Its weeks like this you’re reminded of the SC mantra: “never trade out a premium unless they have suffered a long term injury”. There’s a few blokes this applies to in Round 12. Chapman, Franklin and Montagna all come to mind.
What’s your trading situation this week?
Me, watching Grant Birchall's scores now: 
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Really Struggling. What should I do? Want to use 1 trade as I am versing top on the ladder. Have 101thousand in bank. Horrible Rucks, but I don’t know where I should trade/improve.
Def: Adcock, Birchall, Goddard, Heppell, Shaw (syd), Martin
[Gram, Cribbin, Andreoli]
Mid: Mundy, Thompson, Bartel, Fyfe, Trengove, Higgins
[Swallow, I Smith, Mzungu]
Ruck: Z Smith, Warnock
[Hille, Keeffe]
Fwd: Pavlich, Roughead, Goodes, Tom Lynch (GC), Krakouer, Darling, Dangerfield
[Tom Lynch, Ferguson, Von Bertouch]
Any help thanks.
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I would suggest gettin somemore cash by downgrading a rookie then upgrade Warnock or Shaw?
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Any idea who to downgrade or anything. whatever I do doesn’t seem to work out..
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Not any of mine…..
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Jeremy Howe looks to be a player that will play a fair bit.
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It’s hard to improve your team if your rookies aren’t playing, so you’re kinda hamstrung there. I don’t know much about Cribbin, Andreoli, Lynch (stk) Ferguson and Von Bertouch aren’t in many teams — there’s probably a reason for that.
Not sure how many trades you have left or which rookies are coming thru, but you need some growth desperately.
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Might want to consider downgrading a rookie to Bruest, I reckon he’ll get better
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Isaac, you need supercoach talk to beat me. That’s just sad man….
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Need a forward. Who will average more for the rest of the year?
Rioli thumbs up
Fyfe thumbs down
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Fyfe shoulder sort of injured, and probably not gonna get better without extended layoff or surgery. So might mean his scoring is hurt a bit or he becomes a donut for a period.
Rioli on the other hand will have more erratic scoring and probably eventually do his hammie. Tho I really pray not.
Take your pick.
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Personally im not trading IN any players who have a sc finals bye, i was happy to have them from the start and ive got a plan to get rid of them when it becomes neccesary but its a waste now.
Not sure what the others reckon but not for me.
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Only other options are Shaw/Fisher/Newman really
Its good to have players not having a bye in the finals but then again you have to make sure you are in contention or it means nothing
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I’m with D Mac. Rolling into a final with Selwood, Enright, Stevie J and Chappy all riding the pine is a nasty place to be. I’m happy to see other people trading Chappy and Enright in this late.
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I am thinking about getting Newman. He is about 50-100k less than Deledio and can score as well.
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Newman would be a good option but not if you already have Dids.
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All three of those options are a better bet than Enright IMO. Lack of consistancy and the finals bye are two big crosses against him.
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It will only affect you if you lose the 1st week of the finals.
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Good thinking Juddy
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Can I suggest a name change to Daniel14? That way can save yourself from clarifying your age every post. You can surely do better than those trades. Didn’t you only just pick up Guerra?
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Yeah just picked him up he played CRAP and Enright got 105 this week and averging 96 and Guerra got 51 this week and averages 80 odd. What about my other trade got to be good McCauley is not even getting a game got to have someone scoring right? Got a few trades though thought Guerra would of been in awesome form V Fremantle considering his last few weeks. Got 2,111 if your wondering what I got. If your not happy with these trades I will put up a few more trade options I could do thanks.
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Who are your other rucks? It’s not worth trading out McCauley, you will only get about 50k.
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Cox and crap bench players 50k is heaps
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Team at the moment
B- Gibbs, Deledio, H.Shaw, Adcock, Duffield, Gilbert, Heppell
(Lower, Otten, Howard)
C- Swan(out this week), Goddard, Boyd, Selwood, Hodge, Cotchin
(Iles, Jacobs, Bewick)
R- Cox, Smith
(Sandilands, Moran)
F- Franklin, Goodes, Pavlich, N.Riewoldt, Petrie, J.Riewoldt, Yarran
(Darling, Richardson, Mzungu)
Thinking this week
Otten, Cotchin ————–> Rookie, Ablett
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Otten was an emergency last week so I think he will be close to playing. And has a B/E of about 20 so there is plenty of upside to Otten. And if you have held onto him for this long.. I Would be more inclined to get rid of Lower as he has much more money to his name, and I don’t know what his B/E is but there can’t be much more money to gain from him.
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Would trade Lower out but i may use him as a keeper for the backline, scores pretty well, and will save me a trade.
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Don’t think he’ll be too safe once Barlow and Hayden are back Russ.
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great team
just wondering how many trades left?
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12 Ollie
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woah! thats awesome your team is going to be awesome when your finished. whats your overall rank?
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around 1100 fell from 659 last week
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Cheers btw Ollie
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Don’t forget to bench H.Shaw Rustee.
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Why bench Shaw, collingwood’s bye isnt till next week
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Ignore that. Swan (out) made me think it was Rd 13!
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Yeah i thought thats what you meant
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Delidio gets a guernsey this week
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yer he should
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Do I need to trade?? I feel my team is pretty much complete (apart from a few weak bench players).
Im Coming 731 overall, 60k spare.
My only concern is round 14 where my Collingwood boys will be benched (forcing me to play Hibberd & cop a likely donut). Should I burn a trade and bring Puopolo (which I shouldve done ages ago!) in now for a bench Back before he hits 300k?? He seems to be consistently putting up solid scores.
Deledio, Gibbs, H.Shaw, Fisher, Heppel, Broughton, Lower
(McKernan, Buckley, Markovic)
Swan, Pendles, Bartel, Joelwood, Scott Thompson, Cotchin
(Mzungu, Atley, Hibberd)
Coxy, Smith
(Sandi, McCauley)
Franklin, Goodes, Dawes, N.Reiwoldt, Fyfe, Petrie, Darling
(Duncan, Matera, Tappscott)
Suggestions, thoughts, criticisms, etc are all welcome.
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Think you’ve missed the boat on Puopolo. Can’t help but think of the rough deal you’re getting after two big rises.
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Correction, three massive rises. Time to look elsewhere.
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I may have missed the rises, but hes good coverage for byes, he can be got with a single trade, and discards either of my useless non-playing McKernan or Markovic. Im trying to talk myself into it. Maybe Il just wait for the next Puopolo to come along when I need it.
Would you suggest upgrade any other aspect of my team??
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I would look at upgrading lower IMO not in the best 6 backs in the comp or even top ten for that matter
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Dawes is a very up and down sort of player. And Darling I think is ripe for trading out..
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If you just want bench coverage, look @ Jacobs from Port. 185k, good job security. DPP.
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what about one of your forward bench —> downgrade and lower —> upgrade? could be a good option becasue you have good coverage in the forward
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I’m with Ollie there. Have to crunch the numbers but you could go something along the lines of Tapscott to Howe then McKernan to Newman/Adcock/Enright/Suckling. Lose nothing in the forward line, strenghten the backs nad hold onto Lower.
Come Rd 14 you will have Lower for Shaw and Mzungu + Hibberd for Swan + Pendles.
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No room for BJ? In a weeks time he’ll be cherry ripe around $400k. Don’t know how many trades you have left, but you could Matera >> I.Smith and Lower >> Newman, then next week go Buckley >> BJ.
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How many trades do you have left?
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i have 9 left and also an extra email for u!!!!
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Also need thoughts on this one
Is Krak now considered a keeper over Harris?
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DPP convinced me to keep Krak over Harris
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but for who?? smith if he gets a game? there isnt many downgrade options
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I broke the #1 rule and traded out N. Roo weeks ago for ROK and haven’t looked back.
My fwd line is abysmal. Have $309K in the bank to upgrade useless players such as Knights, Gamble, Matera and Richardson. Need to bring in J. Tippet down the track to swap with Petrie when Sandi and/or Jamar comes back. Fyfe, Roughead and Kennedy are all on the radar, and will keep an eye on Howe after a good debut game.
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Who should I keep as my M7
D. Swallow — Thumbs Up
D. Harris — Thumbs Down
Cheers.
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Swallow is more consistent but Harris has a better chance of cracking the ton.
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Yeah its a tough one, also Swallow is 30K more than Harris in value which makes him the likely candidate for a upgrade.
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And Harris is an older player with more AFL experience and is more likely to last the season than Swallow
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The good thing about Swaalow is you know you are going to get a solid score. Harris can crak 100 then get 60. I also suspect he may be carrying an injury after two low scores.
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Harris had that hip problem..
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I am playing my best mate this weekend, with $50 & most importantly bragging rights up for grabs.
Current Squad:
Backs: Goddard, Gibbs, Heppell, Enright, Lower, Duigan, Harbrow
(Bench: Stanley, Puopolo, Hibberd)
Mids: Swan, Mundy, Selwood, Ablett, Deledio, Krakouer
(Bench: Conca, Harris, Jacobs)
Fwds: Pavlich, Johnson, Goodes, J Riewoldt, Knights, Rioli, Mzungu
(Bench: Darling, Hurley, Lynch)
Would love your opinion…. Thinking of strengthening my midfield, especially with Swan possible out this week. Current bank account – $650,000
Trades:
Conca > Pendlebury
Harris > Priddis
Any thoughts??
Thumbs Up – Good Trades
Thumbs Down – There are better trades (eg. hodge, boyd)
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Harris to Boyd is worth consideration
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The only downside to Boyd is his B/E is 145. He will prob be under $500,000 next week. The problem is do I wait and get Boyd & Pendlebury in a few weeks and keep the current team I have? My opponents team mid is: Pendles, Judd, Dal Santo, Bartel, Ablett, Harris
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its pointless getting pendlebury this week when his out the next. wait after the bye and bring him in to lead your squad to victory!! and your backline is looking abit weak with names such as Lower, Duigan , and Harbrow still in your squad..
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i’d go boyd over priddis
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If it’s all about this week of glory I’d go Priddis against the Crows before Boyd against the resurgent Saints.
Murphy against the Lions at Etihad could make a huge difference if you don’t care about the finals bye.
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Add Knights/Darling/Harbrow/Stanley/Duigan/Lower to the mix of those you could also make upgrades to.
1. Upgrade Harris to a gun midfielder, Priddis will serve you well, but leave Pendlebury for 2 weeks. No point having him AND Swan on your bench in Rd 13.
2. Upgrade one of the above, probably Harbrow to a gun defender, Chris Newman/Greg Broughton look the goods this week.
Good luck.
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2011 average: Didak 65, Darling 78
There is no guarantee Didak will average better than Darling by the end of the year. You have the luxury to wait a week or two on Didak to see if he improves.
I am personally thinking Darling will make a great emergency for the finals given the Eagles nice run home.
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I’m with Kernal, as many people have said in this forum, Didak is Captain of the Spuds. I can see your point with a few mids out of pies this week, but that won’t be for long and if (and only if Didak has a couple good rounds) he won’t keep it up all year. IMO Stay Away!
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I was leaning the same way, but i thought id throw it out there.
Didak for a permanent bench spot might be another option, not a hell of a llot of good forwards out there atm.
I have Pav, Goodes, Rok, Franklin, N Roo, Stevie J Darling
Richardson, Mzungu, McKernan on the pine.
Didak is a risk i understand that, i had him in my team before the start of the season but went for Stevie J (another risk that paid off)
Not really going for league win or overall, just doing it for a bit of competition with mates. Only have 11 trades left so was looking at planning a bit for finals
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I would suggest keeping your trades and not wasting on Didak for a Bench Spot.
Sylvia is going to be a great upgrade in a few weeks with a high break even.
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True, I looked at Sylvia, but if Darling drops too much ill be streching to afford sylvia.
My other predicament is Heppel, SC finals bye (if i make it) have Hibbered and watson as well, had them all from the start. Could switch jacobs to D and heppel to M then updgrade to Pendelbury or Scott Thompson, or would you drop Harris first?
Harris will play every week and no more byes
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One last gun mid to go alongside Pendle, Swan, Joelwood, Joey and Cross.
Mundy $486K OR Ablett $566K OR wait for Thomas in rd14 $531K and rising.
What’s your advice?
