Josh Kelly is one of the über-elite MIDs in SuperCoach but he does come with a bit of an injury risk. Currently averaging 119.8 pts per game, Kelly has now been officially ruled out for the next three weeks with a calf injury.
With just seven weeks to go in the SuperCoach season, the question needs to be asked: Is it worth sticking with him? Or is it time to cut losses?
A lot will depend on your current position in your ‘main’ Leagues……..are you settled in the Top8? Are you still in contention for Finals? How many trades do you have left? Can you afford to trade Kelly out?
So what would you recommend to Coaches of Josh Kelly?
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As you say, a lot depends on personal situation re trades, bench cover, league position etc. But for me it is a Trade.
GWS don’t have a great history on accurate predictions on injury time and it is a lot of dead money sitting on the bench.
GWS have publicly stated a number of times that they are taking a cautious approach with their players which I think is the reason we don’t see them returning in line with their listed injury durations. They tend to get them to a point where they could play and give them an extra week to be on the safe side for short term injuries and an extra couple for longer term injuries which usually accounts for the difference between the ‘published’ and actual return.
I see no difference for Kelly, being so important for their upcoming finals campaign so I would be applying the listed 3 weeks +1.
The question then becomes can you have him on the bench for 4 weeks? This one comes down to our individual circumstances with trades and bench coverage. I’m looking like having to carry him on the bench whether I like it or not.
Currently have Cripps, Bont, Neale, Fyfe, Macrae, Oliver and M Crouch..
Is trading Kelly to Sloane the obvious choice?
I’m going Kelly to Bont.
Josh Kennedy a good replacement?? Looking for a POD
T/U : Pull the trigger
T/D : hold
There are only two circumstances under which I’d even consider a hold:
1. Going for Leagues and comfortably gonna make Top4 whatever happens, and/or
2. I had 3 or less trades left
I’d still consider trading him under the above circumstances if I needed/wanted the extra cash and had pretty good cover on ALL lines.
I’m trading him.
4 trades left gonna trade him to Bont leaving me with 150k banked with Cameron F6 & Brodie Smith D6
6 Trades left.
1st in my Main League (have given up on rank)
2 spots to full premo
Still have Caleb Daniel
Please help
TU Hold Kelly
TD Trade Kelly
Comment – Delete Supercoach (my preference at this stage)
Got Logue left at D6, 4 trades and 28k itb.
Plan was to cash in D. Clarke and then go Logue -> Whitfield. For that to happen I need solid price rises from Clarke and Logue and a sharp price drop from Whitfield, then I’d be able to do it in two trades- if the numbers don’t work out, then I’d have to downgrade Bewley or Chol to free up the cash.
J. Kelly OUT has greatly complicated things, but let’s say I trade him out to Bont: that nets me 40k and I probably could go Clarke -> downgrade and then Logue -> Whitfield without having to downgrade another rookie. Problem is I’d be left with 1 trade for 6 weeks.
This is the point of late season trades though isn’t it?
What do I do?!
You’re going to have to miss out on Whitfield and to a cheaper option.
Uses the same amount of trades either way. Main issue is I’ve got to trade Kelly, don’t I?
What’s your MID-cover like GD? You’ll be able to use Kelly as a loophole if you have two, eg Clarke and Setterfield.
Not ideal, but better than running out of trades.
Otherwise, if you feel the cover isn’t good enough, you could go to Steele (or ano properly Fallen Premium) to free up sufficient cash to make your last three trades to add some serious pts elsewhere, ie Whitfield and another premo in two trades. You might be better served with that approach for OVERALL team points.
Obviously no solution will be perfect under these circumstances, but weekly onfield pts should remain your primary consideration.
Good luck mate!
The obvious option as a Kelly replacement is Bont. But is having the 3 doggies midfielders in Dunkley, Macrae and Bont one too many? …
My midfield is: Macrae, Neale, Sloane, M Crouch, Satan Oliver, Cripps, Fyfe (Kelly)
T/U Bont
T/D Zerrett
Comment: Treloar, Parker or JPK
I’m going Zerrett as he has the best run of the mids I don’t have. However, it should be considered that he had a headache last week and struggled… will this have any long term effects or am I just worrying?
Yep, I like Zerret’s run home. Suspect he’ll get his sh*t together as the Bombers challenge for a spot in the 8.
I’ve got 7 trades left but because rank isn’t as important as league, I think it’s a smarter move for me to wait. Sure, Kelly may not be back for 3 or 4 weeks but he wouldn’t be the first person to come back early.
And while the next couple of weeks play out, both Merrett and Duncan will drop significantly.
The often injured J kelly has now officially joined my never again list….not that I ever had him.
Kelly out has certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons,
with Hore out and with Naish and Burgess as my bench cover and only $21,000
in the bank, i’m screwed, yes bad planning etc etc roll on Supercoach 2020,
bugger all trades left and sitting 7000 in ranking’s not the best year i’m having but far from disgraced.
I’m after some solutions from the great coaching minds to help me out.
One solution could be to trade:
Kelly to M.Crouch
Hore to T.Stewart
Leaves me with $2000, any other suggestions appreciated.
last two trades i’ve made have been to bring in J Kelly last week, then Boak this week and unable to reverse trades when he was a late out…
sh*t’s falling apart haha!
A little left of centre, but I’m looking closely at Ziebell as Kelly’s replacement. Since the change of coach, he’s the highest averaging forward thanks to playing exclusively as a midfielder. He’s the same price any of the bargain options like JPK, Sloane, etc & will likely score similarly but he offers a little more flexibility by swinging a Danger into the midfield.