Definitely Serong, not even close imo. He is on a different tier this season.
Ldu got major charity scaling today late due to the tight contest.. find it hard to believe how he scored that many points late even when they lost the game!
This week was brutal…1610 and beaten by 18th place in one league!
Rubbish scores from Neale, Butters , Warner, Brayshaw, Steele, plus Meek who I held over the byes through his injury (wanting to wait for one of English/Marshall/De Koning)
Thankfully Whitfield came through as I was planning to trade him out.
2 trades this week.
Out – Sanders and Sullivan
In – Salem and possibly Laurie
Don’t need any more backmen so Schoenmaker is a no for me.
Surely Salem gets more midfield time with Petracca done.
Hopefully then Laurie can avoid the subs vest.
Life would also be much simpler if Simpkin and McKercher play round 15.
As a Dees fan, it’s hard to suggest Laurie for a couple of reasons. Firstly, he’s shown absolutely nothing in the opportunities he’s been given. Was drafted with Bowey and unlike some other first rounders who show glimpses of talent to persevere with – say Fin Macrae – Laurie offers very little.
Secondly, Goodwin seems to have a ‘preferred sub’ week-in, week-out. Woewodin, Melksham and Jordon have all filled this role.
As a guess, Pickett will move into the mids and Tholstrup or McAdam given an opportunity for game time ahead of Laurie.
As another dees fan, petracca being out doesn’t help Salem in SC. He has been prolific as a pure HB, loves to kick the ball and sets us up.
Now he’ll likely be moved around to join mids, and as a mid earlier in the year he struggled. I would wait and see what his role is this week before jumping on.
Not a trade question, but I genuinely can’t remember a season where so many midfield premos had so many bad scores throughout the season. Could it be because of the return of the tag?
It’s round 15 and I genuinely have no idea who the top 8 will be.
At the point now where we simply just target the 102k rookies? Likely won’t be in my best 18 scorers next week and want to maximise cash for my premos!
Agree, but I think you can pay up slightly and get someone who will provide cover, like Schoemaker or Dowling. Even though they have a bye coming up, they look to have good JS, and it fine to get them during a bye round if you can field 20 or so, especially if its generating cash….looking at you Steele !!
Is it worth going Steele or Dawson to Serong? Already have full premo midfield.
TU Steele
TD Dawson
Comment if I should not do this trade.
Also my current fwd line is Flanders, Heeney, Zorko, Fisher, Fyfe, Freijah. Looking to go Fyfe to Rankine next week but which other forward should I bring in this week?
Saad El Hawli has a syndesmosis injury from the very end of the VFL game he tore apart. If just plonking him on your bench then go for it but don’t expect him to play for weeks if at all.
No idea who to trade in to fill my last midfield spot. So many under performing
so called premos has me no clearer to making a decision. Was saving the spot for Serong but he has been average the last 3 games and price is falling further. Making me think to look elsewhere with anther high BE this week of 148.
TU: Serong. He is 2nd behind Bont in average this season for a reason.
TD: Merrett or Gulden or LDU
If you’re short on trades and have livingstone at R3, Jackson DPP may save you on the run home from a donut if god forbid gawn or your R2 gets injured/suspended.
Thanks for the feedback Wighty. Seems like the right play is to grab Salem.
Although almost 50/50 from the community on Salem or Rozee. Therefore, leaning towards both if no rookies become available, can sideway Steele to Rozee and bank the cash saving for rookie to premo upgrade
Have flanders, heeney, Zorko and Moore in forward line right now, I’ll bring rankine in next week.
Who’s best to fill the last spot??
TU – Jackson – don’t think his output will be great will Darcy in the team, but still managed 115 last week.
TD -Curnow – has a decent run home.
Any other options? I’m angry at fisher because I held him until round 7 and traded him out
I think your greatest need is to upgrade D6 as Draper simply doesn’t cut it (and will most likely be dropped once Brennan Cox returns). To do this you will need to downgrade Richards & Jones to perhaps Kreuger & Schoenmaker (via Wil Dawson to FWD bench) as they are probably the most likely rookies to retain their spots. This should then give you enough funds to upgrade to a mid-priced DEF (eg. Stewart, Salem) or a mid-priced FWD (eg. Curnow, Caldwell) via moving Sexton to your D6.
Then in a few weeks time you’ll need to consider upgrading your F6 once Freijah, Reville & Clark max out in price.
Hope this is of some help to your decision-making and best of luck with whatever you choose to do.
Can anybody provide some thoughts on J Cameron? At $420k his price is great and Geelong will need him to fire and he has large ceiling etc….and yes, he is a key forward so not expecting 100 each week….but looking for that F8 and tossing between him, jackson and rankine
I’m with you as his next 6 games he plays his favourite teams
Only Essendon is the side not in his top six
A risk but your side must be pretty good to be F8 selection 🙂
Good luck
Marshall to Grundy
TU – good trade
TD – bad trade
Is it worth it?
Can’t deal with how inconsistent Marshall is and looks like he’s sharing the ruck load
With all the tagging going on I’m choosing mids that are less tag prone to round out my team.
TU – Libba. Seems to be back and Treloar or Bont surely the first to be tagged?
TD – Laird. Dawson no.1 tag target and Laird was playing off half back on the weekend, clocking up plenty of cheap kicks, leading to a monster score. Could finish the season strong if kept there.
Yea I’m planning to hold at F6. Will Powell may affect his scoring, but I’d rather be left 7 trades then 4 for inevitable injuries that’ll arise before end of season
Currently ranked just over 3K, Top 2% overall.
I have set my team over the byes with DPP swings on all positions due to lack of rookies with JS and low on trades. Jye Clark, Freijah and Dowling* will be my bench cover.
