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DEF – Lloyd – Hurn – Laird – Sicily – B.Smith – Duursma (Logue – Naish)
MID – Fyfe- Cripps – Neale – Coniglio – A.Brayshaw(Melb) – Walsh – Stack – Setterfield (Clarke – Hately – Bewley)
RUCK – Gawn – Grundy (ROB)
FWD – Danger – Dunkley- Kelly – Boak – Daniel – Heeney (D.Moore(Haw) – Young)
9 Trades
$362 in the bank
Rank – 5811
Obviously an upgrade week this week, just worried I’ve burned through too many trades. Daniel injury hurts a bit too.
Looks like about 5 upgrades needed assuming you are happy with brayshaw.
Could be a good time to convert Walsh to Slone.
Walsh has topped out and Slone is in fine form with a low break even.
I think you’re going to be very tight on trades Mat. Reckon Duursma, Walsh and Setterfield are past their use by dates and with Daniel’s injury he’s a must go this week.
Daniel->Marshall
Duursma -> Stewart/Rich
Leaves you with 7 trades and around $200k with Walsh and Setterfield to upgrade later. Walsh to Shuey/Sloane/Bont is about $100k.
lloyd, williams, ryan, sicily, stewart, logue (burgess, gardner)
Macrae, kelly, cripps, fyfe, neale, oliver, bcrouch, rocky (hately, clarke, bewley)
Gawn, Grundy (bines)
Danger, Marshall, Boak, Heeney, TKelly, JCameron (Corbett, Young)
6 trades left – 104,100 in the bank
Ranked low 3000’s
Will upgrade logue in the coming weeks as he fattens a bit to finish the side, with 5 trades left to cover for injuries, not much bench cover so going to need them all..
Def: Lloyd, Williams, Stewart, Sicily, Hore, Moore (Logue, Answerth)
Mid: Macrae, Fyfe, Cripps, Neale, Oliver, M Crouch, Walsh, Hately (Clarke, O Baker, Bewley)
Run: Gawn, Grundy (bines)
Fwd: Dunkley, danger, Marshall, Boak, Kelly, Heaney, (Setters, Corbett)
Current rank: 2873
15 trades and 263k in the bank.
Planning on Walsh to Slone and then either:
TU: Hore to Hurn
TD: Corbett to Chol
Kelly and Whitfield will be my last 2 upgrade targets, but will need some cash generation which is why I am considering Chol.
Happy for any suggestions.
I voted thumbs up but can see where you’re coming from with Chol trade. Hurn can probably wait a week as he shouldn’t go up in price too much if at all this week. If you’re happy with Logue for bench cover next week you could go Answerth to nonplaying $102k to net $140k plus allowing Hurn trade and plenty of bank for next upgrade (Walsh to Sloane/Bont/Shuey etc)
Thanks Stewy.
Plenty to contemplate.
An option could be
Rd16:
Out: S Walsh and J Corbett
In: R Sloane and M Chol
Approx 275,000 remaining salary.
Rd17:
Out: O Baker and N Answerth
In: M Owies/etc and S Hurn
Approx 100,000 left
Rd18:
Out: B Bewley and W Setterfield
In: rookie and D Mundy (provides cover and loop opportunities)
Approx 75,000 to 100,000 left.
Rd19:
Out: D Moore and J Hately
In: R Gardner/etc and mid premium
Thanks Adam
DEF – Lloyd, Hurn, Laird, Sicily, Williams, Logue (Answerth, Gardner)
MID – Fyfe, Cripps, Neale, MaCrae, Oliver, J Kelly, D. Clarke, O. Baker (Stocker, Hind, Bewley)
RUCK – Gawn, Grundy (Bines)
FWD – Danger, Dunkley, Kelly, Boak, Ziebell, Heeney (Worpel, Young)
11 Trades
$261K in the bank
Rank – 5811
Need to grab a couple more Mids but looking to peak shortly. Any advice appreciated.
Worpel is expensive bench cover. I would suggest downgrade this week to Chol and that should give you enough in the bank for your remaining upgrades.
After going full premo You’ll have about 7 trades to cover injuries which is pretty good.
Considering Worpel to J Cameron for forward cover until the end of the year, and Clarke to maybe Treloar. Logue will become Whitfield in time, and one more 1down/1up trade in the midfield.
What’s wrong with Worpel as bench cover? Sideways trading him to Jez is an awful option, you’ll gain nothing there (I’m a Cameron owner FWIW). Worpel is a FWD/MID yeah? Given your M7 and M8 are rookies, why not downgrade a mid rookie to a fwd rookie and move Worpel to M7?
Thanks team, noted. Will move on one of my average mid rookies, Worpel to the mids, potentially Chol down forward and Cunnington into the mids leaving only Logue on field as a rookie.
Lloyd, laird, Williams, Sicily, Weller, Hore, Logie & Naish
Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, bont, Macrae, Sloane, Taranto, Oliver, Clarke bewley and hately
Grundy, gawn and Bines
Danger, Dunkley, kelly, Heeney, worpel, Cameron and Gardner n young
7 trades and $129k
Trying to get some more dpp to cover injuries with fwds. Should I sit right or push for a player like lobb and a def mid to cover there?
For mine Hore needs to go before he drops any more cash. Anyone from Williams down available to you. Otherwise looking pretty good. Where are you ranked?
DEF – Lloyd, Williams, Laird, Ryan, Hore, Logue (Answerth, Gardner)
MID – Macrae, Jelly, Fyfe, Cripps, Neale, Bont, Sloane, M Crouch (Baker, Clarke, Scott)
RUC – Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
FWD – Dunkley, Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Chol (Begley, Young)
8 Trades
180k in bank
Ranked 18,000 (was 58,000 four weeks ago)
Ranked really low due to a shocking start but had 18+ every bye round and have been climbing. I know I won’t finish top 10k and I’ll struggle near finals but I think I’ve done pretty well considering my starter team had blokes like Menegola, Steele, Harris Andrews and Heeney. Also stupidly choosing Goldy over Gawn.
