I haven't touched this team since DT opened. I might have a fiddle with it later today so I figured I should keep a record in case I forget who was where.
Doc, Joey, Hammer, Hibberd, McGrath, Berry, Keefe, Hibberd 2.0
Neale, Pendles, Tom Mitchell, Steven, Murphy, Swallow, Bowes, Myers, Freeman, Fisher, Graham
Stef, Sandi, Pittonet
NRoo, Macrae, Roughy, McCarthy, Thomas, Stewart, Gallucci, Pickett
457k in the bank so a crap load of cash to work with.
Haha was gonna say, looks like you're short a premo or two. That cash leftover explains why :P
Team looks pretty good though. Using the cash on another premo mid or something would be good I reckon. Otherwise, just small upgrades to guys like Sandi, Roughy, Hibberd etc.
It was just a team I chucked together with the premiums I wanted (Doc, Mitchell, Steven, NRoo, Macrae) and a bunch of placeholders.
The team I ended up with later that day looks like this. I forgot to update it then.
Adams, Doc, Hodge, McGrath, Keefe, Hibberd (NM), Vickers-Willis, Ryan
Neale, Pendles, Mitchell, Steven, Hunter, Murphy, Swallow, Bowes, Myers, Fisher, Graham
Stef, Sandi, Pittonet
NRoo, Macrae, Dahl, Thomas, Ainsworth, Stewart, Gallucci, Pickett
31k left.
Updated team
Adams, Simmo, Doc, Marchbank, Hampton, EVW, Hibberd 2.0, Stewart
Neale, Hanners, Pendles, Mitchell, Steven, Beams, Murphy, O'Meara, Powell-Pepper, Barrett, Pickett
Goldy, Sandi, Preuss
Macrae, Dahl, Roughy, Bowes, Black, Butler, Cameron, Eddy
10k spare.
It's a solid team, obviously subject to which rookies are named come Round 1.
No Danger or Rocky a bit of a risk if one or both explode from the get go but you still have a number of big scorers in the middle. I'm not as much of a fan of Sandi in this format as opposed to SC but at that price he's still a worthy punt.
My first year in DT I started Sandi and regretted it. I traded him out pretty quickly, however he wasn't under 300k that year.
The reasoning behind my midfield, I'm only picking up Rocky in AF. The reason for that is they give me 2 trades a week so when he gets injured or suspended I can trade him out without a worry. I also think Danger is overpriced for this format. He is 100% a SC player and I dont know if he will sustain a 117 average in the first few weeks of the season.
I was tempted to take a bit of a smokey in Merrett as a POD and had him in there in my last team but needed the cash. He became Hanners who I am happy with. I think Jack Steven bounces back and could finish the year as the top mid so I think that will help me out and match the scores from Danger/Rocky if they do explode.
Yeah I've recently put Steven into my side as well :)
Quote from: Rusty00 on March 09, 2017, 09:47:29 PM
Yeah I've recently put Steven into my side as well :)
I was hoping he would be a POD but he has had a couple of strong JLT games which will see his ownership spike.
Stef is tearing apart today so I have slotted him back in. I started playing around with my cash and I'm tempted to pass on Adams for the time being. I've come up with this which I don't mind
Shaw, Simmo, Doc, Marchbank, Hampton, EVW, Hibberd 2.0, Stewart
Merrett, Neale, Pendles, Mitchell, Steven, Murphy, O'Meara, Swallow, Powell-Pepper, Barrett, Pickett
Martin, Sandi, Preuss
Macrae, Dahl, Roughy, Taranto, McCarthy, Turner, Cameron, Eddy
57k in the bank.
Is Nankervis a better mid priced ruck option in DT than Sandilands?
From what I have seen in the pre-season he does more at ground level than Sandilands which should see him score more than Sandi.
As you said in an earlier post here Sandi isn't a great DT scorer and I would think Nankervis as the number 1 Richmond ruck would be worth the risk to pick over Sandi.
In JLT 3 Sandi had 37 hitouts and 6 disposals for a DT score of 56. Nankervis 18 hitouts, 16 disposals for a score of 72.
Nankervis scored 85 and 92 DT in his other 2 games.
Sandilands dominated JLT 2 v Collingwood and scored heavily in SC but only got 71 in DT.
Something to ponder. In SC Sandi hasn't left my side but he won't be in my DT side.
The rest of your side is very good.
Nank is also 70k more in price.
