I was going to put this post up tomorrow but its clear that y’all are already thinking about who you’re looking at trading.
So who you looking at bringing in? And who’s getting their marching orders?
Trade Talk R10
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bring in lynch for tapscott
what do u think?
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I was going to do the same? I just am not sure whether Lynch will continue to get games? Any one know?
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17 trades left …I think I might bring in lynch and take tappy out, and the second trade take out
either mckernan/ luke thompson (adelaide) out for jacobs (port adelaide).
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thompson to jacobs then Tapscott to chapman?
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Any ideas who to get in for Colin Garland. + 70,000 dollars..
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hayes ..get a good rookie thats on the bubble , and save your $$$ and bring in a gun later on.
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Lester (never got rid of him ’cause i had more pressing needs elsewhere) >> Jacobs
Will save Tapscott trade for one more week and probably nab Tendai.
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haha, i still have Lester!! Will try and get some coin and upgrade him to adcock!
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Would like Ablett at his current ‘low’ cost if he keeps up the current 122 average. Very confident he can maintain his current form and if healthy comes up against the Lions, Crows, Demons and Hawks in the finals.
A no brainer if looking for an upgrade for Higgins.
However if both I Smith and T Lynch are selected for this weekend’s matches I’m not missing that boat. Tapscott and Higgins will both make way.
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Thinking this week higgins > t.lynch and l.thompson > jacobs
Next week swallow/harris > priddis and krakouer > pavlich
Thoughts?
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Good trades?
Tapscott- Lynch
Krakouer- Ablett
good trades- thumbs up
bad trades- thumbs down
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WHo thinks Nicky Roo is going to keep up his form. Probably has bottomed out.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Definitely. Unlikely to drop much below this price. Their draw next 4 weeks is horrible. However, the Saints will improve though. Their draw in the second half of the season (after their second bye) is a little easier. 6 of the last 10 at Etihad, 8 of 10 in Melbourne, plus the Beach Boys at Metricon. Not enough to get them into finals though by my reckoning.
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tapscott > n roo looks very tempting, could be an alternative from tapscott > lynch..
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Lower and Doi-gan survive yet again!!
D.Stanley will therefore make way for Jacobs, and the gut sickening Ward to become S.Thompson. Very juicy at $471k.
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Also thinking Thompson….tossing up between him and Hodge
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Krakouer, Pittard ———–> I.Smith, Ablett
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To give me a team this week of
B- Gibbs, Deledio, H.Shaw, Adcock, Duffield, Gilbert, Lower
(Stanley, Otten, Jacobs)
C- Swan, Ablett, Selwood, Boyd, Goddard, Cotchin
(Heppell, Iles, Bewick)
R- Cox, Smith
(Sandilands, Moran)
F- Franklin, Goodes, N.Riewoldt, J.Riewoldt, Yarran, Petrie, Darling
(I.Smith, Matera, Richardson)
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How many trades left?
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16 atm moment have my trades planned out which is a positive but they will certainly change
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woops added an extra moment on the end of ATM
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That reminds of the times when someone says “I have to get some cash out of the ATM machine” cracks me up every time
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HA, thoughts on the trade PA?
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The only query I have is I. Smith’s JS, if you could wait a week on your trades and bring in Tendai when he’s on the bubble, that’s what I’m planning.
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hmm. I did have a plan to make 2 lots of double trades over the next two weeks, it will probably depend if Smith gets a gig this week. I mean he would have to have pretty good JS if he gets back in after they beat Sydney in Sydney
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Toy, Higgins———-> Adcock, Priddis
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Also consider Mundy. Has the non-league bye.
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see below. Already got him. Took me too long to write out my team.
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ah. my bad. If you can cop the bye, hard to go wrong with Priddis.
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To give me a team this week of
Backs – Deledio, Gibbs, Goddard, Adcock, Broughton, Lower, Stanley
(Heppell, Thompson, Watson)
Mids – Pendlebury, Boyd, Selwood, Mundy, Priddis, Harris
(Krakouer, Libba, Hibbered)
Rucks- Cox, Smith
(Sandilands, Tippet)
Forwards- Franklin, Pavlich, Goodes, N Roo, J Roo, Stevie J, Petrie
(Tapscott, Smith, Siposs)
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gun team
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great team mate!
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just trying out my gravater!
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does that show for u guys
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the old man of the game ..could do a michael tuck and play in his 40s . Outstanding defender for the bombers .go the rangs
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one more time really sorry
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Can’t see anything there Max – try again.
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I can’t see an old guy with a zimmer frame either.
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My trade last weekof McEvoy to Sandi now sucks eggs with Sandi out for 4 weeks. DOH! At least I’ve got some back up with Smith.
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Hopefully this will be my team this week.. Thoughts?
