I have 7 trades (2 boosts) left and $107k in the bank.
Out – Green and Crisp
In – Dangerfield and Atkins
Should bank another $50k to $70k.
The intention is to trade in Stewart when he is back for probably McCartin or maybe Cripps.
Full premo 6 trades left. 95k in bank. Playing for league.
Current mids are Oliver, laird, macrae, Neale, touk, bont, parish, Cripps.
Looking at trading out parish and possibly Cripps. What two mids would you guys recommend?
What to do with Oliver?
4 trades left , in 6th in cash league, can’t make top 4 but pretty sure I’m top 8,
Thumbs up .keep wear a lower score next week
Thumbs down . Burn a trade
Out N.Martin
In TU Mitch Duncan
TD S.Bolton
I’ve got 525k to play with which could include Rozee, Duncan seems the most consistent but Bolton and Rozee have higher ceilings.
Laird(but he’s currently the fourth highest averaging player in SuperCoach, making him a serious POD. Laird returned in Round 3 with a 93, but has since not scored below 116. He’s scored 120 or more on five occasions. He’s reliable and unique. Seriously consider.)
Duncan(five-round average of 104 after scoring 121 and 117 in the past two weeks. The Cats have a great run home),
Dangerfield(return of 114 against the Dees could have been much higher if he had kicked straight in front of goal – finishing with 0.4 but risky option)
Davies-Uniacke(Kangaroos gun is arguably the form midfielder of the competition. He has scored 120-plus KFC SuperCoach points in three of his past four matches, with his effort against the Magpies on Saturday one of the most complete individual games of the season – 33 disposals, 11 tackles, 12 clearances and 149 KFC SuperCoach points.
Connor Rozee (Ken Hinkley rated Rozee as one of the best midfielders in the comp after his dazzling 154-point game against the Giants. Now a key member of the Power engine room, he has scored 98 or more in five of his past six games, is still priced under $500k and offers dual-position flexibility – and a huge upside.)
Have Satan, Miller, Neale, Macrae, Brayshaw, Mills and Cripps and can NOT afford Laird unfortunately.
Walsh, Steele and Keays were all auditioning for the spot this weekend and wasn’t wrapped with any of them tbh.
Walsh an absolute team player and playing as that high HF who comes up to contest given Cripps and Hewett are far less adept outside of CBs. Gives Walsh an annoying floor.
Steele just not as dynamic/groundball beast after that shoulder, idk.
Always liked Keays. Consistent but doesn’t have that upside by way of ceiling. Only 1x 130+ this year.
Given my season has been abyssal and rank is shot (18k), I’m honestly considering (get ready): LDU.
Hit some insane form the last two weeks; R16) 36, 18 contested & 124, R17) 33, 18 contested & 149. Sounds like (and probably is) a ridiculous idea but those numbers are strong and North, as heinous as they are, have a decent opp. MID run home in Richmond, Hawthorn, Essendon, Swans, Crows & Suns. Thinking he can pop a few 120s there.
Would also be a deadly POD a 956/1% of teams. Considering it.
Think JSG also gave LDU a shout last week Props. Vindicated by yesterday’s performance and has definitely piqued my interest.
Tough situation GD! Of the three you mentioned, Walsh would be my pick based on ceiling. LDU could be a sharp POD for sure, my only thought is does a potential JHF return this week take his numbers back down to those high 90s? Cam Guthrie was the other who came to my mind as a replacement: Dangerfield back takes some of the attention off him, proven scoring history and get some positive scaling for points if Geelong comes home hard. Food for thought
It’s tricky. Probably end up going with Steele tbh.
Fos, your point on JHF returning was deadly. LDU’s had his CBA dicked around with previously and his last fortnight’s form has correlated to a team high CBA load.
Steele is still a great get! Never know what he could do in these last six weeks. Easy to be turned off by the shoulder, but at the same time everyone is running around with Bont in their team. We know he can score well consistently and certainly more consistently than Walsh. Beats Parish with a dud calf haha
A May/Hall D7 could be very handy, Johnno. Will allow you to nab their high ceiling games and fade May’s low floor and a potential Hall injury, provided you have a loop.
Cripps -> Steele doesn’t look like a massive gain on points tbh. Unless you back Steele to start cooking with gas? Also totally fair if as a Saints man you can’t resist lol.
Very much comes down to being a saints man but I think I’ll hold it and if any premo mid goes down, they become Steele straight away. Should’ve brought May in last week but just didn’t have the time to sort it out
After GWS’s big loss I’d expect Hopper to come in next week, played well in the ressies. Taranto seems to be the most vulnerable for center bounce attendances with 33%.
$214.9k and 6 trades left after the Burgoyne trade. Also have Zorko on my mid bench who I refuse to trade as he’s lost $140k since I got him.
TU: Hold Hall and hope he comes back soon, upgrade whoever needs moving on most come finals. Play Parnell at a pinch.
TD: Just turn him into Sicily.
Any thoughts appreciated coaches!
Considering whether to luxury trade Cripps. Have 6 trades left. He has a few good match ups in GWS and Adelaide coming , but am particularly worried that he plays against Melbourne in Round 22, when it’s SC prelim final week
TU: Trade Cripps now
TD: Hold Cripps, wait and see his form in a few weeks
Is it worth trading Wehr to Burgoyne to free up over 200k. Which would allow me to have 3 trades left and can upgrade one of my 450-500 blokes to genuine premos?
