Nice side first up LS. Simpson/WitherGOAT is a tough one, I've locked WitherGOAT into my side from the outset but Simpson has gone 90+ the last decade so is clearly a good option.Rucks have to be Gawn/Naitanui really. Fwds are solid, shot in the dark this year really.Re: Danger/No Danger, personally I can see reasons for and against. Would only not pick him if I could find a better way to use the extra $150k odd, which would be tough.
Nice Team to start LS and nice bye premium structure.Danger or No Danger is the question you have rightly posed. May get cheaper as you say but is it a risk.Without Danger maybe need Dusty, as he will drive Tigers defence of Title and CD seem to love him.Rucks is the issue for you - Gawn is a must but 2nd is a lottery which may depend on price. Personally starting Nat and hoping he plays first 9 to get a nice price rise and maybe switch to Ryder after the bye. Martin may start as sole ruck at Lions but suspect at some stage we may want to get more games into Archie or McInerney given Stefs age. Was our only player over 30 till Hodgeys arrival. Forwards hard to argue although I have gone McLean over Dahlhaus. Barlow's bye may be an issue you need to prepare for but he is really flying at Suns preseason training. Pity we will only have 2 JLT games to look at structures and form, Like all of us keeping fingers crossed that rookies surface so we do not have to down premiums to make way.
The 3 things that jump out at me are...No Danger and that is the Danger. You need him.Goldy... as stated Preuss is the worry here. Think playing it safer is the strategy with rucks this year as most will go Gawn, NicNat if they line up healthy R1 and you can stay with the field so to speak... let your other picks determine your success.Barlow has the doughnut bye. It's an unnecessary advantage you are giving everyone else. If he does well enough early get him in after R10.
Quote from: SilverLion on January 08, 2018, 06:29:06 PMNice side first up LS. Simpson/WitherGOAT is a tough one, I've locked WitherGOAT into my side from the outset but Simpson has gone 90+ the last decade so is clearly a good option.Rucks have to be Gawn/Naitanui really. Fwds are solid, shot in the dark this year really.Re: Danger/No Danger, personally I can see reasons for and against. Would only not pick him if I could find a better way to use the extra $150k odd, which would be tough.I don't think you have to start NicNat. There is quite a bit of risk associated with him, and obviously huge upside as well. But if he goes down, or is managed throughout the season, guys like Goldy, Kreuz, Stef, Grundy, Sauce etc could easily be better starting picks.
I've done the 'no danger' in the past with previous best players (ie Gaz), regretted it every time. They do drop at times, like Danger did this year around Rd 8. But you need a lot of shower to go your way. He had two games under 100, and a 120, so he dropped off 150k, and it happened at just the right time to trade him in (Rd .You get a player doing this out of the gates and you have to trade up, means trading out a premo still and getting rid of a rookie that probably still has growing to do.There are safer ways to chase a bargain than gambling on guns.
Quote from: Trindacut on January 10, 2018, 07:34:13 AMI've done the 'no danger' in the past with previous best players (ie Gaz), regretted it every time. They do drop at times, like Danger did this year around Rd 8. But you need a lot of shower to go your way. He had two games under 100, and a 120, so he dropped off 150k, and it happened at just the right time to trade him in (Rd .You get a player doing this out of the gates and you have to trade up, means trading out a premo still and getting rid of a rookie that probably still has growing to do.There are safer ways to chase a bargain than gambling on guns.Exactly. Would much rather gamble on someone like Goldy than I would by not starting Danger.
Author