Been toying with my team a fair bit and have come down to 2 totally different teams with 2 different strategies. OPTION 1(B/C) is loaded with the usual backline suspects, Goddard-Gibbs-Lids etc and the likely mid rookies with B/C coverage, Heppell, Hibbard etc. Problem here is that it reduces the players I can risk from GC as no likely GC back rookies have DualPositions(DP). It also reduces the chance of fitting in all the GC mid rookies.(thinking about 3) And only 1 Prem Mid with 2 midpricers. Yet it is only one upgrade needed in the back with Otten at D7, the rest are hopefully Premiums. Leaves me with enough cash for a mixture of 3Prem/2Mid/2Rook Fwd Line (Very poor) OPTION 2(F/C) structure is a fully loaded Fwd line With 5 prems/2mids, 5 of which are F/C with 2 or 3 of the Round 6 bye players in. I then have a Midfield of 1Prem/3Mid/2Rook. And 2 of my MidPricer Mids are F/C. It then comes at the sacrifice of my backs with only 4Prems/Otten/ then the rest are rookies. But the Flexability for Byes is good. I am leaning toward option 2 as I think the Rookie/Cashcows in the FWD line are more limited than the Back's, with there being some mature age players at Rookie prices in the backline. Option 2 also allows for a more risky strategy on the GC rookies. With 7 looking a likely number. Yet It will put me a week maybe 2 (R9 bye risky) behind other teams upgrade strategies. Another point is how I started filling in both sides with Option 1 being Guns/Mids first then finding rookies to fit in, and Option 2 I started with Rookies I wanted first and made the team fit around them. Any thoughts??????
I'm likely to go with both D/M and F/M links to start. My approach is to use the MPP link players within my MID line to be rookie players that I would typically expect to be on my bench (except for R1 when my GCS MID rookies need to be covered). Hibberd (D/M) and I. Smith (F/M) on the MID bench. 4 of my 9 on the DEF line have D/M and 4 of my 9 on the FWD line have F/M. I will aim to keep Hibberd and I. Smith on my MID bench for as long as the MPP link is important to me.
@ Jason thats ok but if Smith is not playing and you need an extra forward (ie: 1 bench player injured 1 has bye and 1 dropped then Pav twangs a hammy) then your shot. If you hav 2 m+f and 2 m+d then your covered. Might be just me though but I tend to get a lot of injuries and with a bye each week and some rookies not going to make it I can see it getting messy imo.
I too have Hib and Mzu on the mid bench for M/D and M/F DPP links. I like this for round 1 where the GC rookies will be missing, which is where most of my GC players are. Again it comes down to does rookie DPP take preference over a better performing non-DPP rookie.
If rookies are definite starters and have DPP a few is good, but I've got a feeling that they mightn't be the greatest cashcows (Heppell excluded). Question I have going on in my head is are there better rookies/cashcows available????? Magic 8 ball what do you reckon...Answer 'The Future is unclear'....
Atm have plenty of coverage for both backs have Lids Goddard Gibbs, with Heppell midfield and for the forwards have Pavlich Didak, with Rookies Krak Mzungu and I.Smith with Callinan chilling on my midfield bench
I Have Goddard, Gibbs & Hibbard D+M : Tilia & Grundy D+F Boomer & I Smith M+F : Hepwell D+M Chap, McGlyn, Higg, Mzun & Callihan M+F : Murphy D+F At this stage is my MPP players Would like another D+M in the mid and would be happy for coverage but would mean leaving a major player out
Is it wrong to start the season with I. Smith, knowing that you're going to be trading him out in round 6. The ticker agree's, as does the round 6 bye situation.
ATM my team has Chappy Rioli and I.smith missing that round so wont need to trade him out unless of a clear sign of injury or opportunity
Sorry, I was talking about me! In short, I've got too many players from those teams (6). So technically, it could come off- however, Hawthorn forwards have got two HOT games in rounds 3 and 4, followed by a cold one in round 5 and two very cold ones in 8 and 9 and a cold in 10. In short, there's a good chance that if he scores well and leaps in price between 3 and 5, that he certainly doesn't continue that trend over the next few rounds.
@crew "If you need an extra FWD and your MPP link is not playing, then you are shot" Would have thought that was a captain obvious contender.
I think Walesy was getting at starting with Smith, hoping he plays the first 5 games, getting 3 weeks worth of mooing and then cashing him in before the bye in round 6 to bring in a player who is playing to help cover a freo/hawk/cats player either in the forward or midfield. While I was adamant he'd start in our 22, Walesy, I'm now thinking he may be a good downgrade target midyear as I'm now not convinced he's ahead of Savage and will push someone out of the starting 22. I certainly think he will get a good run and string a number of uninterrupted games together, but perhaps later than initially thought. Savage has come a lot further than expected over the preseason and may just edge him out early.