its going to be sinclair to nas if the damage is bad but i might hold that trade til next week since nas has bye anyways, so ill keep sinclair in this week coming and do an upgrade elsewhere
Genuinely can’t remember a season like this.
Going to run out of trades coming out of the byes due to forced carnage all season.
Regardless of knowledge for the sport or for the game, I feel like this years winner will be largely dependent whoever has avoided the most carnage/ injuries.
Errol back has spooked me about getting the Chad in this week. Would also love to hear what people are thinking about as F6 with so many inconsistent scores.
I’m in the same boat – can’t decide on my F6 between Warner, Reid or Touk.
Looking at the early rounds when Gulden was playing, Warner seemed to be parked at HF, and his scoring wasn’t overly great. Granted, his midfield minutes have increased in Gulden’s absence, but it’s mostly taken 4th quarter heroics to bump him over 100 over the past couple of weeks.
With Serong back, I don’t like Reid’s midfield minutes. Will be inconsistent imo.
Touk – his floor is really 75 and ceiling around the 100 mark. I don’t have him in my team and given Gold Coast’s centre bounce faults, I’m thinking he might get moved back in there.
Personally, I’m using my Sinclair trade to Touk so Hall-Kahan can be my D6 and I can use Fitzgerald/Herbert as my M8.
Ideally I want to be full premo I am only 2 trades away and should have just enough funds with Jagga Lombard and Murdock all ready to be cashed in.
I was sold on picking up Rankine but another 60 score has put me off.
This Freo midfield is causing me headaches as I was looking at Brayshaw for a potential Sinclair replacement. Serong is just so unpredictable and even in his return he only had 50% CBA. Almost as confusing as how the Suns midfield is the worst clearance team with that lineup.
I mostly agree with this but with no McInerney, there are more CBAs available than the start of the season so Chad might still hold onto a bunch but that is largely me just trying to cope because I have him
Freddawg
Can you read the mind of Coach SOLOMON?
He sent Sam to the hard inside mid position…which is Sam’s strong point…and Merrett went back and floated…next Merrett is back in the mids??? what is Solomon gonna do here?
Sam as that hard inside mid is a shoo in at BE 7 and 370000 BUT what role will the coach give him this round is just a guessing game…?????
Plays North and will not be tagged but will he run with SHEEZEL…
Then Saints and Lions…very tempting…but losing a trade that is not forced is my big concern…
I have 22 “Premos” (including sinclair) 5 trades 44k in the bank
TU: Sinclair to day
TD: wait a week and use 2 trades to get nas and be left on 3 trades with 22 premos
Is Whitfield an option for Sinclair ? I know ash has been moved back to defence but what’s the go with Whitfield? Hasn’t scored well for about 4 weeks now but seems to still have a good role?
Thinking of downgrading a player to Herbert this week but can’t decide who – thinking maybe Banfield as he isn’t getting a game and has bye this week?
Also unsure of if I should trade a player in for Sinclair or wait a week and get Nas
keep Banfield, not enough cash on Banfield, plus his DPP is nice. You can wait a week on Herbert
i would trade Sinclair to a midfielder this week, like heeney if you have cash or a Neale as a great budget option, swing HHK back to defence. then get Nas next week and swing HHK back to midfield. That way you get an extra onfield premo this week
I think Sinclair to someone could be good this week. I’m personally bringing in Neale which you could do but Parker and Blakey are both decent defensive options there. Then next week I’d do Lombard and Cumming to Herbert and someone, maybe Nas if you pick up a mid this week as the Sinclair replacement
if Sinclair is a trade then-
T/U trade in NAS as Sinclair was on the bye anyway (two trades needed)
T/D trade in parker (one trade)
if NAS goes at 115 for the rest of the year (8 games) then Parker would need average 103 to equal him with his extra game, which seems pretty doable, but NAS’s high ceiling scares me.11 trades in hand…….
