Melbourne v Carlton
MCG – Fri May 27, 7:40pm
Melbourne
B: James Frawley, Matthew Warnock, Joel Macdonald
HB: Cale Morton, Jared Rivers, Neville Jetta
C: Jack Watts, Brent Moloney, Matthew Bate
HF: Addam Maric, Michael Newton, Liam Jurrah
F: Brad Green, Colin Sylvia, Jamie Bennell
Foll: Stefan Martin, Nathan Jones, Jordie McKenzie
I/C: Ricky Petterd, Jordan Gysberts, Daniel Nicholson, Michael Evans
Emg: Austin Wonaeamirri, Max Gawn, Jeremy Howe
In: Cale Morton, Jamie Bennell, Daniel Nicholson
Out: Clint Bartram (Hip), Aaron Davey (Knee), Luke Tapscott (Hamstring)
New: Daniel Nicholson (University Blues)
Milestones: Joel Macdonald – 100 games
Carlton
B: Jordan Russell, Bret Thornton, Christopher Yarran
HB: Nick Duigan, Michael Jamison, Jeremy Laidler
C: Heath Scotland, Brock McLean, Kade Simpson
HF: Chris Judd, Jarrad Waite, Eddie Betts
F: Jeffrey Garlett, Setanta O’hAilpin, Andrew Walker
Foll: Shaun Hampson, Bryce Gibbs, Marc Murphy
I/C: Andrew Carrazzo, Dennis Armfield, David Ellard, Mitch Robinson
Emg: Ryan Houlihan, Aaron Joseph, Lachlan Henderson
In: Shaun Hampson
Out: Robert Warnock (Concussion & can’t kick)
North Melbourne v Sydney Swans
ES – Sat May 28, 2:10pm
North Melbourne
B: Jamie Macmillan, Michael Firrito, Scott Thompson
HB: Daniel Pratt, Luke Delaney, Brady Rawlings
C: Daniel Wells, Levi Greenwood, Scott McMahon
HF: Lindsay Thomas, Aaron Edwards, Brent Harvey
F: Lachlan Hansen, Drew Petrie, Jack Ziebell
Foll: Todd Goldstein, Andrew Swallow, Leigh Adams
I/C: Liam Anthony, Benjamin Speight, Ben Cunnington, Shaun Atley
Emg: Cruize Garlett, Cameron Richardson, Cameron Pedersen
In: Levi Greenwood, Liam Anthony
Out: Cruize Garlett, Kieran Harper (Rested)
Sydney Swans
B: Nick Malceski, Ted Richards, Alex Johnson
HB: Tadhg Kennelly, Heath Grundy, Lewis Johnston
C: Rhyce Shaw, Jude Bolton, Nicholas Smith
HF: Ben McGlynn, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Josh P. Kennedy
F: Jarrad McVeigh, Adam Goodes, Ryan O’Keefe
Foll: Mark Seaby, Craig Bird, Daniel Hannebery
I/C: Martin Mattner, Lewis Jetta, Sam Reid, Luke Parker
Emg: Jarred Moore, Jesse White, Andrejs Everitt
In: Lewis Johnston, Mark Seaby
Out: Shane Mumford (Knee), Andrejs Everitt
New: Lewis Johnston (North Adelaide (SA))
Fremantle v St Kilda
PS – Sat May 28, 1:10pm
Fremantle
B: Greg Broughton, Antoni Grover, Paul Duffield
HB: Garrick Ibbotson, Luke McPharlin, Dylan Roberton
C: Matthew de Boer, Matthew Pavlich, Nathan Fyfe
HF: Stephen Hill, Kepler Bradley, Ryan Crowley
F: Hayden Ballantyne, Christopher Mayne, Michael Johnson
Foll: Jonathon Griffin, David Mundy, Nick Lower
I/C: Rhys Palmer, Clancee Pearce, Jesse Crichton, Tendai Mzungu
Emg: Zachary Clarke, Jay Van Berlo, Jack Anthony
In: Jonathon Griffin
Out: Aaron Sandilands (Toe)
New: Jonathon Griffin (East Fremantle/Adelaide)
St Kilda
B: Sam Gilbert, Zac Dawson, Farren Ray
HB: Sean Dempster, Sam Fisher, James Gwilt
C: Brendon Goddard, David Armitage, Clinton Jones
HF: Brett Peake, Nick Riewoldt, Adam Schneider
F: Stephen Milne, Justin Koschitzke, Arryn Siposs
Foll: Jason Blake, Nick Dal Santo, Leigh Montagna
I/C: Jack Steven, Tom Lynch, Nicholas Winmar, Dean Polo
Emg: Ben McEvoy, Andrew McQualter, Tommy Walsh
In: Tom Lynch
Out: Jamie Cripps (Calf)
Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Cats
MS – Sat May 28, 7:20pm
Gold Coast Suns
B: Karmichael Hunt, Steven May, Jarrod Harbrow
HB: Campbell Brown, Nathan Bock, Maverick Weller
C: Sam Iles, David Swallow, Trent McKenzie
HF: Daniel Stanley, Tom Lynch, Nathan Krakouer
F: Sam Day, Charlie Dixon, Brandon Matera
Foll: Zac Smith, Michael Rischitelli, Gary Ablett
I/C: Jared Brennan, Daniel Harris, Matt Shaw, Dion Prestia
Emg: Joseph Daye, Tom Nicholls, Taylor Hine
In: Maverick Weller, Daniel Harris, Charlie Dixon, Dion Prestia
Out: Joseph Daye, Tom Nicholls, Liam Patrick, Seb Tape (Illness)
Geelong Cats
B: Josh Hunt, Darren Milburn, Matthew Scarlett
HB: Taylor Hunt, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie
C: Paul Chapman, Cameron Ling, James Kelly
HF: Steve Johnson, Tom Hawkins, Travis Varcoe
F: James Podsiadly, Cameron Mooney, Mathew Stokes
Foll: Nathan Vardy, Joel Selwood, Jimmy Bartel
I/C: Joel Corey, David Wojcinski, Mitch Duncan, Josh Cowan
Emg: Tom Gillies, Daniel Menzel, Cameron Guthrie
In: Cameron Ling, Tom Lonergan, Cameron Mooney, Josh Cowan
Out: Corey Enright (Soreness), Brad Ottens (Knee), Harry Taylor (Chest), Allen Christensen (Concussion)
New: Josh Cowan (North Ballarat U18)
Richmond v Port Adelaide
TIO – Sat May 28, 8:10pm
Richmond
B: Chris Newman, Alex Rance, Jake Batchelor
HB: Brett Deledio, Luke McGuane, Bachar Houli
C: Trent Cotchin, Dustin Martin, Bradley Helbig
HF: Jake King, Tyrone Vickery, Robin Nahas
F: Reece Conca, Jack Riewoldt, Brad Miller
Foll: Andrew Browne, Daniel Jackson, Nathan Foley
I/C: Shane Tuck, Matthew White, Mitchell Farmer, Shaun Grigg
Emg: Jayden Post, David Astbury, Jeromey Webberley
In: Matthew White, Brad Miller
Out: Jayden Post, Dylan Grimes (Hamstring)
Port Adelaide
B: Tom Logan, Alipate Carlile, Jackson Trengove
HB: Michael Pettigrew, Troy Chaplin, Jasper Pittard
C: Danyle Pearce, Travis Boak, Kane Cornes
HF: Matthew Broadbent, Jay Schulz, Robert Gray
F: Cameron Hitchcock, Justin Westhoff, Daniel Motlop
Foll: Dean Brogan, Hamish Hartlett, Matt Thomas
I/C: Andrew Moore, Simon Phillips, Ben Jacobs, Cameron O’Shea
Emg: Chad Cornes, Jason Davenport, Daniel Stewart
In: Cameron Hitchcock
Out: Steven Salopek
Adelaide v Brisbane Lions
AS – Sun May 29, 12:40pm
Adelaide
B: Graham Johncock, Ben Rutten, Luke Thompson
HB: Nathan van Berlo, James Sellar, Michael Doughty
C: Matthew Jaensch, Patrick Dangerfield, Brodie Smith
HF: Chris Knights, Kurt Tippett, Rory Sloane
F: Richard Douglas, Taylor Walker, Matthew Wright
Foll: Sam Jacobs, Scott Thompson, Brent Reilly
I/C: Brad Moran, Myke Cook, Jared Petrenko, Shaun McKernan, Ricky Henderson, Aidan Riley, Jack Gunston
In: Brad Moran, Myke Cook, Taylor Walker, Jared Petrenko, Aidan Riley
Out: Christopher Schmidt, Richard Tambling
New: Aidan Riley (Wollongong Lions)
Brisbane Lions
B: Matt Austin, Daniel Merrett, Jed Adcock
HB: Cheynee Stiller, Joel Patfull, Pearce Hanley
C: Luke Power, Simon Black, Rohan Bewick
HF: Sam Sheldon, Mitchell Clark, Todd Banfield
F: Ashley McGrath, Jonathan Brown, Bryce Retzlaff
Foll: Matthew Leuenberger, Daniel Rich, James Polkinghorne
