Speaker 1: It's Boxing Day in the Phantom's Lair.
Speaker 2: Welcome to the first episode of the twenty twenty five season,
Speaker 2: the first official lair for another big year. This is
Speaker 2: the Phantom speaking. We've had Christmas Day in Super Coach.
Speaker 2: The team Picker is open. We've been out there picking
Speaker 2: our team. We're in here in the lair to discuss
Speaker 2: those early teams and how they're looking, and how my
Speaker 2: friends here have enjoyed their Christmas Day on Team Picker.
Speaker 2: We've got a big guest back in the studio for
Speaker 2: the first time. I've spoken to the other man here
Speaker 2: a few times already over some of it. This one
Speaker 2: the fan favorite, the rookie of the Year last year,
Speaker 2: cash Cow of the Phantom's Lair. I've come about to
Speaker 2: back up his second year bettis.
Speaker 1: Thanks fans. Good a Dossie. Great to be back. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Fiddling around with the Team Picker on Christmas Day got
Speaker 1: the itch over summer. Very excited to chat nonsense with
Speaker 1: my two favorites all summer long.
Speaker 2: Christmas Days, of course, was December eighteen here in Super
Speaker 2: Coach LAMB, when the Team Picker did open. Force super
Speaker 2: Coach Plus subscribers, if you haven't already get on there
Speaker 2: and start picking your team now, Dossi. Yes, at HK
Speaker 2: Dos has been doing so, told me he was already
Speaker 2: won the fifty k. But we've seen the team Bear
Speaker 2: and he's gone back on his word, already.
Speaker 1: Back on his word. Actually just mentioned the handle HK Dos.
Speaker 1: What are you running with? Is your name at the moment? Yeah, Dossi, Dossi.
Speaker 3: Junior, Hayden the Phantom Junior tag, yes, no, it did
Speaker 3: get changed in the off season.
Speaker 1: Actually, fans the fourth and grace.
Speaker 2: You can't finish ninth thou no align yourself with me?
Speaker 3: So Phantom Junior. Yeah, he's shedding the tag, going out
Speaker 3: on the own.
Speaker 1: It won't come back.
Speaker 3: Twenty twenty five. We'll see how we go. Okay, see
Speaker 3: how we go?
Speaker 2: First first official lair on the Code Sports YouTube channel DOS.
Speaker 2: If you are listening, get on there and have a
Speaker 2: look at the new studio. What do you reckon?
Speaker 1: Bear? The new lair, the Bear Lair fantastic could have
Speaker 1: some funding. Anything missing, fans.
Speaker 2: Well, there is one thing missing. You did raise it.
Speaker 2: You know you you a man of the people. You
Speaker 2: you're a good friend. You are bet he's missing your
Speaker 2: birthday cake ow Man, Dossi, Dossi.
Speaker 1: Humble King. We walked into the office. I walked into
Speaker 1: the office the other day knowing it was his birthday,
Speaker 1: and you could see him go red straight away as
Speaker 1: soon as I wish him hapy birthday. Notice he hadn't
Speaker 1: told any of the sports boys, Humble King, very humble.
Speaker 3: You know, just another day on the calendar for old
Speaker 3: Dossie here.
Speaker 2: Mate, he even brought me a coffee on his birthday.
Speaker 2: You didn't tell me? Well, he shouted the round as well.
Speaker 3: We'll superperch knew they brought you know, they brought the
Speaker 3: game out. They could have probably done it the day
Speaker 3: before for all Dossie, but look they brought it out
Speaker 3: on the boxing day of Dossi's of Dossi's birthday.
Speaker 1: So have a birthdays have birthday twenty five and no
Speaker 1: looks so good, team Pigger, Let's get into it.
Speaker 3: Let's do it. You're building your team today. Fans excited
Speaker 3: to see how you go here. So if you are
Speaker 3: watching along on the YouTube, we've got your team on
Speaker 3: the screen and you're going to be building way as
Speaker 3: we go. At Code Sports of course, for the YouTube
Speaker 3: channel for super Coach.
Speaker 1: You've done a little bit of a you've got your sort.
Speaker 3: Of skeleton team ready so that we can sort of start,
Speaker 3: you know, scratch from the fans out. Who have you
Speaker 3: got for us to start the team?
Speaker 1: Now?
Speaker 2: I see, very very early in the Super Coach preseason.
Speaker 2: Plenty can change, but there are some early look like locks,
Speaker 2: some great value and some rookies that we've discussed over
Speaker 2: the past month already that need to be in your
Speaker 2: first side. So the basic names the base I've started
Speaker 2: with before I will reveal more is Sam Flanders at
Speaker 2: D one six hundred and forty one K, Marcus Bontepelli
Speaker 2: at M one six hundred and eighty one K, Zach
Speaker 2: Butters joining him there at M two, and of course
Speaker 2: our man in the last, Sid Draper, who fresh if
Speaker 2: you haven't seen it get across the Super Coach social
Speaker 2: channels at Bear Torris two had a piece of it.
Speaker 2: Our man Sid Draper just running the rings around the
Speaker 2: rest of the Crow squad the final hit out before Christmas,
Speaker 2: absolutely towing in the repeat sprints, so he's ready. Jago
Speaker 2: Smith another we've talked about I must have at this
Speaker 2: point in the cheapy stakes. Gorn and Cherry the big
Speaker 2: two in the ruck are locked in there. Horny one
Speaker 2: man Jason Horn, Francis F one, Jack McCrae F two
Speaker 2: at the moment. But that's the few players there the
Speaker 2: seven names that I'm going to build around today. Are
Speaker 2: you surprised us so far?
