I’m saying trade but out of the next 5 games who really tags him? They’ve got port, Carlton, bulldogs, Gold Coast & pies ?
Might be a bit of attention with port and Carlton but not heavy tags
The other 2 trade able players are Erasmus & Carroll.
Carroll has a -8 BE so he’s most likely a hold and I do like the DPP of Erasmus but he is an option to trade to have a a bit more cash in bank for future luxury or injury trades.
Would you rather?
TU: Have 22 premos, ignore the flex and have 4 trades to sideway underperforming premos
TD: Have 23 premos, including flex, and have 2 trades to sideway underperforming premos
I have the likes of TDK, Neale, Warner, Rankine i’d like to swing if possible
In the same predicament, and I reckon 23 premos is the right call. I also have tdk, neale and warner but the whole point of the flex is to make up for anyone that has a bad week. Having a reliable flex can save you from needing those extra trades anyway. So I reckon go for it.
Mills is $135k cheaper and you keep an extra trade. You’ll lose about 45 points for the rest of the year if they keep their 3-round averages, but that’s an extra upgrade from an under-performing premo, which will more than make up for that.
6 trades remaining with McCarthy as my 23rd currently sitting in my flex.
TU: Sit tight for a few weeks and hold trades
TD: Go down to 4 and grab Mills through trading out Carroll & Clarke
Thinking some coaches will be in a similar spot to myself this week and with still roughly 9 weeks left I’m leaning towards holding the trades personally and hoping McCarthy can be serviceable as my 23rd for the time being. Only risk with this approach is that it may result in needing to use an extra trade long term to get another decent ‘premo’ as Mills will likely be out of reach in 2 trades.
Interested to hear the thoughts of the community though, cheers!
Not sure it’s as easy as that – Neale has shown in the past he is an uber premium scorer who doesn’t get too overwhelmed with a tag.
I’m leaning towards keeping Neale due to his proven track record as opposed to Ashcroft who is still an emerging talent. Neale’s ceiling is massive and you don’t get to dual Brownlow medal status by coincidence. I still think he has it in him to get 130+’s – Open to opinion though!
I’ve got Neale, and I don’t share your confidence that he’s going to go up a level.
This year, he’s scored:
– under 100 in 7 games (over 100 in 8 games).
– 100-120 three times.
– over 120 in 5 games (mostly early in the year – the most recent were rounds 8 and 11).
Ashcroft has gone:
– under 100 in 6 games (over 100 in 9 games).
– 100-120 in 4 games.
– over 120 in 5 games (twice in the past month).
It’s basically a coin flip, unless you think Neale will benefit more from the bye because of his age, which could tip it in his favour.
5 trades left after Clarke to McCarthy and just need to fill the forward line so:
TU: 2 trades to bring in Darcy
TD: 1 trade to bring in a poddy forward below $380k
7 trades left, still need a premium defender and mid to finish my team. Playing for league, sitting 5th of 20.
TU: Do I use 2 trades this week to get Mills
TD: Wait it out and let some of my rookies make more cash (Trainor, Carroll, O’Sullivan, Johnson) and then upgrade
10 trades left with one more upgrade for full premo (might take 2 other trades to get there but waiting for a few to finish making cash) is it worth sideways trading Neale for Bont this week?
Desperately trying to claw back some wins after disastrous bye rounds. Neale’s inconsistency has cost me games and I think his days of getting big scores are over. Changes to my mids will finalise that part of my team.
Thinking:
T/U
Gross to Liddy
Neale to Butters
T/D
Gross to Liddy
Neale to Serong
Love to hear your thoughts to help a coach in need of some help! Cheers!
TU: Bo Allan (This options means I will have the ability to swing McCarthy/Allan through Def/Mid and use them as cover and loopholes, however will have no fwd cover)
TD: Sam Butler (This option means I will have cover in every line, however I won’t be able to use McCarthy as a loop option in defence as he will be stuck in my mids. Ideally would love to loop him as my D7 for the remainder of the season)
T/U: 1 trade – Boxshall to McCarthy (McCarthy as flex)
T/D: 3 trades – A. Clarke, Z. Johnson & Boxshall to Bo Allan, McCarthy & Mills (Mills as Flex, use Allan to swing McCarthy between Def & Mids as cover)
It depends who you’re bringing in for them as to what would be the biggest point differential (for example, if it’s Cerra -> Bont, I’d do that before Rankine -> JHF), but without knowing that, I’d say generally:
Maybe something like this?
Roberts to Mills and $59k ITB
Gray to Archer May and $74k ITB
Hastie to McCarthy and $35k ITB
Replaces 2 non playing rookies with playing rookies.
You will then have $231K ITB to upgrade McKercher to a proper premo.
Playing coverage on Def,Mid,Fwd lines who will make money to upgrade Sheldrick to 23rd premo (Maybe Jackson)
As long as you have reasonable bench cover for potential injuries, I’d go Jackson now.
