Going on from my last years Dreamteam I am no expert but as the 2010 Dreamteam opens up soon in February, the question on many people’s lips, beginners and so called experts alike is how do you go about selecting and choosing your initial starting 22 Dreamteam.
Some will say you select the midfielders first while I have also seen other online other saying you select the forwards first. One person we asked said its all comes down to luck, however I think you do it differently…
The way I look at it is that the more possessions your player gets, you get more points, so yes to a degree your midfield is the key, but the problem is you will have 4 or 5 constant performers yet the remainder score a lot less as they dont mark that often or kick goals.
So basically the way i see it, is to build you team in this order Midfielders, Forwards, Defenders and then the Rucks.
Get the best 4 or 5 midfielders, then stop. Then choose your best 3 or so forwards then stop and do the same with the defenders and ruckmen. By the end you should have your starting 18. Basically this way you can guarantee an ok/ par score and then you can build up from there by filling the remaining spots with bargains or rookies and jig the side around as money permits.
So what about you, what are the tactics to select the best Dreamteam possible you have used for previous years and did they work? And what are your tactics for this year? Please let us know in the comments section below.
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February 4th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
“So basically the way i see it, is to build you team in this order Midfielders, Forwards, Defenders and then the Rucks.
Get the best 4 or 5 midfielders, then stop. Then choose your best 3 or so forwards then stop and do the same with the defenders and ruckmen. By the end you should have your starting 18. Basically this way you can guarantee an ok/ par score and then you can build up from there by filling the remaining spots with bargains or rookies”
This is pretty much the strategy I used for last year and whilst it had me up around the top 4, I was nowhere near where i wanted to be. A few lessons i learnt from last year.
1. Stay away from KPP in both the front and back to half – Riewoldt will be my only one this year.
2. Load up in the forward line, guys like Harvey, Higgins and Sylvia will spend plenty of time in the midfield and are not as highly priced as some of the ‘elite’ midfielders.
3. Young guns are worth their weight in gold. Guys like Ward, Cotchin and Masten are about to enter their third year and should be ready to improve a fair bit and they are only half the price of a normal midfielder.
4. Research your draftees, Daniel Rich was a gold mine last season. The top 6 guys from last years draft will all play a heap of footy this year, they are cheap and fill emergency spots perfectly.
5. Choose Ruckmen that rest forward instead of being benched.
6. Watch NAB Cup to research backmen, teams will experiment so watch out for the guy who doesn’t normally play back but is thrown in to see how he goes, a la Jarrod Harbrow last year.
7. Under no circumstance whatsoever, never choose a bloke who has had a poor/interrupted pre season, Hamish Hartlett was a guy I was looking at and PA have cut his training in half because his body keeps breaking down, how is he supposed to get through a full season of games if he can’t last through the pre season?
8. Apart from young stars choose guys in successful sides, saints, cats, dogs etc will be right up there again. Geelong also play a high possession game so will have a lot of good scorers.
9. Unless it is a seaon ending injury keep your trades up your sleeve. The more you have in the business end the better.
10. Have faith in your skipper, i changed between 2 or 3 guys last year and every time I changed because someone was playing melbourne or richmond
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February 4th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Some very good tips there Deano, I especially think tip 1, 2, 7 and 8 are very important.
You mentioned the 3rd year rule, I have heard that a few times and it makes sense, ie someone like Masten looked good in the Intra Club match on Wednesday.
A few backmen who I think will be some very good ‘improvers’ are Tadhg Kennelly and Matt Maguire (although he is a KPP) as there prices are down and they will stay in their sides best 22 week in and week out.
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February 4th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
and it didn’t work, they would have a shocker.
Sorry ’bout the length of it.
Just my observations.
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