English should be top 3 or 4 rucks this year IMO. Cripps is back, his price is going to sky rocket and can gain $200k+ by dowgrading Steele. Xerri looks good.
Let me know what you think! Rookies are all sorted.
Gday Sam, definitely all about that Whitfield to Hewitt trade but not so much the Rowell one. Rowell has got a -27 BE and is looking to make 50k, while also showing in round 1 why he should be in most teams. Not entirely sure what happened this round but heard he was doing defensive work/tagging, also having stints on HF, so that’s definitely impacting his score as he’s much better in the guts.
However getting Cripps in this week before his price rise would be grouse, just think you might have to find another way of going about it. Is there any other players you’d look to move to get him in?
Nar that’s all I can do. I’ve painted myself into a corner with $$$$. Only have 10k itb. All good. Hewitt and crips r the only 2 I don’t have. Other than that I’m all good. Thinking I’ll sit tight and hope Whitfield comes good. Not entirely sold on Hewitt with players coming back into that side.
Gawn, McGovern, Owens
to
Cripps, Hewett, Xerri
Previous seasons I would never ever have
considered a move like this but aggressive trading like this could be make or break this year.
My R2 would be Hayes. As Horse mentioned, unbelievably risky. But my rationale is that Gawn is going to bleed cash, whereas Xerri is going to make north of 150k. As it stands this trade will bet me more points (Cripps and Hewett definitely outscore McGovern and Owens) as well as cash gen which could allow me to grab a premo ruck soon when we start to figure out who the top 3 ruckman will be
Got cold feet on Butters so I don’t mind the Treloar correction. Alternatively I go into money making mode and get Bowey for Whitfield, although he’s probably Chapman 2.0 realistically. Can’t bring myself to keep Gawn when I know I can get similar output from English. Berry to Cripps is a necessary evil. Any other suggestions?
Gawn -> English
Treloar -> Butters
Berry -> Cripps
Gawn to Jackson
Whitfield to Hewett
Mead to Cripps.
Gives me Grundy & Jackson in the ruck. Rich, Short, Crisp, Sicily, McCartin and Hewett in defense. Oliver, Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Berry, JHF, Daicos and Stephens in the middle.
leaves 99K.
Planning for McGovern to Martin next week and then let the growth happen.
Was already set on doing Whitfield + McGovern to Bowey + Cripps (Via Rachele DPP) Leaves me with 70k in the bank.
Team in a decent spot I think. Questioning if I should be aggresive with trading and using a trade boost to set my team into a better position by going Ridley to Hall. I know he tonned up but it was really surprising. It doesn’t look like he’s playing his usual role and scoring looks inconsistent. Is this a good option or risk losing money on Ridley and hope he turns things around. Keep in mind, I used 2 trades last week (Rookie Corrections)
TU: Be aggressive and trade Ridley to Hall
TD: Save the trade.
Berry > Neale
Ward > Cripps
Gawn > Strnadica
(I need the cash for the first 2 trades & have Hayes for R2 position with Dixon F/R switch up if need be & will use Strnadica as a loophole as previous years moves)
Ryder looking to be back this week, if you think Hayes will still score well then go for it but it figures to be tricky how all 3 in the team will score decently (i.e CCJ, Goldstein and Xerri in R1)
Going McGovern to Xerri providing Xerri selected this week.
My question for the community is should I go early on N.Martin (Merrett and Langford out, JS seems good) to allow me to bring in M.Hinge for one of O’Driscoll or SDK (already have Gibcus and McCartin) or is it better to wait for Martin and say Skinner/Sinn to be on the bubble and then do these trades?
TU – Baldwin -> Martin and O’Driscoll/SDK -> Hinge
TD – Hold Baldwin and def rookies until Martin/Sinn/Skinner are on the bubble
For what it’s worth my on field cow like objects in defence are Bowey, Gibcus and McCartin
Thinking of moving on Whitfield to either Cripps or Hewett. Not sure which to go..
If I go Hewett I will have him and 3 premos (Ryan, Ridley & Short) and 2 rookies. If I get Cripps my midfield will be stacked with McRae, Oliver, Brayshaw, Neale, Cripps, Rowell, JHF, Daicos.
I’m sitting at around 1000, so kinda want to make some changes to edge up higher. Which is better?
TU Whitfield Maginess -> Cripps Hinge
TD Whitfield Maginess -> Hewett Xerri (via rachele DPP)
Comment: Whitfield Maginess Pruess -> Cripps Hinge Xerri
Have decided to hold Gawn. That’s definite!
First trade; Gov > Xerri
Then following;
TU;
Chapman > Bowey
Whitfield > Hall
TD;
Chapman > Hall
Steele > Cripps
Leaning towards the second option. I don’t want to trade Steele, however I feel as though I might have to pull the trigger. It saves me over 200k which is more than equivalent to a trade and enables me to get a top 6 premo in down back at the expense of Chapman. Also the way Cripps is going, he will be upwards of 600k at this rate. Feel like he needs to come in and fast. Not fully convinced on bowey for sc and it would be a sideways trade with a risk involved.
I’m leaning towards thumbs down. Let me know your thoughts. Appreciated!
TU: Chapman/Whitfield/Ward -> Bowey/Hewitt/Cripps (ideally would not do the Chapman to Bowey but need that 10K!)
TD: Chapman/Whitfield/Steele -> Xerri/Hewitt/Cripps (leaves backline a bit weak with Gibcus/McCartin&Hinge all on-field, but I am left with 560K to fix it next week)
Thoughts? Can’t think of an easier way to bring Cripps in. After all I said last year about him…. funny old game!
Cheers
NigelW
That’s a really good point, thanks Dom.
Will see if I can work out an easier way.
But then again, after having Cripps for most of last year, do I really want him 🙂
The only good rookie I don’t have is Martin, who hasn’t played two games anyway so no rush getting him.
I can’t bring myself to trade in Cripps or Hewett before seeing how they score at least once with Cerra and Walsh also playing.
Lachie Whitfield hasn’t started great, but I just feel as though he has too many runs on the board to give up on after two weeks, and even if I go to Hewett next week, they’ll be around the same price so it’s not the end of the world.
Berry is the only other one in my team I would even consider trading, but I don’t see an obvious replacement.
I think I might, for the first time ever before round 3, hold off on trading.
Can other people see my rationale, or am I losing my mind?
T/U – Yes you are losing your mind, it’s round 3, prices are changing and you’ll never get another opportunity to get these guys in, we have 35 trades more than ever before
T/D – No, nothing wrong with valuing trades, can always bring them in later, you know you will need them for injuries later
Im keen to bring in Cripps this week and faced with the headache of funding the cash to bring him in. Unfortunately I have a few premos who haven’t started well and are speculative picks so I have made two different trade options:
TU: Gawn, Whitfield, Berry –> Witts, Hall, Cripps (24k itb and uses a boost)
TD: Whitfield, Berry –> Bowey, Cripps (55k itb and only two trades and pray Bowey makes 150k and Gawn doesn’t bleed too much cash)
Most of my pre-season calls have been good this year (a rarity). Struggling with what to do with J.McInerney.
I held him this week as I’ve been trying to get by holding my trades – I get we have extra but I really see these as being insurance for after the byes. McInerney to Hewitt seems the obvious call, but I still think McInerney is capable of some good scores and improve his price. Given the value of a trade is usually put at $150K, I’m not convinced that the difference between their prices rises warrants it in the long run.
Considering dropping RoMo to him to facilitate trades elsewhere. Looks prime to be breaking out and doesn’t necessarily require major ruck minutes to be doing it.
Mostly happy with the team as it stands. Looking at optimising cash gen over the next few weeks. Only 2 cows I seem to have missed are Xerri, and to a lesser extent Hinge.
Subject to naming of teams, thinking:
Chapman -> Hinge
Dixon/Hough -> Xerri
Hey guys and girls, I have a few issues with my team and am interested to know your thoughts on a couple of trade ideas going through my head. Will probably be using a trade boost this week.
Current Team
DEF: Crisp, Ryan, Sicily, Hinge, McCartin, Gibcus, Bench: W.Kelly & De Koning
FWD: Dunkley, Bailey, Butters, Rachele, Maginnes, Hayes Bench: Martin & Durdin.
The big watch this week is on Darcy. If he is named I will probably hold, if he misses I will go to English.
Happy with the backline at this stage, would like to get Hall in at some point.
I will definitely be going Soligo>Stephens.
Not sure if I can keep starting Wines with so many other good options available. I am thinking Wines>Miller or J Kelly or for cash generation could go Wines>Kennedy.
Lastly I think the Bailey experiment is over in the FWD line. Do I go Bailey>Heeney, is Heeney a keeper? or do I go Bailey>Brodie for cash generation.
Sorry for the lengthy post. Would love to hear people’s thoughts.
Darcy certainly a risk cause whilst he may get named, he could easily be a late out as well (you do have Hayes/Dixon back up I guess)
Maybe consider Wines to Cripps, Soligo/Mead to Xerri/Brodie (via Rachelle) and then Bailey to Heeney if you’re keen of him (or grab Brodie/Xerri for cash gen). You could also just pull the trigger on Darcy to English and turn Wines in Touk. Definitely lots of options available which isn’t actually a bad thing!
I know a lot of people aren’t a fan of chopping Steele, including myself actually …however this is my method.
That trade alone saves me roughly 230k, which is more than enough to justify a trade.
On the flip side of that too, Cripps could well and truely creep up to 600k very fast, so I would have to pay up even more if I wanted him in the long run. Yes the plan is to get Steele back in eventually, however I need the funds right now to upgrade Chapman, otherwise I will have to sideways trade to bowey which is a slight risk in itself. I would rather just lock in the premos (Cripps and hall), rather than mess about with sideways movement which will cost me further trades down the track.
I hope this makes sense and people see where I am coming from with the chopping of Steele method. Certainly not ideal but my best option at this point I believe. Thoughts appreciated as always!
This is the same scenario I’ve been running over all day as well!
I’m assuming you already have Whitfield? Are you banking on him coming good or is he on the chopping block as well?
I’ve still no idea which way I’m going as I’m really tempted to cull Whitfield…
I have Whitfield, backing him in to come good. Feel as though Cripps, xerri in & Chapman out are more important.
Fingers crossed Whitfield bounces back and finds his feet this weekend!
He couldnt of had a better game last week and he scored 140. Obviously a great score, but he isnt kicking 5 every week is he. He has started the season on fire, but I still think he is the same up and down Heeney as last year
Mostly happy with my team and have most rooks. Not sure if the following is justified but also want to generate cash.
Gawn > Witts
Berry > Cripps
Durdin > Xerri + 26K
if you are open to moving all of Darcy, Whitfield and Berry You could get 3x 400-500k Underpriced Premiums.
You always want to trade to make your team more secure when you can.
If you are just trying to correct UPs
Stephens is close to a must have but since you are moving Darcy i would use some of the residual money left over to upgrade your cheapest mid rookie to him.
Darcy > desired ruck
Whitfield > Hall
Rookie > Stephens
+ cash in the bank to try and get an upgrade to Xerri next week
I think I have come with about 20 different scenarios for this week, but narrowed it down to two.