D- Goddard, Deledio, Shaw, Gilbee, Gibbs, Lower, Thompson (McKernan, Jacobs, Toy)
M- Swan, Mundy, Boyd, Judd, Selwood, Liba (Swallow, Harris, Hibberd)
R- Mumford, Petrie (Sandi, McCauley)
F- Franklin, Pavlich, N.Roo, J.Roo, Goodes, Darling, Lynch (Tippett, Richardson, Pitt)
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Coming along nicely. Weak links in Thompson, Lynch and some other bench players but I am sure you have an upgrade plan for the next month.
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Burgoyne >>>> Ablett
Tapscott >>>> LeCras
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My team at full strength after this weeks trades
Delidio, Goddard, Shaw, Gibbs, Broughton, Heppell, Duigan
(Stanley, Puopollo, Lester)
Swan. Pendlebury, S.Tompson, Selwood, Ablett, Gysberts
(Hibberd, Iles, Wallis)
Sandi (i know he is injured
) and Cox
(Petrie, Smith)
Franklin, Pavlich, O’keefe, Goodes, Reiwoldt, Rioli, Darling
(Lynch,Matera, Richardson)
12 trades gone,
next week will bring in Priddis in for Gysberts and the week after that i will bring Adcock in for Lester.
Good team – thumbs up
Bad team- thumbs down
Hot debate. What do you think?
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sorry 10 trades gone, my bad
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wow sorry i mean 12 trades left which is 12 gone, ooops
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Get a grip Maxy!
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Max
Do you suffer from self esteem issues?
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I reckon the number of trades he’s used or has left is a great reflection on his age. Give the young fella a break, Meano
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More talking about the Good team/Bad team request and posting the same on TooSerious.
Eventaully you’ve gotta trust your own judgement in this caper.
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Haven’t seen much of TS posts in the last week or so, didn’t know he’d post the same “question” there also.
I’m only pulling your chain Deano. Congats on your Cuz’s debut to, you kept that one under your hat pretty well. Kinda feel bad now for comparing him to Jizzbits ’10, I’m sure he’ll prove me wrong.
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Bad call Shane. Surely you got bigger holes in your team than Burgoyne averaging 83?? Use the Tappy >> Mzungu trade to upgrade a fat rookie. Burgoyne should score you 80-90 a week with odd big one in between. Worry about him closer to finals when the rest of your team is set.
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higgins is a liablity to your team , good scorer when fit but its no good if higgins plays only half the remanding of the games this season.
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Okay so Higgins out seems like the option to go for now who to trade in?
S. Thompson (BE 68)
Ablett (BE 83)
Franklin (BE 91)
Boyd (BE 131
Keeping in mind I am looking at getting all of them eventually it seems like Thompson is the best choice to start with the lowest BE this week and others the following weeks.
Advice?
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You could take that option, or go for either Ablett or Franklin, as they are argueably the “best” from those options. Depends which position needs the points the most
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ablett for a steel , but shows good form with the agerage sides.
Up struggle street against the very good sides .
my heart likes boyd but my wallet said ablett. I would trade to strenghten your weakest line .
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Mids: Swan, Judd, Bartel, Higgins, Swallow, Harris
Forwards: Fyfe, Goodes, Chappy, N Roo, Darling, Krak, Lynch
If I choose Franklin simply swap Higgins and Krak.
Mids probably need the upgrades more and I would jump on Ablett over Thompson usually but money is tight so I want to take advantage of low BEs while they last.
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do i hang onto didak?
hang on to him and hope he comes good? (thumbs up)
ditch him? (thumbs down)
Hot debate. What do you think?
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im downgrading Didak this week for jacobs then upgrading tappy to chappy.
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I’m downgrading Richardson to Didak after the Pie’s second bye.
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I’m with you on that one Deano, he’ll be cherry ripe for picking around that time.
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but the reason u pick cheap premiums is that u think they will rise back to form. Didak doesnt look like improving so waste a trade in bringing him in?
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Sudan will come good. He did have an op on his pectoral muscle in the pre-season so naturally was always going to start slow. The pies have said they’re aiming to start peaking at about R15, for the second half of the season. Didak won’t get back to his best, but surely he will improve on what he’s pumping out currently. Oh and you wouldn’t think he’ll be used as a sub again.
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Didak will come good, not Sudan. Ha damn iPhone auto correct.
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I wouldn’t write off Sudan either. Very under-rated country imo
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I predict that they will become a powerhouse nation by the seasons end and is at a bargain price. Jump on NOW!!!
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Risk/reward. But buyer beware. Sudan has a history of off-field incidents.
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Collingwood could probably afford Swan, Pendles, Daisy and Sudan with its GDP.
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I wouldn’t be making fun of Sudan if I was youse, I got two words for ya. Majak Daw, nuff said.
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Boys, this forum is by far the best on the net. I have read it over and over and used advice form you lads. WELL DONE!
