A breakeven of 90 and I reckon he’ll be absolutely pumped after smashing gawn and will easily go 150+ against Grundy at Marvel. Grundy has always backed away from aggressive ruck opponents that’s why Pies paid for him to go to Melbourne and why Melbourne offloaded him to Sydney
Rules need to be broken on occasions. Serong returns these past 4 weeks have been horrendous with no real hard tag. Round 8 and already 4 scores under 80, go back 3 years you will not find that many. Yes you could still continue to upgrade around him as you suggest but do you really want to be stuck with Serong for the next 8-9 rounds with a 90 average.?
As a Serong owner myself, I would love to do this but it’s simply just going to put us on the back burner. That move is going to cost roughly 200k which will stall your upgrades. As frustrating as it is, I think we need to hold Serong. He should average 100-105 come seasons end.
Great trade. It’s not sideways its a 42 pts p/week upgrade.
Xerri is averaging 10 points more than any other player even with the 68 against the bombers when he had a Brain fade.
If you delete that anomaly he’s averaging 160.5 (if you delete Grundys worst score he ave 138)
Serong has only gone 100+ 3 times (50% of his scores have been below 80) and he has a breakeven of 147 and could drop another 40k this week.
It is concerning how easily they swing him forward and how well heath performed. But it seems more to be mihocheks injury than a structural change. Again, still concerning knowing they’re happy to do that. He did tonne up though and he is a beast. I don’t know that I’d waste a trade that you might regret. You open yourself up to the same carnage that happened earlier in the season with xerri to english to X back to xerri, thats been burning a lot of trades.
Gawn is in my team. Against Richmond after a 5 day break the big fella rested forward as Melbourne always had the game under control. This week i think the early injury to checkers caused Melbourne to play Gawn forward more than they wanted to.
But imagine if Gawn ended up with FWD status…..wowee
Grlj will obviously go and I still have Jaques – I don’t think he will be recalled so he’s gone too. The third out will be either Robertson (only loop option) or JSerong.
Cumming and McKenna are in. Burton is a better cash cow than McKenna, but bringing in another mid rook will kill my structure.
The third in is an upgrade but undecided who. Probably Kozzie or Bailey
Have $510k to spend on a forward after the first trade being
Grlj to Burton via DPP
Which forward to bring in
TU Bailey
TD Miller
Comment McInerney, Warner, JHF, Bolton or anyone else $510k or under
Trying to work out if Busslinger is worth a shot myself. Don’t want to get into a Tsatas situation but I don’t really have the cash for a proper 1 up, 1 down this week so could do him as a slight downgrade and hope he can at least make some cash while pumping out 80+ scores
Jagga is pretty prime to go and Bruhn doesn’t seem like a keeper so I’d go those two. Which Reid are you thinking of getting rid of? Murphy is a bit up and down but that’s fine for a forward until your very last upgrade pretty much and Harley is the main mid coming off a ton so could also be worth holding until you’ve finished with rookies
Probably the 1 trade for me this week, Murdock to Kozzi. If he can handle the JJ tag, it’s frigtening what he might do against WCE. I’ve taken a while to come round on Kozzi (silly me) but finally I’m a believer.
Next week a combo of Carroll, Lindsay, McAndrew and Cook will be nice and fat with Cook most likely to stay on form.
McCluggage up to 74% TOG against bombers, up from mid 60s so he’s almost ready. RoMo doing my head in too, high on watchlist. And Callaghan could be tasty next week
Sometimes I just look at my team and ask what am I doing. So this week using a boost. Trade out Defenders, Midfield and Forwards. Trade in who knows T/U. Go for it T/D stay as it is things will get better
Usually when you find yourself in trouble, I’m my experience it’s because you’ve taken too many risky picks and burnt a lot of trades. The kneejerk reaction is usually to burn a lot more trades, doubling down. Maybe that’s not your problem this year, but I’d err on the side of slowing down and not dumping underperforming premos and midpricers to chase recent high scores from players that might also fail. Just focus on cashing in profitable rookies and getting safe premos that are discounted. Deal with the other stuff later, it almost always ends up being better for you over the long-term.
What to do , sitting 141 overall…
TU Jaques and Serong to Cumming and CALLAGHAN
good for BYE rounds
TD Serong McAndrew to Cumming and XERRI… BYE still ok..
Thanks
Xerri, will be ultimatly the best captain/vc option every week, and over the last 3 weeks for me personally, my captain choices have sucked, thus why im bringing him in this week
This week = Farrow and Bruhn to Cumming and Bont
Next week = Jaques and McAndrew (flex) to Xerri (flex) and rookie Def
TU = decent
TD = rethink
TBH…I reckon Bont is looking really sore…obviously still playing and scoring well…I can’t shake a gut feel he might be due a “managed” rest before Doggies bye…
xerri has a very low b.e. He’s up against Grundy but that doesn’t mean anything after his lazy 160+ against Gawn.
Bont looks a bit sore and might get a rest against Carlton
As a longtime Houston holder, the thing that made it easy to hold was that he was close to bottoming out on price like three or four weeks ago. So there’s no profit in a trade. Flanders is in the same boat, lots of upside as he can definitely score some spike scores or get into form, and very little downside in terms of he’s unlikely to lose more than 50k and stay there. The price he’s at and his general scoring indicates that even if hes a failed mid pricer and doesn’t recover from here you lose less than 50k, probably even hold steady or have a rebound. A trade is worth 150k, no reason to waste one early until you absolutely need to and you have as much information as possible on whether he bounces back.
Here’s a query I have for you all…. With the early premo carnage taking care of more trades than I would have liked and already being on a risky strategy with many rookies and some premos from the off, are (specifically) players like Cook,Phillipou and Lindsay potential keepers but not on field as such but moving to a bench cover role late in the season…just thinking about avoiding the need to use trades to upgrade bench cover later and these guys (Duursma too) are scoring consistently well with good roles. Thoughts?
Interesting theory for debate. The question is, how do you complete your team if you don’t cash them in? Maybe there’s an argument for a couple of exceptions but reckon they’d have to be mature players and almost certainly DPP. First year players rarely keep the form up all season
Thanks HH .This has historically been true, Daicos N and Harry Sheezel along with Levi are 3 that come to mind in recent times though that were strong to the end. Nic Martin too. Many others have crashed and burned though- just trying to see if they are the exception. Still have 11 others in my team that I consider rookies. About Half just starting out and the others still have 3-4 weeks till the beginning of harvest.
I’ve been doing some math on cash gen this year, trying to do more theory crafting. One way I look at it is my team has to hit 14-14.5 mill. I’ve gone through all my players and looked at where they cap out roughly, and my current team value and that gives me a guide on how many more successful cash cows I need. A similar review might help you work out whether those need to be cashed out. Although, to be fair, I’d just take it week to week. If you can keep them and continue to upgrade without burning trade on <150k rookie downgrades then there's no reason not to hold them.