TU : OUT – Whitfield, Steele & Durdin/Ward, IN – Hall/Lloyd, Cripps & Xerri, which leaves $101k ITB (and a plan to trade Steele back in later for less $) OR
TD : OUT – Chapman, Steele & Durdin/Ward, IN – Hewett, Cripps & Xerri, which leaves $47,500 ITB ( & still wanting to trade Steele back in later)
Like other coaches, not super keen to trade out a premium in Steele, but the money saved gets me where I want my team to be for now. If not Steele, then its Gawn but as I don’t want to trade in another ruck this week (my goal is a premium defender, plus Cripps & Xerri) – so if I traded out Gawn instead of Steele, then Hayes needs to be R2 until I decide on which other ruck I want out of Witts, English or Jackson.
If only it was that simple – main objective is getting Cripps. But to facilitate that, I need to find the cash. Thinking I will be sacrificing Steele to get there.
Then to trade in Hewett, either Whitfield or Chapman will be traded out, and Ward or Durdin becomes Xerri.
Or if I keep both Whitfield & Chapman, then Berry & Ward will be traded out for either Heeney & Xerri.
So Cripps & Xerri are both in. 3rd trade is either Hewett in or Heeney in.
And if you have a headache trying to work that out, join the club!
I want to capitalize on players about to increase sharply in price, whilst culling ones that are only looking at slow growth or losing money. Week 3 is a nightmare….
Whitfield has reached lofty SC heights previously. On the flipside Hewett is in unchartered SC waters for him.
I guess it is the comfort of a fallen premo versus the uncertainty about a breakout.
If I don’t need the extra $100k for another R3 trade, should I keep Whitfield or trade to Hewett?
Given that Tarryn Thomas isn’t going to lose any $$ this week (but is also out for a very long period of time), is it better to trade him first or Rayner?
I should add that I also have Merrett 🙁 so gonna trade him to Rowell and Ward to D. Stephens. So most likely gotta pick one of Thomas or Rayner to trade this week
After a lot of thought I’ve decided that this season will be difficult to raise money for our upgrades. The cheap rookies are too few and far between, hence the expensive rookies and mid price players to begin with. Thinking our expectations need to lower and look for value rather than the higher priced players. So with that in mind I’m trading out Gawn, Steel and Chapman to Cripps , Hewitt and Xerri with approximately 770, 000 left for upgrades. Got all the other rooks and will have Dixson and Hayes to cover R2 until either Xerri gets ruck status and/or Preuss plays which he will this week as Flynn was well beaten against my tigers.
Don’t have your last three rookies but Maginess is the best of those 3 . Don’t rate the other 2 to play much. Just pointing out that this is the first year I’ve paid up for so many expensive rookies and some mid prices to field a team and make cash. And yes right now we are all going well with current rookies but looking fwd I don’t see any decent rookies who will play consistently and score well enough to allow for the upgrades when our current rookies fatten . And we’ll all need almost a full bench to cover the covid outages that will come. Just my view . Good trading all.
I seem to have all of the must have rookies and mid pricers except for Martin who I was planning on being in next week for Ward. So this week first trade is McGovern to Cripps and to fund it I need to cull Whitfield so
TU: Whitfield to Heeney ($50k itb)
TD: Whitfield and Ward to Caldwell and Bowey ($147k itb)
Have decided to take a punt and trade Gawn but who for?
a) Witts – This means I can then trade Hough to Heeney, or;
b) English – This means I can trade Ward to Heeney.
Pretty happy with my current lineup through 2 rounds and I am yet to make a trade. Am contemplating whether to make some bold moves this week or to hold steady and leave it alone.
Team reads:
Crisp, Short, Whitfield, Hewett, Hinge, McCartin (Gibcus, SDK)
Dunkley, Butters, Coniglio, Xerri, Rachele, Hayes (Durdin, Martin)
Have always been a set and forget in rucks kind of guy but continuous talk surrounding Gawn is starting to get the better of me. Also did not like the look of Whitfield on the weekend. Cripps also seems close to being a must. But overall, a steady rank(top5%), undefeated in cash league and satisfied enough. Would love opinions on what to do next:
TU: Whitfield, Owens, Gawn to Sicily, Cripps and Witts.
Thinking Whitfield to hall
Chapman to Hewitt
Gov to stephens
72k ITB
Already have to boweys, Cripps ect that ppl looking to trade in. Only other I don’t have is heeney, thinking the other players are more important? Thoughts ?
Gutsy move similar to what I did this week Nateo. Burnt a few trades but no guts no glory right? Gawn (yes who would have thought!) to English, Whitfield to Bowey and Maguiness to Cripps gives me Macrae, Steele, Oliver, Neale, Cripps, Rowell as the strength in the mids. Fingers crossed
G’day Community, thoughts on trading Whitfield….
T/U: Hayden Young – has put in scores of 92 and 123 first two games of the year, possible breakout? Be a keeper, so saves a trade further down the track, and puts about 90k itb
T/D: Bowey – cash generation for next few weeks after the 151 score, spot in 22 should be ok for 4-6wks re injuries, might have to use a trade re upgrades later in year, but could possibly end up a D7/8, but puts about 240k itb
I’m a few $1,000 off from doing my ideal trade this week. Seems like I have all the right rookies in the forward line save for Xerri – really want to get Cripps and/or Hewett in. Don’t like the idea of burning Parish…
TU
Chapman > Hewett
Parish > Cripps
McGovern > Xerri
115k in the bank
Not big on sideways trading. But is Berry going to hurt long term with this week on/off tagging role?
Caldwell and Brodie look to have more upside, even Dylan Stephens would bank me some cash.
If I were to trade him which way should I go? (Cant afford Cripps)
After weeks of planning I settled on Whitfield, Steele and Rowell.
After two weeks is it worth trading them to Hewitt, Petracca and Cripps plus 92k or back in my initial decision and trust that Whitfield and Steele will outscore Petracca and Cripps and that Rowell may become a keeper at M8?
I hate trading planned keepers but if I am going to now is probably the time to do it.
T/U Go for it
T/D Keep the trades and trust your original decision
Only one that I’d be tempted by is Whitfield > Hewitt. Just not sure GWS are letting Whitfield roam in that midfield (Leon Cameron the GOAT at negating his player’s strengths) whereas Hewitt seems close to the Blue’s main engine room guy.
I like the TU much more (pending Hayes getting named).
Owens is a cow worth getting rid of, and Xerri is a cow worth having. Ward seems like he’ll make money – surely another week and he’ll rise slightly. Also gives you one more week to decide between Witts or English too.
No trades made so far.
TU:
Whitfield > Hewett
Ward > McDonald
Durdin > Hayes (this makes the $ work)
TD:
Whitfield > Hewett
Berry > McDonald
Either way, planning on Chapman > Mountford/O’Driscoll next week unless Chapman produces something good. This gets a DM link in defence to swap McDonald or Daicos in to when DPP happens.
Declan Mountford is a top up player and only gets a game when there are insufficient players available due to Health and safety protocols.
Highly unlikely to get enough games to warrant consideration.
If Preuss plays the next 4 games, will that be enough to give him DPP after round 6, or is there a rule about how many games they need to play? (assuming he plays Ruck/Forward?
Would generally not make sideways trade, but i feel like the extra 5 allows us to generate solid cash. To be honest, Green is probably 2 weeks away from being priced along Mitchell
Wow this is risky – three sideways trades?! You’ve got more guts than me.
The Berry > Green is the strange one to me. Berry’s BE is around 10 I think – so he’s making cash. Is Green really going to make the $150k more money than Berry that’d justify trading to him?
I’d rather the Top 3, no doubt. Hall and Gawn (have faith) will be top 6/2 in their positions and Berry should make the $150k we need.
Chapman looks a dubious midpricer (leave that glorious spoil of it and he’s about a 55 avg) and I just can’t see Martin not ruining English at some point this year.
Am planning on one of the following two:
TU: Whitfield > Short
TD: Whitfield > Hall
Chapman > Bowey
Trading Chapman to Bowey makes me enough to be able to snap up Hall. I was also wondering whether I should go Dixon to Hayes or save the trade.
Cheers
toying with –
Steele> Cripps
chapman>hewitt
mcgovern>heeney
really don’t wanna lose Steele but this makes my overall team so much stronger I think, and can get Steele back at a discount later hopefully. would then have 4 premo’s in each line and gawndy in the rucks…..
T/U do it
T/D rethink
Robbie McComb could be the medical sub tomorrow night.
Promising player but a hard team to get into.
Hugh Dixon who missed last week due to health and safety protocols is unknown at the moment for this weeks game. With everything at WC who knows what their team selection will be this week or in the future?
Need to trade out Tarryn Thomas, so was thinking of trading him to Xerri, which will leave me with $274k in the bank.
Was thinking of trading in Cripps or Rowell for either Ward or Berry. Leaning to Ward, but here’s the situation. If I trade Ward to Cripps it leaves me with only $300 in the bank. If I trade Ward to Rowell it leave me with $112k.
In isolation, what do you guys think about the following trade?
TU: Ward > Brodie (swing Rachele into Mids)
TD: Save the trade
Pros: Brodie scores better points as my F6 than Hayes/Martin. TOG likely to increase, Fyfe out for a while.
Cons: Ward has good role and JS at Hawthorn – will likely make bank there. Mundy still to arrive at Freo.
Steele is an interesting one. Score in R2 was right at the level where it makes trading him a really hard decision. The bottom line is he is going to lose cash and if he stays around the 100-110 mark then your losing at that starting price. Any lower and he can ruin your season. I think he will come good but appeared disinterested at times during the last game which is weird. 5 players I think you can consider trading him to:
Macrae – The safest bet and if you don’t have him then this is your chance
Petracca – looks like he’ll be the best player in the comp this year
Bradshaw – the big improver but its early days
Neale – he’s back. Second safest bet but most of us have him.
Cripps – he is back for now but can he sustain the early season form?
So here’s the trade..
Steele to Macrae
Whitfield to Hewitt
Meade to Stephens.
I must admit I’m torn on trading Steel as well. Watched him in the practice match but wasn’t too worried because it was a practice match. But watching him in round 1 and for three quarters of round 2 he was no different. Wow I thought is he carrying an injury? I think not, because his tackling is still there. I’m thinking he’s not where the ball is as much as previous years. Or maybe lacking support in the middle. And he was 1 off 3 players that were first picked for me for both his consistency and to captain. Hate trading a premo and I’ve only done it twice before and was right but geez I am torn on this one . I think it will be a last minute decision.
Steele is a premo keeper….. Why trade him sideways to Macrae??
His price dropping is irrelevant if you don’t trade him…. Sure it will drop after this week but why does that matter unless he get’s a LTI and you have to trade him…
Not as if he is injured or had a change in role etc so the reality is after initial price hit this week his value will steadily increase again anyway… Not sure 2 rounds is enough data to be culling Steele – last week was hardly a horrendous score….
Whitfield to Hewitt is sideways also…. Who’s to say Hewitt will even outscore Whitfield for the next 20 rounds???
Keep this up you will need 35o trades not 35…… Save the sideway trades for inevitable injuries to premos and/or Covid Protocols come the pointy end
Meade to Stephens – rookie correctional trade makes sense……
Yes you make good points but look at it from a different point of view. Trade Steel to Cripps , gain $231,000 and Steel is set to drop $44,700 this week alone. Total gain in 1 week is $ 275,700 . I’m sure we’ve traded rookies in and out for less. Just something to think about .