Speaker 3: Well, you've gone to set and forget in the rock department.
Speaker 3: That's already a lot of coin to be spent. So
Speaker 3: I'm interested to see where you're going elsewhere across the field.
Speaker 3: I've also got the Bond and Butters there, so two
Speaker 3: you know, you've got basically three or four guys there
Speaker 3: that are close to that one hundred and twenty mark,
Speaker 3: so plus Flanders five, so you've got the basically all
Speaker 3: the big dogs here. So clearly the fans is going
Speaker 3: the guns and rookies for season twenty twenty five, and
Speaker 3: that's also going to leave a stack of money for
Speaker 3: the new flex position. So interested to see where we're
Speaker 3: going from here? Bear your first thoughts.
Speaker 1: I don't mind it though, I think big dogs only
Speaker 1: big big dogs only, guns and rookies. Just looking through
Speaker 1: the rookies, all of the names are exciting. You did
Speaker 1: mention Sid Draper, we're all in see that he might
Speaker 1: be the podcast pet Sid Draper Billy Dowling of Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't mind that five, like the entire top ten,
Speaker 1: we're all honestly just as good as each other. My man,
Speaker 1: Sam Laula pick one on potential.
Speaker 2: And yeah, your man, he's your man. You came in
Speaker 2: before you, before you even made Debil and the Leir.
Speaker 2: I think you called him out last year as the
Speaker 2: one to watch in the draft. Are you going to
Speaker 2: pick him?
Speaker 1: Of course if he's if he's playing around one on
Speaker 1: picking him interesting because he's a bigger build than some
Speaker 1: of the other rookies alongside him. Just interesting how Richmond
Speaker 1: manage him in the preseason. I know there's a little
Speaker 1: bit of is that there's a little bit of concern
Speaker 1: just around how his body will hold up in the
Speaker 1: preparation exclusive I don't know, maybe I don't know where
Speaker 1: I heard that. We better leave it there, but yeah,
Speaker 1: if he's good to go around one, I'll be picking him.
Speaker 1: A bit upset he's mid only though.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I did think he was going to get mid
Speaker 3: forward status, but yeah, the folks have decided at Champion
Speaker 3: Datter that he's mid only to start the season. And also,
Speaker 3: you know, obviously coming in at the hefty price of
Speaker 3: two hundred plus k. Beertorius though a big fan of course.
Speaker 1: Yes, but I think this is the season for guns
Speaker 1: and rookies, just the top ten, all those cheapies. They're
Speaker 1: all future stars hopefully. Yeah. I do.
Speaker 2: Like we've spoken about it, guns and rookies does seem
Speaker 2: the way to go and the big dogs there, but
Speaker 2: I do have some medium dogs. There's a plenty of
Speaker 2: mid price value in Super Coach this year. As I
Speaker 2: was picking it the first time Decend eighteen when team
Speaker 2: picker did open run out of money, went too hard
Speaker 2: to scale back on a few keen names, but in
Speaker 2: defense at this point know Harry Shechezel, no Luke Ryan,
Speaker 2: no real reason not against them, just looking to save
Speaker 2: a little bit of cash and a guy who finished
Speaker 2: the year in my team and on a heater. Thanks
Speaker 2: for some Dossi advice. I have to give one, this
Speaker 2: one to Dossi. Jacksonclair D two is in there at
Speaker 2: the moment, just a little bit cheaper given he started
Speaker 2: the year a bit slower, but massive run to finish
Speaker 2: the year with the top scoring defender I think close
Speaker 2: to in the second half of the year, he's in
Speaker 2: at D two, can't afford much else in terms of
Speaker 2: premiums at six hundred K five fifty k back there.
Speaker 2: So Bear will know this one, dossill know this one.
Speaker 2: D three might be a little bit early, Maddie Roberts
Speaker 2: one's now. We did have a look at the numbers
Speaker 2: on Code Sports during the week the fast finishes to
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four, but I'm not sure if you saw it.
Speaker 2: It looked at the percentage change of players the highest
Speaker 2: percentage change of players first eighteen rounds and the final
Speaker 2: six rounds of the year. Mattie Roberts plus seventy percent
Speaker 2: average one hundred and thirteen in the final six rounds
Speaker 2: of twenty twenty four. We know he came macking decide,
Speaker 2: settled into that role very well. Four thirty four k underpriced.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it'd be interesting to see how many people remember
Speaker 3: the finish to last year versus the average that he
Speaker 3: starts at. I think what it's a approximately eighty average,
Speaker 3: So you know, it could be considered an awkward price
Speaker 3: if you don't think he's going to continue that form
Speaker 3: of late last year. So it'd be interesting to see
Speaker 3: how many people believe that that's going to continue. And
Speaker 3: I know we're obviously strong believers in Maddi Roberts.
Speaker 2: There's a few he's at four to thirty four K.
Speaker 2: There's a few players in that range in other spots
Speaker 2: in the team, I really think, and they could shuffle
Speaker 2: potentially if if we don't see enough or our perb
Speaker 2: second thoughts about that mid price value, then it might
Speaker 2: go up to make one a gun, make one a rookie.