I posted above that Flanders averaging 90 as a forward means he has to be one of the last things you fix in your team if you manage to save trades for it but work on upgrading rookies first
Should I bring in Bont give he may be as cheap as he will ever be or hold until a bit later as he may be rested as playing sore and under injury cloud.
Both very risky. I wouldn’t go on either unless you have a solid trade pool. Take a look at how many premos you are short, and multiply it by 2-3 and then subtract it from your remaining trades and see how many trades you have left over.
Been a few people talking about trading Caleb Serong on here. My questions are:
1) Who are you going to?
He’s already lost so much value.
2) Are you prepared to sacrifice your upgrades in order to move him on?
Surely he is good enough that he can manage at least a 100-105 type average on the season?
Can any Freo fans give some insight into what’s going on? The role seems to be the same so the only thing I can put it down to is poor form? Class is permanent as they say.
Yes and he will lose more over the next month, the last month has not scored over 90 thats a pattern. Its his worts scoring in the past 3 years. The change in the rules has obviously effected his scoring.
Cumming feels like a must to me and McAndrew has the tigers this week so I’d want to hold him for one more week. Personally, I’m only downgrading this week cause any Cumming trade makes upgrading hard but I think he might be important enough to have
Grlj ($302k) to Busslinger ($215k) gets you $77,000.
If Busslinger goes at 70 from here, he’ll make you $125k by his bye – $341k. Grlj going at his average (63) would be $309k. So you’d be “up” $39k + $77k = $116k.
Busslinger maintaining his 80 average takes him to $380k by his bye, so only then would you make $155k.
Is my maths right? Because if it is, it hardly seems worth it to me.
Yeah but for two trades $200k is not worth it. You need downgrade/upgrade buss as well at some point. And if you don’t, then you’re not making cash on him.
Yeah, I was mainly showing that it is a little more. I think he kinda needs to go 80+ to be worthwhile which would go closer to $250k. It’s also a trade for the points on field which can work if people think he actually will consistently score above 70
Yeah Holmes be is 10 points above his average. Even if he has another 150 game he makes only like 10k, but in all likelihood he’s the same price next week or cheaper.
Everyone was dumping Houston like a week ago. As a longtime holder it warms the heart to see him be in such demand. But personally, Im still expecting him to be a pain in my ass in my defence. Get him if you want and join me.
You are doing a double downgrade which is great because you are building a war chest. But it’s common to go one up one down so you don’t have to hold a lot of cash in the bank.
Cumming is good. I would pass on Busslinger. Could you also afford any of the fallen premos Like Whitfield, Petracca, McCluggage, Marshall? Or whatever line you are considering?
Unfortunately cash is my issue. After trading Grjl > Cumming, if I go to trade Jacques I will have 444k to spend, but worried that I will lack good cash gen if I go for a fallen premium. Any thoughts? (For backline)
I do think you’re right that you need some cash gen but I actually think Busslinger could work well in your situation cause you can also get Marshall off field in defence. A proper downgrade to W Edwards could also work and you can then use the cash next week to target fallen premos like Callaghan and Zorko who still have high breakevens this week
Are we concerned that Cumming will be put on ice sooner rather than later for season ending shoulder surgery to get him cherry ripe for 2027 burning another trade?
The way he’s scoring we probably only need 4-5 games out of him, but I just read up about this and am concerned at 176k. Really tempted now to go Burton and bank an extra 77k. Burton would only need like 50s to be profitable at that price, and less concerning if he fails. Still be nice to get another 80+ scoring rookie alongside duursma.
If you believe he doesn’t recover ever, then it’s probably a sell, he will still losea fair bit of money if he doesn’t get a spike score in the next three weeks. But that’s a big bet to make, because hes not losing 150k from here, so you’re using a trade to save less than the value of a trade and hoping that both serong doesn’t bounce back, even for just a few games, and whoever you trade into doesn’t get injured or fall off.
Serong is still getting the majority of the CBA’s. his role hasn’t changed, he just isn’t having an impact. that could change any week. i’m an owner and will be holding and upgrading elsewhere, he has already dropped too much in price to be worth trading him out.
Lexi and derek, I’ve had a think about what you’ve written.
I’m went ahead with the trades as there is an added bonus, I swapped Marshall into the forward line, T. Marshall to flex then swapped him with forward emergency Steene, who I then swapped with McAndrew emergency for Gawn and Jackson.
So finally McAndrew can add to my scoreboard while waiting to trade up to Xerri round 13 suffering not too many more injuries, Taranto returns but Uniacke might be lineball to play this week.
Derek
I think LOngmuir said he liked the quicker players in there like Bolton
Both Serong and Brayshaw are a tad slow but they”re againgst the Hawks who aren’t that quick either
Looking to bring in a defender over the next couple of weeks but also want to bring in Mcluggage. Next week Zorko is going to be at a really good price but is it too risky running 2 players that have both come back from soft tissue injuries recently?
I had a look at his heat map, he still drops back into defence and gets a few marks, although he didn’t have any kick ins from memory. Surely at the price he is still fine to jump on now? Seems to be finding the ball fine from what we saw even if it’s more mid time.
Rachele has to go, even with Richmond this week. Can’t see him scoring well out of the goal square as a small forward. Already have Sheezel, Trac, Kozi and Flanders.
TU: Rankine – almost a straight swap money wise, been top 6 fwd last 2 years and has the role. Bye sucks
TD: Bolton – Looks to be having a good year and getting CBA’s but have very little trust
Comment: Bailey – Contract year, averaging 20+ and 2 a week, but flash in the pan. Best bye structure
All depends on what you’re playing for. Overall, league? Both options are decent. If your bye structure is sorted, pull the trigger for whatever works for your team.
Looking to pop two boosts across next two weeks, looking at grlj serong jagga to Burton cumming whitfield this week. Next week should be able to go Lindsay, Murdoch and blamires out for callaghan, mccluggage and a rookie. Thoughts?
TU: Farrow and Jagga out for burton and cumming (Cash for double upgrade next week)
TD: Bruhn and Jagga out for Callaghan and cumming- Leaves farrow out there and missing on Burton
I have a few players with high BE, Butters, Sheezel, Daicos, Sinclair, Clark, Gawn and Serong.
Can use a boost but I am not too sure which three to trade out first.
T/U Trade to save money because of the high BE
T/D Hold and take the price drops, they might come good.
Everyone there is a keeper (maybe Serong or Clark go once you’ve finished upgrading all your rookies). The price of keepers doesn’t matter once they’re in your team. You only lose money on them if you trade them
TU: Out – Bruhn, Farrow & Blamires, In – Xerri (Flex), Cumming & A Jones
TD: Out – Two of Bruhn, Farrow & Blamires, In – Pickett & Cumming
My rucks are Gawn & Jackson. I like the idea of another big ruck as Flex. Just don’t know if its worth a boost now to do it. I have 2 boosts left before any trades this week.
