You could swing Laird into the MIDs if you’re really bullish on May, yeah, but maybe grab a high powered MID to make up some of the ground you’ve lost with Cripps. Any high ceiling Top 8 MID you fancy – maybe Walsh?
Also, be cognizant of how May would affect your bye structure. He’s got the R14 bye, where most of us already have 6 – 8 premos out.
Yeah I would love ideally to grab a top gun mid, however i am just being wary on the amount of trades and cash being used.
Is May too cheap to pass up at 410?!
Already have gone sideways a few times this season due to injury ect
Other thing is at a 202k price and an average of 71 he’s not got big cash growth. If you take the first game and 5 goals and 5 goals as an outlier against what should have been a relatively beatable team it means he’s pretty questionable.
If you take it that he’s had a bad week as a young key forward in a weakened team this week then he looks pretty good.
2 games so very hard to judge.
He may make me pull a second trade this week but I’m trying to conserve some, the trading has been hectic already.
Shai Bolton? I brought him in last week for Dunkley as I already have Zorko, Ziebell and Impey.
He’s getting a good and now increasing midfield rotation. Dusty might be back this week, but Prestia is out for longer than expected and I believe Cotchin will be out for a few weeks, Lambert is also out.
I’m tempted to get Marshall in later but he spends a lot of time as a key forward and his foot injury seems like something that will have him in and out of the side.
Hey guys. Just looking for some advice as I’m a bit split
T/U trading Neale and chapman, swinging laird to the mids and getting may in and Fredericks in as well with the leftover cash to use to swing gulden to a premium of over 600k or a fallen premo and keeping some cash
T/D Chapman to Fredericks and Neale to Macrae
I’ve got Ridley and was burnt by Daniel until the Lions game. I’ve gone Salem instead of May to give me 16 premos and not break my no key position player rule.
I need to trade out Cripps and Chapman this week. Already planning to bring in Frederick but with Cripps losing a lot of cash I’m only left with 601k for a premo which is just short of the likes of Walsh, Steele, Lyons.
Does anyone have any other good options I should bring in ??
If you believe in Guthrie at all that could be a good pick up. Oliver, Petracca or Zerrett are all below that as well and are legit premos. If you want cheaper, Freo Brayshaw and Tom Mitchell are both just over $500k
Unfortunately already have the likes of Oliver, Zerret and Brayshaw so can’t bring them in but Petracca and Guthrie are intriguing. Are either of these two true promos or are they likely to die down?
Chapman > Frederick
Gulden > Best option under 546k currently
Keen to hear some thoughts. I don’t have Ridley but his BE is high so I won’t touch him and get him when he’s rock bottom, so ideally I’d like to bring in a mid premo.
Same trades and situation as me Jov!
Kinda slim pickings, but I’m thinking of going Brayshaw or Titch myself. Most likely Brayshaw.
Who are you thinking of trading in?
I’ve got Andy Brayshaw covered. So Titch is highly likely instead. Josh Kelly is on my never again list for a reason and I’m too salty to consider May in defence.
I know Kosi has more money to make but my plan is Kosi to Frederick and Rowe to Bolton leaving me 18 trades and none required next week barring injuries with 70k itb
Hey SG N, you could trade Rowe directly to Frederick via dpp (Scott/Laird), you can also trade Flynn to Frederick the same way via Treacy/Scott/Laird and then trade Rowe to Bolton. Next week Kozzie to RCD via Laird DPP and Laird is back in defence. It does mean that Powell and Jordan are on the bench this week though which is not ideal, but trading Kozzie is not ideal this week either !
Currently 16 keepers on field, 330k bank, 21 trades left
Current cash making rooks: koschi, powell, jordan, berry, scott, flynn, warner, rowe, farrar, mcreery
Not playing atm: highmore, waterman, fullarton
TU : koschi to frederick
TD: hold trades youll have enugh cash for upgrades and hopefully another good rookie comes along later (e.g. lachie jones from injury)
I’m onboard with trading Cripps but not to Kelly. One week of good scoring doesn’t represent a return to his old role and you always have to consider GWS and their injury management. Plenty of other options to trade Cripps to around the same $$ (Brayshaw/Mitchell).
IMO Cripps is a luxury trade once other positions are sorted.
Cripps had 24 disposals which is not bad. He had 3rd highest number of contested possessions in the game. His game was better than his 65 SC pts.
Hold Cripps, save the trade and instead send a “please explain email” to CD 🙂
Your right Baz, every week i look at his numbers and they dont equate, nevertheless i look at his numbers and think he will bounce back next week but now with a 60 im gobsmacked at his demise.. like is he actually that badd or what and why are CD scoring him so poorly.
I’ve got both Cripps and Kelly. Very demoralising to date.
Agree it’s a bit early to say Kelly is back. I’d give him another week or two before we can say for sure. But I’m one for moving Cripps on ASAP. I fear he’s degrading into a SC irrelevant player, a bit like Cotchin has from his prime. Get something for him before he drops & settles into the mid $300K area.
Had a solid week, just got to better prepare with my loophole as I missed out on Grundy’s 144. This week 1 down 1 up. Have two options with the upgrade part as the downgrade will be Chapman > Frederick.
I opted for Dev Rob for Neale to give me a stable FWD rookie whilst making cash, leaving me with $500k in the bank. Not sure whether to go 1 up & 1 down to grab Frederick, or let him pass for a double upgrade:
T/U – Chapman & Rowe to May & Ridley
T/D – Chapman & Rowe to May & Freddy ($470k bank)
The Port Adelaide Frederick Sloany. His on the bubble (played 2 games and is set to increase in price after his next game) and he plays in defence – straight swap with Chapman.
I would say Cripps and Gulden seem like the only players who could be a concern. I would personally bring in Oliver and Frederick for the two and swing Laird in the midfield. Would leave you enough cash next week to make an upgrade
Good call, as a Carlton supporter for some reason I’m still waiting for him to come good. think my love for the blues is throwing me off, What about Rowe? Gulden Rowe for Frederick and either Brayshaw/Boak/Mitchell?
Walker (will bleed cash now) and Gulden need to be moved on and you need to add depth in your midfield via dpp.
Move Zorko forward then Walker to any of Mitchell, Brayshaw, Treloar, Parish any of which you will be happy to retain until the end of the season and suit your byes.
Gulden to RCD next week?
Your backs are ok
Dunno if I’m bold enough to trade Walker Infront of gulden Rowe Cripps or any other fattened rookies in the following weeks for that matter. But that’s a valley move and your probably right about him leaking from here
For some reason I’m ruling out duncan and petracca. The more I look at it the more I become interested in trading cripps but I’ll go cripps to boak after boak’s bye.
T/U Guthrie (suits my bye structure better)
T/D Oliver (more likely to be tagged??)
S. May $408,600 is the flavor of the week but Caleb Daniel is only $412,400.
Both had good seasons last year with S. May over 100 x 9 times with top scores of 149, 123,122, and a few shockers thrown in (36, 58 and 3 games at the start of the season in the in the 60’s. Whilst Daniel scored over 100 x 10 times with top scores of 154, 134, 128 and his lowest score being 71.
Daniel has had a mixed bag this year with his Round 4 19 points and a suspension but has come back with a 78 in round 6 and a 117 round 7.
Whilst it was good to see Daniel finally put together a decent score, I do have question marks over his role which seems to change by the week. Bailey Dale has been getting more kick ins and the Dogs will also get Bailey Williams back in the next week or 2 which could effect Daniel’s scoring.
May has a higher ceiling (as seen over the weekend) and his role is a lot more consistent. Also worthy to note that May cracked 100+ in 7 of his last 9 matches last season so I think he’s great value at 408k
I found it hard to believe all of the media hype about how young and inexperienced the Essendon squad is this year so I decided to check myself to find out the truth.
Bombers have fourteen 1st round selections currently playing averaging 6.2 YEARS in the AFL system
Not exactly young and inexperienced but the AFL and Media don’t have an issue with distorting facts and truth to make the Bombers look like an underdog or an over achiever instead of an under achiever. Remember that those 14 don’t include Shiel, Ridley or Merrett.
On Sunday against Carlton the Bombers fielded 10 first round national draft selctions and 1 first round rookie draft selection the average years in the AFL system for those 11 players is 6.27 years
Essendon fielded 8 top 10 picks with an average of 4.1 years in the AFL system (the ave was reduced by 3 top 10 picks from 2020)
On Sunday Carlton fielded 6 top 10 first round draft picks with an average of 4.1 years in the AFL system
Based on AFL experience and Juniour talent history the Bombers should have thrashed Carlton on Sunday but they lost.
Essendon have the most top 10 selections of any club and on sunday they played 8 top 10 selections averaging 4+ years in the system but they looked horrible and lost to a genuinely inexperienced team by comparison.
The AFL and the Media need to stop distorting facts to protect Essendon from scrutiny and criticism they are seriously under performing and based on their experience in the system and incredibly high number of top 10 picks they should be in the top 4 not the bottom 4
Is Aaron Hall an option? had a couple great scores and looks like he could have a similar role as ziebel in the backline. Cheap nothing disposals, that are good for SuperCoach. only 415k and a massive pod.
Nah bro, he’s had durability issues his whole career. Only a matter of time before and injury or something else happens to him. I agree though when he’s playing he’s a star. But this game is all about durability and he certainly lacks that.
I’ve been forced into using every single trade this year due to injury. So, I’m trying to save up trades for the byes obviously but I have a multiple layers bye plan that should work. Anyway, my ruck structure is Gawn, Flynn and Meek. With Flynn not getting a game each week because of Mumford, I have been copping a donut for 2 or 3 of the last 4 weeks in the ruck.
The options are:
Like comment: Meek for Thilthorpe
Dislike comment: No trade, bank the two this week
If you think I should do something else, let me know
Hi fan footy legend. If you have been hit real hard with injuries don’t worry about the byes to much. Get you upgrades done now as best you can and you will most probably only have 1 bad week at bye time. Easily made up by improvements made now. Cheers and good luck
FWD line is doing my head in. Can”t get to Bolton this week and worried about a rookie options available this week or next or a possible donut if Rowe or Warner are dropped.
