Community team - 2023 initial squad

Round 1 team as chosen by you




Its templatey, except for the big surprise of double gunning at the back with both Turbo and Tedesco

Its a bit light on mids, so I test out putting in a requirement for an extra body there, and the algorithm spits out Carrigan instead of Teddy, so having a poll to see which way people prefer
Currently BSmith is our only cover for hooker and mid, so Carrigan gives us a bit more

But if you want to place your faith in our initial votes then we can run with that.

As it is Carrigan and Murray were the most popular players we couldn't fit in. Utoikamanu is the least popular player to get a spot.

Once we've sorted a team will post a poll tomorrow for captain/vice captain and bench makeup

I really like the squad. Obviously I'd rather see Trbojevic depar instead of Tedesco but we have enough cover with Smith on the bench I'd say let it ride.

Essentially Turbo is too cheap to replace with anyone good, or without doing a complete team rejig.

What's surprising is Mark Nicholls nearly made the team. Nobody is talking about him on the main thread, but he acquired quite a few votes here

Half the people that voted had Tommy Talau in their team, but nobody rated him at more than 1/5 so he was deemed unworthy for our needs

It's a good-looking team, but not sure we can risk one guy on the bench covering four slots, especially when that guy is going to be out in Round 4, so voted Carrigan in for Teddy.

Same thoughts as rhino

Agreed, Carrigan needs to come in. That bench is fine other than the lack of mid cover I think.

As for Talau, personally anyone I gave 1 point meant I'd be happy swapping them out for any other bludger (within reason)