Gawn could drop some cash after that gauntlet – if he averages 110, he’d lose about $70k, so you’d gain $40k (Max at $605k versus Jackson at $645k now). Having said that, there were a few price drops I’d anticipated that never materialized because the premo had a massive score (e.g., Bont and Butters).
Points-wise, you’ll be up about 75 points over those three weeks (Jackson @ 125 versus McKercher @ 100) and it should be pretty level on points after that. To come out level on points, Gawn would have to outscore Jackson by 15 points per game over the final five rounds, which seems unlikely.
Ooooh, Gunboat brings up a really good point about Sean Darcy that I totally forgot about. If he comes back in, he could steal some of Jackson’s ruck points.
The million dollar question this week.
Neale has a good run coming up with no taggers insight, maybe Hawks in R24. PA, Carl, WB, GC, Pies, SS, Freo, Hawks.
In regard to Merrett, surely at some stage soon the penny will drop with the coach that he is absolutely wasting his best talent and he returns him to the MF… I have both and although tempting will probably hold both.
The million dollar question this week.
Neale has a good run coming up with no taggers insight, maybe Hawks in R24. PA, Carl, WB, GC, Pies, SS, Freo, Hawks.
In regard to Merrett, surely at some stage soon the penny will drop with the coach that he is absolutely wasting his best talent and he returns him to the MF… I have both and although tempting will probably hold both.
Thinking currently;
Johnson, Gross, Erasmus -> Darcy, Liddy, Allan
Probably the only real way I’m going to be able to get to full premium (one upgrade left after this) and cheapest Darcy will be for the rest of the season, even if it means jumping off ship early on Johnson and Erasmus, I have cover on each line for the rest of the season.
TU: Do it
TD: Don’t worry about trades this week, and grab another fallen premo later
Trades this week out Bice/Hall/Pedlar/Gray and bringing in N W Milera /S Darcey/C Mills and S Butler will still leave me with 9 trades and 232.9 in the bank OK TRADES OR NOT
Trading out one of these crabs for Jackson
TD: Neale
TD: Merrett
Leaning towards Merrett as doesn’t his rd24 game against the Suns not count for SC points?
Thanks legends
Would be nice to know about Rd24 SuperCoach points because I have a few bombers/ GGS playing. Might need to start trading out. What round is SC grand final
Both teams have to play twice that round so they’ll still score in the other game. Won’t be losing points from it unless they get injured or are managed for the one that counts
Hayes Gray Simpson > Mccarthy Butler May
Still leaves me with 10 trades $174k ITB – Roberts, Kerch, Sheldrick, Rankine, Warner in team to potentially upgrade in future weeks
TU: MacRae
TD: JHF
Leaning towards MacRae who is a bit more pricey as looked like JHF playing a bit further forward and potentially still not 100%? Love to hear any thoughts…
800th overall, 5 trades left.
Am looking to finish as high as I can overall but also compete in a cash league. With Clarke, McCarthy and Johnson my only rooks making cash would you:
T/u – Bomber boys one up one down to Mills this week, 23 premos, 3 trades left, McCarthy as cover in def/mids.
T/d – Hold trades for now, have McCarthy as 23rd and try get the rookies to Whitfield when he’s bottomed out.
Whatever one works better for your team structure.
For example, a lot of us will be relying on McCarthy as either a 23rd or to cover injury or suspension. With him being a DEF/MID make sure you can use him in both DEF and MID if you can.
For that reason I held Johnson because I still have El-Hawli, this allows me to use McCarthy anywhere.
Hope this helps, If structure doesn’t matter I’d hold onto Clarke, think he’s more likely to hold his spot when everyone returns.
Need some help. 9 trades and 1 boost left. Running out of decent rookies to trade but can get to Mills as final premo if I trade in 2 99kers – I will have £200 ITB. But how to get it done:
TD: Johnson, Hustwaite and J Martin to Mills, Liddy, May.
This makes sense but McCarthy is stuck in defence behind 6 playing premos this week with no way to get him to Mids this week or later.
TU: Johnson, Hustwaite and J Martin to Mills, Charleston and May
McCarthy can flick with Charleston to play mids this week and provide defence and mid cover in future weeks. What do others do in this situation as bringing in a rookie at this stage means you are likely to keep them for the rest of the season..
Apologies, McCarthy can also cover my fwd line too through my flex, as all my fwds will have midfield eligibility. Basically, the first option allows McCarthy to cover in every line apart from the ruck. Leaning this option now!