I am after a bit for myself! DOn’t worry I will now chip in and help others out.
My team:
B: Deledio, Adcock, Goddard,Shaw, Heppell, Gibbs, Lower
(Thompson, Puopolo, Hibbered)
C: Swan, Pendels, Boyd, Priddis, Cotchin, Selwood,
( Libba, Harris, I Smith)
R: Sandi (inj) Cox, Smith, Campbell (melbourne)
F: Franklin, Pav, J Roo, Dangerfield, Darling, Tapscott, Krakour
(Matera, Richardson, Siposs)
Forward line is weak but need some advice!
Thinking Tappy>Mungzu then not sure
16 trades left, ranked 84 overall
Any advice appreciated
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I’m sticking with him for now, unless I can track him and get him onto the LTI list.
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Looking at trading higgins this week, with a be of 160 odd i dont want to have him in a few weeks at 350k and miss out on a premium. I have 50k in the bank and can go straight swap for hodge or i could downgrade mckernan or toy and pick up gaz. So what do you guys think?
Thumbs up hodge
Thumbs down ablett
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Depends on how many trades you have mate. Leaning towards Hodge anyways
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only got 14
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If you havent got too many more players to upgrade to achieve your final team I say use the 2 trades….if your still playing a lot of rookies along each line then save the trades and get Hodge
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I am thinking of a couple of trades this week.
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Tapscott for Lynch
C. Ward for Fyfe
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Tapsoctt for Lynch
Harris for Fyfe
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Holding off on trades this week waiting for my cash cows to fatten up
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Lost my mojo
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this is for you cobber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZRCIrTgQc
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Thanks Scatts, that really worked
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thats ok, Omen. good to see you back .
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I need help. I need to be at my maximum by round 12 when i have a Do or Die match with a buddy of mine. This is my side and any suggestions will be appreicated. Give me hell my ranking of 31k isnt going to scare anyone!
Backs: Gibbs, Goddard, R. Murphy, N. Smith, Heppell, Duigan, Lower(Toy, Pedersen and Poop)
Mids: Judd, Swan, Pendlebury, Boyd, Reeden, Mundy(Swallow, Harris and Jacobs)
Rucks: Sandilands, Cox(Smith, Derrickx)
Forwards: Reiwolt, Buddy, Goodes, Higgins, Yarran, Darling, Krakouer(Mckernan, Matera, Tappy)
Have $39300 in the bank
11 Trades
Any thoughts???
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Should i go Tappy to Lynch and Higgins to Fyfe???
Or is it better used else where?
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Tapscott to Pav would’nt be a bad start. I.Smith into mids this week if named & Mzunga into mids next week to then have two MID / FOR DPP’s in each area. Reeden, Swallow & then Harris would be possible mids to go.
However if Rd 12 is your concern you could be without Sandi so check to see if he has him & is likely to hold him & you both play Smith.
I have a feeling that Pederson (on the bubble) will get a game this week due to his goal feast last weekend in 2′s whilst Higgins could be dropped this week which would mean you could hold off trading for another week.
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If you had to pick one: Thumbs up for Lids, Thumbs down for Adcock??
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Get Adcock now then Lids after his bye mate.
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Adcock if right now due to bye. Also seems to score well regardless of how his team does.
He doesn’t seem to kick it to Brown when I tell him to though.
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Just wondering what everyone’s take on Scotland is. I know every team and his dogs team has Gibbs and Scotland is significantly more, but hes been scoring better and been more consistent. Do people think this will continue?
Its looking more and more like Broughton won’t be worth starting on the field when team is finalised, so now seems like a good time to swap him for someone. I don’t care about overall anymore. Backs will be:
Adcock, Fisher, Deledio, Shaw, Scotland/Gibbs, Goddard (soon), +1 more.
yay, poll time:
T-Up: Scotland
T-Dwn: Gibbs
Cheers.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Refer to Motts Movers R9 – The Backs for a little write up on Scotland. Beware Gibbs & Scotland’s round 23 bye if your going for your league. That’s the SC preliminary final if you make it that far. Personally I’m hanging on to Broughton in the hope he can avg bout 100 come finals time. But if u really wanna get rid of him then consider Chris Newman, tho still has two byes to come, nick lower who’s still great value and plays in the guts, or Matt Suckling who’s emerged as one of hawthon’s key play maker down back with his precise kicking skills.
But if it had to one of Gibbs Or Scotland, then prob scotland as Gibbs is still mainly being used to negate his opponents (when will you just free him up in the middle, ratts?)
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I’m bringing in Ablett and Montagna over the next two weeks but can only do one at a time
Which one should I do first for $$ purposes and scoring potential?
Ablett (thumbs up)
Montagna (thumbs down)
Hot debate. What do you think?
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I was maybe thinking of holding of on Joey and going for NDS in a cpl of weeks when he is uber cheap.