Currently my FWD line is Ziebell, Zorko, Impey (Warner, Rowe & Scott)
Bench & swing options include waterman, brockman, macrae & Saunders (loop)
Is Thilthorpe’s JS good ? $200k is probably more than I would want to pay, but having a sure thing FWD starter is probably what I need right now.
Or am I better to hold Rowe and wait as see how Owies or Poulter turn out on the bubble?
I would hold the other trade this week, and look to turning those Swans rookies into Dusty ( he should bottom out next week.)and Collier Dawkins or another Bubble rookie.
If you have more than 22 trades I would look at swapping Cripps out with a Discount Defender like Daniel or May.
You can then swap Laird back when you sell Kosi.
Who to bring in? My current forward line is Zieball, Zorko, Daniher, 3 Rookies.
T/U Rowe > Bolton
T/D Rowe > Brayshaw (via dpp)
The first option brings some stability in my forward line, with the intention of bringing in Dusty next week when he becomes a little cheaper. However, Brayshaw’s price is very appealing and is the bye a concern if I have 2 Richmond players in the forward line?
I used my DPP swing with Laird to bring in Lloyd for Gulden last week to “finish” my defense. I feel like it’s a good move to generate some cash (only $49K itb) this week to do an upgrade next week or two the week after but not sure if these moves make sense. 22 trades left.
Crisp to May, and Butts or Kosi to Frederick.
Crisp and May have basically the same output, but I’d free up $84k.
Butts and Kosi both have money to make and better JS than Frederick, but cashing out would give me a nice cash boost.
If you have finished your backline and have Butts and Kosi on the pine your doing alright. Could be plenty of downgrade options next week with all the rookies who played their first game this week.
Does O Henry get another game soon? He played well in the practice matches and then had one bad game, and collingwood’s side isn’t exactly perfect as it is…
Hi all, hope everyone’s team is still going well.
Don’t know what to do this week, as i have multiple rookies bleeding cash and an underperforming Crippa who’s been disappointing this season.
Would really appreciate some advice on what to do this week.
23 trades left, $160,900 ITB, Trades last week were Neale and Dunkley > Macrae and Impey
You may need to set a 2 week plan, check whos breakevens are too high and start with them. Clark and Campbell perhaps. Then check which big time premo wont meet his BE this week and try and bring him in next week with gulden and Warner or rowe.
Who do I captain this week?
(T/U) – Gawn – against Sydney (Hickey) after a bad game
or
(T/D) – Grundy – against North (Goldstein) Kangas proved they can shut down gawn.
The only way I can trade in May (or Daniel) is trading out Koschitzke. I’m not sure how I feel about this as he has finally hit his straps and has at least another couple weeks of cash generation left.
Defence is also my weakest line, so I really need to upgrade to a premo either this week or next.
Should I:
TU: Trade Koschitzke for May
TD: Hold Koschitzke
I’m in the same boat as you with kozi, but I think you gotta skip on getting may and hope to get in whitfield in a couple of weeks instead or another premo def that falls (maybe Ridley if you dont have him)
I think kozi still makes another 60-80k and thats a hell of a lot of money
TU: Guthrie
Better for byes, better player. But leaves me with brockman, waterman, fullarton at F6, might be a donut
TD: Zorko
Worse for byes (most of my premos are from this rd), dont trust most fwd premos this year. But fills f6 gap and leaves some cash for a maybe upgrade next week
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In a poll conducted by the League’s official Twitter account on Monday, more than 94 per cent of the 13,313 votes conducted suggested fans were in favour of the old model.
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If you can upgrade one though and Rowe doesn’t get you enough cash but Gulden would, do that instead. Protecting cash growth and points though, Rowe’s gotta go
Do I pull the trigger on Flynn and upgrade him to a Bolton (Via DPP) ? He isn’t getting any games as well as what was predicted with Mummy playing a few games!
Think we need to squeeze our rookies for every last cent this season, hold. I know the appeal of a premo trade in is hard to resist, Max, but Flynn still has a BE of 4. Just needs one more decent game to get to 300k.
Frustratingly Mumford’s forced him out as the #1 ruck, so Flynn will get a game when he needs a rest. Probably in 1-2 was the timeline they discussed.
Could you sack Gulden, Chapman, etc. to finance an upgrade instead?
GD, thanks for your thoughts! much appreciated, and makes total sense.
My other upgrade options are Powell and Jordan, but, in similar wane like you mentioned – they still have enough and more money yet to make. (Rowe to Fredrick already done via DPP).
Else, I’m thinking L McNeil to a J Hogan ? Any thoughts on how Hogan would go? – I didn’t watch the game so cant comment as such. Unfortunately, I don’t have enough money to squeeze in a Bolton if I’m to trade out McNeil.
Steer clear of key position players, particularly forwards – they’re reliant on goals and can be held to some dirty scores against good opposition; eg. Tex last week. Hogan’s playing as that third tall rn.
Also, at 310k you’d be priced into him as keeper and he won’t be Top 6.
You’d be better off looking for another downgrade or just holding a trade this week
Rowe -> Frederick nets you 111k plus whatever you have ITB, you could then 1 up 1 down next week to an actual premium.
Thinking I need to pull the trigger on my ruck upgrade this week as having Flynn & Meek scoring donuts together is killing my side.
Scenario I’m considering:
Meek -> GRUNDY
Warner -> Frederick (via dpp)
However, will still have to carry high breakevens (Chapman, Gulden, Rowe, Jordan Clark) plus a bunch of donuts in (Waterman, Fullarton, Brockman, A Fyfe, Flynn)
TU: Do it & lock in Ruck set up
TD: Consider another trade option and wait a few weeks on Grundy
TU: Trade out – Chapman & Berry
Trade in – Frederick (Pt) & S May via DPP (Laird to MID for now).
On field rookies would be Frederick, Kos, Powell, Jordan, Warner, Scott &
McCreery
TD: Trade out – Chapman & Rowe
Trade in – Frederick (Pt) & Zorko / B Dale / H McKay – all 3 have same bye
On field rookies would be Frederick, Kos, Powell, Jordan, Gulden, and 2 of
Warner /Scott / McCreery
So I need a cheap-ish midfielder (<$525K) with a Round 14 bye, and I think I've narrowed it down to two options.
Player Thumbs Up is 31 years old and has an impressive scoring history, but suffers from weird injuries and plays for a so-so team. Definite POD at less than 5% ownership.
Player Thumbs Down is 21 years old and is a promising emerging player, but really struggles with a tag and plays for a battling team. A bit more popular than PTU, but still a reasonably unique option.
The two are averaging similar numbers in their past three games. Who would you go for?
Which is the better trade option this week.
TU: Trade Chapman up to May and Cripps down to Devon Robertson. Leaves Clark at D6.
TD: Trade Chapman down to Federick and Clark up to May. Hold the Cripps trade.
With the way the round falls I may for the first time this year be able to leave all decisions until after all teams are announced.
Players in the mix to trade out: Ryan, Chapman, Gulden Rowe, Cripps
Players in the mix to trade in: Frederick, J Macrae, Oliver, Petracca, Walsh McCluggage.
BUT will we know Grundy’s score before Max takes the field 2hrs and 50 minutes later. If so, how long can you expect to have to make a captaincy loophole decision on these 2? What if a quarter or 2 goes for 32+ mins like they have a few times this year?
I’m on the fence with Brayshaw based on the news that Freo will be playing in Qld for the next fortnight. But will that really matter? Probably not.
On the other hand, to finish off my defence I’d prefer to bring in Ridley and Lloyd, as such, May doesn’t quite fit in. However, I’ll have 100k in the kitty which can be used next week to bring in Dusty or Ridley.
First year SC player (played a lot of DT) and starting to get the hang of things. I am looking to trade Chapman to Frederick like everyone else, and was going to trade Tex to Zorko. There is a lot of Buzz about May, is he a must have, or are sideways trade down the road? (I only have 19 trades left if I use them both this week). What do you think?
Fremantle : The following 30 players make up the travelling squad to the Gold Coast:
Blake Acres, James Aish, Connor Blakely, Andy Brayshaw
Adam Cerra, Reece Conca, Travis Colyer, Brennan Cox
Mitch Crowden, Sean Darcy, Taylin Duman, Michael Frederick
Nat Fyfe, Stefan Giro, Liam Henry, Rory Lobb
Griffin Logue, Lloyd Meek , David Mundy, Alex Pearce
Luke Ryan, Lachie Schultz, Caleb Serong, Sam Switkowski
Matt Taberner, Darcy Tucker, Michael Walters
Tobe Watson, Joel Western, Nathan Wilson.
13 Fremantle players will remain in Perth to either continue rehabilitation of injuries or play with Peel in the WAFL competition.
Sam Sturt, Ethan Hughes, Joel Hamling, Leno Thomas, Hayden Young, Heath Chapman, Luke Valente, Nathan O’Driscoll, Brandon Walker, Stephen Hill, Brett Bewley, Josh Treacy and Bailey Banfield will remain in WA.
Fremantle will remain in Queensland before flying to Victoria for the round 9 clash against Essendon.
Then hopefully fly home for Rd 10 match with Sydney.
My main plan this week was just Chapman to Fredericks and hold the other but I’ve realised I can finish my backline with Rowe to May. I’d kinda prefer to hold off for either Whitfield or Houston after their bye as the last defender but this could be an easy upgrade. I don’t have any cash for anyone more expensive than May
TU: upgrade Rowe to May
TD: hold and stick to the original plan and save that R14 team
Dees supporters (and other knowledgeable folks), with Tomlinson doing his ACL and out for the year, does that impact May’s role from an intercepting defender to more of a pure lock down one, thus negatively affecting his future scores?
TU: Yep his scores may suffer.
TD: Nah he’ll be right. Jump on.
If I can bring in May or Daniel this week and they average 100, then I get 1500 points from them for the year. Assuming Whitfield averages 110 and plays out the season (which is also fairly risky, in my opinion) gets me 1650 for the year.
Whitfield would be a no brainer if they were evenly priced. But that $150k that I save from going May or Daniel gives me 2/3 of an upgrade – that will net me at least 10 points a week, likely more.
Feel like people leaning towards Zorko. Although I feel Bolton has more upside and at a much better age, history shows he could average more in the remaining games.. thoughts appreciated!
