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Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Team:
The Brisbane Lions of 2010 hardly look much like the Brisbane Lions of 2009 after their mass trading in the off-season. They lost key players Bradshaw, McDonald and Hooper, but gain Fevola, Buchanan, Staker, Maguire, Raines and more! It is an exciting time of Brisbane fans with Vossy one more year into his coaching tenure (and therefore one more year experienced) and with what is arguably the best forward combination in the AFL; Brown and Fevola. The only question is how will all these changes effect the club – Will Brown and Fevola gel well together, or will they detriment the other’s games? Will injury riddled recruits, Maguire, Raines and Clarke ever even play? All this aside, Brisbane players are great to have in your dream team – Vossy’s game plan is simple and is based around the high-possession game of Geelong, meaning oodles and oodles of Dream Team points! Brisbane do have plenty of senior citizens in their line-up, so be careful selecting any of these due to their increased possibility to break down with injuries.
Who’s Hot?:
Daniel Rich ($358,400): Said to have stepped up his fitness with an even bigger pre-season last year when he was heavily monitored (due to being a first year player). The bonus of Rich is he only really started scoring highly towards the end of the season, therefore he is underpriced from his potential.
Brendon Fevola ($416,000): Has only missed one session and is training well, settling into his new home up north. He won’t be joined by Brown in the NAB cup so we will be unable to see how the combination will work.
Jamie Charman ($179,800) Having his first pre-season in six years. He will be determined to slot back into his ruck role this year, and at 27 he still has the abilities to do so.
Jack Redden ($312,600): Bulked up considerably and looking really good on the track – showed last year that he is quite a dream teamer, and just the kind of player Vossy likes. He seems determined to succeed!
Jared Brennan ($394,600): Training exclusively with the midfield group – this is very exciting news if he can still be picked up as a key-position player, or even as a ruckman!
Who’s Not?:
Xavier Clarke: I still recovering from the ACL injury he suffered at the start of last season – knowing his history, he will still take a while recovering.
Callum Bartlett: Still recovering from a knee injury so will take a while to get into full training. Due to his first year status, no chances will be made on him.
The Bargain:
Jamie Charman ($179,800): Charman only played three injury riddled games in 2009 to a total of 116 dream team points – definitely not a great display of point-getting ability! However, to get a bargain, you must take some risks – and Charman is certainly one. If fit, and so far this pre-season he is, he could fit in (at best) as your second ruckman, allowing for much more spend in other positions. The risk of course is whether his body will withstand the high-pace game of AFL, and whether he is even best 22. Even at his best, Charman was not a brilliant dream teamer, but he was at least consistent, often bringing home a score of 70 – 80. If he did this for the first 8 – 10 rounds of 2010, you may have just made yourself $150,000! He is definitely as risk, but one that could certainly pay off! Keep your eyes on his NAB Cup!
The Kid:
Jack Redden ($312,600): Redden was selected at pick 28 in 2008 as a tough as nails inside midfielder – and that is exactly what he has shown so far in his 10 games of AFL (including two finals). He throws himself under packs and tackles ferociously, but the thing I have liked about him the most is his ability to stay calm under pressure and hit up a target. He always looks composed and trusting of his own decisions and skills. This year, his pre-season has been strong – he has put on a lot of bulk (important for inside midfielders), and has an already established fitness base that has increased. Being in just his second year, his spot in the team is far from guaranteed, but watch for him to fight hard for it – I expect him to surprise many in 2010 as he was definitely one of my favourite first year players in 2009!
The Premium:
Jed Adcock ($393,000): Again, I have chosen a player on the verge of premium classification. The main reason that I see Jed stepping up this year due to a predicted role change; with Brisbane’s recruiting of half-back types Maguire, Raines and Clarke (and therefore taking Adcock’s half-back spot), I can see Adcock moving to the midfield, a position which Voss had earmarked him for since round one, 2009. Unfortunately for Jed at the time, injuries to the backline relegated him to a more defensive role in defence than he would have normally wanted. But with these new recruits taking his 2009 position from him, my money is on Jed getting his chance again at playing through the midfield. Two years ago, we saw the effect that playing midfield had on his game with multiple 100+ DT scores (and this was even in Leigh Matthews low-possession game-plan!) – So now we can watch the pre-season with our fingers crossed for getting to see Jed line up in the square.
The Smokey:
Jared Brennan ($394,600): All the reports coming from Brisbane are that Brennan has been training exclusively with the midfield group – a fact that I am VERY excited about! Brennan has always been a player who has irritated Dream Teamers with his inconsistency – one week he is flying through the midfield or off the backline, then the next he is playing as a stopper on the opposition’s key forward, resulting in a very frustrating up-and-down score line. Fortunately, Voss has decided to make this flamboyant freak of a footballer a Jack of one trade, rather than a Jack of many. Not only will this help his overall consistency as a footballer, but also the fact the position given to him is as a midfielder/ruckman it will mean his scoring potential is even greater! It’s not going to take much to convince me to put Brennan in my team for 2010 – I am very excited about his potential this year!