Also Sandilands scores since 2008 in DT
81.8
95.5
97.9
95
92
92.7
49.5 (injured season)
86.5
86.7
55.4 (injured season)
So Sandi is probably looking at an 85 average based on recent history and priced at 295k it looks a good pick. That's probably Nanks ceiling as well. I'm also not picking Nank in any comp. I think he is going to flop as a R2 and I don't see him as good enough for F6. I'd rather wait for Ryder to drop in price and grab him for ruck cover.
what are people's thoughts on Witts as R2 or sandi a better choice? Im going Grundy R1 for now and nanks fwd
For 10k more I would 100% take Sandi. I can't see Witts getting near an 80 average in DT.
im very nervous about starting sandi in case he doesn't last - I guess having nanks and dpp gives me flexibility.
I'm thinking this is the team I'm likely to go with.
Shaw, Simmo, Doc, Marchbank, Hampton, Stewart, Otten, EVW
Merrett, Neale, Pendles, Mitchell, Steven, Murphy, O'Meara, Swallow, Powell-Pepper, Barrett, Pickett
Martin, Sandi, Preuss
Macrae, Dahl, Roughy, Taranto, Hoskin-Elliott, Turner, Parfitt, Eddy
6k left in cash.
I might swap Parfitt to Houston or Butler depending on who is named.
Solid team. Personally I'm not convinced with Murphy but he's not a bad pick and it makes your rookies look more solid as opposed to my team that has Beams instead.
I VC'ed Murphy tonight for his 139. Preuss out, Cameron in and loophole him.
I feel like crying that I didn't get him in SC as well.
Quote from: Mat0369 on March 24, 2017, 01:17:27 AM
I VC'ed Murphy tonight for his 139. Preuss out, Cameron in and loophole him.
I feel like crying that I didn't get him in SC as well.
He certainly looked good last night!
Shaw, Simmo, Doc, Marchbank, Hampton, Otten (Stewart, Macreadie)
Merrett, Neale, Pendles, Mitchell, Steven, Beams, Murphy (VC), Barrett (Powell-Pepper, Parfitt, Hibberd)
Martin, Cameron (Sandi)
Macrae, Dahl, Steele, Hoskin-Elliott, Taranto, Houston, (Pickett, Eddy)
3.8k remaining.
2188 and ranked 688 overall at the moment. I'll take it. My field will likely look like this
Shaw, Simmo, Doc, Marchbank, Hampton, Stewart (Otten, Macreadie)
Merrett, Neale, Pendles (VC), Mitchell, Steven, Beams, Murphy, Powell-Pepper (Barrett, Parfitt, Hibberd)
Martin, Cameron (Sandi)
Macrae, Dahl, Steele, Hoskin-Elliott, Taranto, Houston, (Pickett, Eddy)
I think we have a loophole option this week so Cameron will see the field and give the VC to Pendles.
2129 and ranked 454 now. So I moved up which I'll take considering I had some flops.
I have Jack Steven and will look at trading him out with the busted ribs. I'm pretty happy with the rest of my team apart from a couple of poor premium scores. I can afford any mid cheaper then Steven :P
Any suggestions?
My team looks like this
Doc, Shaw, Simmo, Marchbank, Hampton, Otten (Stewart, Macreadie)
Merrett, Murphy, Mitchell, Pendles, Shuey?, Beams, Neale, SPP (Barrett, Parfitt, Pickett)
Stef, Sandi (Cameron)
Dahl, Marcrae, Steele, Hoskin-Elliott, Houston, Taranto (Eddy, Hannan)
If I go Shuey that gives me 43k in the bank and 28 trades.
The other trade I am possibly thinking is Taranto>Butler or Preuss using Cameron. I'm thinking of sticking fat with Taranto.
Personally I'd take Gaff over Shuey if I was picking an Eagles mid. Shuey is yet to crack a 100 average in DT whereas Gaff went 104.6 in 2015 and was only down last year due to getting concussed and never really recovering from it. He's also 43k cheaper.
Team looks pretty nice though! Well done on the Murphy pick. I nearly grabbed him myself but went Jobe instead - can't really complain at this stage.