Cheers GD. I had Mills lined up as my M8 but am 6k short of getting him. That also rules Merrett out due to price. I also like your LDU shout, was looking at him last week. Steele seems like the safer pick but I’ve made so many “trade out and trade back in” moves this year, it turns me off him
Hey guys want to either upgrade short or Ridley to docherty the other I’ll look at upgrading first week of finals to Stewart which one should I upgrade first:
Currently have Dawson, Sinclair, Hewett and Sicily as my other defenders if you guys think there’s a better option the docherty I’ll love your suggestions looking at winning my league thanks!
Who’s in your backline? Could bring in a defender instead of Brayshaw with Burgoyne covering the mids this week and when Stewart’s back you can swing Short/Crisp etc as D7/M9 cover? Just gives you cover on all lines that way and with no trades left would probably feel better
Fair call Jonno but can’t be done unless I bring in a Def/Mid and there’s non I like (other than Dawson but can only afford 591k if I dump Wehr and Lipinski).
That’s a great team though, understand why you keep being high up in the SCT coaches update. Could do Dale in and when Stewart’s back Short could drop to D7 and can rotate with Burgoyne in the middle when you need cover there? But yeah Brayshaw is probably a better pick for scoring, just hard without anymore trades. Have to agree with what GD says below. The trades are there to help through injuries and this is exactly that
Think the gut reaction is “no, burning your last two trades” but the whole point of those trades is to cover injuries and by executing those moves you’ll have some pretty mad bench cover if anything happens.
You’ll have 3 lines covered by technically premiums and then a Burgoyne still kicking around down back.
I don’t mind it, SG. Brayshaw also finally popping. 3/4 games been 130 ‘s.
Burgoyne looked up to the level but come to think of it he’ll probably be at risk when Bonner comes back from that cheek injury. Suppose Mead could go instead and Burgoyne goes further up the ground but, yeah, Bonner has just come into my head.
Up to you, SG. You always trade spectacularly. Go with what feels right.
Good luck and tyvm for carrying Gun’s Regulars #1! Just writing up tmmrw’s Coaches & League Update and realized you were 445th!
Lot of love for Danger but I’m not a fan. Got an absolutely cooked management and injury profile and not on a full CBA load, although suppose that could build.
Will have some juicy scores no doubt and I get seeing him at sub 500k is nutty given what he’s capable of but him permanently on field for the rest of the season could be dicey in terms of scoring and playing the remaining H&A games heading into finals.
Now, if you we’re grabbing him as an M9 then that’d be mad, just not as a permanent M8 option for mine.
i only have 4 trades left and 20k itb. my only concerns are crisp heeney short and cripps. can see short and cripps being d6 and m8 as they don’t have the worst floors and high ownership. seriously considering trading oliver to brayshaw and crisp to dawson. next week i’ll trade heeney to libba or parker. playing for league i’m currently 7th but need to win the next two to hold my spot. bloke i’m playing this week only has 4 unique players and i assume will use a rookie to cover his oliver. next week i play a bloke who doesn’t own oliver and on paper my 7 unique players are better than his.
TU do it
TD hold oliver, use burgoyne/carmichael cover this week
Sam Frost is out for the season with a knee cartilage injury, and Hawks definitely not finals contenders so will give plenty of game time for the rookies (Blanck, DGB, Ward, C.Mac)
2 Trades left
Full premo
but have Gresham in forward line
Parish in Midfield
and Stewart in Defence.
Stewart comes back for finals so not worried about him.
Parish not back until prelim
So trade Parish for
Any midfielder
I currently own Oliver, Laird, Miller, Neale, Macrae, Keys and Cripps.
TU Mills
TD Steele, or anyone else Money not an issue, or trade Gresham for Liberatore or another forward,
other forwards owned are Bont, Brodie, Dunkley, Parker, Goldstein,
Looking like both Oliver and McInerney are out for me this week. Have six trades left. Current idea is to trade Wehr for Burgoyne, move English to R1 and use the cash for to bring in Bolton as M9/F7 cover.
TU: good plan
TD: trade McInerney, use existing rookies to cover for Oliver/try something else
Must win game to stay in top 8 for finals of cash league. 6 trades left 95k. Mid is Oliver, laird, miller, Neale, macrae, bont, parish, Cripps.
TU – trade oliver and parish to mills/brayshaw or other recommendation
TD – parish and Hough to Steele and cerra. Next week: Swap treloar with bont and loop hole treloar and Cerras score for m8/9
Satan – with 52% ownership – everyone probably holds him this week (unless absolutely must win a league match)….so risk is low if covering with a rookie given 50% must do same..
BUT – a fractured thumb….one week is that realistic?
Marking, tackling, handballing….
I know he is solid gold champ…but one week only?
Thoughts?
I concur. I’m thinking 2 wks min as Melb would seriously want to make sure the thumb heals leading into the finals.
Across the remainder of the season, any replacement premo averaging say 115 across the 6 games would score 690, whilst Satan averaging 130 across 4 games with say a rookie covering 2 weeks at say 50 totals 620. If it turns out Satan is only out for 1 wk it’s marginal, if it’s 3 wks then its more of a win. And it may be that the weeks Satan is missing are important to you making league finals. Will Melb be cautious with their star midfielder?