Cripps and Newcombe are the only two that I think will play every game and both will have post bye finals chance motivating them. All of the others could score more each week that they play
i have 22 premiums but only 5 trades with sinclair and xerri
TU: Try and get a 23 premos
TD: Stick with 22 and use the trades to cover for replacements
What are people’s thoughts on how to deal with Sinclair?
My DEF was already basically finished: Sinclair, Ash, Whitfield, Holmes, Worrel and Clark (HHK & Derksen bench).
I’ve just got 1 MID rookie to upgrade which will be happening in the next couple of weeks hopefully to Heeney.
My FWD is the biggest area of concern. Sheezel, Petracca, Pickett, Ross, Arty Jones, Podhajski, Scerri and C. Banfield.
After bringing in Dawson this week I have 6 trades left and 254k in the bank.
So basically its either:
TU: downgrade to Annand or a mid rookie via Parker DPP, save the bank for other fixes
TD: Upgrade Sinclair to another DEF/MID primo maybe Nas etc after the bye or someone else like Neale, using up some of the bank and keeping 6 primos on field in DEF
Hey legends,
Big decision to be made, injury chaos this year leaving me close to tradeless this time of the year.
Plan:
TU: Semi-budget defender this week (Blakey, Uwland, Parker) for Sinclair + Holmes or Nas next week = 3 injury trades left
TD: Holmes + Nas next week (Sinclair and Tsatas out), downgrading Derksen to Artemis to get enough cash = 2 injury trades left
Trying to not get the forfeit in mates league so wins are important, hence potential trade in this week against a weaker opponent, or do I set myself up for the remaining 4 games post-bye with a bigger injury trade risk
plan was heeney this week and smith the week after to be my 23rd premium.
the sinclair injury make it interesting. i had to pass on Nas last week and went with Ash because of the byes (wasn’t looking forward to not owing Nas for the rest of year)
with sinclair out, i can now trade Sinclair to Heeney this week, and get Smith and Nas next week…. but the problem is now the cash.
Sinclair dropped $62k and Nas went up $20k, means i can’t get the funds to get all three, means i’m now $80k short.
I want Nas next week, so i now have to decide between Heeney or Smith and getting a ‘budget’ premium like Neale or Merrett.
Smiths run of games to finish the season is amazing, he is slighty cheaper and won’t have the ‘Guelden factor’ to worry about. (he does play for Geelong and as a hawks supporter, it will be a tough watch)
Heeney is a very attractive man (meaning i love watching him play), plus i can get him a week earlier
Looking at the following –
This week – Sinclair & Ison to Artemus & Newcombe or Cripps
Next week – Cumming & Cox to Herbert & Nas (swing HHK to the midfield)
Will leave 4 trades for injuries
TU – Good plan
TD – Look at cheaper options for Cripps/Newcombe, such as Murphy Reid/DeGoey/Day and save I trade but carry Ison instead of Artemus.
Bailey J. Williams is on a 5 round average of 110 and overall 93 for the season which could be worth a shot. Kinda the same upside as Marshall without having to worry about losing his role at some stage and you get him this week too
Good trades? Leaves me with 8 trades, 1 boost and 223k ITB ready to get Nas in next week to complete DEF
Sinclair, Tsatas, Lombard > Newcombe, Parker, Fitzgerald
Eagerly waiting to find out if Sinclair is an achilles or calf injury to determine my trade plans
the plan this week was just Murdock to Heeney…
now have to wait on the Sinclair damage
Philby think you may be going little early with Heeney his be 158 – $18.7 Gulden expected back this week
Cheers was just wondering that today also actually, I think I will go Dawson instead 🙂
agree took him on board 2 weeks ago ….. Heeney and Gulden both pre finals for me just when ?
its going to be sinclair to nas if the damage is bad but i might hold that trade til next week since nas has bye anyways, so ill keep sinclair in this week coming and do an upgrade elsewhere
If Sinclair injury is long term
TU: Trade in Lachie Whitfield
TD: Hold 1 week and spend the cash to get Nas
Comment any other suggestions
TU: Hold Charlie Banfield for another week and downgrade to Fitzgerald
TD: Downgrade to Herb
Replacement for Sinclair:
TU: Uwland
TD: Blakey
I’m thinking redman
Mills? McCarthy? All feels so uncertain.