Worth holding out for NDS instead of Montagna?
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One word… Mzungu!!!!!!
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Hi, I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on how to improve me team?
B- Gibbs, Deledio, Adcock, Goddard, L. Thompson, Lower, Stanley
(Tape, Otten, Heppell)
C- Swan, Priddus, Cotchin, A.Swallow, Harris, D. Swallow
(Hibberd, Watson, I.Smith)
R- Cox, Petrie
(Sandilands, McCulloch)
F- Franklin, Harvey, J.Riewoldt, Yarran, Krakouer, Rioli, Matera
(Tapscott, C.Richardson, J.Tippett)
I have $312,200 in the bank.
Thoughts/suggestions? I was thinking about upgrading Tapscott to a premium and either downgrading L.Thompson to Jacobs or to another decent premium.
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I would be strengthening you Mids and Forwards a couple of names i would look at . Pavlich / Goodes both are guns both are DPPs
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Great team, my suggested improvements would be as follows: –
Rd 10 – L.Thompson trade out for Jacobs
Rd 10 – Tapscott trade out for Goodes or Pav
Rd 11 – D.Swallow (or Harris if injured) trade out to Mzunga
Rd 11 – Richardson trade out for Goodes or Pav
Rd 12 – Harris / D.Swallow to Lids (after his Rd11 bye).
My theory is that the 5 trades would give you 3 premiums in Goodes, Pav & Lids (Delidio) who a) don’t have league byes & b) are all DPP’s which along with new rookie / cash cow DPP’s Jacobs & Mzunga adds to your future flexibility
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Motts loves Breaking Bad.
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I’m surprised anyone picked up where I got my username from. Good to know people appreciate good shows.
And thanks guys for your suggestions, been a real help.
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Firstly swap Heppell and Thompson.
‘d trade Tapscott/Richardson for Pavlich/Lynch. Pav is in top nick, whilst Lynch looks to be a nice earner. You might then trade Yarran/Matera or AKrak for another gun such as NRoo/Fyfe/Goodes and Mzungu.
In 2 weeks your F/L becomes: Buddy/Pav/Roo/Harvey/Jack/Delicious/AKrak with Matera/Lynch/JT on your bench.
You need 1 more defender. Trade 2 of Tape/Thompson or Otten into someone like Newman after 1st tiger bye.
Look finally to u/g mids into guns just before finals when rookies max out in value.
Your team is shaping up nicely.
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heppell should be a keeper …dont trade him out
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this is what im thinkin out-Tapscott IN-T,Lych Out-Krakour but not sure who to bring in out of Boyd,Ablett,Mundy any feedback would be great.
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Boyd
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Don’t think ablett is that much of a bargain. If he maintains a 120 average, his price will stablise at around 540k.
His price will peak for the next 3 weeks or so because of the 196, but long term his price won’t be that high.
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pitt for lynch
thums up good trade
thumbs down bad trade
and andreoli for jacobs or smith
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Who has more scoring power?
Thumbs Up: Jacobs
Thumbs Down: Hibberd
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50-50 jacobs has better bs but with hocking out for another 2 weeks i am not sure
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Need to fix up my ruck dept now that I’ve lost Jamar and Sandi. Have Petri and Smith as cover, but would prefer Cox since the Pies don’t have a half decent ruck. But having said that, I thought Mumford would’ve slaughtered the hawks no-designated-ruck team last week, and he didn’t.
Also have to get rid of Tapscott. Lynch seems to get the nod from most people so could be a goer.
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guys i really dont know what to do
i have sandi out with no back up as bailey is out
i have tapscott and higgins
i have curnow still
i have $106 700 to play with
what do you think???
please comment
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tapscott – ben jacobs
higgins – tom lync
$$$ a premium next week
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lynch
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why is bailey out?
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i thought he injured himself against sydney didnt he get taken off
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hello??? are my messages getting through???
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Put your whole team up. Hard to comment without knowing your structure.
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Patience angus. Not everybody on here wants to be giving advice to others 100% of the time.
How many trades left? You really want to get rid of at least one of Curnow, Higgins and Tapscott. They all have huge break evens for the round games, so they’re all going to drop significantly in value. Doesn’t matter if u consider them a keeper, just as long as they’re scoring well come the business end of the season. Tapscott definitely not a keeper, curnow maybe as m7 and I thought higgens could be, but boy was I wrong. So realistly none of those three are genuine keepers, so no better time to offload them than now.
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sorryn and thanks for your advice
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i have 19 trades
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ok here it is
backs-delidio, goddard, gibbs, carrazzo, suckling, gilbee, buckly (heppel, toy, jocobs)
Mids- pendles, priddus, judd, selwood, conca, harris (curnow, swallow(gc), gaff)
Rucks-cox, sandi (bailey, joel tippett (GC))
forwards- pav, Goodes, dangerfield, Knights, Yarran, Krakour,Higgins (Tapscott, Richardson, Day)
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Bailey isn’t injured and could play. Just depends on whether or not hes dropped for Renouf.