It also depends on your team needs. Cumming will score better on field than Burton to cover the byes rounds. But if that’s not your concern and you are simply needing a downgrade target then as long as he can make cash gen, the cheapest the better.
Xerri for me, but it depends on your bye structure. Xerri has the awful rd12 bye, along with a lot of other premos. He is a genuine captaincy every week too.
A thing to note about burton vs Cummings.
If burton goes at 45-50,’s he will only get to $210 in 3 to 4 weeks, a rise of $110
Cummings at 80’s will get to $340 in 3-4 weeks, a rise of $150
Cummings has the cba’ s, JS to play the whole season and potential to score 80’s.
Burton JS might only be 3-4 weeks JS before players return from injury, and can only go 40’s to 50’s
In my opinion Cummings is the better pick if you can afford him. He will also give you greater buying power when upgrading to a premium
TU: Bruhn, Grlj and J.Serong to Cummings, Burton and Kozzi (need to use a boost to get to him but have 4 anyway).
TD: Bruhn, Grlj and J.Serong to cummings, A.Jones and Bont.
I could also go Cummings, A.Jones and Kozzi as well.
Comment other if you have any ideas.
I currently don’t have bont and debating whether I go this week despite the resting chat. Would ideally love to fade this week but would be a must grab next week if he plays so need to make sure I have a route to him. What would you all do?
TU: Grab bont this week?
TD: Grab Callaghan instead and hope Henry is a downgrade option to facilitate Mcandy – Bont
Thinking 1 up 1 down this week
Better downgrade trade this week?
TU: Farrow > Burton
TD: Bruhn > Cumming
Is xerri the go this week, as an upgrade from grij, I have the funds
Got Grundy this week and r12 bye. Tricky.
A breakeven of 90 and I reckon he’ll be absolutely pumped after smashing gawn and will easily go 150+ against Grundy at Marvel. Grundy has always backed away from aggressive ruck opponents that’s why Pies paid for him to go to Melbourne and why Melbourne offloaded him to Sydney
I love a mid afternoon drink too but every man has his limit
Bigger priority to bring in this week
Tu: Nas vs Suns
Td: Kossie vs Eagles
Currently thinking Bruhn and Farrow to Callaghan and Cumming
Can someone please give some context to Lachie Ash’s role & scoring please?
Had 14 CBA’s and 0 kick ins.
Is he still a viable option? I was planning on bringing him in this week but unsure now.
he always gets high disposals, which could lead to a big score, but rarely goes big
Tempted to go
Our Farrow and Grlj
In NAS and Cumming
Or I could keep one of Farrow or Grlj and go for a mid instead of NAS
Who to Trade Out?
TU- J.Serong
TD- Grlj
C Serong has done my head in. Trading to Xerri.
TU – Do it
TD – hold cerong
Also down a few games in League so Xerri will complete all 3 big rucks.
Dont forget SC rule 101
Rules need to be broken on occasions. Serong returns these past 4 weeks have been horrendous with no real hard tag. Round 8 and already 4 scores under 80, go back 3 years you will not find that many. Yes you could still continue to upgrade around him as you suggest but do you really want to be stuck with Serong for the next 8-9 rounds with a 90 average.?
Yes the spud is currently in my team.
As a Serong owner myself, I would love to do this but it’s simply just going to put us on the back burner. That move is going to cost roughly 200k which will stall your upgrades. As frustrating as it is, I think we need to hold Serong. He should average 100-105 come seasons end.
The only viable play I can see is going to a Mcluggage/Callaghan type as a fallen premo. At least you aren’t spending up.
I hear you there 100% and if he averages that I would keep. I just can’t see it.
Does Serong average 100 plus going forward.
TU – yes stick to your rules
TD – Cut loss and Xerri could be the cap score most weeks that help in such a tight league
Great trade. It’s not sideways its a 42 pts p/week upgrade.
Xerri is averaging 10 points more than any other player even with the 68 against the bombers when he had a Brain fade.
If you delete that anomaly he’s averaging 160.5 (if you delete Grundys worst score he ave 138)
Serong has only gone 100+ 3 times (50% of his scores have been below 80) and he has a breakeven of 147 and could drop another 40k this week.
He’s mine next week then
TU. Is it time to part company with Gawn now he is moving forward?
He had 84% time on ground for 104 points, now also his three round average making him about sixth best ruck.
Heath had 46% T.O.G. for his 75 points at 1.2 points per minute, better than Grundy’s 1.1 P.P.M.
It is concerning how easily they swing him forward and how well heath performed. But it seems more to be mihocheks injury than a structural change. Again, still concerning knowing they’re happy to do that. He did tonne up though and he is a beast. I don’t know that I’d waste a trade that you might regret. You open yourself up to the same carnage that happened earlier in the season with xerri to english to X back to xerri, thats been burning a lot of trades.
Melbourne have west Coast this week, hes a hold
Gawn is in my team. Against Richmond after a 5 day break the big fella rested forward as Melbourne always had the game under control. This week i think the early injury to checkers caused Melbourne to play Gawn forward more than they wanted to.
But imagine if Gawn ended up with FWD status…..wowee
Three boosts left, using one this week.
Grlj will obviously go and I still have Jaques – I don’t think he will be recalled so he’s gone too. The third out will be either Robertson (only loop option) or JSerong.
Cumming and McKenna are in. Burton is a better cash cow than McKenna, but bringing in another mid rook will kill my structure.
The third in is an upgrade but undecided who. Probably Kozzie or Bailey
Kozzie tonned up despite the Jordon tag. That’s pretty good. Bailey scores often like a fwd. up and down
Have $510k to spend on a forward after the first trade being
Grlj to Burton via DPP
Which forward to bring in
TU Bailey
TD Miller
Comment McInerney, Warner, JHF, Bolton or anyone else $510k or under
Bolton fs
Thanks for the comment. I’m going Bailey as it fits my bye structure better
Harvest time is upon us.
Bruhn, Grilj and Farrow -> Dale, Kossi, Busslinger
TU go for it
TD avoid Busslinger
Ironically spell checker corrected Kossi to Possibly… is that a sign?
Trying to work out if Busslinger is worth a shot myself. Don’t want to get into a Tsatas situation but I don’t really have the cash for a proper 1 up, 1 down this week so could do him as a slight downgrade and hope he can at least make some cash while pumping out 80+ scores
Busslinger was a replacement for Lobb. What is his JS beyond that when Rory is back?
due to mid structure being dog water who to trade out for bont
jagga,bruhn,,reid or go esrly on andrerson
doin bont and cummings
Jagga is pretty prime to go and Bruhn doesn’t seem like a keeper so I’d go those two. Which Reid are you thinking of getting rid of? Murphy is a bit up and down but that’s fine for a forward until your very last upgrade pretty much and Harley is the main mid coming off a ton so could also be worth holding until you’ve finished with rookies
yeh got harley, started the man thinking of just keeping as m9 tbh but dont have lot of dpp which has screwed me over wth trading in now
TU – bont
TD – xerri
Comment other options
TU – Zac Baily
TD – pickett
Baily is 50k cheaper
Kozzie all day every day. Main mid role where Zac is sharing with many….