Pretty lucky with the team I started with in that there are no glaring holes/issues. Only worthwhile trade I can see doing is Whitfield to Hewett. Keen to hear if anyone has any other advice
Not a fan of Bowey at this stage. He scored 50ish the first week then 3x that in the second. Happy to be proven wrong but I don’t see him averaging 70-80 from here to make the trade worthwhile
Say it takes you 8 weeks to trade out Gibcus for 150k versus trading Rioli out in the same timeframe, that’s 300-400 points
Furthermore Rioli will max out at close to 500k and that means he can be used as a stepping stone to bring in a top mid that you don’t currently have in 2 trades rather then 3 (if at all) so you get the trade back there.
And if everything goes well his DPP makes him your D7/F7 and you don’t trade him out (so no wasted trades)
So basically it’s a choice between more points and better cash gen on field vs money in the bank doing nothing
Plus you’d still have 70k in the bank after doing that trade so you aren’t running on fumes
Any other suggestions would be great. I’m a bit apprehensive of the future scoring of the Carlton boys but love the potential cash generation with the other picks.
B321
Berry has been at plenty of CBS, I think it’s just a matter of time until he puts out a big score. And using the “rule of 3” if that’s in the coming week or two then you’ll be laughing at the cash gen if you hold. I’m going to hold him for now and pray I’m right.
What’s people’s feeling on Brodie…
Scored 101 from 60% game time.
Like his tackling and inside work and with Fyfe out for an extended stint good chance to stay.
Wondering long term if he’ll be a keeper?
Hopefully, builds his tank and keeps a spot in Freo’s midfield. Given he’s just 23, he might form a great partnership going forward with Serong, Bradshaw, etc.
Be great if he’s a surprise keeper!
My last question was if I should use my trade boost to do Ridley to Hall. which received a No by the community but I’ve been thinking. I originally faded JHF due to concerns of his midfield minutes in Norths team. My 2 trades are going to be Whitfield + McGovern to Bowey + Cripps but would you use the boost to go someone like Berry to JHF given Thomas is now out for 6-8. Does this increase JHF’s mid minutes?
My current Midfield: Macrae, Miller, Oliver, Neale, Rowell, Berry, Daicos, and Rachele (Ward, Stephens, Macdonald)
After trades: Macrae, Miller, Oliver, Neale, Cripps, Berry/JHF, Daicos (Ward, Stephens, Macdonald)
Thoughts on Gawn, Steele, Chapman – Cripps, Heeney, Hewett?
Hayes would be my R2 until Xerri gains DPP which I’m hoping Hayes can maintain his output/spot with Ryder coming back into the team. If not I have 320k in the bank to assist with coverage. Huge risk regardless but I see huge reward if we can get to round 6 with Hayes.
I hate sideways trading premiums in Gawn and Steele but I’m gaining over 400k in the bank with Heeney and Cripps who I see as top 6-8 in their positions.
Based on the fact that I’m not confident Ridley is pulling out a 100+ score this round, and hall is looking like a top 3 defender, and after this round I won’t have the cash to move Ridley straight to Hall, so I don’t really want to miss out on him. I mean I would obviously like to bring in Heeney or Cripps but my structure doesn’t allow it, nor am I unhappy with anyone in my mid/fwd lines enough to drop them.
TU: use boost on RIDLEY > HALL
TD: no boost and believe in Ridley
Still haven’t made a trade this season,
And looking at my team, I don’t see any reason to make a trade just yet except for that nagging FOMO that I should be doing something. All my premo’s are performing as expected ( apart from Jack Steele)
Who I’m not about to waste a trade on, “trades are gold”
I Have most of the performing rookies,
So basically I’m asking the coaches am I mad to not trade this week, it’s more a validation from the SuperCoach community
To let me know what you all think.
If you have all the right rookies and no severe under-performing premos, then saving trades is gold.
Last few years we’ve had to settle for sub-premos to finish the sides since trades were tight and cash gen was poor. Those who hold trades will be able to fill out their teams better in the end (IMO)
I hate going sideways on a premo, especially when I’ll probably bring him back in later on in the season, but it is the only reasonable way I can get to Cripps.
Am I crazy for holding off for no trades this week, haven’t made any trades this season so far.
Def: Ryan Ridley short Sicily mccartin hinge (gibcus uwland)
Mid: macrae Steele Oliver neale Rowell JHF daicos stephens ( ward McDonald Hough)
Ruck:gawn Grundy (Dixon)
Fwd: Dunkley butters coniglio Brodie Rachele Hayes (Martin de koning)
I nailed my starting rookies so don’t have any of the big rookies missing. The big thing tempting me is the great deals available with Cripps hewett heeney xerri etc but only have 10 k in the bank and don’t wanna use 3 trades to do a big restructure.
Any thoughts and ideas would be greatly appreciated as I’m a bit stumped.
Depending on your thoughts on Xerri you could consider trading him in for quick cash crab… BE of -77 only needs to pump out a couple of 80 scores to make some serious coin pretty quickly..
Ward although has good JS and set role at Hawks hasn’t set fire to it SC scoring wise – could possibly swap them two as a rookie priced correction trade?
Can you get from Hough to Xerri in one trade – what’s your cash reserves like??
Xerri hard to get a read on though – scored his tonne against a WAFL side…
I like xerri for the cash grab but have only 10k. I really like ward (hawks fan) and think he’s gonna keep on improving so not keen to trade him. Problem is if I get xerri in there’s no real easy option to get to him without a downgrade and not keen on that. Might be a pass this week and just watch everyone else trade.
Currently trades this week are
TU-Whitfield > Hall
Gawn > Witts
Hough > Cripps
Leaves me with 52k
or
TD- Whitfield > Hewett
Gawn> Witts
Hough> Cripps
Leaves 225k
Watching plenty of podcasts, can’t believe a lot think jumping on Bradshaw from Freo is a good idea!
With all the covid problems in WA, I wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole!
Someone like Brodie or Dixon isn’t so bad as there isn’t much money involved!
But Brayshaw, good player and all but – meh!
Every afl player has equal chance of catching Covid now. Location makes no difference. The Eagles just happened to be the first team that I’m had it impact them as a group.
Neale a must have and comes in for me this week, just figuring out how to orchestrate it:
T.U:
Berry -> Neale
Whitfield -> Hall
OR
T:D
Ward -> Neale
*leave Whitfield, keep Berry
I’ve got Berry and am going to hold him, a lot of CBA’s so he should start putting up some better scores.
You must have a lot of cash in the bank GD, if you can afford Ward to Neale?
Was there a reason you held some much at the start of the season?
He’s going Grundy to Hayes to facilitate Ward up.
Yeah, sacking Grundy to Meek/Preuss/Hayes.
Can get away with no G or G these days.
Famous last words GD 😉
Aha. Not thrilled about it, Abs – but no Neale a huge f*ck up on my part and a must have.
Wouldn’t have sting as much if Parish wasn’t useless.
Think you’re over thinking this GD
Whiftield + Berry to Bowey + Neale only costs you 40k
surely there’s a less drastic way to find that money
McGovern > Xerri
Preuss > English
Steele > Cripps
English should be top 3 or 4 rucks this year IMO. Cripps is back, his price is going to sky rocket and can gain $200k+ by dowgrading Steele. Xerri looks good.
Let me know what you think! Rookies are all sorted.
T/U – English R2
T/D – Heeney (Hayes R2, Dixon R3)
If Doggies start playing Steph Martin?
TU: Jackson
TD: Witts
TU:
Whitfield – Sicily
Chapman – Hewett
TD:
Whitfield – Hall
Chapman – Bowey
Some big choices this week.
TU – Whitfield/Steele/Ward to Hewett/Cripps/Hall
TD – Whitfield/Chapman/Ward to Hewett/Skinner/Cripps
TU
Whitfield, Berry, McGovern to Skinner, Cripps, Heeney
TD
Whitfield, Berry to Cripps and Bowey
Second option allows me to go Ward to Rachele as a corrective
I can go
Whitfield to Hewett
Rowell to crips
Tu do it
Td hell no
Thanks.
Gday Sam, definitely all about that Whitfield to Hewitt trade but not so much the Rowell one. Rowell has got a -27 BE and is looking to make 50k, while also showing in round 1 why he should be in most teams. Not entirely sure what happened this round but heard he was doing defensive work/tagging, also having stints on HF, so that’s definitely impacting his score as he’s much better in the guts.
However getting Cripps in this week before his price rise would be grouse, just think you might have to find another way of going about it. Is there any other players you’d look to move to get him in?
Hi iso
Nar that’s all I can do. I’ve painted myself into a corner with $$$$. Only have 10k itb. All good. Hewitt and crips r the only 2 I don’t have. Other than that I’m all good. Thinking I’ll sit tight and hope Whitfield comes good. Not entirely sold on Hewitt with players coming back into that side.
Gawn, McGovern, Owens
to
Cripps, Hewett, Xerri
Previous seasons I would never ever have
considered a move like this but aggressive trading like this could be make or break this year.
T/U – DO IT
T/D – Reverse right now
I’m guessing Hayes is now your R2? That’s a pretty big call. I’d only downgrade Gawn to Witts if you need cash
In trading out Gawn, who is running at your R1/R2?
My R2 would be Hayes. As Horse mentioned, unbelievably risky. But my rationale is that Gawn is going to bleed cash, whereas Xerri is going to make north of 150k. As it stands this trade will bet me more points (Cripps and Hewett definitely outscore McGovern and Owens) as well as cash gen which could allow me to grab a premo ruck soon when we start to figure out who the top 3 ruckman will be
T/U: Whitfield to Hewett and McGovern to Bowey
T/D: Hold faith in both
Have all other rookies/mid-pricers except for Nick Martin who I will get next week.
Cash gen is king right now. My mids are chockers or I’d be getting Petracca/Green. I have most key rookies outside of Martin who can wait.
Looking at flipping Gawn, Rayner and Preuss. 79k banked.
Gawn > Jackson
Rayner > Hewitt via dpp
Torn on the 3rd trade with 430.9k remaining.
Xerri. Ginnivan. C. Curnow. Other?
DEF: Ryan, Whitfield, Short, Chapman, Hewett, McCartin (O’Driscoll, De Koning)
MID: Macrae, Miller, Steele, Neale, Rowell, JHF, Daicos, Stephens (Ward, Berry, Long)
RUC: Gawn, Witts (Dixon)
FWD: Dunkley, Treloar, Coniglio, Brodie, Xerri, Rachele (Hayes, Martin)
$7.5k, 35 trades
Got cold feet on Butters so I don’t mind the Treloar correction. Alternatively I go into money making mode and get Bowey for Whitfield, although he’s probably Chapman 2.0 realistically. Can’t bring myself to keep Gawn when I know I can get similar output from English. Berry to Cripps is a necessary evil. Any other suggestions?
Gawn -> English
Treloar -> Butters
Berry -> Cripps
y/n?
Gawn -> English
Whitfield -> Bowey
Ward -> Cripps
I’ve got 553k for a premo defender, who do we think are the best options? Ryan? Dale? Sicily and some cash?
Who are you currently sitting with in you backline?