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Angusegg
I’m sure you are aware of it already, but you have 8 DEF/MIDS DPP’s in defence but 0 DPP’s in MIDS to change with + 5 FOR / MID DDP’s in forwards but O in MIDS. I. Smith, Mzuna, Scotland & Boomer into MIDS appear logical ideas in the future, however you have most other DPP’s of interest already. With these 4 DPP’s prior to the finals & you’ll be laughing like a dingo with a baby come finals time when people have used their trades & are struggling to put a full team out.
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Angry man, you have a shat load of trades so start converting those fat midfield rookies into keeper premiums. This week tho I would go Higgins >> Petrie and Tappy >> N Riewoldt. Roo has just about bottomed out and Droopy will provide cover for Bailey if he’s not named. Copped a knock to the head. Next week get Mzungu in you Mids to create a DPP link, and maybe also Chappy who’s cheap as stale chips right now.
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Good call Yiorg. Petrie into the forward line. Then swap with J. Tippet to give you ruck cover.
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I have a huge dillema this week. i have no def/mid DPP in my mids, and I would love to bring in jacobs to offer more flexibilaty as well as some good coin for an upgrade. my midfield bench currently consists of ills, bewick and harris, but i can really only trade outt harris to make some coin. I also have libba as an option. another option is that i scrap the idea of DPP and trade jacobs in for mckernan. id apreciate come thoughts, thanks lots!
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Trade Jacobs into your mids unless you’re very thin on your def emergencies. The flexibilty of DPP is very useful this year more so than previously because of these damn byes. It will save you trades later on if you plan it right. Other question is if you have plenty of trades i would strongly recommend not trading out Harris. He is a great M6/7 and will go up further in cash so your net benifit coin wise will be better off.
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Hmm, I’ve got 14 trades left for the season (which IMO isn’t heaps), and I agree that Harris is a great M6/7 plus he has no more byes for the rest of the season. what do you think of Libba>Jacobs?
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Libba is definetly the right option. But should you trade? How often does Libba contribute to your on field scores? If the answer is not at all then it’s a done deal, but if you’re regularly using Libba for cover then you might have to sit tight. In saying that Ben Jacobs will be your last shot at cheap as chips DEF/MID other than possible X.Clarke and X is not someone you want to depend on that’s for sure.
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awesome insight and advice mate. I’ll go away for this week and think deep and hard about this decision!
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Going for overall, but slipped to1 1700 over last 2 weeks.
Deledio, Gibbs, shaw, fisher, broughton, lower, heppell
Buckley, Mckernan, Markovic
Swan, pendles, bartel, joelwood, cotchin, libba
Harris, hibberd, atley
Cox, sandi
Smith, McCauley
Buddy, NRoo, Dawes, fyfe, goodes, Petrie, darling
Tappy, matera, duncan
I’ve overused trades thus far… 10 left, but feel I have a competitive team.
40k spare
Thoughts, opinions, suggestions, criticism welcome!!
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great team and love the forward line minus dawes (i dont like him personally). your low trades is not much of a concern as your team is pretty much in top shape already. i like it and good luck
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In the words of Mel Gibson in Braveheart –
“Hold, Hold, HOLD…”
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Cheers guys, its tempting to do 2 more trades to bring in a Goddard/Chappy into the mids to complete my team, but that leaves me stuffed for 14 rounds. Convince me otherwise….
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Only 10 trades left? Gee… That’s gonna be hard to keep up with the leading bunch.
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if i get petrie then who can he swap into rucks for i dont think any of my ruckmen are mpp’s so what do i do
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Fairly certain J.Tippett has Mid/Fwd capabilities. Otherwise my team has special powers.
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I meant Ruck/FWD. haha. I tooled myself.
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You’ve got the magic Y. Angusegg, spend a little time reading up on DPP (or MPP depending on which side of the SC equator you were born on). J.Tippet is definitely a FOR/RUC and although he’ll probably not play a game this year has already been worth his weight in diamonds.
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I was sceptical at the start of the season Omen, but I think he’s proved his worth even without using the MPP (Springfield)/DPP (Shelbyville).
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Cheers angusegg…. I like dawes as a POD, hes the main pies focus up fwd, and they kick a few goals from time to time.
If anything I’d bring in a chappy/pav/Goddard or a premium mid in place of libba……Or would u sit tight for a few weeks? Last week I doubletraded to get fisher, which relegated lower to the bench….. Unreal.
Sometimes trading only shoots yourself in the foot.
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What do you guys think of my team thus far ?
90k in the kitty 10 trades remaining. Reckon im almost at full strength with the team.
