TEAM REVEAL: LEKDOG
We are back again, this has to be my 10th team reveal on the site now…I’ve become an old man, an old cranky man.
Any feedback that isn’t “this is the best team I’ve ever seen” might get you a very cranky response.
A huge round of applause though to the youth who have reinvigorated the website this off-season, from BBL to 26 podcasts before Round 1 even kicked off! Amazing stuff. So thank you Damo, Dyl, Azz, Kev, Foz, Statty, Clarky, Barron and Patch, you’ve kept the site alive for another year.
Now, the team…
Structure has remained the same pretty much all off season but you’ll notice that I’ve jumped off Jake Lloyd, Lachie Neale and Patrick Dangerfield…this happened on Wednesday and I love it.
The aim of the game was durability, total points and a clean preseason, only Tom Stewart had an injury in the off-season and I can live with that.
ROOKIES ARE PENDING YOU BASTARDS
I accidentally made this version of the team use exactly 100% of the salary cap, i took this as a sign and as a result I present it to you.

Rory Laird was the first picked this year, midfield time, previous scoring history, defence eligible, lock.
Caleb Daniel is so bloody consistent, loves to chip kick and mark, I think Bevo knows where to play him, tick.
Jayden Short was in my side when the team picker dropped last year…this year…who knows, time is meaningless. Annoyingly I had him at 2% ownership, then he scored ten thousand points in the preseason game and everyone jumped on, to those of you who did I say “get stuffed.” New rules, hitting his prime, barely over $500k, tick.
Tom Stewart had some injury clouds over him earlier in the preseason but he is the new Corey Enright in that he has a pretty low standard deviation and I believe I can rely on him, tick.
Jordan Clark is not a player I particularly want in my team but I’m not willing to try and guess five of the top six forwards before Round 1 and he is in 50% of teams so the risk is pretty mitigated…lack of rookie options hurts too, question marks remain.
Highmore and Koschitzke look like they’ll play Round 1, that’s enough for me. D8 is currently Murray but could be Fyfe…who knows.

Clayton Oliver missed his preseason game with general soreness, I’m not counting that as a preseason red flag. As Patch said in his reveal here Clayton Oliver has scored below 80 just four times in his last 96 games, lock.
Jack Macrae scared the shit out of me in October/November of the year we don’t speak about when Treloar made the move across to the Dogs, honestly he’s just too good not to pick and will thrive in whatever role Bevo has for him, even if it’s in the coaching box or something ridiculous, lock.
Zach Merrett hasn’t left my side yet in the preseason and given we have less than an hour until game one, he’s fairly entrenched there. He averaged 119 from Round 7 onward in 2020, that’s pretty freaking good, tick.
Travis Boak is the magic that makes this team special, I slotted him in and bang, the salary cap showed $0…meant to be. He’s old yes, but age is just a number baby, he’ll be in the top-20 Supercoach scorers again in 2021 and I’ll admit, I was feeling uncomfortable without a POD in the team, POD pick.
I like picking rookies who are named, so far Campbell, Bruhn, Powell, Jordon, Downie, Gulden and McNeil all look like they are playing. These could changes you vultures.

Tick.

I didn’t particularly want Josh Dunkley in my team but he’ll end up being a top-6 forward barring injury so it’s an easy choice, plus he doesn’t cost $600k so I’m not mortgaging my structure to have him, tick.
Dustin Martin is in my team, deal with it. Yes he’ll likely be cheaper later on, yes he’ll lose interest in a couple of games but guess what? He’s going to be a top-6 forward barring injury in 2021, tick.
Dayne Zorko is a man I just couldn’t get out of my head and quite frankly I was going to pick him even if he became a permanent forward this year. He’s cheap, Cam Rayner going down helps to strengthen his midfield time and he’ll end up being a top-6 forward barring injury, tick.
Warner, Jones, Rowe and Scott are all likely to play in Round 1 and stick in my side, Fullarton is a gut feel but if he doesn’t make the cut for the Lions, he doesn’t make the cut for the Puppies.
Here it is, Lekdog’s Puppies for 2021.

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i like that you have 13 clear-cut keepers in your team, including Grundy & Gawn. Are you sure you are under the salary cap? impressive.
Under? No. Over? Also no. :p
This year is stark for the choices the punters are making. There are 3 main broad options. It’s either Guns and Rookies with or without top players each line or Guns and Mids. I am with Leckdog re the former except I am sticking with Lloyd, Neale and Danger. At the end of the year I would love to see an analysis on which strategy was the best.
I just can’t see the mid pricers lots are picking, especially in the forward line, will generate the cash they need to get the top pricers they say they will drop in price. Personally I think it is a trap.
I’ll let you know how it goes if I come first
This is the best team in the Universe 🙂
Thank you
You’re welcome, I just didn’t want to receive a cranky old man response, I’m a much older cranky old man than you , ha.
Like it Lek. Same structure as me except 5 in back and 2 premos forward
Like it
Very nice side Lek. I started with Walsh and Short. Both doing the business. Sam Walsh is going to be the life of Carlton. What a player he is developing into. Carlton playing very well tonight. You must be pleased what you are seeing. Cheers. TH
The only reason he wasn’t a last minute trade in for me, fear that I would curse him
Walsh is very good at football, I thought he was, but tonight he was outstanding.
Crops was very good until Bolton just stopped him in his tracks after half time, bit like Dow who was on 52 at half time and score 7pt in the second half
Dusty was magnificent
After looking at your team, it inspired me to go more guns and rookies. I now have 6 rookies on field. Lord give them strength
I was inspired by Foz’s team reveal to have less midpricers and a few more dependable players, that’s why I brought Dusty into my side.
Hadn’t ever given Dusty a serious thought, but he was seriously good last night
Have been moving house for the last week, haven’t been able to comment. How did you end up going?
League code 175680
Not a single Cartlon player Lek, if you had to choose one, who would it be – Walsh, Cripps, ZWilliams, Doc, Saad, any other.
This isn’t helpful now but it would have been Walsh
Hi Lekdog, Great team!
Just out of curiosity – Do you rate any of Lloyd & neale? is there a reason you dont have them in your team, or is it just because of structure?
Cheers.
Hey mate, apologies for the delay. It was price and interrupted preseasons that kept them out
Ziebell and Clark or Caldwell and Highmore
It looks weak but strong?
That summarises me pretty well haha