Made just about all the changes I am contemplating Jason. Perhaps not such a good sign for you. Amazing what one weekend of footy can do.

I suspect Arbtell has played Swan out of a lot of sides.

What happened to mid-priced madness Terry? You didn't sell out and join the cookie cutters did you?

Say it ain't so...

Saad got himself elevated

A little ambiguous, because there are two rookie-listed Saads out there.

The Gold Coast one in this case.

Whoop whoop!

It ain't so J Dog.

I just reviewed the weekend performances and came up with the same conclusions, esp. for rookies.

Some good changes there Jase.

Here's my current team, but there are a few areas I'm not that keen on and have $90K to make some changes with.

Laird I would like to upgrade, but at worst could downgrade to Dalgleish. Higgins a big worry but not much better around.
Treloar I would also like to upgrade, but no stand-out replacements. Would like to get Cripps in for Steele but not sure where the money would be best spent.
Nic Nat worried me a fair bit on the weekend.
Swan also not looking great, but awkwardly priced to upgrade him to someone else (Bartel).

Newnes, Lumumba, Suckling, Higgins, Laird, Saad (McIntosh, Hamling)
Pendlebury, Fyfe, Selwood, Treloar, Dangerfield, Heeney, Vandenberg, Ellis-Yolmen (Miller, Steele, Lambert)
Maric, Naitanui (Cox)
Deledio, Martin, Bennell, Swan, Clark, Lonie (Hogan, Daniel)

Thoughts?

Goodes is similarly priced to Laird (even a bit cheaper) and worth a look as a cheaper mid-price DEF.

Consider Saad to MID line if you can, for DPP link.

Looking unlikely that Steele and/or Lambert will be named, who are the alternates in these slots if they don't show up for R1?

Needs more Bont.

Have you looked at your bye distribution?

I'd need to hear more from the Dogs about Goodes getting games this year first, but worth considering.

Saad I'm very hesitant to move, since he's the only defensive rookie I have faith in getting early games.

Steele to Cripps would be ideal, but still thinking about where to spend the cash. What makes you say that on Lambert? Tigers players were pretty keen on him getting games last week.

Swan to Bont?

Not yet for byes, I'm guessing there will be issues though since you're asking.

Has Wells ever been good at SC? Why would he start to be good at it now, at the age of 30? Can't see this selection ending well for you. Bit of a nothing pick in my view, guys priced at ~300k aren't often relevant for SC, unless their name is Sandilands and it is the 2014 preseason.

Not really any other major issues that I can see. I suspect Wells was the best you could afford when you included Ablett? I reckon you'd be better off choosing Fyfe and a $520k MID.

Scratching my head over the choice of M. Johnson. Reliability perhaps in the face of rolling the dice with Harry O and Missy?

Blakely and Heeney are good choices but are in teams that are both notorious for not giving the youngsters much TOG.

Rucks are solid, if not a wee expensive. There is a theory that rucks will score less under new SC/CD rules, perhaps we will see more even scores with less ceiling? If so, it raises the ? of investment in that dept. vs elsewhere. Still think you have made the right choice Jason.

Tom Lamb should be a good pick for as long as Darling remains injured.

Not as yet. With Libba's LTI, the club could announce it next week sometime rather than today's deadline for rookie upgrades - which only applies for clubs who presently have less than 40 senior listed players. Dogs have 40 on the senior list currently.

I would be inclined to stick with Treloar BB - bit of a pod and could step up a little more this year with the focus elsewhere.

Agree on Steele to Cripps, has to be done. And Swan or Bennell to Bonts.

As a navy person, do you think the Rainbow will get a run?