WEBVTT - FLEX IS HERE: SuperCoach AFL 2025 rule change explained! 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:07.520 Hello, Supercoaches, and welcome to a brand new episode of 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:11.399 the Official Supercoach AFL Show, and we have a massive 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:14.240 announcement to drop today. Get all your breaking news first 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:17.720 on the Official Supercoach Show. Al Payton here joined by 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:20.680 some of the leading lights of the fantasy community to 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:24.279 talk about this exciting news. The Phantom dialing in from 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:26.640 the lair. Phantom, good to have you on board. 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:29.400 Thank you er, thanks for having me. It's a pleasure 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:31.680 to be here. We had the last episode, we thought 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:35.720 that was Christmas. This time another big present has landed 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.960 under your Supercoach tree, you said leading minds of the 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.440 Supercoach community. There is three of those in the podcast today, 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:44.680 and we've got Phantom Junior Doss here next to me 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:47.559 in the lair. We've led him back here and he's 0:00:47.600 --> 0:00:49.279 pretty excited about what you're going to tell him now. 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:52.960 I think, yeah, very excited. Huge news. 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:55.800 I won't delay too much longer so the listeners can hear. 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:57.320 But we do have another guest here and it is 0:00:57.320 --> 0:01:00.120 my good friend Patch. 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:04.759 Hello, welcome. I'm very excited to finally be let partially 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:09.759 into the lair to have a little gander. It's very 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.360 damping here but yeah, so. 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:14.039 I had to have all you gensit with me for 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.319 this one. So what we want to tell people is 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:18.920 that there is an exciting change coming to super Coach 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:22.280 for twenty twenty five. Of course, super Coach Plus subscribers 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.119 will get access to the early team pick up very soon, 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:27.760 keep an eye it for that on all your social channels, 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:30.720 and the platform will be opening shortly before Christmas. But 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:34.280 we can tell people exclusively today that when you see 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:37.119 what super Coach AFL looks like for twenty twenty five, 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.520 there will in fact be a brand new position and 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:41.840 an extra player on the field, which is a big 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:44.520 change for a game that we've known and loved for 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:46.800 a long time. So there will be thirty one players 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.240 in at your squad now and twenty three of them 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:52.320 on the field, including a brand new flex position to 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:55.280 go with our defenders, forwards, rucks and of course all 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:59.720 our midfielders and flex is. As it says it describes, 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:01.720 I guess it can be pretty much any player you 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.680 like from any position to add to your on field 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.880 set up each round. And the crucial piece of information 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:10.880 that goes with this is the introduction of Best twenty 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:14.000 two scoring every week so obviously, bys, we're used to 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.280 having best eighteen. Now we're going to get best twenty 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.440 two for all the other rounds, So you'll have twenty 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.040 three players on the field going into the round, and 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:25.320 only your best twenty two scores count towards your total 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.360 for that round. So you know, you might think of 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.480 it as like a Tom Green rule. We remember last year, 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:31.040 I think it was round eight against the Swan's. A 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:32.760 lot of people brought in Tom Green that week. He 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:36.280 was great value and he remembered doubt yes, Phantom you would 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.120 remember this as well, and got injured. I think it 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.520 was an ankle injury and a tackle very very early 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:43.880 in the game, subdubt with just five points to his name. 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.400 So assuming nothing else crazy happened that week, if that 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.320 happens again next year, Tom Green's score would drop out 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:51.600 and only your best twenty two counts. So it just 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.320 helps you dodge those bullets from laid outs and subs 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.600 and concussions, especially mens as a new era of footy 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:00.720 that we need to move with, so yeah, hopefully we'll 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.600 make the game more enjoyable, bit fair, I guess, easier 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:07.080 to play, especially for those late unforeseen issues that you 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:10.120 just can't deal with. And I'm sure there will be 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.160 lots of strategy that can go with it as well, 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.760 which will give us plenty to talk about and new 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.239 ways to attack super Coach in twenty twenty five. 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:21.480 That is massive, big flex there from out over in 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.600 the official Super Coach HQ, Dossie, there is a lot 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.880 of strategy that's going to be involved in it. We've 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:31.320 got plenty of time to talk about that for us hardcrese, 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.760 But it's great, I think for we know not all 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.720 Super Coach players are like us and a glued to 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.600 their Super Coach app the TVs all weekend. We know 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:44.040 life gets in the way sometimes, but this way takes 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:46.160 a bit of frustration out when something like that happens 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:50.440 and you're not able to adjust or notice the event 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:53.360 happening during the weekend. So I agree, it sounds like 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:55.800 it's going to make the game more enjoyable for more people. 