I think, I’m happy with this team for the rest of the year, barring any injury/suspension. Fingers crossed 2 trades will be enough to me get through from Round 17 to the end of the season.
Bont, Daicos D/M, Trealor, LDU
Serong, Merrett, ®McCluggage, Green
(Jye Clark, Garcia M/F, McAuliffe)
McAuliffe will become Dowling* next week
®Gawn, Grundy (Livingstone R/F)
Flanders, Heeney, Zorko
Jackson R/F, Fisher D/F, Lohman
(Freijah M/F, W Dawson DF)
Looking to upgrade Sexton or Lohman to any uber premo next week.
This Week will have 19 playing
OUT: Butters, Powell, Moyle
IN®: Gawn, McCluggage, El-Hawli
Leaves me with 58,700 itb and only 4 trades left this this trade.
Goodluck to us all this week and for the rest of the season.
Don’t trade out Butters, especially now that he is free to play this week!
Instead, perhaps do the McAuliffe to Dowling trade this week to fund your Gawn purchase, then next week consider downgrading Clark to Schoenmaker (via moving El-Hawli to your MID bench) to give you a warm DEF bench cover as well as fund your Lohmann or Sexton upgrade.
In the end, the choice is yours, so best of luck with whatever you decide.
Currently looking at Comben and Howes to Houston and Schoenmaker – this will leave me with 8 trades and 57k for 2 upgrades (both defenders, one of which is Sexton)
Houston can become any defender other than Ryan, Daicos, Sheezel and Fisher, and I am going early on Schoenmaker to facilitate the cash for this trade. It will leave me with two defenders to upgrade. I have all other lines complete (M8 is Green, and F6 is Jackson, and rucks are Gawn and Grundy)
You have a pretty strong looking side on paper there. Like you have already indicated, your M8 will need to be upgraded as a priority.
What I’d suggest is keep Freijah as your FWD bench cover due to his DPP (he can be interchanged with Reville on any given week) and relatively good job security, and instead downgrade a couple of your other non-playing rookies (ie. H Garcia & Richards). I’m wary of Oscar Allen returning for WC this week which may mean Hutchinson gets dropped, but more importantly I think you need some DEF bench coverage so I’d recommend trading out Richards for Schoenmaker (moving Dawson to your FWD bench) as he looks to have a better chance of keeping his spot post-bye. Then perhaps downgrade H Garcia to El-Hawli as, even though he’s injured, his DPP will open up the link between your DEFs & MIDs to provide further coverage if injuries strike later in the season. This will then give you enough funds to upgrade Sullivan to a MID around $550K-$560K (Cripps, Dawson, Walsh & Touk are a few in that ballpark).
As for Dylan Moore, I’d recommend holding him for now as he’s one of the few FWDs capable of hitting a huge score, plus the Hawks play each of the bottom 4 sides again before the end of the season. Worst case is if he doesn’t perform to your expectations later on then you can trade him to someone like Rankine or Curnow, or alternatively you could grab a defender such as Houston, Sinclair or Clark by switching Sexton to your FWDs.
Anyway, hope I could be of some help and best of luck with whatever you choose to do.
Playing for leagues.
Full premo/keeper.
11 trades remaining.
I can use 3 trades to turn T Miller and J Steele into Serong and Zerrett.
Would leave me with only 8 trades for remainder of season.
TU: Go for it
TD: Save the trades for injuries and luxury trades during finals
Plan of getting Houston and Whitfield in this week to complete my team went bang when they both got their BE’s.
New plan
Fyfe, Freijah & Sullivan to Houston, Curnow and Hutchinson or other 102K mid/fwd rookie.
Leaves 8 trades, $6000 and Fisher/Sexton to worry about if needed.
ive got 19 playing this week with 17 of them promos plus sexton.
T/U: Go Worner or Hutchinson to get to 20 players but will have less flexibility with dpp
T/D: go 102k player with dpp to give more flexibility like Saad el hawni
Can I request an article ASAP on which premo midfielders to look at trading in, taking into account team match ups for the remainder of the season (especially coming up against teams that are using taggers to suppress our SC scores ). Who has the best chance of getting through unhindered? For me, my final trade in decisions are wanting to be made with players who can handle a tag or less likely to be impacted by a tagger, and who plays the most games against teams that don’t use a tagger.
Great post Lisa. The return of hard taggers is an issue. If looking at final trades, maybe a McCluggage over Leale, or jhf over butters etc…becomes a matter for consideration.
Do I get Rankine or Curnow as my F6 (Sexton will be F7)? Obviously Rankine is the premium option but the extra cash in the bank will be very useful for a rainy day as trades get low.
Is it worth one trade speculating on Amartey at $350k?
Out Bolton $420 k as Taranto and Baker returning haven’t lifted him, +$70k in the kitty, then upgrade Amartey in two weeks when he’s anticipated to be worth $450k +; ~$520 to spend.
Currently sitting around 450th..don’t have too many pods but feel I’ll need to do something out of the box to make or break me.. I have 8 trades left and not enough money itb to go full premo this week unless I use all 3 trades taking me to 5 trades on the season. So my thoughts are …
Sullivan – worner via DPP
I want to get Curnow in to make my team full premo but can’t afford freijah to Curnow so thinking of sideways Steele to a fallen premo so I can get Curnow in..
Which fallen premo to bring in for Steele. Can be a defender or mid?
Rozee or yeo are my early thoughts.
Any help would be much appreciated
I think upgrading your FWD line is the most pressing need, and getting Heeney in there is a must. Downgrading Harrison to Kynan Brown should give you enough to upgrade Powell to Heeney with around $30K leftover.
Then, if you’re willing to use 1 of your 2 remaining boosts, you can downgrade Nyuon to Logan Evans (via shifting Sexton to your FWDs) which will give you enough to upgrade Freijah to Simpkin. Or alternatively if Sexton is dropped, you could upgrade him to Jackson instead which will give you decent ruck cover in case of injuries moving forward. But definitely check the final Sunday teams before you make your final decision.
