brunoc

11 straight wins and counting.....come at me brah B) Still hopeful i can snatch the minor premiership but seems unlikely.

Just got a lot crappier. Out for 12 weeks with an ankle.

Happy with Picken, he complements my side nicely. I have enough ball winners in my backline, i needed some grunt. High tackling backs are pretty rare too (Picken was ranked No.2 last year). With a new coach, maybe a new role, i think he could have significant upside as well.

Didnt know it worked like that. Thanks for clarifying.

Those settings all look fine....the bye weeks will even the playing field a bit. The one setting i don't like much - In season player position changes. I think if you draft someone as a forward or back they should retain those positions for the whole year (like in DT/SC). It could really mess up a teams structure if one of their forwards becomes a back or vice versa, especially with, dare i say, a smallish bench. Oh and Magner....pick 300 is my tip...you would be nuts to draft him any earlier

That's because Watts spent most of the year across half back....80% of his possessions and marks would have been uncontested.

Isnt that effectively what the captain's for though? I don't like the idea of having only 4 centres.

Would it be possible to increase the max team size to 30? I dont think 5 on the bench will be enough to cover injuries and the byes.

+1 for 12th March, more time to prepare.... First time i've done category scoring....looking forward to it! I'm Dark Days btw

Not sure 9 reserves will be enough to see out the year with all the byes and injuries. 34 is probably the ideal team size this year.

Honestly with that ^^^^^ draw i'd be disappointed if we didn't make top 8. I think the youth excuse is wearing pretty thin - we've got enough quality in the 20-25 age bracket and these players should be ready to take their games to a new level. Collingwood had a relatively young list last year remember.

Their youngsters are a tad overrated methinks. Ziebell's a plodder with just OK skills. Guys like Greenwood, Atley, Cunnington can find the pill but have kicking deficiencies. And i dont rate Hansen at all.

Winner of collingwood v sydney i believe

Essendon have some tall timber down forward Hurley, Ryder, Carlisle, Cramari,Gumby - not sure we can contain them all with Frawley out. Hurley especially looked powerful against bris, StK.