Could you please rank these 4 possible trades in best to worst 1-4
1. Out xerri, pedlar IN Cameron, S Darcy. Why: Xerri BE 213
2. Out pedlar, Johnson, IN S Darcy, McCarthy Why: Replacing two rookies
3. Out Rankine, pedlar, hustwaite IN S Darcy, Mills, McCarthy Why: Rankine underperforming
4. Out Whitfield, Johnson. IN S Darcy, Mills. Why: Whitfield miss R 16 and might be rested for R17 as well.
2 – upgrading team
1 – if you had a luxury trade, the Xerri to Cameron (with Flynn this week) is tempting
3 – gives to two ‘premos’ to replace one
4 – Whitfield is a gun
Last trade before freezing the team at 22 premos, looping rookies RoS and saving a couple trades for emergencies. My early season greed doesn’t deserve 23 premos
Watched Flanders closely for a couple weeks once he was back from injury and he just got stuck on the wings. Looking at recent heat maps he looks the same, just uncontested link-up passes inside/rebound 50. Wouldn’t expect much more than the 90s he’s been getting, which is not too bad for his price but Mills seems to have a higher ceiling for similar.
Have been watching more Pies games and commentary and agree with a fellow coach from earlier in the year that Houston is just fit into the Pies’ Team-Defence system. No more solo hoovering up the pill for 120s for him. Might be a bargain after a price drop though, has a good schedule
I have 529k for a flex
TU: do i go for a more expensive end premium and with 2 trades left and hope a couple rookies can get to 300k each
TD: go for a cheaper premium under 450k (give me the best suggestions) and save cash and hope the rookies only need to get to like 250k
Most likely rookies are rowston, clarke, tom carthy, liddy, jack martin and pedlar
At the moment I’m thinking: Carroll, Clarke and Knevitt to Darcy, Bo Allan and Liddy
Also who would you rather have for the rest of the season on the bench?
TU – A. Clarke
TD – Z. Johnson
1 forward.
TU Darcy
TD Warner
Comment someone else. $500k or under
Got sucked into Warner on the premise of full time mid after 2 tons a few weeks ago. Avoid like the mother in law.
Who for final upgrade:
TU: JHF
TD: Darcy
8 trades left, teams basically finished but mills d6, tom McCarthy flex.
With 8 trades would you move on a lachie Neale? Tags incoming and is super frustrating, could sideways to a Daicos or someone!!
TU – Trade Neale
TD – Keep
My thoughts too, Charlie! I’ll be moving him on for the same reasons.
I’m saying trade but out of the next 5 games who really tags him? They’ve got port, Carlton, bulldogs, Gold Coast & pies ?
Might be a bit of attention with port and Carlton but not heavy tags
Im holding, will be 4 trades left once team is complete, rather save that for injury. Worst case can loop with McCarthy on bench
Hoping the bye helps and every chance next game he goes 120 and Dunks or Ash go 80
Last forward spot
Tu: Macrae
Td: Darcy
Rookie with better JS
Tu: Liddy
Td: Bo Allan
8 trades left, prob going to need 3 of these for last premo upgrade.
Worthing doing a straight swap: Chad Warner to Sam Darcy?
Needing to upgrade my forward, thinking:
Hewitt —> Darcy
Erasmus—> Macrae
Cleary—>Butler
14k left after, cheers
Currently 6 trades left with 22 premos and McCarthy at Flex!
Is it worth trading A. Clarke and Z. Johnson to C. Mills and rookie to finish side?
Would be full premo with 4 trades left.
TU – Yes, make the move
TD – No, hold for now still 9 rounds left and could be plenty of carnage.
Cheers everyone!
Can you trade anyone else besides Clarke?
The other 2 trade able players are Erasmus & Carroll.
Carroll has a -8 BE so he’s most likely a hold and I do like the DPP of Erasmus but he is an option to trade to have a a bit more cash in bank for future luxury or injury trades.
Would you rather?
TU: Have 22 premos, ignore the flex and have 4 trades to sideway underperforming premos
TD: Have 23 premos, including flex, and have 2 trades to sideway underperforming premos
I have the likes of TDK, Neale, Warner, Rankine i’d like to swing if possible
In the same predicament, and I reckon 23 premos is the right call. I also have tdk, neale and warner but the whole point of the flex is to make up for anyone that has a bad week. Having a reliable flex can save you from needing those extra trades anyway. So I reckon go for it.
Last defensive spot
TU – 2 trades Mills
TD – 3 trades Rozee
Mills is $135k cheaper and you keep an extra trade. You’ll lose about 45 points for the rest of the year if they keep their 3-round averages, but that’s an extra upgrade from an under-performing premo, which will more than make up for that.
Nine trades left. I don’t wanna go early on McCarthy but it’s the only way I can make this work.
Merrett -> Bont
Long -> Darcy
Hustwaite -> McCarthy
TU – Darcy
TD – JHF
Comment – Macrae
TU – Macrae
6 trades left $396k ITB, full premo except flex if you include mills D6 and and Daniel & Warner in my fwd line.
Already done hustwaite and visentini to butler and McCarthy.