I was looking at Gaff but I think I need to go a POD. How much Mitchell helps him in terms of his scoring will be interesting. Heppell was the other one that I had in my original draft and can find the pill.
i wish id started heppell, gaff gets plenty of the pill, shuey is good in a contest and ducks a lot, but heppell is just plain good. real good.
heppell - gaff - duckey
Only downside with Heppell is I completely root myself come round 13. Heppell, Merrett, Pendles, Mitchell and Neale all on bye.
yes thats too many unless they are all well outscoring your other options for every other week, still thats 2 donuts
With Laird and Adams looking at guys that I should grab down the track as well it is probably going overkill. I'm thinking I need someone from the round 12 bye. If I had the cash I would grab Dusty. Selwood might be an option otherwise it's the Eagles boys.
gaff over shuey for mine, he racks them up, dont think you can go wrong either way, but id be on gaff.
I'll look at it again later in the week and break down some of the byes
2195 for the week, now ranked 704. I made a couple of mistakes and it came back to bite me. I ended up making two trades.
Taranto>Butler
Steven>Rocky
I got excited when I saw Rocky's name and forgot about this
Quote from: Mat0369 on April 03, 2017, 12:17:16 AM
I'm thinking I need someone from the round 12 bye. If I had the cash I would grab Dusty. Selwood might be an option otherwise it's the Eagles boys.
I should have gone Dusty but I'll back Rocky to go big this week in a head to head. Captain Merrett hurt since he Merrett didn't hit the ton,
Looking at my side I have some under performing premiums. Neale hasn't cracked the ton, Shaw has been blah, Simmo and Doc have been solid but compared to the popular Adams they aren't at the same level.
My team looks like this heading into next round.
Doc, Simmo, Shaw, Marchbank, Hampton, Otten (Macreadie, Stewart)
Murph, Mitchell, Merrett, Pendles, Rocky, Beams, Neale, Powell-Pepper (Barrett, Parfitt, Pickett)
Stef, Sandi (Cameron)
Macrae, Dahl, Steele, Hoskin-Elliott, Houston, Butler (Eddy, Hannan)
27 trades and 21k in the bank. I'm thinking two trades over the next two weeks. This week Stewart>Newman. Next week I can look at maybe Marchbank>Williamson if he performs again and keeps his spot.
Is it worth making the Newman trade for 20k?
Newman will make more cash than Stewart and could be an on field defensive option. It is a solid trade.
Quote from: AaronKirk on April 10, 2017, 11:28:13 PM
Newman will make more cash than Stewart and could be an on field defensive option. It is a solid trade.
Agree. I think Newman is a must have.
I reckon he is must have as well but if Williamson is pretty good next week he is another for me to look at. If Newman keeps scoring the way he is he will skyrocket so I think I'll go with you guys and make the trade.
First thing
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Score for the week, 2277 which is good for 1st overall for the round and has spiked me to 15 on the season.
I ended up making one trade, Stewart>Newman which worked a treat.
My team looks like this
Doc, Simmo, Shaw, Marchbank, Newman, Otten (Macreadie, Hampton)
GOAT, Murph, Mitchell, Merrett, Pendles, Beams, Neale, Powell-Pepper (Barrett, Parfitt, Pickett)
Stef, Sandi (Cameron)
Macrae, Dahl, Steele, Hoskin-Elliott, Houston, Butler (Eddy, Hannan)
39k in the bank
I'm considering Williamson and Balic in this week for a cash grab.
Massive week! My RDT side was spewing to have faced you this week Mat.
Quote from: fanTCfool on April 17, 2017, 09:00:39 PM
Massive week! My RDT side was spewing to have faced you this week Mat.
You were very unlucky. You probably would have beat over half the league this week as well.
Wicked score mate, you're going great. Keep your eye on the ball, you're well in this.
So the only way was down after last week.
2252 and dropped to 23 overall. I ended up making the one trade, Macreadie to Willow. Considering there is only 2k between the two now I reckon it was a good trade.
My team looks like this
Doc, Simmo, Shaw, Marchbank, Hampton, Otten (Newman, Willow)
GOAT, Murph, Mitchell, Merrett, Pendles, Beams, Neale, Powell-Pepper (Barrett, Parfitt, Pickett)
Stef, Sandi (Cameron)
Macrae, Dahl, Steele, Hoskin-Elliott, Houston, Butler (Eddy, Hannan)
I'm looking at two trades this week. SPP and Hoskin-Elliott out for Fisher and a forward premium. I'm thinking Smith since I could use a R13 bye forward.
I can afford any player 622k and under.
I like Isaac. He's just as good as Buddy while being in nearly a quarter of the teams. I'll be looking to bring him in next week myself.