Current team
Dawson doc Sinclair Sinclair Crisp short wear Dean
Oliver mccrae touk neale Merritt Kelly Crisp owens Hamilton Clark
Witts Darcy teakle
Dunkley English Parker Cogs heeney brodie Clarke Rosa’s
5 trades left 32k in the bank
No bench cover
I really want to get rid off cripps but unsure don’t want to run out of trades
Tu Clark to Burgoyne in the middle to cover Oliver
Td Clark to Burgoyne trade cripps with 660k to spend Thinking Steele so in a couple of weeks I can trade short to Stewart
Or any option advice appreciated
TU: Use 2 trades to bring in $500k bench cover/loop hole option. Considering Wehr & Hough to Burgoyne & Taranto. Provides cover for Oliver this week and future Mid/Fwd cover.
TD: Hold trades you’ll need them. Use Hough to cover Oliver.
5 trades left- 60k in bank
Have crisp, cripps, SDK, Darcy Cameron (Hewett filling hole in MID atm)
TU: next week trade SDK and rosas/wehr for rookie and steele/brayshaw etc
TD: clarry and SDK for 2 premo mids this week and can then trade wehr when im ready for luxury/injury trades when needed as his cash will cover the other 2 trades
I just read an article on Twitter that was referring to the Adelaide midfield allowing the youngsters more midfield time going forward. With the Crows position, they plan to give “others a go ” in the midfield .This may mean less CBA’s for ROB this year.
Melb need to keep winning this year, They need Max at centre bounce. I would get Max next week for sure.
Dunks apparently missed training tonight due to soreness. Bazlenka back in the side too means less mid minutes for Dunks. Am ranked about 4k and trying to gain a few spots.
Thinking about trading Oliver this week. Playing for cash league, will make top 4, however would have to be lucky to win it. I’m hoping to trade oliver and get in 2 Pods. Will finally be full premo this week.
TU: Oliver, Wehr > Danger, Moore
TD: Wehr, Curtis > burgoyne, Taranto
I think Danger can go 115+ for rest of the season and with Moores new found mid time could see him going around 110. This would also leave me with 95k in the bank for a luxury trade of cripps or short at somepoint.
Essendon: Massimo D’Ambrosio (quad) “That quad cork is decent, so we’ll use the week to see how that pans out… Every day it’s progressing & hopefully by the end of the week he’s up and training, but he’ll be a test this week.” Sean Murphy, Head of HP.
8 trades left want to luxury to finally get in Laird but also concerned about having Short/Daicos as my D6. Ideally wanted to scrape some cash for Stewart but not sure where it’s coming from with a lot of dud rookies.
4 trades remaining, main goal is cash leagues so really don’t want to run out of trades for finals. I can do Cripps to Steele with 1 trade as I have 40k itb. Do we think that is worth it and won’t cause problems down the line? would leave me with 3 injury trades for the final 6 weeks.
“Clayton is going to make the trip but he’s not going to play… It’s just not worth the risk at the moment. He’ll miss this week but he’ll be right the following week.”
Simon Goodwin
Trading Wehr for Burgoyne nets me close to $200k itb. Leaves me with five trades and full premo, though with some underperforming. Currently have Oliver and McInerney out this week, maybe Dunks. Is it better to…
TU: bring in a MID/FWD loop option (Bolton currently my thought)
TD: keep trades and cash for injuries/luxury trades come finals time
had the same dilemma – probably the wrong choice but i used a trade. I guess it depends on why you are playing. I’m only playing for shits and giggles for family bragging rights
Who are Nank owners looking at for a replacement?
Can either replacement Nank with another ruck (already have Darcy) or swing English into the rucks for a forward replacement.
I have 7 trades (2 boosts) left and $107k in the bank.
Out – Green and Crisp
In – Dangerfield and Atkins
Should bank another $50k to $70k.
The intention is to trade in Stewart when he is back for probably McCartin or maybe Cripps.
Dangerfield that is risky imo
Full premo 6 trades left. 95k in bank. Playing for league.
Current mids are Oliver, laird, macrae, Neale, touk, bont, parish, Cripps.
Looking at trading out parish and possibly Cripps. What two mids would you guys recommend?
Mills and Brayshaw, Charlie.
Steele & Mills
What to do with Oliver?
4 trades left , in 6th in cash league, can’t make top 4 but pretty sure I’m top 8,
Thumbs up .keep wear a lower score next week
Thumbs down . Burn a trade
Top midfielder bench him
I’m not sure it’s as clear cut as the thumbs. Check your match up and if benching him could cost you a finals spot then consider your options.
Does your opponent next round also have him?
Yup
Out N.Martin
In TU Mitch Duncan
TD S.Bolton
I’ve got 525k to play with which could include Rozee, Duncan seems the most consistent but Bolton and Rozee have higher ceilings.
Last MID.
TU: Keays. Possible POD with great run home.
TD: Mills.
Laird(but he’s currently the fourth highest averaging player in SuperCoach, making him a serious POD. Laird returned in Round 3 with a 93, but has since not scored below 116. He’s scored 120 or more on five occasions. He’s reliable and unique. Seriously consider.)
Duncan(five-round average of 104 after scoring 121 and 117 in the past two weeks. The Cats have a great run home),
Dangerfield(return of 114 against the Dees could have been much higher if he had kicked straight in front of goal – finishing with 0.4 but risky option)
Davies-Uniacke(Kangaroos gun is arguably the form midfielder of the competition. He has scored 120-plus KFC SuperCoach points in three of his past four matches, with his effort against the Magpies on Saturday one of the most complete individual games of the season – 33 disposals, 11 tackles, 12 clearances and 149 KFC SuperCoach points.
