Leginmat Dreamteam 2008 Advice required

[Leginmat]

Heya folks,

Hows this summing up? I'm not too sure if I should be flopping out $400k for the superstars as they would have to score pretty high to just maintain it. Wait and buy later? or keep? I've been runner-up in the Grand Final two years in a row to the same bloke in our league. I want to be above this year!

Back:
P Burgoyne, J Gram, A Raines, T Kenelly, B Symes, T Longergan.
D Pfeiffer, J Grimes.

Mid:
A Goodes, N Dal Santo, T Johnstone, R Dyson, B Houli, S Burgoyne.
R Palmer, S Selwood.

Ruck:
D Cox, J Griffin.
M Leuenberger, S Hampson.

Forward:
M Pavlich, B Johnson, N Brown, L Franklin, B Deledio, J Porplyzia, T Hawkins.
C Rioli, K Tippett.

I only have $18K left and I want to strengthen my back line but am unsure which superstar to drop. Thoughts?

Cheers

[bender]

u don't really have any players that had a bad year last year with room for improvement, players like judd, shammer, simmonds, mclean, n thompson, tredrea, coughlan. only see gram and johnstone on your list. i'd atleast take a couple more of these type of players

[ALI-G]

Downgrade Goodes to a Gibbs or similar to get extra cash. You also want a better starting ruck than Griffen, after me spruiking him all pre-season he appears to have lost the #1 ruck spot to Maric. You can get away with starting Berger and get Kreuzer on your bench.

[Leginmat]

Slight changes, your thoughts?

Back:
P Burgoyne, H Shaw, A Raines, M Mattner, B Symes, T Longergan.
D Pfeiffer, L Hansen.

Mid:
N Stevens, N Dal Santo, T Johnstone, B McLean, B Houli, M Coughlan.
R Palmer, C Bird.

Ruck:
D Cox, T Simmonds.
M Leuenberger, J Meesen.

Forward:
M Pavlich, B Johnson, N Brown, L Franklin, B Deledio, J Porplyzia, T Hawkins.
C Rioli, K Tippett.

Now have $111,400 left. g of upgrading Raines?

Cheers

[ALI-G]

Not a bad looking squad. Upgrading raines or hawkins would be your best bet.

[Scratchy]

Originally Posted by Leginmat

Mid:
N Stevens, N Dal Santo, T Johnstone, B McLean, B Houli, M Coughlan.
R Palmer, C Bird.

I think the potential weakness of your squad lies in the midfield.
Coming back from not much footy last year (Coughland, Stevens) and players who are inconsistent, or miss games quite often.
I'd suggest a couple of genuine DT superstars in the midfield - I have three in the 400k range (who are very consistent over last 2 seaons, and still have potential for improvement).

[ALI-G]

The midfield is the place to take the risks. I have 1 400K player in Kane Cornes and am gambling on most others to step up.

[Tippaz]

upgrade Mattner or Raines for big gun.

[Leginmat]

Re-did the whole team. What are your thoughts? Unsure on the midfield and certain forwards such as Burton. First time buyer of Tredrea and Burton, who weren't as consistent as I would prefer the last two seasons. $12,900 left!

Back:
C Cornes, H Shaw, G Birchall, L Gilbee, B Symes, X Ellis, A Proud.
D Pfeiffer, S Thompson.

Mid:
S Mitchell, M Priddis, N Jones, B Houli, M Coughlan, D Armitage.
R Palmer, C Bird.

Ruck:
D Cox, T Simmonds.
S Hampson, J Meesen.

Forward:
M Pavlich, B Johnson, B Deledio, J Porplyzia, W Tredrea, B Burton, B Hall.
C Rioli, K Tippett.

Cheers

[Tippaz]

that's a formidable squad.

can't fault that.