Hoping Logue can go up as I’ll be using Begley and Scott this week to get my last premo FWD. I’m in a spot where I am most likely gonna have to finish with Hore (not too bad). So my last spot outside of Hore will depend on how much Logue can produce with Answerth. Obviously hoping that the last DEF will be Whitfield as well. Still tossing up about Rowan Marshall at that price, I think I missed the boat.
I started with Menegola too (over Kelly, really kicking myself for that one). Am I crazy for wanting to bring him back in as a M9/F7 when he returns? He’s $420k with a low breakeven.
I don’t think you are. Something has to be up with his low production early whether it was a niggly injury or a role change. I feel like he will be used more as he’s gonna be fresh and it’d be in their best interest to try and manage the workloads of Duncan and Kelly for finals. It’s a risk that could make or break the season so very much worth considering.
On the note of bad picks my whole forward line was bad, my three premos I chose were Danger, Menegola and Heeney, all of which dropped to low 400k area at one point.
DEF: Lloyd, Hurn, Houli, Ryan, Sicily & Logue [Burgess, Hinge]
MID: Macrae, J. Kelly, Fyfe, Cripps, Cunnington, Neale, Oliver & Sloane [D. Clarke, Bewley, loophole]
RUC: Gawn & Grundy [loophole]
FWD: Dunkley, Dangerfield, Marshall, Boak, Heeney & Setterfield [Corbett, Gardner]
Got 6 trades left and 186k in the bank. Plan this week is to go either Burgess/Corbett -> Chol and then Setterfield -> T. Kelly, although Lycett may now be rivaling him for that last spot. Will put that debate to a T.U/T.D later on in the week.
100% Kelly over Lycett, not even a question.
Hey, bAps.
Yeah, Kelly is the obvious choice to finish my FWD line but I’m just concerned about tags.
He’s pretty much guaranteed to cop Steele in R17 and Howe in R18, maybe Hewett in R19 and most likely Curnow in R23. 4 potentially horrific scores right there, putting me off a bit.
Hmm.
Lycett also has a fairly soft draw (no Gawn or Grundy), and would provide valuable ruck cover.
I don’t have Bines, so don’t get the benefit of ruck cover, but I do like Lycett’s run. Issue is whether Ryder comes back in.
i’m too embarrassed 🙁
Ah, Wighty, come on! You’ve admitted to us that you’re a Bombers supporter, surely your team isn’t THAT bad? Cmon, post it!
Thats the problem…..I picked up Shiel over Bont !!
hurn williams laird sicily duursma logue (burgess young)
macrae fyfe yeo neale oliver r gray shiel cripps (bewley stocker o baker)
gawn rob (fort)
dunkley danger walters tkelly heeney gresham (young bines)
7 trades 253.9k ranking close to 30k after being as high as 60k pre byes. Never quite nailed starting rookies, and starting Vardy, have been behind the eight ball from the start. Not having Daniel is my first lucky break.
Good on ya mate.
I’d go Fort to Chol via Bines, you can then loophole Chol and Gresham thru Young this week.
Bucketload to do whatever you want with Duursma. Maybe even Harlett so you can bring Lloyd/Whitfield in cheap in a week or two.
If you can avoid injuries that’ll leave you with 4 trades and enough cash to turn Gresham and/or Shiel into whoever you want, should you feel the need.
A bit crazy (how you like it), but might just work?!?
my friend…I have been thinking along those lines. But it may mean that I end up with rob and no grundy. Whitfield and Lloyd both have high be’s, so I reckon I only get one of them for logue in a few weeks, which means duursma to any of a lot of options this week. I’m thinking salem/rich/crisp
reckon the chol trade is a bit of a luxury given his js but if he plays two and no injuries, enough cash for grundy.
I went to the saints bombers game in r2…very happy with starting Gresham after that night !!
you saying I like it a bit crazy ??? LOL
Def
Lloyd, laird, ryan, Duursma, Smith, Logue
(Answorth, gardiner)
Mid
Macrae, j Kelly, fyfe, cripps, Neale, Sloane, oliver b crouch
(Hately, clarke, scott)
Ruck
Gawn, Grundy
(Clarke)
Fwd
T Kelly, danger, dunkley, daniel, greene, Darcy Moore
(Setterfield, young)
I have 93k in the bank and 10 trades.
Ranked 23,041
7 trades remaining, $140k in the bank.
DEF: Lloyd, Williams, Laird, Ryan, Stewart, Logue (Naish, Gardner)
MID: Macrae, Cripps, Zerrett, Neale, Oliver, Cogs, Bont, Sloane (Clarke, O. Baker, Bewley)
RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
FWD: Dunkley, Danger, Kelly, Daniel, Henney, Cameron (Setters, Young)
I was happy to sit pretty and let Logue & Setterfield appreciate in value to upgrade D6 to a premium, but now I have to deal with Daniel’s injury.
The two obvious options would be Boak and Marshall, but annoyingly, I’ll have to spend money to get to them. Which one averages more from hereon out?
Or is it worth holding Daniel and hope its only 3 weeks? I could just play Setterfield at F6 to cover him.
I’m not sure about this either. I am leaning toward taking the opportunity to upgrade daniel to Marshall.
Daniel has been fantastic but every week he stresses me out as he needs so many touches to score. I am quietly happy to have a valid reason to do a somewhat sideways trade with him. Marshall score sc points for fun
Great team bAps.
An option could be to trade C Daniel to J Ziebell which would give you sufficient cash to turn Setterfield into Mundy providing cover for your fwds and mids in conjunction with allowing the opportunity to loop with J Cameron at F6 for the remainder of the season.
Or a riskier alternative is if the Hoff returns you could grab him instead of Ziebell which should give you around 140,000 assuming you still do the Mundy trade and downgrading 1 of Bewley/Baker next week should allow G Logue to S Hurn/ J Sicily.
Daniel is a must trade for me. 3-4 weeks @ 50 points per week extra for <$40k is a no brainer.