Now should I save the trade this week leaving me with 4, or use my third trade to turn either Clarke, gray, or day-wicks to my last premo for my flex?
TU – Macrae
TD – Serong
OR, turn neale into a more reliable mid.
Do we have an official word on if WHITFIELD will be available for round 17???
He’ll have to go through the protocols. Won’t know for sure until next week
He’ll be right I reckon. Looked OK in the back row of the dugout celebrating the teams comeback
Day 0 was the day he got concussed, day 1 was the day after the game, day 12 is next match which is day 12 but being WC he might be
rested
Erasmus, Clarke and Keeler out
Mills, Butler and Liddy in
Team has struggled this year, due to some suspicious coaching and a bit of bad luck. 5 trades and 125K left for final mid upgrade
6 trades remaining with McCarthy as my 23rd currently sitting in my flex.
TU: Sit tight for a few weeks and hold trades
TD: Go down to 4 and grab Mills through trading out Carroll & Clarke
Thinking some coaches will be in a similar spot to myself this week and with still roughly 9 weeks left I’m leaning towards holding the trades personally and hoping McCarthy can be serviceable as my 23rd for the time being. Only risk with this approach is that it may result in needing to use an extra trade long term to get another decent ‘premo’ as Mills will likely be out of reach in 2 trades.
Interested to hear the thoughts of the community though, cheers!
Do you have Whitfield?
If not, can you hold your 6 x trades & then get Whitfield in a few weeks time when his price bottoms out
Already a Whitfield owner and planning on holding him!
Who would you trade out:
TU: Neale
TD: Will Ashcroft
Realise Ashcroft is in decent form but who is more likely to bring it home? Whoever gets traded out gets upgraded to Bont
Who would you say gets less tags?
Not sure it’s as easy as that – Neale has shown in the past he is an uber premium scorer who doesn’t get too overwhelmed with a tag.
I’m leaning towards keeping Neale due to his proven track record as opposed to Ashcroft who is still an emerging talent. Neale’s ceiling is massive and you don’t get to dual Brownlow medal status by coincidence. I still think he has it in him to get 130+’s – Open to opinion though!
I’ve got Neale, and I don’t share your confidence that he’s going to go up a level.
This year, he’s scored:
– under 100 in 7 games (over 100 in 8 games).
– 100-120 three times.
– over 120 in 5 games (mostly early in the year – the most recent were rounds 8 and 11).
Ashcroft has gone:
– under 100 in 6 games (over 100 in 9 games).
– 100-120 in 4 games.
– over 120 in 5 games (twice in the past month).
It’s basically a coin flip, unless you think Neale will benefit more from the bye because of his age, which could tip it in his favour.
Clarke, Erasmus –> May, Mills
Gets me to full premo with 9 trades and 1 boost left. Roberts D6, Neale M8, Daniel F6, and Mills flex.
Trades will be kept for underperforming premos and injuries/suspensions. Targeting bringing in Gawn, Sinclair by finals.
Well done
5 trades left after Clarke to McCarthy and just need to fill the forward line so:
TU: 2 trades to bring in Darcy
TD: 1 trade to bring in a poddy forward below $380k
7 trades left, still need a premium defender and mid to finish my team. Playing for league, sitting 5th of 20.
TU: Do I use 2 trades this week to get Mills
TD: Wait it out and let some of my rookies make more cash (Trainor, Carroll, O’Sullivan, Johnson) and then upgrade
5 rounds left + finals? You might need to save some trades IMO
TU: Bont
TD: Butters
10 trades left with one more upgrade for full premo (might take 2 other trades to get there but waiting for a few to finish making cash) is it worth sideways trading Neale for Bont this week?
Tu: Do it
Tu: Hold Neale
Desperately trying to claw back some wins after disastrous bye rounds. Neale’s inconsistency has cost me games and I think his days of getting big scores are over. Changes to my mids will finalise that part of my team.
Thinking:
T/U
Gross to Liddy
Neale to Butters
T/D
Gross to Liddy
Neale to Serong
Love to hear your thoughts to help a coach in need of some help! Cheers!
Warner and Whitfield to Jackson and Mills
TU – Yes
TD – No
Better option regarding rookies/bench cover?
TU: Bo Allan (This options means I will have the ability to swing McCarthy/Allan through Def/Mid and use them as cover and loopholes, however will have no fwd cover)
TD: Sam Butler (This option means I will have cover in every line, however I won’t be able to use McCarthy as a loop option in defence as he will be stuck in my mids. Ideally would love to loop him as my D7 for the remainder of the season)
8 trades left
T/U: 1 trade – Boxshall to McCarthy (McCarthy as flex)
T/D: 3 trades – A. Clarke, Z. Johnson & Boxshall to Bo Allan, McCarthy & Mills (Mills as Flex, use Allan to swing McCarthy between Def & Mids as cover)
Cheers
Voted TD but I’d recommend having Mills in at D6 and a premo def/mid at flex which will make rotating things a bit easier too
C.Gray, Johnson & Clarke > Butler, Allan & Darcy
Leaves me with 6 trades/1 boost, $47k in the bank and full premo except Jack Martin and Jaxon Binns on-field.