Essendon : Andrew Phillips – “It’s good that hopefully we’ll be able to have two available guys (Francis & Phillips) to choose from, which we’ll finalise later today.” Ben Rutten
Anyone have an idea of Nathan Murphy’s job security? I went early on Frederick when he debuted because I was going to cop a donut. Need to trade Chapman out so need another option.
Im very fortunate to be in a position where Im ahead due to not copping any of the big injuries apart from Danger. Fingers crossed that can continue but carnage is the name of the game!
TU – Double downgrade Clark/Berry to Frederick and go early trading Rowe to Rcd. I’ll then go nuts next week and probably get Dusty and Ridley, or Poulter and Dusty if Ridley isn’t ripe.
TD – Clark/Berry to Frederick and then Rowe to one of Dusty, Bolton or Zorko. If Dusty could have a freak performance and only drop like 15k this would be absolutely ideal but his past 3 against Geelong isn’t great. Could the week off change that? Hmm
DEF: J. Lloyd L. Ryan A. Witherden J. Butts N. Cox J. Koschitzke BEN: N. Jetta T. Highmore
MID: J. Macrae J. Steele M. Duncan C. Oliver T. Powell E. Gulden J. Jordon Z. Guthrie BEN: B. Campbell L. McNeil T. Brockman
RUC: M. Gawn B. Grundy BEN: P. Hunter
FOR: J. Ziebell D. Martin T. Hawkins D. Robertson J. Rowe B. McCreery BEN: A. Scott A. Waterman
Thoughts on what coupla trades I should make?
Anyone else just slightly keen on a player returning from a non-related muscle injury averaging over 110 with a POD of less than 3% at under $510K?? Or is it just me.
TU:
Meek -> Grundy – ruck set up will then be Gawn, Grundy (Flynn)
Warner -> Frederick (via dpp)
(This will shore up ruck set up and avoid the almost weekly double donuts from Meek & Flynn)
TD:
J Clark -> May
Chapman -> Frederick
(this will get rid of some dead weight in my backline, can make some extra cash and bring Grundy in later)
Don’t bring in Ridley this week, he has a break even of~200.
If you can, best option is to wait a week and get Ridley then.
If you have to do it this week, bring in May.
Chapman to Frederick and Fantasia to Salem leaves me 62K and 17 trades.
Fingers crossed for no injuries, but I’ll go Berry to RCD then Warner to Heeney next week. I know Heeney is the ultimate tease but to bring in someone with his capabilities for such a low price seems a no brainer to me.
I like Hall, I would have picked him up this week but I had more pressing matters to attend to. I’m worried Shai will eventually have to change his role and spend more time in the forward line when all the Richmond mids come back.
Don’t know what to do this week, as i have multiple rookies bleeding cash and an underperforming Crippa who’s been disappointing this season.
Would really appreciate some advice on what to do this week.
23 trades left, $160,900 ITB, Trades last week were Neale and Dunkley > Macrae and Impey
the only issue I can see with po’s suggestion above is that if Campbell is not picked you are munching a Fwd donut. Clarke to May (or Daniel) is a no brainer but if Campbell is out (and Brockman too), perhaps trade Flynn out, DPP Treacy into the ruck and Thilthorpe into the forward line. Gives you ruck coverage too although not cheap coverage & avoids the zero if Campbell (and Brockman) do not play. Flynn is supposed to be our ruck cover but he has played once in the last 5 weeks ! No need to get RCD this week IMO and your side is stronger with May in than a non playing non premo in Clarke. One down one up potentially (again) next week. Good luck
Thanks Hass, Is it worth getting May in, I had traded him in round 2 then had to trade him rd 5 due to his eye injury which was supposed to have him out for a longer time.
I wouldn’t worry about the past, just make the best move for your side this week and if that is May at his price regardless of what you did in r5 then do it. I traded Daniel when he was rubbed out to avoid a zero (to Jones a week early and that went well too). Traded in Luke Ryan 2 weeks ago too. Perhaps don’t listen to me haha !! Although seriously, I would happily trade in May or Daniel again at their prices. It is up to you but there are plenty of choices but the extra $100k in the bank has to help, good luck
Thanks GB what FWD rookies would you recommend getting?
In regards to a DEF Premo I’m really liking either Salem, Mills or Ridley. What are thoughts on them? Is there any others I should have a look at?
No FWD rookies on the bubble this week, so you’d have to roll the dice on Owis (CARL) or Poulter (COLL) assuming both are named.
As for a 550k DEF, check your bye structure first. See where/where not you can add another player.
Ridley’s got a 204 BE, so wait a week on him. Otherwise Salem could be a deadly POD, Mills is solid or even Bowes is averaging 105 and could save you some coin.
All great options. I’m grabbing Bowes this week and Ridley the next, but Mills and Salem are both high ceiling PODs. If you don’t mind spending a little extra and they work for your bye structure, grab one of them.
Same problem we’re all experiencing – too many rookies on field.
Clark and Campbell obviously are priorities.
Maybe Campbell to Owies and Clark to Ridley, May, Daniel.
Not much of a choice with forward rookies but at least you avoid a donut.
What’s Collier-Dawkins’ JS going forward? Lambert and Prestia are another couple weeks away and Cotchin will be back in another 4-5 weeks. Might only get get 1 or 2 price rises out of him.
With this in mind is it still worth picking him up, especially for those going early on him this week?
Ok so with a combination of the Frederick news and that Preuss might take over at GWS soon I’m considering an early cull on Flynn
TU: Chapman & Flynn out for N Murray & J Bowes (saves my round 14 bye a bit)
TD: Chapman & Rowe out for N Murray (or N Murphy) & S May (and kill the round 14 bye with 9 premos out)
What are peoples thoughts on Flynn GWS.
Do we hold for the extra cash generation and rd 14 bye?
Or do we trade to Treacy and use the cash to upgrade Campbell or Rowe?
Time for Chapman to go
Champman > Federicks
Undecided on the following;
Tu; Cripps to May via dpp (will be roughly 410k, too cheap to pass up? Will bank cash)
Td; Cripps to top gun mid
Cripps has to go. Deal with him first, May will still be attainable in a fortnight.
Would be nice to grab May so cheap, but you can’t have an M5 “premo” spitting out 60s.
Soooo should I look at swinging laird into the midfield this week and bring in May?
Or should I just go and get a top gun such as llyons?
You could swing Laird into the MIDs if you’re really bullish on May, yeah, but maybe grab a high powered MID to make up some of the ground you’ve lost with Cripps. Any high ceiling Top 8 MID you fancy – maybe Walsh?
Also, be cognizant of how May would affect your bye structure. He’s got the R14 bye, where most of us already have 6 – 8 premos out.
Yeah I would love ideally to grab a top gun mid, however i am just being wary on the amount of trades and cash being used.
Is May too cheap to pass up at 410?!
Already have gone sideways a few times this season due to injury ect
Yeah, I feel you Olie. Tough season.
We’ll have some content out this week on polls, premos and trades that should help.
Let the May/premo MID binary stew for a week.
With the amount of injuries this year im not trading a fit…ish Cripps
Chapman and Rowe have to go, so I’m thinking:
Chapman -> Frederick
Rowe -> FWD premo
Have no idea which FWD premo though. Already have Ziebell, Dusty and RoMo, so thinking maybe Zorko?
Frederick looking very likely to come in. Still undecided on second. Maybe Parks, maybe Thilthorpe, maybe???
Yeah, Thilthrope looks good. I liked that he still scored 50+ as a key tall without goals in a big loss.
Not an essential rookie but viable if you need a 2nd downgrade this week.
Problem with Thilthorpe is the same bye as Gawn, Grundy, Marshall etc.
I don’t know that I can load up on that bye any further.
Are you trying to win SuperCoach AUS HH ?
Or leagues?
If leagues load up !
Other thing is at a 202k price and an average of 71 he’s not got big cash growth. If you take the first game and 5 goals and 5 goals as an outlier against what should have been a relatively beatable team it means he’s pretty questionable.
If you take it that he’s had a bad week as a young key forward in a weakened team this week then he looks pretty good.
2 games so very hard to judge.
He may make me pull a second trade this week but I’m trying to conserve some, the trading has been hectic already.
Shai Bolton? I brought him in last week for Dunkley as I already have Zorko, Ziebell and Impey.
He’s getting a good and now increasing midfield rotation. Dusty might be back this week, but Prestia is out for longer than expected and I believe Cotchin will be out for a few weeks, Lambert is also out.
I’m tempted to get Marshall in later but he spends a lot of time as a key forward and his foot injury seems like something that will have him in and out of the side.
I’m def doing the first but still not enough cash for a fwd upgrade. So its either Rowe to I dont know who, or Cripps to a mega mid.
Get Impey
Seriously over Cripps but have a couple of rookies who are putting up rubbish scores …
Tu; Upgrade rookie (such as rowe)
Td; upgrade cripps
Double premo update last week, so I’m going double rookie downgrade this week.
Time to build a warchest for fallen premos.
Who were the two you were thinking? I am going Frederick but dont love any others on the bubble.
I have been scouring but nothing really stands out.
Maybe RCD.
At this stage only committing to 1 trade.
It actualy fells like LUXURY not to be forced into 2 trades this week.
I don’t care what else is going on in my team, but Cripps out is priority no. 1 this week
We’ll get a poll for Cripps going asap.
Add onto the poll.
Is Cripps leaving Carlton this year?
From a Carlton perspective I hope so. if they’re smart they’ll pretend that they want to keep him and let the bombers ‘poach’ him for 900k a year
T/U: D Zorko
T/D: T Green
Gulden to Frederick via dpp
Rowe to Brayshaw via dpp
Chapman > Frederick locked in
2nd one is Rowe to either ….
T/U Zorko
T/D Toby Greene
Cheers
Toby Greene – he is a different man this year!
Would love some advice with what to do!
Def – Ridley, Stewart, laird, Daniel, Chapman, kosi (sharp, highmore)
Mid – macrae, bont, Oliver, merret, Taranto, Powell, Jordon (berry, Scott, brockman)
Ruck – gawndy (flynn)
Forwards – zieball, zorko, dusty, Warner, rowe (mccreery, waterman)
$2000 in bank
I mean you could easily make no trades but it might be worth trading Chapman to Fredericks and maybe Rowe to a cheap forward and make some cash
Chapman to Frederick, Rowe/Berry to Bolton if you can afford him?