Speaker 2: So plean to play around with there, but at this
Speaker 2: point I like it. D four haven't heard much about
Speaker 2: this guy. Kitty Coleman though too. Sixty nine K. We
Speaker 2: know we missed last year with ACL twenty twenty three
Speaker 2: Grand Final. One hundred super Coach points in the first
Speaker 2: half was good value. I think about three eighty around
Speaker 2: about the start last year wasn't to be. He's all
Speaker 2: up and going for around one to sixty nine K.
Speaker 2: Absolute bargain bear he.
Speaker 1: Was this time last year. He was a lock in
Speaker 1: all of our teams all the way up unto until
Speaker 1: I was opening around. He did that aco, wasn't it
Speaker 1: So it didn't actually affect our teams. But yeah, I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be Daja vu he'll be there.
Speaker 1: Lock him in. Can I just jump? Oh back to Sinclair?
Speaker 1: Jack Sinclair, was it your V one point zero team?
Speaker 1: He copped some copp some slack on socials with a
Speaker 1: Wangan in Miller over Sinclair.
Speaker 3: I did cop a little bit of slack for that, yes,
Speaker 3: but that was purely due to price at the current structure.
Speaker 3: But yeah, I think also just a little bit of
Speaker 3: age bias as well, Sinclair getting a little bit, but
Speaker 3: Wangan in miller A. You know, I think I honestly
Speaker 3: don't know what to do with the two premium slots
Speaker 3: in defense at the moment. Really, that was probably the
Speaker 3: biggest place I struggled. But we'll continue with the fans squad,
Speaker 3: But I think building out the team, that's definitely the
Speaker 3: place I struggled the most. If you're not going, you know,
Speaker 3: both Flanders and Cheesel, I just like where do you go?
Speaker 3: And Sinclair is probably the third favorite. I'd imagine there
Speaker 3: maybe even a Houston because I think his suspension will
Speaker 3: be over after opening round, I believe, so that'll be
Speaker 3: an interesting one if people back him in as well.
Speaker 2: Now I think a popular D four in twenty twenty
Speaker 2: four might be Toby Tivalia from the Saints Big Engine,
Speaker 2: Big Tank. We know Ross played Da Darcy Wilson threw
Speaker 2: him in straight away last year, backed him in, thrown
Speaker 2: up and down the ground, and we think maybe Trevallia
Speaker 2: might do that for the Saints in his first year
Speaker 2: one hundred and seventy two though just can't fit that in.
Speaker 2: I'm probably not going to pick him ahead of those
Speaker 2: similar priced rookies in the midfield. I think I'm going
Speaker 2: to back in the the likes of Smith, the likes
Speaker 2: of Draper. There's a few more in there to come
Speaker 2: as well. I think there's enough there at the bottom
Speaker 2: end of the rookie price in the rookie price pool.
Speaker 1: In defense.
Speaker 2: We spoke about him on the Price Reveal show feature
Speaker 2: in the Rookie Bible as well, which is out now.
Speaker 2: From the Bombers, Sad l Hooley is locked in. I
Speaker 2: think he starts in that side. Is a good chance
Speaker 2: to start in that side, all going well over Summer
Speaker 2: was up with Andy McGrath in the recent running said
Speaker 2: Draper dom that running we said before starto wholly as
Speaker 2: well impressing in that regard at Essendon training. Can he
Speaker 2: play him on field. I've got him in at D
Speaker 2: five at the moment.
Speaker 3: I yeah, I almost think it's a waste not to
Speaker 3: have him on field, given what we've heard out of Essen,
Speaker 3: and given how well he was playing in the VFL
Speaker 3: after coming back from injury late last year. So yeah,
Speaker 3: I think I think, even though he's one hundred and
Speaker 3: nineteen K, I think he should be on field for most.
Speaker 2: Yep, another one who could I'm hoping we can play
Speaker 2: on field mature age. We love mature ages that are
Speaker 2: picked up. The Swans don't just draft anyone. They don't
Speaker 2: draft a lot of project players, especially when they're a
Speaker 2: mature age like this Riley Bias from the VFL one
Speaker 2: hundred and thirteen K. Again, I think he could be
Speaker 2: the one where you're probably not pick him on a bench,
Speaker 2: take advantage of that pick him on the field. If
Speaker 2: new coach Dean Cox does start with him, I think
Speaker 2: this could be some real money to be made and
Speaker 2: probably some good scoring I guess, given the role he
Speaker 2: plays there in defense.
Speaker 1: I just can't wait to walk out of this I mean,
Speaker 1: throwing names and all the research at me. I can't
Speaker 1: wait to walk out of this layer and have the
Speaker 1: team looking exactly like the both of you. So thanks guys,
Speaker 1: thanks for inviting me.
Speaker 2: DOSSI copies me bear So he wouldn't be the first
Speaker 2: on the bench very early obviously, but one who I
Speaker 2: don't mind. He could very well change. But Charlie Edwards
Speaker 2: from the Crows second year player out there, was drafted
Speaker 2: a couple of years ago after playing defense, then moved
Speaker 2: into the midfield in the Coach League over there the
Speaker 2: final six games and dominate as a tall midfielder. Crows
Speaker 2: picked him up he impressed at sample level last year.