Bench cover includes Carroll, McCarthy, Rowston, Allan & Butler.
If you say full premo except for 2 rookies on-field, then you are not full premo lol.
Is it worth trading neale if it means I can get mills to finish backs and jhf to finish Fwd?
T.u yes
T d no
Do you have Whitfield?
If not, can you hold your 6 x trades & then get Whitfield in a few weeks time when his price bottoms out
TU: IN: Day, Liddy and May
OUT: Johnson, Clarke, Hustwaite.
Day would be M6 but I’d have full Premo bar my flex
TD: IN: Lual, Liddy, Darcy
OUT: Carrol, Johnson, Clarke
Darcy would be FWD allowing me to put one of Trac, Smith, Rankine, Macrae, Warner or JHF as my last midfielder full Premo bar my flex
If you had enough trades in which order would you upgrade the below?
Roberts, Caleb Daniel, Kerch, Rankine, Cerra
It depends who you’re bringing in for them as to what would be the biggest point differential (for example, if it’s Cerra -> Bont, I’d do that before Rankine -> JHF), but without knowing that, I’d say generally:
Rankine
Roberts
Daniel
McKercher
Cerra
Hey Guys, bit stumped on what to do this week – would appreciate any help please. What would you do with this team? 13 trades, $63k ITB
Clark, Dale, NWM, Sheezel, Rozee, Roberts (Clarke, Hayes)
Brayshaw, Butters, Bont, Dawson, Sinc, Cerra, Petracca, Kerch (Johnson, Hastie, Campo)
Xerri, TDK (West)
Baz, Macrae, Daniel, JHF, Warner, Rankine (Gray, Simpson)
Sheldrick
Maybe something like this?
Roberts to Mills and $59k ITB
Gray to Archer May and $74k ITB
Hastie to McCarthy and $35k ITB
Replaces 2 non playing rookies with playing rookies.
You will then have $231K ITB to upgrade McKercher to a proper premo.
Playing coverage on Def,Mid,Fwd lines who will make money to upgrade Sheldrick to 23rd premo (Maybe Jackson)
How about Hayes, Gray, Simpson > Mccarthy Liddy Butler + $174k?
At full premo (except McKercher Flex) and seeking thoughts re the following:
T/U: McKercher out now, Jackson in (3 trades left for last 8 rounds).
T/D: Hold McKercher for 3 weeks and then bring in Gawn after he plays Witts, O’Brien & Xerri (3 trades left for last 5 rounds).
TD. Spot on.
Only thing that would change that, or maybe make me atleast reconsider, would be Jackson getting the solo gig again this week.
Heads up, he’ll murder RoMo.
As long as you have reasonable bench cover for potential injuries, I’d go Jackson now.
Gawn could drop some cash after that gauntlet – if he averages 110, he’d lose about $70k, so you’d gain $40k (Max at $605k versus Jackson at $645k now). Having said that, there were a few price drops I’d anticipated that never materialized because the premo had a massive score (e.g., Bont and Butters).
Points-wise, you’ll be up about 75 points over those three weeks (Jackson @ 125 versus McKercher @ 100) and it should be pretty level on points after that. To come out level on points, Gawn would have to outscore Jackson by 15 points per game over the final five rounds, which seems unlikely.
Ooooh, Gunboat brings up a really good point about Sean Darcy that I totally forgot about. If he comes back in, he could steal some of Jackson’s ruck points.
Appreciate the feedback GD and DZ!! Fingers crossed I can hold fire for now, unless my H2H’s take a nasty turn after the first couple of games.
4 Trades left
22 Premos + McCarthy.
$67k itb
Bolton is a nightmare own. Trade to JHF make sense now while JHF prob at his cheapest? Then save final 3 trades for injuries
TU: Do it, JHF good option
TD: Hold Bolton and prob upgrade later possibly to Martin
Wouldn’t grab JHF.
He’s waiting to break down. Shoulder still looks dicey.
I’ve got him, I held him. It’s been a sweat watching him play on return.
Even Martin I don’t love as a trade in. Lacks upside with Dons season (you’d think) and fixture.
Grabbed him when he had a string of big uncontested possesion opps, who he’d eat again.
No longer the case and now also a sweat to see out the season.
Bolton does need to go however.
Have you hopped on Darcy already?
Thanks for the feedback mate.
Yeah, I grabbed Darcy last week and have done Erasmus > Macrae already this week.
Feel I’ve missed the boat on Jacko and would take a couple of precious trades to get the funds for him now too.
Bit stuck as to who to upgrade Bolton to. Is Kennedy a solid pick maybe?