Connor Rozee (Ken Hinkley rated Rozee as one of the best midfielders in the comp after his dazzling 154-point game against the Giants. Now a key member of the Power engine room, he has scored 98 or more in five of his past six games, is still priced under $500k and offers dual-position flexibility – and a huge upside.)
Best defender for my last upgrade?
506k Budget.
Daicos, Lloyd or May.
What about hall if he’s named this week?
Twang !!!!
Trade In
TU: Tom Atkins
TD: Danger
Just realised I can afford Mitch Duncan
TU: Duncan
TD: Danger/Atkins
Need a Parish replacement.
Have Satan, Miller, Neale, Macrae, Brayshaw, Mills and Cripps and can NOT afford Laird unfortunately.
Walsh, Steele and Keays were all auditioning for the spot this weekend and wasn’t wrapped with any of them tbh.
Walsh an absolute team player and playing as that high HF who comes up to contest given Cripps and Hewett are far less adept outside of CBs. Gives Walsh an annoying floor.
Steele just not as dynamic/groundball beast after that shoulder, idk.
Always liked Keays. Consistent but doesn’t have that upside by way of ceiling. Only 1x 130+ this year.
Given my season has been abyssal and rank is shot (18k), I’m honestly considering (get ready): LDU.
Hit some insane form the last two weeks; R16) 36, 18 contested & 124, R17) 33, 18 contested & 149. Sounds like (and probably is) a ridiculous idea but those numbers are strong and North, as heinous as they are, have a decent opp. MID run home in Richmond, Hawthorn, Essendon, Swans, Crows & Suns. Thinking he can pop a few 120s there.
Would also be a deadly POD a 956/1% of teams. Considering it.
Think JSG also gave LDU a shout last week Props. Vindicated by yesterday’s performance and has definitely piqued my interest.
I would be chasing Steele GD, even with the bodgy shoulder
Tough situation GD! Of the three you mentioned, Walsh would be my pick based on ceiling. LDU could be a sharp POD for sure, my only thought is does a potential JHF return this week take his numbers back down to those high 90s? Cam Guthrie was the other who came to my mind as a replacement: Dangerfield back takes some of the attention off him, proven scoring history and get some positive scaling for points if Geelong comes home hard. Food for thought
Thanks, fellas.
It’s tricky. Probably end up going with Steele tbh.
Fos, your point on JHF returning was deadly. LDU’s had his CBA dicked around with previously and his last fortnight’s form has correlated to a team high CBA load.
Steele is still a great get! Never know what he could do in these last six weeks. Easy to be turned off by the shoulder, but at the same time everyone is running around with Bont in their team. We know he can score well consistently and certainly more consistently than Walsh. Beats Parish with a dud calf haha
Am trading out Tom Green
Bring in either
TU Steele
TD Sinclair
Didn’t end up making any trades last week so
TU: Cripps to Steele
TD: bring in May for a rookie to cover Hall
A May/Hall D7 could be very handy, Johnno. Will allow you to nab their high ceiling games and fade May’s low floor and a potential Hall injury, provided you have a loop.
Cripps -> Steele doesn’t look like a massive gain on points tbh. Unless you back Steele to start cooking with gas? Also totally fair if as a Saints man you can’t resist lol.
Very much comes down to being a saints man but I think I’ll hold it and if any premo mid goes down, they become Steele straight away. Should’ve brought May in last week but just didn’t have the time to sort it out
Is it worth brining in Dangerfield for either…. Cripps, Short, Cripps or Butters??
T/U – Yeah
T/D – Nah
4 trades left.
My bad Crisp included
Full premo 7 trades left playing for league.
Need to win my matchup this week for purposes of bragging rights.
Current plan.
3 trades to get Darcy as my 23rd premo.
Would leave me with 4 trades left and about 100k for any upgrades and swing cover across all lines
Himmelburg/Voss (F/D)
Burgoyne + any D/M
Goldy + Loop R/F
Various M/Fs
Not sure if it’s smart for injury cover or bad for wasted money on the bench
Which trade?
TU: Nic Martin > Dangerfield
TD: Toby Greene > Taranto
Cheers
After GWS’s big loss I’d expect Hopper to come in next week, played well in the ressies. Taranto seems to be the most vulnerable for center bounce attendances with 33%.
upgrade lloyd, short or whitfield first?
T/U whitfield
T/D lloyd
or short?
Would one wait 2 more weeks to nab stewart for crisp using two trades (and hoping crisp doesn’t stink it up too much more in the meantime)
or would one get Crisp out now choosing either Doch or Dale?
5 trades left
TU:
Soligo-Burgoyne
Wehr-May
140k left to upgrade Stringer next week
2 trades for finals
TD:
Soligo-Burgoyne
Wehr-Houston/Lloyd
Keep Stringer
3 trades for finals
Mostly happy with my team, but Def line is the worry. Already going Rosas > Burgoyne to free up cash.
Def: Sinclair, Hewett, Daicos, Ridley, Short, D’Ambrosio (Hall, Parnell)
$214.9k and 6 trades left after the Burgoyne trade. Also have Zorko on my mid bench who I refuse to trade as he’s lost $140k since I got him.
TU: Hold Hall and hope he comes back soon, upgrade whoever needs moving on most come finals. Play Parnell at a pinch.
TD: Just turn him into Sicily.
Any thoughts appreciated coaches!
Tom Green to Fyfe.
Comment if you think I’m out of my mind .