Admittedly your benches will be pretty thin, but at least you will get all your rookies off the field come Round 16. Best of luck with whatever you decide.
If I was trading in one of these this week, and the other hopefully in a week or two, which one is more important to get first :
TU : Zorko
TD: Merrett
With Carlton and Geelong having better draws than most.
Dawson (performing poorly), R Garcia + Macrae (same) to Holmes (probably Geelongs best player), Curnow + S Day (quick grab for cash) leaves 9 trades and
$179K in the bank..
Hey Jake, if you need a win this week, hit the trade button. With Powell straight back into the backline for the Suns and Sexton on the bench, there is a real risk he’s sent forward, is the sub, or worse, doesn’t make the final team. Serong probably 50 points better this week.
Logan Evan who is listed as a speedy defender – was taken in the most recent Mid-Season Draft with Pick 12 after staying connected with Port Adelaide through the SANFL Rookie Program.
Despite being overlooked in the 2023 National Draft, Evans impressed with his speed and lead in the draft combine, while also catching recruiters’ eye for his ability to read the ball and compete aerially.
Recruited from Norwood in the SANFL, the 18-year-old is also clean with his hands and ball use and will slot into the backline as a medium-sized defender when the Power take on the Lions.
At my final mid upgrade and I’ve been holding out for Serong all season… but LDU is looking like a nice POD:
TU: Serong
TD: LDU
Definitely Serong, not even close imo. He is on a different tier this season.
Ldu got major charity scaling today late due to the tight contest.. find it hard to believe how he scored that many points late even when they lost the game!
Love the feedback Nick, thank you
Contemplating bringing in the Bont and building up to after his bye.
TU Green
TD Horne-Francis
This week was brutal…1610 and beaten by 18th place in one league!
Rubbish scores from Neale, Butters , Warner, Brayshaw, Steele, plus Meek who I held over the byes through his injury (wanting to wait for one of English/Marshall/De Koning)
Thankfully Whitfield came through as I was planning to trade him out.
Whoops was supposed to put this in the “How’d you Go” thread.
For a trade related question…trade Meek to:
TU: De Koning (on fire as sole ruck and a nice POD)
TD: English (after bye, inconsistent but can still go big)
Still a big risk of Pittonet coming back into Blues side and ruining TDK
Can’t afford Grundy?
2 trades this week.
Out – Sanders and Sullivan
In – Salem and possibly Laurie
Don’t need any more backmen so Schoenmaker is a no for me.
Surely Salem gets more midfield time with Petracca done.
Hopefully then Laurie can avoid the subs vest.
Life would also be much simpler if Simpkin and McKercher play round 15.
As a Dees fan, it’s hard to suggest Laurie for a couple of reasons. Firstly, he’s shown absolutely nothing in the opportunities he’s been given. Was drafted with Bowey and unlike some other first rounders who show glimpses of talent to persevere with – say Fin Macrae – Laurie offers very little.
Secondly, Goodwin seems to have a ‘preferred sub’ week-in, week-out. Woewodin, Melksham and Jordon have all filled this role.
As a guess, Pickett will move into the mids and Tholstrup or McAdam given an opportunity for game time ahead of Laurie.
As another dees fan, petracca being out doesn’t help Salem in SC. He has been prolific as a pure HB, loves to kick the ball and sets us up.
Now he’ll likely be moved around to join mids, and as a mid earlier in the year he struggled. I would wait and see what his role is this week before jumping on.
Get in
T/U: Houston
T/D: Ridley
Is there a delete button where you can start again.
Yes, first you uninstall the supercoach app and then you re-install in 2025 to experience more punishment next year.
Not a trade question, but I genuinely can’t remember a season where so many midfield premos had so many bad scores throughout the season. Could it be because of the return of the tag?
It’s round 15 and I genuinely have no idea who the top 8 will be.
Bont then….ummmmm, errrrr………
TU – Butters
TD – Neale
TU – Gulden
TD – LDU
Still worry about Ldu when north get a battering. They won’t be competitive every week and todays score was largely scaled due to the close contest.
I would go Gulden.
At the point now where we simply just target the 102k rookies? Likely won’t be in my best 18 scorers next week and want to maximise cash for my premos!
i have no idea which rookie to grab
Yeah, you totally can.
Hutchinson, Parker and Saad El Hawli closest to playing.
Saad El-Hawli had surgery this week after scans confirmed a syndesmosis injury that will sideline him for the next 6-8 weeks.
Agree, but I think you can pay up slightly and get someone who will provide cover, like Schoemaker or Dowling. Even though they have a bye coming up, they look to have good JS, and it fine to get them during a bye round if you can field 20 or so, especially if its generating cash….looking at you Steele !!
Is it worth going Steele or Dawson to Serong? Already have full premo midfield.
TU Steele
TD Dawson
Comment if I should not do this trade.
Also my current fwd line is Flanders, Heeney, Zorko, Fisher, Fyfe, Freijah. Looking to go Fyfe to Rankine next week but which other forward should I bring in this week?
Curnow or Caldwell best options. Others like Miers, Cameron and McKay are next run down. Waterman of you want a real pod.
Of the lot id go Curnow
Quiet on Caldwell !!! LOL
Should I get trade
Hugo Garcia,Frejiah,Lachlan sully and riley Garcia
Merret,Zorko,Geordie Payne and Saad el-Hawli??
this gets rid of all my cash gen though and 1 off a full premo with my f9 missing one
Saad El Hawli has a syndesmosis injury from the very end of the VFL game he tore apart. If just plonking him on your bench then go for it but don’t expect him to play for weeks if at all.
dam thats a shame he looked good in the game against carlton
Wish him all the best but looking ahead, could be first rookie picked next year if he doesn’t play this year.