Cash cows can’t be losing cash so Farrow has to go. Who joins him?
TU: Blamires
TD: Murdock
TU:
Grjl & Farrow > Burton & Callaghan
(Hold Bruhn as an on field option)
TD:
Grjl & Bruhn > Cumming & Callaghan
(Trade Bruhn but get Cumming)
Trading out
Grlj and flanders
Bringing in
Cumming and trac
T/U – good moves
T/D – hold Flanders
TU: Farrow and Grlj for Nas and Cumming
TD: Farrow and Grlk for Callaghan and Cumming
Comment: Farrow, Grlj and Bruhn out for either Nas or Callaghan, Cumming and Burton
TU – NAS
TD – Trac
TU: Single downgrade (Cumming in) to get Callaghan/Oliver
TD: Double downgrade (Cumming and Burton in) with a boost to get Xerri into flex
Farrow & Bruhn > Cumming & Bont
TU: Sounds like a plan
TD: Could do better
Is rachelle a trade, the cba role is mostly gone?
TU – Grlj, Blamires > Busslinger, Cumming
TD – Grlj, Blamires, Jacques > Busslinger, Cumming, Burton (leaves me with 1 boost left and 25 trades)
tu : bailey
td: Bolton
comment: any other fwds under 505k like jhf miller warner
look at bolten last year, played really well, then dropped and went below average. keep this in mind
Probably the 1 trade for me this week, Murdock to Kozzi. If he can handle the JJ tag, it’s frigtening what he might do against WCE. I’ve taken a while to come round on Kozzi (silly me) but finally I’m a believer.
Next week a combo of Carroll, Lindsay, McAndrew and Cook will be nice and fat with Cook most likely to stay on form.
McCluggage up to 74% TOG against bombers, up from mid 60s so he’s almost ready. RoMo doing my head in too, high on watchlist. And Callaghan could be tasty next week
TU – Cumming
TD – Burton
Sometimes I just look at my team and ask what am I doing. So this week using a boost. Trade out Defenders, Midfield and Forwards. Trade in who knows T/U. Go for it T/D stay as it is things will get better
Usually when you find yourself in trouble, I’m my experience it’s because you’ve taken too many risky picks and burnt a lot of trades. The kneejerk reaction is usually to burn a lot more trades, doubling down. Maybe that’s not your problem this year, but I’d err on the side of slowing down and not dumping underperforming premos and midpricers to chase recent high scores from players that might also fail. Just focus on cashing in profitable rookies and getting safe premos that are discounted. Deal with the other stuff later, it almost always ends up being better for you over the long-term.
Who to trade out first?
TU – Jacques
TD – Blamires
What to do , sitting 141 overall…
TU Jaques and Serong to Cumming and CALLAGHAN
good for BYE rounds
TD Serong McAndrew to Cumming and XERRI… BYE still ok..
Thanks
Xerri, will be ultimatly the best captain/vc option every week, and over the last 3 weeks for me personally, my captain choices have sucked, thus why im bringing him in this week
not sure what to do with flanders didnt watch the first half, and he had 0 touches in the first quarter
tu:trade
td:hold
Is it worth using a Boost to downgrade Walsh to Callaghan or should I just wait a week
Whitfield NWM Clark (Farrow)
Houston Mcarthey Lindsay (Blamires)
Butters Daicos Bont (Tsatas)
Walsh Nandos Bruhn (Anderson)
Murdock Retschko (Brodie)
Gawn McCandrew (Reidy)
Sheez Trac McInerney (Hannaford)
Flanders Poo Steene (Macrae)
Ardy as Flex, 393k in the bank.
Any advice lads please
McAndrew -> Premium Ruck
McAndrew has Richmond coming up, hold him.
Perhaps Bruhn & rookie for Kozzie & Cummings.
is this a good trade
out bruhn and grilj
in cumming and jackson
tu: im cooking
td:My brain has too many tabs open.
This week = Farrow and Bruhn to Cumming and Bont
Next week = Jaques and McAndrew (flex) to Xerri (flex) and rookie Def
TU = decent
TD = rethink
TBH…I reckon Bont is looking really sore…obviously still playing and scoring well…I can’t shake a gut feel he might be due a “managed” rest before Doggies bye…
xerri has a very low b.e. He’s up against Grundy but that doesn’t mean anything after his lazy 160+ against Gawn.
Bont looks a bit sore and might get a rest against Carlton
TU NAS – handy dpp
TD Bont – injury cloud, wouldn’t be surprised to see him rested before his bye
TU – W.Edward’s
TD – Busslinger
If you need somebody onfield it has to be the Bus
If you could only end up with one? Not this week but for the remainder of the season.
TU: Mcluggage
TD: Callaghan
This week:
Bruhn > Cumming
Grjl > Mcluggage
Leaves me with 67k ITB
Next week:
Carroll > Rookie
Lindsay > NAS
TU/TD
TU – Dale
TD – Mills
Wondering barring injuries if these players are hold for the season.
Hayden young
Duursma
flanders
Young potentially if he gets DPP. Others less likely
Flanders still could be. Averaging 90 as a forward has to have him as the last thing you fix in your team if you manage to save trades for it
As a longtime Houston holder, the thing that made it easy to hold was that he was close to bottoming out on price like three or four weeks ago. So there’s no profit in a trade. Flanders is in the same boat, lots of upside as he can definitely score some spike scores or get into form, and very little downside in terms of he’s unlikely to lose more than 50k and stay there. The price he’s at and his general scoring indicates that even if hes a failed mid pricer and doesn’t recover from here you lose less than 50k, probably even hold steady or have a rebound. A trade is worth 150k, no reason to waste one early until you absolutely need to and you have as much information as possible on whether he bounces back.
I want Kossie because he is so fun to watch.
TU: BOOST (leave me with 3) J Serong, Blamires, Farrow –> Kossie, Cumming, Busslinger
TD: J Serong, Farrow –> Kossie, Burton
Is it worth trading out Will Brodie and using a boost to get Burton in? Leaves me with 1 boost left if I do
TU – Yes
TD – No
Rowan Marshall for McAndrew
TU Yes
TD No
Do we feel it’s worth using a boost to get in T.Burton this week to cash out on another rookie? Given there may be less rookie options on the horizon.
TU – WORTH IT
TD – NOT WORTH IT
Unsure what trades to make this week, trying to get a good bye structure (trading in players that don’t have r12 or r15 bye).
Def:
Whitfield, Sincs, Clark, Lindsay, Farrow, Grlj (blamries & perez)
Mid:
Butters, Naicos, Holmes, Bont, LDU, Walsh, Bruhn, Murdock (Dev Rob, angry, Retchesko)
Ruck:
Grundy, Gawn (reidy)
Fwd:
Sheezel, Trac, Flanders, rankine, cook, Marshall (Phillipou, Lombard)
Flex:
Willem duursma
Also nervous around the Grundy and Bont scenarios of being rested!