Speaker 2: And our other man five names, Sime Kingsley Thomas Wilson
Speaker 2: has been down at training at West Lakes and all
Speaker 2: over the Adelaide so far this summer and said Charlie
Speaker 2: Edwards is doing some good things, so I put him
Speaker 2: on the bench for now. Fits in to the structure
Speaker 2: a little bit and the whole saving money situation. One
Speaker 2: who definitely could change to finish off on the bench
Speaker 2: in defense. Zach Reid from the Bombers. We've been burnt before,
Speaker 2: can't stay on the park. We wanted him in last year,
Speaker 2: got injured. Just going to pick him in Hope one
Speaker 2: hundred and nineteen k DOSSI.
Speaker 1: Solid, it's a solid back line.
Speaker 3: You know, it's quite you know, you've gone definitely a
Speaker 3: couple of big dogs up top and then a little
Speaker 3: bit of mid price and then you're seriously going cheap.
Speaker 3: So it'll be interesting to see. You know, we're going
Speaker 3: to need some news from Kitty Coleman. Let's just recap
Speaker 3: Sam Flanders, Jackson Clare Matt Roberts, Kitty Coleman, Sade Hawley,
Speaker 3: Riley byas Charlie Edwards.
Speaker 1: And Zach Reid.
Speaker 3: That's correct, yep, all right, let's move on to the
Speaker 3: Mids fans yet.
Speaker 2: The big dogs at the top, as we mentioned before,
Speaker 2: Marcus Bonton, Pelli, Zach Butters, M one and M two.
Speaker 2: Zack By one hundred and twenty points per game last year.
Speaker 2: I think he's got a little bit more in him
Speaker 2: than that, which would be a big year one hundred
Speaker 2: and twenty six. Can't see that changing. Pick him, doesn't
Speaker 2: matter about the price you've got him there. You're not
Speaker 2: going to you're not playing, as we know in Supercoach,
Speaker 2: or if you are just joining us for the first time.
Speaker 2: We're not picking these players at the top end for
Speaker 2: their money, not trying to make money off them. If
Speaker 2: Blont drops fifty k at one point, be still finished
Speaker 2: the year one hundred and twenty point average, which would
Speaker 2: probably think he's going to be a six point drop
Speaker 2: on last year. Still at the points. Don't worry about
Speaker 2: that money as starts you're making at the top end.
Speaker 2: Of course, the chief of premiums. There are bout your
Speaker 2: premiums where you can make money on and take with.
Speaker 2: But don't worry about those two. Just lock them in.
Speaker 2: Had to scroll down a bit further. Nick Daikos, like
Speaker 2: as Zach Merrick Kaalis wrong, nothing wrong with these guys,
Speaker 2: but I have to pick my man. He signed a
Speaker 2: nine he signed a six year contract extension. He's now
Speaker 2: the longest contracted player in the AFL. Hayden Young five
Speaker 2: forty six kg, one hundred and one points per game
Speaker 2: last year. I think when he really gets going locked
Speaker 2: into that midfield role, it gets more.
Speaker 1: He's locked in.
Speaker 2: I'm not saying he's not locked in, but has another
Speaker 2: year another summer training with the midfield group. I think
Speaker 2: he can push one tense. I've got him in five out,
Speaker 2: five out, go on long gone M three is Hayden
Speaker 2: Young now another one of my boys, George Wardlaw, who
Speaker 2: you know I really like and I do still want
Speaker 2: to pick him, and this spot might change. But can
Speaker 2: you pick two at the same price in the four
Speaker 2: fifty K four sixty seventy K bracket, I'm not sure,
Speaker 2: so I've gone with Clayton Oliver four fifty one K
Speaker 2: that Bear touris.
Speaker 1: Is he going to be okay this year? Yep? There
Speaker 1: it is. Take it to the bank. He'll be back.
Speaker 1: Him and Petraker both back.
Speaker 3: Did you hear well? You wouldn't have been. You're probably
Speaker 3: not listening yet there, Bear. We know you're not an
Speaker 3: avid listener of the podcast. DOSSI klay Clayton of Little
Speaker 3: Last Week Lock. There you go, my biggest lock, biggest lock,
Speaker 3: biggest I like that I did. I didn't have him
Speaker 3: in my first draft though.
Speaker 1: It's right B one, that's right.
Speaker 2: So Warlor much definitely in this thinking around in that spot.
Speaker 2: But I do like Clary. I do kind of agree
Speaker 2: with dos hate to say it sometimes that Bear tourists,
Speaker 2: but he does get a few right. So slotting in
Speaker 2: after that M five because I need to drop down
Speaker 2: some cash. James Peeling set in the track a light
Speaker 2: and over some if we see him in the midfield
Speaker 2: in the preseason games three fifty K price at sixty
Speaker 2: five and average of sixty five, where he puts at
Speaker 2: least twenty on that as a midfielder at the Crows,
Speaker 2: and that's probably enough at that price. He doesn't need
Speaker 2: to become a keeper.
Speaker 1: I feel like preseason you're only usually hearing positive things,
Speaker 1: but Peeling at the Crows is just taking it to
Speaker 1: another level with what we're hearing on the track from him.
Speaker 2: So do you like the bucket hat?
Speaker 1: Bear? I will like the bucket hat one day, one day.
Speaker 1: I'm not a hat man. Okay. When the hairline starts
Speaker 1: receding badly, then I'll get around it.
Speaker 2: Going for a few years. Yeah, going for a haircut after,
Speaker 2: isn't you a Dossy inspired?
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's let it be noted that I'm going to
Speaker 1: get a filthy mullet a la Dossi. But he's pushed,
Speaker 1: pushed the podcast ahead of my haircut. Didn't want to
Speaker 1: be out mulleted.
