Thrillers
Brent Harvey ($493,700, 129, 107.20, 90) – Remember last year when he scored 110 in the first game of the year and then 11 in his second at which point about 90% of the coaches who had him jumped off thinking his tired, old legs wouldn’t see him out another year? Over the next three weeks he slammed on 176, 109 and 110. Bit of déjà vu about 2011: he scored 64 in his first game of the year which I’m sure lead to more than few people trading him out again and since then has put up 102, 116, 125 and 129. Mercurial gun. Never doubt him.
Jared Brennan ($402,600, 100, 86.6, 66) – We all know the queries that have been raised in the past regarding Brennan’s consistency but we also know how a change of club can prove the world of difference to some players. Jared’s first game for the year was a stinker – 18 – since then he has amassed scores of 114, 86, 115 and 100. He’s only gone up $23k for the year on account of that poor first game. And you know he’ll get a run every week playing for the Suns. Anyone looking for a straight swap for Higgins?
Robin Nahas ($328,900, 149, 80.5, -19) – Its either hot or cold with Na-has (I can’t help but think of Nelson from the Simpsons whenever I hear his name). In the 6 games he’s played so far this year he’s scored at one end of the spectrum a 48, a 58 and a 25 (he got subbed at ¾ time). At the other end is a 104, a 99, and a spectacular 149. I reckon you’d be taking your chances if you recruited him but for $328k he’s kinda tempting.
Honourable mentions: Kyle Hardingham, Patrick Dangerfield and Leroy Jetta
Chillers
Jarrad Waite ($382,000, 49, 74.17, 120)
Brad Green ($370,200, 48, 72.8, 129)
Sam Gilbert ($373,500, 44, 73.8, 129)
Drillers
Jack Darling ($262,300, 100, 84.0, -16) – I brought him in last week at $214k and couldn’t be happier with the ton he posted. I still reckon he’s pretty cheap for the dominant type of player I expect him to become. Last chance.
Jack Riewoldt ($386,000, 109, 82.83, 24) – Opened the season with a 122, then had 3 bad weeks and over the last two has scored 136 and 109. If you missed him last week, you’ll be paying an extra $23k this week. With a 24 BE he’s not going to last long under $400k.
Kurt Tippett ($334,800, 102, 76.50, 46) – I know some of you will be shuddering right now just at the mention of Kurt’s name after last season’s debacle but the pack marks he was taking and the ba-na-na kicks he was making last Saturday night have made me think twice about him. Since starting his season in R3 he’s just got better and better with scores of 49, 70, 85 and then 102 against the Saints last week. Watch him this week and see if he makes me look like a clown (again).
Special mentions: Setanta O’Hailpin (1 game wonder?), Chris Knights and Andrew Krakouer.
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As a North supporter i feel truly blessed to have been able to watch Boomer Harvey’s career in it’s entirety. Due to North’s low supporter base and up and down form over the last decade we are not on free to air TV as much as the Collingwood’s, Carlton’s, Essendon’s and Hawthorn’s. Therefore, non-North supporters just see bits and pieces of what Boomer can do. A genuine A grader with so much ticker and love for his footy club. He’s uber-consistent and has been a star since his coming of age winning the last real EJ Whitten Medal in ’99 at a soggy MCG. Whether he will or not i’m not too sure but there is no reason why he should retire at the end of the season and should play next year. It will be a sad day when he retires for North supporters as he is our last link to the 90’s premiership successes.
Love your work Boomer
Don’t be fooled by Brennan’s good form. He will burn you the first opportunity he gets. Who among us will be caught in his web of deceit?
Are you suggesting that we should all move on from Higgins Motts? He is listed as test in the IL but didn’t he have problems with his groin last year?
I can always upgrade him to Fyfe or Chappy.
If higgins doesnt play this week (very likely), then I will be copping a doughnut. Rioli, Richardson and Krak (no mpp) the other offenders.
Should I cull him and bring in Chappy/Jroo?
JackaRoo wouldn’t be a bad trade mousey, just gotta ride the bumps. Maybe wait a week or two. I have cover so im holding off for now. Things I’d be considering are can I beat my opponent this week with 21? Can I afford to lose this round? How many trades left? Will JRoo be in my finals team? How many games will Missy miss…?
Lolllll @ the man crush. Love the passion although I’m collingwood I also wanna boof Harvey…. Sorry I like the he plays. Go pies 😉
Hey, What do you guys reckon of :
ROK for Fyfe (thumbs up)
OR
ROK for Jack Riewoldt (thumbs down)
Cheers
Montgomery said Missy won’t play this week due to a ‘lingering groin’.
I’ve heard lingering groins are pretty common out in the western suburbs, PA.
thoughts on
swapping higgens over to jroo
then any of
gysberts (im a fool, i know)
prestia
buckley
libba
swallow
harris
upgrade to anyone i want in midfield.. thinking priddis.
i have swan, watson, goodes, pav, higgins, swallow, harris, curnow to spread out over the midfield, with the others going forward using mpp.
thoughts??
Love your movers articles Motts..
after reading this one and the comments I have got myself all confused on which option would be best..
Have dollars in the bank to upgrade a rook to a premium.
Orignal plan
Option 1
Matera – Chapman
Option 2 –
Otten – Hibbered/Jacobs/ Popu(Hawthorn bloke)
Richardson – Chapman
Now after reading the posts thinking
Option 3
Richardson – Harvey
Option 4
Prestia – Mitchell
Which way would the great minds of this website go?
Hey guys not sure way way to go this week should I trade out boak for mundy or trade out tapscott for jroo
Thumbs up mundy
Thumbs down jroo
Hey guys….From the herald sun …
HAWTHORN will bring mature-age debutants Isaac Smith and Paul Puopolo into the side to face Port Adelaide on Friday night.