Dale 4 a pod
Thinking of going
Gawn to Jackson
Whitfield to Hewett
Mead to Cripps.
Gives me Grundy & Jackson in the ruck. Rich, Short, Crisp, Sicily, McCartin and Hewett in defense. Oliver, Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Berry, JHF, Daicos and Stephens in the middle.
leaves 99K.
Planning for McGovern to Martin next week and then let the growth happen.
Any thoughts?
Sorry Long post – Current Team:
Ridley, Short, Whitfield, Hewett, Hing, McCartin (Gibcus, SDK)
Macrae, Miller, Oliver, Neale, Rowell, Berry, Daicos, Rachele, (Ward, Stephens, MacDonald)
Grundy, English (Dixon)
Dunkley, Butters, Cogs, McGovern, Xerri, Hayes, (Durdin, Skinner)
Was already set on doing Whitfield + McGovern to Bowey + Cripps (Via Rachele DPP) Leaves me with 70k in the bank.
Team in a decent spot I think. Questioning if I should be aggresive with trading and using a trade boost to set my team into a better position by going Ridley to Hall. I know he tonned up but it was really surprising. It doesn’t look like he’s playing his usual role and scoring looks inconsistent. Is this a good option or risk losing money on Ridley and hope he turns things around. Keep in mind, I used 2 trades last week (Rookie Corrections)
TU: Be aggressive and trade Ridley to Hall
TD: Save the trade.
Dixon > Hayes for R3
TU: Yes
TD: Save the trade
If thats the only issue with your side then I’d go for it!
Thought on trades:
Berry > Neale
Ward > Cripps
Gawn > Strnadica
(I need the cash for the first 2 trades & have Hayes for R2 position with Dixon F/R switch up if need be & will use Strnadica as a loophole as previous years moves)
T/U – Yes
T/D – No
Ryder looking to be back this week, if you think Hayes will still score well then go for it but it figures to be tricky how all 3 in the team will score decently (i.e CCJ, Goldstein and Xerri in R1)
Going McGovern to Xerri providing Xerri selected this week.
My question for the community is should I go early on N.Martin (Merrett and Langford out, JS seems good) to allow me to bring in M.Hinge for one of O’Driscoll or SDK (already have Gibcus and McCartin) or is it better to wait for Martin and say Skinner/Sinn to be on the bubble and then do these trades?
TU – Baldwin -> Martin and O’Driscoll/SDK -> Hinge
TD – Hold Baldwin and def rookies until Martin/Sinn/Skinner are on the bubble
For what it’s worth my on field cow like objects in defence are Bowey, Gibcus and McCartin
Thinking of moving on Whitfield to either Cripps or Hewett. Not sure which to go..
If I go Hewett I will have him and 3 premos (Ryan, Ridley & Short) and 2 rookies. If I get Cripps my midfield will be stacked with McRae, Oliver, Brayshaw, Neale, Cripps, Rowell, JHF, Daicos.
I’m sitting at around 1000, so kinda want to make some changes to edge up higher. Which is better?
TU Whitfield Maginess -> Cripps Hinge
TD Whitfield Maginess -> Hewett Xerri (via rachele DPP)
Comment: Whitfield Maginess Pruess -> Cripps Hinge Xerri
(Yet to make a trade)
Generating some cash to turn Chapman into Hall. Sean Darcy to
TU: Tim English
TD: Luke Jackson
if cash is what you want, Jackson is cheaper and will make more cash
Have decided to hold Gawn. That’s definite!
First trade; Gov > Xerri
Then following;
TU;
Chapman > Bowey
Whitfield > Hall
TD;
Chapman > Hall
Steele > Cripps
Leaning towards the second option. I don’t want to trade Steele, however I feel as though I might have to pull the trigger. It saves me over 200k which is more than equivalent to a trade and enables me to get a top 6 premo in down back at the expense of Chapman. Also the way Cripps is going, he will be upwards of 600k at this rate. Feel like he needs to come in and fast. Not fully convinced on bowey for sc and it would be a sideways trade with a risk involved.
I’m leaning towards thumbs down. Let me know your thoughts. Appreciated!
I’m 6K short of being able to do what I want so….
TU: Chapman/Whitfield/Ward -> Bowey/Hewitt/Cripps (ideally would not do the Chapman to Bowey but need that 10K!)
TD: Chapman/Whitfield/Steele -> Xerri/Hewitt/Cripps (leaves backline a bit weak with Gibcus/McCartin&Hinge all on-field, but I am left with 560K to fix it next week)
Thoughts? Can’t think of an easier way to bring Cripps in. After all I said last year about him…. funny old game!
Cheers
NigelW
You are burning 3-5 trades just so you can swap Steele for Cripps basically. Not so sure I’d be doing that.
That’s a really good point, thanks Dom.
Will see if I can work out an easier way.
But then again, after having Cripps for most of last year, do I really want him 🙂
The only good rookie I don’t have is Martin, who hasn’t played two games anyway so no rush getting him.
I can’t bring myself to trade in Cripps or Hewett before seeing how they score at least once with Cerra and Walsh also playing.
Lachie Whitfield hasn’t started great, but I just feel as though he has too many runs on the board to give up on after two weeks, and even if I go to Hewett next week, they’ll be around the same price so it’s not the end of the world.
Berry is the only other one in my team I would even consider trading, but I don’t see an obvious replacement.
I think I might, for the first time ever before round 3, hold off on trading.
Can other people see my rationale, or am I losing my mind?
T/U – Yes you are losing your mind, it’s round 3, prices are changing and you’ll never get another opportunity to get these guys in, we have 35 trades more than ever before
T/D – No, nothing wrong with valuing trades, can always bring them in later, you know you will need them for injuries later
Martin might be a good get this week. No Merrett, Shiel or Langford, he might get some nice midfield time.
Im keen to bring in Cripps this week and faced with the headache of funding the cash to bring him in. Unfortunately I have a few premos who haven’t started well and are speculative picks so I have made two different trade options:
TU: Gawn, Whitfield, Berry –> Witts, Hall, Cripps (24k itb and uses a boost)
TD: Whitfield, Berry –> Bowey, Cripps (55k itb and only two trades and pray Bowey makes 150k and Gawn doesn’t bleed too much cash)
Any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated!
Whitfield to Cripps gets you 50k ITB
Don’t need to swap Bowey for Berry unless you really want him/think that’s a good swap.
Just swap rookie for Rookie.
TU: Gawn -> English
Whitfield -> Cripps
Gibcus -> Hewett
TD: Whitfield -> Cripps
Gibcus -> Bowey
do you have to get rid of Gibcus?
It’s either him or Ward but I am more confident in Ward having a higher ceiling and thus making more cash in the long run.
D5 will be Hewett/Bowey, D6 McCartin and bench will be Hinge & De Koning
I have $70k in bank, looking to upgrade Owens ($117k) to either:
TU: D Stephens ($167k)
TD: M Hinge ($181k)
Both play Friday night and can be on bench with E and possible loophole (depending on donut players).
Mainly looking at cash generation.
Most of my pre-season calls have been good this year (a rarity). Struggling with what to do with J.McInerney.
I held him this week as I’ve been trying to get by holding my trades – I get we have extra but I really see these as being insurance for after the byes. McInerney to Hewitt seems the obvious call, but I still think McInerney is capable of some good scores and improve his price. Given the value of a trade is usually put at $150K, I’m not convinced that the difference between their prices rises warrants it in the long run.
Or am I overthinking it?
Any thoughts on Luke Jackson?
Considering dropping RoMo to him to facilitate trades elsewhere. Looks prime to be breaking out and doesn’t necessarily require major ruck minutes to be doing it.
Mostly happy with the team as it stands. Looking at optimising cash gen over the next few weeks. Only 2 cows I seem to have missed are Xerri, and to a lesser extent Hinge.
Subject to naming of teams, thinking:
Chapman -> Hinge
Dixon/Hough -> Xerri
TU – Good trades
TD – Save ’em
Gawn > Heaney via English
Ward>Rowell ?
Hey guys and girls, I have a few issues with my team and am interested to know your thoughts on a couple of trade ideas going through my head. Will probably be using a trade boost this week.
Current Team
DEF: Crisp, Ryan, Sicily, Hinge, McCartin, Gibcus, Bench: W.Kelly & De Koning
MID: Macrae, Steele, Parish, Wines, Neale, JHF, Daicos, MacDonald Bench: Ward, Mead & Soligo
RCK: Grundy, Darcy Bench: Dixon
FWD: Dunkley, Bailey, Butters, Rachele, Maginnes, Hayes Bench: Martin & Durdin.
The big watch this week is on Darcy. If he is named I will probably hold, if he misses I will go to English.
Happy with the backline at this stage, would like to get Hall in at some point.
I will definitely be going Soligo>Stephens.
Not sure if I can keep starting Wines with so many other good options available. I am thinking Wines>Miller or J Kelly or for cash generation could go Wines>Kennedy.
Lastly I think the Bailey experiment is over in the FWD line. Do I go Bailey>Heeney, is Heeney a keeper? or do I go Bailey>Brodie for cash generation.
Sorry for the lengthy post. Would love to hear people’s thoughts.
Thanks.
Darcy certainly a risk cause whilst he may get named, he could easily be a late out as well (you do have Hayes/Dixon back up I guess)
Maybe consider Wines to Cripps, Soligo/Mead to Xerri/Brodie (via Rachelle) and then Bailey to Heeney if you’re keen of him (or grab Brodie/Xerri for cash gen). You could also just pull the trigger on Darcy to English and turn Wines in Touk. Definitely lots of options available which isn’t actually a bad thing!
Hi all,
Going Whitfield to Cripps and Ward to Xerri…
Should I also go Daniel to Bowey for cash generation ???
TU
TD
Steele > Cripps
Chapman > Hall
I know a lot of people aren’t a fan of chopping Steele, including myself actually …however this is my method.
That trade alone saves me roughly 230k, which is more than enough to justify a trade.
On the flip side of that too, Cripps could well and truely creep up to 600k very fast, so I would have to pay up even more if I wanted him in the long run. Yes the plan is to get Steele back in eventually, however I need the funds right now to upgrade Chapman, otherwise I will have to sideways trade to bowey which is a slight risk in itself. I would rather just lock in the premos (Cripps and hall), rather than mess about with sideways movement which will cost me further trades down the track.
I hope this makes sense and people see where I am coming from with the chopping of Steele method. Certainly not ideal but my best option at this point I believe. Thoughts appreciated as always!
After reviewing my method;
TU or TD
This is the same scenario I’ve been running over all day as well!
I’m assuming you already have Whitfield? Are you banking on him coming good or is he on the chopping block as well?
I’ve still no idea which way I’m going as I’m really tempted to cull Whitfield…
I have Whitfield, backing him in to come good. Feel as though Cripps, xerri in & Chapman out are more important.
Fingers crossed Whitfield bounces back and finds his feet this weekend!
All depends on the rest of your lineup.
Do we really need to get Heeney in??
He couldnt of had a better game last week and he scored 140. Obviously a great score, but he isnt kicking 5 every week is he. He has started the season on fire, but I still think he is the same up and down Heeney as last year
I am going Steele to Cripps gives me heaps of cash for the future Covid HS protacal players
Bowey, Brayshaw and Xerri. TU
Hewitt, Cripps and Xerri. TD
Thanks All.