2 trades to go full premo pending Sinclair injury
TU Xerri into Flex. Parker for Sinclair
TD Grundy into Flex. Jaicos or Short for Sinclair
Worth trading Darcy Cameron to Xerri?
TU: yes
TD: no
Xerri played forward a lot more today. I wouldn’t be expecting big scores from him if Clarko keeps that up
No as he’s playing with a sire groin so just depends how he feels on game day.
3 trades till full primo 7 trades left before.
holmes, dale, sinclair, whitfield, roberts, wilkie, hall kahan, edwards,
dawson, smith, heeney, butters, bont,ldu, steele, cumming, ison, brodie, greeves
jackson, gawn, reidy
sheezel, trac, rankine, bolton, miller, pods, dovaston, banfield
fitzgerald
needs ideas, thinking of going roberts or sinclair or both depending on damage and ison, but dont know who to get in, needs ideas, replies.
Sinclair replacement
TU – Parker
TD – hold a week and get NAS
who are the best trade in’s this week??
Assuming sinclair is out
Tu: Neale
Td: Blakey
Can only do NAS with two trades so with 5 left dont think i can go there
My season is on life support so I’m biting the bullet and tanking my 23rd spot to get 22 premos in – best I can do this year.
Sinclair, Murdock, Cumming -> Noah Anderson, Murphy Reid, Annand in
Hall-Kahan to D6 for now and will move to flex once I upgrade D Cameron to a premo defender.
5 trades left, $20k in the bank, 22 premos.
Hey SCT community,
Who for the last FWD spot:
B Williams,
C Warner or
J Ross?
Warner out of those for me
Genuinely can’t remember a season like this.
Going to run out of trades coming out of the byes due to forced carnage all season.
Regardless of knowledge for the sport or for the game, I feel like this years winner will be largely dependent whoever has avoided the most carnage/ injuries.
Good luck all for the rest of the season!
Errol back has spooked me about getting the Chad in this week. Would also love to hear what people are thinking about as F6 with so many inconsistent scores.
T/U Warner
T/D Murphy Reid??
I’m in the same boat – can’t decide on my F6 between Warner, Reid or Touk.
Looking at the early rounds when Gulden was playing, Warner seemed to be parked at HF, and his scoring wasn’t overly great. Granted, his midfield minutes have increased in Gulden’s absence, but it’s mostly taken 4th quarter heroics to bump him over 100 over the past couple of weeks.
With Serong back, I don’t like Reid’s midfield minutes. Will be inconsistent imo.
Touk – his floor is really 75 and ceiling around the 100 mark. I don’t have him in my team and given Gold Coast’s centre bounce faults, I’m thinking he might get moved back in there.
Personally, I’m using my Sinclair trade to Touk so Hall-Kahan can be my D6 and I can use Fitzgerald/Herbert as my M8.
Ideally I want to be full premo I am only 2 trades away and should have just enough funds with Jagga Lombard and Murdock all ready to be cashed in.
I was sold on picking up Rankine but another 60 score has put me off.
This Freo midfield is causing me headaches as I was looking at Brayshaw for a potential Sinclair replacement. Serong is just so unpredictable and even in his return he only had 50% CBA. Almost as confusing as how the Suns midfield is the worst clearance team with that lineup.
I mostly agree with this but with no McInerney, there are more CBAs available than the start of the season so Chad might still hold onto a bunch but that is largely me just trying to cope because I have him
TU – M Reid
TD – Rankine (high BE doesn’t matter, need the premo this week)
Is it worth trading Rachelle to Durham to complete fwd line?
TU- yes
Td- no hold Rachelle for season
Freddawg
Can you read the mind of Coach SOLOMON?
He sent Sam to the hard inside mid position…which is Sam’s strong point…and Merrett went back and floated…next Merrett is back in the mids??? what is Solomon gonna do here?
