Thanks for all the feedback, really appreciate it. After the blues last NAB game Kerridge comes in for sure

I guess the rookies will be a R1 eve decision

Current work in progress.
shaw, houli, Gibson, weitering, Hartley, broad. brown (ess) adams
danger, pendles, ablett, rockliff, green, libba, mills, Menadue. Davis.gore.Mathieson
goldy, gawn, grimly
dusty, wingard, hall, wells, milara, kerridge. petracca,McDonald tipu

Appreciate your comments Len as I said this is still a work in progress, Awaiting round 1 selections on rookies, even now thinking Libba to M Crouch. Also so so on Pendles maybe Hanneberry. R3 always a dilemma. Stevie J threw the baby out with the bathwater today. Petracca wait and see. Decisions decisions,

Really like Milera as a pick, but have Ben Ken instead myself. Overall like the general format of the side

My own current work in progress, obviously the rookies can't be set until rd 1 teams are out, but I think most will stay the same now.

I've seen a lot of teams with Johannisen, is he meant to be set for a breakout role at HB at the Doggies?
I guess the major question mark of the team is the midfield; Cripps, Duncan and Libba are boom or bust choices, Cripps less so than the other two.
Forward line is solid and the go to structure that most of us are rolling with.

Is having too many bombers a bad idea?

I questioned someone on having Johannisen in this thread and they gave a solid answer as to why they have him and think he will breakout. He has scored 129 from 75% tog vs GWS and 113 from about 84% tog from his two NAB games. Now, NAB games tend to lead to people jumping on bandwagons that fail, but my own rule is that you can use them to help pick out players that you already thought may have been a viable option but you shouldn't just grab someone that has performed in the NAB comp who wasn't already somewhere on your radar. He's 23 and broke out last year, playing a full season in the starting team for the first time and boosting his average from 64 to 77.5. My worry with him was whether he would be able to hold down a SC productive role in the side at half-back/wing with all of the doggies options in these positions, but this is one area that the preseason can clear up and it has in this case shown that he will indeed hold this role and is in some fine form.

Pete,

Not sure on Menzel. I like to watch this guy when he's on fire but consistency is my worry. I would try and have Wells as a forward so you can get another mid rookie in.

RPritch

I watched JJ during the coast camp. He was always in the mid group (along with Caleb Daniels surprisingly). Good pick I feel, especially given a lot of rookies are wait and see.

I swear the midfield is the thinnest line for rookies this year, usually it would be three times as strong as the fwds, defs and rucks put together

I agree completely, I'm looking at starting three, maybe four rookies in the forward line and only one in the midfield. Benken, Kerridge, Milera, Menadue, McCarthy, AMT, Petraca, and I've probably missed a few, are all valid selections in my view.

Here's what I've settled with post NABs, obviously rookies to be changed before the teams are released before RD1.
DEF: Shaw, Houli, Gibson, Weitering, Hartley, Adams (Brown, Broad)
MID: Fyfe, Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Ward, Wines, Mills, Oliver, Kerridge (Gresham, Gore, Davis)
RUC: Martin, Naitanui (Grimley)
FWD: Dahlhaus, Barlow, Hall, Wells, Kennedy, Milera (Kommer, Tipungwati)
112K to play with.

Usually not a fan of 200K rookies, but with such little depth in the midfield, JS becomes the priority. Plus adjusting my team to the expensive rookies means if cheaper ones do get named for RD1 I can downgrade to them and free up more money to spend elsewhere.

JJ is certainly looking like a starter. Had a few concerns about sheridan though. Not sure i can carry both into the season. Ill be posting my final team tonight so fingers crossed.