Tom Lynch (Crows) is another option with the R13 bye but he probably doesn't have the same upside. Very consistent though.
Smith a couple years back was averaging 105 at the half way point of the year before dropping off. I think he should be good for a 95 so there is that.
There is also a round 12 mid that I keep looking at every season in DT but he falls away. He has opened up the season huge so now is the time to grab him if I do. The only reason I might hold off is Myers could probably hold the fort at M8 when he gets named.
Grabbed the POD in Duncan in the end. The fact Myers wasn't named this week probably made me lean that way.
2212 for the week and now up to 5 overall. I made a couple of mistakes this week which came back to bite me.
The team is now this
Doc, Simmo, Shaw, Marchbank, Hampton, Otten (Newman, Willow)
GOAT, Murph, Mitchell, Merrett, Pendles, Beams, Neale, Duncan (Barrett, Fisher, Pickett)
Stef, Sandi (Cameron)
Macrae, Dahl, Steele, Houston, Butler, Parfitt (Eddy, Hannan)
I'm looking at Parfitt to Parsons and the next trade will depend on BE. I'm thinking upgrade potentially but I may also need to look at a downgrade for cash with no one on the bubble in a fortnight.
2212 for the week and now up to 5 overall. I made a couple of mistakes this week which came back to bite me.
Congrats.
Thanks, s**** about to get real.
Great work Matt!
Thanks mate. I'll brake down all the teams but they all have Nank (including 3 of them in the ruck with only Preuss, Strncardia or Cameron as cover) and a couple have Fyfe. If either or both of those get rubbed out that could help me out a lot.
Going well man! If Nank does get rubbed out then a double downgrade might not have you falling behind in points. If he gets off with just a fine though, then could be better to go 1 down 1 up...will find out soon I guess :P
Good luck!
Quote from: GoLions on May 01, 2017, 01:04:25 AM
Going well man! If Nank does get rubbed out then a double downgrade might not have you falling behind in points. If he gets off with just a fine though, then could be better to go 1 down 1 up...will find out soon I guess :P
Good luck!
Exactly my thinking. With a couple of them starting him in the rucks they will have to trade him out which will help me out. Here's hoping for 1 week :P
Nice Matt
With Parfitt down would you have enough cash to upgrade Houston who has a B/E of 63. Back rookies are still scoring well and all have achievable B/E's. Wheraes forward rookies are up and down and a 4th Prem if you can afford it will help.
So...what are you doing with Beams? :P
Not telling you in here. I'll leave it a mystery in case someone is stalking my team (which I doubt :P)
Quote from: Mat0369 on May 03, 2017, 06:43:13 PM
Not telling you in here. I'll leave it a mystery in case someone is stalking my team (which I doubt :P)
Hahaha, fair call :P
Quote from: GoLions on May 03, 2017, 06:45:58 PM
Hahaha, fair call :P
Answered. Let me know what you think.
Round 7
Score: 2255 and now ranked #1 overall.
Trades were Beams>Sloane and Parfitt>Parsons
My team as it was fielded
Doc, Simmo, Shaw, Marchbank, Otten, Willow (Hampton, Newman)
Rocky (C), Mitchell, Merrett, Sloane, Murphy, Duncan, Pendles, Neale (Barrett, Pickett, Fisher)
Stef, Sandi (Cameron)
Dahl, Macrae, Steele, Houston, Butler, Parsons (Hannan, Eddy)
I've already figured what my likely trades will be for this week.
Parsons on the field hurt and Sloane was a disappointment. Number 1 is nice though. Now I need to maintain it.
Quote from: Mat0369 on May 07, 2017, 09:58:20 PM
Round 7
Score: 2255 and now ranked #1 overall.
Trades were Beams>Sloane and Parfitt>Parsons
My team as it was fielded
Doc, Simmo, Shaw, Marchbank, Otten, Willow (Hampton, Newman)
Rocky (C), Mitchell, Merrett, Sloane, Murphy, Duncan, Pendles, Neale (Barrett, Pickett, Fisher)
Stef, Sandi (Cameron)
Dahl, Macrae, Steele, Houston, Butler, Parsons (Hannan, Eddy)
I've already figured what my likely trades will be for this week.
Parsons on the field hurt and Sloane was a disappointment. Number 1 is nice though. Now I need to maintain it.
Very, very nice Mat. Good luck in keeping it! Have a good shot in AF as well. We'll be cheering you on.