Have a rest and wait until 2022 Charlie
Hey guys. Just looking for some advice as I’m a bit split
T/U trading Neale and chapman, swinging laird to the mids and getting may in and Fredericks in as well with the leftover cash to use to swing gulden to a premium of over 600k or a fallen premo and keeping some cash
T/D Chapman to Fredericks and Neale to Macrae
Chapman > Frederick’s
Berry > May
TU/TD
Thoughts on Bolton since the forward line is looking slim of promos. TU better options TD been on fire recently, get on
Who scores more from here –
T/U – Shai Bolton
T/D – Zorko
TU: Chapman and Rowe for Zorko and Owies
TD: Warner and Rowe for Bont and Owies
TU: Owies
TD: Byrnes
I was looking at owies and then I realised that score relied on him getting 3 goals.
How often will he do that?
I’m also not sure he’ll hold his spot for too long. Plus Bulldogs and Demons next i don’t trust him
Chapman to Frederick, Fantasia to May.
Leaves me 17 trades, 15 trades and 196900 in the bank.
It’s ok. May is “Last Chance Saloon” at this price, but is he really a keeper?
A lot of people thought so preseason yet weren’t prepared to start him.
If you havent got Ridley and Daniel they are also good options for cheap too.
I’ve got Ridley and was burnt by Daniel until the Lions game. I’ve gone Salem instead of May to give me 16 premos and not break my no key position player rule.
Tu: Marshall
Td: Zorko
Comment Martin
Martin
Wait for Martin.
hi would like some advice? i really need bench cover haha
Def – J.lloyd, j.short, c.jiath, c.Daniel, Chapman, N.Cox (sharp, highmore)
Mid – macrae, walsh, bont, merret, duncan ,laird, d.martin (gulden, brockman, downie)
Ruck – gawny,grundy (flynn)
Forwards – zieball, danhiher, Warner, rowe ,h.jones,A.scott(o.herny, waterman)
$36,000 bank
What about these trades
Out
Rowe and Campbell
In
Cunnington and J Kelly
Burning trades and leaves 58k in the bank for use in future trades hopefully around bye time…..he says HOPEFULLY!!
Aaron Hall?
Now playing in Def.
Lachie Young to Frederick?
Thumb up = yes
Thumb down = no
I need to trade out Cripps and Chapman this week. Already planning to bring in Frederick but with Cripps losing a lot of cash I’m only left with 601k for a premo which is just short of the likes of Walsh, Steele, Lyons.
Does anyone have any other good options I should bring in ??
If you believe in Guthrie at all that could be a good pick up. Oliver, Petracca or Zerrett are all below that as well and are legit premos. If you want cheaper, Freo Brayshaw and Tom Mitchell are both just over $500k
Unfortunately already have the likes of Oliver, Zerret and Brayshaw so can’t bring them in but Petracca and Guthrie are intriguing. Are either of these two true promos or are they likely to die down?
Tu Walsh
Td Guthrie
T/U:
Berry —> Frederick (via Laird)
Cripps —> Zorko
(Bench Rowe, field Chapman)
T/D:
Chapman —> Frederick
Cripps —> May
(Field Rowe)
Trading cripps
T/U – Taranto
T/D – Brayshaw
Chapman > Frederick
Gulden > Best option under 546k currently
Keen to hear some thoughts. I don’t have Ridley but his BE is high so I won’t touch him and get him when he’s rock bottom, so ideally I’d like to bring in a mid premo.
Same trades and situation as me Jov!
Kinda slim pickings, but I’m thinking of going Brayshaw or Titch myself. Most likely Brayshaw.
Who are you thinking of trading in?
I’ve got Andy Brayshaw covered. So Titch is highly likely instead. Josh Kelly is on my never again list for a reason and I’m too salty to consider May in defence.
190k in the bank, 20 trades remaining, ranked 257 overall
Stewart, Laird, Short, Jiath, Daniel, Kosi (Jones, Highmore)
Steele, Bont, Oliver, Merrett, Brayshaw, Taranto, Mcgrath, Powell (Jordon, Scott, Smith)
Gawn, Grundy (Flynn)
Ziebell, Tex, Impey, Warner, Rowe, Robertson (Mccreery, Treacy)
I know Kosi has more money to make but my plan is Kosi to Frederick and Rowe to Bolton leaving me 18 trades and none required next week barring injuries with 70k itb
TU – yes
TD – no
Comments appreciated
Hey SG N, you could trade Rowe directly to Frederick via dpp (Scott/Laird), you can also trade Flynn to Frederick the same way via Treacy/Scott/Laird and then trade Rowe to Bolton. Next week Kozzie to RCD via Laird DPP and Laird is back in defence. It does mean that Powell and Jordan are on the bench this week though which is not ideal, but trading Kozzie is not ideal this week either !
Currently 16 keepers on field, 330k bank, 21 trades left
Current cash making rooks: koschi, powell, jordan, berry, scott, flynn, warner, rowe, farrar, mcreery
Not playing atm: highmore, waterman, fullarton
TU : koschi to frederick
TD: hold trades youll have enugh cash for upgrades and hopefully another good rookie comes along later (e.g. lachie jones from injury)
In a good posi no need to get rid of kosi
18 trades remaining.
Dont want to trade if I don’t have to…
Don’t want to miss out on Frederick…
TU
Gulden – Frederick
TD
Hold trades this week.
Tu – Cripps to josh kelly worth ?
Td – continue with the upgrade plans and let cripps simmer till end of year , how much more can he loose ..
Feel like kelly role is back now ? Comment pls
Don’t wanna be spending 150k on a walsh when I can maybe get some value spending only 50 and use the rest somewhere else ..
I’m onboard with trading Cripps but not to Kelly. One week of good scoring doesn’t represent a return to his old role and you always have to consider GWS and their injury management. Plenty of other options to trade Cripps to around the same $$ (Brayshaw/Mitchell).
IMO Cripps is a luxury trade once other positions are sorted.
Cripps had 24 disposals which is not bad. He had 3rd highest number of contested possessions in the game. His game was better than his 65 SC pts.
Hold Cripps, save the trade and instead send a “please explain email” to CD 🙂
Your right Baz, every week i look at his numbers and they dont equate, nevertheless i look at his numbers and think he will bounce back next week but now with a 60 im gobsmacked at his demise.. like is he actually that badd or what and why are CD scoring him so poorly.
I will begrudgingly hold once again.
Cripps getting ripped off in SC is becoming a weekly occurance
Ripping himself off.
62% DE, 7 clangers, 3 frees against and only 3 clearances last week. That’s on him, nothing to do with CD.
He’s gotta go.
I’ve got both Cripps and Kelly. Very demoralising to date.
Agree it’s a bit early to say Kelly is back. I’d give him another week or two before we can say for sure. But I’m one for moving Cripps on ASAP. I fear he’s degrading into a SC irrelevant player, a bit like Cotchin has from his prime. Get something for him before he drops & settles into the mid $300K area.
Have the option of trading either Gulden or Rowe this week via DPP, but have to hold one.
TU – Trade Gulden
TD – Trade Rowe
Cheers.
TU: S.May
Or
TD: C.Daniel
Had a solid week, just got to better prepare with my loophole as I missed out on Grundy’s 144. This week 1 down 1 up. Have two options with the upgrade part as the downgrade will be Chapman > Frederick.
T/U Rowe > Brayshaw (via dpp)
T/D Gulden > Guthrie. Cheers
From here on out does May score in the top 8-10 defenders? TU Yes TD No
I mean top 6-8*
I opted for Dev Rob for Neale to give me a stable FWD rookie whilst making cash, leaving me with $500k in the bank. Not sure whether to go 1 up & 1 down to grab Frederick, or let him pass for a double upgrade:
T/U – Chapman & Rowe to May & Ridley
T/D – Chapman & Rowe to May & Freddy ($470k bank)
Ridleys BE is 204.
If he scores < 110 he will be <$500K for R9.
I'm looking at downgrading this week, with the view to pick up Ridley and Dusty when they bottom out.
Would wait a week on Ridley, will drop further
TU:- Cameron Guthrie
TD:- Tom Mitchell
sorry lads im pretty confused…
Is it Frederick from Port or Fremantle that Im trading Chapman out for?
Cheers
The Port Adelaide Frederick Sloany. His on the bubble (played 2 games and is set to increase in price after his next game) and he plays in defence – straight swap with Chapman.
either one dont do it they were implying port’s Frederick but keep chapman he has a massive upside.
Thinking pretty vanilla moves for me this week.
Gulden and Chapman out for May and Frederick via swinging Laird into the mids for now with a view to move back later.
T/U: Good moves
T/D: Bad moves
Chapman – Fredrick
Warner – Zorko
Was $800 short on Rowe to Bolton =[
86k banked
oof 5 thumbs down someone else besides Zorko? SUggestions would be great already have Zibell and Impey
Thumbs down about trading Warner.
Zorko is ok.
hmmmm Nothing else pressing Gulden is gone, Powell & Jordan going good Can’t get anyone for Rowe :s
Hey all need some help with next moves.
150k bank and 21 trades.
Def: Stewart,Lloyd,Laird,Bowes,daniel,Highmore ,Kosi,stocker
Mid: McRae, Walsh, Fyfe,zorko,Cripps,powell,gulden, Jordon, mcniel, Brockman, sharp.
Rucks: grwandy. Hunter
Fwd: Ziebell, Walker, dusty, Warner, Farrar, Rowe, atu, Waterman.
What issues are pressing? Any help appreciated thanks
I would say Cripps and Gulden seem like the only players who could be a concern. I would personally bring in Oliver and Frederick for the two and swing Laird in the midfield. Would leave you enough cash next week to make an upgrade
Good call, as a Carlton supporter for some reason I’m still waiting for him to come good. think my love for the blues is throwing me off, What about Rowe? Gulden Rowe for Frederick and either Brayshaw/Boak/Mitchell?
get rid of sharp and cripps
There’s no money in trading sharp though seems like a waste of a trade
Walker (will bleed cash now) and Gulden need to be moved on and you need to add depth in your midfield via dpp.
