Strategy Locks, PODs & 2 Smoking Breakouts

[Deliverance]

Simple format below:

Locks
Grundy - 2020 was a shitshow for him personally,. He's Zen in 2021. 5-10ppg increase incoming.
Dunkley - midfielders will be exhausted with the rotations cap. Dunkley will get plenty of mid time. Would not surprise to see 110 ppg again.

PODS (sub 5%)
Gaff - running machine, will rack em up in Q4 when the game and SC points are on the line.
Mills - forget the praccy match where he was concussed.

Breakouts
H Clark
Z Butters

 

[patfootball04]

Simple format below:

Locks
Grundy - 2020 was a shitshow for him personally,. He's Zen in 2021. 5-10ppg increase incoming.
Dunkley - midfielders will be exhausted with the rotations cap. Dunkley will get plenty of mid time. Would not surprise to see 110 ppg again.

PODS (sub 5%)
Gaff - running machine, will rack em up in Q4 when the game and SC points are on the line.
Mills - forget the praccy match where he was concussed.

Breakouts
H Clark
Z Butters

Will Mills play R1?
Anyway here’s mine:

Locks:
Gawn- amazing fixture to start the year. Will go massive and justify his $ tag.
Danger- #1 forward hands-down, returning to pure mid role and looks fit and firing despite groin issues earlier in preseason.

PODs:
Andrew Brayshaw: 100 average last year with 0 goals. Adds a few snags and an extra disposal or two and he’s 110+. The main man in their engine room.

Breakouts:
Butters
Parish (still wouldn’t pick as a MID)

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Locks:
Gawn: Do i really need to write anything here?
Danger: Will be #1 Forward. Enough said!

Pods:
Haynes: Apart from LY SC finals, he was a very consistent scorer. I expect that to continue this year.
Gaff: Gut running machine with an outside game suited to the new rules.

Breakouts
H. Clark
W. Brodie

 

[Blackhawk42]

Lock: Daniel and Laird. The little men with the big numbers. Can't see a world where they don't post career high averages if their roles stay the same and they stay fit.

PODs: Walsh. Don't have him but may end up with him come seasons end.
Worpel. In my team. Hitting prime age. Huge pre-season. Ready to truely compete for the number 1 midfielders spot at the Hawks with Titch after a year of teething issues.

Breakouts: Butters. Pure class.
Hunter Clark

11

Hunter Clark

Age

25

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.3

3star

D

16.0

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.9

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.0

1star

. Love what he offers. Looks a player ready to take the next step.
Scrimshaw. Think he can push to a 90/95 average as an intercept marking and rebounding replacement for Sicily. Averaged 85 last season after Siss went down.

 

[Suma Magic]

Locks

Daniel - should commonly get 2-3 possessions per kickout chain.

Lloyd - should be a captaincy option with the new rules


Pods

None. Closest Ridley at 10% and then Stewart at 16%.


Breakouts

Caldwell and Tom Green

12

Tom Green

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

3star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

5star

- will see a big jump in scoring.

 

[blueiris]

Locks
Laird
Neale
Gawn
Dunkley

PODS
Zorko
Jaith

Breakout
Green
Clark

 

[stevebbb]

LOCKS:
Lloyd, Daniel, Macrae, Gawn, Grundy and Dunks

PODS:
Butts! Will be a top 5 rookie this season, only in 2.1% of teams

Breakout:
De Goey (even though I'm not starting him; just doesn't fit because I'm loading up down back)

 

[A Bit Dusty]

LOCKS:
Daniel, Macrae, Gawn, Dusty, Short and Bont

PODS:
Tom Atkins

30

Tom Atkins

Age

28

Ht

180cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

6.5

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

4.3

5star

MG

123.5

2star

D

6.5

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.5

2star

M

0.8

1star

T

1.5

2star

MG

100.0

2star

D

11.6

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

4.8

5star

MG

130.0

3star

playing Half back with some mid time this year only in 1% of teams

Breakout:
Dom Tyson

21

Dom Tyson

Age

30

Ht

186cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.3

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

12.0

5star

M

4.3

4star

T

3.5

5star

CL

3.8

5star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

5.0

2star

HB

9.0

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

CL

2.4

5star

to be the best scoring mid at North

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

LOCKS:
Me and Bubba in jail

PODS:
Tide but sometimes the cafeteria also have MnMs

Breakout:
My team is gonna breakout into the top 10k this year I cant feel it

 

[JT_the_Man]

Locks - No man is safe... But Gawn.

