Hi Everybody!
It looks like this is the year of rules Fourteen and Fifteen. There are a lot of Cow-Like-Objects. around this season, and a lot of non-cow fallen premiums. Also, several cows who play ruck. I love cows who can ruck.
I have not changed any of the rules. I think about it every year, but I have never come up with a new one or a change I like. Open to ideas though!
Without further delay:
Father Dougal’s Rules of Cow-quisition
Rule Number One: “Start the season with as many good cows as you can get, up to where you have undesired left-over money.”
Rule Number Two: “Good cows have good job security. A cow without job security is just an unreliable loophole.”
Rule Number Three: “The cheaper the better. Lower cost and higher profit.”
Rule Number Four: “Cow availability determines your structure; not the reverse. Select all the good cows, none of the dodgy cows, and build the rest of your team around them.”
Rule Number Five: “Money is gold, trades are oxygen, and downgrade targets are platinum. Never waste a downgrade target by starting with him on your bench.”
Rule Number Six: “There is NO rule Six!”
Rules Number Six-A: “A cow and a premium are better than two mid-pricers with the same total cost.”
Rule Number Seven: “When a cow is best 22, you pick that cow”
Rule Number Eight: “DPP is nice, but no more than nice. Definitely not enough.”
Rule Number Nine: “No matter how much you like your herd, when the teams are announced, you will have to make changes. Be ready”
Rule Number Ten: “The cows you have to pick from are the cows everyone has to pick from. Stop complaining and start planning.”
Rule Number Eleven: “Better an unknown cow than a known bum steer”
Rule Number Twelve: “A cheap cow that loses his job is a loophole. A high priced cow that loses his job is a source of funds. A mid-priced cow that loses his job is a problem.”
Rule Number Thirteen: “It’s going to go wrong. Pick the cows who will go wrong in the ways you can best cope with”
Rule Number Fourteen: “A cow that has both job security and ruck as a position is a rare gift, for he allows you another cow on field.”
Rule Number Fifteen: “A fallen mid-pricer is a lot like a cow, but they have to have fallen really, really, far”
Rule Number Sixteen: “A fallen premium is not like a cow, no matter how far they have fallen, because you aren’t going to sell them to turn them into a premium.”
Rule Number Seventeen: “Cows on better teams tend to score better.”
Rule Number Eighteen: “Cows playing better teams tend to score worse.”
Rule Number Nineteen: “Know your coaches. It doesn’t matter if a cow should play, it only matters if the coach thinks he should play.”
Rule Number Twenty: “Know your teams. A cow filling in for two weeks before a gun comes back from injury is really a loophole waiting to happen.”
Rule Number Twenty One: “Sometimes you have to suck it up and downgrade to a loophole. When you do, find as cheap of one as you can.”
Rule Number Twenty Two: “Downgrading to someone who might be a loophole beats downgrading to someone you know will be a loophole.”
Rule Number Twenty Three: “Some cows aren’t worth a trade to deal with. Keep them, be patient, and hope. It’s a long season, sometimes things go right in the end.”
Thanks for reading!
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Thanks FD. Every year we love being reminded of the rules of cow-quisition. Lets not forget.
Rules to live by.
Don’t know where else to put this, feel free to educate me:
What are people doing now that the coronavirus has screwed up all of our bye strategies? I mean, worldwide panic is one thing, but now it’s messing with my SuperCoach – things have gotten out of control!
(If you haven’t heard, my Saints and Port will now be playing at Marvel and have the bye in Round 11).
Maybe just a TU/TD?
TU: Don’t select any Saints or Power players
TU: Don’t select more than 2.
Other: comment.
I’ve got Rowan Marshall, Jack Steele, Hunter Clark and Max King firmly ingrained in my side, and was even toying with the idea of Connor Rozee at F3. Not so sure anymore…
Um, Houston. We have a problem lol.
Yeah, I’m getting rid of Houston right now. I was borderline on him before and he’s just crossed the border.
Thanks for the R11 info. That changes all my bye plans. All bets off except King. Does this means R11 we still line up 22 or 18 players
TU 18
TD 22
Jeanott
The first “China Experiment” they had that weird R11 Bye ,and we scored best 22.
The only good thing about it is you can now ” potentially” get in Saints and Power players in R12, to help through the Byes.
The new bye does not affect Cows. Other guys, yes, some. Only for guys on the edge though.
I know father, but there was no general discussion thread to post in. I have already said 50 hail mary’s for pennance. May the cow gods have mercy on my soul.
There is now: http://supercoachtalk.com/supercoach-general-discussion/ 😉
That is why people are stocking up on toilet paper. The bye strategy dilemma is giving people the shits.
Rule four, everybody. Write it on a Post-it and stick it on your forehead.
I have young, ash, serong & Rowell as high priced rookies as well as hill up fwd…
Is that too many high priced cows? I’m just worried about some of the cheap cows atm so starting them for there JS
It is a lot, but if you plan on them it is easy to downgrade of you can.
D’arcy
Rule number 4 answers your question.
If the Cows with the best JS and scoring potential happen to cost a bit more, so be it.
I have them all and believe they will all play plenty of games. Lock and load all three and enjoy the ride.
Did not see Young initial read. I think he is the one that may be side-lined as Blakely looks like playing back and Aish will be be Mr Fixit. Second March pre-season game will be the factor?
Yeah not sold on young at all and he had been training with the rehab group. Is a watch but if I have him there for now I can always downgrade later and take the $$. Also like green for gws but serongs JS gets him the nod just
Can someone tell me in simple terms when the scheduled R11 saints/power game is being played. Is it now not being played r11 and playing r12 instead ?
Yes.
He said in simple terms salamander. Haha .
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