Move Zorko forward then Walker to any of Mitchell, Brayshaw, Treloar, Parish any of which you will be happy to retain until the end of the season and suit your byes.
Gulden to RCD next week?
Your backs are ok
Dunno if I’m bold enough to trade Walker Infront of gulden Rowe Cripps or any other fattened rookies in the following weeks for that matter. But that’s a valley move and your probably right about him leaking from here
H.Chapman , E.Gulden > R.Collier dawkins , S.May
260k ITB my thoughts this week.
Trade 1 – Chapman has to go to frederick leaving me with 387k.
Trade 2 -Berry from my mid bench would give me 599k to spend so it would be one of either oliver petracca guthrie or duncan
I also have the cripps problem but I have no interest in trading him until maybe his bye he will sit at M7 until then.
For some reason I’m ruling out duncan and petracca. The more I look at it the more I become interested in trading cripps but I’ll go cripps to boak after boak’s bye.
T/U Guthrie (suits my bye structure better)
T/D Oliver (more likely to be tagged??)
Is it worth getting Frederick with Jones possibly coming back in a couple of weeks. Who’s got better job security.
Tu Freddy
Td Jones
If Jones slots straight back in, who makes way for him.
Jones still 3-4 weeks away which would give Frederick enough time to be a good cash cow
L Jones possible return R10-11
This is on his injury symbol.
He was injured in R5.
I have no idea if this effects Fredrick in any way.
Bonner probably back in this week as well.
TU Rowe and Chapman to Brayshaw and Fredrick leaves me with 1.3k
TD Gulden and Chapman to Brayshaw and Fredrick leaves me with 65.5k
Not sure which rookie to offload more urgently
So i already have Daniel i can afford May should i have both?
One of May or Daniel joins my team this week.
S. May $408,600 is the flavor of the week but Caleb Daniel is only $412,400.
Both had good seasons last year with S. May over 100 x 9 times with top scores of 149, 123,122, and a few shockers thrown in (36, 58 and 3 games at the start of the season in the in the 60’s. Whilst Daniel scored over 100 x 10 times with top scores of 154, 134, 128 and his lowest score being 71.
Daniel has had a mixed bag this year with his Round 4 19 points and a suspension but has come back with a 78 in round 6 and a 117 round 7.
TU S. May TD C. Daniel
I’m personally going May.
Whilst it was good to see Daniel finally put together a decent score, I do have question marks over his role which seems to change by the week. Bailey Dale has been getting more kick ins and the Dogs will also get Bailey Williams back in the next week or 2 which could effect Daniel’s scoring.
May has a higher ceiling (as seen over the weekend) and his role is a lot more consistent. Also worthy to note that May cracked 100+ in 7 of his last 9 matches last season so I think he’s great value at 408k
Gulden to Frederick (via Clark dpp)
Butts to Lloyd
T/U – Yes
T/D – No
$3k short of getting both of Guthrie and May this week which is shattering.
So I have two options;
TU: Guthrie and Fred in (upgrade next wk)
TD: Take punt on Jelly and Bowes/May
Rowe to Zorko
Gulden to Frederick
T/U – Yes
T/D – No
Can use A.Fyfe for DPP swing to get any mid or def for under 601k
TU: Guthrie (14k bank)
TD: May (192k bank)
Hi Luke, although Guthrie is in great form, Steven May is simply too cheap to pass up at this price 🙂
Have too many players I need to move out!
Who should be first two to go from this lot?
Chapman
Cripps
Goulden
Rowe
Warner
Then I have the following which I don’t know what to do with, bloody hopeless!
Brockman
Bruhn
Holmes
Bruhn is a likely chance to be back with Daniels hurt, and Brockman will get back in at some point. Holmes is likely a dead rookie unfortunately.
As for the rest, I’d focus on moving the guys with the lowest ceilings. So I’d be trading Chapman and Rowe.
Just get rid of Cripps for Andy Brayshaw and save the trade. I think you should hold the rookies.
I found it hard to believe all of the media hype about how young and inexperienced the Essendon squad is this year so I decided to check myself to find out the truth.
Bombers have fourteen 1st round selections currently playing averaging 6.2 YEARS in the AFL system
Not exactly young and inexperienced but the AFL and Media don’t have an issue with distorting facts and truth to make the Bombers look like an underdog or an over achiever instead of an under achiever. Remember that those 14 don’t include Shiel, Ridley or Merrett.
On Sunday against Carlton the Bombers fielded 10 first round national draft selctions and 1 first round rookie draft selection the average years in the AFL system for those 11 players is 6.27 years
Essendon fielded 8 top 10 picks with an average of 4.1 years in the AFL system (the ave was reduced by 3 top 10 picks from 2020)
On Sunday Carlton fielded 6 top 10 first round draft picks with an average of 4.1 years in the AFL system
Based on AFL experience and Juniour talent history the Bombers should have thrashed Carlton on Sunday but they lost.
Essendon have the most top 10 selections of any club and on sunday they played 8 top 10 selections averaging 4+ years in the system but they looked horrible and lost to a genuinely inexperienced team by comparison.
The AFL and the Media need to stop distorting facts to protect Essendon from scrutiny and criticism they are seriously under performing and based on their experience in the system and incredibly high number of top 10 picks they should be in the top 4 not the bottom 4
Agreed , it has been a disaster for years.
But we keep positive and move forward!
Who needs to go
Warner TU
JClark TD
Warner
With Whitfield back, going to take the punt on Jelly now that he’s back up on the wing where he belongs.
Gulden and Chapman > Jelly and Chapman
Just realised the mistake, Frederick the obvious trade in for Chapman.
TU Josh Kelly
TD Steven May
Thanks
TU : Houli
TD: May
Gulden > J.Selwood
Thoughts?
T/U: Briggs and Gulden > May and Brayshaw
T/D: Briggs and Gulden > May and Zorko
Comment for Lloyd/Ridley and a rookie
Cheers
T/U: Lloyd/Ridley and a rookie
Chapman and Briggs > Lloyd/Ridley and Frederick
Wait a week and go ridley , he will be sub 500
Chapman to Frederick = Lock
Cripps has to go
T/U – Oliver
T/D – Brayshaw + 90k
Cheers guys
TU – Butts and Dunkley to Frederick and Gawn
TD – Butts and Dunkley to Daniel/May and Zorko
Rowan Marshall?
Cant get a read on this guy.
Yay or nay
He’ll go down to 500k and thats when I’ll be targeting him. Give it a couple of weeks, but def could be a must-have if his scoring picks up
tu – Zorko
td – Marshall
Is Caleb Daniel a viable option again?
I have traded him in past though….
410ish k and seems have his role / confidence back in defence.
Current Def – Stewart, Ridley, Laird, Short, Aliir, kozi, Frederick, Highmore.
Can dpp Laird into Mid and trade Cripps/gulden to make this happen.
T/U – worth it
T/D – Nahhhh
Tu Rowe to Brayshaw
Td Walker to Oliver
Is Aaron Hall an option? had a couple great scores and looks like he could have a similar role as ziebel in the backline. Cheap nothing disposals, that are good for SuperCoach. only 415k and a massive pod.
Nah bro, he’s had durability issues his whole career. Only a matter of time before and injury or something else happens to him. I agree though when he’s playing he’s a star. But this game is all about durability and he certainly lacks that.
I’ve been forced into using every single trade this year due to injury. So, I’m trying to save up trades for the byes obviously but I have a multiple layers bye plan that should work. Anyway, my ruck structure is Gawn, Flynn and Meek. With Flynn not getting a game each week because of Mumford, I have been copping a donut for 2 or 3 of the last 4 weeks in the ruck.
The options are:
Like comment: Meek for Thilthorpe
Dislike comment: No trade, bank the two this week
If you think I should do something else, let me know
Hi fan footy legend. If you have been hit real hard with injuries don’t worry about the byes to much. Get you upgrades done now as best you can and you will most probably only have 1 bad week at bye time. Easily made up by improvements made now. Cheers and good luck
Thks
TU:- A.Hall
TD:-S.May
Not a fan of either maybe look at Tom Atkins should avg 90 throughout the season
Zac Bailey
FWD line is doing my head in. Can”t get to Bolton this week and worried about a rookie options available this week or next or a possible donut if Rowe or Warner are dropped.
Currently my FWD line is Ziebell, Zorko, Impey (Warner, Rowe & Scott)
Bench & swing options include waterman, brockman, macrae & Saunders (loop)
Is Thilthorpe’s JS good ? $200k is probably more than I would want to pay, but having a sure thing FWD starter is probably what I need right now.
Or am I better to hold Rowe and wait as see how Owies or Poulter turn out on the bubble?
TD: Rowe – Thilthorpe
TU: hold Rowe.
Traded Cripps out and not one part of me is sorry about that until he comes out this week and gets 130
Rowe to Zorko
I need help
team is terrible….
Stewart, Ridley, Laird, Short, Aliir, Chapman, Kozi, Highmore
Macrae, Walsh, Mitchell, Martin, Cripps, McGrath, Powell, Jordan, Gulden, Campbell, Fyfe (GC)
Gawndy, Treacy
Zieball, Impey, Daniher, Warner, Dev Robertson, Scott (WB), Rowe, Brockman
Some help would be great, Chapman to Frederick is an obvious trade. But unsure after that. Cripps, Gulden, Rowe, Campbell all leaking cash.
Damo.
Your team is fine. Chapman to Frederick is good.
I would hold the other trade this week, and look to turning those Swans rookies into Dusty ( he should bottom out next week.)and Collier Dawkins or another Bubble rookie.
Best of luck
Sorry you have Dusty Mid.
Marshall next week then.
If you have more than 22 trades I would look at swapping Cripps out with a Discount Defender like Daniel or May.
You can then swap Laird back when you sell Kosi.
Best of luck.
This will solely depend on Friday night team news. But still, just go gauge whether my finger is on the pulse:
Gulden >
TU: May
TD: Titch
Do I get Whitfield in? Think he can really be a good pod and finishing my defence next week with Ridley so need Def premium
T/U Yes Whitfield
T/D Other
Too early for Whitfield. BE of 140.
And injury prone
Who to bring in? My current forward line is Zieball, Zorko, Daniher, 3 Rookies.