Speaker 3: It was intentional. It was certainly intention I'll have to
Speaker 3: have to share a picket later, yep. Yeahs Peatling's time
Speaker 3: on ground last year, like I think that's the thing
Speaker 3: that's just obvious upside for him. Regardless of how much
Speaker 3: mid time he gets, He's going to play more time
Speaker 3: on ground. He's not going to be the star. He's
Speaker 3: not going to be used in a minimal role like
Speaker 3: he was.
Speaker 1: At g Dub's yep.
Speaker 2: M six mentioned for Jaggers Smith, this is where the
Speaker 2: rookies start. There are a few options Leviy ash Cross,
Speaker 2: Harvey Langford, Josh Smiley as well, but the one I've
Speaker 2: locked in after Jaggers Smith, before Sid Draper at M seven,
Speaker 2: Ed Allen from the Piles one hundred and ninety four K,
Speaker 2: second year down there at the Magpie's second or third
Speaker 2: Jack Sorry, Nick Dakos. An interview with Harold Times Glenn
Speaker 2: McFarland a couple of weeks ago. Nick Dakos was the
Speaker 2: raised at Allen's name potential superstar I think or his
Speaker 2: words or potential star when asked about who might break
Speaker 2: out in twenty twenty five down at the Pies.
Speaker 3: Serious difference between star and superstar. And they're fans to
Speaker 3: get that clarified or that quote.
Speaker 1: It can be half a star.
Speaker 2: One hundred and ninety four K Ed Allen, Sid draper
Speaker 2: the lair zone at m mate to finish off will
Speaker 2: quickly run through the bench.
Speaker 1: In the midfield.
Speaker 2: Can't afford a lot of money on the bench there,
Speaker 2: but that's where I might use flex to make sure
Speaker 2: I've got those turpeen guys that are needed. Bo Alan
Speaker 2: Dossy's man, Allen comes in.
Speaker 3: I was wondering where he was defender. He's got defense eligibility.
Speaker 3: So that's a nice little bit of swing there.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Now the other swing I like on the bench there
Speaker 2: for mid new Erasmus from the Dockers at one nineteen K.
Speaker 3: While you had the Dockers guernsey in the studio. Today
Speaker 3: there fence a bit.
Speaker 1: Of a flavor.
Speaker 2: Now, we don't always trust the word of five names,
Speaker 2: but he has been saying good things about Christian Marius
Speaker 2: down at the Power. They do like him, been featuring
Speaker 2: a bit more than the other draft d So I'm
Speaker 2: looking him in early on the bench one hundred and
Speaker 2: thirteen K as a mid only.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a stacked midfield. I do like the look
Speaker 3: of this quite a bit more than your I mean,
Speaker 3: your defensive line's pretty solid too, but the defense the
Speaker 3: midfield is just loaded bond Butters Young, Oliver Petling, Jaggers, Smith,
Speaker 3: Draper Ed Allen the Superstar as well. There followed by yeah,
Speaker 3: the bench is a really solid one as well. I
Speaker 3: really like Neil Erasmus as a pick, you know, won
Speaker 3: the Waffle being won the waffle best and fair best
Speaker 3: players or in the Grand Final, and hopefully he gets
Speaker 3: his opportunity this year. But it's a loaded mid Avants.
Speaker 1: I like it.
Speaker 2: The ruck at our three, you know, Gordon and Cherry
Speaker 2: on the field, just a no to our man at
Speaker 2: the moment, throw the position. Thomas Simms from the Tigers
Speaker 2: Ford ruck one hundred and thirteen K. He's locked in
Speaker 2: on the bench.
Speaker 1: I really thought you were going to say, Thomas to Conning.
Speaker 2: Thomas Thomas Simsy Ford line flex still with flex, not
Speaker 2: to be surprised us here in the Ford line horn.
Speaker 2: Francis McCrae F one and F two. Bailey Smith coming
Speaker 2: in at his new home down at the Cats at
Speaker 2: F three at this stage three eighty nine K. Too
Speaker 2: much value to pass up for mine. There is a
Speaker 2: lot of value down there, Jamara. I've talked about a lot,
Speaker 2: did talk up. I haven't picked him in my first team,
Speaker 2: but look at a lock I did, I can't quite
Speaker 2: fit him in just yet times a meme. I won't
Speaker 2: pick him, but I have dropped down. Is this is
Speaker 2: where if this doesn't work out the Potaos Philippo yep
Speaker 2: three thirteen K Ford Mid. Can I pick Philippo Smith
Speaker 2: and Jamara?
Speaker 1: Maybe not?
Speaker 2: So that's where I settled at the moment, Bailey Smith
Speaker 2: and Matthaeas Philippo because an absolute no brainer and a
Speaker 2: Locke who should be in every team. Caleb Daniel two
Speaker 2: sixty nine K North Melbourne Ford Mid locked in there
Speaker 2: for me at F five.
Speaker 3: Yeah, the Ford line is going to be very vanilla
Speaker 3: in many teams this year. I mean, you've got four
Speaker 3: guys there you could arguably say a Locke if they do,
Speaker 3: you know, return the value we expect in McCrae, Basilenka,
Speaker 3: Philippo and Caleb Daniel. I think, yeah, there will be
Speaker 3: some inch forward lines out there, but I feel like
Speaker 3: the main stays these are are going to be some
Speaker 3: of the most owned players we're going to.