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:59.200 And you know, the first that I have is, you know, 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.480 if I'm weighing up two mid price in the preseason't 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:02.920 pick them both and be hurt by both. 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:07.000 So well, I've got a couple of questions before you 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:10.000 can jump in, Before Dossie does does that mean everyone's like, 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.040 we get more money? Is there more salary cap? 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:12.200 Like? 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:13.520 How how does this fit in. 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.560 Our Yeah, no, it's an excellent question. The salary cap 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.159 will remain at ten million dollars, but because we're picking 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:22.560 an extra player, every player's price will be adjusted slightly downwards. 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:25.240 So just we'll have to get used to that. When 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.599 the picker is open and we can look at players 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:30.000 who we might normally see is a six hundred K guy, 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:32.279 he might be five hundred and eighty thousand or something 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:34.120 like that. And one I think I must say that 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:37.800 when I first saw some of the communications going around 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:42.840 about this is rookies priced under one hundred thousand times back. 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.279 So yeah, I can't wait to pick, give you ninety 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:46.799 nine K rookies on my bench. 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:48.120 Tasty rule. 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.680 In a world of inflation, everything going up. This is 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:53.520 music to the year. Is a bit of a discount. Look, 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.720 it might be artificially crowded with the extra position here, 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.560 but we love to see a few discounts around the board. 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:02.120 Tell go ahead, vance go. 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:05.160 The Reserve Bank today as recording have held the cash 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:10.480 rate officially as it is, but we're going down the hip. 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:13.920 Pockets of super coaches around the country are rejoicing there's 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:19.480 some increased discretionary income to go around. It's great, can't. 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.680 Afford your house, but you can afford more players and 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:22.200 super coach. 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.359 I think it's sorry, Docy to cut you off yet again. 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:29.080 Is there a flex position on the bench out or no. 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:30.840 There's not, so yeah, that's what it's worth bearing your mind. 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:32.680 So just thirty one in the squad, so your normal 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.520 bench as it has been. And that means if your 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:40.120 flex player is a zero, A, D and P, then 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.640 you don't actually have any emergency cover for that, but 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:44.520 they would effectively, I guess, be you're twenty third and 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:45.280 they would drop out. 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.320 Yeah, so like if a Tom Dakarening, for example, just 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:53.080 doesn't play just a big random just a player at random. Anyway, Sorry, Dossie, 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:55.240 you're allowed. I'll permit you to speak now. 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:57.080 Oh, thank you very much. 0:05:57.120 --> 0:06:00.000 Well, I think for the hard cores, as you mentioned 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:03.880 fans before, though, it is fantastic for being able to 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:06.560 miss those. Yes, the Tom de Conning scores many people 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.920 suffer to Tom Greeneye also suffered a few other scores 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:13.120 along the way last season. Looking forward to those dropping 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.680 out of my scores, but I think just the fact 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.839 you can get that, you know, the flex position, that 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.479 can be any position on the ground, It's going to 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.400 open up a lot of different strategies for you know, 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:27.240 the serious that the really hardcore people that focus a 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:29.240 lot of their time and efforts. And I think, just 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.039 from my perspective already, you know, focusing lots of time 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:36.279 and effort this season, my thoughts immediately have turned to position. 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:39.360 I dare to dream having a third of and that 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:42.320 would be the ruck position. But I'm keen to hear 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:46.120 some of the more deeper strategy thoughts perhaps later in 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:49.000 the pod. But is there any other burning questions maybe 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:50.960 out to get through before we kind of move on 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:52.920 to the nitty gritty. Yeah. 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:54.240 Well, I thought the salary cap was a good one, 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:57.960 so I thank you Petch for raising that. Can your 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.280 flex be nominated as captain or voice kept it? Yes, 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:02.520 they can, so they effectively treated like any other player. 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.920 They can substitute on and off. DPP obviously comes into 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:07.640 play if you've got a mid forward there, you can 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.320 swap them around with other players, so you can pretty 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:11.920 much do whatever you like there. I guess the only 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.040 caveat to put on it is with best twenty two 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:17.840 and this has been the case for best eighten scoring 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:19.320 that we've had in the past as well. If your 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.520 captain actually is not in your best eighteen scorers for 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:25.680 the week or best twenty two now, then you don't 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:27.320 get a captain score that week. You don't your vice 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:30.200 captain doesn't automatically get doubled unless your captain is actually 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:32.440 a zero. So that's just something to be very mind. 