Playing for rank currently top 4k, with one boost left and 22 trades. $204,800 ITB.
Apologies meant to be trading in players that don’t have r12 or r16 bye.
Here’s a query I have for you all…. With the early premo carnage taking care of more trades than I would have liked and already being on a risky strategy with many rookies and some premos from the off, are (specifically) players like Cook,Phillipou and Lindsay potential keepers but not on field as such but moving to a bench cover role late in the season…just thinking about avoiding the need to use trades to upgrade bench cover later and these guys (Duursma too) are scoring consistently well with good roles. Thoughts?
Interesting theory for debate. The question is, how do you complete your team if you don’t cash them in? Maybe there’s an argument for a couple of exceptions but reckon they’d have to be mature players and almost certainly DPP. First year players rarely keep the form up all season
Thanks HH .This has historically been true, Daicos N and Harry Sheezel along with Levi are 3 that come to mind in recent times though that were strong to the end. Nic Martin too. Many others have crashed and burned though- just trying to see if they are the exception. Still have 11 others in my team that I consider rookies. About Half just starting out and the others still have 3-4 weeks till the beginning of harvest.
I’ve been doing some math on cash gen this year, trying to do more theory crafting. One way I look at it is my team has to hit 14-14.5 mill. I’ve gone through all my players and looked at where they cap out roughly, and my current team value and that gives me a guide on how many more successful cash cows I need. A similar review might help you work out whether those need to be cashed out. Although, to be fair, I’d just take it week to week. If you can keep them and continue to upgrade without burning trade on <150k rookie downgrades then there's no reason not to hold them.
Who to bring in
TU – Busslinger
TD – McKenna
Does Flanders need to be moved on as a priority or can he wait until next week?
TU – Yes
TD – No
I posted above that Flanders averaging 90 as a forward means he has to be one of the last things you fix in your team if you manage to save trades for it but work on upgrading rookies first
TU: Lukosius, Grlj > Cumming, Kosi
TD: Grlj, McAndrew > Burton, Xerri
McAndrew has Richmond this week and Xerri vs Grundy
TU: just do it
TD: wait the following week
Who would be a bigger priority
TU: Nas
TD: Kozzie
Comment Whitfield
I already have Sinclair
TU – Grjl, Coleman > Cumming, Busslinger (350K ITB)
TD – Grjl, Jacques > Cumming, Busslinger (229K ITB)
TU: Bruhn, Farrow -> Cumming, Petracca
TD: Bruhn, Farrow, Cook -> Bolton, Ash, Burton
TU personally
Could it be possibly worth trading out of Anderson ( Coll ) to bring in Cumming?
Done Bruhn, Grlj to Cumming, Pickett
Should i also use my final boost to go Rachele to Finn Callaghan
Tu: Yes Rachele lost role and not keeper
Td: no, wait to bye at least
TU: Busslinger
TD: Cumming
Seen enough of Serong, is spudding it up with distinction. Four scores under 80 this year and its only round 8.
Serong to Pickett
Do I trade Caleb Serong or i just may as well hold him now given how much cash he has dropped.
TU: Trade Caleb Serong
TD: Hold Caleb Serong
I reckon serong may soon be a trade in at the price
patracca or bailey dale
TU: Patracca
TD: Bailey Dale
Using a boost to upgrade Grlj:
TU: Sinclair (cheaper but worse bye)
TD: Whitfield
Hi all,
Tu Oliver
To Callaghan
Thanks
Should I bring in Bont give he may be as cheap as he will ever be or hold until a bit later as he may be rested as playing sore and under injury cloud.
TU: Bring in Bont
TD: Hold on Bont
If you were able to bring only 1 of these two, which one would you choose?
TU – McCluggage
TD – Callaghan
Who to bring in for Parish can move to have def spot
TU Dale
TD Zorko
Comment: Other
Both very risky. I wouldn’t go on either unless you have a solid trade pool. Take a look at how many premos you are short, and multiply it by 2-3 and then subtract it from your remaining trades and see how many trades you have left over.
Grjl > Cumming basically locked in.
TU: Tsatas > Burton (Double down)
TD: Bruhn > Mcluggage
Is it wiser to double down this week as the rookies are looking pretty dry next week?
Been a few people talking about trading Caleb Serong on here. My questions are:
1) Who are you going to?
He’s already lost so much value.
2) Are you prepared to sacrifice your upgrades in order to move him on?
Surely he is good enough that he can manage at least a 100-105 type average on the season?
Can any Freo fans give some insight into what’s going on? The role seems to be the same so the only thing I can put it down to is poor form? Class is permanent as they say.
Interested to hear people’s thoughts!
It’s a hold for me. The cash is gone and the upside is still there, way more priorities to upgrade.
Yes and he will lose more over the next month, the last month has not scored over 90 thats a pattern. Its his worts scoring in the past 3 years. The change in the rules has obviously effected his scoring.
McCluggage is the one to target.
Is Archie Robert’s a must have?
Boost used
1. Lindsay to NAS
2. Jagga Smith to Burton
3. Farrow to Callaghan
TU – good trades
TD – rethink
Lindsay’s breakeven is 8 so I’d be holding him for one more week at least
TU:
Murdock –> Holmes
McAndrew –> K. White
TD:
Marshall –> Pickett
McAndrew –> K. White
Comment: Find a way to bring in Cumming or Burton instead
Cumming feels like a must to me and McAndrew has the tigers this week so I’d want to hold him for one more week. Personally, I’m only downgrading this week cause any Cumming trade makes upgrading hard but I think he might be important enough to have
Thoughts on Cumming’s output with Taranto due to come back potentially this week?
I read that Taranto is basically a straight swap for Prestia (out), so make of that what you will.
Who has better job security & overall better trade in?
TU – Busslinger
TD – Edwards
Use my last boost?
Bruhn to cumming
Lukosius to kosi
Grjl to Burton
Leaves me 180k
T/U yes
T/D save the boost for another week and re think trades
Will budarick coming back affect dale?
TU yes
TD no
Grlj ($302k) to Busslinger ($215k) gets you $77,000.
If Busslinger goes at 70 from here, he’ll make you $125k by his bye – $341k. Grlj going at his average (63) would be $309k. So you’d be “up” $39k + $77k = $116k.
Busslinger maintaining his 80 average takes him to $380k by his bye, so only then would you make $155k.
Is my maths right? Because if it is, it hardly seems worth it to me.
*my maths is wrong. You’d only be “up” $109k if he goes at 70.
While you’re here: Sideways Flynn Perez to Cumming?
T/U: Why didn’t I think of that?
T/D: Jog on, Brother Davo
You get the $77k from the downgrade but then you also get the $126k that Busslinger has increased going at 70 so it’s closer to $200k for the move
Yeah but for two trades $200k is not worth it. You need downgrade/upgrade buss as well at some point. And if you don’t, then you’re not making cash on him.