Backs : Delidio , Goddard, Gibbs , Enright , Newman, Heppel, Lower
Bench: Jacobs , Puopolo , Stanley
Mids: Swan , Pendlebury , Mundy , Boyd , Judd , Libbertore
Bench : Hibberd, Bewick , Smith
Rucks: Sandi, Cox
Bench: Smith, Derrickx
Forwards: Pavlich, Sylvia , Goodes , NRewoldt , Johnson, Rioli, Darling
Bench: Mzungu, Mckernan, JTippett
Comments will be most appreciated thank you.
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Looks good to me, but after burning thru 14 trades it would want to. Now you just got hope no-one gets injured. And keep a couple of trades up your sleeve for finals.
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thanks motts, i regrett sideway trading at the start of the season its cost me alot
but im looking to do 2 more trades in the next couple of weeks if possible, Libba –> priddis and Lower –> Adcock
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*i have 14 trades remaining not 10 my mistake!!
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Looks awesome. Even better with 4 more trades to play with!!!
If anything, I’d say the Forward bench looks a bit light on.
Unusual to see J Tippet in their without Petrie at R2/3.
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Hi guys,
thoughts on this team
B: Goddard,Enright,Delidio,Broughton,Gibbs,Lower,Thompson
(Puopolo,Smith,Tape)
M: Swan,Selwood,Cross,Montagna,Harris,Libber
(Buckley,Speight,Atley)
R: Sandi,Cox (Smith,Mc Cauley)
F: Franklin,Goodes,Nroo,Okeefe,S Johnston,Krak,Darling
(Smith,Tapscott,Richardson)
Looking at Tapscott – Lynch and Thompson to Adcock
leaving me with 16 trades and 220k
upgrade to adcock or bolster my mids?
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Nice team mate, I think you should upgrade your mids first because that position will be the bulk of your scoring and you will fall behind if you don’t because everyone else is upgrading their mids first.
I think your trades should be:
Tompson- Jacobs (IMO better downgrade that Lynch and it will save you more money)
and
Atley or Speight- Ablett
next week you can do Tapscott to Mzungu,
hope that helps
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Great help thanks!
I was leaning to my original plan but you are spot on with the rest of the comp and mid upgrades
Ablett it is…
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Tapscott —-> Lynch, Thumbs up.
Tapscott —-> Tendai, Thumbs down.
Cheers boys
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What does everyone think about bringing in Ablett?
I’m starting to get worried about his consistency. Will he be in the top 6 mids by end of season? Also are there better options because some others don’t have question marks like Garry.
Thumbs up- Bring him in
Thumbs down- Better options
Help would be great.
And one thing, Thanks everyone for helping me with my team this year this has really helped me, Mott’s, Duck and BS thanks heaps. Keep it up!
cheers
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Tough choice this week…. Deciding between starting Duncan against GC and darling against pies
Which one would u leave out??
Thumbs up for Duncan
Thumbs down for darling
Hot debate. What do you think?
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is anyone not seeing all the recent posts?
sorry if its just me.
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Just click on “? Previous Comments”
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Garry Rohan out for 4-6 weeks.
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Thumbs Up
C.Ward for Fyfe
Thumbs down
C.Ward for Ablett
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Ablett, Boyd or Pendlebury?
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Boyd
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Pendlebury
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Ablett
Just to help you out =D
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Hodge?
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Mundy
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Haha, that’s really cleared it up for me.
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thinking of downgrading tappy > lynch/I smith and krak/matera > n roo
any opinions on lynch/ I smith? which looks to be the better downgrade oPtion?
and has krak reached his max price yet?
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Krak is prime beef for an upgrade burger IMO.
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I planted an SCT Money Tree at the start of the season and its going gangbusters. Anyone need some spare cash?
:LOL:
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damn capslock
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My team planned to be after round 15
5 trades left and full premium team.
Delidio, Goddard, Shaw, Gibbs, Broughton,Enright,Heppel,
(Jacobs, Puopollo, Duigan)
Swan. Pendlebury, Selwood,Priddis, Boyd, S.Tompson
(Hibberd, Iles, Wallis)
Cox and Mumford
(Smith, random)
Franklin, Pavlich, O’keefe, Goodes, Reiwoldt, Rioli,Sylvia
(Darling, Mzungu, Richardson)
got some good bench cover and will be using the remainder 5 trades on injurys and if i have some left for sideways trades.
Will this be too little trades by round 15?
or is it a good plan?
Thumbs up- really good plan
Thumbs down- too little trades at round 15
feedback would also be great
cheers
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ACTUALLY 6 TRADES LEFT SORRY!
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I’m living vicariously through Max’s trading strategy! At leat the young fella won’t bomb out wondering.
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*least
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sorry, you mean?
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6 trades left at Rd 10!! You are living the dream dude!
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i think he means 6 trades left at rd 15
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Still living the dream, but with a little less living!