Sam as that hard inside mid is a shoo in at BE 7 and 370000 BUT what role will the coach give him this round is just a guessing game…?????
Plays North and will not be tagged but will he run with SHEEZEL…
Then Saints and Lions…very tempting…but losing a trade that is not forced is my big concern…
As a saints fan, I’m leaning the first here but just want to gauge some other views
TU: Neale this week, NWM next
TD: Blakey this week, Heeney next
I have 22 “Premos” (including sinclair) 5 trades 44k in the bank
TU: Sinclair to day
TD: wait a week and use 2 trades to get nas and be left on 3 trades with 22 premos
W. Edwards & Murdock > Herbert & Fwd premo
Leaves me with 22 premos, Hall-Kahan as D6 & 5 trades
Many thanks.
hey guys..
need 2 fwd to complete my team.
M.Reid and warner? or M.Reid and sam durhum?
or get Rankine back in again.
cheers
Is Whitfield an option for Sinclair ? I know ash has been moved back to defence but what’s the go with Whitfield? Hasn’t scored well for about 4 weeks now but seems to still have a good role?
TU – good option
TD – look elsewhere
Any suggestions? 128k ITB 11 trades 1 boost left
DEF: Holmes, Sinclair Ash, Clark, Wilkie, Daicos (Derkson, Edwards)
MID: Butters, Bont, Daicos, Merrett, Callaghan, Richards, Cumming, HHK (Ison, Tsatas, Banfield)
RUC: Grundy, Jackson (ZZ)
FWD: Sheezel, JHF, Trac, Pickett, Bailey, Bolton (Podhajski, T.Edwards)
FLX: Lombard
Thinking of downgrading a player to Herbert this week but can’t decide who – thinking maybe Banfield as he isn’t getting a game and has bye this week?
Also unsure of if I should trade a player in for Sinclair or wait a week and get Nas
keep Banfield, not enough cash on Banfield, plus his DPP is nice. You can wait a week on Herbert
i would trade Sinclair to a midfielder this week, like heeney if you have cash or a Neale as a great budget option, swing HHK back to defence. then get Nas next week and swing HHK back to midfield. That way you get an extra onfield premo this week
I think Sinclair to someone could be good this week. I’m personally bringing in Neale which you could do but Parker and Blakey are both decent defensive options there. Then next week I’d do Lombard and Cumming to Herbert and someone, maybe Nas if you pick up a mid this week as the Sinclair replacement
if Sinclair is a trade then-
T/U trade in NAS as Sinclair was on the bye anyway (two trades needed)
T/D trade in parker (one trade)
if NAS goes at 115 for the rest of the year (8 games) then Parker would need average 103 to equal him with his extra game, which seems pretty doable, but NAS’s high ceiling scares me.11 trades in hand…….
TU: Noah Anderson + Cheap F6 (Brett Daniels / Jagga smith)
TD: Lachie Neale + Rankine
need a replacement for sinclair and currently have NAS, Holmes, Ash, Whitfield and Dale
I am currently thinking Wilkie as I am not in need of players and points this week so I am only focused on the best option long term
Thoughts?
TU – Wilkie in
TD- Other option (if so please comment)
Hawks & Cats have an amazing runs home. you can look at Sicily or Stewart as serious PODs
Defender under $460k that doesn’t have the bye.
TU short
TD JAICOS
T/U: Blakey and Durham
T/D: Banks and JHF
If you only have a few trades left, for flex:
TU: Sam Banks in 1 trade
TD: Lachie Neale in 2 trades
who is Sam Banks?
Who would you rather have for the rest of the season?
T/U – Brodie Grundy
T/D – Bailey Smith
if you look at Geelong’s run home, it is Smith by a fair margin.
Grundy has only gone 100+ in two of his last 5 games.
Last upgrade, not sure which way to go –
Cripps
Day
Newcombe
Murphy Reid
DeGoey
Please help, forget byes it will be done next week.