Current forward line is Flanders, Heeney, Zorko, Jackson, Fisher, Fyfe.
I am stuck – is there an obvious replacement for Fyfe?
Rankine, but I would make sure he has a clean bill of health first. Finished off saturdays game with an apparent niggle.
Do I get trade in first
Zorko TU
Merret TD
why not zorko though?
No idea who to trade in to fill my last midfield spot. So many under performing
so called premos has me no clearer to making a decision. Was saving the spot for Serong but he has been average the last 3 games and price is falling further. Making me think to look elsewhere with anther high BE this week of 148.
TU: Serong. He is 2nd behind Bont in average this season for a reason.
TD: Merrett or Gulden or LDU
Which one to trade out (and I don’t even care that they don’t have a R15 bye)
TU : Powell
TD: Fyfe
Vote one above or in Comment below for BOTH
Both have to go.
Continuing from above – vote either above or below for
TU: trade out both.
Which budget “premium” would you prefer?
TU Salem
TD Rozee
At some stage Rozee will get match fit again. Good floor and a much higher ceiling for mine.
Who to turn into Merrett?
TU- Harry McKay (injured shoulder?)
TD- Touk Miller
TU – Gulden
TD – Butters/Neale
F6:
TU – Curnow
TD – Caldwell
Tu- Yeo
Td- Whitfield
Who’s keeping Sam Day out of the side?
Or does Hardwick just not like him?
Sam Day is.
TU: Zorko
TD: Rankine/Moore
TU- Caldwell
TD- Yeo
T/U: Rozee
T/D: J.Howe
Does T Green come good, or is it time to move him on?
TU: Trade him out
TD: Keep him
I got him this week cause he is so cheap. Keeps getting 30+ so if he kicks it more or tightens up disposal, 100+ are still there.
His scores have been down since he copped that ankle a few weeks ago so I’m guessing that’s why he’s not been kicking it, that should change.
Getting tagged hasn’t helped either.
Who goes out for Zorko
Jack Macrae – TU
Tom Powell – TD
Who to upgrade?
TU: H.Harrison
TD: L.Sullivan
Last premium
TU: Houston
TD: Merrett
Any news on Rankine?
Did he get injured on the weekend?
Seems like a must have post bye considering the lack of premo fwd options this year.
Can someone do the math for me and workout what Clark from the cats would need to score this week to make me approximately 6.9k ?!?!
Need him to make that little bit of $$ in order to move him onto Rankine for my final upgrade next week..
Much appreciated!
Maka As long as he gets on field Clark will make at least $6.9k. His BE is minus 22. Projected score 56. Projected price change plus $35k
If he’s named as the sub and comes on to score 10-15 points will that be enough?
Easy very rough way to work out is for every 10 points over breakeven price will increase approx $4k.
Cheers mate!
Trade out…
TU – Steele
TD – Dawson
Final defence upgrade
TU. Jordan Clarke
TD. Elliott yeo
2nd last FWD spot?
T/U Luke Jackson
T/D Zac Fisher
Fisher 100%
Has the seagull role in norths backline!
If you’re short on trades and have livingstone at R3, Jackson DPP may save you on the run home from a donut if god forbid gawn or your R2 gets injured/suspended.
If you’re flush with trades, Fisher for points
Massimo to Salem
TU: Good trade
TD: Look elsewhere
Which underperforming premo to boot out?
TU- Tom Green
TD- Clarry
TU: N.Martin
TD: Whitfield
What’s Karl Worner (Fremantle) job security like?
Get another game then makes way for Heath Chapman who is not badly injured
Can’t decide between Salem or Rozee.
Reason I’m leaning towards Salem is his break even is 50ish compared to Rozee 130 so I’m thinking I can wait a week on Rozee.
TU – Salem
TD – Rozee
Comment if you think neither or both!
I’m looking at Salem this week, then to take Draper spot at D6
Thanks for the feedback Wighty. Seems like the right play is to grab Salem.
Although almost 50/50 from the community on Salem or Rozee. Therefore, leaning towards both if no rookies become available, can sideway Steele to Rozee and bank the cash saving for rookie to premo upgrade
TU: Sheezel
TD: Ridley
Better JS
TU: Worner
TD: Schoenmaker
Current forward line:
Flanders, Heeney, Zorko, Fisher, Sexton
Will hold Sexton for the time being. Narrowed it down to these 2.
TU – Jackson
TD – Rankine
Have flanders, heeney, Zorko and Moore in forward line right now, I’ll bring rankine in next week.
Who’s best to fill the last spot??
TU – Jackson – don’t think his output will be great will Darcy in the team, but still managed 115 last week.
TD -Curnow – has a decent run home.
Any other options? I’m angry at fisher because I held him until round 7 and traded him out
Last Mid spot
TU – Walsh
TD – Treloar
Comment – Other
(Have all other top averaging mids over Treloar)
LDU
Hi all
I would be grateful for thoughts on what I should do to improve my team. $102k in bank and 8 trades left.
Ryan, Daicos, sheezel, j Clark, Houston, j Draper (w. Dawson, x Reid)
Bont,serong,butters,gulden, Merrett, Rowell, Steele, green (reville, Dowling, jye clark)
Gawn, Grundy (Livingston)
Flanders, heeney, Zorko,Jackson, sexton, freijah (Richards,Jones)
Thanking you in anticipation
I think your greatest need is to upgrade D6 as Draper simply doesn’t cut it (and will most likely be dropped once Brennan Cox returns). To do this you will need to downgrade Richards & Jones to perhaps Kreuger & Schoenmaker (via Wil Dawson to FWD bench) as they are probably the most likely rookies to retain their spots. This should then give you enough funds to upgrade to a mid-priced DEF (eg. Stewart, Salem) or a mid-priced FWD (eg. Curnow, Caldwell) via moving Sexton to your D6.