Yep. Stewy, as through most of this thread, bang-on again.
Lloyd, Williams, Laird, Hore, Duursma, Logue B: Gardner, Answerth
J Kelly, Neale, Fyfe, Macrae, Cripps, Cognilio, B Crouch, Hately, B: O Baker, Clarke, Bewley
Grundy, Gawn B: Bines
Kelly, Boak, Dangerfield, Dunkley, Marshall, Heeney B: Young Burgess
11 trades left
12.7k in bank
18220 rank (but playing for cash league primarily).
Key targets Whitfield and Hurn to improve defense and one final mid but cash gen and downgrade targets getting trickier.
Def
Lloyd, Hurn, Ryan, Sicily, Smith, Williams
(Naish, Gardiner)
Mid
Macrae, J Kelly, Fyfe, Cripps, Neale, Bont, Oliver, Merret
(Bewley, Clarke, Cameron)
Ruck
Gawn, Grundy
(Bines)
Fwd
T Kelly, Danger, Dunkley, Cameron, Heeney, Walters
(Begley, young)
4 trades left and $88k in the bank.
Currently ranked 25.
Biggest hole I see currently is Smith still in defense. Cameron has also been a little disappointing recently as F6.
Would love to have some cover in defense as well. Plan is to not use trades for a while (and hope Gawn plays this week), but may need to look to trade Smith to try and climb the rankings more. Its all or nothing at this stage and cross my fingers.
D: Lloyd, Whitfield, Hurn, Laird, Ryan, Crisp (Logue, Gardner)
M: Macrae, Jelly, Fyfe, Cripps, Neale, Taranto, BCrouch, Brayshaw (Clarke, Bewley, Hayes)
R: Grundy, Gawn (Sweet)
F: Danger, Marshall, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Greene (Begley, Corbett)
7 trades left and $43k in the bank after trading in Hurn this week.
Current position is 387.
If Cripps is out this week then he goes to Sloane or Cunnington. Luxury future upgrades would be Brayshaw and Greene. Pretty happy with the rest.
Great position. I’m jealous!
Hey guys, sorry this isnt a team rating but I need serious help towards the back end of my trades. Currently have 130k in the bank with Durrsma needing to be traded. I have no cover for Daniel, so he needs to go. Also wanting to get rid of Houli, but im going to give him another week and see how he goes. Ideally want whitfiled in my team ASAP….
5 trades remaning, currently ranked inside the top 50. Not much room for error :/
Thoughts please???
I think you need to run with houli. Don’t want to use another trade on a fit player who is very capable of big scores.
Trade Duursma and daniel for the two best you can get then sit tight and hope for good health .
That said you are ranked way up on me so you would have a better idea!
Could do with seeing your entire team including benches, to make best recommendations.
Need to see your team Mark. Who haven’t you got?
Hey guys can I please have your thoughts? I’m ranked 420
Stewart, Laird, Sicily, Lloyd, Williams, Logue (Burgess, Gardner)
Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Sloane, Kelly, Satan Oliver, M Crouch, Macrae (Clarke, Bewley, Hind)
Grundy, Gawn (ROB)
Dunkley, Marshall, Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney (Setters, Young)
7 trades left and 200k in the bank.
Next week ROB to Sweet and Burgess to Whitfield, leaving Logue D7, Clarke M9, Setters F7 with 5 trades left.
Is it then worth upgrading Dylan Clarke to Tom Hawkins via Setterfield? Opening a M/F swing and Heeney at F7/M9 with Hawkins. 4 trades left.
Great team and love the proposed trade plans. Definitely go ahead with the move.
Wow, what a team! Superbly managed, TR.
Instead of the Heeney/Hawkins swing venture, I’d luxury trade out Crouch for Yeo, Cunnington, Bont or Parker just to give you that edge.
I hear you. I just feel that Matt will average 107-110 which honestly I’m fine with. It’s not worth burning a trade to someone who will average 115 and gain 60-100 points for the season when a round 23 injury to a Fyfe for example could lose me 120. If Crouch was averaging 95 then I’d be more inclined to pulled the trigger as 160 points could be the difference between 50k and finishing 200th…
I’ve also been conservative this year with my trades as I was left stranded in round 23 last year with Parker, Buddy, Walters, Ryan and a rookie out. I copped 5 donuts and managed 2400. This cost me 500 dollars in a cash league.
Evidently you know more than me, TR. Keep doing what you’re doing.
If I knew more than you I wouldn’t be a north Melbourne supporter. Though, where Shaw walks hope remains. #NMFC2020FLAG
LOL! Must say, going for West Coast makes SC and all other footy related stuff much more enjoyable.
DEF: Lloyd, Hurn, Ryan, Laird, Sicily Logue (Naish, Rotham)
MID: Kelly, Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Macrae, Bont, Oliver, Clarker (Bewley, O.Baker, Hind)
RUC: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
FWD: Boak, Danger, Dunkley, Kelly, Marshall, Heeney (Young, Gardender)
4 trades left :/
7,000 in the bank
12k in rank
want Hannebery for my last mid spot which will leave me 2 trades heading into finals
thoughts please
10 trades left, $193,400 in the bank, ranked 3329
DEF: Lloyd, Williams, Rich, Stewart, Hore, Logue (Naish, Gardner)
MID: Macrea, Fyfe, Cunnington, Duncan, Neale, Oliver, Cripps, Clarke (Bewley, Taylor, Answerth
FOLL: Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
FWD: Dangerfield, Dunkley, Boak, Kelly, Daniel, Heeney (Balta, Burgess)
Wanted to upgrade Hore, but with Daniel out I’ll have to trade him for Marshall. Might make some cash by trading Balta for Chol which would leave 8 trades, $338k in the bank to upgrade Hore, another defender and another premo mid.
Thoughts?
Like your team and your plans.
Lloyd, Hurn, Laird, L Ryan,
Sicily Logue, Naish, Gardiner.