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Ablett, def Ablett
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IMO Thomas is in red hot form, but doubt he can keep it up all season…
I bought Mundy in a few weeks ago. Great Mid choice as very consistent and plays all finals. PLUS had a medium game last round, so price is very reasonable. His scores will also get better once Sandi is back!
I can’t go past Ablett tho. Bought him in last week.. Current form sais he is back to his best and plays NM @ Gold Coast this week. Expensive but worth every penny!
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Two votes for Ablett.
Any alternate thoughts?
Whoever put thumbs down perhaps you have a reason to share?
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Couldn’t go far wrong with Boyd either but with GAJ looking to be flying at 100% and having settled into the team around him that’s the way I’m going this week. No byes left is a big bonus too.
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ABLETT. Has been known to play adequate footy.
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Not sure who to trade, any advice would be great
Only going for a league win, 13 trades left and $200k in the bank
Would like to get Newman and Rioli eventually, but thinking of shutting up shop for a few weeks
DEF – Fisher, Deledio, H Shaw, Goddard, Gibbs, Broughton, Puopolo (Duigan, Stanley, Toy)
MID – Swan, Judd, Selwood, Sylvia, Hodge, Heppell (Harris, I Smith, Mzungu)
RUC – Cox, Z Smith (Sandi, J Tipp)
FWD – Pavlich, Frankiln, Goodes, N Roo, J Roo, Petrie, Darling (Knights, Lynch, C Richardson)
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ARC. Pretty Solid team there… IMO Keep your trades as you have a handy side with great bench cover)…
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its pointless getting pendlebury this week when his out the next. wait after the bye and bring him in to lead your squad to victory!! and your backline is looking abit weak with names such as Lower, Duigan , and Harbrow still in your squad
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Dengo, The only reason of getting Pendlebury in before bye was because he is in my opponents team and I was happy to take the risk and play him, knowing he would be out the week after. (Pendlebury’s B/E is a low 79. Harbrow was my backline experiment that didn’t quite go to plan, but still averages around 70 – 90 per week. Was going to keep him as b6 or b7. Lower & Duigan can be a bit up & down… Who would you suggest trading out & trading in then? Fisher seems to be the flavour of the week…
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Current team is
Backs: Goddard, Delidio, Adcock,Gibbs, Broughton, Heppell, Lower
(Stanley, L.Thompson Watson)
Mids: Pendlebury, Mundy, Priddis, Boyd, Joelwood, S.Thompson
(Hibberd, I. Smith, Mzungu)
Rucks: Sandilands, Cox
(Smith, Tippett)
Forwards: Pavlich, Franklin, S.Johnson, Goodes, N. Riewoldt, Petrie, J Riewoldt
(Krakouer, Siposs, Tapscott)
Here is what I am thinking for my last trades till finals (LTI).
Tapscott for Callinan and Stanley for Fisher
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Tapscott for Winmar and Stanley for Shaw.
I need either Winmar or Callinan for the DPP so that I can rotate Mzungu, Smith Krack on the benches as cover.
T/UP or T/DN
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I will have 8 trades left after this is done and next to no cash.
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i know you guys will all hate this but give this some concideration,
8 trades left 111,100 in the bank , i have swan , pendlebury dont want to rest 2 round 13 when im vsing top of the ladder. Seen as swan is out this and and most likely two weeks after should i do
swan – Ablett
THUMBS UP YES!
THUMBS DOWN NO!
Hot debate. What do you think?
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I would say no because I doesn’t matter who you are playing next week but it does matter when the finals are on and only then. Swan will be back and if he is over his injuries then he will tear it up. The dude kicked 4 goals on a bum leg for christs sake. I also still maintain that Ablett will wear down in about 4-5 weeks.
Try to upgrade if you can or just sit tight.
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How many trades should you have left by the end of this round ?? got 11 at the moment and planing on using one of them this week
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In a perfect world you should have 8 trades left come finals time.
so 10 trades left after this week leaves you pretty skimp for the remaining 9 rounds to finals…just hope for no LTI’s.
Personally, having 8 trades left at finals is my plan, other people may differ, but I reckon being able to comfortably swap out players 2 at a time come finals will be invaluable!
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If only we lived in a perfect world D Mac!
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Yeh I know shane,
My mids will get struck down this week for me saying that!
PS: Ive got 13 trades
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I’ve heard people mention 9 and 13 left, so I think you’re middle of the field for remaining trades.
It’s always a gamble. If you trade early and bring in the big guns, you get to ride big scorers for the longest time. BUT that also cuts down your ability to adjust to injury and form changes over a very long season.
You’re essentially locked into your course and riding your luck injurywise.
I tend to think you *have* to trade hard early, but 3 or 4 injuries is enough to make you look kinda stupid if you do.
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Also it depends on weather or not your going for league or overall glory. If your going for league glory there is really no reason to trade in R16 & R19 expect maybe for a downgrade option who’s on the bubble.
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8 trades for finals would be ideal but I’m thinking 6 will most likely be enough. Especially if you’ve cleaned up your team to avoid having bye players. In this case, you should only need to trade for injuries. You’d be unlucky if you had 6 injuries in the finals.
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Don’t chastise* me too much here…
Thinking about grabbing LeCras before his price rises above what it was when I traded him out for Tappy after his over reaction to a bad cramp in Rnd 1.
Would have to be a downgrade of Matera -> Howe (or similar)
Then I’d trade C Richardson -> LeCras
Would mean my FWDs would read: Pav, Buddy, Stevie J, Goodes, Boomer, NRoo, Lecca (Darling, I. Smith, Howe)
Would leave me with 10 trades and stuff all in the bank.
Thoughts?
Hot debate. What do you think?
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The Frenchman could be a POD but he is not what I would call a premium to upgrade to. Are there any other options you would look at?
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I had cast him for the year after Rnd 1 and then again when he returned two mid 60 scores on return, but 3 tons from his last 4 games with a 144 last week (I know who it was against…) has just got me thinking outside the square.
Spare cash is a bit of a problem, hence looking for that mid-ranger who could have a big end to the season.
Hadn’t really thought about it, but could downgrade Swallow then upgarde Matera to just about anyone (if the maths off teh top of my head is correct…).
Decisions, decisions….
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Further to my previous posts…
Sacking Mick Hurley if he doesn’t get named this week.
Thumbs up – Yes
Thumbs down – No
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+30k Sizzle or +45k ROK??
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got 250k in the bank at the moment my team currently is
DEF Deledio, Goddard, Gibbs, Heppell, Enright, Lower, Duigan ( Buckley, Otten. Popolo) bench
MID Pendlebury, Swan, Judd, Selwood, Ablett, Hodge. ( Harris, Jacobs, Mzungu) bench
Ruck Petrie, Smith ( Sandilands, Cambell ) Bench
FWD Franklin, Goodes, JRoo, Darling, Knights, Rioli, Krackouer, ( Tapscott, Matera, Richedson Bench
Thinking of getting cox this week for petrie ? But am open to suggestions and if possible can someone rate my team out of 10 please
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I would personally be jumping off Chris Knights as soon as possible.
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Team completed:
Deledio Goddhard Enright Adcock Broughton Hurley Heppell
Subs: Lower, Puopolo, A. Johnson (=McKernan)
Swan Pendles Selwood Ablett Judd Boyd
Subs: Harris, Hibberd (DPP=Goddhard/Deledio/Heppell), I. Smith (DPP=Pavlich, Higgins, Mztunga)
Cox Smith (J. Tippett, McCulloch)
Franklin Pavlich Johnson N. Rewiolt Higgins J. Reiwolt Petrie
Subs: Darling, McKernan (DPP=Hurley/Johnson), Mztunga (DPP=Smith, i.)
Currently in the 2000′s overall but only 6 trades left… (have been doing 2x trades for 9 weeks in a row!)
I see no reason to trade until at least Swan/Fisher have their last bye out of the way, as I have plenty of good rookeis and DPP’s all over the place…
Please feel free to suggest any improvements or point out blind spots, etc…
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Best advice I can give you is to keep your fingers and toes crossed with only 6 trades left freeman.
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Good afternoon all,
Great site
Would apopreciate some assistance with upgrading/downgrading Gilbee currently in back half and Harris in the midfield. I am unable to sawap Gilbee to the midfield as I want to keep the options open for Jacobs later on.
Does any one have info on Sipross (Saints)?
Looking at Harris to Ablett
Backs will be
Fisher – Scotland – Deledio -Newman – Enwright – Suckling – Grundy – Gibbs – Murphy R
Mids will be
Pendlebury – Swan – Swallow A – Judd – Selwood – Cotchin – Ablett
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Seem to be wasting a heap of cash on both the F & B benchs.
Worth waiting until the Pies bye with the mids but you definitely afford to downgrade someone in the backline.
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Cotchin and Murphy on bench? wow i would like to be able to do that
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hey guys need some advise. my current team is:
BACKS: fisher deledio h shaw adcock gibbs murphy lower (buckly hibberd guthrie)
MIDS: pendle mundy swan judd harvey heppal (harris smith mzungu)
RUCK: Cox Smith (McCauley Keeffe)
FORW: Franklin goodes riewolt riewolt chappy darling rioli (matera lynch richo)
thinking of swapping out heppal and lower for goddard and abblett.
good trade? thumbs up/down
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I would be trading out Harris before Heppell for Ablett. Heppell is a dpp bonus keeper
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Hey guys I really need your help Who’s the best pick out of:
Gablett
Pendles
M.Murphy
thanks
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Pendles
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After round 13 Pendlebury is a lock in, however, if you need to trade now
Ablett
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thinking of doing lower >>> broughton.
thumbs up thumbs down please?
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Great trade for next to no money.
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Shaw, Goddard, Gibbs, Delidio, Broughton, Heppell, Duigan
(Puopollo, Jacobs, Lester)
Swan, Pendlebury, Selwood, Boyd, Priddis, Tompson
(Hibberd, Iles, Wallis)
Sandi, Cox
(Petrie, Smith)
Franklin, Pavlich, Goodes, O’keefe, N Reiwoldt, Rioli, Darling
(Tapscott, Mzungu, Richardson)
What should i do this week?
10 TRADES LEFT.
Trade or dont, if so which trades?
cheers
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some good help thanks!!
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Trade out Tapscott or Richardson to J Tippett, and then swap with Petrie to the forward line. Then you can have both Petrie and Smith on the field, and good cover for when Sandi comes back.
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Max, you have a great team there. Maybe hold off this week, but look to up-grade Iles & Wallis to Mid/Def & Mid/For DPP options to help you during byes & finals. I. Smith prior to his 3rd game for one of them would be a good call. Probs need 1 more prem in forwards prior to Saints (rd 14) & Hawks (rd 17) byes so upgrading Darling, Tapscott or Richardson is a good call.
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got 412,100 in the Bank Thinking of putting Cox in for petrie ??
DEF Deledio, Goddard, Gibbs, Heppell, Enright, Lower, Duigan ( Buckley, Otten. Popolo) bench
MID Pendlebury, Swan, Judd, Selwood, Ablett, Hodge. ( Harris, Jacobs, Mzungu) bench
Ruck Petrie, Smith ( Sandilands, Cambell ) Bench
FWD Franklin, Goodes, JRoo, Darling, Knights, Rioli, Krackouer, ( Isaac smith, Matera, Richedson Bench
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I understand your desire to get Cox but Petrie’s been travelling beautifully. How about downgrading Smith or Richardson on your forward bench to J Tippett, switching Petrie into your forward line, then upgrading Campbell to Cox?
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Beautiful idea will defiantly consider this thanks
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Should I trade?
Team:
Backs-
Deledio, Shaw, Newman, Adcock, Heppel, Lower, Duigan
Bench: Puopolo, L Thompson, Otten
Mids-
Pendles, Swan, Mundy, Priddis, Swallow, Curnow
Bench: Atley, Smith, Irons
Rucks-
Cox, Smith
Bench: Sandi, Currie
Forwards-
Pav, Buddy, Fyfe, Goodes, Higgins, Yarran, Darling
Bench: Tapscott, Richardson, Skinner
*Please keep in mind that i’m only 12
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Who should i get rid of in the forward line?
Thumbs up for Krak
Thumbs Down for Darling
Also will be trading out Duigan from the back line for a double upgrade to lids and fyfe/pav.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Krak is having a good run but every week I pray he is not the sub.
