3 rd village advice

Hi guys.

the time has come for my 3rd village, im a bit unsure as to what to go for, and could use some input. here are my options.

1) settle a 4/4/4/6 right next to a 15c, and make my next village the 15c. this site has 3 25/25 crop/res of each type. not sure weather to use it on the 4/4/4/6 for the res and crop or the cropper for the crop.
Advantage - a feeder for the 15c to make it grow faster, possible 75% crop and 25% of each res to a 4/4/4/6, or a possible 75% for the cropper
Disadvantge - the 15c may be taken by a FUN member who i cant cata out of it. 31 square from FLANKS SH center

2) get the 15c, i raid like crazy and there are a alot of farms around so i can use that to feed it.
Advantage - build an army as i raid, dont have to be worried about loosing it to another alliance player. 4 squares from my 9c
Disadvantage - dont have a feeder, already have a 9c that i use to raid the area alot, its no longer relaint on capital for res, but its not yet able to be a feeder.

3) get a cropper right in the center of the FLANK SH
advantage - in the center of the SH, very short travel times
Disadvantage - area is heavily farmed already, so income will be reliant on capital
Advantage - close to FLANK people

4) get a feeder next to the cropper in the SH, same as option 1 only its closer to everyone.

Id really like some imput from anyone on what they think, im hoping since im a heavy raider that it should be ok to get a 15c, but id like opinions from anyone who has done similar and how it went. I have 3 days for CP cos i dont want to use res on parties cos i need it for catas.

I'd go with getting the 15c now if it's not reserved already - there are very few of them left in the SH anymore and it's very much a first come first served kind of deal. As you say above, if you are a heavy raider, you should be able to support it well enough until you have enough CP and rez to found a new support village right next to it.