I/C: James Hawksley, Tom Collier, Jack Redden, Andrew Raines, Ryan Harwood, Jesse O’Brien, Joshua Green
In: Ashley McGrath, James Hawksley, Tom Collier, Andrew Raines, Ryan Harwood
Out: Tom Rockliff (Foot), Matt Maguire
Collingwood v West Coast Eagles
MCG – Sun May 29, 2:10pm
Collingwood
B: Leon Davis, Ben Reid, Heritier O’Brien
HB: Alan Toovey, Nick Maxwell, Heath Shaw
C: Dale Thomas, Dane Swan, Sharrod Wellingham
HF: Chris Tarrant, Chris Dawes, Andrew Krakouer
F: Alan Didak, Travis Cloke, Steele Sidebottom
Foll: Cameron Wood, Scott Pendlebury, Luke Ball
I/C: Tyson Goldsack, John McCarthy, Dayne Beams, Lachlan Keeffe, Jarryd Blair, Simon Buckley, Alex Fasolo
In: Alan Toovey, Lachlan Keeffe, Alex Fasolo
New: Lachlan Keeffe (Queensland U18/ Gympie), Alex Fasolo (East Fremantle)
Milestones: Dayne Beams – 50 games
West Coast Eagles
B: Shannon Hurn, Darren Glass, Ashley Smith
HB: Sam Butler, Will Schofield, Scott Selwood
C: Andrew Embley, Matthew Priddis, Matthew Rosa
HF: Luke Shuey, Josh Kennedy, Mark Nicoski
F: Mark LeCras, Quinten Lynch, Jack Darling
Foll: Dean Cox, Adam Selwood, Daniel Kerr
I/C: Chris Masten, Bradley Ebert, Nic Naitanui, Patrick McGinnity, Brad Sheppard, Andrew Gaff, Jacob Brennan
In: Brad Sheppard, Andrew Gaff, Jacob Brennan
New: Jacob Brennan (East Fremantle)
Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn
ES – Sun May 29, 4:40pm
Western Bulldogs
B: Liam Picken, Tom L. Williams, Ryan Hargrave
HB: Robert Murphy, Dale Morris, Easton Wood
C: Daniel Cross, Matthew Boyd, Christian Howard
HF: Ryan Griffen, Liam Jones, Mitchell Wallis
F: Shaun Higgins, Barry Hall, Daniel Giansiracusa
Foll: William Minson, Thomas Liberatore, Callan Ward
I/C: Josh Hill, Ben Hudson, Sam Reid, Lukas Markovic, Brodie Moles, Nathan Djerrkura, Justin Sherman
In: Josh Hill, Sam Reid, Barry Hall, Christian Howard, Nathan Djerrkura, Mitchell Wallis
Out: Lindsay Gilbee, Brennan Stack, Jarrad Grant
New: Christian Howard (Sacred Heart College/Glenelg (SA))
Milestones: Daniel Giansiracusa – 200 games
Hawthorn
B: Paul Puopolo, Josh Gibson, Thomas Murphy
HB: Grant Birchall, Ryan Schoenmakers, Brent Guerra
C: Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Shane Savage
HF: Chance Bateman, Lance Franklin, Shaun Burgoyne
F: Cyril Rioli, Jarryd Roughead, Michael Osborne
Foll: Max Bailey, Luke Hodge, Brad Sewell
I/C: Rick Ladson, Clinton Young, Brendan Whitecross, Jordan Lisle, Liam Shiels, Luke Breust, Matt Suckling
In: Rick Ladson, Clinton Young, Jordan Lisle
New: Jordan Lisle (Blackburn/Carey Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers)
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Yeah thanks guys I appreciate it. Interesting to see if McEvoy goes to Perth. I think he he was stiff to get dropped. Anyone know anything?
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McEvoy must have been shagging Lyons’ wife – seems to be the only reason he isn’t playing again, against a team that will have no notable ruckman.
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I hopeing to see Lynch, Jacobs in…. and I Smith return!
Also, interested in Higgins…. kind of hoping he’s dropped to buy me some time to trade him out before his price dips further.
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Mumford’s out with a knee injury.
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Makes benching Sandi for 4 weeks an easier decision for me
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Want Lake back in, and in form.
Can pick him up cheap.
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He’ll be a cheap option next year.
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Still no Lake! Big C for Buddy anyone??
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Hi Michael, I took your teams out to tidy up the comments, thanks for updating tho
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gee big cox is the only genuine scoring ruckmen running around this week all the big names dropped off like flies
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Petrie and Smith will both crack the ton this week
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Looks like there will be a few SC teams scrambling this week to avoid a few Doughnuts. One bloke in my league has Enright, Gram, Taylor, Sandi, Warnock, Swan, Watson, Smith and Rockliffe. He is two shades of screwed this week.
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Rucks descimated this week across the board!
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Any news on Higgins and his op
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Z.Smith will be carrying a few SC teams on his shoulders this week!
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Haha Robert Warnock. Nice one BS.
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Nice avatar Bender!
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Cheers Bradley. “KISS MY SHINY METAL ASS” is what he would be saying in that pic.
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Couldn’t help myself, that kick was a Barry Crocker.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA the Warnock thing had me lolling (is that a verb yet, Brad?)
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Um, no. But if it were, the spelling would be correct!
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Present participle (in the active voice).
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Do you think Swan will play?
On top of all the other big outs, could make for some upsets this week. Hopefully the sneakies can get over The Big Sexy like they got over PA last week (diff league)!
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Isaac Smith isn’t playing? Is he really that badly injured?
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If Hawthorn lost last week he’d be back in.
I also have him, he deserves to come back in, gives them some run.
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i don’t have him, I was planning to downgrade to him this week but yeah…not picked.
have to decide whether to pick another rookie or hold off!
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Is Swan a possible out?
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Can’t decide who to get, lynch or Jacobs???????
