They could either be blokes you started with who went down early (see Fyfe, Nathaniel) or who never really fired (see Newman, Chris). Or they might be blokes you brought in mid-season who immediately proceeded to stink it up (see Stanton, Brett) or get injured (see Sandilands, Aaron).
Who were your worst trades for the year and what did they cost you?
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Mumford to Sandilands to Ryder.
Broughton to Hurn
Nat Fyfe
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Haha I also did the same trades in the ruck!
What a waste.
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Traded in Geary after his early form what a waste
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Worst trade: Mummy to Sandi in R4 (Could of picked up Mullet for a song)
Best Trade: Goodes to Beams in R7.
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I think you should have had the good ones on here too.
Terrible trades
Mine: having Cloke from the start and not trading him until last week o_O
SCTTL team: Waters for Goodes- waste of a trade but I suppose I wasn’t to know at the time
Also in my SCTTL team: I think for consistency etc my round 5 trade of Mumford ($610, 300) to Maric ($382, 100) was one of my best trades.
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Ballantyne from the start….what was i thinking?
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not much by the sounds of it !!
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Scotland to Goddard when Scotland did his Calf. Only out for 1 week instead of the 3. Goddard has gone backwards.
Fyfe to Pavlich early on was handy. Picked up Pav for under 500k.
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Shiel + 300k to Stanton when he was 600k, felt the money would be better used elsewhere. I could have gone Pendels over the spud, oh well.
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Bad trades – Had Fyfe,Mumford,Goodes,Ryder,Zaharakis,Murphy throughout but they werent bad trades just bad luck imo……My worse move was not to trade in ZOrko…by far..and perhaps Murphy -NDS hasnt been great
Best trade – Fyfe – Beams round 5 ……Proud of that one I must say
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Darren Pffieffer to Adam Kennedy (RD2)
Adam Kennedy to Hayden Crozier instead of Sam Gibson (RD13)
Trading out and back in Gary Ablett (RD6/RD7)
Trading in Marc Murphy @ $642 100 (RD4)
Trading in Matt Priddis @ $576 400 (RD6)
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H Shaw to carrazzo round 4 for a total of 3 points before injury.
Still haven’t managed to get shaw back in.
Robbie gray from start. (I was thinking POD)
Getting cloke in when he had “bottomed out” around 400000.
Mumford to sandi.
Worst. Getting sexton instead of zorko!!
Best. Giles to Jacobs for not much.
Fyfe to sidebum
A lot of LTI in first half of season has seen me playing catch up all year
Still clinging to top four
Clarke to carrazzo
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Traded in S.Black round 2, then he got injured same game
Then round 11 brought in Scotland before the byes then he got injured for a supposed ’5 weeks’, traded him back out and he played a week later
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Hamish McIntosh from the start. A handy earner and a good position to trade when he got injured.
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Rucks! Started with Mumford, Luenberger, Giles, Redden
Luenberger to Kruezer
Mumford to Jenkins
Kruezer to Goldstein
Jenkins to Campbell
Giles to Cox
Starting with Robbie Gray, Fyfe, Carazzo, Goodes
DIDNT PICK UP ZORKO!!
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Not getting Zorko!!!!
I think we need a SC inquiry as to why so many people missed this guy. Cheap Mid/Fwd in a bottom team, seems any easy pick
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Mine is more like series of trades as guys I would put in to cover an injury would then get injured themselves.
Mumford-Sandilands-Luenberger-McIntosh. Brought Maric in for McIntosh so not all bad in the end. But four trades wasted to finally get my premium ruckman sorted.
Also went Gray-Fyfe-Goodes-Zaharakis and now back to Goodes again. More wasted trades chasing injuries.
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Dishonourable mentions:
1. Even having Smith, Clay in my team
Looking at my non-playing bench players i’ve made some mistakes in the rush to upgrade (Sexton, Aaron; Crozier, Hayden; Campbell, Tom) but i can’t really be too down on myself for them as they’ve generated cash for upgrades.