Who has better job security?
T/U – Carmichael
T/D – Cumberland
G’day
TU – Steele
TD – mills
Cheers
TU: Merrett
TD: Steele
What’s the likelihood that Mitch Duncan continues to score well?
Considering whether to luxury trade Cripps. Have 6 trades left. He has a few good match ups in GWS and Adelaide coming , but am particularly worried that he plays against Melbourne in Round 22, when it’s SC prelim final week
TU: Trade Cripps now
TD: Hold Cripps, wait and see his form in a few weeks
TU- Jack Viney – huge inform pod
TD- Jack Steele – safe option
Have 4 trades left.
Is it worth trading Wehr to Burgoyne to free up over 200k. Which would allow me to have 3 trades left and can upgrade one of my 450-500 blokes to genuine premos?
Tu – yep
Td – nah save every trade
Worth trading Crisp to Doch? Leaves me with 4 trades
TU: yes
TD: no hold and aim for Stewart
Need a rookie to free up a bit of cash and help with DPP swing for Oliver this week
TU: Burgoyne
TD: Carmichael
Any chance Preuss comes back in this week or after?
TU : No trade him, his season over
TD : Hold, he’s a good chance to come back
best forward options under 480k?
leaning towards Taranto atm.
who is more of a priority to trade out
TU crisp
TD heeney
Haven’t watched Port play, how’s Burgoyne’s job security looking?
Best mid under 570k? Final upgrade
Steele or Keays.
Also dice roll options in Viney, Petracca, LDU and Petracca if you’re game.
Cheers GD. I had Mills lined up as my M8 but am 6k short of getting him. That also rules Merrett out due to price. I also like your LDU shout, was looking at him last week. Steele seems like the safer pick but I’ve made so many “trade out and trade back in” moves this year, it turns me off him
2 Petraccas?? He has a brother GD? Must look into that!! Lol
Lol, whoops. Meant to say Smith or Wines.
Honestly, if he played with a twin brother maybe he could go at more than 65% DE lol.
Any remote chance Tom Green at GWS will improve? I can afford an upgrade.
TU: Trade
TD: With only four trades, hold!
Hey guys want to either upgrade short or Ridley to docherty the other I’ll look at upgrading first week of finals to Stewart which one should I upgrade first:
Currently have Dawson, Sinclair, Hewett and Sicily as my other defenders if you guys think there’s a better option the docherty I’ll love your suggestions looking at winning my league thanks!
TU short
TD Ridley
Both looked alright on the weekend..
Who to trade OUT:
TU Crisp
TD Short
TU:bolton
TD: Taranto
best heeney replacement?
have english bont dunks brodie and cogs already
TU Libba
TD Parker
Comment Baz Smith
TU Baz Smith
Full premo, 2 trades left
Stewart on bench being covered by Wehr
Oliver will be on bench this week (as a minimum you would think after surgery) being covered by Lipinski
Is it worth trading Wehr to Burgoyne (and field him for 2 weeks til Stewart is back) and Lipinski to Andy Brayshaw?
Gives me the top 8 mids and my M/F/R lines are covered thru Darcy Cameron and/or Jed Anderson in case of injuries.
Have zero back up in D right now and that doesn’t change if I make the trades.
Thoughts welcome. Thanks
Who’s in your backline? Could bring in a defender instead of Brayshaw with Burgoyne covering the mids this week and when Stewart’s back you can swing Short/Crisp etc as D7/M9 cover? Just gives you cover on all lines that way and with no trades left would probably feel better
Fair call Jonno but can’t be done unless I bring in a Def/Mid and there’s non I like (other than Dawson but can only afford 591k if I dump Wehr and Lipinski).
Here’s the team before any trades:
Sicily, Sinclair, Doch, Hewett, Short, Stewart* (Wehr, Dean)
Laird, Touk, Neale, Macrae, Walsh, Mills, Oliver*, Jed Anderson (Lipinski, Clark, Owens)
English, Witts (Teakle)
Bont, Cogs, Brodie, Dunks, Parker, Darcy Cameron (Hamilton, Clarke)
That’s a great team though, understand why you keep being high up in the SCT coaches update. Could do Dale in and when Stewart’s back Short could drop to D7 and can rotate with Burgoyne in the middle when you need cover there? But yeah Brayshaw is probably a better pick for scoring, just hard without anymore trades. Have to agree with what GD says below. The trades are there to help through injuries and this is exactly that
Cameron to Wright
Wher to May?
Think the gut reaction is “no, burning your last two trades” but the whole point of those trades is to cover injuries and by executing those moves you’ll have some pretty mad bench cover if anything happens.
You’ll have 3 lines covered by technically premiums and then a Burgoyne still kicking around down back.
I don’t mind it, SG. Brayshaw also finally popping. 3/4 games been 130 ‘s.
Cheers GD
Only real risk I see is Burgoyne gets dropped or another def gets injured/suspended before Stewart is back.
Burgoyne looked up to the level but come to think of it he’ll probably be at risk when Bonner comes back from that cheek injury. Suppose Mead could go instead and Burgoyne goes further up the ground but, yeah, Bonner has just come into my head.
Up to you, SG. You always trade spectacularly. Go with what feels right.
Good luck and tyvm for carrying Gun’s Regulars #1! Just writing up tmmrw’s Coaches & League Update and realized you were 445th!