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About time Cowan was named he is a huge talent
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Agree Rustee, I saw Cowan in a practice match against the Blues and thought he and Duigan were the stand-out rookies…. That said, I think Menzel is a gun of the future.
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Yeah definately, Duncan, Menzel and Cowan are going to be stars for Geelong in the future. btw have you noticed how much Cowan looks like Scarlett?
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+ Vardy
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On the flip side, I reckon Christensen looks like rubbish…. Very surprised he wasn’t dropped earlier…. He’s the turnover king.
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Yeah i think he was just there for speed to be honest.
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hey guys, finally cracked it with higgins so he is out this week. Am going to do a double upgrade, just dont know who to bring in atm. Theres so many options!
Money isnt a issue so who which 2 out of these players do you think?
Boyd, Priddis, Chapman, S. Thompson, Ablett
Am going to hold off on Pav and see how he goes without sandi this week
Am leaning towards a combo of boyd, chappy and priddis atm
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Just a quick clarification to all those supercoachers out there that are thinking of bringing in Lynch this week. You want to get Tom Lynch from Gold Coast, not Tom Lynch from St Kilda. Both are spelled the same way. Both are listed as a forward. Both have played under 3 games. And both have been named to play this weekend. I wouldn’t have thought many would make that mistake, but you never know.
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Grab both and get Alistair as well.
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Then you’d have a Lynch mob RB.
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there’s not much you say that i smile at Omen but i like your style on this occassion
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It’s Lynch from GC, has been flying and will get nice price hike even if he has a stinker….. Lynch for Saints is ave at best
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FanFooty mixed them up.
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A lot of people did the same with Stanley at the start of the year, picking J. Stanley instead of D. Stanley.
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Saints also have Rhys Stanley in the ruck or occasionally up forward..
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Will go
Stanley- Jacobs
Krakouer- Priddis
thoughts?
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Same, but I’ll go Krakouer > Hodge because I can’t afford anyone above $512,000 odd. This is the game he hits form in my books.
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GUTS & GLORY
OVERALL- 759
WEEKLY- 1678
RND 9 Score- 2502
Trades left- 16
Cash- $34,500
Current team
B- Gibbs, Deledio, H.Shaw, Adcock, Duffield, Gilbert, Lower
(Stanley(EMER), Otten, Jacobs)
C- Swan, Selwood(VC), Boyd, Goddard, Cotchin, Pittard
(Heppell, Iles(EMER), Bewick)
R- Cox, Smith
(Sandilands, Moran)
F- Franklin(C), Goodes, N.Riewoldt, J.Riewoldt, Yarran, Petrie, Darling
(Krakouer(EMER), Matera, Richardson)
Likely trade(s)
Krakouer, Yarran ———-> T.Lynch, Pavlich
Changes
In- Pavlich, Lower(Off the bench), Smith(Off the bench)
Out- Krakouer(Sold), Yarran(Sold), Heppell(Bye)
Thoughts?
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Not sure why you would want to get rid of Yarran just yet. I haven’t got him, so I don’t know BE etc, but seems to be able to get hunges pretty regularly.
Do you have a mid than can swap with the forwards? (Iles??) If so, you could trade out Matera for another rook, swap Krak to the mids and upgrade to avoid having pittard on the field. If not, maybe consider Illes or Bewick for Mzungu, then swap to the forward line for Krak, and trade in Pav or other prem.
Hope that makes sense.
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I was thinking the exact same max, either that or tappy to lynch
Krak to Montags
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anyone know an estimate of how much Lynch (Gold Coast) will go up in price?
Thanks.
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If he gets his average mate, he will go to around $213,741
If you wanna check other predicted price rises go to TooSerious they are pretty good with that, then press on stats, go to the team and select the player
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ok, its poll time. Trading in S.Thompson this week for either:
C.Ward ave. 81, b/e 79
next 3 vs Hawks (ES), Cats (SS), Saints (ES) (Thumbs up)
OR
A.Krakouer ave 79, b/e 61
next 3 vs Eagles, Saints, Demons (all at the G) (Thumbs down)
Leaning towards dumping Ward because of the 45 last week and the tough draw coming up.
Thoughts?
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Thanks folks. Re-enforces my sanity (or possibly insanity).
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What happened to Josh Toy?
He can’t even break into Gold Coasts outfit.
Is he dead?
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Their just playing with him…
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Clever
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He’s too lazy, seems to think he’s still playing underage footy, the amount of times you see players reacting so much quicker around him is startling.
Lazy footballer, AFL will pass him by if he doesn’t wake up.
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Huh? Did I miss something? Swan is named but I’m hearing about an injury. Are we seriously considering getting rid of him?
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How about Garland to Ben Jacobs of Port who is on the bubble?
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Don’t wan to chuck to c on swannie or Boyd this week due to injury and awful team.
Tossing up between:
Marc Murphy- vs melb, prob get the main tag after a great week and Judd under an injury cloud.
Scott Thompson- vs lions, great form and vs an easy team.
Can I get a thumps up for murphy and thumps down for thommo
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Is that a thump as in Ecky Thump?
For you Gen-Y-ers;
Ecky Thump was a fictional martial art invented by ‘The Goodies’ (Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie) TV show in the ’70′s. Bill revealed himself to be a Grand Master of the infinitely more subtle and superior Lancastrian martial art of Ecky Thump.
If you’ve never seen the Goodies, you’ve never lived.
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is that the one where the 3 of ‘em ride a bike on the credits? heeheehee
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That’s the one gg.
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im definitely going selwood for captain this week, I can’t understand why anyone with selwood would go any different
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First of all fix up your defence. Maybe downgrade gram to Jacobs and upgrade garland to deledio/Gibbs etc.
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Tom Lynch from STK hasn’t played a game this year yet and played just one game last year for 10 SC points. Dunno if he got injured or just had a shite game, so have a look at him for a couple of games before trading him in.
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Tom lynch is the one who plays forward for gold coast and is averaging close to 90 over his first 2 games.
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Hockey two already has the Gold Coast Tom Lynch. He is now looking at getting the other Tom Lynch who plays for St Kilda, but is yet to play a game this year.
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I think…
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Other way round sorry. I have the saints one who has played 1 match.
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Geez….i reckon this round is just as bad as havin a multi bye….alotta players gettin sore this mid season. But not as sore as the headache i’ll be experiencing tryin to DPP the sh*t outta my team to avoid the poisoned doughtnut.
Quik rundown….
*So Cam Pedersen kicks 8 goals in the VFL & Lachie Hansen has a near touchless game against Brisbane…..& Cam still cant get another game???
i have a theory that Brad Scott is an aggressive closet homosexual who wanted to show Pedersen his ‘shinBONER’ only to have his advances rejected. Only logical explanation i can think of. With a B/E of -100, you wouldnt trade him out….yet.
* BIG SANDY is out for a month & if there’s a Zac Smith injury this weekend i can confirm 99% of all supercoaches will smash their TV/computer/radio/iphone.
*Who has the supercoach testicles to put the big C on Ablett?….he will either score a dismal (by his standards) 70 or 80 points or absolutely rip it up at home with another 190+ performance against a tired but still great Geelong side. Only a star like Ablett can beat the odds. Maybe Massive is a safer bet. Oh a commentators dream… “Cox runs into Sidebottom but slips the tackle only to be confronted by Goldsack”.
* We might get to see Mzunga play a full game which only leaves Ian Callinan as the only cheap rookie DPP left worth getting….& its only round 10! if that european midget Dion Prestia F/M comes good he’s still priced at $176,900.