WINNER:
Getting Ward, Callan when Fyfe, Nathaniel went down. He’s been serviceable with an avg of 105 in some ways that’s been the problem. He scores 100ish every week but is clogging up a spot that really should be a Swan, Dane; Pendlebury, Scott or Watson, Jobe.
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oh god where do i start:
Lake-Dempsey
Broughton for carrots (carrots injured round after)
Shiel-zaharakis injured 2 rounds later
Treloar for CLOKE -.- was going to do zorko but im like nahhh clokes got a $1m contract he’ll be right
Getting rid off Mcdonald for scotty selwood instead of mitchel
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Giles to kruzer to mummy
Kruzer out first week mummy out next
What’s worse it was my mates team who I was ‘looking after’ while he was on holiday! Opps
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I think I might take the gold medal with this….
Started the year with Broughton in the backline. At $502k he scores 57 and 72 in the first two weeks and there’s lot of talk about his role changing under Lyon. So I trade him out.
Between rounds 3 to 11 he peels off 6 hundreds and avg’s 97 and he’s down to $466k so I figure he’s a good option so I trade him back in.
He then reels off 4 more games for me averaging 58, dropping $100k and then getting injured. So two burnt trades, $100k drop in price for a total of 361 points (60 avg).
Never again Greg…
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Can you trade him out, so he starts getting tons
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I just know that would happen if I did trade him out!!
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Dan Hannebery instead of Marc Murphy 2 weeks ago, after Hannebery’s 41 disposals, I thought he might be hitting peak, and was worried about Murph being tagged. But I brought in Murph last week, and he made me very happy.
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golby to dempsey rd 2
Lake to geary
brought fyfe in early as well
mumford for sandi
ablett for pendles who then sat out 6 weeks to abletts 2
martin for tippet, got 1 hungy out of him before he started to KO himself into oblivion
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Worst:
Round 3: Pfeiffer>A.Kennedy
Round 7: Goodes>Lewis (Could have gotten Sidebum at same price. Got him for one good game then got suspended, coming good again now though)
Round 11: Hargrave>Newman (Now sitting on my bench)
Round 11: Horsley>Sexton (chose him over Elliott)
Round 13: Treloar>Crozier
Best:
Round 5: Mumford>Roughead
Round 8: Shiel>Mitchell
Round 9: Hall>Zorko
Round 12: D.Smith>Priddis
Round 14: Sexton>Sylvia (99, 103, 89, 105, 71 since I bought him for in at $355K as bench cover he’s played every week thanks to Martin and Franklin).
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Fyfe to Whitecross when I could taken Sidebotton, also upgraded to Goodes when cheap, both cost me a finals berth
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Ablett –> Murphy (inj the next week)
starting with waters in my initial team only to drop him for brooughton….then 2 weeks in trade broughton back to waters
also getting rid of K. Jack after a month….should have backed my judgement
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Why would you think of trading GAJ to Murph in the first place?
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Oh, yep, probably when GAJ got injured, then came back.
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that be the one cazza
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i traded martin for tippet a few weeks ago. tippet has 27 in 4 games since, including the 2 weeks out
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For Me Trading HMac hours before lockout!
and also Duffman for Dempsey
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Have had a solid season.
Only off trade was Ablett out for Marc Murphy at 600k. Cost me big time, having three crap weeks including the injury that dangerfield landed.
I bought in Murphy last week. And repayed the faith.
Good buys were zorko, dangerfield, Giles, lake, and Lenny Hayes who’s been a rock in midfield from day 1
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Mumford to Sandi to Campbell
Waters to nobody
Broughton to Dempsey
Fyfe to Crameri
Has been a rough season.
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Having Mumford, Fyfe, Broughton and Wingard in my starting team.
Trading in Cloke
Possibly having Smedts, Wilkes and Crozier in my team.
Happy about the pre season gambles on Hayes, Sidebottom, Dangerfield
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HURLEY!! After high hopes & a five year contract I’m sure I’m not the only one who has been burnt by him.