Yeah, I was mainly showing that it is a little more. I think he kinda needs to go 80+ to be worthwhile which would go closer to $250k. It’s also a trade for the points on field which can work if people think he actually will consistently score above 70
TU – Grjl, Farrow, Blamires to Cumming, Burton, Jackson
TD – Grjl, Flanders to Cumming, Petracca
Is callaghan a good player to be trying to trade in this week due to his price ? Or is he a bit inconsistent
TU/ Trade in
TD/ don’t trade in
His breakeven is 124 so I think it could be worth waiting one more week. If he goes well, he still won’t go up in price by that much
Hi all,
TU Serong and Mcandrew to Xerri and Cumming
TD Serong and Farrow to Callaghan and Burton
Thanks
TU: Busslinger
TD: Burton
Can bring in either via DPP
Which one should I upgrade later as likely to keep scoring
TU Farrow
TD Serong
Higher priority to bring in this week
TU: Callaghan vs Bombers
TD: Kozzie Pickett vs Eagles
TU: Farrow, Grilj, Bruhn for Bont, Whitfield, Burton
TD: Farrow Grilj, Flanders for Bont, Whitfield, Cumming
TU – Holmes
TD – Merrett
Trade out
TU Andy Brayshaw
TD Flanders
Neither
TU: Trac with rd 12 bye (6 premos on bye with him)
TD: Callaghan with rd 13 bye
Already doing Jagga, Blamires > Cumming, Burton
TU: Mcandrew > Xerri
TD: Jaques > Trac/Callaghan
Who do i trade in this week?
TU: Pickett (West coast matchup)
or
TD: Trac (Tagged by saints)
Flanders -> Trac worth a boost?
TU – Pickett
TD – Holmes
come on people, the answer is Pickett.
Plays the Eagles this week, has a lower break-even than Holmes and is 40K cheaper.
Yeah Holmes be is 10 points above his average. Even if he has another 150 game he makes only like 10k, but in all likelihood he’s the same price next week or cheaper.
Caleb Serong is gone this week.. should I bring in;
TU – Xerri (will leave me with 100k in bank)
TD – Holmes & either Houston or Dale (will break the bank..)
Or comment for any other sound advice 😉
Everyone was dumping Houston like a week ago. As a longtime holder it warms the heart to see him be in such demand. But personally, Im still expecting him to be a pain in my ass in my defence. Get him if you want and join me.
Or
TU: Finn Cal
Started round with 23 Trades & 2 Boosts
TU – Grlj -> Cumming = 146.9k ITB
TD – Grlj, Farrow, Jaques -> Callaghan, Cumming, Burton = 113.9k ITB
Cheers Legends
Voted TD but you could hold the boost and bring Callaghan in next week instead
TU – McAndrew, Bruhn -> Cumming, Holmes ($25k itb)
TD – McAndrew, Bruhn, Blamires -> Cumming, Connor Macdonald, McInerney ($8k itb)
Any suggestions to this team? First time player here.
Def: NAS, Clark, Daicos, Coleman, Lindsay, Marshall (Jacques, Blamires)
Mid: Butters, Bont, Daicos, Merrett, Richards, Murdoch, Tsatas, Grjl (Anderson, Sharp, Brodie)
Rucks: Grundy, Jackson (ZZ)
Fwd: Sheezel, Trac, Kozzi, Flanders, Phillipou, Cook (Lombard, Edward’s)
Flx: Retschko
Thinking of Grjl, Jacques > Cumming, Busslinger
Any suggestions otherwise would be great, long term too!
You are doing a double downgrade which is great because you are building a war chest. But it’s common to go one up one down so you don’t have to hold a lot of cash in the bank.
Cumming is good. I would pass on Busslinger. Could you also afford any of the fallen premos Like Whitfield, Petracca, McCluggage, Marshall? Or whatever line you are considering?
Thanks Jeannot!
Unfortunately cash is my issue. After trading Grjl > Cumming, if I go to trade Jacques I will have 444k to spend, but worried that I will lack good cash gen if I go for a fallen premium. Any thoughts? (For backline)
I do think you’re right that you need some cash gen but I actually think Busslinger could work well in your situation cause you can also get Marshall off field in defence. A proper downgrade to W Edwards could also work and you can then use the cash next week to target fallen premos like Callaghan and Zorko who still have high breakevens this week
Alternatively, you could also just make the one trade of Grlj to Cumming and hold otherwise
For 444k you better do a double downgrade and next week you can bring in a decent premo. You can afford Impey . If you are happy with 95-100 average
Hi All,
I am contemplating the following:
Farrow to Cumming
Bruhn to B.Smith or Heeney
T/U – go for it
T/D – Smith & Heeney are too expensive. Go for a cheaper option
Thanks!
Both have massive breakevens so your cash could be used more efficiently elsewhere
Who to trade out first
TU Flanders
TD Serong…
to get Xerri…
Thanks
Are we concerned that Cumming will be put on ice sooner rather than later for season ending shoulder surgery to get him cherry ripe for 2027 burning another trade?
The way he’s scoring we probably only need 4-5 games out of him, but I just read up about this and am concerned at 176k. Really tempted now to go Burton and bank an extra 77k. Burton would only need like 50s to be profitable at that price, and less concerning if he fails. Still be nice to get another 80+ scoring rookie alongside duursma.
Tigers are struggling to get 23 players on the park, I think we should be okay until the byes.
TU – Jacques > M.Andrew
TD – Jacques > J.Impey
look elsewhere
TU – W.Brodie > Burton
TD – Jacques > Busslinger
Hi,
Is this a good trade?
Out: Bruhn, Grlj, and Gothard
In: F. Callaghan, K. Pickett, and T. Burton
yep, nailed it
Hi all,
TU Serong , McAndrew to Xerri and Cumming
TD Phillipou and Murcock to Cumming and Callaghan,,,
Thanks
Thinking I’m probably just doing Farrow to Cumming this week but if I do a second trade which should it be?
TU: Blamires to Busslinger/W Edwards
TD: Murdock to Burton
If Blamires, which of the two
TU: W Edwards for a proper downgrade
TD: Busslinger for some extra points on field and hopefully cash gen
Not sure either of these are great options.
Is it possible to do Blamires to Burton?
Tragically not which is why I’m leaning towards just the sole downgrade of Farrow to Cumming but just wanted to get a feel for the backup options
Who to trade out?
T/U – L Lombard
T/D – T Marshall
Whichever one stays will be on the ground, other traded for a cheapie to generate cash.
TIA
Need a defender over the next couple of weeks. Who is the better long term pick?
TU: Ash
TD: Zorko
TU – W.Edward’s
TD – S.Cumming
TU: McCluggage
TD: Oliver
Is it still worth getting Archie Roberts with Redman possibly returning this week?