Great going Mat, keep it up mate
Thanks guys. Last night wasn't the best for my team. The guy I jumped in 2nd had Gaff, JJK and Yeo. Pre-trades he also had no Dahl so unless he brought him in Dahls poor score is another advantage.
My trades for the week
Houston>Smith
Hampton>EVW
I was a fraction short on Yeo. Was looking great at HT. After the game not so much. Hopefully today is a little better.
Bad week, bad bad week. The guy in 2nd had a huge week, so huge he had the third highest score of the week. He is now clear 316 points. My score for the week 2118 was putrid. I have now dropped down to 7th overall. My fortnights worth of trades killed me. Sloane, Smith and Parsons have been puke worthy. My team as it stands right now
Doc, Simmo, Shaw, Marchbank, Otten, Newman (Willow, EVW)
Rocky, Mitchell, Merrett, Sloane, Murphy, Pendles, Neale, Duncan (Barrett, Pickett, Fisher)
Stef, Sandi (Cameron)
Dahl, Macrae, Steele, I Smith, Butler, Parsons (Hannan, Eddy)
Rocky has gotta go. I'll decide on what trades to make through the week.
Not a good debut from Isaac for both of us. :( However it's a long season and 316 points can easily be made up from here. All it takes is jumping on a couple of sneaky uniques at the right time which I'm sure you're going to keep close to your chest.
The Rocky trade is going to be very crucial.
I have a couple of guys I'm looking at on every line. The byes are a pain in the ass this year.
Out: Rocky and Spudler
In: Heeney and Missy
Duncan looking great for you tonight! Is he a POD for you against the other top teams?
Yup. Huge POD as nobody has him. They all have Danger (apart from first) which will cancel it out.
I'm not sure who first traded in for Rocky. It could have been Danger. Hopefully it was Bont :P
And we're back in it!
Score: 2392 Weekly Rank: 703 Overall Rank: 6
I was pretty happy on Friday night but there were some monster scores this week. Some of my opposition premiums had below average games watching them play but still scored half decently. My two trades were Missy and Heeney in for Rocky and Spudler. If Missy had kicked straight I would have loved that trade.
My team as it stands
Doc, Simmo, Shaw, Marchbank, Otten, Newmand (Willow, EVW)
Mitchell, Merrett, Duncan, Murphy, Sloane, Neale, Pendles, Steele (Barrett, Fisher, Pickett)
Stef, Sandi (Cameron)
Macrae, Dahl, Smith, Higgins, Heeney, Parsons (Hannan, Eddy)
I'll have a fiddle around with the teams and decide what to do. It's pretty obvious who I'm picking as my VC this week.
My team was crap over the bye. I made some really poor decisions. One that could cost me huge was my last weeks trades. I'm back to around 26ish and my team is looking like this prior to trades
Doc, Roberton, Simmo, Joey, Shaw, Newman (Schaz, Perryman)
Mitchell, Merrett, Duncan, Murphy, Pendles, Joel Selwood, Neale, Scott Selwood (Fisher, Cousins, Greenwood)
Stef, Ryder (Cameron)
Macrae, Buddy, Smith, Dahl, Missy, Heeney (Parsons, Eddy)
I can probably afford to hold Scooter and play Greenwood but the other option is grab Lloyd for him and Ryan for Fisher using Perryman. It leaves me with 5 trades and one upgrade needed. Newman>mid premium down the track is looking like a possibility if I go down that track.
So with Greenwood killing it I'm thinking of holding off Lloyd. Basically the plan would be I still make the 1 trade, Fisher>Rydan using Perryman. I then bench Scooter, field Perryman and grab Greenwood's score.
I think it will depend on Lloyd's B/E and if he is a must in terms of jumping on this week. Has anyone got the B/E's for Lloyd, Newman and Scooter?
Jake Lloyd - 45
Newman - 62
Selwood - 64
Lloyd seems like a must this week. I might still make those trades and just bench Lloyd.
I've gone with 0 trades in the end for this week.
I went Scooter to JPK and Fisher to Witherden a fortnight ago. Eddy to Darcy my 1 trade last week. Team is now this
Doc, Simmo, Roberton, Joey, Shaw, Newman (Schaz, Perryman)
Mitchell, Merrett, Duncan, Murphy, Neale, Selwood, JPK, Pendles (Witherden, Greenwood, Cousins)
Stef, Ryder (Darcy)
Macrae, Dahl, Heeney, Buddy, Missy, Smith (Parsons, Cameron)
Still looking very good