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hmm looking like Krak to trade then,
Since Krak might be traded should i go
Thumbs Up
Pav
Thumbs Down
Fyfye
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Similar price, similar average. Wouldn’t want either on field come finals but both worthy bench cover.
Krak’s DPP would be the one to swing me if he fits in.
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If you had to trade one out, who would you choose? leaning towards Liba at the moment
Thumbs up – Liba
THumbs down – Harris
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who to keep Swallow, D (gcs) or Harris, D (gcs)
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Traded Swallow out 2 weeks ago, Harris scores have been 31 and 58 so im currently regretting it. Probably Swallow mate
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Thinking Darling or Lowers time are up.
Thumbs up, Lower —-> Lids.
Thumbs down, Darling —> Fyfe, ROK, or Brown.
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If Brown gets back to top form and is Brisbane’s go to man in the forward line he will get heaps of points.
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Brisbane are rubbish and will stay that way for the rest of the year. Brown Dog isn’t finished but his best days are behind him. Steer clear IMO.
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Thanks for the input Stopher
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Who will average more this year
NICK REIWOLDT- THUMBS UP
OR PETRIE- THUMBS DOWN!
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sylvia likely , jamar to miss again.
http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/115658/default.aspx
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1. Darling –> harvey thumbs up. 2. Swan –> ablett thumbs down
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To be honest I do not like either.
Harvey has SC finals bye. There has to be other options.
Never trade Swan. He was perma-captian a month or so ago and if he gets fitness will tear up the finals.
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Trade Swan or Goddard? (Do have bench for one)
Thumbs up for Swan
Thumbs down for Goddard
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Why trade goddard ?
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Not in top form?
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Also I can trade Dane Swan for Ablett, Pendles, A Swallow, Murhpy, Boyd or Priddis. With Goddard I can’t get Gazza.
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Surely you can put more attention into backs or forwards.
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Neither. Surely you have weaker links in your team PK.
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This week playing my arch rival (in supercoach) and good mate. no money on it but would really enjoy beating him
haha this is my team for this week.
BACKS – Fisher, Shaw, Goddard, Gibbs, Hurley (if plays), A.Johnson, Pederson, (Batchelor , PUOPOLO, Jacobs)
MIDS – Pendlebury, Boyd, Thompson, Selwood, Ablett (C), Heppell, (Swan, HARRIS, Mzungu)
RUCKS – Cox, Petrie (Sandilands, Smith)
FORWARDS – Pavlich, Fyfe, Franklin (if plays), Darling, Yarran, Rioli, Didak, (KNIGHTS, Lynch, Richardson)
$25,400 left
Rank 8,555
Thinking this week -
Harris —> I.Smith (really hoping he plays)
Batchelor —> Deledio
or
Harris —> I.Smith
Knights —> Stevie J
1 – thumbs up
2 – thumbs down
comment for other options
thanks guys
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Like comments above – Knights or Richardson to J Tippett, swap with Petrie. Smith and Petrie both play. $$$’s for upgrade.
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i might do that. if smith plays though i will definitely get him first. do you think petrie is a keeper?
yes – up
no – down
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Jack Darling –> Delicious Rioli
Luke Thompson –> Gilbert / Johncock / Malceski
Thoughts please?
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Fisher/Shaw/Broughton or dont you have enough?
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I already have Fisher/Shaw/Broughton and i’ve got $550,000
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Riolis ability to string games together worries me. I would go for another such as ROK/Fyfe/Pav or Sylvia in a week or so.
For the backs Gilbert is my choice of that selection.
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Since Petrie is just sitting on my bench not getting a game in my rucks (well he isnt when Sandi is playing).
Next week should i downgrade Petrie to A 90k random rookie and take the 360k?
I would have smith as my R3.
This would allow me to do 2 upgrades!
Good plan- Thumbs up
Bad plan- Thumbs down
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Dumb plan, downgrade one of your fwd bench players for J.Tippett, then you can play Droopy as a fwd.
Side note: Cam Richardson collected 41 posses in the magoo’s, might force his way back into the Roos team this week.
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Great news there PA, didnt he get 32 and 34 the previous weeks?
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Think so, but I traded him out ages ago anyway.
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Bugger, so did I.
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I would not have thought so, but if he does I would not expect his scores to remain high.
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J.Tippett must be the most popular SC player to never have played an AFL game. He is gold!
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I just got him today! The only time it’s ok to trade on a monday, when you already know the player you’re trading into your team will not get a game. =p
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Thoughts on my team so far? (Full team btw)
D: Goddard, Lids, Shaw, Gilbee, Gibbs, Hurn, Hibberd (L.Thompson, Toy, McKernan)
M: Swan, Judd, Boyd, Mundy, Burgoyne, Selwood (Harris, Jacobs, Callinan)
R: Sandi, Cox (J.Tippet, McCauley)
F: N.Riewoldt, J.Riewoldt, Pav, Franklin, Petrie, Goodes, Didak (Darling, Richardson, Mzungu)
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A team with Hibberd on the field isn’t ‘full’.
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And Dids.
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Petrie Keeper?
Yes – Up
No – Down
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Will be great R2/F7 coverage with JT IMO.
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Who will average more this year?
Sylvia- Thumbs up
Petrie- Thumbs down
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Is anyone thinking of getting in didak @280k? I’m so tempted!
thumbs up go for it, he can only get better
thumbs down, I am crazy
Hot debate. What do you think?
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What you could do is Darling ———–> Didak, pocket some cash and use as bench cover/ 7th forward
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Hey Russ – tried to email you but I think the mouse the runs on the wheel that powers our email system has taken the night off.
Just added your new website to our Useful Sites links – may Before Lockout live long and large (and make you more money than you ever dreamed of).
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Cheers Motts, don’t reckon money will be involved just a helpful free site that i will try to run for as long as possible
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Yeah I’m going to take the risk. I was going to get him from the start and in my eyes he will only get better. I would’ve laughed if someone told me he’d be 280k. If he doesn’t come good, oh well it’s only a trade.
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No way I’m going anywhere near Didak until he starts showing some form. Picking up a guy who, in 10 games has only cracked 90 once doesn’t sound sensible to me. I’d prefer Darling + 1 trade (they are GOLD after all) over Didak + $40K any day of the week. So what if he’s is only $278,800. The guys you trade in from this point should only be premiums who will score 100+ points per game from this point onwards. Settling for anything less will end in regret. Sure, if he posts two 100s in a row, then consider, he’d still be as cheap as anything. Darling will make for adequate bench cover the whole season. Use the trade to upgrade a Harris to an Ablett, a Tapscott to a Pavlich, or a Duigan to a Fisher and know what you’ll be getting week in week out. Points, that’s what we’re playing for after all isn’t it?
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What’s your site name Russ?
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Before Lockout, Motts has kindly posted a link to it on the left hand side of SCT under useful links.
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Is there any Decent Cheap Defenders that havnt raised there price yet if so please tell me thanks
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Cheap as in rookies?
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Yeh
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Yeah i am currently looking at a rookie back as well. Big Sexy’s rookie review will shed light on the situation, and Fish has listed a few good ones below.
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Yeh true just waiting on motts now
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What for mate? I did the Backs in my Movers post today.
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Howard & Simpkin both looked ok. Strauss got a decent score on the weekend but I don’t know much about him (anyone else?). Nicholson could be handy too if you need the DPP.
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Strauss was considered to be the best kick out of anyone in his draft year – I think Melbourne picked him up at pick 19 – unfortunately I’m not sure he is up to AFL level. He seems a bit soft (he came from Scotch college) and crumbles under pressure. Although his kicking is good, his decision-making thus far hasn’t been. He got an OK score in this recent game, but when I was watching him preseason (thought he might be a bargain) he was pretty disappointing.
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Cheers Damen. Guess we have another week to look at him anyway.
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Hands up if you think Matera to Roughy is a good trade
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I think most would be steering clear of Roughy because they already have Buddy or Cyril.
If you only have one, and don’t plan on getting the other, then go nuts. Could be a really good POD.
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Yeah I agree. If I didn’t have those two Roughy would have been in a couple of rounds ago.
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No love for Roughy is interesting
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Depends what you think of Vardy’s JS.
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whats that?? haha
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I reckon Vardy is looking good and his JOB SECURITY is better than Griffin’s I reckon. Don’t know if Griffin is mobile enough to keep his spot as second ruck when 211 comes back.
Vardy moves well and did some really good things up forward on the weekend. Gave them more in one week than Tomahawk has in two years.
Love the new avatar btw Walt.
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Haha thanks Fish, had to choose the one that best depicted Heisenberg
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Don’t see the point in getting Griffen, as he’ll most likely be out when Sandilands returns. Not sure what your purpose is with this trade, but I wouldn’t be getting Vardy in to be a starting ruckman, and $154,800 is getting expensive for a first year player. I only like getting them at bargain basement price, otherwise you feel ripped off. Be easier to give advice if you enlightened us with your current ruck line-up.
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What do you guys think of
Lower -> Broughton
Tapscott -> Gilbert
Thoughts, suggestions, possible better trades I haven’t thought of?
OR
get rid of Krak for Gilbert, Stanley for Broughton.
Who is better, Lower or Krak basically.
Sorry for all the questions I’m asking in advance.
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The question of who’s better Krakouer or Lower all comes down to where you need the coverage. Krakouer’s DPP flexibility and smaller BE probably puts him slightly ahead. I would do the first trade option, because that way you don’t have the two Freo defenders primed for a loss of points come their bye, plus you are getting rid of an injured player in Tapscott who also has a high BE.
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Thanks MJ, good ideas.
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Already have rioli but Thumbs up for : 1. Darling –> franklin. Or thumbs down for darling –> boomer harvey
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They’re probably about equal to me (can both smash out big scores but can also go completely missing) but the clincher is that you’ll need an extra trade or really good bench cover to cover boomer’s bye in round 21.
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Considering my last 3 trades are injured (Sandi, Chappy, and Sylvia) do I a) believe that the curse has now been lifted or
B) believe that the curse will run beyond 3 and turn a negative into a positive by listing my next trade on e-bay and for the highest bidder i will trade a player of their choice into my team that will destroy their opposition.
Love Supercoach…learning to hate injuries
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Just heard Boyd on One Week At A Time talking about how this year he can see teams resting guns later in the year……..OH OH!!
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Hardly a news flash after the past couple of years Fish. That’s why I’m leaving plenty of trades for the SC finals.
Remember the Saints in ’09 and Freo/Cats last year?
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Don’t forget the Pies in R12 2011
, pricks.
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Realise they aren’t going to be re-inventing the wheel this year but it was in reference to the added strain with the sub and a longer year. The fact that they are referring to it already is a big worry.
Finals time for SC is going to throw some massive curve balls.
I’m still chasing the overall dream so looking to be completely pimped out in two weeks with only 6 trades left. Do you think if I sacrificed Relton Roberts the SC Gods will look kindly on me for the rest of the year?
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Don’t worry too much about teams resting their guns: a) You can’t plan for it and b) you probably SHOULDN’T try to plan for it and c)everyone is in the same boat – it just adds an additional element of luck and excitement to a game which already requires luck and contains excitement – more alcohol, less hops makes a better brew.
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Deledio,Shaw,Goddard,Gibbs,Gibson,Heppell,Lower(Duigan,Jacobs,Puopolo)Pendles,Mundy,Judd,Selwood,Ablett,Swallow(Harris,Bewick,Irons)Cox,Smith(Sandilands,Broc)Pav,Buddy,Stevie J,N Roo,J Roo,Goodes,Darling(Kraks,Mzungu,Smith) Have 10 trades left $175,000 what should I do next need help
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What’s wrong with your space bar PA?
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N O T H I N G
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G O O D – C A N Y O U F I X A N D R E W ‘ S F O R H I M ?
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Am I the only one considering trading swanny out?? Will miss the next 2 at least, maybe 3….. Could come back jetlagged and underdone…… Hasn’t set the world on fire for me this year. Yes he could score some good scores later in the year, but I’m going for overall (only 731, but still….). if he’s missing the next 3′weeks, I’ve gotta slot mzungu or Duncan in. With my 60k spare,’I could afford anyone 510k and under.
Current mids are SWAN, pendles, bartel, joelwood, Scotty T, cotchin.
Could easily slot in a Judd/swallow/Mitchell/Goddard/hodge/pavlich etc in there.