Macrae, J Kelly, Fyfe, Cripps,
Merrett, Neale, Oliver, M Crouch
Clarke, Bewley, Hayes.
Gawn, Grundy, Bines.
Dunkley, Danger, Boak, T Kelly
Heeney, J Cameron, Setterfield ,
Chol.
8 trades and 16 k
Ranked 2889.
Sorry I forgot to include my trade
Plans In my team above(I was rushing to get my team on in my
lunch break ) My biggest concern
would be having no cover on my bench down back hopefully I can
bring someone in at some stage.
I definitely want to upgrade Logue
to Whitfield in 2 or 3 weeks time.
Then I need to look at M/F swing
player to go into my midfield bench to possibly use as Cover and to Loophole with. Any advice would be
greatly appreciated!
DEF: Lloyd, Hurn, Houli, Laird, Ryan, Logue (Answerth, Naish)
MID: Macrae, J.Kelly, Fyfe, Cripps, Merrett, Neale, Stack, Clarke (Hind, Hayes, Scott)
FWD: Dunkley, Dangerfield, Marshall, Boak, T.Kelly, Cameron (Young, Chol)
4 trades left, 140k in bank, had some terrible luck with injuries this year :/
I’m thinking Stack to Sloane next week, and hold Clarke until he fattens up
Any advice for options??
Would love some advice on my team, as once again, undecided what trades to make this week –
DEF : J Lloyd, Williams, Laird, Stewart, Sicily, Logue, Bench – Answerth, Gardner
MID: Macrae, J Kelly, Dunkley, Fyfe, Neale, Oliver, Cripps, D Clarke, Bench – Hately, O Baker & Bewley
RUCKS: Gawn, Grundy & Sweet
FWD: Danger, Boak, Heeney, T Kelly, Daniel, J Cameron, Bench – Setterfield & Burgess
9 trades remaining, $159,000 in bank, 11,694 overall. Will hold Cripps if not in this week.
Still need one premium defender – waiting on Hurn.
Still need one premium mid – will be Sloane or Bont
With Daniel to be traded out this week, I can either trade in Marshall, and was thinking of a 2nd trade of Answerth to Chol via Burgess DPP, to gain some cash.
OR, I could move Dunkley from Mid to Fwd, and trade in either Bont or Sloane, and do the same 2nd trade as above, however, this would lose my mid/fwd DPP, but would enable me to be able to trade in both Bont & Sloane, instead of just the one, over the next couple of weeks.
Would love some recommendations from the supercoach gurus, or any other suggestions.
Answerth to Chol, Baker to Sloane.
Hold Daniel for this week, Setterfield will score 80-90 against Melbourne. Next week Trade Daniel out for Hawkins if he is still 3 weeks away. And use the cash to Logue to Hurn or Whitfield if possible. You may be very tight on cash.
Thanks TrooRoo – had tried this scenario but fall about $8,000 short of Sloane unfortunately. However it will work if I trade out Answerth & D Clarke for Chol & Sloane, but that will only leave me $1,500. Already have a KPP in J Cameron so not that keen on Hawkins, especially as I already have Danger & T Kelly in my fwds. But would consider Answerth & D Clarke to Sloane & Chol, so next week could afford to do Daniel & Baker to Bont (by moving Dunkley Fwd) & a rookie……leaving me 5 trades with only Logue to Hurn to go….
Will give it some more thought – and wait till Thursday night teams drop, as there’s always surprises that send you back to the drawing board.
Def: Lloyd, Whitfield, Williams, Laird, Crisp, Sicily (Logue, Naish)
Mid: Macrae, Fyfe, Cripps, Merrett, Neale, Oliver, Sloane, Clarke (Baker, Bewley, Hately)
Ruc: Gawn, Grundy (Bines)
Fwd: Dunkley, Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Cameron (Setterfield, Gardner)
4 trades left, 252k banked, ranked ~10k
Any advice would be appreciated!
Very jealous of this team! 4 trades left with only one midfield spot left to upgrade is very good. Jelly seems to be the best option for you to get regarding the fact that his price is dropping, and if you only use 1 to 2 trades to get him then that would leave you with two trades left. What is interesting is the fact that you do not have hurn in the backline, who is easily a top 3 defender. Crisp is a risky option, unless you have held him for a while, because then you are stuck with him. Might be a good option to replace crisp and bring in a much more consistent and a better scoring defender in Hurn. Otherwise, your team is very strong.
Agreed, GS. Coming into finals you do not want to have someone like Sicily or Crisp coming up against an opponent who has Hurn, as Hurn will outscore Crisp and Sicily any day of the week.
HOLD with only 4 trades left. It’s a shame you don’t have a MID loophole to maximise onfield pts. That’ll have to be a value judgment every week.
I’d wait and see what MIDs are cheap when your rookies are fat enough.
You should go pretty well until then anyway. Good luck!
DEF – Lloyd – Hurn – Laird – Williams – B.Smith – Stewart (Logue – Naish)
MID – Fyfe- Cripps – Neale – Macrae – A.Brayshaw(Melb) – Bont – Gaff – M Crouch (Clarke – Hind – Bewley)
RUCK – Gawn – Grundy (Bines)
FWD – Danger –Worpel – Kelly – Boak – Daniel – Heeney (Begley – Gardner)
2 Trades 🙁
$12.7k in the bank
Def- Lloyd, hurn, Houli, laird, Sicily, logue. (Naish, Gardner)
Mid – macrae, fyfe, cripps, Neale, Oliver, coniglio, b crouch, bont (Clarke, Baker, bewley)
Ruck – Gawn Grundy (bines)
Forward – danger, boak, Daniel, kelly, Cameron, heeney (chol, setterfeild)
Trades left 5. Rank 7000 100k in bank. Would love some advice or tips.
Ranked 15000~
Bank 83k
Def: Lloyd, Laird, Sicily, Weller, Stewart, Hore (Logue, Rotham)
Mid: Macrae, Cripps, Bonts, M Crouch, Duncan, Sloane, Robbie Gray, Dangerfield (Hind,Hayes, B Scott)
Ruc: Gawn, Grundy (Bines)
Fwd: Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Darling, Daniels (Corbett, Young)
Two major issues at the moment is what to do with Daniels
and is Gawn healthy?