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.200 Hopefully not something that will affect us too often during 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:38.160 the season, but just a question that some people might have. 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:40.880 But I think those were the key ones. Is there 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:41.840 anything else that you need to know? 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.520 We need to start playing. It's going to be there's 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.880 a lot to take in. It's going to be a 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.239 good thing. Are we going to think too much until 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.760 we know? Last year and the changes have come over 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:55.880 the past few years, the great changes to our great 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:59.240 game of super coach make it more fun, more enjoyable, 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.920 and a better experience. But sometimes we've overthought these changes 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:07.160 in terms of strategy. Last year we went obviously opening 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.760 round wasn't thrown on us a bit by the competition 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.920 in the AFL. We overthought it a little bit. Maybe 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.320 we might dial back what we do with our planning 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:19.800 and players who do have those early season buys. Do 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.040 you think we're going to overlook this flex Rualdosi, I 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:25.720 know you've got some strong thoughts already, but I want 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:30.240 to wait. Untee what happens over the preseason, see some prices, 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:35.120 See what's happening over the competition, the community series, and 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.439 the scratch matches, training notes will be all over. I 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:40.760 think I want to see more of that before I 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:42.720 go down a path of what I want to do 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.679 with the flex position. You've got different theory already. 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:50.120 Yeah, well, I just I think in terms of consistency 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:54.120 of scoring, we always see our rucks performing quite well, 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.839 and often we think, oh, I'd love to have another 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.840 one of those guys on my field, and for me, 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:02.440 you know, that was where my thought went. Now, I 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.520 don't know whether that's starting with an extra one or 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:07.560 whether that's you know, that spot's used for a bit 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:09.760 of extra cash. Gen if we say have an extra 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:13.439 midfield rookie as we often have, you know, in abundance, 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.720 whether that's building that cash early, but I think late game, 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.319 you know, it's going to be very interesting how we're 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:22.920 going to use this this new position in strategy going 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.240 forward and even the early game. As I mentioned, there's 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:27.120 going to be lots of different ways to do this, 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:29.680 you know, do you load up with an extra premium 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.320 sort of early on in any position that you desire? 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:35.040 Like I said, maybe ruck is that popular one because 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.760 you've only got the two slots on field in general, 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:41.520 But I think it does open up a world of possibilities. 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.679 But yes, I think my attention did immediately turn to ruck. 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:46.920 Did you have a different sort of opinion as to 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.040 how you might use this early game or late game? 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:52.080 I mean my thought was the same as you, JOSSI therefore, 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:56.000 the perfect player for this would be a bargain ruck 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:59.200 forward DPP type player. Now, are we actually going to 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:02.800 get someone who that mold? That might be the tricky one. 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:04.760 We've already seen the positions come out. There weren't a 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:06.280 whole lot of Ruck forwards, I have to say, and 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:08.440 none that jumped off the page. I mean, I don't 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:10.600 know that I could go down to Luke Jackson Path 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:14.160 again all the way from round one. But yeah, I 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:15.880 think you know, in the old days, we used to 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.200 get four rucks and you could sometimes you know, you 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.480 had to make this difficult choice between you just spend 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:22.760 up on the primos that because we know they score 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.520 so well, or maybe there's a value ruck guy there, 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:27.920 like a Lloyd Meek or somebody, and this could give 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:29.040 you a bit of a chance to have, you know, 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:31.640 a bit of a bit of a bet both ways. 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:34.800 But is there a cheap ruck floating around that we 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:36.480 think is going to fit that mold yet or obviously, 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:38.560 as a fan says, a lot will play out over 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.240 the preseason. But yeah, I can't think of a play 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.000 that comes to mind that would exactly do that for us, 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.040 but you know, we might get one, hopefully. 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:49.120 I can see the great mind of Perhats ticking over 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:52.640 a million miles an hour. He's thinking, he's planning already. 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:56.000 He's listing to Dossie, is almost rolling eyes a little 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:58.480 bit at Dosti because we know Dossie wants to pick 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:01.960 Tom to conning at his fleet in the patch. What 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:02.880 are your first thoughts? 