Cripps and Newcombe are the only two that I think will play every game and both will have post bye finals chance motivating them. All of the others could score more each week that they play
i have 22 premiums but only 5 trades with sinclair and xerri
TU: Try and get a 23 premos
TD: Stick with 22 and use the trades to cover for replacements
Chad warner TU
Sam durham TD
Cant decide who but lmk ya opinion?
Ranked top 1k with 5 trades remaining. Planning on looping HHK and Derkson for D6 and Herbert and Fitzgerald for M8.
I have both Sinclair and Xerri – Sinclairs and obvious trade out but would you trade Xerri given the rank?
T/U Bring in Grundy and Durham for the two.
T/D Hold Xerri and just bring in a forward for Sinclair – leaning towards De Goey or Touk.
Cheers
Xerri just out for a couple of weeks. the rest might do him good as he was nursing a few injuries
TU – T.Edwards > Durham
TD – Hold Edwards for another week and use other trades to get B Smith / premo mid
What are people’s thoughts on how to deal with Sinclair?
My DEF was already basically finished: Sinclair, Ash, Whitfield, Holmes, Worrel and Clark (HHK & Derksen bench).
I’ve just got 1 MID rookie to upgrade which will be happening in the next couple of weeks hopefully to Heeney.
My FWD is the biggest area of concern. Sheezel, Petracca, Pickett, Ross, Arty Jones, Podhajski, Scerri and C. Banfield.
After bringing in Dawson this week I have 6 trades left and 254k in the bank.
So basically its either:
TU: downgrade to Annand or a mid rookie via Parker DPP, save the bank for other fixes
TD: Upgrade Sinclair to another DEF/MID primo maybe Nas etc after the bye or someone else like Neale, using up some of the bank and keeping 6 primos on field in DEF
Have 512k to swap Sinclair out.
Who should i go for out of Parker, McCarthy, Blakey or Uwland?
Please put down in the comments
Parker out of that group
Thoughts on Noble?
TU: Sinclair to Parker, Derksen to Fitz, Lombard to Will Day. 3 trades remaining and team complete.
TD: Sinclair to Nas next week. Lombard still in Flex. 4 trades remaining.
TU: Sinclair to Parker, Derksen to Fitz, Lombard to Will Day. 3 trades remaining and team complete.
TD: Next week Sinclair to Nas and Lombard/Derksen to Fitz. Rookie in Flex. 4 trades remaining.
T/u – Will Day
T/d – Jai Newcombe
T/u – Neale
T/d – Merrett
TU: Anderson
TD: Dawson
Sinclair to Hewett this week.
Next week Retschko/Jones to Fitzy/NAS
TU Yes
TD Rethink
TU Sinclair to Hewett
TD Sinclair to Brayshaw
Then next week Retschko/Jones to Fitzy/NAS
1 slot of my side being full premo however missing players like, gawn, bont, smith, nas Obviously all on the byes this week.
I have 2 questions i have all of you is…
1. Hold off on trades this week and move sinclair into nas and bring one of the mentioned above after their bye?
2. What to do with jordan Clark?
Tu: hold and turn into a d7 loop for end of season
Td: trade and get in a more consistent defender
T/u – Completed team. Sam Banks D6, 2 trades left.
T/d – Completed team. Josh Daicos D6. 1 trade left.
TU – Lachie Neale
TD – Jai Newcombe
Playing for league finals run
Better combo?
T/u – NAS and Josh Daicos
T/d – Spend the 1.1mill more evenly:
(2 of Dale, Uwland, Blakey, Sicily, Parker, Wilkie)
trade ideas,
sincalir replacement,
roberts replacement
cumming maybe
reply to help
Who to finish Flex with? fixturing in mind Jackson faces Gawn, Grundy. Dawson potential tags v Syd, GWS? Not sure if more
TU: Jackson
TD: Dawson
Murdock > Durham?
Hey legends,
Big decision to be made, injury chaos this year leaving me close to tradeless this time of the year.