Thinking a straight up trade for Daniels to Marshall at the moment.
Could try and trade in Chol for Corbert but he might come back this week anyway?
AS drew my attention to Corbett’s mighty performance in the NEAFL this week, bagging 6 goals guarantees his return either this week or the next. Despite his renewed JS, his B.E is 77- so he’s gonna some cash. Circumstantial whether you cash him in or keep him as cover.
In your case, GP, Corbett -> Chol might be a good move seeing though you don’t heaps of cash generation outside of Hind and Logue. It would free up 100k for you and will be useful when you go to make that final trade down back with Logue -> Whitfield, I’m assuming.
Logue or Hore to whomever I can afford, probably Whitfield.
I am liking the idea of Chol, when Daniels gets back at least I’ll have forward cover.
The eagles lost a defender on the weekend so maybe Rotham will get some more games and make some more cash generation.
We didn’t lose a defender, we lost Hutchings. Barrass and McGovern come in this week anyway. Rotham will not play again this year.
There is probably a reason I’m ranked where I am… I only know the richmond team well.
Def : Lloyd ,Laird, Williams, Andrews, Sicily, Logue . (Duursma, T.Watson DPP loop)
Mids : Fyfe , Danger, Cripps, Merrett, Neale, Oliver,Cogs, Bont. ( Clarke, O.Baker, Bewley)
Ruck : Grundy , Gawn. ( Bines)
Fwd : Dunkley, Walters, T.Kelly, Gray, Heeney, Greene.( Parker, Gardner ).
7 Trades left.
2K in bank
Ranked 14,502 after a very ordinary start to the year, been steadily improving though.
No money in the bank means 2 trades to get last Def in , hopefully Whitfield in a few weeks, at the moment looping Duursma and Logue.
Plenty of very basic cover in mids and a little in Fwds, no ruck cover!!
Looks good, Bruce. Like that you’ve hung on to Parker as FWD cover and you’ll be able to free up the funds for Whitfield easily. Nicely done.
Thanks GD, Parker nearly went a few times but injury to others and his seemingly good JS saved him.
Been trying to get Duursma in to mids for DPP swing but at the moment having Logue and Watson together in DEF makes it easier to loop him there.
Lloyd, Hurn, Z.Williams, Laird, Sicily, Hore (Logue, Gardner)
Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Taranto, B.Crouch, Sheed, Gus Brayshaw, Worpal (Duursma, Clarke, Answorth)
Gawn, Grundy (ROB)
Danger, Dunkley, Kelly, Marshall, R.Gray, Greene (Pettrucelle, Bines)
Ranked 875th overall … 10 trades left … $61k in the bank
Not sure whether to upgrade D6, M8 or F6 first. Advice? Thanks in advance.
Hey, FC.
Not trying to be an assh*le, but I’m surprised a team with Brayshaw and Worpel at M7/8 is ranked 875th- so well done!
As for where you should upgrade, I’d start with Hore. Gonna lose more cash this week. Honestly, you could even go Hore -> Whitfield if he returns this week. Everyone expecting a dramatic price drop, but he could hit his B.E of 154.
Now full premo, the next order of business would be cashing in ROB the following week and topping off guys like Brayshaw, Worpel and Greene to whichever premos you fancy.
Think you’re in a great position, well done. Hope I helped.
Goodluck!
Thanks gunboat! Out of interest, who would you upgrade first out of gus, worpol and Greene?
Would probably base it on their respective B.E’s at the time of the trade, as in who’s going to lose the most money if you don’t trade them. That said, probably Worpel to go first; only because you’ve got him in the midfield and that puts you at a disadvantage to teams with M8s like Sloane, Coniglio and Crouch. After Worpel, trade out Greene and then Brayshaw, I’d say.
I would base it on nothing but the points it adds to your onfield score. That is all that matters in the run home. So, if one will give you 40/wk based on current averages and the other two, 35 and 30 respectively, start with the 40pts and work down that list.
Obviously the sooner and the more points the greater the pts benefit over the journey. Of course, there may be alternatives you really like or budgetary considerations but as a general rule, it works.
Planning all three before you make them, ensuring you’re maximising points, are happy with selections AND can afford them is crucial.
Hope that helps!?? Good luck
I think im screwed with 6 trades and two non playing forward rookies.
Def:
Lloyd, laird, williams, sicily, smith, duursma (naish, answerth)
Mid:
Fyfe, cripps, neale, merrett, sloane, m crouch, macrae, yeo (d clarke, bewely, baker)
Ruck:
Grundy, gawn (sweet)
Fwd:
Danger, kelly, heeney, dunkley, boak, Cameron (gardner, young)
6 trades left, $62k. Defense still needs some work and i have issue with fwd bench cover.
Ranked 1,650
Lloyd, Hurn, Laird, Williams, Sicily, Logue (Naish, Gardner)
JKelly, Fyfe, Neale, Cripps, Macrae, Bont, Oliver, Cogs (Clarke, Hatley, Bewley)
Gawn, Grundy (Sweet)
TKelly, Danger, Dunkley, Boak, Daniel, Setterfield (Burgess, Chol)
7 trades left. $225,500.00 in the bank. Planned really well to set myself up for a big run this week to get Marshall as F6 and hopefully fly home. Daniel really throws a spanner in the works being out for 4 weeks.
Will probably do the straight swap with him to Marshall and go Burgess down to Chol and build for Whitfield next week. Will leave a crappy F6 for a while. Or I do Burgess to Chol, Setterfield to Daniel and them plan for whitfield via downgrades for next week. Lots of planning!!
Ranked 2,352. Cheers coaches!!