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i mean 6 trades left at round 15!
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My bad Max. The perils of blogging via phone. Low trade bank, but impressive potential team!
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Does anyone think Hodge has turned the corner? Does he look free of injury? Has anyone seen him play?
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Looked a lot more free the last two weeks. Played in the guts for the majority of both and has been able to break lines and penetrate with kicks.
Still don’t think he’s 100% but I see that as a positive. He’s definitely not far off and as long as there is no kind of relapse then he should get better again.
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Awesome thanks for that. I might bring him in this week…
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Proposed R10 Trades:
D. Stanley > B. Jacobs
A. Krakouer > P. Chapman/M. Pavlich/L. Hodge
Loving that Chappy has the Suns this week and will go absolutely bananas up in Queensland, however with Selwood occupying the mids and S. Johnson in the forwards my cat quota seems full, especially considering the finals bye. Pavlich is the alternative who looks safer as I have no dockers in the forwards/mids, but have Sandi, Duffield & Lower and is $44.2K more. My goal is to get a high overall rank, going for top 500.
Since writing this up, I’ve discovered Hodge’s outstanding record against the Dogs, averaging 139.6 since 2005! But seems to be struggling to put tons on the board. Is this the game where he hits back!?
Cannot afford Ablett.
Opinions on those 3 guys? (Chapman, Pavlich, Hodge)
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I wold go Hodge because you can get the other guys in the Forward and you should waist a midfield sport with someone you can have elsewhere. I expect Hodgy to have a great second half of season and is a good unique.
hope that helps
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I’d go Pav MJ. Has been reliable all year and I think the Heave Hoes will get better as the year goes on and that get back to full strength.
As far as the multi-bye goes having four Dockers shouldn’t hurt you too much as long as you dont have too many Dees or Crows and can cover. A lot of the top teams will have at least some of 211, Fyfe, Pav and Mundy.
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Will have no Dees or Crows in my side after Tapscott makes way, so I guess Pav makes sense. But I just can’t handle thinking about all the points I’ll be missing out on when the Cats beat the Suns by 100+
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Just be wary when picking up any Docker center because Sandi won’t be there shoving the ball down their throat, for the next month or so
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Good point.
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Will be interesting to see how Pav, Fyfe and Mundy travel without the service.
They do have STK, HAW, ESS and MEL for the next four though so Essendon is probably the only big ruck threat there and that’s at Patersons (unless Big Max can dominate from the get-go
). BRS and GCS after that too so if you have to have 211 out for 4 then they’ve actually done ok.
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A. Krakouer >>>> Budddddddddyyyyy
Burgoyne >>>>> Ablett
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How strong is the rest of your midfield?
Burger had a big second half of 2010. From this point last year averaged about 106 with six tons including a 171. Not massive but pretty solid.
If you have rookies on the field in the mids why not upgrade there and hold off on Burger for now. Could come good and would be a waste of a trade.
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Disagree. Next week I’ll trade Libba out who will hopefully be about 335k up to Boyd.
Then my midfield will be Selwood, Priddis, Swan, Ablett, Boyd, Boak.
I’ll cop that.
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Fair play JW. Midfield looks strong.
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Thinking of a couple of possible trades.
Thumbs up.
Tapscott to Lynch
Batchelor to jacobs
Double trade down for big trades in the coming weeks, ie. get ablett Fyfe and Lids after bye,
Or
Thumbs Down
Tapscott to Lynch
C.Ward to Ablett/Fyfe
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Do you have Mzungu already. Because I’d be pencilling him in for next week’s trade so you might want to re-think doing a double downgrade. If you don’t have Mzungu I’d go for option 2.
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Nah dont have Mzungu yet, was thinking of getting him in next week and do an option 2 there and then do double trade after that…But i have C.Ward which i think has hit his mark for this year…
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Just post it in one spot only please Maxi.
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Is it just me? Or is this post following me everywhere I go?
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sorry motts
i should take it easy
won’t do it again!
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Inspired by Scatts questionable DJ efforts this week I thought I’d throw this one up for anyone considering trading in GAJ against the Cats this week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFsR7ST0VSE
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Just to be totally self indulgent – Can’t believe I got no love (or hate) for this one.
GAJ playing the Cats. The Pink Pig coming back in (maybe) to do a massive old school stylee shut-down on him. PINK PIG. DANGER DANGER. Get it…………??
Comedy GOLD FIsh. Well played sir
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you’re your own biggest fan Fish!!
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Cheers Roo.
You’d be a barrel of laughs at the pub by the sound of it.
NB – the rolling eyes suggest that just maybe I was taking the piss.
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hey guys wanted to get thoughts on a trade have chnaged my mind to mae the trade this week of
Krakouer, Yarran ———–> Smith, Pavlich
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Why Yarran Rus?