9 Comments on Brisbane Lions
Charman is interesting – Tossing up on wheather to have him as my second ruck or third ruck
His scores are not up there to be a keeper but bit too expensive to be a bench player
It all depends on how many Rookies I can fit into my team – at this stage his is on my bench but if some of the rookie centres don’t debut round one I’ll upgrade one of them to a Gibbs, Murphy etc and downgrade Cox to a rookie
Where do you think Brennan fits into most sides
Would think that playing this guy in the Rucks if avaliable would be a Handy Option. Out side of Cox and Sandilands there are not many players that average above 80
dlow, i would be worried about Cox this year – he is still not back into full training, and they have already stated that they hope Nic Nat to play as first ruck this year, suggesting that Cox will be moved forward more – i dont like this.
Personally i believe that if Brennan gets ruck status, he is a lock! I dont have to tell you how much of a freak he is! Imagine him playing ruck/rover for a the whole season! A LOT of potential! Even if he is not ruck, but forward or back, i will strongly consider him!
My other ruck is Jolly – i believe he is a good pickup at just under $400,000 – with his move to Collingwood, it should see him get much more of the ball. Sydney were/are a very low possession team, so i believe their is great improvement to come from Jolly, especially since he moved to a team like Collingwood who love to kick the ball!
For ruck rookies, it is Trent West and Matt Lobbe for me – both are $90k and should play a handful of games this year – especially Lobbe!
Got Sandilands and Big Cox for the time being
got a theory with the rucks that you get the best or get rookies
There is a big points gap between Cox and Sandi to the rest, I agree that there is not much value there in Cox
I probably think I’ll end up with Sandilands, Charman, Lobbe, West as my starting rucks with the possiblility of Cox or Brennan getting in for West
Yeah Brennan is paying some consistant footy these days and dosn’t go missing too much – Possibility of moving into the midfield, there is no chance he’ll play ruck this year but might be running around the wing
Yeah Brennan sounds much better option than Cox
Brennan
Sandilands
Lobbbe
Charman
That sound like a decent starting ruck lineup – If these guys don’t get injured then you won’t need to make any trades except trading Charman down to a rookie towards the end of the year.
Only thing going for Cox is that if you get him its a safe bet that he’ll be one of the top 2-3 rucks in the competition.
Jolly was getting 40 hit outs
Sounds very decent… I guess the other point to be made is how important having points of difference is to your team – if 30% of teams have Cox starting, you would be much better risking on someone like Brennan, especially for $100,000 less, coming off a FULL pre-season, and much more upside.
If Cox had had a full pre-season, he would be a lock for me too… it’s just his lack of fitness base (which his game style relies on) will be too lacking – think Hodge and Buddy from last year – they are great examples of how much a player needs a full pre-season, EVEN if they are superstars!
I only suggest Brennan as having ruck eligibility due to him playing in that position a lot through 2009 – something which could persuade those good men at Champion Data to place him there! I guess we will find out on Feb 1st!
Also Dlow, who do you see as the best buys at Brisbane? Or those with good improvement in them? And do you think Fev’s trade will help or hinder Jon Brown?
Backs
Adcock – May score a move to the middle
Maguire – Bench
Staker? – Wants a midfield role if he dose get one then hes worth getting into your side, can’t see it happening we need an extra big body to play down back.
Forwards
Buchanan – Could average over 20 disposals per game
Rucks
Charman – can average 60 – 70 ppg
Generally don’t have too many rookies from Brisbane playing 22 games. Rich was one out of the bag.
Don’t think getting Fev is going to make much difference, Bradshaw wasn’t exacly a dud. Hopefully he’ll get a double team and someone like Amon or Brennan will get some easy marks up the ground.
We’ll have to see how the Lions look like in the NAB cup we need some guys to step up like Sheldon,Stiller,Proud,Polkinghorn,Hawksley,Redden
None of these guys are rookie priced so not really in contention for dreamteam.
With Voss getting rid of so many players theres not much deapth so you might see a few more rookie debut this year.
PS Hope Troy Selwood comes back this year, I was that the match where he got knocked out against Richmond, he never came back quite as good.
Had Staker last year which was pretty frustrating. Played round 1, spudded it up and got dropped, returned in round 4 and scored 100 playing in the midfield. Played full-forward in round 5 and scored 15.
Have considered Polkinghorne, but at the moment I think there might be a few players in that same price range that. Raines is one that could provide value if he can manage to get a game, and with Adcock and Brennan potentially playing midfield there should be a spot for him.
re: “The bonus of Rich is he only really started scoring highly towards the end of the season, therefore he is underpriced from his potential.”
It seems to me Rich’s DT average near the end of the year doesn’t seem significantly different to his full year average?
Yeah, looking at the scores you’re quite right Dan (#2), they went up, but only marginally – but i guess i was thinking more about form lines – Rich really picked up his game in the last 10 or so rounds, and i think it is that form (and subsequent scoring ability) that he will carry into 2010.
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