T/U
Baldwin to Hayes
&
Chapman to Bowey
Or just go
T/D
Baldwin to Hayes
Any reason I should hold Chapman?
Xerri T/U
Stephen’s T/D
Mostly happy with my team and have most rooks. Not sure if the following is justified but also want to generate cash.
Gawn > Witts
Berry > Cripps
Durdin > Xerri + 26K
TU: Worth it
TD: Hold fire
Hi all, long time reader, first time poster hahaha
Looking to bring in Hall, would love Hewett and Xerri but unsure if I’d be able to do so.
T/U – Whitfield to Hall, Darcy to English
T/D – Whitfield to Hall, Berry to D Stephens
Leaning towards T/U but will need to see how badly Darcy is injured.
if you are open to moving all of Darcy, Whitfield and Berry You could get 3x 400-500k Underpriced Premiums.
You always want to trade to make your team more secure when you can.
If you are just trying to correct UPs
Stephens is close to a must have but since you are moving Darcy i would use some of the residual money left over to upgrade your cheapest mid rookie to him.
Darcy > desired ruck
Whitfield > Hall
Rookie > Stephens
+ cash in the bank to try and get an upgrade to Xerri next week
Whitfield to
Lloyd
or
Stewart
Think that both Lloyd and Stewart are both 105 consistent week in week out.
TU Whitfield to Hall
TD McGovern to Heeney
I am going Steele to Cripps gives me heaps of cash for the future Covid HS players
What’s on everyone’s thoughts on Cripps? Is he a must have even if you don’t have an under performing premo to trade out for him?
The only way I can get him in is to trade a premo out unnecessarily.
TU – Get Cripps in no matter what
TD – Only if you have an obvious trade
Is Stephens a must have rookie?
Reposting as I had a 50/50 split on feedback.
Scored 2313 but definitely stung myself with the Thomas pick.
Bont into Trac
Berry into Brayshaw
T.Thomas into Xerri
TU – go for it
TD – don’t flip bont, go the cash gen route
I have Chapman and Holland’s which are other trade routes than bont and Berry
Current bank is 14k
Is below a good move:
Whitfield -> bowey – has Salem’s Role for 5-6 weeks and a 151 in his rolling BE, Whitfield looks horrendous
Titch -> crippa – Titch looks absolutely awful! Injured or just role not sure. I back in Cripps to finish a keeper.
Post trade Bank: $430k
After some opinions folks! Team as follows:
Backs: Stewart, Ridley, Crisp, Short, Hinge, McCartin (Gibcus. Kelly)
Mids: MaCrae, Miller, Petracca, Neale, Rowell, Horne-Francis, Daicos, Ward (Soligo, Macdonald, Hough)
Rucks: Gawn, Grundy (Dixon)
Fwds: Dunkley, Butters, Coniglio, Rachele, Martin, Hayes (Baldwin, De Koning)
Overall I’m pretty happy with my team but would love to squeeze Cripps in.
I’m tossing up the following:
T/U: Gawn, Ridley, Soligo > English, Hewett, Cripps
T/D: Don’t be stupid, hold!!!
I’ve got 50k in the bank which would allow me to go via duals:
Whitfield to Cripps
Hough to Xerri
TU: pull the trigger
TD: don’t do it
I think I have come with about 20 different scenarios for this week, but narrowed it down to two.
TU : OUT – Whitfield, Steele & Durdin/Ward, IN – Hall/Lloyd, Cripps & Xerri, which leaves $101k ITB (and a plan to trade Steele back in later for less $) OR
TD : OUT – Chapman, Steele & Durdin/Ward, IN – Hewett, Cripps & Xerri, which leaves $47,500 ITB ( & still wanting to trade Steele back in later)
Like other coaches, not super keen to trade out a premium in Steele, but the money saved gets me where I want my team to be for now. If not Steele, then its Gawn but as I don’t want to trade in another ruck this week (my goal is a premium defender, plus Cripps & Xerri) – so if I traded out Gawn instead of Steele, then Hayes needs to be R2 until I decide on which other ruck I want out of Witts, English or Jackson.
Chopping Block: Gawn, Caleb Serong, Whitfield
T/U: Trade them and hop on the hype trades (Cripps and Heeney etc)
T/D: Hold them and trust the process, they will become good.
TU: Whitfield too bowey
TD: Whitfield too hall
If you were only trading in of these players this week, which one –
TU – Heeney
TD – Hewett
Depends, Lisa.
If you’re going straight from a rookie to either of them, then Heeney.
But if it’s a FWD midpricer -> Heeney vs a DEF rookie to Hewett, then Hewett.
All about net points.
If only it was that simple – main objective is getting Cripps. But to facilitate that, I need to find the cash. Thinking I will be sacrificing Steele to get there.
Then to trade in Hewett, either Whitfield or Chapman will be traded out, and Ward or Durdin becomes Xerri.
Or if I keep both Whitfield & Chapman, then Berry & Ward will be traded out for either Heeney & Xerri.
So Cripps & Xerri are both in. 3rd trade is either Hewett in or Heeney in.
And if you have a headache trying to work that out, join the club!
I want to capitalize on players about to increase sharply in price, whilst culling ones that are only looking at slow growth or losing money. Week 3 is a nightmare….
If you can’t decide i’d pick Heeney since he has a higher scoring potential. Hewett likely won’t go 150 like Heeney can.
With Heeney you also get a Rd 13 Bye (so you can sideswap him for +1 premium game if you are unhappy and fully upgraded)
Plus better FWD depth means that you could loop his scores most weeks to cover for the odd DUD score
Thoughts on….
Gawn & Berry to English & Cripps ???
I believe that English will be a top 6 forward come season end.
Cheers guys 🙂
Whitfield > Hewett is popular.
Whitfield has reached lofty SC heights previously. On the flipside Hewett is in unchartered SC waters for him.
I guess it is the comfort of a fallen premo versus the uncertainty about a breakout.
If I don’t need the extra $100k for another R3 trade, should I keep Whitfield or trade to Hewett?
TU Keep Whitfield
TD Trade Whit for Hewett
Hewett is clearly overachieving, he has moved clubs and has a new role, but it is a guy who has averaged 70’s
I’d still back Whitfield to match or better Hewett for the year.
Only thing is Hewett is $100k cheaper
Yay or nay
Whitfield -> bowey
Titch -> Brayshaw
Ward -> Crippa
T/U
Sicily > Bowey
Berry > Cripps
T/D
Steele to Cripps
Leaving $200k in the bank or can upgrade Pruess to Heeney/English, or Hough to Rowell with the 3rd trade
How does this look?
Wilmott too bowey (hinge/McCartin too bench)
Whitfield too hall
Tom Mitchell too Cripps
I have $1500 left over after these.
Is the Wilmott too bowey worth the trade?
Would love all feedback please xo
Let’s revise this
TU –
Whitfield too hall
Tom Mitchell too Cripps
Bank is $127k
TD –
whitfield too hall
Mitchell too Cripps
Wilmot too bowey (McCartin/hinge to bench)
Bank is $1500
Given that Tarryn Thomas isn’t going to lose any $$ this week (but is also out for a very long period of time), is it better to trade him first or Rayner?
TU: Trade Thomas first
TD: Trade Rayner first
Both?
I should add that I also have Merrett 🙁 so gonna trade him to Rowell and Ward to D. Stephens. So most likely gotta pick one of Thomas or Rayner to trade this week
Thomas could get you a Heeney or a Butters Joe T.
That’s pretty compelling to me.
After a lot of thought I’ve decided that this season will be difficult to raise money for our upgrades. The cheap rookies are too few and far between, hence the expensive rookies and mid price players to begin with. Thinking our expectations need to lower and look for value rather than the higher priced players. So with that in mind I’m trading out Gawn, Steel and Chapman to Cripps , Hewitt and Xerri with approximately 770, 000 left for upgrades. Got all the other rooks and will have Dixson and Hayes to cover R2 until either Xerri gets ruck status and/or Preuss plays which he will this week as Flynn was well beaten against my tigers.
There are cheap rookies.
Martin, Dixon, Hayes, MacDonald, Stephens, McCartin, DeKoning, Durdin, Hough, O’Driscoll, Maginness.
How many do you want?
Don’t have your last three rookies but Maginess is the best of those 3 . Don’t rate the other 2 to play much. Just pointing out that this is the first year I’ve paid up for so many expensive rookies and some mid prices to field a team and make cash. And yes right now we are all going well with current rookies but looking fwd I don’t see any decent rookies who will play consistently and score well enough to allow for the upgrades when our current rookies fatten . And we’ll all need almost a full bench to cover the covid outages that will come. Just my view . Good trading all.
I need to trade out a midfielder to bring Cripps in.
Which to trade out?
TU Berry
TD Ward
T/U whitfield > Hall
T/D Owens > Horne-francis
OR
Gibcus > Bowey
I seem to have all of the must have rookies and mid pricers except for Martin who I was planning on being in next week for Ward. So this week first trade is McGovern to Cripps and to fund it I need to cull Whitfield so
TU: Whitfield to Heeney ($50k itb)
TD: Whitfield and Ward to Caldwell and Bowey ($147k itb)
Have decided to take a punt and trade Gawn but who for?
a) Witts – This means I can then trade Hough to Heeney, or;
b) English – This means I can trade Ward to Heeney.
TU – a)
TD – b)
Hi Community,
Pretty happy with my current lineup through 2 rounds and I am yet to make a trade. Am contemplating whether to make some bold moves this week or to hold steady and leave it alone.
Team reads:
Crisp, Short, Whitfield, Hewett, Hinge, McCartin (Gibcus, SDK)
Macrae, Steele, Miller, Neale, Rowell, JHF, Daicos, Ward (Stephens, McDonald, Owens)
Gawn, Grundy (Dixon)
Dunkley, Butters, Coniglio, Xerri, Rachele, Hayes (Durdin, Martin)
Have always been a set and forget in rucks kind of guy but continuous talk surrounding Gawn is starting to get the better of me. Also did not like the look of Whitfield on the weekend. Cripps also seems close to being a must. But overall, a steady rank(top5%), undefeated in cash league and satisfied enough. Would love opinions on what to do next:
TU: Whitfield, Owens, Gawn to Sicily, Cripps and Witts.
TD: Hold tight.
OUT J.Berry
Ward
McGovern
In Cripps
Skinner (going early) (dpp will allow me to use SDK and Mcartin Foward/Back)
Maginness
allows me to hold Whitfield at D4 hoping he will come good.
T/U do it
T/D hold
Yes or no
Gawn > Witts
Berry > Trac
Whitfield > Hewett
What are thoughts on Bowey? Will he generate enough cash to be a consideration to trade in
Depends upon who your trading out to get him in.
Whitfield, Z.Bailey Out
Xerri and Cripps In
Should a 3rd be used for Hewett in and Ward out
Almost what I am doing…see below.
Thinking Whitfield to hall
Chapman to Hewitt
Gov to stephens
72k ITB
Already have to boweys, Cripps ect that ppl looking to trade in. Only other I don’t have is heeney, thinking the other players are more important? Thoughts ?
Trading Gawn out…..who to bring in??