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:05.760 Well, I mean, I'm doing a great job of masking it, 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.880 and it's just the old DVD screensaver. It's just bouncing 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:11.000 around and every now and again, I think you caught 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:12.120 me at a moment where it just h at the 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:14.719 corner and there was a single thought and that's the 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:19.240 first one I've had all day. But I think the 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.160 fact that it gives us an extra player to start 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.160 with means that that cash generation can really like boost up. 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:26.760 And I'm still very unsure as to what it looks 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:30.480 like late game or end of season. If we you know, 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.280 it can pick someone who might have a really high 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.240 ceiling but a really low floor. If that's say Shaye 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.000 Bolton gets back to his best and he's pumping out 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.000 a one sixty one week and of forty the next week, 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:42.440 and the forty is mitigated by the fact that it's 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:45.520 best twenty two, or if we go for a rock 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:47.840 or target a position, I think that's very much going 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:49.680 to come out in the wash. And I'm not thinking 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.520 too much about that yet. But more starting side, you know, 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.120 do you go an extra rookie and go you know, 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:57.600 uber guns and primos because you're trying to save that 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.640 little bit more cash and you load up, say in 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.640 the back line, or load up somewhere else, or if 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:06.520 that then means you can play around with a instead 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:10.040 of having you know, in your side last year, if 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.679 you wanted to have say like two mid prices. If 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:14.920 you wanted to have someone like a Perramid and a 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:17.640 coming this year, but we're worried about missing out on 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:20.520 defensive rookies, you might not miss out on those rookies 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:22.360 this year because you've got that extra spot to slide 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.559 them into. So I think that gives a lot more 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:27.400 flexibility to go deeper in some lines to start with. 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.800 And then you know whether or not that is to 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:34.440 go with a massive primo yet massive primo, or with 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.240 a couple more cheaper guys that are more value that 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:40.320 you can then offload later in the season. I don't know. 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:42.079 I'll need to see it and actually play around with 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:45.640 them before I can make that call. But that's where 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.600 my brain is currently, you know, worming it over. And 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.920 then also, if we're upgrading to twenty three on field 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:56.240 primos plus anyone on the bench, you know, how does 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.320 that affect the trading pattern? Does that mean you need 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:00.920 to kind of slow down and conserve trades more. He'd 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.520 be a bit smarter with them compared to the last 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:05.720 couple of years where you know, we've had more trades, 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:08.720 we've had boosters been go go go early season. Does 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:10.120 it slow it down or does it speed it up 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.760 even more. That's I know there's a lot of water 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:14.640 to go under the bridge. I know, very excited to 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:15.800 playground with it. 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.040 Phantom in the past has been a fan of the 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.760 twenty third Primo and up until an hour has been 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.160 to try and get an extra one maybe floater sitting 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:25.559 on the bench. But is that now your your flex guy. 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:29.640 Twenty four primos. Yeah, I do like there. I think 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.400 the way we do it is going to change over 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.920 the year, and I'm interested to get there and see 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:36.760 what we do. But I don't mind. I like patches 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:40.640 thinking about you know, he talked about coming, talked about 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.880 Harry Perryman, but you know our man over here now 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.160 we have claimed him. And I was a bit torn 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:49.880 yesterday when I saw James Peeling absolutely crunch my other man, 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:53.000 Jordan Smoky Dawson at training. But he looks very good. 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.440 He's got the bucket hat. Hon, he's flying out there 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:58.880 on the track down at West Lakes. You know you 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:02.360 pick him again in the midfield and then yeah, you're 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:05.880 not sacrificing on those midfield rookies where we know the 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.040 cash gin comes and the points give put an extra 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.280 one in that flex vision like pack patch mentioned there, 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.320 So I understand the rug thought, but I don't mind 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:17.560 thinking that it gives you a bit more flexibility. You 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:19.960 can have a bit more of a punt and not 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:22.720 you know, not sacrifice that extra cash gin. 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:25.080 And I feel like picking a ruck as well really 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.400 locks you into that strategy, especially if you do it early, 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:30.040 because if you decide to go elsewhere, it's very hard 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.120 you'd have to offload one of those rucks or on 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.760 the bench. But I know, yeah, it may well be 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:36.840 the go because you know, you look last year we 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.960 all wanted Cherry and Grundy and Gorne and then we 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.720 want to Grundy out of there for someone else. But 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:44.600 you know, that way you can have three of them. 