Mate you have done what you have done knowing the consequences , been magnificent viewing go with your gut and all the best
5 trades left & full premo (but Daicos at D6 covering Stewart)
Have a couple of must win games. What’s more necessary :
TU – trade out Crisp, trade in Doc
TD – trade out Jackson, trade in P Wright ( still allows the F/R swing with English). This is for F6.
Dangerfield a good POD??
Looks to be fit and firing!
Lot of love for Danger but I’m not a fan. Got an absolutely cooked management and injury profile and not on a full CBA load, although suppose that could build.
Will have some juicy scores no doubt and I get seeing him at sub 500k is nutty given what he’s capable of but him permanently on field for the rest of the season could be dicey in terms of scoring and playing the remaining H&A games heading into finals.
Now, if you we’re grabbing him as an M9 then that’d be mad, just not as a permanent M8 option for mine.
Heeney, D’Ambrosio out for
TU – Goldstein, Carmichael
TD – Himmelberg, Carmichael
Comment – Rozee/any others??
i only have 4 trades left and 20k itb. my only concerns are crisp heeney short and cripps. can see short and cripps being d6 and m8 as they don’t have the worst floors and high ownership. seriously considering trading oliver to brayshaw and crisp to dawson. next week i’ll trade heeney to libba or parker. playing for league i’m currently 7th but need to win the next two to hold my spot. bloke i’m playing this week only has 4 unique players and i assume will use a rookie to cover his oliver. next week i play a bloke who doesn’t own oliver and on paper my 7 unique players are better than his.
TU do it
TD hold oliver, use burgoyne/carmichael cover this week
6 trades and need to win leagues for finals with only Tunstill as cover on the bench.
Oliver to Brayshaw
Rioli Jr to Carmichael
Next week just the one trade for Cripps back to Oliver (so in essence a Cripps to Brayshaw change).
TU Great moves has to be done
TD Hold the trade and pray Tunstill tonnes up
Or Merrett over Brayshaw
TU
TD
Out D Stephens + P Curtis
In POD M8 + FWD/MID Rookie
Looking for POD for M8 to loophole with Heeney/Butters at M9.
Best out of Merrett/Anderson/Rozee/LDU/Guthrie??
7 trades left full premo.
Thinking of sidewaysing Dunkley to Darcy/Laird
He’s high ownership but the bulldogs have a tough run home and too many midfielders all ready.
TU: worth it
TD: hold because of high ownership
Looking at brining in a mid/fwd player this week to cover Oliver and then become my F7 & M9 loop. Budget is $500,300.
TU – Duncan
TD – Treloar
TU – Taranto
TD – Heeney
Both of these options will pocket me an extra $50k to help turn Ridley into Stewart in 2 weeks
Only 2 trades left, but still have Jackson R2
90k itb and English at F1
T/U – Use a trade to upgrade
T/D – Hold tight for at least another week
5 trades, full premo.
Biggest problem is Tomahawk at F6 (also got Cripps & Crisp issues but they’re holds for now).
Can upgrade him to Goldstein in 1 trade, or spend 2 trades to get Goldstein in as 23rd premo, which gives me F/R/M cover and loop potential.
TU: Tomahawk > Goldstein in 1
TD: Goldstein in 2
Question for the community.
Will James Blanck hold his spot when Sam Frost returns.
Sam Frost is out for the season with a knee cartilage injury, and Hawks definitely not finals contenders so will give plenty of game time for the rookies (Blanck, DGB, Ward, C.Mac)
The big O has tested positive for covid and will miss next week.
Of course 🙁
Last Mid spot:
T/U – Steele
T/D – Brayshaw
2 Trades left
Full premo
but have Gresham in forward line
Parish in Midfield
and Stewart in Defence.
Stewart comes back for finals so not worried about him.
Parish not back until prelim
So trade Parish for
Any midfielder
I currently own Oliver, Laird, Miller, Neale, Macrae, Keys and Cripps.
TU Mills
TD Steele, or anyone else Money not an issue, or trade Gresham for Liberatore or another forward,
other forwards owned are Bont, Brodie, Dunkley, Parker, Goldstein,
I have 5 trades left and have a a full premium team. Thinking about the Oliver situation.
TU: Hold Oliver, he will be horrible NOT to have once he’s back. Instead use the trades on luxury upgrades and long-term injury corrections.
TD: Oliver to Steele & Hough to Taranto (as M9/F7). Drop down to 3 trades.
Who to bring in?
TU Sicily
TD Dawson
Thinking of trading Luke Jackson in the next couple of weeks for:
TU: Mitch Duncan
TD: Todd Goldstein ( still allows DPP with English)
T/U – Zorko
T/D – May
Looking like both Oliver and McInerney are out for me this week. Have six trades left. Current idea is to trade Wehr for Burgoyne, move English to R1 and use the cash for to bring in Bolton as M9/F7 cover.
TU: good plan
TD: trade McInerney, use existing rookies to cover for Oliver/try something else
Must win game to stay in top 8 for finals of cash league. 6 trades left 95k. Mid is Oliver, laird, miller, Neale, macrae, bont, parish, Cripps.
TU – trade oliver and parish to mills/brayshaw or other recommendation
TD – parish and Hough to Steele and cerra. Next week: Swap treloar with bont and loop hole treloar and Cerras score for m8/9
Satan – with 52% ownership – everyone probably holds him this week (unless absolutely must win a league match)….so risk is low if covering with a rookie given 50% must do same..
BUT – a fractured thumb….one week is that realistic?
Marking, tackling, handballing….