You know the drill, thumbs up or down please, and any suggestions if you can be bothered!
Cheers guys
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Ash
History suggests you’re too far away from overall so unless you don’t care about league wins I’d strongly consider keeping him.
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forget judd, finals bye
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Chuck mundy, ablett or priddis in there if your that eager, im on the same boat as well soo frustrating.
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We’eflyinhiiiiigh after Rd 11
Goddard, Gibbs, Deledio, Duffield, Hurn, Heppel, Puopolo
Lower, Pederson, Toy
Pendlebury, Swan, Judd, Mundy, Bartell, Hodge
Mzungu, Jacobs, Iles
Cox, Sandilands
McCaulay, J Tippett
Franklin, N Reiwoldt, Rioli, Chapman, McGlynn, Petrie, Krakeour
Knights, Darling, Richardson
12 trades left, $250k in the bank and ranked 2911.
Looking at Knights to Pav, Lower to Stiffy/Shaw and Darling to Sylvia in the next 3 weeks which should have me set for finals.
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Seeing you’ve got 12 trades left, I reckon you could afford in making a couple of sideways trades till the finals. Maybe Judd he might get rested soon and might miss a game with Bec expecting.
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Yeah I’m planning to leave a few spare for Judd, Gibbs, Jimmy and Chappy with the finals byes. Was spewing I traded Mundy instead of GAZ for Jobe as I’d planned all year after the Rd 9 GC bye however at this stage I’m only interested in the last 4 Rds so think he’ll be OK.
Trying to therefore minimise my sideways until just before the finals and we’ve got more visibility on who’s in form/unlikely to be rested.
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Suppose the pipe dream of winning overall is over, I know it is for me but it will be fun trying to crack into the top 1,000 in my case. Not sure what your goals were this season but I think you’ve done a fine job thous far
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PA have you submitted any “theories” for the SEN show this week?
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Nah couldn’t be stuffed, what about you?
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Let me try again
Deledio,Shaw,Goddard,Gibbs,Gibson,Heppell and Lower
(Jacobs,Puopolo and Duigan)
Pendles,Mundy,Judd,Selwood,Ablett and Swallow
(Harris,Bewick and Irons)
Cox and Smith
(Sandilands and Broc)
Pav,Buddy,Goodes,Stevie J,N Roo,J Roo and Darling
(Kraks,Mzungu and Smith)
Have 10 trades left and $175,000 what to do next
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What to do next ? Plan what to do with the $50,000 prize ! Good team. Next trade would depend upon which Swallow you have in the Mids … if it’s David, you’d want to upgrade him or Harris – who has a high B/E this week – to a premium. If it’s Andrew Swallow, you could trade Duigan to Broughton or Enright and pop Lower on the bench, OR you could just conserve your trades for when injuries hit because your fwds and backs have great coverage and the “non-premiums” would still be keepers in many teams. Where are you ranked ?
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13 trades left and 134K in the bank.
Swan on bench & cloud over Montagna so mid up-grade good idea for this week. Any thoughts on trading D Swallow to Sam Mitchell
Already have Rioli, Franklin & I. Smith but should be able to cope with the 4
THUMBS UP – Good Trade, THUMBS DOWN – Bad Trade
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Looking to improve defence. Planning to trade either Lower or Duigan out for Newman or Hurn.
Have Lids, Fisher, Shaw, Enright, Heppel, Lower, Duigan, (Pederson, Jacobs, Coad.
Not sold on Goddard, though he has been part of the plan for a while.
Thumbs up for Newman
Thumbs down for Hurn.
add a comment if any other ideas.
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Hey mate. Have you got anyone in the midfield that you can swap back. I’d just be a bit worried that come the Richmond bye (round 19) that you’re going to loose Lids and Newman and have to rely on 2 of Coad (injury) Pederson (job security) Jacobs or who ever you can move from the middle down back to get a game. Then again it all depends on whether your going for just a league win or still in the running for overall.
With that said I’d still be going Newman, but have you considered Broughton etc
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Hey guys have a look at my team as it stands, 12 trades left
Delidio, Fisher, Goddard, Gibbs, Enright, Birchall, Heppel
(lower, guthrie, Puopolo)
Judd, Swan, Selwood, Montagna, Goodes, Watson
(hibbered, jacobs, harris)
Cox, Sandi
(smith, Derrickx)
Franklin, Pav, N roo, Stevie J, O’Keefe, Mzungu, Darling
(lynch (GC) McKernan, Richardson)
I want to move Goodes to the forward line and Mzungu to the middle, who would you upgrade or downgrade:
Harris to Scott Thompson?
Heppel to Pendelbury?
Lower to Shaw?
Darling to Sylvia?
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Mate some good trades there, but with Collingwoods bye next week hold off with the Heppe; to Pendles and Lower to Shaw.
Darling to Syliva is a bit iffy. Syliva’s going to lose money for a few weeks because of his 34 against Essendon, where as Darlings got Port Adelaide, Adelaide andCarlton before the bye so a really chance of still making a bit of coin. I’m not saying don’t do it, I’d just be waiting a week or two, once Melbourne have played both Collingwood and Fremantle.
Harris to anyone is a pretty good idea this week, with his high breakeven (118) I’d be taking the $180,000 he made and trading. Thompson\s a nice unique pick, but doesn’t have a lot of midfield support so may cop a heavy tag which would limit his scoring. Still has to play Geelong twice.
If you did the two trades Heppel to Penles and Harris to Thompson it would leave you a mid of Penles, Swan, Judd, Selwood, Montagna, Thompson, Watson, Hibberd, Mzungu and Jacobs, which I’ll admit is an awesome midfield line, but you’ll have to bench a $500,000+ prem each week
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Yeah your right 100% but then again Watson wont be there come the finals so it could be a downgrade for cash to use elsewhere come finals.
I Dont have to trade this week, but who will lose more cash, Harris over the next 2 weeks or Thompson.
Depends on scores, but Thompson is more expensive so i think he will drop… Sylvia will be cheap in a few weeks, Shaw has a high B/E as well… but Pendles will go up again this week, i might have missed the boat on him for now.
Dont you hate this 2 trade a week crap, would be nice to have your 24 for all year. once they are gone well they are gone. Your bad luck. Seriously, some weeks i wish i could do 4-5 trades then not trade for 2 months.
If Smith comes in this week ill downgrade Harris or Mckernan for him and pocket the cash
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I gathered that you would be trading out Watson before finals but now till at least round 20-22, which means you’r going to have 7 premium mids (who aren’t dpp) for roughly the next 8-10 weeks with 1 on the bench each week. Swan and Pendles will have had both there byes, Judd, Selwood and Watson’s byes are in the finals so will possibily be traded out the week of their bye, so it’s only really Montagna’s and Thompson’s byes that you really have to cover.
Surely you’ve got a forward dpp such as a Goodes, ROK, Fyffe or Chapman (etc) that you could drop back to cover thoses 2 weeks. Muzungu and Hibberd will constantly get you the 60 -75 scores but I doubt they’ll score the 110+ we expect from our premiums.
According to Supercoach Gold Harris is predicted to score 78 this week against the Roos, and drop from $305,800 to $290,000. However he is expected to rebound back to $306,00 the week after (against the Hawks) but this is based on him scoring 101, which I carn’t see happening. While I don’t think he’ll bounce back to $306,000 I think he will end up somewhere around the $293-$301,000 mark after the Hawthorn game.
Thompson is currently $503,400 with a break even of 103 (against West Coast in Adelaide) Supercoach Gold predicts he will score 137 Iwhich I think is a tad high) resulting in his price jumping $13600 to $517,000. However he then plays the Bulldogs (at Etihad) with a break even of 136, and is predicted to drop $12,500 back to $504,300 (pretty much his price this week)
Like I said these prices are based on Supercoach Gold so don’t take them as definate prices, cause a players scores can’t be accurately predicted weeks in advance but its food for thought.
Whilst I agree it would be good to be able to make more than 2 trades per week especially early in the season to pick up the cash cows you missed out on, I think the 2 trade max is a good idea. It puts more of an emphasis on picking a great team at the start of the year (doing your research) and takes a bit of luck out of it.
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so im playing a complete spud in my league and thought it would be a great week to save my trades.
but then i realised that stevie J is on his way up and that i might miss the boat on him. i also feel at this stage of the season i need another premium in my forward line
right now i only have 4 premium keepers plus, krak, tom lynch(GC), matera, richardson, markovic and didak.
i have enough cash to do a straight swap with any of those guys so my question is.
do i save my trades because im guaranteed a league win? (thumbs up)
or do i upgrade someone like matera or krak to stevie J before his next price rise??? (thumbs down)
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Mate jumping on Stevie J is like jumping aboard a train at the 2nd last stop and still paying full price. There will be a little bit of gain but not enough to make it worth while (a trade)
Trades will be like gold come finals, with alot of teams having multiple Essendon, Carlton and Geelong players who have the bye come that period
Depending on who your 4 premium forwards are, have you thought about Syliva (in 2-3 weeks once the 32 is out of his rolling cycle) Chapman (in 2-3 weeks. Will also take points from Stevie J) ROK, Pavlich, Cyril even Nathan Fyfe. There are quite a few around
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13 trades left
$71,600 in bank
Swan for
Thumbs up Priddis
Thumbs down Boyd
Or other (please comment below)
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dont trade swan, he is a star!
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Before you even consider trading Swan, what’s your current midfield line? Are you still in the running for overall or just going for league?
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Pendle, Swan, Bartel, Goodes, Cocthin, D Swallow
(D Harris, E Curnow, D Presita)
Other FWD/MIDs are
Pav, Krakouer, Chapman, Mzungu
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Firstly i’d be moving Goodes into your forward line. Doesn’t score enough to be a premium midfielder. Premium forward yes, midfielder no. You want your midfielders to be scoring 110 – 120 each week.
Secondly I’d be looking at making some coin somewhere ( why did you keep Curnow) I’d be looking at someone to a rookie. Curnow to I.Smith (if named) etc.
Then upgrade Harris to anyone. Mundy (be careful with Barlow and others to come back in the following weeks, but the benefit of a multi bye so no head to head) Priddus (you don’t seem to have any other West Coast players) Boyd (in a few weeks as be’s going to drop a bit)
That allows you to keep Swan for the moment. He’s only going to miss 2 weeks (Melbourne and the bye) or at the very worst 3 weeks.
Swan’s biggest asset is his gut running. His ability to run over the top of everyone for 4 quarters. His disposal isn’t always the best so he generally requires a lot of the ball to rack up the big scores, unlike Pendles who uses it a lot better.
When he returns have a look at how he pushes off from contests, ie the first 4-5 steps. If he’s still lagging or looking a bit sluggish he’s probably still struggling and you could then look at trading him out. On the other hand if he’s splitting packs and getting the footy first you know he’s back.
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Curnow- I Smith
Darling- S Johnson???
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Hey Guys,
Just after some advice on my daughters team.
We have got it to the following stage:
Ranked 2,911
Bank $65k
Trades Left 10
team
Scotland : Deledio : Newman : Adcock : Goddard : Gibbs : Lower
(McKernan : A Johnson : Hibberd)
Pendlebury : Mundy : Priddis : Selwood : Foley : Heppell
(Jacobs : Smith : Mzungu)
Cox : Smith
(Sandilands : J Tippet)
Pavlich : Goodes : N Riewoldt : Petrie : J Riewoldt : Chapman : Rioli
(Franklin : Darling : Richardson)
Aim : Is to finish as high as possible and be the highest ranked in her school (to piss the boys off!!)
Was thinking this week
Darling to Howe
Heppell to Ablett
with future trades of
Lower to Shaw/Fisher
Foley to Swan/Thompson/Hodge/Boyd etc
Any advice is welcome, thanks
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get Ablett because he keeps performing each week and Boyd.
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i only voted no because if you can hold off until after the bye. It will depend on what your goal is? (league or overall) Vardy in makes sense, who would you trade out??
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Aim: league
Trade: I have Dawson Simpson because i thought he might play?
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if you need him for cover than yes but if its just to make money (cashcow) then remember it will more than likely cost you another 2 trades to upgrade to a premium. (Vardy to rookie – spud to premium)
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oops, didnt read the swan part.