A good trade would have to be Mclean who I paid 318k for & has averaged me 105 over the last 8 games
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Injured Players I started with
Mumford
Murphy
Fyfe
Goodes
I recovered pretty well bringing players like Boyd and Adcock but by FAR worst decision was bringing in Zaharakis bring him in round 9 peels of 2 scores of 95 then decides to try some massive torps after training and does his quad.
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exact same trades there i had
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Horrible decisions at the start: Josh Caddy, Nick Dal Santo and Greg Broughton.
Worst trades: Round 4: Mumford – Sandilands
Round 6: Ablett – Rockliff. Ablett comes back the next week. Rockliff proceeds to average less than 100 for the rest of the year, only turning up after half time each week and only against the weak teams. Needed to do two downgrades to get Ablett back. So essentially 4 trades to get Rocky.
Round 16: Waters – Yarran. Yarran’s been okay but I really, really want Waters back.
Best trades: None. Maybe Round 3: Dickson – Greene or Round 8: Bugg – Waters.
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The good:
Mummy to Roughy
JMac to Priddis
Goodes to Jlew
Now for the Bad:
First up was Fyfe to Cloke when Beams was about the same Price
Gaz to Swan the week swan did his hammy.
Zaha in the week before he did his quad
Didak the week he went down
Tippet the week of his first concussion.
Crozier the week before he went down with the sickness.
Dickson to A.Hall ( not sure what happened to Hall)
Not trading Broughton.
And Worst of all NOT GETTING ZORKO.
Bad year this year, but God damn I love this game
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Started with broughton
Rockliff has been a major disappointment.
Started with mummy. Traded to sandi.
Hoping goodes can start to fire
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Rucks : Mumford to H.Mac to Kreuzer, then Giles to NicNat
Proud of : J.Cameron to Clancee Pearce (almost brought in Crameri, but SCT advise made me hit reverse, Crameri has gone downhill since) Thank you !
Blunder : Not bringing in Priddis at $470k after reminding all workmates to go for him at this price!
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Trading Waters out and relpacing with Newman
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I have 3 trades left, used 6 trades for LT1 and 3 trades because of poor rookie selection during the season, this is my 2nd season doing SC so I have learnt allot this year, I’m looking forward to screwing my trades up again next year
ROUND 16
OUT Giles ($370,100) IN Jacobs ($499,100)-good
OUT Franklin ($617,800) IN Goodes ($446,900)-bad
ROUND 15
OUT Hargrave ($341,600) IN Carrazzo ($442,600)-great Hargrave to unreliable
OUT Dickson ($332,800) IN Lewis ($428,500)-great
ROUND 14
OUT McDonald ($325,300) IN Gibson ($94,700)-great
ROUND 13
OUT Milera ($295,400) IN Dangerfield ($573,000)-good although could have got him cheaper
OUT Treloar ($346,100) IN Cloke ($396,600)-shithouse until last week
ROUND 12
OUT Sandilands ($481,200) IN Goldstein ($497,200)-good LT1
OUT Zaharakis ($516,300) IN Shaw ($113,200)-good LT1
OUT Horsley ($324,600) IN Priddis ($464,500)-great
ROUND 9
OUT Morris ($286,500) IN Birchall ($474,600)-great
OUT Murphy ($505,600) IN Dal Santo ($481,900)-not bad LT1
ROUND 8
OUT Shiel ($308,200) IN Mitchell ($512,900)-good
OUT Bugg ($335,600) IN Spurr ($116,700) not bad
ROUND 7
OUT Magner ($280,600) IN Horsley ($128,700)-so so needed the cash
OUT Goodes ($552,700) IN Zaharakis ($448,200)-good until Zaha got injured LT1
ROUND 6
OUT Fyfe ($484,500) IN Hawkins ($447,300)-so so LT1
ROUND 5
OUT Smith ($155,300) IN Treloar ($113,200)good,burnt a trade for a better rookie
OUT Ledger ($113,200) IN McDonald ($106,600)-good,burnt a trade for a better rookie
ROUND 4
OUT Mumford ($610,300) IN Sandilands ($602,800)-bad LT1
ROUND 3
OUT Tomlinson ($156,600) IN Milera ($124,70)-not bad, burnt a trade for a better rookie
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Getting Stanton in instead of Zorko!!!