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.120 But do you lock yourself in? Do you? Yeah? And 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.080 I just don't like trading in the rucks. I'm just 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.280 getting it out of the way early in the twenty 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:55.240 twenty five season, my anti ruck trading ranch. He's done. 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.680 It's in the books. Mark it off the agenda. 0:14:58.120 --> 0:14:58.920 That's v DOSSI. 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:02.280 With this sex your player jumping off as well, And 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.320 you know, you get an extra kind of crack at 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:07.080 having a decent probably rookie score, you know, out of 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.360 a couple of rookies that that may drop off. 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:10.280 Out of your score there. 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.640 Do we think maybe this also assists us if we 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.840 want to start an extra mid pricer or an extra 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.920 premium from those early buy rounds as well, Like, you know, 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.200 maybe a bit of less risk to start with the 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.600 Callum Mills who does have the. 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:27.920 Round three buyer, or a Kitty Coleman. 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:29.880 You could maybe test your luck on a couple of those, 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:33.000 knowing that they won't score early in the season. You 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.320 still have that sort of fallback on field that you're 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:38.320 not going to get a shocker of a score if 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.240 you know you do happen to buy one of those 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:40.880 bullets early. 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:45.160 What's best? We think all these rules will be confirmed 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:48.360 when the picker and everything opens, But if it's best 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.800 eighteen again in the buy rounds, you'll be now getting 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.720 best eighteen of thirty one players rather than have thirty. 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.120 So yeah, it does. It does potentially give you some 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.080 more more cover there, especially if it's in a round 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.000 two or round three where we're hoping all your rookie 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.320 he's a plane and you might only need two or 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:04.680 three of them to go well and the rest don't 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.840 count anyway, So yeah, that could be. That's a good 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:09.920 point because round three looking at the fixture is going 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:11.720 to be really tricky when you've got all those Brisbane 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:13.880 guys and you know Nick Dacos is in there as well, 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:15.800 and you know that that could be one where you're 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:18.320 starting to worry how many you've got. But this might 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:19.640 give you an extra little bit of cover. 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.640 Dossie just thinking ahead, thinking way ahead of the pack 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:25.720 as usual their fans. 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:29.960 But a light year for nothing, light years ahead. But 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:34.080 could you I don't know, could you even go You'd 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.240 be taking a risk because you don't want to lose 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.160 that cash gen. But can you go for another premium 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:43.120 because and you can you don't need to worry about 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.440 the on field scoring of those rookies much so you 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.880 can go a bit cheaper. I know you wouldn't want 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:53.000 to destroy your early season cash gen by picking the 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:57.840 you know, the rookies that might not score as well 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.600 as your top picks in the midfield. Let's say, but 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.000 do you pick three or four guys sub hundred k 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:06.720 take a few hits because you can't afford that extra 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:08.560 premium because you don't need the extra score in your 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:12.119 field compared to what everyone else has so plenty of 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:15.480 talk about plenty of water to go under the bridge, 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:19.240 plenty of preseason action to watch, plenty of parted to 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:19.600 go over. 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:22.840 I think last year in those by rounds, and the 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:26.119 players with the highest ceilings were the ones. Yeah, you know, 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:29.960 the coaches got rewarded if you had the right ones. Obviously. Yeah, 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:33.680 sort of going for value didn't necessarily work out because 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:35.600 you just wanted the guys who were pumping out one fifty. 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:37.239 So if you can find a way to get an 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:39.920 extra one of them, yep. But then, like you say, 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:42.320 you might be robbing Peter to pay Paul if you. 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:47.879 Rookie, you're thinking guns and rookies an other way to 0:17:47.920 --> 0:17:49.920 go early days out, that's with. 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:52.159 An extra rookie. 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:53.879 That was kind of my lesson from last year. 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:57.040 I think, yeah, I'm building on that. I'm wondering, you know, 0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:01.159 there'll be roughly what price decreasing. Does that mean that 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:03.480 there's ten percent more money to be made on these 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.840 cheaper rookies compared to last year because they've got a 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.680 lower starting price. Does that means that you know that'll 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:12.119 affect break evens? This is apparently the bumper rookie crop 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:15.399 the draft you know tw end All drafts. Does that 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:17.800 mean we we can trust these rookies more and will 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.520 be rewarded more for it? Is that where we could 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:22.600 be going with this as well? Where it does really 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:24.879 you know, you crunch all your cash into as many 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.920 you know, whether or not that's you know, heaps of 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:32.399 mid prices. If it's like a few really like concentrated 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:35.719