PODs - Idk what their ownership numbers are but I’ve been eyeing of Stephenson and Hind.

Breakout - Caldwell, Butters

 

[timtimtim]

Locks
Gawn - fear the beard
Dunks - contested beast, contract year blah blah

PODS (sub 5%)
Titch - ave 113 last year nursing a shoulder injury (and coming back after a whole season out). Expect him to get back to brownlow form
Rockcliff - ave 128 ppg over the last 5 games of 2020... pig of old?

Breakouts
Hind - playing a SC friendly role, straight replacement for Saad. Locked terrific in praccy vs Geelong
Sier - MID opportunity galore, best positioned to grab it with both hands and will be given every opportunity to do so

 

[Seymour Skinner]

Locks
Gawn & Grundy, it's too easy.
Zerrett, think the top inside/outside mids will be big benefactors of the high kicking / high marking game Hocking has forced upon us.

PODs
JKelly due to not die for once isn't he? Isn't he!?
TMitch 113 last year off a busted leg and carrying a dud shoulder. Leg's all good, shoulder just been given the all good. He's good.

Breakouts
Max Gawn

11

Max Gawn

Age

32

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.7

4star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

35.3

5star

D

18.5

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

7.0

4star

CL

3.5

4star

HO

29.2

5star

D

8.4

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

15.6

5star

.

 

[SavDog23]

Lock: Balta

POD: Balta

2 Breakouts: Noah and Balta

 

[ImissFrosty]

Locks:
Gawn and Lloyd, nothing more to say.

PODS:
Harmes- gonna be a fun ride my brothers.
Jelly- my god he's a sexy beast, pls don't get injured on me baby.
Flyin Ryan- Great finish last year playing higher up the ground, set to continue that with west coast mids being made of papier mache.
Brad Hill- holy shit I have too many pods.

Breakout:
Petracca to become a supercoach beast by the end of the year, I'm talking GAJ, Swan, Danger territory.

 

[zoomba23]

Locks:
Gawndy
Macrae
Danger
Crippling depression after my speculative picks inevitably shit the bed

PODs:
Gaff (really wanna turn him into Bont tho)

Breakouts:
Taranto (fallen premo, needs to break out again)
Caldwell
Young
Me (into a cold sweat and a nasty rash when I finish outside the top 100k)

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

:

The Seagull
Macrae

POD:
Jelly

Breakout:

LDU. Looking beastly.

 

[hoddo]

I have 13 locks, no PODs and none of them need to breakout

 

[King_Steele]

Locks:
Gawndy
Cripps
Docherty

PODS:
Greene
Docherty

Breakout:
HYoung
JClark

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Locks:
Gawndy
Cripps
Docherty

PODS:
Greene
Docherty

Breakout:
HYoung
JClark

No Hunter Clark !

 

[King_Steele]

No Hunter Clark !

Trying to squeeze him in @ D4 Wayno!

Just posted my latest team help a brother out!

 

[MagicGnome97]

Locks: Grundy and Gawn
PODs: Howe and Brayshaw
Breakouts: De Goey and Butters

 

[Santoz]

No Hunter Clark !

I trust he's in your team?

 

[WaynesWorld19]

I trust he's in your team?

 

[Santoz]

Locks
Macrae - Will love being back to longer quarters and with the new rules he'll dominate
Short - Tigers best ball user off the HBF. Will turn elite & challenge the Gull as the top defender for '21.

PODS (sub 5%)
Brodie Smith

33

Brodie Smith

Age

32

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.5

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.2

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

500.1

5star

D

17.1

4star

K

12.6

5star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.5

3star

T

2.3

3star

MG

438.9

5star

D

17.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.6

5star

- As above.
Daniel Rich

10

Daniel Rich

Age

33

Ht

183cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.2

5star

MG

430.3

5star

D

14.9

4star

K

13.1

5star

HB

1.8

1star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

MG

384.3

5star

D

16.2

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

5.2

5star

- As above.

Breakouts
Tom Atkins

30

Tom Atkins

Age

28

Ht

180cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

6.5

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

4.3

5star

MG

123.5

2star

D

6.5

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.5

2star

M

0.8

1star

T

1.5

2star

MG

100.0

2star

D

11.6

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

4.8

5star

MG

130.0

3star

- Role change & had 28 touches in the praccy match with a huge number of them being contested. Cats tall defenders will bring it to ground & he'll be there to mop up when they do. Reckon he can push a 90 average and at under 300k I'm happy to risk him as a season long F6.