Get Them In!
Players your team needs
By now, everyone should be looking to be full premium, or at least close to. The difficult thing at the moment is the lack of decent rookie options in recent weeks to help build the cash required to land a big fish. Instead we may need to look at a few cheaper options to save cash and trades.
There are a few fallen premiums down back such as Luke Ryan and James Sicily that aren’t quite ready to be snapped up as their high breakeven’s suggest they are set to fall further. If you can’t wait though, there are still plenty to chose from with the likes of Hamish Hartlett, Callum Mills, Christian Salem and Jack Crisp are in form and provide excellent value.
In the middle it’s a little harder to find any solid options to bring into your side this week with Dylan Shiel, Jacob Hopper and Jack Redden the best options, but none of them should get a look in to your side.
Up forward is similar to defenders where there are plenty of options with high breakeven’s that will be perfect to be snapped up in a few weeks while Isaac Heeney is the only one who is ready to go now as he is set to rise in price over the coming weeks.
- Isaac Heeney (Fwd/Mid; $467,900; and 36.7% ownership)
- Jack Crisp (Def; $457,500; and 7.6%)
- Christian Salem (Def; $466,600; and 4.0%)
Pass Mark
If you have them, keep them.
At this stage of the season, these players are looking to be held as a D6/M8/F6 option, especially for those who are running short of trades and have rookies on the field. Players including Darcy Parish, Jack Redden, Dion Prestia, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Jacob Hopper and Daniel Rich are doing enough to hang onto with the hopes of upgrading later on.
Chopping Block
Joining ‘Bite the Bullet’ and ‘Chopping Block’ together – a lot of tough calls.
Besides those impacted by injury like Tom Bellchambers, Callum Sinclair and Charlie Curnow, there are concerns over players like Jaeger O’Meara, Ollie Wines and Brodie Smith as they continue to underperform and need to be traded out to strengthen your sides heading towards the league finals.
Good luck coaches and let me know your thoughts.
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Hey Hot Sauce
Great write up once again.
Was actually thinking of Rich as an upgrade from Duursma and Billings to Sloane.
T/u Great idea
Billings impacted by return of Steele and Hanners and Sloane in form mids
T/d Crazy leave last defensive upgrades for Hurn and Whitfield .
Still have 9 trades
With 9 trades left I’d do it.
Personally, I would go Crisp over Rich because of both his durability and tendency to have a bigger back half to the season. With his lack of pre-season he is now starting to show signs of what he’s capable of.
Good luck whatever you decide PB.
Thanks All Saints
Very generous with your time responding.
Noticed you have Stewart but no fun having all the same selections you have.
Was also considering Salem
I think I may come to regret getting Stewart, but given I nearly went Sicily, I’ll take it!
Salem is great to watch, tho he may be injured and has a horribly low floor in his SC scoring. Great POD, but too risky for me.
Have Brodie Smith as D6 and Brad Crouch as M8. Thinking of Crouch to Marc Murphy to allow for Smith to Hurn. Have 8 trades left.
T/U Good idea
T/D Better off holding trades
Think Murphy will return to the outside when Cripps is back. Not worth it for mine.
Trading B.Smith from my M5 this week..
TU: Stewart
TD: Salem
Is Lycett a viable replacement option for Daniel?
cheers
If you need RUC cover and have Bines to facilitate it, then it could be a good move. I’d probably look elsewhere otherwise, unless you think he can keep it up?! Hasn’t been up against a recognised ruckman these last two weeks that’s all.
Good point mate. Dunkley is too expensive, and I don’t trust Walters, outside of these 2, I have all the other top 8 fwd’s except Lycett. Might be time to go bargain hunting!!
Tempted to do the same, with Gawn in some doubt, and Bines at R3. Can field Setters as cover this week
Not a bad option Simo, especially if Ryder stays out. The only decent ruck he faces in the next 8 weeks is Goldy in Rd 22.
Thoughts on Hartlett? No uber premium – hurn, lloyd etc, but looks like he could provide as good output as sicily, ryan or that next rung below.
Not sure i’ve got the balls, but at that price he’s pretty tempting.
Needs more Marc Murphy!
Further to my earlier post im looking for a final defender and came across a mid-pricer.
Anyone entertain the idea of Hamish Hartlett? Can anyone tell me what role he’s playing since he came back 3 weeks ago? Scores of 71, 91, 130. Mighty tempting @ $378k as D6, allows me $100k to spend elsewhere compared to Stewart/Ryan.
*Only costs 10k to go Brodie Smith > Hartlett.