Not really liking this round….should be better next week when Port has the bye & everyone will pretty much have maximum scoring potential (unless you literally have a sh*t load of Power players).
Sooo Good luck fellow coaches…..may all your ruck coverage….be good coverage
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Geelong can afford to have 3 tags on Ablett. You’d expect they’d be keen to make sure he doesn’t have a big impact on the game.
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Richmond have the bye next week, not Port Adelaide.
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lol Good call bender….only postive from my mistake is if one supercoacher puts B. Jacobs on the bench & leaves Deledio/Riewoldt on the field, then we all move up in the overall rankings
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Haha, should’ve kept my mouth closed then.
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I wouldn’t have thought Ablett would get anywhere near 190+ against Geelong.
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If ablett gets 190+ I will shave myself.
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I’ll hold you to that HC. Now we all like a freshly shaved cat, so I’m barracking for Ablett to have an absolute blinder now.
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You could be first Brazilian on this site.
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If Ablett gets 190+ here’s your next avatar THC
http://bit.ly/ksArSv
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2 week plan
this week
tappscot to lynch
andreoli to jacobs
next week
pitt to mzungu
thumbs up good trades
thumbs down bad tardes
who would you trade out of matera,curmow,wallis for smith?
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Went with Thompson in the end, decided that I need to conserve cash as much as possible and a player of avg 113 is good enough for me. Will still look at Priddis or Boyd for future but price shouldn’t change much these few weeks so I don’t mind.
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Should i trade thompson or toy for Jacobs?
If i trade thompson it will spare me an extra 50K but i will cop a dount
If i trade toy i will lose 50K but obviously wont cop a donut.
Thumbs up-thompson
Thumbs down-toy
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If you’re playing for league wins and can afford the donut in your game this week then thompson.
If you have a tough game or mainly care about overall ranking then toy
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Hey guys just wondering on your thoughts of McKernan playing and when does the Sunday teams get confirmed?
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McKernan is killing me. DPP twin with Bob O’Murphy. I’m thinking to get Jacobs in for McKernan but that leaves Murphy stranded in the forward line with no DPP. Alternative is to go Toy > Jacobs.
Also going Tapscott out for Lynch (of the Gold Coast variety).
So should I:
Ecky up: Double down and get both Lynch and Jacobs
Ecky down: Forget Jacobs and upgrade Swallow to Chapman
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Sorry Superboy, that didn’t answer your question. Sunday teams will be after lock so too late to change. McKernan is a sub risk even if he is named. I wouldn’t have in in the starting 22. Give him the E if you have no other option.
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Sunday teams are finalised at 5:00 pm every Friday.
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I don’t know what I’m talking about.
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who should i put in for Big Sandi
Thumbs up for Smith
Thumbs down for Petrie
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I have them both playing this week. Smith RUC, Petrie FOR.
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I went with Petrie
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Smith is playing against newbie Vardy and not Ottens, this will help …
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Good point, may reconsider now
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Petrie is playing against a very ordinary Swans defence and no Mummy. If I had to pick between the two I’d go with the Dish.
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Yeah but with the heppell, enright and otten out my only chance is Mckernan, tough round for everybody all we need now is Swan to be a late withdraw lol
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My team is as for this round: Have 14 trades left after this round.
B: Deledio, Adcock, goddard, Shaw, Gibbs, Lower, Puopolo
(Heppel, Jacobs, hibbered)
C: Swan, Pendles, Boyd, Priddis, Cotchin, Sewood (c),
(libba, Harris, Smith)
R: Cox, Smith
(sandi, Campbell)
F: Buddy, Pav, O’keefe, N Roo, Dangerfield, Darling, Krakour
(Matera, richardson, Siposs)
100 k in bank.
Ranked 83 overall
Just after some advice as to what to do next,
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advice …. my advice is that if you are 83rd overall you should be the one giving the advice!!
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Get off the fence RB and when you’re down go and see that coach of yours and tell him to pick Pederson!
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McMahon, Thomas and Hansen are all on borrowed time unless they improve their form
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How long are we going to hear that about Hansen? and McMahon’s lack of discipline last week is the sort of thing that saps a team’s spirit and undermines the coach’s message.
McMahon out; Richardson in
Hansen out; Pederson in.
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With 14 trades left you are in a fantastic position to trade aggressively to stay with the top 20. I’m assuming you’ve already traded for this week, if not it would be great strategy to trade out Sandi enabling you to fund 3 upgrades of Danger/Krak/Cotchin/Heppell over 2 weeks.
Pity you’ve got all 5 D/M DPPs in Def with none in the Mids.
Attacking now is the only way to stay in touch so good luck Jacky boy.
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Cheers for the advice, yeah I have traded already as no time to do it tomorrow. I can’t bring myself to trade Sandi. Cant do it! Saw him score big last year for all my mates teams the whole season. I was just going to wait and keep cotchin and Danger for good and trade heppel and krakour in the next few weeks. Will just wait and see. The D/M DPPs has screwed me a little
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With 14 trades left you can easily trade him back in after the bye as you have some very fat cows. Have a look at the top 50 teams after this week – I guarantee over half will not have him and with $450K invested into upgrades they can make up ~60ppg on you while he’s out leaving you gone for overall.
Last time I looked $50K doesn’t grow on trees so its the age old adage – high risk = high reward.
There’s no way Cotchin/Danger will end up in the top 6/7 Mids/Fwds so to have a chance of winning I would think you’ll have to upgrade them to premiums asap.
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point taken deano, and it makes sense! I have a lot of planning to do for next week! so trade sandi out next week for who?
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Jacko, if I were you I’d do nothing this week. Next week though, I’d go Harris >> Mzungu and Krakouer >> Chappy, then with the left over cash the week after go Dangerfield/Darling >> Sylvia/Goodes. Then relax for 3-4 weeks. Good team mate.
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I like the look of that Yiorgakis. I have already traded this round so far, bit cautious of chappy as bye in finals but all else looks good. Didn’t think this supercoach could be so addictive! My misses thinks I am doing work
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Yep, saw that after I posted. Chappy is always a risk, but with the lack of consistency with the fwds this year, I took the plunge. Unfortunately I chose to trade him in 3 weeks ago over Sylvia when Chappy was $540k odd and Sylvia was around $430k. Then Chappy proceeds to produce an 85 and then a 70 (the 112 last week was a welcome relief) and is worth $467k now while Sylvia is worth $488k.
I don’t have Sandi, but if I did I wouldn’t be trading him out.
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Query Jacko – you have six D/M players in your defence and none in midfield.
Why?
I am picking up Jacobs and maybe Priddis this week
BACKS: Deledio, Shaw, Fisher, Heppell, Gibbs, Broughton, Lower, Stanley, Batchelor, Hibberd
MIDS: Swan, Selwood, Boyd, Goddard, Goodes, Libba, Swallow, Harris, Prestia
I am thinking of trading Swallow and Prestia/Libba so that I can have D/M flexibility, even though my mids are better cash cows than Batchelor and Stanley.
Is that a bad call?
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This forum is by far the best of any.
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Interesting move to upgrade Tapscott to ROK and not Goodes or Chappy???
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Why is everyone so obsessed with Chappy when he can’t play finals for you and is only averaging 104. I feel like I am taking crazy pills!
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Mike, Chappy’s bye is when your team should also be having a week off in finals.