Def – Lloyd, Williams, Laird, Ryan, Stewart, Logue (Burgess, Naish)
Mid – Macrae, Cripps, Fyfe, Neale, Oliver, Cogs, B. Crouch, D. Clarke (Bewley, Hind, B. Scott)
Ruck – Gawn, Grundy (Bines)
Fwd – Danger, Boak, T. Kelly, C. Daniel, Dahlhaus, Heeny (Young, Gardner)
10 Trades remaining – 349k in the bank – Ranked 12k
Likes – still have some trades and cash with close to full premo.
Dislikes – lack of cash gen/ fattened rooks. Daniel’s injury is also inconvenient.
DEF: Lloyd, Hurn, Williams, Sicily, Crisp, Andrews ( Logue, Answerth D/M)
MID: Neale, Cripps, Macrae, Oliver, Coniglio, Bontempelli, Sloane, Martin (Duursma M/D, Clarke,Scott)
RUC: Grundy, ROB (Fort)
FWD: Dangerfield, Dunkley, Kelly,Boak, Gray, Heeney (Young,Bines)
Cash.$152,900
Trades 6
Rank: 1082
Projection for rnd 16 : 2508
The fwd line bench is the obvious worry, can’t afford Chol for Job security,need to be patient and see what presents in the DPP fwd 102k range.
I’m figuring these moves for the future. Whitfield,Gawn + 102 K fwd. For (Possibly Logue, Probably Andrews),ROB and Fort. That will leave 3 trades for the finals. Not likely to be doing anything in the next few weeks, waiting on Whitfield and Gawn to bottom out.
Def: hurn Lloyd ryan Williams Stewart Logue em: Gardiner Watson
Mid: Neale Bont macrae cognilio Fyfe M crouch Cripps* Clarke em: baker stocker riordan
Ruck Gawn grundy em: obrien
Fwd: danger Kelly Marshall boak lycett Walters em: Parker bines
6 trades left (1 more I can use this week if needed
$98k
Ranked: 1,661 not playing for any leagues just seeing how high I can get overall
Used a sideways trade this week:
Caleb Daniel to Lycett
If Gawn doesn’t play this week I have obrien for cover
Future trades
Obrien for rookie ruck – bank 450k
Upgrade either baker or stocker for Cunnington, yeo or Kelly
Then upgrade Logie for Whitfield or Houli
Finally sit back and watch the grass grow with no injuries… :/ with 3 trades left and a full premium team.
The Dashing Donkeys.
lloyd, Williams, Andrews, Sicily, B Smith, Logue.
Duursma*, Gardener.
Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Oliver, Sloane, Treloar, M Crouch, Brayshaw.
Hatley, Clarke, Bewley.
Grundy, Gawn,
Bines.
Dunkley, Danger, T Kelly, R Gray, Heeney, D Moore (Coll)
Burgess, Setters.
Trades 8
Bank $325K
Rank 11 429.
*Duursma is gone this week for Hurn, leaving Smith and Logue to be loopholed at D6/7.
I was going to upgrade Moore too. A ton last week means he has a very low BE and I might try to keep him for now as he can cover forward and defence.
Depending on Gawns fitness, I might get either Ladhams (R3, Bines to forward bench) or Mundy for Setters at F6.
I finally got all my premo’s on the park last week ,only to go and Captain big Max !
It’s been that kinda season.
Any thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated.
Cheers FT.
DEF: Lloyd, Ryan, Laird, Crisp, Milera, Hore (Logue, Naish)
MID: Cripps, Macrae, J. Kelly, Neale, Merrett, Oliver, Sloane, M. Crouch (Clarke, Bewley, Owies [mid/fwd conduit])
RUC: Gawn, Grundy (Bines [loophole and ruc/fwd conduit])
FWD: Dangerfield, Marshall, T. Kelly, Lycett, Heeney, Gunston (Z. Fisher, Young)
No trade plans, as I’m at full-premium and have good cover. Having an extra player in the forward line (Fisher), plus strategically placed DPP loopholes on other lines, means I can cover an injury in any of the forward, ruck, or midfield lines. Throw in Logue, and my backline is well-covered, too.
Currently ranked 2,445.
Remaining salary: $76,400
Trades remaining: Don’t ask. 😉
Good lookin team Salamander! Any chance of trading Hore to Whitfield in a couple of weeks?
Thanks, Emma.
If I don’t get any injuries between now and then, and I’m able to do it in one trade, then it’s certainly something I’d consider. But for the time being my focus is on keeping what trades I have left in the bank, to deal with the inevitable carnage that is bound to be coming our way.
Is Hore and Milera full premo?
Not being a smart ass by the way…
Fair question.
Both of their last two games have been below that level, but everything they have showed up until that point (Hore scored 116 and 94 his two games prior to that; Milera 84 and 97) suggests that, for D5-6, they’re close enough. You wouldn’t want them at D1-3, but at 5-6 you’re probably not losing that many points by keeping them.
Def Lloyd, Williams, Laird, Ryan, Sicily, Hore (Logue, Gardner)
Mid Mcrae, J. Kelly, Fyfe, Neal, Oliver, Bont, Crouch, stack (ainswerth, clarke, bewley)
Ruck Gawn, Grundy (bines)
Fwd Dunkley, Danger, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Worpel (setterfield, young)
Currently ranked : 15th
Salary 34k
Trades 8
Plan last week was to upgrade stack but when cripps went down I made the call to trade him to Kelly who i was targeting anyway. Will upgrade stack this week and hore next week. Worpel luxury trade pending trades. Hoping Gawn gets up
Wow. Aggressive on Cripps, hammer. Stewy (who is also ranked high up) is gonna trade him this week if he doesn’t get up, he said.
Guess that’s the key to high rankings: ruthlessness!
Unfortunately it is this year GD, its more about who ive had and not kept over who i have now (which may hurt a lot soon)
I had Hurn and moved him on pre byes, same as Whitfield (just after bringing him in!) Cripps out for possibly two was enough to make the move, plus was going to get j.kelly anyway. Because ive had luck with injuries i could afford the trades at the time and i would have had donuts during byes if i didnt. Was also lucky enough to start with players like Williams and Neale (and cripps) and missing ross and getting stack etc. Considering how even teams are at rhis point i can honestly say its been as much luck as management (if not more on the luck side). Ive been in this position before, was running 11th post byes a few years back and a spate of injuries come finals had me finish outside the top 100, so heres hoping for a bit more luck to come!!