T/U – Heeney – Leaving Hayes as R2. Waiting for Xerri to get DPP
T/D – English – Leaving F6 between Martin, Hayes or Durdin.
Thanks everyone!
Rayner -> Xerri
Owens -> Stephens
Chapman -> Hewett
T/U or T/D
I’m really a massive fan of Josh Rachele, only managed a 58 but still had 20 touches
Do I use a third trade this week and get rid of Durdin for him?
TU: Whitfield to bowey
TD: hold
Cmnt: whitfield too hall
TU: Whitfield to Hall
hey guys,
Whitfield-Hewett
Berry-Rowell
and
Hough/Owens-D stephens
Cheers
Thoughts on which player is better to use to downgrade
TU: Whitfield —> Bowey
TD: Gawn —> Witts/ Jackson
Tom Mitchell too
TU: Brayshaw
TD: cripps
Simple one. Straight swap of Whitfield to Sicily?
TU: Ye
TD: Nay
Gawn – English
Hough – Cripps
Shitfield – Bowey
Gutsy move similar to what I did this week Nateo. Burnt a few trades but no guts no glory right? Gawn (yes who would have thought!) to English, Whitfield to Bowey and Maguiness to Cripps gives me Macrae, Steele, Oliver, Neale, Cripps, Rowell as the strength in the mids. Fingers crossed
Out Whitfield Ward Soligo
In Hewitt Cripps Xerri
T/u Brilliant
T/d Keep the trades
Shifting N Long to allow this
Trading Gawn, Whitfield and Ned long
These are the two options for trade ins
TU: Cripps, Witts, Hewett
TD: Cripps, Xerri with Hayes to move to R2, Hall
G’day Community, thoughts on trading Whitfield….
T/U: Hayden Young – has put in scores of 92 and 123 first two games of the year, possible breakout? Be a keeper, so saves a trade further down the track, and puts about 90k itb
T/D: Bowey – cash generation for next few weeks after the 151 score, spot in 22 should be ok for 4-6wks re injuries, might have to use a trade re upgrades later in year, but could possibly end up a D7/8, but puts about 240k itb
Thanks for any advice
Dusty to Heeney
Soligo to Stephens
Thoughts?
Trade Whitfield > Hall
&
Steele > Cripps
&
Chapman > Hewett
120k in the bank
Ahhh…… the allure of a quick buck and points not yet scored. Get your rookies in order.
see you all on the other side
Yep, everyone is losing multiple sideways trades for later on in the season after full premo.
TU: Gawn + Soligo + Mcgovern FOR Heeney + Cripps + Skinner
(Hayes R2 until xerri gets dpp)
TD: Whitfield + Soligo + Steele FOR Cripps + Bowey + Brayshaw
Comment: Whitfield+ Soligo+Mcgovern FOR Bowey + Cripps + Skinner
Serong -> Cripps
Gawn -> Jackson
Baldwin -> Luke Mcdonald
Yay or Nay
To trade for Rachele
TU McGovern
TD Ward
I’m a few $1,000 off from doing my ideal trade this week. Seems like I have all the right rookies in the forward line save for Xerri – really want to get Cripps and/or Hewett in. Don’t like the idea of burning Parish…
TU
Chapman > Hewett
Parish > Cripps
McGovern > Xerri
115k in the bank
TD
Whitfield > Hewett
Berry > Cripps
McGovern > Naish (or cheaper rookie)
TU:
Whitfield > Bowey
Berry > Cripps
McGovern > Xerri
154.8k ITB
TD:
Whitfield > Skinner
Berry > Cripps
McGovern > Heeney
50.2k ITB
TU ensures great cash gen going forward with Bowey and Xerri and allows me to pickup Cripps who looks like a keeper
TD allows me to pickup 2 keepers in Cripps and Heeney but means I have to go all the way down to Skinner and field Hinge and McCartin at D5 & D6
Not big on sideways trading. But is Berry going to hurt long term with this week on/off tagging role?
Caldwell and Brodie look to have more upside, even Dylan Stephens would bank me some cash.
If I were to trade him which way should I go? (Cant afford Cripps)
TU: Brodie
TD: Caldwell
Comment: Stephens/Davies
TU: Stephens/Alex Davies
After weeks of planning I settled on Whitfield, Steele and Rowell.
After two weeks is it worth trading them to Hewitt, Petracca and Cripps plus 92k or back in my initial decision and trust that Whitfield and Steele will outscore Petracca and Cripps and that Rowell may become a keeper at M8?
I hate trading planned keepers but if I am going to now is probably the time to do it.
T/U Go for it
T/D Keep the trades and trust your original decision
Only one that I’d be tempted by is Whitfield > Hewitt. Just not sure GWS are letting Whitfield roam in that midfield (Leon Cameron the GOAT at negating his player’s strengths) whereas Hewitt seems close to the Blue’s main engine room guy.
I think it was more that Richmond didn’t let Whitfield roam free. I’m hoping he will bounce back
TU Out Gawn Whitfield Owen’s
In. Cripps Hewett Xerri
Hayes to cover Ruck this week
Bring in Witts / English next
week
TD Out. Gawn Whitfield Ward
In. Cripps Hewett and
Witts or English
I like the TU much more (pending Hayes getting named).
Owens is a cow worth getting rid of, and Xerri is a cow worth having. Ward seems like he’ll make money – surely another week and he’ll rise slightly. Also gives you one more week to decide between Witts or English too.
Whitfield > Hewitt
Gawn> Witts
Owens> Cripps
?
Who scores more?
TU: Touk Gawn Butters Brodie Gibcus
TD: Brayshaw Xerri Butters MCrouch Short
TU:- Hayden Young
TD:- Jack Sinclair
This for draft? 😉
No trades made so far.
TU:
Whitfield > Hewett
Ward > McDonald
Durdin > Hayes (this makes the $ work)
TD:
Whitfield > Hewett
Berry > McDonald
Either way, planning on Chapman > Mountford/O’Driscoll next week unless Chapman produces something good. This gets a DM link in defence to swap McDonald or Daicos in to when DPP happens.
Declan Mountford is a top up player and only gets a game when there are insufficient players available due to Health and safety protocols.
Highly unlikely to get enough games to warrant consideration.
Thanks CT – I wasn’t going to pull the trigger on Mountford without G3 selection but this news takes it to an unlikely proposition.
Could just as easily hold Chapman until the next rookie shows or R7 with the DPP movements allowing for more flexibility.
If Preuss plays the next 4 games, will that be enough to give him DPP after round 6, or is there a rule about how many games they need to play? (assuming he plays Ruck/Forward?
Triple trade:
Mitchell => Brayshaw
Whitfield => Hewett
Berry => Green
Would generally not make sideways trade, but i feel like the extra 5 allows us to generate solid cash. To be honest, Green is probably 2 weeks away from being priced along Mitchell
Wow this is risky – three sideways trades?! You’ve got more guts than me.
The Berry > Green is the strange one to me. Berry’s BE is around 10 I think – so he’s making cash. Is Green really going to make the $150k more money than Berry that’d justify trading to him?
You do this if green is a keeper only.
TU: Berry to Rowell
TD: Whitfield to Hall
Stumped with this one. Hall will be a beast and probably top 2. Not sure if Rowell will be in top 20 by season end…
Gotta go TD here. Berry looks like he’ll make our money, whereas Whitfield looks like he’s being Cameron’ed out of his run and gun role.
Would you rather have:
TU: Hall, Berry, Gawn
TD: Chapman, Steele, English
I’d rather the Top 3, no doubt. Hall and Gawn (have faith) will be top 6/2 in their positions and Berry should make the $150k we need.
Chapman looks a dubious midpricer (leave that glorious spoil of it and he’s about a 55 avg) and I just can’t see Martin not ruining English at some point this year.
Tu Brayshaw
Td Cripps
Already have Macrae Steele Touk Neale and Rowell at M5
Brayshaw screams of chasing last week’s points, whereas Cripps has an easy draw, bull role and is much much cheaper.
TD all day, Chris but God what a glorious midfield
Am planning on one of the following two:
TU: Whitfield > Short
TD: Whitfield > Hall
Chapman > Bowey
Trading Chapman to Bowey makes me enough to be able to snap up Hall. I was also wondering whether I should go Dixon to Hayes or save the trade.
Cheers
Would you guys flip 2 premos for 3?
Whitfield/Gawn to bring in Short/Petracca/Butters?
Have English for R2
Thanks
For those 3.
Absolutely. Short and Butters seem to be must haves
Could also go Brayshaw as a mid
toying with –
Steele> Cripps
chapman>hewitt
mcgovern>heeney
really don’t wanna lose Steele but this makes my overall team so much stronger I think, and can get Steele back at a discount later hopefully. would then have 4 premo’s in each line and gawndy in the rucks…..
T/U do it
T/D rethink
Starting to wonder how important Berry is
Could get Hewett, Whitfield and Bowey but would need to give up Berry.
Or could get two of them + correct one of McGovern/Chapman
Having McGovern + Chapman isn’t too bad as both should peak at over 300k and be viable stepping stones
TU: Bowey is a better bet at a money maker then Berry get all 3
TD: keep Berry over Ward. And bring in a rookie
Whitfield and Ward to Cripps and Hinge? leaves me light with 3 rookie defenders on field- TU
Just go Whitfield to Ward, save trade and bank cash for another day (hopefully Cripps slows down)- TD
Left myself a bit of money to make some big r3 trades, thoughts on this:
T/U
Whitfield -> Hewett
Ward -> Cripps
T/D
Whitfield -> Hewett
Ward -> Cripps
Chapman -> Bowey
Is Whitfield really a must trade? I don’t see one post without ppl having him in there plans….
TU: gotta go his a burnman
TD: overreaction you can hold
Definitely not a must trade. Has GC too this week who leak points to oppo defenders
T/U: Tim English
T/D: Luke Jackson
Hey coaches, thoughts out of these two:
TU:
Gawn > Xerri ( ENGLISH swings to R1 with Pruess R2, Hayes R3
Owens > brayshaw
$7k in the bank
Or
TD:
Whitfield > bowey
Owens > Rachele
Dixon > Xerri
$90k in the bank
Ty
Revisiting the trade I was thinking of yesterday.
TU: Whitfield / Chapman / Ward -> Hewitt / Bowey / Cripps
TD: Whitfield / Chapman -> Hewitt / Short
TU. English
TD. Witts
Best $102.4k option?
TU Hugh Dixon
TD Robbie McComb
(Already have Martin & Hayes)
Thanks Coaches
Robbie McComb could be the medical sub tomorrow night.
Promising player but a hard team to get into.
Hugh Dixon who missed last week due to health and safety protocols is unknown at the moment for this weeks game. With everything at WC who knows what their team selection will be this week or in the future?
Tough choice Rory.
Almost better if Dixon doesn’t play since you can use him as a loop and bring in R/F cover if someone gets injured
TU: Whitfield & Ward (DPP via Rachele) > Bowey, Xerri & bank 226k)
TD: Keep trades
How many premiums do you have? Generally swapping out a premium for a rookie (who will need 2 trades to turn into a premium) is a bad idea
A better trade would be Ward down to a cheaper rookie and Whitfield up to a more reliable premo mid you don’t have.