Then in a few weeks time you’ll need to consider upgrading your F6 once Freijah, Reville & Clark max out in price.
Hope this is of some help to your decision-making and best of luck with whatever you choose to do.
I think this week will be trade to get 18 players, there’s not much to choose from this week and those like Neale have high BE
Can anybody provide some thoughts on J Cameron? At $420k his price is great and Geelong will need him to fire and he has large ceiling etc….and yes, he is a key forward so not expecting 100 each week….but looking for that F8 and tossing between him, jackson and rankine
Jackson……gives ruck cover
At F8 he would be a luxury. Are you sure you want to pay that much for your bench.
F6…my bad…good pick up
Cuzza
I’m with you as his next 6 games he plays his favourite teams
Only Essendon is the side not in his top six
A risk but your side must be pretty good to be F8 selection 🙂
Good luck
thanks for all comments above
Best option. under $473,400?
Probably should have said forward option
Curnow – good draw and he has a high ceiling
Harrison > Curnow
8 trades left. 1 premo away from completing the team .
Marshall to Grundy
TU – good trade
TD – bad trade
Is it worth it?
Can’t deal with how inconsistent Marshall is and looks like he’s sharing the ruck load
Im waiting a week. If tom campbell is named i may sideways to english (my team will be completed at that stage)
I still think he will score ok with campbell in. Campbell will be subbed most times or low tog and marshall may kick some goals as a resting forwsrd
Hutchinson from WC – TU
Dowling from Adelaide- TD
With all the tagging going on I’m choosing mids that are less tag prone to round out my team.
TU – Libba. Seems to be back and Treloar or Bont surely the first to be tagged?
TD – Laird. Dawson no.1 tag target and Laird was playing off half back on the weekend, clocking up plenty of cheap kicks, leading to a monster score. Could finish the season strong if kept there.
I’ve got Laird and I was planning on cutting him this week for Rozee but he might’ve saved himself with the 141
Sending a search party out for rookies that will actually play this week and have job security. Hopefully some appear on selection night.
Who makes way for Whitfield
TU: Massimo (bye)
RD: Fyfe (vs GCS)
TU- Whitfield to complete Def
TD- Rankine to complete Fwd
Who to trade in at M8?
TU: Neale
TD: Walsh
Comment: LDU
Anyone think Sexton can keep scoring well? Have him at D6 but not confident
Yea I’m planning to hold at F6. Will Powell may affect his scoring, but I’d rather be left 7 trades then 4 for inevitable injuries that’ll arise before end of season
Think I’ve got him as F6/F7 and just hoping to be able to loophole him on the run home. Would probably cop him as a D7 too
Hold until he’s dropped. Trades are going to become precious.
Finally trade out Z Reid and Macrae for Curnow and El-Hawli (opens up swing with mid to get Salem back)
TU: yes
TD: no
El_hawli to miss six weeks
Yeah, purely need a def/mid swing. Not trading him in for points on field or any price rises. Just lets me cover D7/M9 with Salem
Thinking of side trade, either Wines/Steele to Merrett
TU: Yes
TD: No
Comment below if Yes
TU: Wines
TD: Steele
Out – Tom Green, Harvey Harrison, Hugo Garcia, Joel Frejiah
In – Karl Worner, Nathan Kreuger, Caleb Serong, Alex Sexton
That’s a lot of trading to sideways Tom Green. Not sold on Sexton with Powell coming in either.
Have got 18 playing this week.
T/U: Bring in Rozee this week as M8
T/D: Hold off for now and get Treloar/Neale/Rowell down the line
Currently ranked just over 3K, Top 2% overall.
I have set my team over the byes with DPP swings on all positions due to lack of rookies with JS and low on trades. Jye Clark, Freijah and Dowling* will be my bench cover.
I think, I’m happy with this team for the rest of the year, barring any injury/suspension. Fingers crossed 2 trades will be enough to me get through from Round 17 to the end of the season.
Ryan, Sheezel, Clark
Dale, Stewart, Sexton D/F
(Z. Reid, ®El-Hawli D/M)
Bont, Daicos D/M, Trealor, LDU
Serong, Merrett, ®McCluggage, Green
(Jye Clark, Garcia M/F, McAuliffe)
McAuliffe will become Dowling* next week
®Gawn, Grundy (Livingstone R/F)
Flanders, Heeney, Zorko
Jackson R/F, Fisher D/F, Lohman
(Freijah M/F, W Dawson DF)
Looking to upgrade Sexton or Lohman to any uber premo next week.
This Week will have 19 playing
OUT: Butters, Powell, Moyle
IN®: Gawn, McCluggage, El-Hawli
Leaves me with 58,700 itb and only 4 trades left this this trade.
Goodluck to us all this week and for the rest of the season.
Don’t trade out Butters, especially now that he is free to play this week!
Instead, perhaps do the McAuliffe to Dowling trade this week to fund your Gawn purchase, then next week consider downgrading Clark to Schoenmaker (via moving El-Hawli to your MID bench) to give you a warm DEF bench cover as well as fund your Lohmann or Sexton upgrade.
In the end, the choice is yours, so best of luck with whatever you decide.
TU: Whitfield
TD: Nic Martin
Comment other …
ridley
thoughts on TDK?
ruck is my last position to upgrade.
If I go TDK I have 4 trades left, if I go marshall/english/grundy i need to use another trade
T/U save the trade and go TDK
T/D use the trade, the other three are clearly better options
off topic but who to captain this week out of:
serong, merrett, grundy, heeney
Why not wait to read the Captain article when that is published?