Or Dylan Moore perhaps?
Yep. Kennedy. Very solid. Capped ceiling but still playing well in a midfield role. Dogs with a nice Marvel heavy fixture too.
Trade T/U Neale or T/D Merrett to Bont
The million dollar question this week.
Neale has a good run coming up with no taggers insight, maybe Hawks in R24. PA, Carl, WB, GC, Pies, SS, Freo, Hawks.
In regard to Merrett, surely at some stage soon the penny will drop with the coach that he is absolutely wasting his best talent and he returns him to the MF… I have both and although tempting will probably hold both.
The million dollar question this week.
Neale has a good run coming up with no taggers insight, maybe Hawks in R24. PA, Carl, WB, GC, Pies, SS, Freo, Hawks.
In regard to Merrett, surely at some stage soon the penny will drop with the coach that he is absolutely wasting his best talent and he returns him to the MF… I have both and although tempting will probably hold both.
Don’t Bergman and Cincotta tag?
Thinking currently;
Johnson, Gross, Erasmus -> Darcy, Liddy, Allan
Probably the only real way I’m going to be able to get to full premium (one upgrade left after this) and cheapest Darcy will be for the rest of the season, even if it means jumping off ship early on Johnson and Erasmus, I have cover on each line for the rest of the season.
TU: Do it
TD: Don’t worry about trades this week, and grab another fallen premo later
Houston to Mills a worthwhile trade? Houston is killing me
Houston to a half-finished bottle of Gatorade is looking like a worthwhile trade at this point.
Trades this week out Bice/Hall/Pedlar/Gray and bringing in N W Milera /S Darcey/C Mills and S Butler will still leave me with 9 trades and 232.9 in the bank OK TRADES OR NOT
Your joking aren’t you.
Lmao.
Those 4 x trades & yet still leaves $232,900 in the bank 🙂
im getting sick of Shai Bolton is he a trade?
TU Yes
TD No
if he is a trade
TU darcy
TD M kennedy
Trading out one of these crabs for Jackson
TD: Neale
TD: Merrett
Leaning towards Merrett as doesn’t his rd24 game against the Suns not count for SC points?
Thanks legends
Thinking Bont is this week at his bottom, can do it thru multiple trades or ditch an excess fwd (have 7 “premo fwds)
Trade to Bont:
TU: Rankine
TD: Bolton
Comments: Daniel
TU: Daniel
Cheers legends.
TU: Trade Prestia for Darcy
TD: Keep him
TU: Trade Jeremy Cameron for Sam Darcy
TD: Keep him
JCam been targeted I50 at 16% this year.
TU: Mills
TD: Darcy
Looking at bringing in Nic Martin next round but am I right in believing that the rd24 game against the sun’s doesn’t count for sc points?
Would be nice to know about Rd24 SuperCoach points because I have a few bombers/ GGS playing. Might need to start trading out. What round is SC grand final
Both teams have to play twice that round so they’ll still score in the other game. Won’t be losing points from it unless they get injured or are managed for the one that counts
Correct Taz – doesn’t count.
How to fund Darcy in
TU: Z Johnson to Bo Allan
TD: Neale to Mills
should caleb daniel be traded out, need to trade him in order to get jhf
TU = Yes, do it
TD= No, hold him
Roberts Johnson > Naicos Mccarthy
TU: Good Trades
TD: Bad Trades
Hayes Gray Simpson > Mccarthy Butler May
Still leaves me with 10 trades $174k ITB – Roberts, Kerch, Sheldrick, Rankine, Warner in team to potentially upgrade in future weeks
TU: Good Trades
TD: Bad Trades
TU: MacRae
TD: JHF
Leaning towards MacRae who is a bit more pricey as looked like JHF playing a bit further forward and potentially still not 100%? Love to hear any thoughts…
TU : Bont this week
TD : Finish team by trading in S Darcy
Replacement for Shai Bolton…
TU – Macrae
TD – JHF
Gray Johnson Roberts > Naicos Butler Mcarthy
TU/TD
7 Trades – 110k ITB
S. Bolton -> J. Macrae
A. Clarke -> C. Mills
Z. Johnson -> M. Liddy
TU – Yes
TD – No
TU: Liddy
TD: Butler
Meek in flex if have Charlie West DPP as R3
TU: Yes
TD: No
Sheldrick Johnson > Naicos Mccarthy
TU: Good Trades
TD: Bad
In: Darcy, Jackson, Mills
Out: Jeremy Cameron, TDK, Prestia
TU/TD
Prestia ???
Yes Prestia I unfortunately traded in him couple weeks earlier. Worth keeping?
In: Darcy & Macrae
Out: Bolton & Neale
TU/TD
you do know will happen when you trade Neale and Bolton out?
What would you prefer?
TU – 6 Trades, 22 Premos
TD – 4 Trades, 23 Premos
800th overall, 5 trades left.
