack Weston.  Combined, they cost 269k and look innocuous.  It would not shock me if we see under 15 games between the three of them this year.   But that doesnt mean you dont pick them in your team.  Walesy has tried to make this look easy and Im not sure if everyone here understands, but Im going to be simple and hopefully effective in this demonstration.  (Salesmans note though - buyer beware)

McNeil is the gutsy FOR9, Lobbe is the much-maligned RUC4 and Weston is the cursory DEF9.

Combine these three players with a few more for good measure - and keeping with the value theme - we will add to them a nucleus of: Waite (F), Pavlich (M) and Tippett (F) - three Supercoach favourites over the past few years.  Finally we will add an assumption of a solid MID7 who at the moment we will bestow on Morabito, the player who becomes the supersub in each injury situation.

Using the normal notation of bracketed interchange I will give you some scenarios.

1) STARTUP
DEF: (Weston)
MID: Pavlich (Morabito)
RUC: (Lobbe)
FWD: Waite, Tippett (McNeil)

2) FWD gets Injured (lets say Franklin)
DEF: (Weston)
MID: Morabito (McNeil)
RUC: (Lobbe)
FWD: Waite, Tippett, Pavlich

3) FWD gets Injured (this time its Waite - but it could have been Tippett)
DEF: (Weston)
MID: Morabito (McNeil)
RUC: (Lobbe)
FWD: Tippett, Pavlich (Waite)

4) MID gets Injured (lets say Steven Seagal Judd)
DEF: (Weston)
MID: Pavlich, Morabito
RUC: (Lobbe)
FWD: Waite, Tippett (McNeil)

5) DEF gets Injured (lets say Heater has another bender)
DEF: Waite
MID: Morabito (McNeil)
RUC: (Lobbe)
FWD: Pavlich, Tippett (Weston)

6) RUC gets Injured (Lurch walks into a door)
DEF: (Weston)
MID: Morabito (McNeil)
RUC: Tippett
FWD: Pavlich, Waite (Lobbe)

In all cases the Supersub comes in and does his job, and the team does not miss a beat.   Its like playing with 23 in the team when you have these 3 rookies in place "for Peace of Mind".

Thoughts?