What Makes A Good SC Team

Written by Motts on June 26 2013

Connor posted for the first time last night asking this very question. Brad gave us a great response with:

“Guns’n’Rookie strategy is the most effective when starting the season. This means you ONLY have Guns (average 100+ approx.) and Rookies (new guys that are under $200k, but preferably closer to $115 that are going to play straight away).

This allows for your rookies (AKA cash cows) to increase in price (fatten) over the first 5-8 rounds and then trade for the next crop of rookies (AKA harvesting). You will then be able to trade in premium players (upgrade) for these rookies. It’s best to trade when they’re at the lowest price (See MJ’s Fallen Premiums articles).

With the increase in the number of trades to 30 (previously 20-24), you can pretty much go nuts with your trading. The first 2 rounds will usually be a wait and see on whether all your players are playing, whether you’ve over or under estimated a rookie and make corrective changes.

Then there’s trading for bye rounds, injured stars, long-term injuries and when you’re just playing your mate and you really really don’t want that b@stard to win!

And always, always listen to The Don.”

 

Have you got something else you can chip in with?

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22 thoughts on “What Makes A Good SC Team”

  1. Very well put Brad. Really emphasise the Rookies. My first 3 seasons I focused most of my time on which Guns to have in the team at the start of the year and had 3 mediocre rankings between 40k & 10k.

    This year I put more focus into deciding which Rookies to take per season and I contribute that to having what will most likely be the best season of my SC career.

    The differential between the good Premiums (110) and the ok ones (90) is nowhere near as large a gap as the good Rookies (80+) and the ok ones (40-50)

    It’s all about making money for the first 8 weeks and you need the best rookies to do it. The premiums sort themselves out throughout the year.

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  2. Great write up, so true.

    My advice, don’t believe the preseason hype of some players aka jack watts

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  3. Cheers Motts – I didn’t mean to steal your thunder, just put my 2 cents in.

    I was looking forward to what you were going to say!

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  4. Beware of panic trades. My biggest mistake would have to be trading out Dangerfield after a start of 63, 107, 84, 120, 89. Since trading him out he’s averaged 130. Big names have big prices for a reason.

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  5. I’m a first year player and appreiciate the tips, my team looks ok but I’ve burned through my trades. Learned a lot this year from mistakes and SCT, can’t wait for next season!

    On a side note I think the bombers punishment for the drug scandal is that they have to merge with Melbourne 🙂

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  6. I usually stick with the guns and rookies strategy which is a safe option but with a few midpricers in there which is risky (may work, may not work).

    This year my midpricers backfired, I got Siposs @300k thinking he was going to be used across half back to play Goddard’s role with his booming kick, didn’t work out the way I planned. I also had Jimmy Gwilt starting at around 300k as D4 thinking he’d also have a good year. Then he did his knee :/.

    The midpricers strategy can really be hit or miss (as a lot of you will be aware of, I’m sure quite a few of you jumped on Varcoe and Karnezis).

    I’m also risky with my selection choices, I sometimes pick near-premiums/premiums coming off year long injuries so they’re really cheap, i.e one year I picked up Matthew Suckling and the risk payed off for me, he was solid with some great games and some average ones (but was very well worth it with his price tag). Another was a few years ago when Malceski returned for injury and was cheapish. These kinds of midpricers can work sometimes.

    Next year I’m hoping Claye Beams can have a non injury interrupted pre-season and really have a breakout year, we’ve seen what he can do with some great games last year and he could have a breakout year.

    Another example are midpricers that are seriously cheap (i.e Kane Lucas @200k this year). I picked him up and he was fantastic as my last on field Midfielder which I was stoked with, earned 150k and traded him for a gun. Just a few examples to show how midpricers can be hit and miss but if one or two come off it can pay dividends.

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  7. Read somewhere once that it’s not the players you have that wins you SuperCoach but the players you don’t have. In other words avoiding the mistakes that others are making sets you apart from the pack. A good examples from his year is not starting with Buddy who dropped alot in price over the first ten rounds.

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  8. On the mid-pricers, i think they have more relevance than ever. The fallen premium mid-pricer (like Moloney was pre-season) are where it’s at and the unproven mid-pricer (Karnezsis anyone…) are highly risky. Probably can afford to punt on a couple of them but be prepared to panic trade in the first few weeks. The unproven mid-pricer does have some relevance mid-season now with red and green vests meaning there are times when players prices and scoring potential aren’t matching up. Brandon Ellis comes to mind after his four vests earlier in the season.

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  9. Don’t trade out Guns with short-term injuries. You should be able to carry a Gun (110+) for 3-4 weeks, don’t use up a trade for this type of thing as you will need all the trades you can get with a Guns & Rookie strategy . However a 4+ week injury may be a different story possibly trade out in this type of scenario.

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