Am looking to finish as high as I can overall but also compete in a cash league. With Clarke, McCarthy and Johnson my only rooks making cash would you:
T/u – Bomber boys one up one down to Mills this week, 23 premos, 3 trades left, McCarthy as cover in def/mids.
T/d – Hold trades for now, have McCarthy as 23rd and try get the rookies to Whitfield when he’s bottomed out.
Dons fans or coaches in general
Which one do I TRADE out to facilitate my final upgrade?
Tu: Angus Clarke
Td: Zak Johnson
Whatever one works better for your team structure.
For example, a lot of us will be relying on McCarthy as either a 23rd or to cover injury or suspension. With him being a DEF/MID make sure you can use him in both DEF and MID if you can.
For that reason I held Johnson because I still have El-Hawli, this allows me to use McCarthy anywhere.
Hope this helps, If structure doesn’t matter I’d hold onto Clarke, think he’s more likely to hold his spot when everyone returns.
i think the coach loves Clarke and he is likely to get more games. Johnson is the youngest player in the AFL and will be rested
Cleary O’Driscoll and Dudley to mills McCarthy and Darcy ITB 5,500 14 trades left after these 3
Holmes Martin sheezel Ryan mills (Clarke news)
Bont luggage rozee buters serong Neale daicos petrecca (morale huithwaite McArthur
Xerri TDK (Boyd)
Smith Daniel Darcy bolton Humphrey hogan (Simpson Cleary)
Zac Johnson
Love to get some feed back
That’s a really solid team with 14 trades. Just make sure you put McCarthy at flex over Johnson. Gives you the dpp flexibility there
TU – Macrae
TD – Darcy
For final upgrade
Neale to Bont?
TU – pull the trigger
TD – save the trade
Which one to keep as final player/flex
Tu – pedlar, 3 trades left
Td – b. humphrey, 2 trades left
TU: Keep TDK
TD: Trade him for someone like Jackson
Final mid premo and rook to finish team (4 trades left afterwards, so rook needs some js to provide some back up)
TU: Richards + Liddy
TD: Hewett + Bo Allan
Found a way to keep Carrol as D7
IN: Liddy, May, Darcy
OUT: Johnson, Simpson, A. Clarke out
Rankine is now my M6 with Darcy taking his spot in the forward line. I have Smith, Trac, Chad Warner, Macrae, Darcy and JHF as forwards now.
Need some help. 9 trades and 1 boost left. Running out of decent rookies to trade but can get to Mills as final premo if I trade in 2 99kers – I will have £200 ITB. But how to get it done:
TD: Johnson, Hustwaite and J Martin to Mills, Liddy, May.
This makes sense but McCarthy is stuck in defence behind 6 playing premos this week with no way to get him to Mids this week or later.
TU: Johnson, Hustwaite and J Martin to Mills, Charleston and May
McCarthy can flick with Charleston to play mids this week and provide defence and mid cover in future weeks. What do others do in this situation as bringing in a rookie at this stage means you are likely to keep them for the rest of the season..
£200k that’s a good bank total with the current exchange rates nearly AUD$ 370k
Lol.
Is mcaullife suitable for a final premium
and tom mccarthy suitable for a D7
Worth keeping TDK or not?
TU/TD
Hayes Simpson Gray > Liddy Butler Mccarthy
TU/TD
Hayes Simpson Gray > Mentha Mackinlay Butler + $174k
Gives me the Mid/Fwd swing + Def/Fwd (cashing in Gray)
TU: Good Trades
TD: Bad Trades
Is it trade burning season?
Would still leave me with 10 trades, and only Sheldrick to upgrade.
What’s Liddy’s JS like?
TU – its good, jump on
TD – look elsewhere
I think Liddy’s JS is OK, he is mature aged at 23 years, but obviously he needs to keep performing
In their mids / wings, Port really only have Ollie Wines to come back in
So Liddy is probably competing with blokes like Moraes (who played on the weekend) & Hugh Jackson (who didn’t play on the weekend)
IMO, his job security is pretty similar to Sam Butler from Hawthorn – but he is approximately $27,000 cheaper
Shai Bolton to Dylan Moore
TU or TD
In: S.Darcy, B.Allan, S.Butler
Out: E.Hewett, H.Boxshall, C.Simpson
T/U or T/D?
Is it worth trading C.Gray for S. Butler? I’m unsure about Grays JS at the moment
Final upgrade this week? Thoughts please!
TU:
Out; Carroll, Clarke, Johnson
In; Bo Allan, Butler, Jmac
(Leaves me with 3 trades, full premo and cover in every line)
TD:
Out; Carroll, Johnson
In; Bo Allan, Mills
(Leaves me with 4 trades, full premo (if mills counts as a premo), however no fwd cover
Might also add, the first option is the only option that guarantees me the ability to loophole McCarthy through the defence and midfield every week.