Nicely done.
Will catch you in the pre-season planning threads next year. Control + c!
Nice going! What will you do if Gawn doesn’t get up?
Good question Yiorg, (that good year i had a few years back im pretty sure you were up there in the rankings against me btw)
I cant bring in lycett (and use bines dp) for setterfield as wont have the cash. And i dont want to trade him in for worpel as would have to play setterfield in forward line. I may have to consider downgrading Gawn and then upgrading stack and then worry about getting Gawn back in..or downgrade to lycett, upgrade stack and then move lycett forward for worpel the following week
Tough decisions. I’m seriously considering downgrading Gawn to Goldy and pocket the cash to upgrade Logue in a few weeks. Even if Gawn plays or misses 1, won’t be anywhere near full fitness for at least a few weeks. Also, now is a good time for Melbourne to bring in Preuss for a few games. They’re season is shot anyway, so could affect Gawn’s output anyway.
Sitting at 205, I can’t swallow copping a donut. Might be an opportunity to jump a few copping a zero. A season defining moment.
Good call, its clever thinking as your right Gawn might take a bit to get going again. And if he is a late out on Sunday then will be up ship creek without a paddle!
Also noting the Irony of bring in Goldy as Preuss will affect someone else that isnt Goldstein’s output!
If Gawn has proven on thing this year it’s never doubt him.
Plenty of people omitted him in their initial sides, others still started him but anticipated a decreased output, everyone thought Grundy would restrict his scoring when they played and he smashed him- along with every other ruck.
At every juncture he has proven his detractors wrong, it’s impressive.
Then when he rolled his ankle we all thought that was it and yet he came back on. All reports say he’ll play this week.
I’m still gonna back him for #1 SC player this year, never doubt Big Maxxy!
Def:
Lloyd, Laird, Ryan, Sicily, Hore, Smith (Burgess, Naish)
Mid:
Macrae, Cripps, J.Kelly, Fyfe, Neale, Dunkley, Oliver, Hately
(Clarke, Rowbottom, Hayden)
Ruck:
Gawn, Grundy (Bines)
Fwd:
Dangerfield, Boak, T.Kelly, Daniel, Heeney, Worpel (Young, Gardner)
Trades:6
Bank: $203,000
Rank: 6763
Getting short on trades, (haha understatement of the year) but need to trade out Daniel, and one more to finish midfield.
and possibly upgrade Smith/Hore to Whitfield next week.
So with the Daniel trade, was initially going to trade in Sloane via Dunkley,
But with Gawn Possibly missing I could go Daniel to Lycett for cover.
T/U: Daniel to Sloane
T/D: Daniel to Lycett
8 Trades Left after 2 this week
Current Rank – 238th
DEF- Lloyd, Hurn (*Marty Hore traded), Williams, Ryan, Stewart, Logue (Burgess, Gardener)
MIDS- Cripps, McRae, Neale, J Kelly, Fyfe, Oliver, M Crouch, Stack (Bewley, Clarke, Scott)
RUCK- Grundy, Gawn (ROB)
FWD- Dangerfield, T Kelly, Dunkley, Marshall (*Caleb Daniel traded), Boak, Heeney (Bines, Young)
64k Bank
Plan moving forward is:
Stack —> Yeo/Bont/Merret
Burgess —> Whitfield (Logue to D7)
ROB —> Forward playing rookie (Bines to R3)
Including my current trade of Out: X Duursma, In: S Hurn
Current team:
Def: J Lloyd, S Hurn, R Laird, Z Williams, H Andrews, M Hore, (G Logue, R Gardner)
Mids: J Kelly, P Cripps, L Neale, J Macrae, N Fyfe, R Sloane, Z Merrett, C Oliver, (D Clarke, J Hately, N Hind)
Rucks: M Gawn, B Grundy, (P Bines)
Fwds: T Kelly, P Dangerfield, I Heeney, C Daniel, R Gray, J Westhoff, (W Setterfield, R Young)
Remaining salary: 81,100
Trades left: 4
Rank: 3773
Happy with my rank and trade situation as I started Darling, grabbed Hoff over Dunkley in RD8, grabbed M Gawn to replace Goldy in Rd14, missed out on rookies such as N Balta, S Stack, G Miers, C Rozee, C Wilkie, etc and only 6 of my 14 downgrades have generated 150,000+.
Plan with my remaining 4 trades will be to use 2 in the process of upgrading Setterfield to Mundy with the remaining 2 trades to be used on injuries and potentially Daniel could be traded but I haven’t given much consideration to that option yet.
Good looking team Adam! Would you consider upgrading Hore instead, and just keep Setters at F7? Good JS and is scoring OK of late.
Prefer to keep Hore to loop with Logue as I started Hore, then traded him out due to his non selection, then brought him back in after his bubble. Def wise would look to target L Ryan or J Sicily for the last spot.
Thanks for the option regarding keeping Setters but this would still mean Hoff is at F6. An alternative by still keeping him could be to switch him to the mids and trade Hately for Menegola/Hawkins by downgrading Daniel to Mundy this round.
First year of supercoach so i would love aby feedback at this stage of the year
DEF – Lloyd, Hurn, Laird, Ryan, Stewart, Logue (Logue, Naish)
MID – Macrae, Kelly, Fyfe, Cripps, Neale, Oliver, Cogs, M Crouch (Bewley, Hind, Scott)
RUC – Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
FWD – Dunkley, Danger, Daniel, Kelly, Heeney, Cameron (Gardner, Young)
8 Trades
30k in bank
Ranked 2,500 (and top 3 in all of my leagues)
Boak has been my biggest regret all year so planning on Daniel to Boak as my first trade this week. Then Scott to Cameron in the mids (for some DPP going forward) leaving me with 55k and 6 trades to get Wilkie up to Sicily/Whitfield in the next few weeks
All assuming Gawn, Cripps and Danger get up this week!