I know he is solid gold champ…but one week only?
Thoughts?
I concur. I’m thinking 2 wks min as Melb would seriously want to make sure the thumb heals leading into the finals.
Across the remainder of the season, any replacement premo averaging say 115 across the 6 games would score 690, whilst Satan averaging 130 across 4 games with say a rookie covering 2 weeks at say 50 totals 620. If it turns out Satan is only out for 1 wk it’s marginal, if it’s 3 wks then its more of a win. And it may be that the weeks Satan is missing are important to you making league finals. Will Melb be cautious with their star midfielder?
Out of cash and trades! Only options I can think of for F6
TU: Heeney
TD: Taranto
Who is priority Trade Out this week?
TU: Crisp
TD: Redden
Thanks Coaches
Current team
Dawson doc Sinclair Sinclair Crisp short wear Dean
Oliver mccrae touk neale Merritt Kelly Crisp owens Hamilton Clark
Witts Darcy teakle
Dunkley English Parker Cogs heeney brodie Clarke Rosa’s
5 trades left 32k in the bank
No bench cover
I really want to get rid off cripps but unsure don’t want to run out of trades
Tu Clark to Burgoyne in the middle to cover Oliver
Td Clark to Burgoyne trade cripps with 660k to spend Thinking Steele so in a couple of weeks I can trade short to Stewart
Or any option advice appreciated
Better Ruck Cow?
TU- Samson Ryan
TD- Charlie Comben
If you don’t have the trades to cash them out neither. Just go for a loop
Who needs to go first?
T/U: Hately
T/D: Gresham
Cheers
Contemplating Mitch Duncan as a swing bench for mid/forward as he’s just within my price range and my other bench stocks aren’t getting a game.
TU: Mitch can work
TD: Waste of time
4 trades left and team is full premo.
TU: Use 2 trades to bring in $500k bench cover/loop hole option. Considering Wehr & Hough to Burgoyne & Taranto. Provides cover for Oliver this week and future Mid/Fwd cover.
TD: Hold trades you’ll need them. Use Hough to cover Oliver.
5 trades left- 60k in bank
Have crisp, cripps, SDK, Darcy Cameron (Hewett filling hole in MID atm)
TU: next week trade SDK and rosas/wehr for rookie and steele/brayshaw etc
TD: clarry and SDK for 2 premo mids this week and can then trade wehr when im ready for luxury/injury trades when needed as his cash will cover the other 2 trades
Who to retain at F6 (trade out the other for F5 Premo):
T/U Pat McCartin (Av 72.8) – Serves as back-up for defence with DPP/Derksen
T/D Luke Jackson (Av 84.4) – Score Gawn dependant. Has F/R DPP but I have others to provide that coverage.
Trading out Jackson puts an extra $47k into the kitty for remaining trades.
T/U Bring in C Mills
T/D Bring in A Brayshaw
Tu: steele
Td: guthrie
Out D Stephens + P Curtis
In Mills + Charmichael
4 trades left
Heeney/Butters/Crisp as cover/loophole F7/M9/D7.
Cameron -> Gawn
Crisp -> Stewart
Green -> Laird
Luxury trades on the cards.
Trading out Oscar McInerney
TU – Reiley O’Brien this week
TD – Max Gawn next week
Provided you’re not copping a donut waiting the extra week, then definitely Maxxy.
Agree completely Gunboat.
I just read an article on Twitter that was referring to the Adelaide midfield allowing the youngsters more midfield time going forward. With the Crows position, they plan to give “others a go ” in the midfield .This may mean less CBA’s for ROB this year.
Melb need to keep winning this year, They need Max at centre bounce. I would get Max next week for sure.
TU: S Bolton
Or
TD: Taranto
3 trades left
L Jackson > Taranto
Cripps > Laird or mills
T/U – Taranto
T/D – Dangerfield
Looking at these options, 6 trades left and playing for my cash league.
TU: Wehr, Hough out, Burgoyne and Taranto in (M9 to cover Oliver this week and future weeks, swing fwd if needed)
TD:Wehr>Burgoyne, trade Darcy Cameron R2 to Goldstein before Grundy returns. Bank further cash for any other needed upgrades.
4 Trades left
Option 1:
Wehr -> Burgoyne = 205k Bank
Option 2:
Dunkley -> Dangerfield = 123k Bank
Dunks apparently missed training tonight due to soreness. Bazlenka back in the side too means less mid minutes for Dunks. Am ranked about 4k and trying to gain a few spots.
Cheers Legends x
Any news on Dunks missing training?
Hi all, anyone know anything about Prior’s (Lions) injury and if he’ll play this weekend? TIA
Prior will miss this week but expected to be right for the following week.
TU Cripps to Steele
TD wait a week, Butters to Gawn
Thinking about trading Oliver this week. Playing for cash league, will make top 4, however would have to be lucky to win it. I’m hoping to trade oliver and get in 2 Pods. Will finally be full premo this week.
TU: Oliver, Wehr > Danger, Moore
TD: Wehr, Curtis > burgoyne, Taranto
I think Danger can go 115+ for rest of the season and with Moores new found mid time could see him going around 110. This would also leave me with 95k in the bank for a luxury trade of cripps or short at somepoint.
thoughts?
Is d’ambrosio going to play this week? Have not heard anything about his injury.
D’Ambrosio is a test for this week.