I like Merrett
Powell- Rowell
Freijah – Worner
Couldn’t afford LDU, Gulden sadly
Leaves me with 7 trades, Sexton weakest link at F6
Changed trades,
Powell – Gulden
Freijah – Saad (Essendon) DPP on all lines
Mckay TU
or
Daniher TD
upgrading Darcy Jones and will become F5
Currently looking at Comben and Howes to Houston and Schoenmaker – this will leave me with 8 trades and 57k for 2 upgrades (both defenders, one of which is Sexton)
Houston can become any defender other than Ryan, Daicos, Sheezel and Fisher, and I am going early on Schoenmaker to facilitate the cash for this trade. It will leave me with two defenders to upgrade. I have all other lines complete (M8 is Green, and F6 is Jackson, and rucks are Gawn and Grundy)
TU: Good trades
TD: Consider other options
Who to upgrade to Charlie Curnow?
(ie worst JS)
Trade Out:
TU- Lachie Sullivan
TD- Harvey Harrison
Thx
Trade Out
TU- Freijah instead of above
TD- One of the Magpies
Stuck with what to do about trades this week, my side is:
DEF: Ryan, Daicos, Sheezel, McGovern, Martin, Sexton (Dawson, Z.Reid)
MID: Bontempelli, Serong, Butters, Merrett, Rowell, Steele, Green, Sullivan (Reville, Dowling, H.Garcia)
RUCK: Gawn, Grundy (Livingstone)
FWD: Flanders, Heeney, Zorko, Moore, Fisher, L.Jackson (Freijah, Richards)
$76k in bank, 8 trades left
Do I simply do Freijah, Sullivan > Yeo, Hutchinson to complete my team? Or do an extra downgrade to bring in a better mid?
I’m a bit worried about Moore as well so not sure whether he needs to go?
Any advice welcomed!
Cheers
Hey Simon,
You have a pretty strong looking side on paper there. Like you have already indicated, your M8 will need to be upgraded as a priority.
What I’d suggest is keep Freijah as your FWD bench cover due to his DPP (he can be interchanged with Reville on any given week) and relatively good job security, and instead downgrade a couple of your other non-playing rookies (ie. H Garcia & Richards). I’m wary of Oscar Allen returning for WC this week which may mean Hutchinson gets dropped, but more importantly I think you need some DEF bench coverage so I’d recommend trading out Richards for Schoenmaker (moving Dawson to your FWD bench) as he looks to have a better chance of keeping his spot post-bye. Then perhaps downgrade H Garcia to El-Hawli as, even though he’s injured, his DPP will open up the link between your DEFs & MIDs to provide further coverage if injuries strike later in the season. This will then give you enough funds to upgrade Sullivan to a MID around $550K-$560K (Cripps, Dawson, Walsh & Touk are a few in that ballpark).
As for Dylan Moore, I’d recommend holding him for now as he’s one of the few FWDs capable of hitting a huge score, plus the Hawks play each of the bottom 4 sides again before the end of the season. Worst case is if he doesn’t perform to your expectations later on then you can trade him to someone like Rankine or Curnow, or alternatively you could grab a defender such as Houston, Sinclair or Clark by switching Sexton to your FWDs.
Anyway, hope I could be of some help and best of luck with whatever you choose to do.
Playing for leagues.
Full premo/keeper.
11 trades remaining.
I can use 3 trades to turn T Miller and J Steele into Serong and Zerrett.
Would leave me with only 8 trades for remainder of season.
TU: Go for it
TD: Save the trades for injuries and luxury trades during finals
Thanks coaches
Hey everyone. Who should I bring into my forward line this week?
TU-Sexton
TD-Caldwell
It’ll finish off my team and my F6
Against the grain but I think Caldwell will be more sustainable.
I don’t see guys like Sexton and Fisher (who I have) seeing out the year.
Yeah, I really feel like Sexton is a hold if you have him but definitely wouldn’t be bringing him in
Thanks for that mate! I’ll take that on board! Cheers GB
Diehard bomber here. I’m trying to find a way to get Caldwell with his DPP into my team as f6.
And I already have sexton.
Weird trade scenario but gets me to full premo with a sideways trade & using my final boost. Leaves me with only 4 trades though.
OUT: J Dawson, Freijah, McMullin & W Dawson
IN: Zorko, Rozee, El-Hawli (injured) & Kreuger
TU: Do it. Take the punt. You can live with 4 trades if full premo
TD: Don’t. Silly decision. Too early in the season to cook so many trades
Plan of getting Houston and Whitfield in this week to complete my team went bang when they both got their BE’s.
New plan
Fyfe, Freijah & Sullivan to Houston, Curnow and Hutchinson or other 102K mid/fwd rookie.
Leaves 8 trades, $6000 and Fisher/Sexton to worry about if needed.
TU: Good
TD: Bad
Who will Joe Richards return impact? perhaps putting JS at risk?
TU- Lachie Sullivan
TD- Harvey Harrison
Aleer and Reville to Curnow and El-Hawli (don’t need him to play, just need an def/mid player to open up dpp swings)?
Curnow means I can loop Macrae and Sexton as F6/F7 while El-Hawli lets me use Salem to cover the mids if ever needed
TU: yes
TD: no
8 trades left
Freijah, Sullivan > Yeo, Hutchinson
Finishes off my team.
Will then look to make 2 more trades next week, Reville to a rookie & Sexton to a premo defender
ive got 19 playing this week with 17 of them promos plus sexton.
T/U: Go Worner or Hutchinson to get to 20 players but will have less flexibility with dpp
T/D: go 102k player with dpp to give more flexibility like Saad el hawni
Sexton is effectively a premo forward. 5 round average he is top ten with a couple of players ahead of him that you would not touch.
Do we think Rogers (GCS) will play again this year. Worth trading down to El-Hawli to free up $100k and create a Def/Mid swing?
TU: Yep can use the cash elsewhere.