TU:
Whitfield -> hall
TMitchell -> Cripps
$127k bank
TD:
Whitfield -> bowey
Berry -> Cripps
Titch -> Brayshaw/petracca
$118k in bank
Chapman > bowey
Bit of a sideways trade but with Salem out, thoughts?
Torn on the same one myself. Agree that it feels a little too sideways.
It’s a rookie correction. They are meant to be sideways
Whitfield>skinner
Berry>cripps
soligo>mcdonald
Have decided i need to get rid of Darcy.
TU: English
TD: Jackson
TU
Whitfield > Hewett
Chapman > Bowey
McGovern > Xerri
$192 k bank to try and get Cripps in next week
TD
Whitfield > Bowey
Ward > Cripps
McGovern > Xerri
$42 k bank to try and get Hewett in next week
If you can Via DPP you could go Gov to Bowey,
Then do Chapman to Xeri next week
Berry too Cripps?
T/U Heeney & Stephen’s
T/D Cripps & Xerri
TU:
Darcy > English
Berry > Cripps
Whitfield > Ryan
TD:
Darcy > Jackson
Berry > Cripps
Whitfield > Hall
A great post would be who are the 3/3/2/3 you need to have right now.
There’s a fair few candidates that fit the bill.
I wouldn’t be sideways trading to go Steele -> Petracca or Ridley -> Short (for example)
Need to trade out Tarryn Thomas, so was thinking of trading him to Xerri, which will leave me with $274k in the bank.
Was thinking of trading in Cripps or Rowell for either Ward or Berry. Leaning to Ward, but here’s the situation. If I trade Ward to Cripps it leaves me with only $300 in the bank. If I trade Ward to Rowell it leave me with $112k.
T/up – Trade in Cripps
T/down – Trade in Rowell
Comment – Trade Berry instead
Cripps will score larger it seems and has a higher chance of being a keeper.
Both ideal, but I’d lean Cripps. (Can’t believe I just wrote that)
Thanks Abs! Only concern is the amount of money left in the bank if I get him in for Ward
What’s your trades and balance looking like?
This is my team atm and if I trade in Cripps I would be using my first 2 trades of the season:
DEF: Ridley, Short, Whitfield, Hewett, Gibcus, Mccartin (O’Driscoll, De Koning)
MID: Macrae, Steele, Oliver, Neale, Berry, JHF, Daicos, Ward (MacDonald, Owens, Hough)
RUCK: Gawn, Grundy (Dixon)
FWD: Dunkley, Thomas, Butters, Coniglio, Rachele, Hayes (Martin, Baldwin)
Thomas -> Xerri
Ward -> Cripps
Looking like the best bet. Leaves you light on funds but saves an extra trade.
Sounds like a plan, thanks! Appreciate your input 🙂
At this rate it seems that I may have a couple of PODs in Gawn & Whitfield.
Who would have thought 🙂
Should I trade Rowan Marshall to Tim English? I would use a trade boost
TU: Yes
TD: No, Hold
Whitfield, hough and Berry -> Cripps, Bowey, Stephens
Titch a must trade with back to back 80s and about to bleed cash?
Thoughts on
Steele/Whitfield/Berry > Cripps/Brayshaw/Sicily
Haven’t used a trade yet, can get Cripps for Whitfield essentially using DPP. have all rookies except N Martin.
TU: Whitfield and Mead -> Cripps and Martin
TD: Hold trades
If I did the trade, I’d need to bench Stephens and my backline would have 3 rooks on the field (Crisp, Short and Hewett are other back men).
Ward —> Xerri
TU – do it
TD – waste of a trade
Gawn > Witts
Ward > Cripps
T/U – Yes!
T/D – Hold
I want to do the same, but I just bring myself to do it to Max…
*just can’t*
Tu Whitfield Gawn Owens to Hewitt Cripps and Heeney but would have Hayes as R2
Td Whitfield Gawn Owens to Hewitt Cripps and English/Witts or Jackson No Heeney
Locked in and done the following –
Whitfield – bowey
Berry – Cripps
Mitchell – Brayshaw
Good trades?
Whitfield > Short
Chapman > Bowey
Mead > Hayes
Can’t find a way to get Cripps and Hayes in unless I keep Chapman.
Option 1:
Gawn – Witts
Ward – Cripps
Chapman – Bowey
Keeping: Whitfield and Berry
OR
Option 2:
Gawn – English
Whitfield – Hewett
Ward – Cripps
Keeping: Chapman and Berry
TU: Option 1
TU: Option 2
Trade Ridley to Hall
I starting to think, Gawn, Whitfield, even Steele, will b reverse PODS by rd4.
Trade Gawn?
TU: English
Or
TD: Witts
Worth trading Chapman for bowey?
In isolation, what do you guys think about the following trade?
TU: Ward > Brodie (swing Rachele into Mids)
TD: Save the trade
Pros: Brodie scores better points as my F6 than Hayes/Martin. TOG likely to increase, Fyfe out for a while.
Cons: Ward has good role and JS at Hawthorn – will likely make bank there. Mundy still to arrive at Freo.
Steele is an interesting one. Score in R2 was right at the level where it makes trading him a really hard decision. The bottom line is he is going to lose cash and if he stays around the 100-110 mark then your losing at that starting price. Any lower and he can ruin your season. I think he will come good but appeared disinterested at times during the last game which is weird. 5 players I think you can consider trading him to:
Macrae – The safest bet and if you don’t have him then this is your chance
Petracca – looks like he’ll be the best player in the comp this year
Bradshaw – the big improver but its early days
Neale – he’s back. Second safest bet but most of us have him.
Cripps – he is back for now but can he sustain the early season form?
So here’s the trade..
Steele to Macrae
Whitfield to Hewitt
Meade to Stephens.
TU: Do it
TD: Don’t do it.
I must admit I’m torn on trading Steel as well. Watched him in the practice match but wasn’t too worried because it was a practice match. But watching him in round 1 and for three quarters of round 2 he was no different. Wow I thought is he carrying an injury? I think not, because his tackling is still there. I’m thinking he’s not where the ball is as much as previous years. Or maybe lacking support in the middle. And he was 1 off 3 players that were first picked for me for both his consistency and to captain. Hate trading a premo and I’ve only done it twice before and was right but geez I am torn on this one . I think it will be a last minute decision.
Steele is a premo keeper….. Why trade him sideways to Macrae??
His price dropping is irrelevant if you don’t trade him…. Sure it will drop after this week but why does that matter unless he get’s a LTI and you have to trade him…
Not as if he is injured or had a change in role etc so the reality is after initial price hit this week his value will steadily increase again anyway… Not sure 2 rounds is enough data to be culling Steele – last week was hardly a horrendous score….
Whitfield to Hewitt is sideways also…. Who’s to say Hewitt will even outscore Whitfield for the next 20 rounds???
Keep this up you will need 35o trades not 35…… Save the sideway trades for inevitable injuries to premos and/or Covid Protocols come the pointy end
Meade to Stephens – rookie correctional trade makes sense……
Yes you make good points but look at it from a different point of view. Trade Steel to Cripps , gain $231,000 and Steel is set to drop $44,700 this week alone. Total gain in 1 week is $ 275,700 . I’m sure we’ve traded rookies in and out for less. Just something to think about .
TU: T Thomas > Hewett
TD: Ward > Rowell
Gawn to Heeney – Swing Hayes to R2
Berry to Cripps
yay or nay
Whitfield – Hewitt
Chapman – Bowey
Owens – Cripps
Thoughts are I don’t see Hewitt being kicked to a half-back role in Carlton side so I’m my mind he averages 95+ which is a keeper for a discount.
Bowey only needs one more reasonable score (80-85+) in order to make the $150k needed to be a good trade which I believe he will do.
Cripps in for a unused rook to now makes its own reason.
Thoughts are appreciated.
Who to field this week?
T/U McCartin
T/D Hinge
Whitfield + Berry + Chapman out – Bowey + Cripps + Heeney in?
T/U Yes
T/D No
Heeney’s the tricky one – can he really keep kicking 4 goals a game? Maybe move Whitfield up to a Short/Hall and rookie/Xerri/Brodie instead of Heeney
T/U – ENGLISH
T/D – HEENEY
T/U: Get English as FWD (Rachele to Res)
T/D: Get Naish (already have Xerri & NMartin) Lot of $$ for upgrades (field Rachelle F6)
Cheers
If you have the $$$ for a fwd premium why not De Goey.
Safer bet then English to average 100-110 and he’s cheaper.
Current team with $132k itb:
DEF: Short, Crisp, Ridley, Whitfield, Gibcus, McCartin (ODrizz, SDK)
MID: Macrae, Oliver, Neale, Rowell, Berry, Brodie, JHF, Daicos (Ward, Stephens, MacDonald)
RUC: Grundy, English (Dixon)
FOR: Dunkley, Heeney, Butter, Cogs, Xerri, Rachele (Martin, Hayes)
Pretty lucky with the team I started with in that there are no glaring holes/issues. Only worthwhile trade I can see doing is Whitfield to Hewett. Keen to hear if anyone has any other advice
You have the cash for Gibcus to Bowey
Not a fan of Bowey at this stage. He scored 50ish the first week then 3x that in the second. Happy to be proven wrong but I don’t see him averaging 70-80 from here to make the trade worthwhile
Agreed…
How about finding an extra 60k for Rioli ? Has a more proven scoring history at half back.
He has dpp as a bonus
Why trade in a midprice player like Rioli that you will only have to trade again anyway???
Gibcus on field = 50ppg
Rioli on field = 90ppg -100ppg
Say it takes you 8 weeks to trade out Gibcus for 150k versus trading Rioli out in the same timeframe, that’s 300-400 points
Furthermore Rioli will max out at close to 500k and that means he can be used as a stepping stone to bring in a top mid that you don’t currently have in 2 trades rather then 3 (if at all) so you get the trade back there.
And if everything goes well his DPP makes him your D7/F7 and you don’t trade him out (so no wasted trades)
So basically it’s a choice between more points and better cash gen on field vs money in the bank doing nothing
Plus you’d still have 70k in the bank after doing that trade so you aren’t running on fumes
Think Hewett is a must have and I’d be trading out Whitfield.
Both Whitfield and Ridley are under performing.
T/U – Whitfield + Baldwin > Hewett + Xerri
T/D – Whitfield + Baldwin + Ward > Hinge + Naish + Cripps
Any other suggestions would be great. I’m a bit apprehensive of the future scoring of the Carlton boys but love the potential cash generation with the other picks.
B321
Thought on trades:
Berry > Neale
Ward > Cripps
Gawn > Akuei
Hayes as my R2 for next few weeks
T/U – Yes
T/D – No
Worth moving on from Whitfield?
T/U – McGovern & Whitfield to Cripps & Bowey
T/D – McGovern & Whitfield to Xerri & Hall
Third option using the boost
T/U – Whit, Gov, Durdin/Ward – Bowey, Xerri, Crippa
Chapman – Hall
Steele – Cripps
McGovern – Xerri
TU or TD???
Who to trade for Cripps?
Tu: Ward
Td: Berry
Other trades include:
Whitfield > Hewett
Chapman > Skinner (Depends on who I take between Ward/Berry)
Berry has been at plenty of CBS, I think it’s just a matter of time until he puts out a big score. And using the “rule of 3” if that’s in the coming week or two then you’ll be laughing at the cash gen if you hold. I’m going to hold him for now and pray I’m right.