Essendon: Massimo D’Ambrosio (quad) “That quad cork is decent, so we’ll use the week to see how that pans out… Every day it’s progressing & hopefully by the end of the week he’s up and training, but he’ll be a test this week.” Sean Murphy, Head of HP.
8 trades left want to luxury to finally get in Laird but also concerned about having Short/Daicos as my D6. Ideally wanted to scrape some cash for Stewart but not sure where it’s coming from with a lot of dud rookies.
TU: Wehr, Cripps > Burgoyne, Laird
TD: Wehr, Short > Burgoyne, DEF upgrade
current lines:
DEF: Dawson, Sicily, Sinclair, Hewett, Crisp, Daicos (Wehr, D’Ambrosio)
MID: Oliver, Miller, Neale, Macrae, Petracca, Steele, Keays, Cripps (Short, Carroll, Owens)
Is laird over cripps worth the weaker backline?
TU- Moore (uptick in CBAs, more consistant)
TD- Bolton. (has higher ceiling, softish run home)
Need for a MID/FWD loop player for rest of season
Who for M8 this week?
T/U- Whitfield
T/D- Lipinksi
Desperate times….4 trades left. and $40k itb. Oppt has Satan but I don’t….I do have Mcinerney. Its last chance saloon, so…..
TU…one trade via Dixon Dpp….Big O to Duncan (comment anyone else)
TD….two trades…out Big O/Hobbs….in Laird/J Burgoyne
4 trades remaining, main goal is cash leagues so really don’t want to run out of trades for finals. I can do Cripps to Steele with 1 trade as I have 40k itb. Do we think that is worth it and won’t cause problems down the line? would leave me with 3 injury trades for the final 6 weeks.
TU: CRIPPS TO STEELE
TD: HOLD
Hi all,
Have 3 trades left…
TU trade Nankervis for Witts
TD hold as may play ???
Thanks Tony
T/U: Daicos to any forward premo
T/D: Two other rookies to Burgoyne and any forward
Also, now that Oliver is out for at least two weeks should we trade him?
T/U: yes
T/D: no
Oliver is to miss one week.
“Clayton is going to make the trip but he’s not going to play… It’s just not worth the risk at the moment. He’ll miss this week but he’ll be right the following week.”
Simon Goodwin
hey guys is it worth trading Daicos to a premo like Mills, Brayshaw or Walsh?
Or just keep on playing daicos?
Trade Daicos
or
keep Daicos
Cheers
Best option for M8? Keep in mind injury profile due to lack of trades left. Playing for leagues only.
TU: Steele
TD: Keays
Comment for J. Kelly and Petracca options
Additional options from above comment.
TU: Josh Kelly
TD: Petracca
Who scores more from here on
tu- brayshaw
Td- mills
Oliver to Steele
Wehr to Atkins as D7/M9 cover
Ash Johnson to debut for pies.
Who scores most points for the rest of the season?
TU LDU
TD Mills
Comment Keays
TU Keays
Trading Wehr for Burgoyne nets me close to $200k itb. Leaves me with five trades and full premo, though with some underperforming. Currently have Oliver and McInerney out this week, maybe Dunks. Is it better to…
TU: bring in a MID/FWD loop option (Bolton currently my thought)
TD: keep trades and cash for injuries/luxury trades come finals time
4 trades left, current Mids are: Oliver, Laird, Miller, Neale, Macrae, Merrett, Petracca, Cripps. Also have Butters as my M9/F7 swing option.
Cripps > Mills?
TU: Yes
TD: No
Best Trade:
T/U: Whitfield > Taranto
T/D: Nic Martin > Danger
Comment: Hobbs > May via DPP
T/U: Hobbs > May
With Oliver out and Tunstill omitted I have a donut right now (Only 2 trades left)
TU: Use 1 trade and only have 1 left
TD: Cop a donut
had the same dilemma – probably the wrong choice but i used a trade. I guess it depends on why you are playing. I’m only playing for shits and giggles for family bragging rights
Who will score more from here to end of season?
T/U Mills
T/D Merrett
SEN Tassie:
Is Toby Nankervis playing tomorrow?
Riewoldt: “He is. He’s not going to be at 100% but he just goes out and performs. He is ready to go.”
T/U: Bring in Goldy or Taranto this week
T/D: Bring in Libba or Smith next week
Also, bring in Burgoyne this week?
T/U: yes
T/D: no
Hi all, full premo with 5 trades left:
TU: Cripps to Touk
TD: Bring in Danger as M9
Best option as D8 for emergency cover for the rest of the season?
TU: Jase Burgoyne
TD: Sam Durdin
Another combo of best option as D8 for emergency cover for the rest of the season?
TU: Jackson Archer
TD: Will Kelly
3 trades left and currently using Wehr to cover Oliver
T/U – Hold trades
T/D – Wehr & Rosas to Bolton/Taranto & Carmichael. Gives me a M9/F7 to cover rest of the season
hey guys, I have 5 trades left.
Should I field Daicos?
Or
Downgrade Jeffery for cash and upgrade Daicos to Laird??
Thanks Guys
10 trades left. Full premium. 2nd on ladder playing for league
Trade: Oliver, Tom Green, Jackson
For: Laird, Mills, Steele
Y/N?
Covid striking everywhere……could be chaos come finals….both SC and AFL !!
Last upgrade, English TU or Gawn TD
3 trades left.
Is it worth using one trade to bring in Culley, and avoid a donut? I also have Nank, so worried about a double donut.
TU: Yes, get Culley
TD: No, hold trades