TU: Cumming & Callaghan
TD: Burton & Holmes
i agree with the majority. i like the idea of Cumming and Callaghan
Caleb Serong is bleeding, his last four games less than 100, three of those less than 80. Bruhn and Parish are scoring as well as him.
TU. Swap him to flex and trade out for Rowan Marshall who will end up in the forward line + Blamires out for Busslinger + Parish out for Oliver
TD. Serong will score 150 + against Hawthorn
If you believe he doesn’t recover ever, then it’s probably a sell, he will still losea fair bit of money if he doesn’t get a spike score in the next three weeks. But that’s a big bet to make, because hes not losing 150k from here, so you’re using a trade to save less than the value of a trade and hoping that both serong doesn’t bounce back, even for just a few games, and whoever you trade into doesn’t get injured or fall off.
Serong is still getting the majority of the CBA’s. his role hasn’t changed, he just isn’t having an impact. that could change any week. i’m an owner and will be holding and upgrading elsewhere, he has already dropped too much in price to be worth trading him out.
Lexi and derek, I’ve had a think about what you’ve written.
I’m went ahead with the trades as there is an added bonus, I swapped Marshall into the forward line, T. Marshall to flex then swapped him with forward emergency Steene, who I then swapped with McAndrew emergency for Gawn and Jackson.
So finally McAndrew can add to my scoreboard while waiting to trade up to Xerri round 13 suffering not too many more injuries, Taranto returns but Uniacke might be lineball to play this week.
Ledo the the auto correct has no respect.
Haha. Yeah sounds like some good structure benefits, let’s just hope he doesn’t start pumping out 150s next week.
Derek
I think LOngmuir said he liked the quicker players in there like Bolton
Both Serong and Brayshaw are a tad slow but they”re againgst the Hawks who aren’t that quick either
T/U – NAS with a boost
T/D – Mcluggage without a boost
Kinda depends on how many boosts you have left. 1 or 2, I vote TD, 3 or more I’d consider TU more
Unfortunately I have no DPP swings. What’s the better option?
T/U – Letting go of Bruhn to get Burton
T/D – Trading Blamires for W.Edwards
Would rather hold Bruhn, but would also rather get Burton which I can’t if I hold Bruhn..
Looking to bring in a defender over the next couple of weeks but also want to bring in Mcluggage. Next week Zorko is going to be at a really good price but is it too risky running 2 players that have both come back from soft tissue injuries recently?
TU: Mcluggage + Zorko
TD: Mcluggage + Ash
Ash has been getting more midfield time lately, so i’d be a little worried if i was an owner.
I had a look at his heat map, he still drops back into defence and gets a few marks, although he didn’t have any kick ins from memory. Surely at the price he is still fine to jump on now? Seems to be finding the ball fine from what we saw even if it’s more mid time.
Rachele has to go, even with Richmond this week. Can’t see him scoring well out of the goal square as a small forward. Already have Sheezel, Trac, Kozi and Flanders.
TU: Rankine – almost a straight swap money wise, been top 6 fwd last 2 years and has the role. Bye sucks
TD: Bolton – Looks to be having a good year and getting CBA’s but have very little trust
Comment: Bailey – Contract year, averaging 20+ and 2 a week, but flash in the pan. Best bye structure
TU: Bailey
TD: McInerney
I’m thinking I need to cut my losses with Stewart and Rachele. Could handle 80’s but not 50’s & 60’s.
2 boosts left. Would you use one to go Flanders to Rowan Marshall?
TU Yes
TD No
Have 1 boost left,
Was thinking
TU out farrow and grlj,
in Callaghan and burton
Can get mncluggage next week 1up 1 down
Or
TD Out bruhn, flanders and grlj
in Mccluggage, Callaghan, burton
Use final boost, still have to get petracca
Which is better
All depends on what you’re playing for. Overall, league? Both options are decent. If your bye structure is sorted, pull the trigger for whatever works for your team.
Andy Brayshaw trade or keep
TU Keep
TD Trade to Luck Jackson
luke
Andy Brayshaw trade or keep
TU Keep
TD Trade to Luke Jackson
Alternatively I could do
In petracca, burton
Out bruhn, grlj
TU Or Td
Do really want to trade bruhn yet
Don’t want to trade bruhn yet
Murray
Bruhn strong chance of a handy DPP so could be a very nice D6
Would you trade first
Tu Bruhn
Td flanders
Looking to pop two boosts across next two weeks, looking at grlj serong jagga to Burton cumming whitfield this week. Next week should be able to go Lindsay, Murdoch and blamires out for callaghan, mccluggage and a rookie. Thoughts?
TU: Farrow and Jagga out for burton and cumming (Cash for double upgrade next week)
TD: Bruhn and Jagga out for Callaghan and cumming- Leaves farrow out there and missing on Burton
Does William Edward’s get pushed out when McCartin comes back in 1-2 weeks?
I have a few players with high BE, Butters, Sheezel, Daicos, Sinclair, Clark, Gawn and Serong.
Can use a boost but I am not too sure which three to trade out first.
T/U Trade to save money because of the high BE
T/D Hold and take the price drops, they might come good.
Everyone there is a keeper (maybe Serong or Clark go once you’ve finished upgrading all your rookies). The price of keepers doesn’t matter once they’re in your team. You only lose money on them if you trade them
Bruhn & Grjl for Trac & Cumming
Left with 24 and 3 boosts- 70k in the bank
Is McAndrew a trade out yet?
TU Yes
TD No
If yes, will be trading to Cumming to get cash
Can’t decide who to bring in?
TU: Callaghan
TD: McCluggage
McCluggage this week, Callaghan next
Could wait another week for McClugga- historically does not score well against the Blues + Hewett in line to clog up the midfield further
Out- Farrow, Grlj, Flanders
In- Burton, Callaghan, K Pickett (with $140k left in bank for future upgrades)
TU- Yes
TD- No
In Callaghan, Cumming, Trac
Out Jaques, Jagga, C. Serong
82k ITB
I’m planning to get xerri in somehow next week
TU:
Grjl & Farrow > Burton & Ash
TD:
Grjl & Bruhn > Cumming & Callaghan
TU:
Grjl & Tsatas > Mcluggage & Burton
Grlj, Jagga and Farrow into
Cumming, Burton and Holmes
Good or bad trades?? Need to boost midfield stocks
Have been saving some money over past couple weeks to pick up some premiums now that more rookies are slowing down.
Current thoughts are for this week:
Out: Bruhn, Farrow and Grlj
In: Bont, Rohan Marshall, Cumming
Next week aim for two of McCluggage, Callaghan and Bailey Dale
TU: good moves
TD: forget Cumming cash grab and go for another premium now.
Comment if you have any other advice!
Get your next weeks now
TU: Pickett- FWD upgrade
TD: McCluggage – MID upgrade
Also worth mentioning only have 2 premium FWDs + 5 premium MIDs atm
TU: Out – Bruhn, Farrow & Blamires, In – Xerri (Flex), Cumming & A Jones
TD: Out – Two of Bruhn, Farrow & Blamires, In – Pickett & Cumming
My rucks are Gawn & Jackson. I like the idea of another big ruck as Flex. Just don’t know if its worth a boost now to do it. I have 2 boosts left before any trades this week.