Keep swan as he’ll be good to go come SC finals time
Get pendles in after the bye for someone else
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Team name: GUTS & GLORY
Overall: 1,106
Cash: $18,500
Trades: 12
Team (when at its best)
B- Gibbs, Deledio, H.Shaw, Adcock, Duffield, Gilbert, Heppell
(Lower, Howard, Otten)
C- Swan, Boyd, Selwood, Hodge, Goddard, Cotchin
(Jacobs, Iles, Bewick)
R- Sandilands, Cox
(Smith, Moran)
F- Franklin, Goodes, Pavlich, N.Riewoldt, Petrie, J.Riewoldt, Yarran
(Darling, Mzungu, Richardson)
Just want to get a read on what people would do if they were in my current position. So fire away with opinions.
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I would be swapping goddard back to the defence for Heppel…
Then you wouldnt be far off upgrading Heppel to a premium.
There are alot more premium Mids performing then Premium Defenders.
Not sure about Cotchin. He is averaging just under 100 but he can also spud it up big time. But everyone has their own opinions.
Besides that I cant see anything else i can comment on negatively.
Great looking team
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Cheers mate had planned on the following
This week
Otten, Cotchin ———–> Rookie, Ablett
Like the idea of moving Goddard, maybe if i bring in a D/M for Otten this week, then i could do that as it gives me another DPP back. If i then downgrade Smith ——–> J.Tippett when Sandi gets back that will allow me to upgrade Yarran and Iles into Sylvia and a midfield premium. Bringing in J.Tippett would allow me to play Petrie when Sandi and Cox have their byes. While along the track trading Bewick to Callinan for a M/F player through my mids.
So basically i would end up with a team of
B- Gibbs, Deledio, Goddard, H.Shaw, Adcock, Duffield, Gilbert
(Lower, Howard, D/M rookie)
C- Swan, Ablett, Boyd, Selwood, Hodge, Premium
(Heppell, Callinan, Jacobs)
R- Sandilands, Cox
(Moran, J.Tippett)
F- Franklin, Goodes, Pavlich, Sylvia, N.Riewoldt, Petrie, J.Riewoldt
(Darling, Rchardson, Mzungu)
and 6 Trades for finals/LTI’s
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Good team.
Bewick (shocking average + likely to be dropped) to I.Smith if named gets you a MID / FOR DPP which you are missing in Mids to link with your big 3 in forwards & therefore cover when Swan & Goddard out.
Darling or Richardson at some point for Grundy & or Talia would also give you a FOR / DEF link to Gilbert in defence.
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Cheers mate, may get Smith if he is named, but if not will probably just wait for Callinan. Had planned earlier in the year to get Talia in but unsure if i will now as Gilbert is performing since i brought him in better then expected
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I would wait a week on Otton as you have waited this long & i think he will be named this week + his be is very small. For the money that he is he could earn $100 in a few weeks + be good cover down back. Would not be surprised to see Talia this week either – High draft pick rookie with DPP is on my radar to link with Bob Murphy (could be a consideration also for yourself in a trade for Darling or other).
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You make a good point am a bit worried about Otten finally being sub
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This week:
Smith out : Tippet in (move Petrie to R2 while sandi is out)
Heppell out : Ablett in (move jacobs to def – this allows for swan cover)
Next week:
Darling out : Howe in (providing he is still playing)
Richardson out : Premium in (maybe Didak?) or someone different for a POD
leaves you with 8 trades for LTI’s, form slumps etc
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Cheers mate, i have a few queries, Smith i believe still has a fair bit of money to make, while Heppell can be a good bench cover player up until his final bye. Darling seems to be a bench keeper in order to have a higher scoring rookie play over that of a low scorer, Richo is a bit like Relton in that it is probably pointless in trading him out.
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yeah its not the most conventional move and one i would not do myself but it was more of an alternative to help bridge the gap on the leaders. (even though your overall chance is slim you are still within reach imo)
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Yeah gives me another option, to think about
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i’m a little lucky in that i can make some similar moves in my daughters team as she is only worried about overall (and beating the boys at school, 2911 overall)
I then am a bit more reserved in my team which is going for the league win (currently undefeated, 5852 overall)
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Yeah i do that with my brothers team, am trying to get as i high as i can in overall and am somehow still undefeated in one of my leagues and no lower then 7th in my other 4
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Which league are you undefeated in Russ???
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SCT1 Deano
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Boom Boom!
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Thumbs up for S.Fisher
Thumbs down for G.Broughton
Cheers
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jumped from 12,200 ranking last week to 4662. Have 11 trades remaining and am starting to think i should begin conserving them. I have $215,100 in the bank. Team is :
Deledio, Enright, Gibbs, H Shaw, Hurley, Heppell, Goddard (Lower, Duigan, Toy)
Pendles, Ablett, Dal Santo, Priddis, Pavlich, Cotchin (Kraks, Jacobs, Bewick)
Z Smith, Cox (Sandi & Macauley)
Fyfe, Sylvia, Goodes, Rioli, Petrie, Yarran, Darling (Lynch (Suns), Richardson & Mzungu)
I was hoping to upgrade Darling to Franklin but am about $2k short and i think Franklin will not play this week
Also looking long term and want to have Duigan & Yarran, and to a lesser extent Gibbs out by Finals time. Really want to have a strong bench finals time so will be looking to hold onto Kraks, Lower & Mzungu
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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When upgrading your backs, it is worth throwing Heppell into the mix? If you trade say Heppell out for Fisher you save any possability of burning a trade come finals time.
Or should Heppell be considered a keeper?
My backs at the minute are:
Dids, Goddard, Gibbs, Broughton, Heppell, Lower, Puopolo
(Duigan, Thompson, Jacobs).
Thumbs up for keeper
Thumbs down for trade bait
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neither, handy D8 which can cover for your Mids and Defenders when players are out for their bye or injury’s.
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He’s a keeper if you’re not planning on making the GF otherwise why would you have ~$400k sitting on the bench in the most important game of the year? I’ll be upgrading him prior to finals when Fisher/Shaw have a quiet couple of games and its almost sideways.
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one reason you would keep heppell at this moment is that his price is not going to drop all year .
reason two ..he fills in the gaps when the multi byes(rnd 16 19 )are on.(round 16 multi .. I have 7 players out )
reason three …has a nice 90 average.
I would trade heppell out after round 19
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I am looking to upgrade Luke Thompson to a gun defender who doesn’t have a finals bye.
Here is my backline:
DEF: Fisher, Deledio, Shaw, Goddard, Heppel, Broughton, Puopolo
(Thompson,Buckley,Toy)
Would love some help
Thanks
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Adcock is going down on price – but you are backing a return to form / use in the correct roles.
Duffman??
Johncock & Newman don’t have finals bye’s and are still fairly cheap this week.
Gilbert would be good call, however you would be in strife come Saints bye in round 14.
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Leave it as it is – that is a good backline and puopolo is getting like 80-90. so switching with a premium in defence, will only get u like 10-15 points extra
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B- Gibbs, Deledio, Goddard, Puopolo, Adcock, Enright, Heppell
(Hibberd, Duigan, Jacobs)
C- Judd, Ablett, Boyd, Bartel, Pendles, D Swallow
(Harris, Irons, Conca)
R- Smith, Vardy
(Sandilands, Random)
F- Franklin, Goodes, Pavlich, Darling, N.Riewoldt, Krakouer, Knights
(Lynch, Richardson, Mzungu)
Cash: 417k
Trades:15
Thinking of upgrading forwards or defenders… any ideas?
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Downgrade Duigan;
Upgrade Knights/Darling ?
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Ok i think i have finally worked out my trades for the week
Sandilands, Cotchin ———–> J.Tippett, Ablett
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Ur trading sandi??? Big move!
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I have enough cover with Petrie, Cox and Smith, he will probably decrease in price when he comes back. If i need to i can bring him back after his bye for Smith
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What about if you have to double trade to get smith up to sandi? Would you be willing to use 2 trades to get him back in? Or would you hope your upgrades get more points than sandi can get?
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I have worked it out using TooSerious, with the following trades
RND 12:Sandi, Cotchin ———– Tippett, Ablett
RND 13:Bewick ———-Smith
RND 14: None
RND 15: Iles, Otten —————– Rookie, Pendlebury
RND 16: None
RND 17:Smith, Yarran —————> Sandi, Sylvia
Which leaves me with around 89k so a few thousand either way on players and i should be able to afford it
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Nice. I’m actually thinking of doing it as well.
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Yeah i didnt think i was going to do it but have been thinking about ti a fair bit
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He just needs 1 bad score and he will be under 500k pretty quickly… You have convinced me! Haha.
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Yeah and even if he comes back and scores 90-100′s he will still go to about 515k
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Won’t score under 150 when he comes back. The break will freshen him up mentally and do his body the world of good.
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Are you sure history suggests otherwise
Sandilands AVE (Over the past three years since he has been dominant)first game back- 131.5 (127, 136)
AVE second game back- 88.5 (82, 95)
thrid game back- 66.5 (50, 83)
Average over the first three games back- 95.5
If this trend continues predicted price after his first three rounds back $501, 112, if he then goes back to his 121 average he will bottom out at $470, 229
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Rustee what are your thoughts on nicholsons JS? Do you tying he will play many more games?
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He’s got tons of courage, that may be enough to impress Bailey for a while, but i see him playing a role in the midfield more then defence with our best midfielders being
Sylvia, Moloney, Davey, Scully, Trengove, Bail, McKenzie, Jones, Gysberts – Then add Evans and Nicholson to that
So with Davey out for 8-6, Bail for 3-4, that means our midfield for the next few weeks will look like this
C- Trengove, Sylvia, Jones
R- Martin, Moloney, Scully
Inter- McKenzie, Gysberts, ????, ????
Sub- ???
Therefore i would expect one of Evans/Nicholson to be on teh bench or on a half forward flank, and maybe one on the bench at this stage Evans seems to be ahead of Nicholson and taht may mean when Bail comes back Nicholson makes way. Then when Davey gets back he will probably take the others spot. So in terms of his JS he may be playing an A.Gaff role as sub most of the time, and may be out in a few weeks.
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Do you spend any time actually studying for school Russ or is it just SC stats? Don’t get me wrong, I think you’re a legend being able to research and analyse such data, I’m just worried about your education/career. Either that or you need to lay off the Nodoze a bit!
WRT Sandi, his past injuries have been at a time where he’s firstly carried them for some time before treatment and then been rushed back in due to the stage of the season. I’m thinking this time they will manage it properly with the bye and he will be back better than ever.
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No need to worry about my studies/schooling am at the top of my classes in most of my subjects and am a budding journalist. I like to use stats just as a gauge, although it can be wrong a fair bit. The main reason i want to be a journalist (sports journalist) is that i love stats and love to write about sport. In fact most that know me use me as a walking sports guide.
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Loving your work Bud!
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Cheers Deano, thats why i love coming on this site builds up my knowledge. I have done some pretty good articles for the school magazine etc. Earlier this year i received the highest mark for my sports article in my Creative writing class. In 3rd term we get to do whatever we want, I am thinking of using the entire time to write up a full match report for however many AFL games i can get through. I am planning in college to do 4-5 PT’s in English/Media journalism(newspaper), over the two years as well as a PT Maths methods course.
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Thinking I may go:
Josh Toy (If not named, AGAIN) —> Lids.
Darling (just too inconsistent. Can’t play away from Subi) —-> Fyfe.
OR, if Isaac Smith is named:
Toy —> Lids
Harris —> Smith.
Yeah?
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Bit harsh on Darling Crabby. Knocked out a lazy 99 against the Hawks at Launceston in a losing team. Averages 70 in 4 away games (inc. the 47 against the Pies) and 85 at Subi. I reckon that percentage would be consistent with premiums such as Pav/Coxy etc that have to travel across the country every second week.
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I was waiting for someone to disagree.
Thanks for the input Deano.
Might have a re-think.
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I like the trade Crabby. I’d definitely make the trade.
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Fyfe is carrying a dud shoulder, are you playing him this week HGL?
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No mate, I don’t think I have the pleasure of competing with Crabbie in SC. What’s the go with Fyfe’s shoulder? Is it going to effect his scoring or see him miss games? I’ve not heard anything about it.
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Hmmmm.
Do I detect a hint of sarcasim or am I imagining things HGL?
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Absolutely no sarcasm employed at all Crabbie.
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Pendles or Ablett?