Zac Bailey > Heeney?
T/U: Yay
T/D: Nay
TU:
Ward > Cripps
Whitfield > Bowey
TD:
Berry > Cripps
Whitfield > Bowey
What’s people’s feeling on Brodie…
Scored 101 from 60% game time.
Like his tackling and inside work and with Fyfe out for an extended stint good chance to stay.
Wondering long term if he’ll be a keeper?
Hopefully, builds his tank and keeps a spot in Freo’s midfield. Given he’s just 23, he might form a great partnership going forward with Serong, Bradshaw, etc.
Be great if he’s a surprise keeper!
What rookie to trade out for Xerri?
TU: Maginess
TD: Hough
Comment: Dixon
Also have an underperforming Ward but think he will come good once he starts using the ball properly.
Dixon
My last question was if I should use my trade boost to do Ridley to Hall. which received a No by the community but I’ve been thinking. I originally faded JHF due to concerns of his midfield minutes in Norths team. My 2 trades are going to be Whitfield + McGovern to Bowey + Cripps but would you use the boost to go someone like Berry to JHF given Thomas is now out for 6-8. Does this increase JHF’s mid minutes?
My current Midfield: Macrae, Miller, Oliver, Neale, Rowell, Berry, Daicos, and Rachele (Ward, Stephens, Macdonald)
After trades: Macrae, Miller, Oliver, Neale, Cripps, Berry/JHF, Daicos (Ward, Stephens, Macdonald)
TU: Save Boost
TD: Boost and get JHF
TU:
Gawn > Witts
Whitfield > Hewitt
Hough > Cripps
TD:
Gawn > Xerri with Hayes at R2
Whitfield > Hall
Hough > Cripps
Third option not using the boost:
Whitfield > Hewett
Dixon > Xerri
I wouldnt get cripps tho and i really want him
Miller coming in community
Unfortunately, one needs to make way?
TU: Berry
TD: Ward
Thoughts on Gawn, Steele, Chapman – Cripps, Heeney, Hewett?
Hayes would be my R2 until Xerri gains DPP which I’m hoping Hayes can maintain his output/spot with Ryder coming back into the team. If not I have 320k in the bank to assist with coverage. Huge risk regardless but I see huge reward if we can get to round 6 with Hayes.
I hate sideways trading premiums in Gawn and Steele but I’m gaining over 400k in the bank with Heeney and Cripps who I see as top 6-8 in their positions.
Would love to hear some feedback
Trade Whitfield to
Tu Hewett
Td Bowey and $$
Whitfield – Hewitt
Chapman – Bowey
Owens – Cripps
Thoughts are I don’t see Hewitt being kicked to a half-back role in Carlton side so I’m my mind he averages 95+ which is a keeper for a discount.
Bowey only needs one more reasonable score (80-85+) in order to make the $150k needed to be a good trade which I believe he will do.
Cripps in for a unused rook to now makes its own reason.
Thoughts are appreciated.
Really struggling to decide on whether or not I use a boost this round, team is currently:
DEF: Crisp, Ridley, Short, Whitfield, hinge, McCartin (O’Driscoll, SDK)
MID: Macrae, Steele, Brayshaw, Neale, Rowell, JHF, Daicos, Ward (MacDonald, Owens, Hough)
RUCK: Gawndy (Dixon)
FWD: Dunkley, Butters, Coniglio, Brodie, Xerri, Rachele (Hayes, N.Martin)
Still sitting on 35 trades but I’m set on doing:
Whitfield > Hewitt
Owens > Stephens
And the boost I am very tempted on is:
Ridley > Hall
Based on the fact that I’m not confident Ridley is pulling out a 100+ score this round, and hall is looking like a top 3 defender, and after this round I won’t have the cash to move Ridley straight to Hall, so I don’t really want to miss out on him. I mean I would obviously like to bring in Heeney or Cripps but my structure doesn’t allow it, nor am I unhappy with anyone in my mid/fwd lines enough to drop them.
TU: use boost on RIDLEY > HALL
TD: no boost and believe in Ridley
TU – Whitfield to Cripps
TD – Berry to Cripps
T/U: Whitfield, Owens > Bowey, Cripps
T/D: Gawn, Whitfield, Owens >
Jackson, Neale, Hewitt/Bowey
TU
Whitfield > Bowey
Steele > Cripps
McGovern > Heeney
(275k itb)
TD
Steele > Cripps
McGovern > Heeney
Comment
Whitfield > Bowey
McGovern > Heeney
Comment
Whitfield > Bowey
McGovern > Heeney
Still haven’t made a trade this season,
And looking at my team, I don’t see any reason to make a trade just yet except for that nagging FOMO that I should be doing something. All my premo’s are performing as expected ( apart from Jack Steele)
Who I’m not about to waste a trade on, “trades are gold”
I Have most of the performing rookies,
So basically I’m asking the coaches am I mad to not trade this week, it’s more a validation from the SuperCoach community
To let me know what you all think.
If you have all the right rookies and no severe under-performing premos, then saving trades is gold.
Last few years we’ve had to settle for sub-premos to finish the sides since trades were tight and cash gen was poor. Those who hold trades will be able to fill out their teams better in the end (IMO)
DEF: Lloyd, Crisp. Whitfield, Hewett, Gibcus, McCartin (Sinn, O’Driscoll)
MID: Macrae, Steele, Oliver, Neale, J.Berry, JHF, N.Daicos, Ward (D.Stephens, Hollands, C.MacDonald)
RUC: Gawn, Grundy (Dixon)
FWD: Dunkley, Butters. Cogs, Brodie, Rachele, Durdin (SDK, N.Martin)
$90,600 in the bank, 35 trades left
Any advice or feedback is greatly appreciated!!
Team is in great shape. Only rookie missing is Hayes which you could correct with Dixon > Hayes .
If you’re sold on Crippa you can go down the Whitfield & Berry to Bowey & Crippa route that everyone is looking at, but up to you.
Could even straight swap Whitfield to Cripps by swinging SDK back and Hollands forward if not sold on Bowey over Berry.
T/U Whitfield to Hall
T/D Ward to caldwell
Hey Guys..
Gawn, berry and whitfield to jackson, cripps and hall TU
Steel, berry. Whitfield to cripps, Rowell and hall TD
Cheers
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Join this league to fill it up before tonight. Players with experience please!!
Steele & Ward
To
Cripps & Caldwell
I hate going sideways on a premo, especially when I’ll probably bring him back in later on in the season, but it is the only reasonable way I can get to Cripps.
TU or TD?
Am I crazy for holding off for no trades this week, haven’t made any trades this season so far.
Def: Ryan Ridley short Sicily mccartin hinge (gibcus uwland)
Mid: macrae Steele Oliver neale Rowell JHF daicos stephens ( ward McDonald Hough)
Ruck:gawn Grundy (Dixon)
Fwd: Dunkley butters coniglio Brodie Rachele Hayes (Martin de koning)
I nailed my starting rookies so don’t have any of the big rookies missing. The big thing tempting me is the great deals available with Cripps hewett heeney xerri etc but only have 10 k in the bank and don’t wanna use 3 trades to do a big restructure.
Any thoughts and ideas would be greatly appreciated as I’m a bit stumped.
No need to trade for the sake of trading……
You seem to have most of cash cows covered….
Depending on your thoughts on Xerri you could consider trading him in for quick cash crab… BE of -77 only needs to pump out a couple of 80 scores to make some serious coin pretty quickly..
Ward although has good JS and set role at Hawks hasn’t set fire to it SC scoring wise – could possibly swap them two as a rookie priced correction trade?
Can you get from Hough to Xerri in one trade – what’s your cash reserves like??
Xerri hard to get a read on though – scored his tonne against a WAFL side…
I like xerri for the cash grab but have only 10k. I really like ward (hawks fan) and think he’s gonna keep on improving so not keen to trade him. Problem is if I get xerri in there’s no real easy option to get to him without a downgrade and not keen on that. Might be a pass this week and just watch everyone else trade.
TU
Martin – Xerri
Whitfield – Hall
Ward – Rowell
TD
Martin – Xerri
Whitfield – Hewett
Ward – Cripps
Currently trades this week are
TU-Whitfield > Hall
Gawn > Witts
Hough > Cripps
Leaves me with 52k
or
TD- Whitfield > Hewett
Gawn> Witts
Hough> Cripps
Leaves 225k
TU: Ridley to Hewitt
Baldwin to Xerri
TD: Sicily to Hewitt
Soligo to Stephens
TU
Gawn > Xerri (Hayes to R2 until Xerri gets DDP)
Chapman to Hewett
Hough to Cripps
TD
Whitfield > Hewett
Chapman > Bowey
McGovern > Xerri
$192 k bank to try and get Cripps in next week
Watching plenty of podcasts, can’t believe a lot think jumping on Bradshaw from Freo is a good idea!
With all the covid problems in WA, I wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole!
Someone like Brodie or Dixon isn’t so bad as there isn’t much money involved!
But Brayshaw, good player and all but – meh!
Every afl player has equal chance of catching Covid now. Location makes no difference. The Eagles just happened to be the first team that I’m had it impact them as a group.
Alright, 1 has to go to facilitate a cripps trade
t/u – Whitfield
t/d – Gawn
Option 1:
OUT – Whitfield, Berry, Hough
IN – Cripps, Bowey, Rachele
Option 2:
OUT – Gawn, Berry, Ward
IN – Cripps, English, Rachele
T/U – Option 1
T/D – Option 2
Thanks everyone!
Trade Bont & Whitfield
Bring in Neale & Hall or another premo?
TU: Use the boost and get cripps
Whitfield > Hewett
Hough > Cripps
Gawn > Witts
TD: Don’t use the boost but miss out on in my opinion a must-have in Cripps
Whitfield > Hewett
Dixon > Xerri
Is Xerri a must have?
TU: Whitfield & Ward to Bowey & Xerri
TD: Keep trades
TU
Darcy – Xerri via Hayes as R2 (ride hayes at r2 for a couple wks)
Hough – Cripps
McGovern – Brodie
TD
Darcy – Preuss
Dixon – Xerri
Hough – Cripps
TU- Ward> Cripps 11.8k left
TD- Berry> Cripps 100k left
Is it worth going Berry to Bowey?
Opens up DPP with McCartin and SDK. Will mean Daicos/D Stephens at M7/8, P McCartin at F6, and M Hinge at D6.
Alternatively I save the trade, have M Hinge/P McCartin D6/7, Rachele F6 and Daicos M8.
Trade in Xerri via DPP for:
TU: Ward
TD: Hough
Gawn to Jackson?
TU: Berry + Rioli
TD: Hewett + Ward
Who to get.
TU: Brayshaw
TD: Heeney
Brain and heart says brayshaw. Murphey’s law says heeney.
Tu O’Driscoll to Hewett
Td Ward to Cripps
What’s the biggest priority
Whitfield to
TU: Short
TD: Hall
Rowell for Heeney?
TU: Whitfield and Baldwin to Hewett and Xerri (57K cash)
TD: Whitfield and Baldwin to Hewett and Will Brodie (41K cash)
Preuss playing main ruck with Flynn as an emergency
Is he a cop or a pass?