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Thanks Yiorgakis, didn’t realise that. I guess my league might be more competitive than most, most of the guys are in another league that came 11th overall last year. I am no shoe-in for top 4!!
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Haha, yeah me neither Mike. But you gotta take a chance. I figure if I can get 10-20 points extra out of Chappy, avoid injury, finish top 4, marry a supermodel and win tattslotto, it will all be worthwhile!
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not sure why I did that. Goodes annoyed me last year and chappy will get injured again. I guess that is why
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Thank you motts
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I will mate, just found this forum and yes I know that some readers just read and don’t help out!
first piece of advice is that Swan will play
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‘Helping out’ is a very subjective term. The last advice I gave was in round 4 or 5 when i told a guy to save his trades rather than trading Jolly to Mummy. I am not sure he thanked me for that advice…
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i wouldn’t thank you either but if he took the advice then that’s his fault!
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i think that would of been myself mate…picked up mummy despite your advice, he got 150 to weeks in a row after that! was that up and about!!! now, knee who knows how long?!
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I think you should trade him out for Jolly Gibbo
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Have just sold D Swallow for Jacobs and now have $305,500 in the kitty.
Interested in peoples thoughts for a Tapscott upgrade target. I currently have Buddy, RO’K and N Riewoldt (i have others, none are doing that sensationally for me). Currently thinking of Goodes on the advice of the yscc podcast but really feel stuck. Chappy and Fyfe are other obvious options. Thoughts??
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All good options. Looks like you’re keen on the MID/FOR DPP. With that coin you can afford Pavlich [not intended to be a joke btw].
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Fyfe if he can maintain his fom for the whol season? Where have you guys landed onn Fyfe?
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Fyfe if he can maintain his form for the whole season? Do you guys think he will?
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D Swallow M5, Krakouer M6, Harris M7
Go with it? UP
Change? DOWN
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well if you can upgrade yeah, definitely upgrade
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Jacko, well well ….looks like we need advice from you. Great-position your in ranked top hundred. Looks like ur frwd line can improve a bit. If u don’t chappy maybe consider Sylvia as FM and later u can get didak. But first and formost get GOODES!! Once again FM. Great midfield bud and I’ll be watching ur team with great interest. Good luck!
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I just basically repeated Yiogakis. Sorry!!! But you get the drift forward mids. Hey yoigakis how you going ranking wise? I’m 1600
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Great minds think alike Sideass! Ranked 1191. Would be pretty happy to get into top 1k.
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Similar to you Yiorgakis, I’m 1109
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Going to really get into some up grades now
Higgins > N. Riewoldt
Swallow > Ablett
Was a tough pick between Ablett and Hodge for me, next week I will grab Hodge if he’s still on the up and Goddard.
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That’s the goal this year yogi, maybe next year top 100 and the year after that the house!!! Ok the car. Over380000 supercoach teams and only 50k prize money. It’s 2011 for goodness sake. The Afl, champion data and the heraldsun should really look at this. We watch every game, every minute of every moment. From Thursday teams to Sunday night results. We deserve more for our 39 hour weekly obsession.
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$50,000 for no risk / cost is not bad! Optional $10 entry for $1 million prize money would not be bad in the future though so a few people can justify (in their own head) doing this full time!!!
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Who gets the remanding $2.8m? Hun or AD?
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Only 39 hours??
I think two main things need to change. Rolling lockouts, and live SC scoring.
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Not much to talk about me beloved Power, but a story today about Jacobs for those interested. PS His girlfriend ain’t too bad either.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/port-adelaide-power-rookie-ben-jacobs-footy-obsession/story-e6frecj3-1226063718340
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That’s as good a reason as any to trade him in BK.
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Was planning Tapp-Lynch and Swallow-Hodge, but then Toy and I Smith didn’t get selected, making me think I should get Jacobs
Questions for the masses
Toy-Jacobs (thumbs up)
Swallow-Hodge (thumbs down)
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Good day to all,
Last thoughts on the Sandilands issue. Whilst I was still keen on trading him, it’s more really out of the need for a bit of extra cash (and ruck flexibility). I’ll be trading Tapscott –> Lynch, which should give me about $150,000 in the bank (not quite enough to do a decent upgrade).
As such, I’m thinking of trading Josh Fraser –> Joel Tippett. I started with Fraser as my R3 (Z. Smith as R4), but Smith is still firing, and if I bring Tippett in, then I can use Petrie as a backup to Cox & Smith.
Doing this trade down should put my bank balance up to about $300K … more than enough to assist with a few decent premium upgrades over the coming weeks.
Thoughts? Comments would be appreciated,.
Thumbs UP to ditch Fraser
Thumbs DOWN to ditch Sandilands
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
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BACKS: Deledio, Shaw, Fisher, Heppell, Gibbs, Broughton, Lower, Stanley, Batchelor, Hibberd
MIDS: Swan, Selwood, Boyd, Goddard, Goodes, Libba, Swallow, Harris, Prestia
138k in bank.
Swallow is gone for Priddis/Pendles.
Want Jacobs
Should I go downgrade Libba/Prestia for more D/M flexibility? Thumbs up
Or, save Mid cash cows and downgrade Batchelor/Stanley. Thumbs down
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Without seeing your fwds/rucks you have a good side Mike. I’d be inclined to trade out one of your back rookies. You have BJ and Goodes in the mids so you should really be looking to get them back to the Backs/Fwds respectively for your final setup.
Also depending on your situation (league or overall) it may be worth looking at a double downgrade this week. Lynch from GC looks a good get. Mzungu also will be a popular target. If your going for a league win like 97% of us then building some cash in the next 2 weeks may be the way to go if you can get away with it.
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Dislike on the Prestia front. I, like you, have had Prestia filling a space all season and been reluctant to trade him due to his DPP. He’s been selected this week so his price will jump. At worst, keep him for a week before you burn him for Tendai or possibly keep him til his price rises even further.
On another front, i’m SuperCoach bored. Done my two trades (Swallow >> Jacobs & Tapscott >> The Pav), sorted out my C and VC (Selwood & Big Cox) and sorted out my three emergencies. Also, placed my couple of bets for the weekend. Now what?? Do i really have to go and get some work done now?? Argh!!!!
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Same RB. I’ve found that my life is quite boring once the teams come out and all of the posturing during the week comes out in the trades made column. This week did Toy->Adcock and Higgins->Priddis. Now got to do 1 weeks worth of work in 1 day then spend time with the missus, so I lose on 2 fronts. Maybe I convince her that I have to work the whole weekend and then just watch the footy from there.
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Following the above, I’m leaning towards Mids.
Jacobs to Prestia? Thumbs up
Jacobs to Libba? Thumbs down
(Got Lynch, Smith in forwards, Mzungu in for Tapscott next week)
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I’d go Libba as you have enough coverage on the bench in the mids. If Prestia gets a run of games then he has the more upside in him.
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agree
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Appreciate the analysis fellas!
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Im thinking
Tapscott out Mzungu in
McEvoy out COX in
Thoughts?
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Very nice.
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What to do with my backs this week??
Gibbs , deledio, shaw, fisher, broughton, lower, BUCKLEY
(Mckernan, Markovic, HEPPELL)
Mids are Swan, Pendles, Bartel, Joelwood, Cotchin, Libba (hibberd, Harris, atley)
Going for overall and can’t cop a zero!
Start Buckley or Markovic? Trade in Poo? Jacobs? Goddard into mids to swap into def? Do Nothing?
Thoughts please!!!
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IS Buckley naMed as an emergency ??