Thumbs up – Pendles
Thumbs down – Ablett
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Do u think Ben Bucovaz (for freo) will play this week?
Thoughts?
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Barlow has more of a chance this week than Bucovaz.
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Would love a thumbs up/dpwn for the following
Thumbs up: Roughy
Thumbs down: Cyril
Already have Buddy (too many hawks?)
Would make my FWD line: Pav, Buddy, Stevie J, Goodes, Boomer, NRoo, Rough/Cyril (Darling, Richardson, Smith)
Cheers guys.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Lads, thought I’d seek a bit of advice on your website as I find myself at rank no.31 overall. Seem to have gotten right or fluked every decision I’ve made so far and have the following team:
11 trades left, $27,400 in the bank
B: Deledio Goddard Gibbs Adcock Rawlings Heppell Lower
(Hibberd Toy Otten)
C: Pendlebury Murphy DalSanto Bartel Ablett Hodge
(Gysberts Jacobs Mzungu)
R: Cox Smith (Sandilands Bailey)
F: Pavlich Franklin Johnson Goodes Sylvia Chapman Petrie
(Darling Lynch Richardson)
- Should I have a crack at winning the competition and burn more trades this week and next, or play it safer and keep some powder dry for finals?
- Was thinking to get Fisher and Shaw into my backline and take the risk of trading Smith to Tippett to get it done. Got Petrie for the DPP with Tippett and Bailey also there as backup. What do you think, should I be ballsy and go for it? Or maybe a safer downgrade/upgrade like Toy – Howard and then Heppel to Shaw and do it more carefully that way?
Any thoughts appreciated!
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Got to have a red hot Dan. Your only what, about 400 behind the leader. Three or four big weeks in a row and you could be leading the way.
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Good luck to you, I hope you can grab the choccies. You have some team and I think you should be doling out to the advice to us
I am poised just outside the top 10k waiting to pounce. I’d love to know what your original team was and you went about trading yourself into 31st possie.
Your trading strategy has a lot of merit, but, maybe you don’t need to pull the trigger on that trade until Sandi returns in 3 or 4 weeks. Shaw has a bye in two weeks, so you’d want to wait 3 weeks to get him, and with your backline, you could probably afford to hold off on Fisher. Smith has a low b/e this week and will not only -hopefully- continue to provide you with good on-field coverage & scoring value, but, will make you more money. I also think that you’ll be in a more flexible trading position for the run home if you hold off on trading for a few weeks.
Ottens & Toy are the two I think you should upgrade in your backline leaving you Hibberd/Heppell/Lower as your D bench and your Def becomes:
Fisher/Shaw/Deledio/Goddard/Gibbs/Adcock/Rawlings
You’d then have 7 or 8 trades left and barring injury I’d hold onto them for closer to finals time.
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Thank you, appreciate your and Damen’s advice. I think I’ll get Fisher in now and work towards that backline you suggested. That’s what I had in mind, too. The make or break move will be when to pull the trigger on cashing in on Smith.
Anyway, here’s my original team as it was in round 1:
B: Gibbs Goddard Deledio Grimes Adcock Otten Duigan
(Lower Toy Hibberd)
C: Pendlebury Murphy Bartel Cotchin Anthony Krakouer
(Heppell Conca Swallow)
R: Sandilands Cox (Smith Bailey)
F: Franklin Goodes Sylvia Johnson Knights Tapscott Richardson
(Petrie Darling Matera)
Best moves:
- Going with Sandi and Cox from the start was essential
- Punting on Cotchin and Adcock really paid off
- Most rookies cashed up well and wasn’t afraid in round 2 and 3 to trade for better rookies (ie. brought in Curnow and Harris)
- Gysberts for Krakouer early has turned out to be a good trade. Ball magnet who should provide good 8th mid cover in finals.
- Took punts on Dal Santo and the underpriced Bartel that seems to have paid off so far
- Got Ablett, Chappy and Hodge in at bargain prices (you just can’t keep a good gun down!)
* Not sure if that sheds any light but that’s how I haphazardly went about it. This site, Fanfooty and DTtalk were essential reading throughout.
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If i were you (and geez i wish i was), i’d be considering burning Sandilands for J Tippett to allow Petrie to swing into the ruck if required at some point. This will give you an extra 400K in the ole skyrocket to enable further trading, notably Lower, and sideways trades to avoid the odd bye here and there. Heppell’s also possibly another trade out option.
But i’m 6,000th and you are 31st so pretty much do the opposite of me and you’ll be right.
Interesting to see how similar you start up team was to mine and to see the impact a speculative pick gone wrong can be for you.
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Roo Bloke, I have taken the plunge and done exactly what you suggested. Burned Sandilands for Tippett and will now load up my backline. Started this week with Fisher and will add two of Broughton, Newman and Shaw in the coming two weeks. Will be a pretty impressive side all over the park once that’s done, with decent cover on the bench. Like many my ruck combo will be Cox Smith with Petrie as DPP cover and I can always brinbg Sandi back in after the Freo bye with some rookie cash.
Will only have about 5 trades left from Round 15 onwards but what the hell, gotta crack the whip have a shot at the prize! Thanks for the advice.
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Anyone who is ranked in the Top 100 at this point has a chance of winning the whole thing – personally I would forget about a League win at this stage and go for it – forget about “Finals” coz they don’t matter in overall win. DON’T be safe – even if you end up 2nd that’s still a feather in the cap and a talking point for next season !
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Thanks for the advice Damen. Will wait til Friday but just can’t resist continuing to trade up and see how far I get.
Fisher is a must so it looks like Otten – Howard
Lower – Fisher
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Yep – if you are that close to the top you really NEED to trade up until you have all premiums, not that Lower is bad but Fisher has a much higher ceiling and greater consistency.
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How many trades should you have left for the finals?
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4 to 6 should be fine.
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hmm that sounds good, means i have 5 trades to use and get my team ready.
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But remember finals are a LONG way off. I usually hibernate in SuperCoach trading over mid June and all of July.
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Which is a good idea if you are going for a league win. If you still have a realistic chance of winning the overall, you need to keep trading to have an all-premium team at this stage and then hibernate for the last 6 weeks or so.
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Is it worth trading in pendles for sidebottom or should I keep sidey as a premium and trade in pendles for say d Harris? Thumbs up pendles – sidey thumbs down pendles for d Harris?
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I’d trade Harris.
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Lids, Shaw, Adcock, Goddard, Broughton, Grundy, Duigan.
Pine… Stanley, L Thompson, Toy.
Priddis, ROK, Selwood, Gibbs, Heppell, D Swallow.
Pine… Smith, Mzungu, Swan.
Z Smith, Tippett.
Pine…Sandilands, A Spud.
Pavlich, Fyfe, Goodes, N Riewoldt, Franklin, Chapman, Darling.
Pine… Matera, T Lynch, Petrie.
This is what my team will look like without trades/DPP help…..
need help…
possible Chappy? Buddy? Sandi!! and Swan!! as outs..
Is this the only circumstance when trading Sandi becomes an option??
ie: Sandi —–> Cox
Petrie —–>Ruck (have Tippett) and something like
Matera —-> Howe as bench cover (and $$$) for Chappy/Buddy
Pavlich, Fyfe, Goodes and Chappy can Swap with ROK, I Smith and Mzunga as For/Mid and
Lids and God can switch with Gibbs and Heppell as Def/Mid but DPP can’t get me out of being short up forward unless I smith and/or Chappy plays
I pulled a similar move already sending Jamar(LTI) —> a spud + $$$ and used Petrie/Tippett.
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Work on your mids FF, that is where you’re losing points.
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chappy is playing this week
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Like alot of people this year my backline is letting me down mostly.
This week its wright to mzungu
lower to lids.
Leaves my backline, newman,lids,adcock,bj,gibbs,hepps & enright
Hopefully they stand up this week!
although i do have a habit of trading in players who stink it up in there first game for me!!
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Then please dont get lids, cos im bringing him in for Duigan… =D
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Just be careful that you have enough coverage for tghe round 19 multi-bye, as you’ll be missing 3 prem defenders with Lids, Newman and Adcock all having the bye together
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back bench are all playing and i can swap lids for hibberd in the middle if i need to.
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Dont know how relevant or even reliable this is. But according to Fremantle’s website Sandilands is listed as 3 weeks (updated 7/6/11) was 3-4 weeks last week. Considering he’s already missed 2 weeks with the possibility of 3 more games (or even longer, would they really risk him 1 week before the bye or give him the extra week off) some may look at offloading him to upgrade to premiums in others areas in 1 trade, rather than having to double trade to get the coin to be able to afford the premiums. Thoughts?
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That’s it! I’m ditching Sandi for that strapping young cat Vardy. As long as he gets a game during the WC and NM bye I’ll be laughing all the way to league glory *evil laughter*
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Will Cam Richardson get a game any time soon?
Thumbs up YES
Thumbs down NO
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I just got info that he got 41 possessions and 16 marks in the VFL so he could be playing soon. So answered my own question.
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He’s perennially on the cusp of being selected. Looms as a likely replacement for MacMillan who got his jaw broken by a hip and shoulder that the MRP deemed as satisfactory. If you’ve persisted with Richardson all this time then i’d hang in there a little longer.
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Ross Lyons just announced that Leigh Montagna won’t be considered for selection this week against the Gogs, as a result of his knee knock against the Pies last Saturday night. At this stage their hopeful its only a 1 week injury.
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Thanks Daniel. I thought his knock & hobbling about did not look good. With him already having Rd 14 bye & no certain starter for Rd 13 (Swan already out for me in Rd 12 & 13) + his high BE when he’s back, is anyone thinking of trading him? I have tough league games coming up, can you please vote for trading out Montagna to: –
Delidio (move to defence later)- Thumbs up
Sam Mitchell – Thumbs down
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Against the Dogs.
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Unverified but I just saw on Twitter that Montagna is out this week.
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/st-kilda-midfielder-leigh-montagna-to-miss-clash-against-western-bulldogs/story-e6frf9jf-1226071741962
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Thanks Daniel. I shoulda looked a little higher before posting.
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How do you make ur post have a blue background?
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If you post a link to another website it always comes up in either bold, italics or another colour (usually blue), so the reader can tell its a link to another page, website etc.
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When you write posts for us THC you can get comments in a blue background too.
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DRAGO!!!
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So much for not trading out a premium unless he has a LTI, love it guys by the time every one trades out 211, he’ll become a POD
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Thats a good point, but I’m still sticking to my
of trading Sandi 
Vardy and put the money made to immediate use. Hopefully I’ll be looking 
at the end of it all.
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I’m getting rid of him as well. Can always get him back in when the time/price is right!
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Whoops wrong post! Lol
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Hey guys who would you think be the best choice forward
S.Johnson,C.Rioli or N.Fyfe
Cheers
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The guy who’s team you have least in your squad. If you’re just going for the league win and don’t care about your overall ranking, then probably Fyfe. Johnson has a bye in finals, Rioli could clash with Franklin in the Rd 14 bye, not to mention his likelihood of another injury.
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Sorry, Rd 17 bye. You get the picture though.
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Fyfe’s shoulder is a bit of a concern and the fact that he is still a little young might mean he runs out of steam….
I’d pick Sizzle ..Check your Rd17 opponent and see how many hawks he has and whether you could still pull off victory..I reckon he is in for a big finish to the year and hawks travelling beautifully…
As for Stevie j I wouldn’t be trading in any premuim with a bye in sc finals
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thanks mate but just looked at my opponent for rd 17 and unfortunatly his only got 1 hawthorn player so im stuck now
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Le Cras??? Sylvia??? Just as a couple more to consider
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True but I’m not so confident that sylvia and lecras would be better chioces than johnson, rili and fyfe especially with lecras average of 85
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and at the moment im leening towards fyfe with freo’s non-league bye and plus his a DPP
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Fyfe’s shoulder is a concern and so is Rioli’s propensity for groin problems – at least Stevie J has no probs at the moment, is scoring well and it doesn’t matter when anybody has a bye if you are going for Overall win, only if you are going for League win.