T/U Rowe > Bolton
T/D Rowe > Brayshaw (via dpp)
The first option brings some stability in my forward line, with the intention of bringing in Dusty next week when he becomes a little cheaper. However, Brayshaw’s price is very appealing and is the bye a concern if I have 2 Richmond players in the forward line?
Owies
OR
Thilthorpe
Surely you need to watch Owies for another week.
Good point
I used my DPP swing with Laird to bring in Lloyd for Gulden last week to “finish” my defense. I feel like it’s a good move to generate some cash (only $49K itb) this week to do an upgrade next week or two the week after but not sure if these moves make sense. 22 trades left.
Crisp to May, and Butts or Kosi to Frederick.
Crisp and May have basically the same output, but I’d free up $84k.
Butts and Kosi both have money to make and better JS than Frederick, but cashing out would give me a nice cash boost.
T/U – Do it.
T/D – Save the trades for later.
If you have finished your backline and have Butts and Kosi on the pine your doing alright. Could be plenty of downgrade options next week with all the rookies who played their first game this week.
Does O Henry get another game soon? He played well in the practice matches and then had one bad game, and collingwood’s side isn’t exactly perfect as it is…
He had a BOG performance in the VFL this week, a very big chance to get recalled this week.
Thanks Luke
I have Jones and Highmore on my def bench and 21 trades left. How important is it bringing in Frederick?
Tu: save trades, they’ll both play again at some point
Td: bad move having 2 non playing benchmen, get him in!
Same boat, which one to get rid of is the question???
Which Combo?
TU Luke Ryan+Tayor Walker > Aaron Hall+Shai Bolton
TD Orazio Fantasia+Taylor Walker > Lachie Whitfield+Matthew Owies
Thanks Coaches
Tu – Bolton
Td – Impey
Tu) Gulden -> May / Daniel
Td) Cripps -> Walsh / Guthrie
For me this week it’s either
TU: Warner > Walsh/Steele
TD: Rowe > Brayshaw/Greene/Zorko/Selwood
Either get an Uber premo at the expense of Warner or get rid of low scoring Rowe for a premo. Thoughts community? And if the Rowe trade, who?
Rowe -> Brayshaw if I was you
Is it more important to:
T/U: trade a under-performing premo like Cripps asap
or
T/D: start cashing in on bleeding cows like S.Berry, J.Rowe, C.Warner
First Hickey, now Franklin .
Me thinks Horse Longmire is the new Leon Cameron !
Hi all, hope everyone’s team is still going well.
Don’t know what to do this week, as i have multiple rookies bleeding cash and an underperforming Crippa who’s been disappointing this season.
Would really appreciate some advice on what to do this week.
23 trades left, $160,900 ITB, Trades last week were Neale and Dunkley > Macrae and Impey
DEF: Stewart, Lloyd, Laird. Short, Clark, Kosi (L.Jones, Highmore)
MID: Macrae, Oliver, ZMerrett, Titch, Crippa, Powell, Gulden, Jordon (Berry, Brockman, Downie)
RUC: Gawn, Grundy (Flynn)
FWD: Ziebell, Impey, Warner, Campbell, Rowe, A.Scott (Waterman, Treacy)
Cheers!!
You may need to set a 2 week plan, check whos breakevens are too high and start with them. Clark and Campbell perhaps. Then check which big time premo wont meet his BE this week and try and bring him in next week with gulden and Warner or rowe.
Any suggestions of any Premos I should consider?
I would go Clark to Frederick ang gulden to Uber premo. Leave you cash for further upgrade next week with another downgrade
Who do I captain this week?
(T/U) – Gawn – against Sydney (Hickey) after a bad game
or
(T/D) – Grundy – against North (Goldstein) Kangas proved they can shut down gawn.
tu – guthrie
td – brayshaw
The only way I can trade in May (or Daniel) is trading out Koschitzke. I’m not sure how I feel about this as he has finally hit his straps and has at least another couple weeks of cash generation left.
Defence is also my weakest line, so I really need to upgrade to a premo either this week or next.
Should I:
TU: Trade Koschitzke for May
TD: Hold Koschitzke
I’m in the same boat as you with kozi, but I think you gotta skip on getting may and hope to get in whitfield in a couple of weeks instead or another premo def that falls (maybe Ridley if you dont have him)
I think kozi still makes another 60-80k and thats a hell of a lot of money
Cripps is proving a real head scratcher for me this season.
T/U – You can’t have a mid 80 average keeper in your Mid, drop ASAP or at byes
T/D – Commit to him being M8
Cheers,
B321
Hello everyone,
Thinking of going early on Powell to a keeper (premium)
T/U : Powell to Guthrie
T/D : Keep Powell
Cheers lads.
Drop warner and rowe
In frederick and
TU: Guthrie
Better for byes, better player. But leaves me with brockman, waterman, fullarton at F6, might be a donut
TD: Zorko
Worse for byes (most of my premos are from this rd), dont trust most fwd premos this year. But fills f6 gap and leaves some cash for a maybe upgrade next week
Have 430K cash in bank. Am proposing the following trades to use some of this cash:
TU May and Shai Bolton in for Rowe& Chapman. 27k left over
TD Frederick (PA) and one of Walsh/Oliver/Fyfe in for Gulden& Chapman. 240k left
Comment for which one of the three premium mids should I take
Walsh. Ive had oliver and walsh from the beginning and Walsh kills it every week.
Any thread to ask to fix my team?
H.Chapman, E.Gulden > S.May , M.Frederick ??
Who is a better keeper for my backline;
TU: May +80k
TD: Bowes
If it doesn’t affect your Byes, go for May!
Greg Swann Chief Executive Officer of the Brisbane – “We did have a discussion today. We have a weekly hook-up (of clubs) and I think the good thing is the bit of demand for the teams to come out on a Thursday night – I think the AFL is looking to bring back in. The clubs were all fine with that.”
In a poll conducted by the League’s official Twitter account on Monday, more than 94 per cent of the 13,313 votes conducted suggested fans were in favour of the old model.
No clear timeline is in place for the return of the Thursday team announcements, however, an announcement is expected in coming weeks.
TU: Chugg to Thilthorpe
TD: Tex to premo forward and hope Henry gets a game to avoid a donut
Bigger priority to get rid of:
TU: Gulden
TD: Rowe
If you can upgrade one though and Rowe doesn’t get you enough cash but Gulden would, do that instead. Protecting cash growth and points though, Rowe’s gotta go
Just short of going Gulden to Brayshaw unfortunately so Rowe has to go, appreciate it!
I’m in a hole.
Need to get rid of:
Cripps, Chapman, Clark, Sharp, Campbell, Cripps, Brockman, Gulden, Waterman, Rowe, Phillips, Cripps.
TU: Chapman & Cripps -> Frederick & Walsh
TD: Chapman & Campbell -> Frederick & Taranto
One trade locked in with:
Chapman > Fredrick
Just gotta figure out who to axe first
TU: Rowe – $444,700 to use > Daniel via DPP but Finlay Macrae will be on field
TD: Gulden – $508,400 to use > Bolton via DPP but Rowe will be on field
18 trades remaining after
Hello Everyone!
Do I pull the trigger on Flynn and upgrade him to a Bolton (Via DPP) ? He isn’t getting any games as well as what was predicted with Mummy playing a few games!
T/U: Yes, trade him to Bolton
T/D: No, keep him
Thoughts appreciated.
Thanks.
Think we need to squeeze our rookies for every last cent this season, hold. I know the appeal of a premo trade in is hard to resist, Max, but Flynn still has a BE of 4. Just needs one more decent game to get to 300k.
Frustratingly Mumford’s forced him out as the #1 ruck, so Flynn will get a game when he needs a rest. Probably in 1-2 was the timeline they discussed.
Could you sack Gulden, Chapman, etc. to finance an upgrade instead?
GD, thanks for your thoughts! much appreciated, and makes total sense.
My other upgrade options are Powell and Jordan, but, in similar wane like you mentioned – they still have enough and more money yet to make. (Rowe to Fredrick already done via DPP).
Else, I’m thinking L McNeil to a J Hogan ? Any thoughts on how Hogan would go? – I didn’t watch the game so cant comment as such. Unfortunately, I don’t have enough money to squeeze in a Bolton if I’m to trade out McNeil.
Wouldn’t grab Hogan, no.
Steer clear of key position players, particularly forwards – they’re reliant on goals and can be held to some dirty scores against good opposition; eg. Tex last week. Hogan’s playing as that third tall rn.
Also, at 310k you’d be priced into him as keeper and he won’t be Top 6.
You’d be better off looking for another downgrade or just holding a trade this week
Rowe -> Frederick nets you 111k plus whatever you have ITB, you could then 1 up 1 down next week to an actual premium.
Good luck.
Who to trade in???
T/U: Cameron Guthrie
T/D: Sam Walsh
Both great options, personally liking Walsh a touch more but check your bye structure and let that decide.
TU: Bowes
TD: Lloyd
Thinking I need to pull the trigger on my ruck upgrade this week as having Flynn & Meek scoring donuts together is killing my side.
Scenario I’m considering:
Meek -> GRUNDY
Warner -> Frederick (via dpp)
However, will still have to carry high breakevens (Chapman, Gulden, Rowe, Jordan Clark) plus a bunch of donuts in (Waterman, Fullarton, Brockman, A Fyfe, Flynn)
TU: Do it & lock in Ruck set up
TD: Consider another trade option and wait a few weeks on Grundy
Have to go early on one
Tu RCD
Td Poulter
Thoughts on this
T/U – Getting rid of nic nat and cashing in on grundy
T/D – Getting rid of Rowe (but who for)
Or should I get May for Fantasia
Trading Chapman to Frederick
Should I Trade gulden to
TU: Steele
TD: Brayshaw
TU: Trade out – Chapman & Berry
Trade in – Frederick (Pt) & S May via DPP (Laird to MID for now).
On field rookies would be Frederick, Kos, Powell, Jordan, Warner, Scott &
McCreery
TD: Trade out – Chapman & Rowe
Trade in – Frederick (Pt) & Zorko / B Dale / H McKay – all 3 have same bye
On field rookies would be Frederick, Kos, Powell, Jordan, Gulden, and 2 of
Warner /Scott / McCreery
So I need a cheap-ish midfielder (<$525K) with a Round 14 bye, and I think I've narrowed it down to two options.