TD: Nah wait til you absolutely need to.
Need help in regards to Massimo, been scoring well last few games, is he a keeper at d6.
TU: Yes he’s a keeper
TD: Trade him for Whitfield
Can I request an article ASAP on which premo midfielders to look at trading in, taking into account team match ups for the remainder of the season (especially coming up against teams that are using taggers to suppress our SC scores ). Who has the best chance of getting through unhindered? For me, my final trade in decisions are wanting to be made with players who can handle a tag or less likely to be impacted by a tagger, and who plays the most games against teams that don’t use a tagger.
Great post Lisa. The return of hard taggers is an issue. If looking at final trades, maybe a McCluggage over Leale, or jhf over butters etc…becomes a matter for consideration.
Hi guys,
TU trade Steele to Rowell
TD keep
Thanks,,,
TU – Gulden
TD – Merrett
Hi all,
1 more question…
TU Sexton to Zorko
TD Powell to Zorko…
Thanks
TU: Curnow
TD: Caldwell
T/U : Nick Martin
T/D: Tom Stewart
TU: Yeo
TD: Caldwell
Should I trade Steele or Dawson for Merrett?
TU: Steele
TD: Dawson
Hi everyone,
Good luck this week….
TU Rowell
TD Martin….
Thanks
Is it worth trading Martin to Whitfield with 6 trades left? (Full premo team)
Refer SC rule 101
TU: Cripps
TD: Walsh
Are people trading Steele?
I am getting rid of him. Luxury trade as at full premo at moment.
Trade out:
Oliver
Steele
Comment: Horne Francis
Do I get Rankine or Curnow as my F6 (Sexton will be F7)? Obviously Rankine is the premium option but the extra cash in the bank will be very useful for a rainy day as trades get low.
TU: Rankine
TD: Curnow
Thanks
I have 19 onfield players before any trades this week.
Options I’m considering –
TU : Use 3 trades (leaves me 6 trades but only one premo to go) with 20 onfield
Powell, Fyfe & Sullivan OUT for Merrett/Serong, Zorko & K Brown IN
TD : 1 trade only (leaves me 8 trades with 2 premos to go) with 19 onfield
Powell OUT for Zorko IN (or could go Powell OUT for Serong/Merrett IN)
Can anyone help with the looming DPP changes please?
Hi Laura Kane.
I just posted the latest updates in the “Latest News” post.
Cheers
CT
Should I trade out Moore?
Is it worth one trade speculating on Amartey at $350k?
Out Bolton $420 k as Taranto and Baker returning haven’t lifted him, +$70k in the kitty, then upgrade Amartey in two weeks when he’s anticipated to be worth $450k +; ~$520 to spend.
Currently sitting around 450th..don’t have too many pods but feel I’ll need to do something out of the box to make or break me.. I have 8 trades left and not enough money itb to go full premo this week unless I use all 3 trades taking me to 5 trades on the season. So my thoughts are …
Sullivan – worner via DPP
I want to get Curnow in to make my team full premo but can’t afford freijah to Curnow so thinking of sideways Steele to a fallen premo so I can get Curnow in..
Which fallen premo to bring in for Steele. Can be a defender or mid?
Rozee or yeo are my early thoughts.
Any help would be much appreciated
Tu Yeo
TD rozee
Or comment for anything else
Yeo
Trades last week (Sam Darcy, Sullivan & Rogers > Dowling, Kreuger, Gulden)
DEF: Ryan, Daicos, Sheezel, Houston, Fisher, Sexton (NWM, Z.Reid)
MID: Bont, LDU, Serong, Butters, Gulden, Walsh, Steele Green (Freijah, Dowling, Mannagh)
RUC: Gawn, Grundy (Livingstone)
FWDS: Flanders, Zorko, Moore, T.Powell, Harrison, Kreuger (W.Dawson, Nyoun)
$71,400 ITB, 11 trades left, 2 boosts.
Not sure what to do this week, any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Hey JJ,
I think upgrading your FWD line is the most pressing need, and getting Heeney in there is a must. Downgrading Harrison to Kynan Brown should give you enough to upgrade Powell to Heeney with around $30K leftover.
Then, if you’re willing to use 1 of your 2 remaining boosts, you can downgrade Nyuon to Logan Evans (via shifting Sexton to your FWDs) which will give you enough to upgrade Freijah to Simpkin. Or alternatively if Sexton is dropped, you could upgrade him to Jackson instead which will give you decent ruck cover in case of injuries moving forward. But definitely check the final Sunday teams before you make your final decision.
Admittedly your benches will be pretty thin, but at least you will get all your rookies off the field come Round 16. Best of luck with whatever you decide.
Who to trade out
Tu: J clark
Td: Freijah
Clark could give an extra number on field this week but Freijah probably better bench cover in long run
Bird in the hand….
Which trade/s should I make?
Currently have 9 trades + 200k ITB
TU – Sullivan -> Curnow
TD – Sullivan & McAuliffe -> Jackson & 102k Rookie
Looking at the following:
Out – Fyfe, Sullivan and Hugo
In – Jackson, Curnow and Kynan
Team would be complete with 5 trades left
TU – Do it!
TD – Go Sullivan to Curnow and save the other 2 trades (not enough in bank to do Jackson)
Will Hugo Garcia get another game this year?
T/U – No, he’s pissed off Ross.
T/D – Probably, but in 2025.
TU CURNOW
TD MCKAY
TRADE OUT
TU: POWELL (NORTH)
TD: BAKER (RICHMOND)
TRADE IN
TU: ZORKO
TD: RIDLEY
Hi all,
For everyone or Essendon fans,
TU Is Caldwell in the best 22 for remainder of the year ??