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Im more concentrated on the league win but thats a good point thanks
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Good luck…Fyfe is by no means a bad option…If you can wait another week for him his price should go down some more as he has a high BE this week
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trading out duigan for either adcock or newman unless any1 convinces me otherwise. was thinking fisher but dont want 2 saints will hurt me rd 15. backline atm is lids, gibbs, goddard, shaw, heppell, lower, duigan (batch, puopolo, jacobs)
thumbs up- Adcock
thumbs down- Newman
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Keep in mind that during Rd 19 you’ll have 3 defenders OUT either way. Not a problem if you don’t care about your overall ranking, but just thought I’d point it out. Lower > Broughton is another alternative you may not have considered.
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Also… I have Goddard & Fisher, but in the Rd 14 bye will swap Goddard into the midfield so that only 1 guy is missing per line.
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thx MJ, yeh going for league win. yeh was thinkin on keeping lower 1 more week so might do that cheers
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Lower does have a higher breakeven that Duigan, so if you were planning on sending both of them packing in the next 2 weeks you may as well say goodbye to Lower first.
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Mitchell is captain clearance…get on board, he wont let you down
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Thanks D Mac, Mitchell it is!
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PS: hes had a max score of 127 and low of 80 but only 3 sub 100 scores, consistent!!! wont pull out massive scores but can rely on him to do the job each week.
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Thoughts on when Isaac Smith might get another game?
Thumbs up
Thumbs down??
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smith is a odd 1 at the moment, hes not in the injury list, hes not playing seniors and hes not playing reserves….i dont think anyone could give you a straight answer on him at the moment.
He did look good though!
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Doesn’t look good for the kid. When asked about their depth on On The Couch, Hodgey mentioned Savage, Ladson and Ellis banging the door down but no Izzy.
He played for Box Hill on the weekend scoring 2 goals but not making the Bests.
Word from the track is he’s got a new nickname – Beau?
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sorry, didnt realise he played in the 2′s on weekend.
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thanks.
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B- Gibbs, Deledio, Goddard, Puopolo, Adcock, Enright, Heppell
(Hibberd, Duigan, Jacobs)
C- Judd, Ablett, Boyd, Bartel, Pendles, D Swallow
(Harris, Irons, Conca)
R- Smith, Vardy
(Sandilands, Random)
F- Franklin, Goodes, Pavlich, Darling, N.Riewoldt, Krakouer, Knights
(Lynch, Richardson, Mzungu)
Cash: 417k
Trades:15
Thinking of upgrading forwards or defenders… any ideas?
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I’m also thinking harris to either priddis or dal santo
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swallow to mundy
duigan to shaw ( the bye next week though )
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Irons is done for the year. The longer you leave him in there, the less appreciation $ you’re missing out on with someone else. Time to bite the bullet and ship him off.
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Thinking of getting Vardy, Mzungu, Atley and Patfull for my bench with 12 trades left. Any thoughts?
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Trade:
Jack Darling —-> Nathan Fyfe
Thoughts Please?
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Ok. Ive got 25,400 in the bank.
I want to trade Knights (BE 79) out for J.Tippet, to swap with Petrie. That will complete my forward line with Pavlich, Fyfe, Franklin, Yarran, Didak, Rioili and PETRIE, with Darling, Richardson and T.Lynch on the bench.
Then I will have 216,800 and I can trade out Batchelor (BE 42) for anyone out of Broughton/Adcock/Newman/Duffield/Gilbert/Enright/Hurn. Then the next week I can get in Brett Deledio (BE 115) who hopefully goes down in price. I am thinking out of Newman, Adcock or Broughton.
Comment which backman I should get out of anyone less than 460,000.
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go for adcock.
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Hey guys this is where my team sits atm
I have 14 trades and 256k in the bank
would you have any suggestions how i can make my team better?
Thanks in advance
Shaw, Adcock, Goddard, Heppell, Rawlings, Lower, Duigan,
(Thompson, Smith, Otten)
Pendlebury, Mundy, Swan, D.Swallow, Fyfe, A.Swallow,
(Curnow, Harris, Mzungu)
Petrie, Smith,
(Sandilands, Spencer)
Pavlich, Franklin,Goodes, Darling, Krakouer, Hurley, Lynch (GC),
(Knights, McKernan, Matera)
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I don’t like the idea of having Knights on the bench. Either put him on the field or get rid of him for O’Keefe, Rioli or Jack Watts (for money)
You’ve got trades left and you’ve got a bench, start upgrading your team!
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Hahahahahha patty talking about upgrading team ur the one coming 11th on our ladder
Hot debate. What do you think?
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rioli or okeefe???
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O’keefe more consistent gets bout 100 each week then will get like a 140 every 3rd week
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Who should I put on the ground?
Thumbs up – R Henderson
Thumbs down – W Schofield
Or J Patfull?
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Shaw, Goddard, Gibbs, Delidio, Broughton, Heppell, Duigan
(Puopollo, Jacobs, Lester)
Swan, Pendlebury, Selwood, Boyd, Priddis, Tompson
(Hibberd, Iles, Wallis)
Sandi, Cox
(Petrie, Smith)
Franklin, Pavlich, Goodes, O’keefe, N Reiwoldt, Rioli, Darling
(Tapscott, Mzungu, Richardson)
What should i do this week?
10 TRADES LEFT.
Trade or dont, if so which trades?
cheers
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great team…but why is Sandi on the field?
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thats his BEST team i think
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Hold on to your trades Maxibon!
Check if Heppell is playing (teams out at 5 today apparently). If he’s named as emergency, slot Puopolo in.
Later, you should look to get a MID/FOR DPP in your mids (you’ve got 3 in your FOR but none in your mids, I think). This will give you flexibility in the back half of the season.
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OK, this week
Chris Knights —> Joel Tippett
Jake Batchelor —> Chris Newman
That will leave me a team this week of :
BACKS – Fisher, Shaw, Goddard, Gibbs, Newman, Hurley (if plays),A.Johnson, (Pederson , PUOPOLO, Jacobs)
MIDS – Pendlebury, Boyd, Thompson, Selwood, Ablett (C), Heppell, (Swan, HARRIS, Mzungu)
RUCKS – Cox, Smith (Sandilands, J.Tippett)
FORWARDS – Pavlich, Fyfe, Franklin (if plays), Petrie, Yarran, Rioli, Didak, (Darling, Lynch, Richardson)
Good or bad?
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Hey guys i need some advise on my team not sure if i should save my trades who to trade out or in i have 8 trades left and$100,800 cash.Any advise appreciated cheers…….
Backs-Deledio,H,Shaw,Adcock,Goddard,Carrazzo,Duffield,Puopolo
Bench-L,Thompson,Hibberd,B,Jacobs
Mids-Pendles,Priddis,Judd,O’keefe,Heppell,Swallow
Bench-Swan,C,Beams,Mzungu
Rucks-Cox,Smith
Bench-Sandilands,J,Spencer
Forw-Pav,Franklin,Goodes,Chapman,Darling,Rioli,T,Lynch(GC)
Bench-A,Siposs,C,Richardson,I,Smith
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Hey all. Looking for some tips. Have $343 200 sitting in the bank but not awful sure about where to spend it. Mainly going for league.
Newman, God, Gibbs, Heppell, Grundy, Stefan Martin, Lower
(Johnson, Jacobs, Toy)
Bartel, Boyd, Judd, Selwood, Hodge, Harris.
(Swan, Iles, Irons)
Cox, Smith
(Sandi, Broc)
Buddy, Pav, Goodes, R Voldt, J Voldt, Darling, Higgins.
(Mzungu, Siposs, Richardson)
Maybe thinking Toy —-> Lids but I don’t really know.
Help is always appreciated.
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Give Toy more time. Lower has a BE of 90 this week – it might be time to move him on. It’ll cost you less to upgrade him too. I like Lids as a target – DPP, multi team bye, gun.
Don’t forget to save trades for finals – with Bartel, Selwood and Judd in the middle you’re going to need them.
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Already planning on it mate. I do wish I had’ve selected Mundy rather than Bartel, and Boyd over Judd to start the season though. This bye stuff is really painful. Thems the breaks.
Thanks for the advice anyway. Much appreciated.
Lower or Martin to move on?
Don’t get me wrong, Martin’s been sensational recently, but I’m worried about his JS and scoring ability when Jamar returns. This week against Collingwood, I dare say his score could be less than his 79 BE. If I trade out Toy to Lids now, then I can move Martin on to Fisher St Kilda’s second bye, and have Lower as a solid back up on the bench. Was planning on moving on Lower this week, but Jacobs average of 56 doesn’t scream ‘fantastic back up’.
Hmmmmmmmmmm, questions.
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Hey guys im not sure if i should trade this week i have 9 trades and playing in a must win game…. If i trade i would downgrade L.Thompson to Strauss (melb) and then upgrade Shaw (syd) to either Goddard or Chris Newman..
Thoughts would be appreciated
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I’d hold off.
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For how long 1-2 weeks, or 3-4 weeks
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Hard to say without knowing the teams of the opponents you’ve got coming up or indeed your entire list but I just reckon 9 trades is a little skinny at this stage of the season. I also don’t think that any games are “must win” just yet.
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Unless of course you have $ riding on it, then I’d understand it being a must win.
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to trade
Knights – thumbs up
Darling – thumbs down
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just so you know knights BE 79 and Darling BE 96
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How about a poll to see how many trades everyone has at this stage of the week?
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Captain poll also Motts?
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NOW!!! joking motts
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Captains poll should be out tomorrow. Trades poll up in a couple of minutes, you insistent little buggers.
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I have 9 trades left and want to downgrade L. Thompson for Strauss (melb)
and then upgrade Shaw (syd) to either Goddard or Newman…..
Should i do it my team would then be.
(Back) H.Shaw, Heppel, Adcock, Broughton, God/Newman, Paupolo, Duigan
[Bench] Strauss, Mckernan, Hibberd
(Mid) Boyd, Thompson (ade), scotland, corey, swallow, gysberts
[Bench] Harris, Smith, Irons
(Fwd) Rioli, Mcglynn, Goodes, O’keefe, pavlich, cloke, davis
[Bench] Mzungu, Leroy Jetta, Tapscott
Or should i upgrade midfield??
Need Help!
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You should change your user name to Punxsutawney Phil
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Irons is out for the season & mids are too important to have him sitting there not playing or gaining cash. Trade Irons out.
Newman in by trading out Mckernan?
Irons trade out for Swan (rd 14) or Goddard into mids round 15 after bye?
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How about this for a trade plan that will hopefully ride me up into real contention for the $50K (sitting pretty at 77th right now)
For Rd12:
Sandilands > Vardy
Tapscott > Pavlich
Rd13: Sit tight, No trades
Rd14:
Iles > Pendlebury
Will leave 9 trades left, with this team:
BAC: Fisher, Deledio, Gibbs, Goddard, Shaw, Duffield, Enright
EMG: Lower, Hibberd, Toy
MID: Pendlebury, Swan, Priddis, Judd, Selwood, Hodge
EMG: Heppell, Harris, Jacobs
RUC: Cox, Smith
EMG: Vardy, J.Tippett
FWD: Franklin, Pavlich, Goodes, O’Keefe, S.Johnson, N.Riewoldt, Petrie
EMG: Darling, Mzungu, Richardson
~$32,000 in the bank, but have the option open of doing Heppell > Pendlebury to raise the bank balance to ~$150,000 to afford a Smith > Sandilands straight swap before finals. As you can see, I would still have adequate bench cover in all positions even if I lose Heppell.
If all goes to plan, I can sense some exciting times ahead
How does it rate?
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Awesome team, MJ.
Trades approved.
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Yes, I’ve come to the conclusion that by trading Sandilands out, it allows for a stronger set of bench players, as you don’t have to trade down your best rookies, leaving me with 2 more than capable rookies in bac, mid, fwd. Ruck division is potentially weak until 211 returns, but having the Petrie-Tippett link gives it a bit of added strength for the WCE bye, whilst Smith has proved he can hit the ton more often than not in the past month.
Final word of advice, trade Sandilands > Vardy/Bailey, you can always bring him back in if required, but because of the Freo bye in R16, you’re going to have $554,000 wasting away on the bench for 5 weeks. This can be used elsewhere to bring an extra premium into your side a week earlier than otherwise. (ie. 1 this week, 2 the next). There is also the suspicion floating around that he may come back a little tentative as the injury can have lasting effects in some instances. As you can see from my team’s example above, it allows you to keep players like Heppell/Harris/Darling/Lower that you may have been thinking of cashing in for a rookie, who lets face it, the first year you bring in will have little job security based on the tiny pool of new kids available. I’d find it tough to find downgrade targets with good JS at the moment.