Player Thumbs Up is 31 years old and has an impressive scoring history, but suffers from weird injuries and plays for a so-so team. Definite POD at less than 5% ownership.
Player Thumbs Down is 21 years old and is a promising emerging player, but really struggles with a tag and plays for a battling team. A bit more popular than PTU, but still a reasonably unique option.
The two are averaging similar numbers in their past three games. Who would you go for?
If this as I read it – Sloane vs Brayshaw – Brayshaw
Have $194 800 to upgrade sholl in midfield – was thinking Guthrie (or better option?) Have Macrae Oliver Merrett Taranto Walsh already
Ryan & Chapman likely out this week, Jones & Highmore on the bench…
Just running out of ideas…
Which is the better trade option this week.
TU: Trade Chapman up to May and Cripps down to Devon Robertson. Leaves Clark at D6.
TD: Trade Chapman down to Federick and Clark up to May. Hold the Cripps trade.
With the way the round falls I may for the first time this year be able to leave all decisions until after all teams are announced.
Players in the mix to trade out: Ryan, Chapman, Gulden Rowe, Cripps
Players in the mix to trade in: Frederick, J Macrae, Oliver, Petracca, Walsh McCluggage.
BUT will we know Grundy’s score before Max takes the field 2hrs and 50 minutes later. If so, how long can you expect to have to make a captaincy loophole decision on these 2? What if a quarter or 2 goes for 32+ mins like they have a few times this year?
Prior (def bench) to Frederick
chapman to may
T/U
OR
T/D
TU : Trade out Highmore
TD : Trade out Jones
Whose more important to bring in this week?
TU May
TD Fredricks
Can’t do both unfortunately
Rowe out to:
T/U Brayshaw
T/D May
I’m on the fence with Brayshaw based on the news that Freo will be playing in Qld for the next fortnight. But will that really matter? Probably not.
On the other hand, to finish off my defence I’d prefer to bring in Ridley and Lloyd, as such, May doesn’t quite fit in. However, I’ll have 100k in the kitty which can be used next week to bring in Dusty or Ridley.
Third option: Mitchell. Cheers
Hey everyone,
First year SC player (played a lot of DT) and starting to get the hang of things. I am looking to trade Chapman to Frederick like everyone else, and was going to trade Tex to Zorko. There is a lot of Buzz about May, is he a must have, or are sideways trade down the road? (I only have 19 trades left if I use them both this week). What do you think?
TU: Get May ASAP.
TD: Go Zorko and stick to selecting a best 22.
Is SuperCoach plus worth it?
Not if you are on this site. So much more info here. A lot of people work hard to provide quality up to date info and commentary.
Good on ya Gaz
T/U
Chapman to frederick at D5
berry to guthrie
T/D
prior to frederick D6
Chapman to May D5
Fremantle : The following 30 players make up the travelling squad to the Gold Coast:
Blake Acres, James Aish, Connor Blakely, Andy Brayshaw
Adam Cerra, Reece Conca, Travis Colyer, Brennan Cox
Mitch Crowden, Sean Darcy, Taylin Duman, Michael Frederick
Nat Fyfe, Stefan Giro, Liam Henry, Rory Lobb
Griffin Logue, Lloyd Meek , David Mundy, Alex Pearce
Luke Ryan, Lachie Schultz, Caleb Serong, Sam Switkowski
Matt Taberner, Darcy Tucker, Michael Walters
Tobe Watson, Joel Western, Nathan Wilson.
13 Fremantle players will remain in Perth to either continue rehabilitation of injuries or play with Peel in the WAFL competition.
Sam Sturt, Ethan Hughes, Joel Hamling, Leno Thomas, Hayden Young, Heath Chapman, Luke Valente, Nathan O’Driscoll, Brandon Walker, Stephen Hill, Brett Bewley, Josh Treacy and Bailey Banfield will remain in WA.
Fremantle will remain in Queensland before flying to Victoria for the round 9 clash against Essendon.
Then hopefully fly home for Rd 10 match with Sydney.
Upgrading Rowe.
$417.7k to spend
T/U – Atkins
T/D – Stringer
Comment – Take RCD early instead
Will May be a top 6 defender?
TU
TD
Cheers
TU: Bolton
Or
TD: C.Daniel
Which swans players should I get rid of for upgrade first:
T/U – Gulden
T/D – Campbell
Already have macrae Merrett Oliver Taranto and Walsh in midfield – can get any premium with a Fredericks trade – Is Guthrie best option? If not who?
My main plan this week was just Chapman to Fredericks and hold the other but I’ve realised I can finish my backline with Rowe to May. I’d kinda prefer to hold off for either Whitfield or Houston after their bye as the last defender but this could be an easy upgrade. I don’t have any cash for anyone more expensive than May
TU: upgrade Rowe to May
TD: hold and stick to the original plan and save that R14 team
Do I
TU: bring in May/Daniel at what would probably be their lowest price for the season
TD: trade Neale to a premium
both May and Daniel have low breakevens so their price will probably increase next week while Neale’s price will remain the same
However, having 580k sitting on the bench for another week isn’t ideal
Luke Ryan flew to GC so I guess he only misses 1 week.
I’m looking at trading CJ to May now
Maybe No? Cj’s scores have been erratic. I was looking at Ryan as a keeper
T/U: Double downgrade
Chapman > Frederick
Rowe > go early on RCD
Leaves 266K for next week.
T/D: Grab May and miss Fredrick
Chapman > May
Rowe > Murray
Left totally broke…
Is it too late to bring in Jordan?
TU Yep you missed the boat
TD Nope still money to be made
Dees supporters (and other knowledgeable folks), with Tomlinson doing his ACL and out for the year, does that impact May’s role from an intercepting defender to more of a pure lock down one, thus negatively affecting his future scores?
TU: Yep his scores may suffer.
TD: Nah he’ll be right. Jump on.
Dees are bringing Petty in to replace Tomlinson, purely so May and Lever can keep playing their roles. Think he’ll be right – I’m bringing him in!
Who should go first?
TU: Campbell
TD: Rowe
And who to bring in?
TU: Taranto
TD: Zorko
Gulden to..
T/U – Walsh
T/D – Oliver
Tossing up between 2 Top 10 mids. Who’d you prefer?
T/U – Walsh
T/D – Guthrie
Cheers,
B321
TU trading Chapman to May (though it’ll bow out my round 14 bye team lineup)…TD trading Chapman to Caleb (fits the bye perfectly).
Risky people finishing their backlines with a cheap may or daniel these two will not ave over 100 for the r.o.y but whitfield will probably ave 112+
Yes and no.
If I can bring in May or Daniel this week and they average 100, then I get 1500 points from them for the year. Assuming Whitfield averages 110 and plays out the season (which is also fairly risky, in my opinion) gets me 1650 for the year.
Whitfield would be a no brainer if they were evenly priced. But that $150k that I save from going May or Daniel gives me 2/3 of an upgrade – that will net me at least 10 points a week, likely more.
Does the whole team come out tonight? Or nextweek
IMO Highmore to be sub this week????
TU – Titch
TD – Jelly
Tu; Bolton
Td; Zorko
Feel like people leaning towards Zorko. Although I feel Bolton has more upside and at a much better age, history shows he could average more in the remaining games.. thoughts appreciated!
Which is the better option?
Tu; May
(will become my d6, means I have to field rowe up forward)
Td; Bolton/Zorko
(Federick will become d6 down back)
Still trying to solve R2, assuming Flynn misses again. Don’t have the cash for either Marshall or Grundy yet. Marshall next week is the plan.
In the meantime:
TU: Thilthorpe on the bubble, but likely only to make 70-80k max, with a tough draw
TD: Bryan after one game with Philips lurking, but save 70k
Would love any Dons fans thoughts on Bryan…
Essendon : Andrew Phillips – “It’s good that hopefully we’ll be able to have two available guys (Francis & Phillips) to choose from, which we’ll finalise later today.” Ben Rutten
This will impact on Bryan.
I saw this – thanks CT. Guess that means if Philips is available but misses, then Bryan had jumped up the pecking order.
Nils?
Double Downgrading, Rowe to Frederick via Cox done. Need Help with Berry to.
T/UP. R C Dawkins
T/D. Thilthorpe
Thanks anymore votes please
100% RCD.
Cheaper, better scoring potential and Dimma has generally given rookies a go.
Crows next four is Port, WCE, Dees, Tigs.
T/U – Lyons
T/D – Walsh
Cheers
Need some advice please.
Guilden and Chapman to:
TU – Frederick and Parish (84k left)
TD – Frederick and May (195k left)
Who to trade out for Frederick:
T/U: Gulden
T/D: Clark
TU: Jelly
TD: May
Anyone have an idea of Nathan Murphy’s job security? I went early on Frederick when he debuted because I was going to cop a donut. Need to trade Chapman out so need another option.
T/up – Trade in Murphy
T/down – Go for someone else
I have no bench in the backline,
now J Clark is out so trying to avoid
a donut, already have done
Chapman> Frederick
So my options are the following.
Tu: Clark > May (only have 410k)
Td: Gulden > Daniel (or any player
up 432k)
Im very fortunate to be in a position where Im ahead due to not copping any of the big injuries apart from Danger. Fingers crossed that can continue but carnage is the name of the game!
TU – Double downgrade Clark/Berry to Frederick and go early trading Rowe to Rcd. I’ll then go nuts next week and probably get Dusty and Ridley, or Poulter and Dusty if Ridley isn’t ripe.
TD – Clark/Berry to Frederick and then Rowe to one of Dusty, Bolton or Zorko. If Dusty could have a freak performance and only drop like 15k this would be absolutely ideal but his past 3 against Geelong isn’t great. Could the week off change that? Hmm
T/U May
T/D Bowes
Going to move Cripps on,
My options:
TU: Guthrie
TD: Brayshaw (save 100k)
Trading out Rowe, but tossing up between two players
T/U – Zorko
T/D – Brayshaw (via DPP)
Clark > Frederick
Rowe > Zorko
T/U – Yes
T/D – No
Trading out Rowe
Tu – Atkins
Td – Impey
Cheers
DEF: J. Lloyd L. Ryan A. Witherden J. Butts N. Cox J. Koschitzke BEN: N. Jetta T. Highmore
MID: J. Macrae J. Steele M. Duncan C. Oliver T. Powell E. Gulden J. Jordon Z. Guthrie BEN: B. Campbell L. McNeil T. Brockman
RUC: M. Gawn B. Grundy BEN: P. Hunter
FOR: J. Ziebell D. Martin T. Hawkins D. Robertson J. Rowe B. McCreery BEN: A. Scott A. Waterman
Thoughts on what coupla trades I should make?