Btw is it possible to go throu your previous trades? I can’t work it out
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Its the small tab called “Trades History” or something at the right hand side next to your scores.
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On your team next to ‘how you scored’ it will say ‘trade history’
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On your team page, on the right of screen where it has “How You Scored”. That grey bar above “Scoring Players” (right next to How You Scored) has Trades History, Watchlist and Notes as options.
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Awesome thanks!
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Waters in rd 15, late withdrawal. Supposed to be out for a month and a half so I trade him out. Only misses two games.
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Only missed the one!
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Zaharakis in the week he gets injured.
Christensen in plays 2 gets inj, plays 2 more get inj, trade out scores 100.
Mummy>Sandi>Jacobs
Upgrade to A.Walker in the byes to keep top 4 spot.
Trading out Deledio before lockout due to rumors of injury. Havn’t been able to get him in still.
LTIS: Mummy, Murph, Sandi, Carrazzo, Fyfe, Zaha,
I reckon at least 15 of starting 22 have missed at least 1 game due to injury/playing GWS
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Worst trade of the year: Murphy+140k for Stanton. I’ll reverse it (minus the cash) this week; Stanton+80k for Murphy. Buy high sell low, right?
Best: Adam Kennedy just below his peak for Zorko just above his trough (after game 3). Plus 60k cash. Or Mumford for Maric plus 85k (same week as Murphy for Stanton). Though for the second one I had to sit on Mumford for a few weeks while he was injured, which gave me Giles+Redden or Stephenson as starters.
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ROUND 17
OUT Shaw ($294,500) IN Pavlich ($572,000)
ROUND 16
OUT Giles ($370,100) IN Cox ($620,800)
OUT Franklin ($617,800) IN Goodes ($446,900)
ROUND 15
OUT Redden ($245,100) IN Campbell ($94,700)
OUT Cameron ($354,600) IN Carrazzo ($442,600)
ROUND 13
OUT Pfeiffer ($293,600) IN Dangerfield ($573,000)
ROUND 12
OUT Ellis ($230,900) IN Shaw ($113,200)
OUT Porplyzia ($348,200) IN Priddis ($464,500)
ROUND 11
OUT Horsley ($324,600) IN Williams ($94,700)
OUT Smith ($311,300) IN Sexton ($128,800)
ROUND 10
OUT Morris ($288,000) IN Scotland ($517,700)
OUT Mohr ($306,400) IN Darley ($113,200)
ROUND 9
OUT Greene ($348,600) IN Thompson ($633,400)
OUT Murphy ($505,600) IN Zorko ($113,200)
ROUND 8
OUT Bugg ($335,600) IN Rance ($474,900)
OUT Shiel ($308,200) IN Lewis ($512,000)
ROUND 7
OUT Magner ($280,600) IN Horsley ($128,700)
OUT Kennedy ($229,000) IN Adams ($136,600)
ROUND 6
OUT Fyfe ($484,500) IN Sidebottom ($491,400)
ROUND 5
OUT Wingard ($185,800) IN Selwood ($617,400)
OUT Mumford ($610,300) IN Stephenson ($106,600)
ROUND 3
OUT Ledger ($113,200) IN Greene ($146,600)
OUT Cox ($662,600) IN Naitanui ($508,800)
ROUND 2
OUT Broughton ($502,100) IN Birchall ($509,600)
On the whole, I think I’m ok with all that. Obviously, trading out Cox early on may have been a mistake, but I picked up Naitanui in the trade who has been brilliant for me, and is still in the side anyway. Round 11 was a disappointment, picking up two rookies who have since gone on to injure themselves without gaining much value. Grabbing Rance may not have been the best option, he’s been a bit up and down, though he is playing at least. The only other worry is Buddy to Goodes. Yes, it got me Cox back, but I’m thinking Beams/Jacobs or McEvoy may have been better overall – we’ll just have to wait and see I suppose.