Cheers for the support guys
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Nice team MJ. Couple of nice PODs in Priddis and Duffield that will make up ground for you if they fire. Pity you got Mzungu in your Fwds and not Mids as you’ve got no M/F DPP.
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I realise the lack of M/F DPP Deano, but hopefully having 2 in defence with Heppell & Jacobs on the bench, I’ll have enough flexibility. Darling & Mzungu should be adequate bench cover if a forward gets a short term injury anyway. I think that link is only necessary if you are limited for bench cover. If worst comes to worst I can always trade in Callinan to the mids bench when upgrading Sandi, which may be required anyway for a bit more cash. (with a bit of luck he could be on the bubble then)
My next two premiums to come in (Pavlich & Pendlebury) won’t stand me out from the crowd, that’s the only thing I’m worried about, because I’ll be relying on Priddis/Duffield/Hodge to produce big scores to differentiate from the other top sides and keep me moving up the rankings. But I guess you need to have the BEST players at the end of the day, not the most uniques.
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Deano, I’ve found a potential solution to the lack of M/F DPP. Instead of Tapscott > Pavlich, I can do Harris > Pavlich this week, then switch Pavlich into the forwards for Mzungu. It also saves an extra $40K in the bank.
Resulting mid/fwd benches would end up as:
MID: Heppell, Mzungu, Jacobs
FWD: Darling, Tapscott, Richardson
It basically means I have Tapscott as a bench keeper instead of Harris, which is arguably a weaker scenario, but means during the Sydney bye I can throw Goodes/ROK into the mids and have Darling & Heppell replace them, instead of Darling & Mzungu. During the Freo bye, it prevents Pavlich & Mzungu from being on the pine in the same line also.
Foolproof?
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Good move I reckon MJ. The flexibility can be priceless and barring injuries you shouldn’t have to use your second or third bench players that often anyway.
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Can someone please give me some advise on my team
DEF Deledio, Goddard, Gibbs, Enright, Hepple, Lower, Duigan, ( Buckly, Otten, Popolo,
MID Pendlebury, Judd, Selwood, Ablett, Swan, Hodge, ( Jacobs, Smith, Harris)
RUck Petrie, Smith ( Sandi, Campell)
Fwd Franklin, Gooded, Jack R, Darling, Rioli, Krak, Mzungu ( Knights Matera, Richardson,
Have 412,000 in the bank so plenty of cash but dont know how to use it ???
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How many trades do you have left? Think you could use 2 prem Def & Fwd’s in your team. I’d trade out Otten/Buckley/Knights & Matera.
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I have 10 trades left so want to use them cautiously Thinking of trading out knights for a premium FWD But Im not 100% on pav becuse iv alredy got Sandi on my bech with Mzungu and lower ?? so who do you recommend I should get??
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If not in a rush, why not hang on a week or two & trade out Knights for either Sylvia or Chappy who will dip further in price & you get the added benefits of a forward who can DPP with mids.
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Yes I think that that would be a good idea thanks for the advise
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Ryan O’Keefe, especially if you’re only going for league wins. Good value this week at $434,800, he’ll be a bit pricier if you wait a week or two.
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Agreed HGL, they are the guys you want to be upgrading, Forwards and backs are quite weak so start on them.
Maybe do:
Buckley > Fisher/Newman/Broughton
Knights > O’Keefe/Chapman/S.Johnson/Pavlich
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Ok so I will upgrade Buckley to fisher and Knights to Pav Sound good ?
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See if buckley is named this week. He has a very low BE & will go up 25K next time he plays. Fisher has a bye in Rd 14. Therefore if you want to maximise value wait until prior to Rd 15 to trade bucks for fisher. Newman, Delidio & Johncock good pick ups for this week. Cannot disagree with Knights to Pav!!!
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My only problem with Pav is that I already have 3 freo players in my team Sandi, Lower, Mzungu so is it still worth tradeing him in ?
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Or I could trade
Knights > PAV
Darling > Chappy
That will strengthen my FWD line up a bit right??
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i wanna strengthen up the tail end of my backline. out of these two who do people think are the better option?
Hurn been smashing it of late but i cant tell if he just had poor form early or he is just having good form now.
Murphy has played pretty well all year, mainly 90+ with no massive games and only a few poor ones, but is prone to injury and i think has a bye the first week of finals.
Thumbs up – Hurn
Thumbs down – Murphy (WB)
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Bob Murphy will have had his second bye before the SC finals.
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So does Hurn. I had Hurn last year and loved his booming 70m kicks from defence. Long kicks to advantage are gold in Supercoach scoring, and Hurn just seems to score way higher in SC than DT. Historically one of the best SC:DT ratios going around.
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who should I have as captain this week?
Thumbs up – Cox
Thumbs down – Pendles
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Pendles will smash it this week with no Swan or Daisy. The Dees will probably revert back to Hr Hyde after their Dr Jekyll performance last week too.
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1 trade left for the week with 9 trades left for season
196,300 left in bank
michael hurley for dyson heppell = thumbs up
jack reiwoldt for robin nahas = thumbs down
which one?
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neither
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jack riewoldt for who then?
need to get rid of him
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Keep him, he’s considered a premium. Just because he’s in poor form doesn’t mean panic trading him out. Use the trades to upgrade rookies in your team who have less scoring potential. We know from the past Jacky Riewoldt can post massive scores (I remember a 217 against West Coast last year). He’s averaging 92, which is up there with the best forwards this year. Keep the faith.
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yeah i guess so
thanks
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Hi Folks
Some advice needed
Sitting second in my main league and playing bottom this week
11 Trades left and trying to decide if i need to trade or not. Have all the current cash cows Muzungu ect probably need 1 more premium Forward and 1 Back to complete my team. So should i trade this week or sit tight
for a week and re assess next week .Thumbs up Trade.
Thumbs down sit tight
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downgrade to howe and someone else. then next week you should be able to upgrade 1 maybe 2 players. especially as your versing bottom
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If all you care about is league glory, you may as well sit tight and evaluate options, especially as there aren’t too many MUST buy premiums at bargain prices at the moment.
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Thanks for the feedback guys all thats left is league glory in top 2% overall but thats still 7923 to far back to have a crack at overall
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Ok, getting dizzy again looking at my team for too long so I’ll throw it out to the masses and see what you all think………..
TRADES
This week: Stanley —- Simpkin & Heppell —- GAJ
Next week: Krak —- Howe & McKernan —- Fisher
That will give me this team with 6 trades and about $15-20k in the kitty. Tight I know but If you don’t put up your hand you don’t get a $50,000 ice cream
BACKS
Fisher, Deledio, Shaw, Adcock, Goddard, Gibbs, Suckling
(Hibberd, Stanley, Toy)
MIDS
GAJ, Pendles, Swan, Boyd, Selwood, Cotchin
(Mzungu, I.Smith, Jacobs)
RUCKS
Sandi, Cox
(Smith, Tippett)
FORWARDS
Franklin, Pavlich, Roughead, Chapman, Goodes, Fyfe, Petrie
(Didak, A.Johnson, Howe)
Any thoughts or alternative ideas?
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Definitely put your hand up Fish you know what they say
No guts no Glory
Like your trade plan it looks good
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Cheers Daz.
I am a little worried about bringing Howe into the forward line with the Rd 16 multi-bye. With Pav and Fyfe there as well I need to have one of either Alex Johnson or Isaac Smith playing to cover.
Wanted to hold onto Heppell too but I think Hibberd has shown enough with his pre-season and form so far to justify a D8 spot.
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You could hold off on Howe only played 1 game price wont change yet
I’m going to wait one more week see if his JS is secure . Its very hard to judge a player after1 game but he does look ok
I did say no guts no glory or you snooze you lose
Then you could go with
Patience is a virtue .
Im not sure were these are coming from just popping into my head as i go must be time for a thursday evening ale
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Leaves a solid team with great DPP flexibility to get you through the byes/injuries. You’re leaving the trades a little tight, but it’s worth the extra 4 you’re using to get GAJ and Fisher. Good luck. I’ll be interested to see how you fare on the Collingwood bye with Shaw, Swan, Pendles & Didak out. It’ll be a stretch.
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Yep, that’s the other round that has been doing my head in. My score will take a dip but at the same time a lot of teams will have two or three of Swan, Pendles and Shaw. Hopefully between Mzungu, Jacobs, Hibberd & Stanley I can at least avoid a donut. Hibberd listed last on the bench today is very worrying though.
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if ive counted correct then you have 15 of your 33 players DPP. that is great
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Hey guys who do you think would be the best option out of:
- S.Johnson
- N.Fyfe
- C.Rioli
- C.Slyvia
Cheers
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I think you have them in the right pecking order there but with Stevie J’s finals bye I would probably go Fyfe.
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Thanks thats what I was thinking just im a bit worried about his shoulder
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Hey blokes if any one could help me out with some trade descions this week that would be great scored 2,536 last week pretty happy with my team so far but have some trades up my sleeve to make this week, i have $60,000 in the bank and any suggestion would be great ,im playing my brohter in law this week and have to smash him or i wont be able to live it down . hahaha
shaw, gibbs, broughton, lower, duigan, L. thompson, poupolo
bench ( pratt.toy,coad)
penndels,boyd,swallow,judd,bolton goodes
bench ( hepple,irons simpkin )
cox,smith
bench ( sandi,mcaually)
pavlich, franklin, roughhead,okeefe,johnson,krakour,t.lynch
bench ( mzungu,dahlhaus,heyne)
cheers for the help…
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get rid of gibbs and get adcock. amazing player
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Is that you brother (in-law)?
Pretty solid team ACAC but your bench is a little skinny.
Suggestions;
I’d play Mzungu instead of Lynch.
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11 trades left. 1 this week. 196,900 in bank
hurley for heppell = thumbs up
jack reiwoldt for robin nahas = thumbs down
cant decide
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as we have said before . NEITHER!!!
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Are you trying to downgrade your team?
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well hurleys been injured. and reiwold is so inconsistent. i might get franklin off riewoldt if he plays
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And Nahas isn’t inconsistent? He’s had scores of 48, 58, 25 & 70 this season. Hurley is back this week, if you’ve stuck with him this long, you may as well keep him now. As I said, you’re better off trading rookies into premiums, it’s proven to be the best SuperCoach strategy. You’ve got the cash in the bank, upgrade one of your on-field rookies, such as a Lower, Swallow, Liberatore, Curnow, Harris, Darling, Tapscott, Matera into a gun that will score you 100+ every week. Trust me mate, I’ve got the ranking to back up my strategy, 77th overall.
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captain
thumbs up for scott pendlebury or dustin martin
thumbs down for joel selwood or dean cox
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final captaincy decision.
thumbs up = dean cox
thumbs down = joel selwood
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Help please!!! I have $33,700 and this is my team:
1. Goddard (DEF) 82
2. Gibbs (DEF) 89
3. Heppell (DEF) 79
4. Gilbert (DEF) 101
5. Lower (DEF) 76
6. Thompson (DEF) 49
7. Puopolo (DEF) 85
8. Murphy (MID) (Capt) 254
9. Swan (MID) (VC) 94
10. Pavlich (MID) 85
11. Selwood (MID) 103
12. Swallow (MID) 66
13. Curnow (MID) 44
14. Cox (RUC) 166
15. Smith (RUC) 118
16. O’Keefe (FWD) 143
17. Goodes (FWD) 144
18. Riewoldt (FWD) 86
19. Darling (FWD) 75
20. Rioli (FWD) 121
21. Krakouer (FWD) 84
22. Breust (FWD) 72
Any trading tips???
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Chappy or silvia
Thumbs up Chappy
Thumbs down Silvia
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Is Silvia fit to play? I’d pick him if you were concentrating on your league. However he has a break even of 160 in Supercoach so wait a week or two after his price drops.
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Hairy Cat,
How do you find out a players break even score? I hear it talked about a lot, but I’ve never seen it anywhere! Is there a site?
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Yes there is all you need to do is type the player you want into google plus SUPERCOACH statistics and you will find out that players break even score
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Cheers RT, appreciate that…good luck on the week-end
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brent harvey as captain since they’replaying gold coast?
and no i dont have andrew swallow.
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Newman (up) or Broughton (down) traded in this week?
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