Gulden -> RCD and Cox -> May?
TU – Lloyd
TD – Ridley
Ridley in a few weeks??
Anyone else just slightly keen on a player returning from a non-related muscle injury averaging over 110 with a POD of less than 3% at under $510K?? Or is it just me.
Yep. Just trying to find the guts to actually do it
WHo ?
They’re talking about Sloane lol.
Thanks GD, I couldn’t see that!
In midst of Doggies mids upcoming.
Tu) Cripps -> Guthrie
Td) Gulden -> May
Who to trade out for Frederick?
Tu Gulden
Td Rowe
Considering 2 x trade scenarios this week:
TU:
Meek -> Grundy – ruck set up will then be Gawn, Grundy (Flynn)
Warner -> Frederick (via dpp)
(This will shore up ruck set up and avoid the almost weekly double donuts from Meek & Flynn)
TD:
J Clark -> May
Chapman -> Frederick
(this will get rid of some dead weight in my backline, can make some extra cash and bring Grundy in later)
TU no brainer, can’t afford to be copping a ruck donut. Leaking 130 odd points every week!
Chapman to Frederick will increase my bank to $210k.
My forward line is a bit thin with Ziebell, Martin, Warner, Robertson, Rowe, Scott, Campbell, Waterman.
Neale will be my second trade, do I go
TU – Walsh, bench Gulden
TD – swing Campbell to mid, bring in forward premium, bench Rowe
T/U Cam Guthrie
T/D Andrew Brayshaw
Assuming both are named this week, which is the preferred option:
TU: Gulden on field + $8k in the bank
TD: Rowe on field + 71k in the bank
Currently have Stewart, Ryan, Laird, Crisp & Short at D1-D5. Who to bring in this week?
T/U – Lloyd
T/D – Ridley
I’m happy to get both eventually and park Laird at M8 for the short term
Don’t bring in Ridley this week, he has a break even of~200.
If you can, best option is to wait a week and get Ridley then.
If you have to do it this week, bring in May.
Chapman -> Murray
& Gulden -> Brayshaw
Chapman to Frederick and Fantasia to Salem leaves me 62K and 17 trades.
Fingers crossed for no injuries, but I’ll go Berry to RCD then Warner to Heeney next week. I know Heeney is the ultimate tease but to bring in someone with his capabilities for such a low price seems a no brainer to me.
Frederick dropped mate, better change your plans haha
Was planning on getting federick… obviously can’t now. Thoughts appreciated on this;
Tu; Keep it simple this week
Chapman > May
(Jimmy rowe on field up fwd)
Td; Go more
Chapman > RCD (via dpp)
Rowe > Zorko
(Kozi on field down back)
So Frederick been dropped my plan goes down the drain for May. i was planning to go get Murray.
TU: Murray job security is good for bench
TD: No weak spot might get dropped
Have plenty of cash in bank
could go with one of these: (please comment)
1. Bolton and May for Rowe and Chapman
2 Frederick (PA) and Oliver/Walsh for Chapman and Gulden
3 Frederick and May for Rowe and Chapman
Which Option is better and why
Frederick dropped, what a killer!
TU: Bring in Nathan Murphy
TD: Bring in Nick Murray
eeekkk, there goes my plan
am not sure on the JS for both
best forward for $499k
have ziebell martin impey phillips
thinking bolton or hall
I like Hall, I would have picked him up this week but I had more pressing matters to attend to. I’m worried Shai will eventually have to change his role and spend more time in the forward line when all the Richmond mids come back.
Zorko
Don’t know what to do this week, as i have multiple rookies bleeding cash and an underperforming Crippa who’s been disappointing this season.
Would really appreciate some advice on what to do this week.
23 trades left, $160,900 ITB, Trades last week were Neale and Dunkley > Macrae and Impey
DEF: Stewart, Lloyd, Laird. Short, Clark, Kosi (L.Jones, Highmore)
MID: Macrae, Oliver, ZMerrett, Titch, Crippa, Powell, Gulden, Jordon (Berry, Brockman, Downie)
RUC: Gawn, Grundy (Flynn)
FWD: Ziebell, Impey, Warner, Campbell, Rowe, A.Scott (Waterman, Treacy)
Cheers!!
Hi JJ,
the only issue I can see with po’s suggestion above is that if Campbell is not picked you are munching a Fwd donut. Clarke to May (or Daniel) is a no brainer but if Campbell is out (and Brockman too), perhaps trade Flynn out, DPP Treacy into the ruck and Thilthorpe into the forward line. Gives you ruck coverage too although not cheap coverage & avoids the zero if Campbell (and Brockman) do not play. Flynn is supposed to be our ruck cover but he has played once in the last 5 weeks ! No need to get RCD this week IMO and your side is stronger with May in than a non playing non premo in Clarke. One down one up potentially (again) next week. Good luck
Thanks Hass, Is it worth getting May in, I had traded him in round 2 then had to trade him rd 5 due to his eye injury which was supposed to have him out for a longer time.
JJ,
I wouldn’t worry about the past, just make the best move for your side this week and if that is May at his price regardless of what you did in r5 then do it. I traded Daniel when he was rubbed out to avoid a zero (to Jones a week early and that went well too). Traded in Luke Ryan 2 weeks ago too. Perhaps don’t listen to me haha !! Although seriously, I would happily trade in May or Daniel again at their prices. It is up to you but there are plenty of choices but the extra $100k in the bank has to help, good luck
Hey, JJ.
Wouldn’t be too glib, you’ve got a very solid team with 23 trades and a solid bank. You’re nicely positioned.
Gotta cover Clark and Campbell donuts, so the play for you could be:
Campbell -> FWD rookie
Clark -> 550k~ DEF premo
Have a sus of the FWD rookies and which DEF premo you like, then go for it.
Best of luck.
Thanks GB what FWD rookies would you recommend getting?
In regards to a DEF Premo I’m really liking either Salem, Mills or Ridley. What are thoughts on them? Is there any others I should have a look at?
No FWD rookies on the bubble this week, so you’d have to roll the dice on Owis (CARL) or Poulter (COLL) assuming both are named.
As for a 550k DEF, check your bye structure first. See where/where not you can add another player.
Ridley’s got a 204 BE, so wait a week on him. Otherwise Salem could be a deadly POD, Mills is solid or even Bowes is averaging 105 and could save you some coin.
All great options. I’m grabbing Bowes this week and Ridley the next, but Mills and Salem are both high ceiling PODs. If you don’t mind spending a little extra and they work for your bye structure, grab one of them.
Honestly up to you, no bad options there.
Same problem we’re all experiencing – too many rookies on field.
Clark and Campbell obviously are priorities.
Maybe Campbell to Owies and Clark to Ridley, May, Daniel.
Not much of a choice with forward rookies but at least you avoid a donut.
Yet another curveball with Freddy being dropped this week. Have nailed my options down to these 2.
TU: Nathan Murphy
TD: Go early on Collier-Dawkins
Frederick a warning sign on going early.
Thumps Up:
Warner -> RCD
Chapman -> Tom Stewart
Thumbs Down:
Chapman -> Jack Bowes
Rowe -> RCD
DEF: Larid, Short, HClark, CDaniel, JClark, Chapman (LJones Hughmore)
BANK: 135k AND 23 trades
Chapman & JClark -> NMurphy & May
TU: go for it may’s value!
TD: PASS. You need ubers
What’s Collier-Dawkins’ JS going forward? Lambert and Prestia are another couple weeks away and Cotchin will be back in another 4-5 weeks. Might only get get 1 or 2 price rises out of him.
With this in mind is it still worth picking him up, especially for those going early on him this week?
TU: Yes
TD: No
Def: Stewart, Rich, Daniel, Short, Laird, Kosi (Highmore, Briggs)
Mid: Macrae, Merrett, Oliver, Walsh, Steele, Powell, Jordan, Scott (Downie, Brockman, Bruhn)
Ruc: Gawndy (Flynn)
Fwd: Ziebell, Martin, Warner, Robertson, Rowe, McCreary (Fullarton, Waterman)
$155k itb, 22 trades
Was gonna do Warner, Rowe > Frederick, Guthrie
But freddies out so what do I do?? Get Murphy instead of Freddy?
Wouldn’t be cashing out on Warner, keep him on field for as long as possible.
On Murphy, don’t really have a read on him but a little apprehensive bringing in a Pies’ DEF rookie with Howe 1 week away and Moore to be swung back.
Doesn’t get you a premo this week, but you could go:
Rowe -> RCD (via Scott DPP)
Gets Rowe off your field and gives a you a 266k to make some moves next week.
Not a sexy a move as bringing in Guthrie, but a solid trade long term.
trade out-
T/U cox
T/D campbell
Ok so with a combination of the Frederick news and that Preuss might take over at GWS soon I’m considering an early cull on Flynn
TU: Chapman & Flynn out for N Murray & J Bowes (saves my round 14 bye a bit)
TD: Chapman & Rowe out for N Murray (or N Murphy) & S May (and kill the round 14 bye with 9 premos out)
Need to go early on of these FWD rookies to bring in a Premo DEF. Who do we think has better JS:
TU- Poulter
TD – Owies
Gulden for May? (DPP)
Only concern is that gulden will pump out a 120 in the next couple of weeks and I’ll miss out on some coin
Its a race to get rookies off the field – if you can get May via Gulden, go for it.
Would love to pocket an extra 50k but is it worth it?
T/U Walsh
T/D Boak
TU: trade Cripps now
TD: hold and hope he comes good
What are peoples thoughts on Flynn GWS.
Do we hold for the extra cash generation and rd 14 bye?
Or do we trade to Treacy and use the cash to upgrade Campbell or Rowe?
Lots of uncertainties with the Mummy situation.