Plan:
TU: Semi-budget defender this week (Blakey, Uwland, Parker) for Sinclair + Holmes or Nas next week = 3 injury trades left
TD: Holmes + Nas next week (Sinclair and Tsatas out), downgrading Derksen to Artemis to get enough cash = 2 injury trades left
Trying to not get the forfeit in mates league so wins are important, hence potential trade in this week against a weaker opponent, or do I set myself up for the remaining 4 games post-bye with a bigger injury trade risk
Thoughts?
plan was heeney this week and smith the week after to be my 23rd premium.
the sinclair injury make it interesting. i had to pass on Nas last week and went with Ash because of the byes (wasn’t looking forward to not owing Nas for the rest of year)
with sinclair out, i can now trade Sinclair to Heeney this week, and get Smith and Nas next week…. but the problem is now the cash.
Sinclair dropped $62k and Nas went up $20k, means i can’t get the funds to get all three, means i’m now $80k short.
I want Nas next week, so i now have to decide between Heeney or Smith and getting a ‘budget’ premium like Neale or Merrett.
Smiths run of games to finish the season is amazing, he is slighty cheaper and won’t have the ‘Guelden factor’ to worry about. (he does play for Geelong and as a hawks supporter, it will be a tough watch)
Heeney is a very attractive man (meaning i love watching him play), plus i can get him a week earlier
TU: Smith
TD: Heeney
following on from above:
TU: Neale
TD: Merrett
Neale’s next two weeks are tough.
Sinclair>Blakey or Parker
or
Wait 1 week and Sinclair>Holmes
TU: Jones –> 1 of Durham or Bailey or Reid to afford a premium MID upgrade
TD: Jones –> JHF
Looking to finish my team next week-
Team is currently-
Def – Holmes, Sicily, Worrell, Short, Clark, Sinclair (HHK, Annand)
Mid – Dawson, Butters, N.Anderson, Daicos, Merrett, Neale, Bont, S.Cumming (N.Cox, Ison, Fitzgerald)
Ruck – Gawn, Jackson (Riley)
Fwd – Sheezel, JHF, Petracca, K.Pickett, Warner, Miller (L.Pickett, Banfield)
Flex – D.Cameron
Cash $101k
Trades – 8
Looking at the following –
This week – Sinclair & Ison to Artemus & Newcombe or Cripps
Next week – Cumming & Cox to Herbert & Nas (swing HHK to the midfield)
Will leave 4 trades for injuries
TU – Good plan
TD – Look at cheaper options for Cripps/Newcombe, such as Murphy Reid/DeGoey/Day and save I trade but carry Ison instead of Artemus.
TU – Newcombe
TD – Cripps
Getting low on trades. Need a Sinclair replacement and a F6 but really only want to use 2 trades with my banked cash.
TU: Nas (next week) + Daniels (already have 3 GWS players)
TD: Parker + De Goey/Rankine/Bailey
Many thanks!
Is Marshall a legit option after Bye? With TDK out.
Otherwise, I just don’t trust any of the fwds. I have Sheez, Petracca, Kozzi, JHF, Sanders.
Keen to hear people’s recommendations and why.
Hard to know how long DeKoning out for.
If you get 2 weeks sole Marshall worth the trade?
How long out for punctured lung?
Bailey J. Williams is on a 5 round average of 110 and overall 93 for the season which could be worth a shot. Kinda the same upside as Marshall without having to worry about losing his role at some stage and you get him this week too
Parker a good trade in?
TU – Yes
TD – No
Best option to finish MID
TU – Parker
TD – Day
Degoey a good option?
With 6 trades and nearly complete, is Murdoch to Durham worth the trade? Need value as I’m moving Sinclair to NAS next week.
TU: Yup!
TD: Nope!
Thanks!
TU: Durham
Or
TD: Degoey
Good trades? Leaves me with 8 trades, 1 boost and 223k ITB ready to get Nas in next week to complete DEF
Sinclair, Tsatas, Lombard > Newcombe, Parker, Fitzgerald
TU – Yes
TD – No (comment any suggestions)
TU Anderson
TD NAS
T/U Cameron to Day
T/D Save the trade