Not that anyone on your team team having an injury is a good thing but this gives me a chance to put Swallow/Harris on the field, I hate them scoring 80s on my bench and their score not contributing to my overall score, it just makes my selection easier.
We should have registered a Supercoachtalk team and each week have a vote on who to trade… would provide some entertainment while our own teams stink it up. $50,000 divided by about 100 coaches = $500 each 🙂
Tooserious made up a community team. Doing quite well I think.
Opinions please.
This is the trade I am thinking of making this week.
Duigan -> Puopolo
D Swallow to Mundy.
Would like to go Priddis but just fall short.
This saves a trade of Higgins and still gives me another premium on the field if he doesn’t come up and goes on LTI I can then trade him and someone to get Swan next week.
Current team is as follows.
Gibbs, Goddard, Broughton, Grimes, Heppell, Lower Thompson (Duigan, Stanley, Toy)
Pendles, Boyd, Joelwood, Higgins, Curnow, D Swallow (Harris, Libba, Atley)
Sandi, Cox (Smith, J Tippet)
Pav, Franklin, N Roo, Goodes, Stevie J, J Roo, Krak (Petrie, Tappy, Matera)
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/fremantle-coach-mark-harvey-says-tendai-mzungu-close-to-afl-debut/story-e6frf9jf-1226049936164?from=public_js
Getting tired of Brad Green giving me nothing…. Got 650k in the bank and need to trade him out, go for Fyfe or Jack Riewoldt?
Don’t want Boomer due to Finals byes
fyfe
Will kop a dougnut if Higgins doesnt play. Do I trade in…
Jroo for Higgins (thumbs up)
Pavlich for Curnow which opens up MPP in the mids. Swallow to cover (thumbs down)
Or open to other suggestions…thanks guys
Is Yarran a must trade this week? He is averaging 81.4 and has a BE of 109.
Thinking of trading Yarran for JRoo
Good call – thumbs up
Bad call – thumbs down
good call rielwoldt will keep going up in price if he stays consistent
will downgrade players this week to get juddy in:
duigan to hibberd
higgins to judd
thumbs up good move
thumbs down bad move
There’s no really compelling downgrade targets this week, so I’m thinking of a high risk strategy:
Trading out an over-inflated Swan at 586K for Scott Thompson at 492K, and then Curnow can become Chappy, who’ll I will switch with Higgins to complete my forward line.
Thompson has an average of 118 – with an easy run to come: the likes of melbourene, gold coast, brisbane, north melbourne, west coast – and could go 120+ for the next few weeks… while Swan misses 2 out of the next 7 rounds…
Swan has a BE of 180 next week and shuld tank 30K to around to 550K after his next game against the cats.
Next week I can downgrade Duigan to a rookie (after seeing Hibberd/Puopolo play)… and then the following week I can get Swan back again cheaply by upgrading Higgins (or Swallow/Harris who’ll be fatter after 2 more games…. )
It basically means get I Chappy and Thompson on the ground this week (I’m still going for overall) but it will cost me 4 trades in all (to regain Swan…
The main risk is if Swan gets 150++ against the cats next week, and i miss out his captains points. This is unlikely – his last game was 104, most teams are a little slow after the bye, and there will be massive competition for Champion SC points in that particular game… (Selwood, Pendles, Chappy, Enright, etc)
It’s more likely that i’ll make $$ while hopoing thatThompson cuts sick…
trades im thinkin of doin are:
OUT IN
Duigan L.Thompson
Higgins Chapman
Thumbs up for good move
Thumbs down for look at someone else to trade
Also if i keep higgins i will get a definate dougnut
Sorry bad typin
Duigan to L,Thompson
Higgins to Chapman
Thumbs up good move
thumbs down not a good move
Hey guys your thoughts would be great,
Ive got a 2 week trading plan, obviously i will wait until teams but just so i can plan ahead, are these good trades?
THIS WEEK:
David Swallow-Sam Illes
I think that Sam will improve and i can pocket the 200k and use it next week. I also dont think i should have more that 2 suns when coming to their round 9 bye.
Andrew Krakouer – Mitch Wallis
Since Krakouer has his bye and Wallis will only get better, Why not pocket 170k
NEXT WEEK
Curnow- Pendlebury
Pendlebury will have had his first bye and Curnow will have his bye in round 8 so i can cash him in for about 370k. I also dont think Curnow needs to be held for much longer because Ratten was saying he will need to rest come midyear.
Libba- Nick Dal Santo, Matt Priddis or Scott Tompson
Libba will be at 300 k and i will pick one of those three guys as HALF PODS.
I am not getting rid of Duigan yet because there is no really good downgrade options with great JS except Tompson but he has gone up to much for my liking.
GOOD TRADES- THUMBS UP
BAD TRADES- THUMBS DOWN
cheers guys 🙂
Hi
Does anyone know the whereabouts of Dion Prestia from GC
He played rounds 2,3 and 4 , now hes dissapeared of my radar!!
Is he injured or dropped????
His BE is 2 and hes a DPP so keen to keep for now if hes gonna play more.
Thanks
It’s an interesting debate. I think it depends on the structure of your team really. I think Joelwood is a must. Given the Cats bye in rd 22, I don’t think you can carry 3 cats into round 22 and beat quality opposition unless you have genuine Prems as cover on the bench or your team is so good you will have that week off. Therefore for me it comes down to Chappy’s scoring power and injury potential vs Enrights consistency. Remember that Cats also play GC twice = 2 more byes for Chappy?
What do you think of otten for hibberd and then matera out for jack riewoldt?