Surely you have bigger holes in your team than a bloke averaging 81?
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Got 144K in the bank, 17 trades left, tough game Rd14 (saints bye) & cover in most areas. Votes & comments appreciated:-
Thumbs UP for trading Toy or L.Thompson & Tapscott for Jacobs & Lynch
Thumbs DOWN for trading Toy or L.Thomp & Tapscott for Jacobs & N.Roo
(by Toy / L.Thompson i mean whoever not listed this week)
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Assuming my 2 bottom end defenders Toy & Luke Thompson are either both named or neither named this week, which one to trade to Jacobs?
Thumbs UP – Toy out
Thumbs DOWN – L.Thompson out
Hot debate. What do you think?
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I’m in the same boat. I figure Thompson won’t go up much more, and crossing my fingers that Toy will string a couple more 60-70 point games together to add another $50K or so. Thompson’s been given very defensive roles across HB, hence his low output recently.
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My thoughts exactly. When he’s played a full game Toy has looked good however GC don’t lack decent defenders. A change of role or another situation where injuries & suspensions work in his favour appear to be the best option for him getting say 2 to 3 price rises out of the next 5 games.
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/sore-swan-right-to-play/story-e6frf9io-1226063207444?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HeraldSunAfl+%28Herald+Sun+|+AFL%29
If Swan is going to continue to play with both thigh and shoulder injuries, for who knows how long, would it be totally crazy to trade him out? For an Ablett/Pendlebury perhaps? Don’t think I’d do it myself as I never trade premiums unless they have an LTI, just putting it out there for some discussion, as it will hurt if he continues to scrape out 80-100 scores for the next month.
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Still unsure about who to bring in, Jacobs from Port or Lynch from the Suns. Both show promise but I don’t really want to get both so what do people think. Jacobs has still got two byes whilst Lynch doesn’t but he is might not have as strong JS, I’m not sure.
This would be an interesting topic to vote over. Lynch, Jacobs or both. hmmm
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Depends on the reason you are recruiting them.
At this point i’m looking for someone who is going to play out the season as an emergency on my pine. In that situation Jacobs gets my vote.
If you are selecting for some quick cash in a month or so time but their long term JS isn’t as big a factor then maybe Lynch is the better option.
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Thanks, I might go with Jacobs then as well.
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Get on Jacobs. Only decent thing at Port Adelaide at the moment apart from Broges. Not much else to get excited about down at Alberton.
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Hi guys,
I can’t decide who would be the best midfielder to target.
I have Swan, Judd, Bartel, O’Keefe, Swallow and Harris. Looking to upgrade Swallow and can afford anyone except Boyd.
Have been trying to decide between Ablett and Mundy (or should I save some cash and get Hodge?)
Would love some help,
Thumbs up Ablett, Thumbs down Mundy.
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Beware that mundy and the freo mids (fyfe pav etc.) dont have 211 tapping it down to ‘em for a few weeks.
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Get more cash to get Boyd! Suns & Freo have a tough run home especially with Sandi going to be out for 4 weeks
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ablett, pendles or mundy for heppel. cannot decide at all.
Also do you reckon darling or higgins to be playing and the other on the bench. help would be much appreciated
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Trade higgins instead of Heppell. Get Ablett or Pendles. Ablett will freak it, so will Pendles, but Pendles has one more bye for the year.
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didnt even think of that one mate. very clever because i wanted to keep heppell so thanks for that
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thus far, heppel is a keeper! good value.
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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, Sam Reid, Brodie Moles, Justin Sherman
* Emg: Ben Hudson, Lukas Markovic, Nathan Djerrkura
* In: Josh Hill, Sam Reid, Barry Hall, Christian Howard, Mitchell Wallis
* Out: Lindsay Gilbee, Brennan Stack, Ben Hudson, Jarrad Grant, Lukas Markovic
* New: Christian Howard (Sacred Heart College/Glenelg (SA))
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NO changes at hawthorn
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Smith unlucky not to get back in. Hope he smashes it for Box Hill this week then Whitecross out Smith in.
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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: Myke Cook, Jared Petrenko, Shaun McKernan, Ricky Henderson
* Emg: Brad Moran, Aidan Riley, Jack Gunston
* In: Myke Cook, Taylor Walker, Jared Petrenko
* Out: Christopher Schmidt, Jack Gunston, Richard Tambling
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brisbane
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: Tom Collier, Jack Redden, Jesse O’Brien, Joshua Green
* Emg: James Hawksley, Andrew Raines, Ryan Harwood
* In: Ashley McGrath, Tom Collier
* Out: Tom Rockliff (calf), Matt Maguire
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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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Tendai has far greater JS than Smith, so if I was you get on T Man
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Cheers PA
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Hi All
upgrading Libba this week thinking of yabblet / Boyd / Boak
Any ideas who to choose out of these lads
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