It'll do for the pre-season, I guess. Might give some of the wider squad a run in the other games. FB: Dale Morris - Nathan Brown - Nick Suban HB: Mitch Golby - Mitch Brown - Andrew Mackie M: Sharrod Wellingham - Scott Selwood - Ben Cunnington HF: Stefan Martin - David Hale - Chris Masten FF: Josh Hill - Jack Riewoldt - Kyle Martin R: Dean Cox - Daniel Rich - Stephen Coniglio Int: Chris Knights - Brent Macaffer - Daniel Giansiracusa - Chris Yarran EM: Beau Maister - Tom Logan - Jamie McMillan - Matthew Jaensch - Adam Kennedy - Jack Newnes Other Squad members: Nick Haynes Jason Tutt Marley Williams Mitch Clisby Jamie Elliot
FB: Dale Morris - Nathan Brown - Nick Suban HB: Mitch Golby - Mitch Brown - Andrew Mackie M: Sharrod Wellingham - Scott Selwood - Ben Cunnington HF: Stefan Martin - David Hale - Chris Masten FF: Josh Hill - Jack Riewoldt - Kyle Martin R: Dean Cox - Daniel Rich - Stephen Coniglio Int: Chris Knights - Brent Macaffer - Daniel Giansiracusa - Chris Yarran EM: Beau Maister - Forward/Defender Tom Logan - Defender Jamie MacMillan - Defender/Midfielder Matthew Jaensch - Forward Adam Kennedy - Defender/Midfielder Jack Newnes - Wing / HBF Nick Haynes - Defender Jason Tutt - Forward Marley Williams - Defender Mitch Clisby - Defender/Wing Jamie Elliot - Forward Therefore, to give some squad members a run, does this work? FB: Tom Logan - Nathan Brown - Nick Suban HB: Mitch Clisby - Nick Haynes - Marley Williams M: Adam Kennedy - Scott Selwood - Jamie MacMillan HF: Jack Newnes - David Hale - Chris Masten FF: Josh Hill - Jack Riewoldt - Matthew Jaensch R: Dean Cox - Daniel Rich - Stephen Coniglio Int: Jamie Elliot - Brent Macaffer - Daniel Giansiracusa - Chris Yarran Does any of this make sense or have I fucked this up big time?
Yeah, this is where my shallowness of AFL knowledge lets me down. Would rotating in Yarran to the starting line up for one of the half backs make a difference? [/outofdepth]
Nope, it'd hurt if anything as Yarran's tiny. Spine is one of the most important things for any afl team. Full Back, CHB, CHF, Full Forward and Ruck. They're you're key position players and every team needs a legitimate one. Sometimes you can get away with only one key forward but never one key back as you'll definitely be left with a 6 foot guy marking a 6'6 guy and that never ends well. Your key defenders are Nathan Brown and Mitch Brown while Dale Morris is capable of marking both talls and smalls but ideally i'd have him on the 3rd tall. Beau Maister is capable of playing key forward and key back while Stefan Martin would be a stop gap at best down back. In short, you're a key defender short. I'd certainly look to trade one in.
Pretty much if a player is under 189 cm it's safe to assume they're a small defender, over 192cm and it's safe to assume they're a key defender and between 189-192 and they could be either or a utility. Mackie's 192cm and has taken big forwards before but he's got a slight frame and would be monstered by the genuinely good ones. He'd probably be an okay stop gap too but it wouldn't be ideal.
FB: Tom Logan - Nathan Brown - Nick Suban HB: Mitch Clisby - Beau Maister - Nick Haynes M: Adam Kennedy - Scott Selwood - Jamie MacMillan HF: Jack Newnes - David Hale - Chris Masten FF: Josh Hill - Jack Riewoldt - Matthew Jaensch R: Dean Cox - Stephen Coniglio - Daniel Rich Int: Jamie Elliot - Brent Macaffer - Daniel Giansiracusa - Marley Williams Does that make more sense. So, basically I'm a tall back short and short a full out ruckman.
Skip - can you give me a run down pick-by-pick of where our team's selection went wrong? As far as I can tell, most of my picks have gone pretty well (Cox and Hale in particular) but if I can trade up, I'll try but I think there's a high risk of me getting ripped off.
Yeah, sure. PM or in here? If you're worried about trading, I'm happy to vet any prospective trade you make before it's done if you'd like? It'll save me having to block ones.
Are there any particular areas where I have a lot of depth? I seem to be short of ruckmen, key defenders and midfielders. I'm guessing I have excess Forwards in some way, but I don't think I have any spare Forwards who are going to be worth a hell of a lot in trading terms.
You're inundated for small forwards and defenders with not much anywhere else As a side note maister isn't a good bet for sub. Key position players rarely are; its best to go for a small who'll inject some run.
I went for him as he can play in a variety of positions. Would Jamie MacMillan be a better option then?
Yeah, certainly would be Maister would be better off on field covering those positions when players rotate. It's a bit different to rugby really with the near unlimited interchanges.
Hmmmm. Alessi has a lot to answer for. I'll swap Maister for MacMillan for now and maybe rotate Maister in for next round.
Fuck me, I've just been buggered haven't it? FB: Dale Morris - Nathan Brown - Nick Suban HB: Mitch Golby - Mitch Brown - Andrew Mackie M: Sharrod Wellingham - Scott Selwood - Ben Cunnington HF: Stefan Martin - David Hale - Chris Masten FF: Josh Hill - Jack Riewoldt - Kyle Martin R: Dean Cox - Daniel Rich - Stephen Coniglio Int: Chris Knights - Daniel Giansiracusa - Chris Yarran Sub: Jamie MacMillan Presumably I'll have to go with: FB: Dale Morris - Beau Maister - Nick Suban HB: Chris Yarran - Mitch Brown - Andrew Mackie M: Sharrod Wellingham - Scott Selwood - Ben Cunnington HF: Stefan Martin - David Hale - Chris Masten FF: Josh Hill - Jack Riewoldt - Kyle Martin R: Dean Cox - Daniel Rich - Stephen Coniglio Int: Chris Knights - Daniel Giansiracusa - Nick Haynes Sub: Adam Kennedy
Jaensch had an absolute blinder yesterday IRL btw from half back. He and Clisby would both be worthy additions to most people's 22s. Jamie Elliott > Kyle Martin too. I'd move Yarran to the forward flank to replace Stef Martin, put Elliott in for Kyle martin then probably haynes/jaensch one at half back and one on the bench just my 0.02c
FB: Dale Morris - Beau Maister - Nick Suban HB: Matthew Jaensch - Mitch Brown - Andrew Mackie M: Sharrod Wellingham - Scott Selwood - Ben Cunnington HF: Chris Yarran - David Hale - Chris Masten FF: Josh Hill - Jack Riewoldt - Jamie Elliott R: Dean Cox - Daniel Rich - Stephen Coniglio Int: Chris Knights - Daniel Giansiracusa - Nick Haynes Sub: Adam Kennedy If I have another week of injuries like this, I won't have enough players left. Especially after 2 players are out for 7 & 8 weeks respectively.