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Yes, selected as an emergency, but unlikely to play…. dont really wanna take the risk of a donut
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Trade out McKernan/Markovic for Jacobs to fund the upgrade of another rookie type (Libba, Harris, Atley) into Goddard. Switch Goddard with Jacobs/Heppell into the backs and you’re set. Buying Goddard at his price is a must if you don’t have him.
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39 hours??? Yeh I know I’m much more desperate than that. 50k is great? Mmmm. Yes it is. But I don’t know if you heArd, the afl deal worth 1.3 billion dollars. I watch or listen or upload my iPhone all week. I’m guessing that’s what afl want. We are 2011 mate. Internet and commercials??
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Trades complete!
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what did you do??
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out pittard
in jacobs
out krakouer
in murphy
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Are the rumours true that Swan and Judd aren’t gonna play?
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Are the rumours true that Swan and Judd aren’t gonna play?
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What do people think of a fully stocked team come round 18 (post hawks bye) with Heppell and Petrie on the bench as super subs for my D/M and R/F lines? I’ve done a little bit of planning and it looks like this is a definite possibility, leaving me with 6 trades for injuries and finals.
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I’m doing a similer thing. After round 13 I’ll have only Darling and Lower as players to up-grade with 9 trades left. With decent bench coverage on each line with Stanley, Jacobs, Pupuolo Def, Harris and Smith Mid, Krakouer, Mzungu and Lynch Fwd with Petrie MPP covering the ruck I will only make trades for LTIs. Allowing 3-4 injuries that leaves 5-6 trades for finals and upgrades. Having said that it only takes one week to screw it all up!
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This week planning –
Tapscott -> Lynch (GC)
Swallow -> Thumbs Up – Ablett
Thumbs Down – Boyd
Would leave me with 16 trades & ???, Swan, Pendle, Judd, Selwood, Goddard, (Harris, Libba, Irons)
Backlines weak, but planned to upgrade them in the next 2 rounds.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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trades done
Tappscott out Mzungu in
McEvoy out COX in
Now Capatin . . . COX, Selwood, Pendlebury, Goddard, Franklin?? Thoughts?
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I’m going Cox, but I don’t have Selwood and even though Smith will dominate against Vardy, can’t see Selwood not breaking 130
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Agreed I’m with Cox as well but if I had Selwood I would lock him in too
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What are people thinking about Higgins?
I’m trying to dedide whether i back him or dump him.
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im giving him 1 more week!
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Breakeven is 164, he’s only going to go down from here. If I had him and didn’t have other pressing needs, I’d be giving him the chop this week
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Yeah its the b/e i’m worried about. Id rather be upgrading rookies to premiums, but if he continues to slide it might come back to bite me!
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I wouldn’t be thinking of Higgins as a premium anymore, more as a mid-pricer that you took a gamble on and lost. You’re going to have to give him the flick at some stage, just depends on how much money you want to lose.
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I dumped him this week….was set to upgrade Swallow this week then heard Higgins may miss some more weeks in the near future and with a BE of 164 its not worth waiting any longer.
Like Bam said, he is a mid-pricer that we gambled and lost on….I don’t mind seeing as my Zaharakis gamble has payed off nicely this year.
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Trade is complete:
Stanley > Jacobs
Krakouer > Hodge
Midfield for this week:
Swan, Selwood, Judd, Goddard, Priddis, Hodge
Happy
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EMG: Harris, if Swan is a late withdrawal
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I only have Bewick as an emergency for Swan….he better play I need the win this week.
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DEF: Deledio, Adcock, Goddard, Gibbs, Duigan, Lower, Broughton (Heppell, Toy Puopolo)
MIDS: Swan, Pendles, Mundy, Judd, Libba, Krakouer (Harris, Hibberd, Jacobs)
RUC: Cox, Smith (Sandi, Keefe)
FWD: Buddy, Pav, Sylvia, Petrie, Goodes, Darling, N Riewoldt (Tapscott, Matera, Richardson)
Need some help on prospective trades this week:
Tapscott –> Mzungu or Lynch??
Krakouer (from FWD) –> Chappy OR
Krakouer (from MID) –> Ablett or Priddis
1013 Overall, $130,900 in bank
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, worried about losing the MPP link between FWD and MID’s.
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Chappy is your man . Traded him in this for crack this week and will sleep well tonight. Now have a team without anyone remotely a chance to be a sub
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I guess that makes it easy for me on the downgrade trade, take Lynch and bring in Mzungu next week to cash in on one of the mid cows.
Still not sold however!! Friday’s are a nightmare, spend all day staring at my Supercoach team!!
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Its a nice looking side so far out from finals keep your fingers crossed that Judd and Swan play this week there are whispers about both. If you choose ablett at least you know he has had both byes and will be around for SC finals and is cheaper
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Thanks Dazza, I’m already resigned to the fact that Swan doesn’t play, Judd on the other hand will be a bit of a problem. Looked at Priddis’ bye and have an easy win in the league so no problems there, leaning towards Ablett at the moment and pick up Mzungo next week for the DPP. Just such a tough decision.
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So it’s done, I went Tapscott to Lynch, Krakouer in the Mids to Ablett.
Pick up Mzungu next week and I have my MPP link back.
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go for priddis he is amazing
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Forgetting the finals bye…..who do you choose…Chappy (DPP) or Johnson?
Already have PAV, Fyfe, Buddy, Goodes, N Roo, Darling and ROK.
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Personally, I would toss a coin, I can’t separate those two other then the MPP link, but you’ve already got two there in your fwd’s with Pav and Goodes.
I’d seek a second opinion, I’m sure there are some out there with better insight.
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I’ve had Johnson from day 1 as a Point of Difference from the masses, as Chappy was a little under injury cloud and expensive and am quite happy with him so far. Would prefer to have Chappy though if given the choice to buy right now at their current prices.
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If you want a more consistant score then Chappy over Stevie J for sure. He should generally get you between 100 & 160 wheras there’s a lot more chance of Stevie J pulling in between 70 & 150. DPP just adds the cream on the choice for me. PS, i currently have Stevie J over Chappy but that was a pre-Rd 1 choice due to pre-season doubts.
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Thx guys…just to clarify…ROK is in the mid with I Smith…and BAM Fyfe is DPP too so have stacks of options…my thoughts are very similar to yours Andy…especially with current prices (and form)
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trading toy for jacobs
and tapscott for lynch
will save cash and upgrade swallow next week to a premium
will leave me with 10 trades left, and will have 16 premiums.
thoughts?
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You’d like to have more trades, but i reckon that’s decent if your rookies are all playing. Pray for no injuries!!
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138k in the bank.
MIDS: Swan, Selwood, Boyd, Goddard, Goodes Libba, Swallow, Harris, Prestia
FWD: NRoo, JRoo, Pav, Buddy, Rioli, Darling, tapscott, Matera, Lynch, I Smith
Not guaranteed top 4, so Chappy bye is relevant
Swallow to Priddis/Abblet – Thumbs Up
Swallow to Chappy – thumbs Down
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OK, this is the first time i’ve posted the team sin Rate My Team pre round1
Here it is:
DEF:Deliedio, Adcock, Goddard, Shaw, Gibbs, Lower, Puopolo
(Stanley, McKernan, Toy)
MID: Mundy, Pendles, Pav, JSelwood, Libba, Krakouer
(Heppell, Harris, Hibberd)
RUC: COX, ZSmith (Sandi, JTippett)
FWD: Buddy, Boomer, Goodes, NRoo, Darling, Petrie, Higgins
(Tapscott, Matera, Richardson)
-16 trades (yet to trade this week)
-$504k in the bank
-Ranked 1,124 overall but going for a league win.