Thinking one of 2 options
Option 1
Out – Grlj and farrow
In – dale and Burton
Option 2
Out – grlj and flanders
In – trac and Cummings
T/U – Option 1
T/D – Option 2
Or option 3
Out – papley and grlj
In – trac and burton
At the moment, I’ve gone Farrow, Bruhn, C. Serong into Cumming, McCluggage, Xerri.
TU: Do it!
TD: Not worth it
Would love the feedback!
I’ve also toyed with the idea of Farrow, Selwood, Bruhn into Cumming, Burton, Xerri. Leaves me with 240k in the bank for next week.
TU: Better move
TD: Nah
Thanks!
Hi all,
TU Serong McAndrew to Xerri Cumming
TD Murdoch,Anderson,Phillipou to Callaghan, Cumming, Burton
Thanks
After the Fallen Premiums write up I am going with the following this week:
Farrow to Burton
Bruhn to McCluggage
This leaves me $302K to use in another or a series of upgrades next week.
T/U – good trades
T/D – McCluggage is a risk
Is it worth grabbing Burton over Cumming if it allows you to grab the upgrade in 2 trades?
TU: Get Burton and upgrade
TD: Get Cumming and stall upgrade
It also depends on your team needs. Cumming will score better on field than Burton to cover the byes rounds. But if that’s not your concern and you are simply needing a downgrade target then as long as he can make cash gen, the cheapest the better.
I need some advice. Im not sure which of these two trades I should do
1. Bruhn + Farrow -> Callaghan + Cumming
2. Bruhn + Farrow + Cook -> Callaghan + McCluggage + Burton (Final boost)
I’m leaning towards 1 as option 2 means I have to field Arty Jones in my fwd but was interested to hear if anyone has any thoughts
TU – Option 1
TD – Option 2
Also looking at Burton over Cumming
TU – Trade out FARROW & BRUHN, Trade in KOZI & CUMMING
OR
TD – Trade out FARROW & BLAMIRES, Trade in KOZI & BURTON
Working on the thought that keeping Bruhn on field is better than a rookie for now. Cant get Cumming unless I trade out Bruhn.
Cook has a little bit more money to make but is it worth going early to get a premo in? Probably trade in next week or two anyway..
TU: Yes, better to get premo in early
TD: No, sell at max price
Using boost:
TU: Whitfield + 160k
TD: Xerri + 20k e.g
Will still have guys like Blamires I need to upgrade.
Xerri for me, but it depends on your bye structure. Xerri has the awful rd12 bye, along with a lot of other premos. He is a genuine captaincy every week too.
Pivot from Cumming to Burton?
A thing to note about burton vs Cummings.
If burton goes at 45-50,’s he will only get to $210 in 3 to 4 weeks, a rise of $110
Cummings at 80’s will get to $340 in 3-4 weeks, a rise of $150
Cummings has the cba’ s, JS to play the whole season and potential to score 80’s.
Burton JS might only be 3-4 weeks JS before players return from injury, and can only go 40’s to 50’s
In my opinion Cummings is the better pick if you can afford him. He will also give you greater buying power when upgrading to a premium
TU in petracca, Cumming
Out Flanders, grlj
TD in petracca, burton
Out bruhn, grlj
Which option is better
Who to bring in this week?
TU: Mcclugage
(Would love to see his TOG increase)
TD: Ash
(Was my initial target but now the role change is making me thing twice, although I still think he should score well)
Is Cumming having shoulder surgery in 2- weeks???
Saw this on twitter
Sam Cumming will be going in for surgery on his shoulder sooner rather than later”.
Shane Dunne, Richmond CEO
TU: Bruhn, Grlj and J.Serong to Cummings, Burton and Kozzi (need to use a boost to get to him but have 4 anyway).
TD: Bruhn, Grlj and J.Serong to cummings, A.Jones and Bont.
I could also go Cummings, A.Jones and Kozzi as well.
Comment other if you have any ideas.
T/U Holmes
T/D Callaghan + 100k
Waiting a week for Mccluggage
Considering Callaghan as he has West Coast and Essendon next 2 games, also plays them both again later in the year
that is my exact question, you beat me to it.
Holmes is quickly becoming the NWM of last year for me, i didn’t get him and every week i didn’t have him was another nail in my team.
Callagahan is the obvious one, based on his price….
Grlj to cumming is locked in
Tu farrow to busslinger
Tu hold farrow
TU: Boost to get Whitfield + 160k) or Xerri
TD: Save boost & pocket 310k
Currently 24 trades left and 3 boosts left (2 trades made this week)
Many thanks.
With the increasing rumours of Cumming being set for surgery in the next few weeks i’m now a little scared off him. Which combo do you prefer?
TU: Whitfield + Burton
TD: Ash + Cumming
TU: Calla + W Edwards
TD: Whitfield + Burton
I currently don’t have bont and debating whether I go this week despite the resting chat. Would ideally love to fade this week but would be a must grab next week if he plays so need to make sure I have a route to him. What would you all do?
TU: Grab bont this week?
TD: Grab Callaghan instead and hope Henry is a downgrade option to facilitate Mcandy – Bont
Burton named as emergency and hearing rumours of Cumming having shoulder surgery shortly. My plan was
W.Brodie > Burton
S.Grjl > Cumming
TU – S.Grlj, W.Brodie > Cumming, Busslinger
TD – S.Grjl, W.Brodie > Busslinger, Edwards
Comment if I should still do my initial trades or any other recommendations?
Derek /jimmy anyone have further information re Cummings operation dates ??
Plan was to trade out Grjl but currently have hardly any bench coverage due to players named as emergency.
TU – still trade him out
TD – hold him
Apparently Whitfield copped a kick to the achilles today and didnt finish the session. Apparently still expected to play but does that scare anyone?
Jaques to busslinger
Tu do it jaques isn’t playing
Td save the trade
TU – Grjl, Bruhn > Edwards, Cumming
TD – Grjl, Bruhn > Edwards, McKenna
TU – Pickett
TD – Whitfield
TU Bailey
TD Picket
TU Picket
TD Callaghan
TU Callaghan
TD Bailey
TU:
Jacques –> Busslinger
Grlj –> Cumming or Burton
Then Marshall –> K. Pickett next week
TD:
Murdock –> Richards, Callaghan or McCluggage
Grlj –> Burton
Comment:
Farrow –> K. Pickett
McAndrew –> K. White
BUT cop a T. Marshall 0 on field that will be replaced with Xerri’s FLX score
TU: Callaghan
TD: Touk
Comment: Zac Bailey
Worth a boost to trade out farrow for the buss? Only good rookie downgrade for DEF at the moment IMO
TU: Xerri
TD: Trac