Best Trades – dunno, Smurf to Zorko was obviously the right way to go at the time. Picked up Pav just in time for a 160 as Captain. Other than that, they all seem fairly solid to my eye.
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Earlier in the year getting McEvoy out for McIntosh.
Then McIntosh got injured. Not good.
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getting crozier in before he got injured, GRIMES-YARRAN ROUND 2!
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I grabbed Carrazzo and then he got injured that week.
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Originally having Zorko and Pfeiffer in Rd 1 and trading them back in later on before their price rose, just waste of two trades. Not necessarily the worst.
Worst:
Broughton for Dempsey in Rd3
Christensen for Schulz – went no where as the week later Schulz is in hospital
Porps for Goodes in Rd16 could of held that off or just buggered Dempsey off instead
Not having Giles in the beginning is the worst mistake
Best:
Fyfe to Treloar – he was doing really good and when he dropped off I got Scotty Thompson, also allowed me to get Pendles
Ellis to Zorko – doesn’t matter who I traded in for this, nuff said.
Those were the best for value, had some good upgrades but these were key
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The bad:
Mumford >>> Sandi
A. Kennedy >>> Zaharakis 2 weeks before doing his quad
Horsley >>> Pendles a week before cracking his tibia
Not getting Zorko.
The good:
Fyfe >>> Sidebottom when SB was @ around $450k
Dickson >>> Roughead has been a masterstroke
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I didn’t really have any bad trades but when I traded I got everyone at their highest price. it’s my first year doing super coach so yeah…
Goodes > Ablett (710k)
Swan > Thompson (633k)
Hodge > Deledio (610k)
now that I’ve learnt about break-evens and stuff I could’ve had an extra 100k + to spend.
good trades were
Fyfe (528k) > Sidebottom (454k)
and thats about it haha
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Sam, picking up that BE’s and selling high & buying low is the key in your first year is a good learning curve. Many people still don’t get that after a few years of playing & still chase last weeks score & players whose price has peaked.
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Where to start…
The Bad:
Fyfe>Carrazzo (who promptly returned a massive 3 pts)
Cox>Sandilands (don’t no what i was thinking back in rd 2)
Mumford>Kreuzer>Mumford (wtf is wrong with me-was tossing up between maric and kreuzer originally and then mumford later?!)
Horsely>Sexton (over elliot coz of better js :’( )
Giles>Phillips (really wanted to get campbell, but figured i’d go with the “safe choice” even though it cost me another 80k)
Lake>Dempsey (speaks for itself)
Greg Broughton
The Good:
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Kennedy>Beams in rd 7 (this makes me really, really happy
Despite all this I’m still at 7151 overall
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i went mummy – kruezer but kept kruzer lol
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Hands down worst trade of the many I did this season was
RD 11 – The Porp to Didak!!! Didak lasted literally 2 mins on the field before he took a mark and went to kick it tearing his groin again!
Porp has since gone on and scored this since – 90, 55, 106, 80, 128!!, 105!! and 100!!!!
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Ablett out in round 6 only to bring him back in in round 14. Although I got Pendles in at the time and he won me a few games in Ablett’s absence.
Cloke in round 13. Speaks for itself really!
So far I’ve been lucky enough to avoid a fair chunk of the major injuries although I’ve held onto Pendles, Waters and Buddy through injury (very nearly pulled the trigger on Waters but decided against it thankfully!)
Worst trade I never did….not getting in Zorko. Still haunts me!
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when fyfe went down i took dahlhaus, looking back beams wouldve been amazing. also got carrazzo and got one week out of him before the injury. other than that im pretty ok with my desicions.
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