POLL: End of the BYES Wrap

Does anyone really like the byes? I’m going to put that question in a poll, as well as some data related questions to see how we are situated for the remaining four rounds plus SC finals.

Like never before, I feel, forced trades have impacted our team growth dramatically. This week I will be trading Jack Sinclair to someone who can play footy, thus making him my twelfth (12th) forced trade in seventeen rounds. That’s a pretty horrendous rate to lose your preferred players, is it not? The obvious follow on is that you are  potentially twelve players further off filling your team, and even if they all were not going to eventually stay, it still puts you behind the eight ball when it comes to completing your team.

My team is less than flash this year, and a quick dive into my history confirms that in spades. Since I joined in 2014 I am officially 13k positions worse than my previous low at any round 16, so I thank everyone for continuing to support despite the glitch. However, during the byes I have improved by 16k spots and averaged 1999 points during the period. Sounds good, but when you start at 96k it is all relative. How many positions did you improve, or if not, how many did you lose is included to let us know more about the state of the game at the end of R16.

Trades, boosts and premo numbers will be an integral proportion of the poll as well. With only four rounds to get it right, do you have the correct formula, or are you hoping value picks will do it for you? I leave R16 short two forwards, one defender and the flex with nine trades and two boosts on the table. That number will obviously delete the defender from that list once Sinclair is traded. So that will leave seven trades to fill three spots, not an easy task. What is yours looking like?

Once you answer the poll questions, please chuck in some comments to generate discussion and let us know your thoughts and strategy. Thanks for reading and participating, and I hope all all your decisions are gold from here on in.