Ronnie Supercoach 2008 Advice required

[Ronnie]

Defenders
CORNES, Chad
$631,600
SHAW, Heath
$570,400
GRAM, Jason
$458,200
MCPHARLIN, Luke
$447,100
BOCK, Nathan
$392,700
RYDER, Patrick
$377,600
SYMES, Brad
$377,300
SELWOOD, Scott
$94,200
GRIMES, Jack
$94,200
Will Selwood and Grimes get a game? Who else can i put in for a similar price?

Midfield
DAL SANTO, Nick
$621,600
MCLEAN, Brock
$441,100
JOHNSTONE, Travis
$433,800
STEVENS, Nick
$326,800
RAMANAUSKAS, Adam
$298,300
COUGHLAN, Mark
$260,500
HOULI, Bachar
$147,400
EBERT, Bradley
$94,200
Will Ebert get a game? who else can i put in?
Will McLean be back to his 2006 form? is he worth it?
Is Rama back to be a bit of a riser?
Is Johnstone worth it?

Ruck
KING, Steven
$288,600
LEUENBERGER, Matthew
$203,900
GARDINER, Michael
$175,100
HAMPSON, Shaun
$101,900
Do you think King will be a player who can score ok for cheap this year?
I have read good things about Leunberger, worth the hype?
Gardiner I think is a good risk.
Is Hampson the best choice of the cheapy rucks?

Forwards
PAVLICH, Matthew
$620,400
BROWN, Jonathan
$597,000
FEVOLA, Brendan
$466,200
PORPLYZIA, Jason
$349,500
TREDREA, Warren
$335,800
HAWKINS, Tom
$278,400
RIOLI, Cyril
$94,200
MOTLOP, Marlon
$94,200
TIPPETT, Kurt
$94,200
Will Fev be up for a stellar year with Judd and Stevens giving him the ball?
Is Hawkins going to have an impact with no Ablett?
Will Motlop play?
Is Tippett going to produce NAB cup form?
Who can i replace any of these with?

Any advice at all is much welcomed.
Players i should get rid of.
Players I should replace them with.
Any players at all i really should be getting.
Probably need most help with the rookies and cash cows.

What approach do i take early, lots of cheap cash cows with just a few guns and a bunch of middle range players. and then when the cash cows make money, sell them on for new cheap players who might make money, and with the money made, trade some middle range players for guns?

Any help at all would be much appreciated. My mate thinks he has our comp wrapped up because he smashed us all last year, i want to prove him wrong.

cheers

[TalkingFootball]

Hi Ronnie

Welcome aboard. Plenty questions in one thread. Maybe better in future to start a new thread for each question. However, here are a few answers where I have formulated an opinion.

Will Selwood and Grimes get a game? Will Ebert get a game?

IMHO its more a matter of when will they get a game rather than if. I know the Dees have a big rap on Grimes but we are unlikely to see him tooooo early.

Do you think King will be a player who can score ok for cheap this year?Gardiner I think is a good risk.

I'm not a big rap for putting two ruckmen from the same side in your team. Think you are better bitting the bullet and choosing who you think has the most upside.

Is Hampson the best choice of the cheapy rucks?

Seems like a good buy for a teams major option in the ruck. Still a risk with his lack of experience. However, a risk I think I will take.

Is Johnstone worth it?

Its more about "mind games" with trapper and I think Leigh Matthews can get the best out of him.

Will Fev be up for a stellar year with Judd and Stevens giving him the ball?

If you think Judd and Stevens are the keys to Fev sounds logical to me you should have at least one of them in your side. However, both are under injury clouds.

[Ronnie]

i had 233,600 left over as well, should i trade say king, and then get someone like cox? is cox worth it? do you need to spend that much in the rucks?

[Ronnie]

who would you chose? heath shaw or peter burgoyne?

[Tippaz]

BACKS
too many mid-ranged players
instead of Ryder + Bock + Symes + McPharlin, why not choose 1 of those guys + 2 big guns + 1 min wager
i think Grimes and Selwood will play some games this year.
you could also look at Hansen, Pfeiffer, Proud, Lower, T.Lonergan, S.Thompson(kan)

[TalkingFootball]

Originally Posted by Ronnie

i had 233,600 left over as well, should i trade say king, and then get someone like cox? is cox worth it? do you need to spend that much in the rucks?

I like this idea.

[Tippaz]

MIDS
like them.
don't get Rama. he's misclassified. not worth it. (try Dyson instead)
Yes, i like the prospects of Travis and Brock. they are underpriced.
Yes, i can see Brad Ebert playing some games, but get Rhys Palmer (he's a must)

[Tippaz]

RUCKS
get rid of King. he doesn't get points.
i strongly recommend Dean Cox (must-have).
everyone buys him. if he goes down, we all go down. there's no risk really.

[Tippaz]

FORWARDS
i strongly recommend Brad Johnson ahead of Jon Brown. Brad has missed less than 10 games over the last 10 years. he's a smarter choice.
yes, i can't see M.Motlop playing some games.
i like Kurt Tippett (well named... i have to say ).
you could probably do with another big gun somewhere.

[Ronnie]

ok got rid of mcpharlin and ryder and picked up proud and peter burgoyne