Speaker 1: See this year. Caleb Daniel.
Speaker 3: The other day, joy Simpkins spoke about his presence at
Speaker 3: training to North Melbourne The North Melbourne Media the team
Speaker 3: there and if you just go look at that, he's
Speaker 3: just glowing about his presence at training, his leadership, how
Speaker 3: he was best. He reckons he was best on the
Speaker 3: other day and Edward have matched him. So look, Caleb
Speaker 3: Daniel was one of the biggest locks this year.
Speaker 2: Ye Vanilla Phantom in the forward line there a little
Speaker 2: bit I see little smile from at Bear Tories scrolling
Speaker 2: down after that, looking to get the cheaper rookie on
Speaker 2: the field. I can't scroll past one. Tom Lynch though,
Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty three K at this point of
Speaker 2: the year. If he's playing in round one, opening round,
Speaker 2: whenever they're playing Tom Lynch, I have to pick him,
Speaker 2: surely at that price. Kicks a couple of bags, makes
Speaker 2: some cash, does his job as a cash cow. What
Speaker 2: do you think I'm picking him?
Speaker 1: F six? What do you reckon Bear? It depends I've
Speaker 1: sent some I don't think I'm agreeing with fanc here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's one.
Speaker 3: You know, that's seventy K. If you say, okay, it
Speaker 3: is dependent on getting a rookie playing, but say Erasmus
Speaker 3: does play, or even yeah, so if you're going if
Speaker 3: you get an Erasmus to play, then I think I'd
Speaker 3: be happy going with that. But if you look at
Speaker 3: like another one of our star sort of rookies from
Speaker 3: this crop, like an Isaac CaCO from Essenon, he's one
Speaker 3: close to one fifty k, so paying an extra thirty four,
Speaker 3: an established veteran that we know can do it, and
Speaker 3: you know, can put up some decent super coach cars.
Speaker 3: Like you said, if he just kicks a bag, you
Speaker 3: know it's gonna be tough to get it down forward
Speaker 3: for Richmond, but surely he can get enough just to
Speaker 3: make you a bit of cash. Yeah, it's all to
Speaker 3: do with the body. If he's healthy, I'm gonna be
Speaker 3: looking at him strongly for sure.
Speaker 1: Not for you, Bear, I just don't think it's twenty
Speaker 1: nineteen anymore. Fans. We'll see, we'll see. But all the time,
Speaker 1: all the time, I'm going to let you mention our
Speaker 1: boy if you want Ford mid Jitter best giants.
Speaker 3: Yes, Ollie Hannaford, our boy from the g Dubs, A
Speaker 3: rebel of course, of course.
Speaker 1: Bears Man.
Speaker 3: But yeah, look, if you get any of these cheaper rookies.
Speaker 3: But look Tom Lynch, look at his career history in
Speaker 3: supercoach and you know, for what you're paying for just
Speaker 3: basically a rookie, cheaper than a cheaper than a Sid Draper,
Speaker 3: cheaper than a Jagger Smith. You know, Tom Lynch has
Speaker 3: certainly done it before as a forward, so I wouldn't
Speaker 3: be opposed to paying.
Speaker 1: Up Carlton, Port Adelaide, Saint Kilda, Brisbane first four for Richmond.
Speaker 1: I don't think they're playing opening around that Richmond Carlton
Speaker 1: game comes up first.
Speaker 3: So you just got to get the cash before he
Speaker 3: gets injured. Yeah, that's that's the really problem.
Speaker 2: Uh some good names you said, Kko Jack Martin as
Speaker 2: well with the Cats, Luke Peddler, crow Babs injuries last year.
Speaker 2: Joe bare Very at the power of doing some good
Speaker 2: things down there, probably starts or a good chance to
Speaker 2: start in their side as a small for. But again,
Speaker 2: what numbers does he put up? You mentioned hannapit at
Speaker 2: one twenty seven. Elijah hewittt though gets the first bench
Speaker 2: spot for me forward be one hundred and twenty two.
Speaker 2: K a young Eagle who Dossi has talked up. So
Speaker 2: back Dossi in. He was obviously a very highly rated junior,
Speaker 2: hasn't quite put it together yet. Battled a few issues
Speaker 2: with his body. Yep, put backing him in DOSSI absolutely
Speaker 2: back in him.
Speaker 3: He's another one that if healthy, wouldn't be opposed to
Speaker 3: just starting him on field like it might even get
Speaker 3: some midfield rotation straight off the bat in there for
Speaker 3: the Eagles. So one to closely monitor and potentially, yeah,
Speaker 3: save a bit of cash on field if you needed.
Speaker 2: Fortunately, cannot find anyone I like just yet. The ninety
Speaker 2: nine K the ninety nine K bracket in Super Coach,
Speaker 2: but one hundred and thirteen K mature age four from
Speaker 2: Bear's mob. Aiden Johnson gets the final spot on the bench.
Speaker 2: All going well, he slots in there as a bigger
Speaker 2: body who can play straight away help out the d's.
Speaker 1: I think Melbourne Socials did put up a video unfortunately
Speaker 1: of him getting out muscled the other day. But yeah,
Speaker 1: mature age, your age can play. I don't mind that.
Speaker 3: Now you've got about two hundred and eleven K left
Speaker 3: in the bank for the new flex position extra player
Speaker 3: on the field in twenty twenty five, Super Coach, who
Speaker 3: have you got.