Who is your other defender as you have Logue twice??
Other than that looks good just might need to maintain bench cover in the fwds
Oops! Still have Wilkie there as my last upgrade (Saints)
Def: Lloyd, Hurn, Laird, Ryan, Stewart, Logue (Rotham, Gardner)
Mid: Macrae, Dunkley, Fyfe, Cripps, Cunnington, Neale, Oliver, M Crouch (D Clarke, O Baker, Bewley)
Ruc: Gawn, Grundy (Bines)
Fwd: Dangerfield, Marshall, Boak, Kelly, Daniel, Begley (Burgess, Young)
7 Trades left
$329,100 in the bank
Currently Ranked 3,293
Two upgrades needed (Logue and Begley currently on field)
Plans before finals and before Daniel was injured were:
O Baker + Burgess-> Kelly (or Parker)+ a playing rookie (dpp preferable)
And move Dunkley back to the fwd line where he belongs, Leaving only Logue on the field who would turn into Whitfield
But injury gets in the way of any well thought out plans. Now I have to deal with Daniels problem. I’m actually thinking about keeping Daniel and upgrading one of Burgess or Young to Heeney. Who would fill in for Daniel whilst he’s injured and when back Heeney would swing between mid and fwd as bench cover. Because at the moment I’ve got SFA for cover.
Realistically how long do you guys reckon Daniels out for? Should I just trade him out rather than keep him?
Any thoughts appreciated.
3-4 weeks for Daniel, but with only 7 trades left and two upgrades to go, I think you might need to hold onto him. Definitely upgrade Burgess this week, and maybe trade Young to either Chol or Cameron (if named).
Thanks Chillo
Any ideas on Camerons Js?
Probably not great. Might be better to just upgrade Burgess at this stage
Lloyd, Hurn, Williams, Stewart, Sicily, Logue (Answerth, Hinge)
Neale, Fyfe, Cripps, Macrae, Coniglio, Sloane, Merrett, Dangerfield (Clarke, OBaker, Hately)
Grundy, Gawn (O’Brien)
Boak, TKelly, Heeney, Dunkley, RGray, Jeremy Cameron (Gardner, Bines)
7 trades, $124K in the bank
Planning one trade this week – Answerth to Jarrod Cameron. Not overly worried about his JS, just need the cash grab and the DPP swing. Next week, Whitfield comes in for ROB. Not sure after that though…the Wishlist includes an F7/R3, and maybe an M9 option?
Hoff, Menegola or Mundy could all be great F7 options serving a dual purpose as cover for another line via an O Baker trade via your new recruit J Cameron.
Great team and good luck for the remainder of the season.
DEF: Lloyd, Laird, Sicily, Ryan, Hurn, Williams (Logue, Gardner)
MID: Neale, Cripps, Fyfe, Sloane, M Crouch, Macrae, Oliver, Clarke (Baker, Bewley, Scott)
RUC: Gawn, Grundy (Bines)
FWD: Dangerfield, Walters, Boak, Kelly, Heeney, Daniel (Setterfield, Corbett)
6 trades (burnt a few with injuries – looking at you JPK)
$32k in the bank
Rank 10k – captained Gawn last week 🙁
If Gawn plays, I’m considering offing Baker/Bewley to Bont through an injured Daniel to Chol freeing up a bit of cash with Setters for cover if Danger doesn’t play. If Gawn doesn’t play, I’m then considering a straight swap between Daniel and Lycett for cover.
D: Lloyd, Hurn, Williams, Ryan, Smith, Logue (Milera, Duursma)
M: Macrae, Kelly, Fyfe, Cripps, Neale, Merrett, B Crouch, M Crouch (Clarke, Bewley, Ross)
R: Gawn, Grundy (Bines)
F: Dangerfield, Boak, Kelly, Daniel, Gray, Moore (Corbett, Young)
Before any trades, i have got 7 left and 70k in bank. Thanks all
Lloyd Williams Sicily Stewart Laird Smith Logue Naish
Macrae Jelly Fyfe MCrouch Oliver Cripps Neale Clarke Bewley Hind Owies
Gawn Grundy Sweet
Danger Telly Heeney Daniel Boak Setterfield Begley Gardner
6 trades, 66k, 9035 rank
Daniel for Marshall this week and then pray
Lloyd, Hurn, William, Laird, Sicily, Logue
(Hinge Naish)
Jelly, Fyfe, Macrae, Cripps, Neale, Oliver, cogs, gaff
(Bewley, Clarke, Owies)
Grundy, Gawn (Bines)
T Kelly, Danger, Dunkley, Lycett, Billings, Heeney (Chol Gardner)
5 trades – 12,600 – ranked 5725
Def: Lloyd Hurn Williams Laird Stewart Logue – Naish Gardner
Mid: Macrae Fyfe Cripps Cunnington Neale Oliver Sloane M Crouch – Setterfield Clarke Bewley
Ruc: Grundy Gawn – Bines
FWD: Dangerfield Lycett Boak Kelly Heeney Cameron – Young Chol
$89,000 bank
6 trades
5401 rank
Whitfield after price drop through either Setterfield or Logue + downgrade
4 trades left for injuries or maybe a Cameron upgrade
Def
Lloyd,Houli,Laird,Stewart,Hore,Duursma
(Answerth,Gardner)
Mid
Macrae,Dunks,Fyfe,Coniglio,Sloane,M.Crouch,Brayshaw,
Stack
(Clarke,Bewley,Hind)
Ruck
Grundy,Rob (Bines)
Fwd
Danger,Marshall,Boak,Kelly,Daniel,Gray
(Parker,Young)
8 trades
381k
8479
Daniel hurts.Thinking Parker to Chol,use Chol as a loop and if he scores shit go Daniel to a fwd or mid via Dunks.Any suggestions for this week and beyond?