Team Review: King Dom

Written by Leights

The season has well and truly begun and now that the multi-byes are on the back burner for a while I thought it was time to start reviewing some of the teams and working out who is a chance and who isnt. My early opinions (your welcome to disagree, but I doubt few will) is that Dan Polks is not much of a chance. He has almost posted more rubbish in the coaches box this yr than last yr and were only into Round 4 of competitive games.

The team I want to focus on today is Andrew Carey's team: KingDom. Carey is making a genuine name for himself as a Dream Team gun after finishing top of the table last yr in the home and away season and making another cracking start to 2011. There was some off season talk that he might give the Fantasy game away this yr to focus on bigger things, primarily getting bigger. But with a 24 hour gym now at his disposal and regular protein shakes to keep him going Carey has found a way to manage training and playing.

His pre- season study, unlike Leeds, didnt use the Prospectus. He observed the NAB cup and used DT talk to find out what he needed to know and construct his team. His scores in the early 3 rounds demonstrated that he had researched well, although he had made some interesting selections that many, mostly Patty could not understand.

There are 4 selections in particular that I want to focus on that really have given Carey and edge over many of his competitors. Carey has realised that to win this comp you need to have some unique players in your team and take a punt on them performing for you. The selections I want to look at today are: Liam Shiels from Hawthorn, Tom Rockliff from the Lions, Chris Dawes from Collingwood and Robin Nahas from the Tigers. Each of these players have made carey money, Shiels nearly $100,000. What is more important for Carey is that no one else has all of them, even some of them in their team. Nahas beat Patty single handedly when he tonned up in the KingDom v Birdman match. Rockliff was a steal for many teams last yr, but no one would have thought he would have continued

Each of these players have paid off for Carey in big ways with their scoring the averages are as follows Nahas: 78.18 Rockliff: 111 Dawes: 91 and Shiels: 93.

Carey still has a lot of players that we all do, the Swan, goddard, Gibbs etc. but it seems the key to building a good team that can win a premiership is to take some risks and pick some players that are unique. We all know Carey loves to burn early trades, but if he can continue to build his team with these unique picks he should be a contender come seasons end.

When trading dont be afraid of having a look at some players on the list that no one else might have- unless your Dan who should stick to picking muppets.

Carey: The stats
Average per round: 1982.67
Overall Ranking: 12,010
Predicted finish: top 4
Predicted trades used currently: 6