Tough opponent this week, easy few next weeks.
I’m thinking double trade this week, then the team should be stable for a few weeks.
Currently thinking:
Tapscott -> Lynch
Higgins -> Fyfe
That leave me 14 trades and $556k in the bank
Tempted to double upgrade, but I think the cash will be of better use for my later trades.
What do you think? I think I like it!
Its a lot of Freo, is there anyone better i should be looking at?
I’d love you thoughts…
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Nice team and nice name Eddie Betts!!!
I would personally try and upgrade that last spot in your backline. Upgrade either Pupuolo, Stanley, McKernan or Toy.
So still go with the tapscott trade but leave higgins and upgrade one of the mentioned above to a premium??
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Thanks TSNW, I love that little guy! (although am getting close to changing my name to Jeffey Garlett!!!!)
As for the trades, I could definitely be stonger up back, i’m just a bit worried that Higgins will continue to stink it up, not play and leak money – thus be less valuable when he needs to be traded anyway. So if league win is the goal, my thinking is that those guys in the back will continue to make some cash or at least hold their value. Then in a few weeks i’ll start trading again, i’ll have cash and it’l be upgrade city! especially once a few more LTIs show up.
tough choices…
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I’m in favour of your trades – this week I traded:
Tapscott -> Lynch
Higgins -> M. Murphy
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Thanks Foxy
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Or do switch Krak fwd and Higgins into the mids so i can trade Higgins for SThonmpson?
Thompson or Fyfe this week for the team above?
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Enright I hate you! Not only have you been underperforming the last few weeks but now you are out with “Soreness”. Not good enough! Was even temped to trade you out for Delidio or Adcock – who I both dont have becuase I chose you at the start of the year over them!
Anyways sorry just had to get that out. Backline is looking pretty weak this weekend with Heppell and Ensack sitting on the pine.
I traded out Tapscott for T Lynch from GC and then traded Curnow to Hodge.
Bench cover in middle now with Harris just in case Swan doesnt play. No emergency in the backline this week is a worry. Hoping Suckling plays!
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I have narrowed the choice to either S.Thompson av 113 $475k or M.Murphy av 114 502k.
Who should I grab? up thommo down smurf
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Adding a Carlton player is going to put more stress on your team come finals time HGL. During the final four rounds of the year Adelaide play Geelong at home, GC away, Tiges at home and then WC away. Not the easiest of runs but i’d take that over Carlton’s freo away, hawthorn, bye and then the saints.
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Welcome from Wembley fellas!!!!!! HGL…..Barca 4 – Man U 2 : )
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: D Good luck Leo, do the Catalans proud. You are rightly the favourites, but, I think you’ll find us a tough opponent with the ability to defeat you. I think United will triumph 2-1.
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Good luck to you too mate..It should be a cracker…..I voted Thompson above …only reason the carlton bye…but very tough call…Murphs would be more consistent over the journey IMO though
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You gonna get three of those four Leo?
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I’d love two to get my goalscoring record back for the year Fishtopher but ultimately I’ll just take a win…..
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Go s Thompson he’s the best scorer in adelaide while Murphy will share points with Judd Gibbs etc.. Plus s Thompson is unique and as a better run home
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Buddy from those two i reckon, do you have selwood?
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oh, sorry i read that as robert murphy for some reason. I’d probably go MMurph. both capable of having a cracker, but Murph has less potential downside on a bad day.
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That’s what I thought. Buddy’s due for a shocker, it’s Murphy’s consistency that has me leaning towards him. FYI I don’t have Selwood – he’d be a monty for captain otherwise.
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Thanks BTW.
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Take the punt on Buddy I say. Dogs backline is absolutely rubbish as Josh Kennedy showed last week and Buddy well and truly has his strut back at the moment.
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Who do I play on the field in my mids this week? Ur thoughts much appreciated.
Daniel Harris?
David Swallow?
Tom Libretore?
T UP for Harris
T DOWN for Swallow
Or comments for Libba
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Libba – named on the ball and the Suns mids will get mauled this week.
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Hey guys sorry to link here but this guy writes the best supercoach content I’ve found
Round 10 Supercoach preview
: http://www.thisisafl.com/blog/2011/05/10-supercoach-preview/
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Anyone remember who Port’s sub was last week?
Pretty sure Jacobs was in his first game, but started last week. Not sure whether to bring him in.
Tapscott –> Lynch
Grimes –> Adcock
OR
Tapscott –> Lynch
Luke Thompson –> Jacobs
OR
Luke Thompson –> Jacobs
Grimes –> Adcock
Option #2 seems the most sensible as Lynch and Jacobs look like good future cash cows, and generally as the season goes on it’s slim picking in terms of cash cows, good cash cows that is.
But I really want more premiums!
If I do option #2, I will most like upgrade Grimes to Adcock and Swallow to Priddis/Swan.
Thoughts? Option #1, #2 or #3?
Then I’ll only have Duigan, Krakouer and Petrie left to upgrade with 13 trades left. Keeping Darling, and will have to get rid of Heppell later in the year because of the finals bye.
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Yeah slim picking makes me say option 2, both should fatten up nicely. Especially if you have the league win in the bag.
Then double upgrade next week like you said
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ok last minute decision
Higgins out, Who in SThompson or Fyfe
PS excuse the repost from a reply above, but its getting down to the wire!
PPS, you can scroll up to see my team if it helps.
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Consistency= Thompson
MASSIVE scores (and the occassional downer)= Fyfe
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I’d go Fyfe for big points in the forward line (priceless) and save some extra coin and bring in one of the top four or five mids
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Thanks guys, its been Fyfe in my head all week, but just saw Thompsons stats, be/etc and he’s looking good this week. But come to think of it he’d probably take up the last place in my mids that Boyd might be better for in a few weeks.
So i’m leaning towards trading Fyfe into my forward line for higgins.
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I went with Thompson but its only because I already have Fyfe.
Been very happy with Fyfe so go for him
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The premiers of 2011
B: Leon Davis, Ben Reid, Heritier O’Brien
* HB: Alan Toovey, Nick Maxwell, Heath Shaw
* C: Dale Thomas, Dane Swan, Sharrod Wellingham
* HF: Chris Tarrant, Chris Dawes, Andrew Krakouer
* F: Alan Didak, Travis Cloke, Steele Sidebottom
* Foll: Cameron Wood, Scott Pendlebury, Luke Ball
* I/C: John McCarthy, Dayne Beams, Jarryd Blair, Simon Buckley
* Emg: Tyson Goldsack, Lachlan Keeffe, Alex Fasolo
* In: Alan Toovey
* Out: Tyson Goldsack
* Milestones: Dayne Beams – 50 games
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West Coast
B: Ashley Smith, Darren Glass, Shannon Hurn
* HB: Patrick McGinnity, Will Schofield, Scott Selwood
* C: Matthew Rosa, Matthew Priddis, Andrew Embley
* HF: Luke Shuey, Josh Kennedy, Mark Nicoski
* F: Mark LeCras, Quinten Lynch, Jack Darling
* Foll: Dean Cox, Adam Selwood, Daniel Kerr
* I/C: Chris Masten, Bradley Ebert, Nic Naitanui, Brad Sheppard
* Emg: Thomas Swift, Andrew Gaff, Jacob Brennan
* In: Brad Sheppard
* Out: Sam Butler
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Fellas I’m in a dilemma and need some advise….