TD will be omitted soon…
Thanks all…
Would just about be in our first half dozen selected given his role. Parish will come back in but his numbers were good even with Parish in the side
Safe as a nuclear reactor
TU- Grundy+Logan Evans (19 this week)
TD- English+Schoenmaker (17 this week)
Has Menzie (Bombers) had a role change in the last 2 week?
If yes, is he secure in that role?
Redman back this week so think Menzie plays fwd/wing
Time to dump sexton now that Powell is back?
Powell
0- 123
1- 118
2- 92
4- 59
5- 75
6- 68
7- 103
8- 106
Sexton with Powell playing
0- 73
1- 63
2- 47
3,4,5,6,7,8=0
Powell out
9- 82
10- 118
11- 86
12- 100
13- 87
Powell Back in
15- sub?
16- Dropped?
TU: Whitfield & Dunkley
TD: Houston & Yeo
hi guys,
money for one of
TU Caldwell
TD Simpkin…
Thanks other suggestion ???
Caldwell, not even close. Simpkin has had one good game this year.
Hi All,
Thinking of this to complete my team. Two forward spots to fill.
Out: Sullivan, Freijah, Garcia (WB), Garcia (StK)
In: Curnow, Caldwell, Hutchinson, Kynan Brown.
Last 2 are 102k selections, 1 gamer and first game respectively and only leaves 5k in the bank although with 12 trades remaining.
TU- Go for it – side full with 12 trades but no cash or cash cows left
TD- Too risky – 102k players have no JS.
Thanks.
TU: Schoenmaker
TD: Worner
Worners JS worries me. Thinking will see how things go on Sunday and make a decision then (Freo being last game).
T/U – Steele, Harrison & Sullivan to Merrett, Curnow & Brown – 23 premos (Oliver M9) and 6 trades left
T/D – Sullivan & Harrison to Salem & Brown.
Salem becomes M9/D7, and trade one of Green, Oliver & Steele to Rankine next week for full premo (6 trades left)
Or Dowling I guess
DEF Option
TU: Whitfield
TD: Yeo
Comments for anyone else!
T/U: Hugh Davies
T/D: Schoenmaker
Freijah, Sullivan and Draper out
Yeo, Day and Kynan Brown in
Leaves me full premo with 8 trades and only $4k itb.
Yay or nay?
Can’t afford Houston – this takes me full premo (but I definitely have some stuff to fix)
TU: Ridley
TD: Sinclair
Turns out I can’t read – I can’t afford Sinclair
No more beer for me.
If I was trading in one of these this week, and the other hopefully in a week or two, which one is more important to get first :
TU : Zorko
TD: Merrett
Need help what to do with my midfield, do I side trade or leave it as is.
Mid: Serong, Bont, Dunkley, Walsh, Steele, Butters, JHF, Wines, Sullivan, Clarke, Garcia
Do I move on the likes of Steele, Wines or a rookie.
Do I bring in Rozee, Merrett, etc..
Please comment for advice on whether to trade, if so who or just let it ride until really needed.
Depends on your bank. Garcia > K.Brown will get some $. Merrett would be a good pick up
Was initially saving the last defender premo for Sinclair but given his bye I’m now looking at Ridley or Jordan Clark.
TU – Ridley
TD – Clark
With Carlton and Geelong having better draws than most.
Dawson (performing poorly), R Garcia + Macrae (same) to Holmes (probably Geelongs best player), Curnow + S Day (quick grab for cash) leaves 9 trades and
$179K in the bank..
I have the option of going Sexton -> Serong this week..
My only hesitation is that Serong’s BE is high and he will probably come abit cheaper next week and Sexton will probaby go up $ abit more.
Or do I just do it this week?
Hey Jake, if you need a win this week, hit the trade button. With Powell straight back into the backline for the Suns and Sexton on the bench, there is a real risk he’s sent forward, is the sub, or worse, doesn’t make the final team. Serong probably 50 points better this week.
Anyone think Dangerfield could be a sneaky good pick going into the back half of the season? Or too risky?
T/U – Logan Evans
T/D – Kynan Brown
With limited trades left…
Is it worth cashing in Harrison -> Worner?
Is his JS concerning? Ideally don’t want to get a rookie in who won’t be playing.
I have limited funds, so I am thinking Tom Powell to Jeremy Cameron.
TU: Yes, Cameron will outscore Powell for the rest of the season
TD: No, hold and hope Powell turns it around
Keeper for the rest of the season:
Tu: Clarry
Td: Josh Kelly
(worried about Kelly’s injury history, but output seems like it’ll be better than Clarry this year)
Hi all,
Good luck this week….
Who should go first ??
TU Powell
TD Sexton….
Thanks
L. Evan’s $102k rookie to make some cash available and hopefully and fill up a gap for a few weeks, little or no JS any info on him.
Logan Evan who is listed as a speedy defender – was taken in the most recent Mid-Season Draft with Pick 12 after staying connected with Port Adelaide through the SANFL Rookie Program.
Despite being overlooked in the 2023 National Draft, Evans impressed with his speed and lead in the draft combine, while also catching recruiters’ eye for his ability to read the ball and compete aerially.
Recruited from Norwood in the SANFL, the 18-year-old is also clean with his hands and ball use and will slot into the backline as a medium-sized defender when the Power take on the Lions.
Last defensive spot
TU: Yeo
TD: Ridley
Is it worth moving Sexton to Curnow, or is that too much sideways movement?
TU: Yes, do it
TD: No, don’t do it
TU- Sam Day
TD- Jye Menzie
In bit of a pickle here..
Does Sinclair average more than ridley on the run home? I think so if Ross locks him in at HB
TU: Zorko this week & Sinclair next week
TU: Ridley this week & zorko/rankine next week
Hi all,
Need to trade one of
TU Reville
TD Freijah
I know Reville is playing but have 19-20 playing
who has better job security..
Thanks