2 Guys at work are trialing this
8 Premium Mids along with Viney and O'mera on the pine and then running a lot of rookies and mid-pricers everywhere else
what does everyone think?
Can it work?
wont generate enough cash to build a team, rookie mids score the best make the most cash and play the most games
Generally the best rookies for cash generation are found in the midfield.
IMO it would make sense to have a balanced side.
Would have to view the team first before I would say anything .
Yeah i agree with the above comments.
The best rookie cash cows are generally in the mids.
Think of years gone by.
Liam Anthony, Barlow, Curnow, Libba, Magner, Treloar to name a few. Plenty of others over the years, but generally mids are best cash cows, so this year I'm going 5 premium fwds with only 3 rookies. But balanced approach is usually best.
All depends on how many good rookies.
treloar was fwd eligible
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on February 02, 2013, 04:22:06 PM
wont generate enough cash to build a team, rookie mids score the best make the most cash and play the most games
+1
Quote from: SydneyRox on February 04, 2013, 02:29:18 AM
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on February 02, 2013, 04:22:06 PM
wont generate enough cash to build a team, rookie mids score the best make the most cash and play the most games
+1
Rookie mids make the most cash and also make it alot quicker
Nowhere near enough Fwd rookies this year to contemplate it. Unless something changes for us through NAB Cup and a few more bob up i can see them eating donuts in the Fwd line tbh. Its never really been a good strategy imo, prefer a balanced set up or a set up that reflects the rookie situation per position on the ground Fwd Rck Mid and Back's available.
No way this year for all of the above comments, if anything the temptation would be to go almost the other way. Fill the forward and the three to four best backs then the mid. Cheers
not feasible imo. i'd be interested to see a trial 5 or 6 prem fwds and backs and 6-8 rookie mids.
The most premium Mids I'd be starting with are 6.
I'm considering 5 and Fyfe or Ball who are kind of premiums.
Risky having too many premium Mids as the rest of your team will be lacking
Well, if your aim is to top the round in the first round or two, then it could work, as the highest scoring potential is in the midfield. If you're after an early prize, it's actually not a bad strategy, because your side will be very unique if you do go ahead with something like this.
No longevity though and you'd surely be over-run by other teams with more upgrading potential.
Publish the full squad with 8 premo mids to stimulate debate over your theory.
I am actually highly considering stacking the forwardline, not the midfield!
Quote from: bkp130 on February 02, 2013, 02:51:03 PM
2 Guys at work are trialing this
8 Premium Mids along with Viney and O'mera on the pine and then running a lot of rookies and mid-pricers everywhere else
what does everyone think?
Can it work?
the differential between the 6th 7th and 8th midfielders is not great enough over the top 2 fwds and the top 2 defenders to justify
1. playing too many rooks on the field in def and fwd.
2. mising out on 2 or 3 more of the best rook cash cows available ( all mids).
I will start a minimum of 5 with maybe fyfe at 5 and ball at 6, but that is as far as i will go.
I think goddard and gibbs are MUSTS.
I think there are a couple of fwds who are musts also, depending on your personal view this could be buddy rocky or any two....
you can skimp on your fwd line by taking byrnes varcoe kennedy nicoski macaffer since the rooks are slim up fwd but still when you do the maths 8 elite mids wont leave much for fwd and def
and skimp on the rucks at your own peril :)
i did this last yr with a second team(dt tho). had weeks were i would score above average (100+ or so points on my regular team) but weeks also were i would score -200 or so points. by the end of the year had hardly any money left and rookies no longer getting games, works well at the start of the season but come finals time it doesnt pay off.