Speaker 2: I'm not one hundred percent sure the best strategy to
Speaker 2: go with yet we've spoken about to use it to
Speaker 2: add to your cash gen do you pick an extra ruckman.
Speaker 2: We know we only get to pick two, but there's
Speaker 2: a lot of guys who score well consistently. At the moment,
Speaker 2: I am going with Levi Ashcroft. As for a bit
Speaker 2: more cash, Jen another one of those top end rookies
Speaker 2: from the draft too. I think can score well and
Speaker 2: make some early cash that I can't fit in the
Speaker 2: midfield given I've gone a little bit deeper with the petling,
Speaker 2: so Lei Ashcroft hold the flex spot early in my
Speaker 2: very early team. Pick a team and that is it.
Speaker 2: I'm pretty happy with it. Plenty plenty will I think
Speaker 2: change over summer, but some good names in there. I
Speaker 2: don't mind the structure as it is. My two mid
Speaker 2: price heavy always say that I want to stay away
Speaker 2: from it, but can't help myself sometimes, especially this stage
Speaker 2: of the year when it's tempt me to have a
Speaker 2: bit of fun.
Speaker 3: Any name stand out to you bear missing from this squad.
Speaker 3: I'll mention a couple that people may they ask about
Speaker 3: on the socials. You know you don't have any. You've
Speaker 3: gone some of the big dogs, no doubt about that.
Speaker 3: Plenty of the big dogs. No Sheezel, no de cooss
Speaker 3: In there maybe two of the big names people are
Speaker 3: interested in starting this year.
Speaker 1: I mentioned that's just me getting excited for Melbourne twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five. But that's I mentioned Petrarca. I'm excited to
Speaker 1: see how he goes back. Do we need to see
Speaker 1: how he goes back first? That's probably that's probably the
Speaker 1: thing you know, time away, But just like looking at
Speaker 1: him pre season back smiling as well, which is good
Speaker 1: to see now I like it. Fance. I will note
Speaker 1: that TDK is five hundred and forty seven K to
Speaker 1: give Cherry six forty five gone six six eight TDK
Speaker 1: would give me.
Speaker 2: That's a lot of money to play around with, would
Speaker 2: help me out, maybe another midfield premium go peeling up,
Speaker 2: but I would have to just be starting with the
Speaker 2: does he I'm not sure I can do that.
Speaker 1: I'll probably be siding with actually, are you revealing your
Speaker 1: one R two or like as TDK there or oh yeah,
Speaker 1: I think he is at the moment a little contract
Speaker 1: eccenter from last I've.
Speaker 3: Gone Cherry as well. But yeah, to me, if I
Speaker 3: just that's so much money to spend if you're going
Speaker 3: Gorn Bond, butters Cherry and Flanders, it's just so much
Speaker 3: cash on field, like it is pure guns and rookies,
Speaker 3: and we think maybe that is a good strategy with
Speaker 3: you know, with flex you're going to drop off one
Speaker 3: of your worst scores every week as well, so the
Speaker 3: top end's going to be important, especially through the buyer rounds.
Speaker 3: We kind of saw that as well with Best a Team.
Speaker 3: We found that the top end big dogs, you know,
Speaker 3: they're the ones that are going to get it done
Speaker 3: and get you up the rankings. Another player sort of
Speaker 3: out of the mix though, if you wouldn't mind commenting
Speaker 3: on this one, he would be. And I'd say most
Speaker 3: teams probably just start the year. You didn't have Will
Speaker 3: Ashcroft in there.
Speaker 2: Yes, I did try to. He was in the conversation
Speaker 2: when I was trying to work it out in my head. Clayton, Oliver,
Speaker 2: George Wardlow and Will Ashcroft. At the moment I've picked one,
Speaker 2: I've picked Clary, couldn't pick all three. Probably we'll go
Speaker 2: back to it two. If I find some cash that
Speaker 2: can go from Petling up, maybe I do downgrade in
Speaker 2: the ruck, but it's just can't fit the three in
Speaker 2: that price range. Maybe if another cheaper rookie pops up
Speaker 2: and we downgrade, you know, we Dowan grade ed Allen
Speaker 2: Dan grade Levi Ashcroft and picked the cheaper rookies when
Speaker 2: cash Cow might pop over the preseason and give him more.
Speaker 2: Made a play around with another mid price in the
Speaker 2: Ashcroft or Wardlow.
Speaker 1: So it was Phino Sullivan in that in your team. Sorry,
Speaker 1: I don't think so, so that my only concern with
Speaker 1: Levi ashkoff. He is a known scorer, but just the
Speaker 1: interest to his role at Brisbane, there's a lot of
Speaker 1: good midfields there whether that hinders him a little bit,
Speaker 1: And I guess that's probably the same thinking for me
Speaker 1: with someone who's not in your team Phino Sullivan at
Speaker 1: North Melbourne. So jury's out for Levi Ashcroft for me
Speaker 1: and also Phinosullivan. But yeah, I know what you mean.
Speaker 2: I think he probably plays more half forward, high half four,
Speaker 2: maybe in the odd stint in there in the midfield,
Speaker 2: depending who's going. So he's not going to bang start
Speaker 2: straight in there like a Jagger Smith will or a
Speaker 2: Said Draper for their respective midfields. But I think leave
Speaker 2: Ashcroft is good enough to win enough of the footy,
Speaker 2: be involved in enough of those scoring chains playing a
Speaker 2: high half forward role that he can still average seventy
Speaker 2: five plus. I don't think he's going to We're not
Speaker 2: going to back him into average ninety or ninety five
Speaker 2: that we you know, have done with the top end
Speaker 2: midfielders of the previous draft.