Below is my team….
Backs) Lids Goddard Gibbs Shaw Broughton Suckling Puopolo
Heppell Mckernan Toy
Mids) Swan Boys Selwood Burgoyne Harris Krak
Swallow Iles Bewick
Forwards) Buddy Goodes N.Roo Rioli Stevie J Yarran Darling
Tapscott Richardson Prestia
17 trades left
15k in the bank
My first trade is Swallow – Jacobs for DPP relief
I want to strengthen my mids but if I replace krak also I lose my fprward DPP unless I get a Pav Sylvia Fyfe…..
If I downgrade Tapscott to Lynch then I cant get Jacobs in…..
Or bite the buller on burger????
Any wisdom on what you would do here would be greatly appreciated….
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id go
swallow to jacobs
krak to a premium (whoever you can afford)
next week you cajn always trade in Mzungu for DPP flexibility with your forwards. this way you get a dedicated midfielder as well as flexibility
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Thanks Cam,
Issue I have is I’ll have no decent midfield cash cows left next week to bring Mzungu into my mids …Iles wont have peaked enough Bewick is worth nothing …a trade just for DPP purposes is a waste IMO…thats where Im stuck
I think my only choice is to go for pavlich or sylvia for krakour…..
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I’m in the same boat as ya mate, i can either get jacobs for a rookie and then upgrade higgins or go tappy>lynch then upgrade higgins to a gun mid. I really want DPP (def/mid) in me mids too. What im thinking of doing is getting jacobs NEXT week bcoz he’ll be around 150k i guess, and ill swap him in for libba. im stuck in a pickle too mate.
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I feel your pain Busta
Guys is DPP that important this year with 3 on the bench….If I upgrade Krak my preference would be Priddis Ablett Thompson do you think going Pavlich is a compromise for DPP or should I ditch the DPP all together and go for one of the above 3
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Team locked and loaded.
Libba – Jacobs
Tappy – Chappy
Good news for anyone with Dids. I’ve benched him this week so that should guarantee a ton.
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Hey guys, ive got myself stuck in a bit of a pickle and id like to get some help. my team this week:
B: Deledio Adcock Goddard Fisher Gibbs Lower Stanley (Heppell, McKernan, Puopolo (EMG))
M: Selwood (C) Swan Judd Goodes Harris Libba (Higgins, Illes (EMG), Bewick)
R: Cox Smith (Sandman, McCauley)
F: Pavlich nRoo jRoo Johnson Rioli Darling Knights (Lynch (EMG), Smith, Richardson)
Should I trade Jacobs in for higgins, which leaves me with 560k for a double upgrade next week, or should i upgrade higgins using 276k??? please help!!!
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I would downgrade Higgins to Jacobs which will give you a def/mid DPP to swap with Deledio, Gibbs, Heppell and GOD.
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Depends how hard you need the winBusta…If you need it id go the upgrade…
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Help Please!
Do I play Darling or Krak???????????????????
Darling up
Krak down
Thanks Folks
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Nicholson and armfield are the subs. Judd IS still playing. No late changes for either side.
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Gday Fellas,
Downgrading D.Swallow this week so I can upgrade to Big Cox.
Whats your thoughts on either T.Mzungu or I.Smith…
Both give good flexibitiliy through DPP and Smith is only a Test for soreness so should be back next week.
Any help pleasE?
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Out of those two go mzungu. Will get plenty of games.
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Guys poll time
Thumds up – If I should ditch my forward DPP and buy Priddis,Pendles ,Ablett
or
Thumbs down – pick up Pav or Sylvia and keep my DPP
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who to start??
Libba – up
Harris – down
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no obvious answer on that on mousey….toss a coin….
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TELL ME GOD DAMN IT
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I’ll go Harris, has had a two week spell should be fresh for the pussycats. As for Libba coming off a smashing in the west and fronting up against the Hawks isn’t going to be a picnic I reckon.
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Concur
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thats more like it..thanks for the info
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ahhh
so good to have the little master back in the team
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Knights or Darling?
Knights >>>> thumbs up
Darling >>>>> thumbs down
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Knights at AAMI v Brissy.
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Darling plays poorly away from Subi
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Cheers crew. Knights it is, with Buddy and Ablett making their debuts also.
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Darling does not play poorly anywhere!!!
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ok last poll….
Thumbs up – Priddis
Thumbs down – Pendles
A quick note saying Gaz for Ablett
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who ever wins this poll im going with ….ill leave it for another 10 minutes just before lockout …thanks for the help team
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Subs tonight
Carlton:Dennis Armfield
Melbourne:Daniel Nicholsen
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Who to start boys…
Shane Savage
OR
Daniel Harris
As M6
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What do you think?
McKernan —> Lynch
and
David Swallow —> Abblett
or
Richardson —> Lynch
and
Swallow —> Hodge
1 – THUMBS UP
2 – THUMBS DOWN
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Made two trades
Watson —> Ablett
Tapscott —> Newton
Can only blame the second trade for a combo of Heineken 500mls cans (6) and painkillers (4) for my back
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Shame on you PA.
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duigan(up) or lower (down)?
running outta time!!!!!!!!!!
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Fremantle playing at home again,
Youve seen what Lower can do at Patterson Stadium!
Everyone who benched him last week would be shattered!
Keep him on Wets!
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will do thanks mate
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Which trade guys
Krakouer, Matera ————-> Pavlich, Mzungu
or
Krakouer, Yarran ————> Pavlich, Lynch
Quick answers appreciated
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Cheers PA
Will give me a forward line of
N.Roo, J.Roo, Buddy, Pav, Goodes, Petrie, Yarran
(Darling, Mzungu, Richardson)
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Final Team
Guts & Glory
B- B.Gibbs, B.Deledio, H.Shaw, J.Adcock, P.Duffield, S.Gilbert, N.Lower
(A.Otten, B.Jacobs(EMER), D.Stanley)
C- D.Swan, J.Selwood(VC), B.Goddard, M.Boyd, T.Cotchin, J.Pittard
(S.Iles(EMER), R.Bewick, D.Heppell)
R- D.Cox, Z.Smith
(A.Sandilands, B.Moran)
F- L.Franklin, A.Goodes, M.Pavlich, N.Riewoldt, J.Riewoldt, D.Petrie, C.Yarran
(J.Darling(EMER), Mzungu, Richardson)
Darling couldnt get a game for the first time since i played him on the field.
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You’ve got no DPP M/F in the mids but 3 in the Fwds Russ. You better hope Callinan comes up.
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I.Smith in next week Deano
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Couldn’t make the 25 this week Russ?
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Still a chance next week if not then i can live with no mid/fwd in the midfield haven’t been in a situation as of yet where i needed it
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Fair enough bud. Great overall so good luck.
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Cheers Deano
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Jordan Russell (right hammy) subbed off and Armfield on.
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Never seen supercoach scores update after half time in ‘Match Centre’ before. Is this a new feature?
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Giving some really strange scores. I’ve got Gibbs who they’ve given a donut to so far and my opponent has Duigan with 2 and Yarran with 7.
Another game is giving Judd 32 in one team and Judd 16 in the other team. Be a bit disappointed to lose that one.
WTF?
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traded L Thompson to Jacobs & upgraded Tapscott to Chappy. have been a little too quick (actually a lot) with trades in past, so am developing a plan for the first time. Going for bragging rights ranked around 58K whic is brilliant for me.
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2nd in my league with no losses thus far.
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