Apologies, McCarthy can also cover my fwd line too through my flex, as all my fwds will have midfield eligibility. Basically, the first option allows McCarthy to cover in every line apart from the ruck. Leaning this option now!
Could you please rank these 4 possible trades in best to worst 1-4
1. Out xerri, pedlar IN Cameron, S Darcy. Why: Xerri BE 213
2. Out pedlar, Johnson, IN S Darcy, McCarthy Why: Replacing two rookies
3. Out Rankine, pedlar, hustwaite IN S Darcy, Mills, McCarthy Why: Rankine underperforming
4. Out Whitfield, Johnson. IN S Darcy, Mills. Why: Whitfield miss R 16 and might be rested for R17 as well.
Please rank 1-4 don’t use TU OR TD
Thanks in advance
Using 138k itb , 6 trades left
2 – upgrading team
1 – if you had a luxury trade, the Xerri to Cameron (with Flynn this week) is tempting
3 – gives to two ‘premos’ to replace one
4 – Whitfield is a gun
Thanks Derek
i am seriously looking at Xerri to Cameron this week (bank $120k).
Xerri has Meek, English, Gawn & Grundy and hopefully gets under $600k before his Cats, Saints, GWS, Tigers, Crows finish.
Gawn/Xerri -> DCam needed to happen last week, Derek. Really capitalize on prices and Saints Eagles draw.
Finishes against ROB and Gawn.
Had a rethink and can get Darcy in this week as 23rd without the cash off Xerri
It’s still a play for anyone with trades
#2.
Thanks gd
Is it worthwhile going Rankine to Macrae with 7 trades left?
Last trade before freezing the team at 22 premos, looping rookies RoS and saving a couple trades for emergencies. My early season greed doesn’t deserve 23 premos
TU – Z.Johnson -> McCarthy + 180k itb
TD – Zerrett -> Macrae + 80k itb
Is Mills too good to pass up at 395k???
Thanks Derek
when does Houston and Flanders become cheap enough to be interesting?
Flanders $378k and Houston will be about that in 2 weeks.
has anyone been watching their games and seeing any signs of a role change?
Watched Flanders closely for a couple weeks once he was back from injury and he just got stuck on the wings. Looking at recent heat maps he looks the same, just uncontested link-up passes inside/rebound 50. Wouldn’t expect much more than the 90s he’s been getting, which is not too bad for his price but Mills seems to have a higher ceiling for similar.
Have been watching more Pies games and commentary and agree with a fellow coach from earlier in the year that Houston is just fit into the Pies’ Team-Defence system. No more solo hoovering up the pill for 120s for him. Might be a bargain after a price drop though, has a good schedule
Followed Flanders like a HAWK this year.
He was my first picked, was so bullish on him and was waiting to eventually pick him up after the injury news.
….one for 2026. Looks so far off it it’s not funny. In a non-descript FWD role. Pass.
Thanks fellas. Not watched them enough to see what the issues are
I’m just looking for players who can finish the back half of the season strong. There is always a few.
LDU?
Better fwd rookie option? Team will be complete, second option will allow a bit of cash in the bank
Won’t necessarily need either as cover.
Tu: Butler (only 1k remaining)
Td: May (27k remaining)
Who scores more from here on:
TU: C. Mills
TD: Sam Darcy
5 trades left. Side is full premo including flex (that’s with Mckercher D6/M8 at this stage)
Out: Bolton
In: JHF/Darcy
TU: Yes, good move
TD: No, don’t waste the trade
Alternate plan. 5 trades left. Team at full premo. Burn 2 x trades to get Bont. Leaves 3 total for emergency trades till end of season.
Out: Bolton & Zac Johnson
In: Bont & Liddy
TU: Do it
TD: Don’t
Who goes to bring in Macrae
TU : Roberts
TD : Rankine
You would have to think Rankine has something to play for in the back end of this year as Adelaide will contest for finals .
Robert’s not so much…
Sheldrick Roberts Simpson > Mills Darcy Mccarthy
I have 529k for a flex
TU: do i go for a more expensive end premium and with 2 trades left and hope a couple rookies can get to 300k each
TD: go for a cheaper premium under 450k (give me the best suggestions) and save cash and hope the rookies only need to get to like 250k
Most likely rookies are rowston, clarke, tom carthy, liddy, jack martin and pedlar
TU = Sam Darcy 6 trades left
TD = C Mills 7 trades left
Clarke Johnson Roberts > Darcy Mills Mccarthy
Trading out Bolton
TU: S Darcy
TD: Macrae
Also I am in the top 100. Could I antipod Daicos or is it too risky ?
Not this week
Rankine to Darcy worth it?
Am 900 overall with 23 premiums with 3 trades left, would be going down to 2
T/u – Yep go for it
T/d – No, hold trades