Speaker 3: Now will peel the curtain back just a little bit
Speaker 3: on the fans team review here made it about five minutes.
Speaker 1: Before the episode. Sorry work on the desk.
Speaker 3: One other player you may have missed in your rush
Speaker 3: to come to the studio fans Callum Mills.
Speaker 2: I need to wait and see, I think, miss I
Speaker 2: don't miss anyone.
Speaker 1: Does he.
Speaker 2: Not in the team yet?
Speaker 3: In the three hundred bracket?
Speaker 1: He is my man.
Speaker 2: I've seen a couple. I've been on him ahead of time.
Speaker 2: He's my man. Color Mills just not seeing enough from
Speaker 2: the great man. Just need to wait and see. Good price.
Speaker 1: It's got every other Sydney defender in there.
Speaker 2: Exactly how many Sydney defenders can you get?
Speaker 3: And one more final in the cheapy bracket. Clearly missed
Speaker 3: this one.
Speaker 1: Rory Atkins. Now two hit the sound the pill pill?
Speaker 1: Get our first pill pill for the year. Where is it? Rusty?
Speaker 1: A bit rusty? Re Atkins though? Get there? Here we go.
Speaker 2: Impressing in the running o Reatkins there and up facing
Speaker 2: the media as well facing the music. Maybe he might
Speaker 2: feature more than we all thought for the Packer.
Speaker 1: I actually had a Crow's friend of mine Crow's fans,
Speaker 1: very exclusive message, No I don't know, just just grip
Speaker 1: chat chat message me saying he actually thinks Roy Atkins
Speaker 1: might play.
Speaker 3: He couldn't believe it, he said in an interview recently.
Speaker 1: More more than what he is.
Speaker 3: You know, I'm keen to contribute this year and beyond
Speaker 3: and beyond break out here. He's a couple of years
Speaker 3: to go on old reakins.
Speaker 1: I'll consider that one. Does he like your Atkins? I
Speaker 1: like it? Houston replacement, yep, Well we can kick.
Speaker 2: They need that king good kicking is good, super coach?
Speaker 1: What's Kane Farrell at? Oh? Too much? Four for five?
Speaker 3: Well, I think that's fantastic for your first team reveal
Speaker 3: there fans. Hopefully people enjoyed, you know, be able to
Speaker 3: copy that one if you, if you did listen to it,
Speaker 3: I can see him looking it in. We've got a
Speaker 3: bit of a yeah, you can check it out on
Speaker 3: YouTube if you. If you did just listen to this
Speaker 3: one and you want to see more of the visual aspect. Now,
Speaker 3: if you do want to get onto Team Picker fans,
Speaker 3: what do we do you?
Speaker 2: If you're a super Coach Plus subscriber, sign in as
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Speaker 2: your team from last year. You see you see a
Speaker 2: nice shiny gold button at the top of your team,
Speaker 2: just above the defender bench. Twenty two twenty five Team Picker.
Speaker 2: I'll open it up for bear for a very nice
Speaker 2: Christmas present. If we haven't already, we have a thousands
Speaker 2: of ccific coaches out there are doing so if you
Speaker 2: haven't enjoy it, hopefully is a nice break.
Speaker 1: Before we go, you want to check in who your
Speaker 1: boys and how many boys? Any quick claims you got
Speaker 1: Oli Hanford, I'll claim Lawler and God's to.
Speaker 3: Got a few, Yeah, I had a few in my team.
Speaker 3: I don't have my team up at the moment, so
Speaker 3: I really like Maria's picked by the way, I honestly
Speaker 3: think everyone's. I see Kittie Coleman, I'm probably going to
Speaker 3: pick if he's healthy, I'll pick him someone exactly in
Speaker 3: that price bracket. I have just the gut field Ari
Speaker 3: shaw Maker. Oh of course, Big, of course, Big breakout.
Speaker 3: I've already mentioned I've been sort of talking up a
Speaker 3: bit of Damn Curtain as well, cutless sort of guys
Speaker 3: that I don't think many people get around. I have
Speaker 3: seen Arishaw making a couple of screenshots out there. You
Speaker 3: can now screenshot your team as well, fans, if you
Speaker 3: want to maybe show how to do that real quick.
Speaker 3: There is a button at the top right that you
Speaker 3: can now screen share your team, easy to pop on
Speaker 3: the socials, on desktop and on mobile. And yeah, I
Speaker 3: think I think that's all we got to say, though,
Speaker 3: I'll think of a proper you know, list soon enough.
Speaker 1: Ben.
Speaker 2: It's a long list, so it's like Santa's list, Alady list.
Speaker 2: He's got about thirty five boys podcasts. I reckon coming
Speaker 2: in solo podcast. Get on there, Start sharing your teams
Speaker 2: with us and the rest of the Super Coach community.
Speaker 2: Enjoy the Team Picker, Enjoy the Christmas and New Year
Speaker 2: period with obviously your family and friends, and obviously also
Speaker 2: more so by yourself on the Team Picker picking your
Speaker 2: Super Coach team.
Speaker 1: And we're back in the new year, does
Speaker 3: He We'll be back soon.