I think I will be able to get this done.
Out Salem, Sanders & Davidson
In Holmes, Warner and Husthwaite
I can’t believe I got tucked in to Salem AGAIN.
Sanders will get bugger all midfield time with Bont & Treloar back. Davidson has served his purpose.
Holmes is a better player than recently showing. Disappointing that Warner popped of this week instead of next and Husthwaite looks good for a rookie ( at least for 2 more weeks).
Of course all of the above will be chucked out if Flynn gets dropped
Not big on Dawson yet, was rolled forward heaps and that was partly why he scored so well (3 goals), but don’t expect that every week. His DE did improve however, which are good signs. I’d like to see a longer stretch of form before bringing him in.
He had team high CBAs amongst the Crows heavy rotations, which they’ve done all year.
Heatmap purely in the middle of the ground and only 4 possesions in the FWD half of the ground.
Only one of his three goals was from deep I50. Other two were on 50 and came into possession in open play.
So wouldn’t at all say he was “rolled FWD heaps”.
His use, yeah, remains an issue but don’t see how waiting changes that. Suggestion to wait for form makes no sense; he’s a dog of a kick. That’s not changing.
It’s a fundamental issue with his game and the whole enchilada w Dawson.
Either you’re in and accept the ride that his DE will be or you’re not.
I’m ambivalent either way but need to be clear on why.
Crouch looks like he might be out for a decent period, he was the one who was messing up the midfield at the crows because he can only play one position.
Peatling isn’t getting the midfield minutes i expected (dodged that bullet)
Laird is nowhere near the guts anymore
It seems like Dawson, Rankine & Solingo are the 3 bannas.
have watched a few collingwood games, and it seems like he is racking it up. Only looked at his scores last week and were surprised he wasn’t scoring better
I was tossing up last week to go Josh for a Oliver replacement (swing him to defence later), decided on callaghan because Josh’s BE wasn’t as low. Still have my eye on him
I got him in last week with a BE of 45 so off to a good start. Collingwood is a top team, I can’t see him getting tagged and he’s only had 1 bad game statistically. I’d put him in the NVM category- consistent scorer but perhaps not pumping out a huge Sinclair/Whitfield score
I’m considering fallen premos Ryan and Flanders. At this stage leaning more towards Flanders as my theory is he’s been eased back more from injury and is now hopefully going to have more mid time, whereas Ryan is more form and change of Freo gamestyle. I need to offload Prior and would rather upgrade, hence I’ll likely go Flanders this week
Two to go out of SPP, Flynn and Bice. Not sure who survives there.
Hustwaite is a no-brainer. Possibly looking at a Lions mid for the upgrade – is Will Ashcroft still a viable option for M8? Only really had one off game this year and that drops out of the cycle this week, where he plays North.
I reckon Washcroft is a keeper, can’t see him getting tagged in a hurry.
Yeah Flynn is frustrating, I took out Z Reid via DPP for him and that’s looking like a wasted trade. At least he’s made some money but you’d expect he’ll struggle to retain his place this week
I went early on Hustwaite and now I don’t love any of the rookies available. Is it crazy to do TDK down to Marshall so that I can turn Flynn or Short into a premo?
Tu: Do it
Td: Find a palatable rookie to do a proper downgrade
Went early on Hustwaite so it means I need to go early on another rookie this week, which isn’t ideal but oh well. Trade one is basically locked in:
Prior OUT -> Boxshall (Mid Rookie) IN (via DPP)
But my in is going to be hard, so much value around this week! Need help deciding between 4 underpriced guns, and I can see arguments for each. Who do I upgrade to out of these four?
Should also add for context that my forward line is full, Chad would only slot in there if I move off of Daniel, which very well may happen towards the back half of the season.
Is Warner a target largely for forward status? Wouldn’t mind trading out Caleb Daniel eventually, but have bigger priorities. Was thinking about taking merrett for a mid slot as that’s where I need to do some work.
Tu: merrett
Td: warner
Can technically afford any player so comment if there’s any other targets. Don’t want to get butters or bont at peak price, but happy to hear arguments to the contrary, I do need a points boost this week.
I know it’s a sideways trade and the point difference is isn’t that much but it’s killing me but with the round 12 byes approaching both xerri and tdk will be out, with gawn at a break even of 40 I cant risk him being past 700k. All my rookies are playing and making money and the 5 on field are getting me 60 plus apart from bice last week.
TU or a TD trade.
Lynch and tdk to lorenz and gawn
Any love for Flanders? I saw a bit of the game last night and the commentary was he was in the middle a lot more. He’s probably bottomed out in price now at 460k
I really wanted to bring in warner last week and this week I even more want to but the fact that it could just be a lucky 2 games is killing me it’s like a coin flip for me right now.
scrap that, should i trade in warner for daicos? warner BE is 29 and daicos is 160, daicos too inconsistent with tagging and made his cash.
TU = Yes, trade warner in for daicos
TD = No
*sorry for repeating but I changed something*
I know it’s a sideways trade and the point difference is isn’t that much but it’s killing me but with the round 12 byes approaching both xerri and tdk will be out, with gawn at a break even of 40 I cant risk him being past 700k. All my rookies are playing and making money and the 5 on field are getting me 60 plus apart from bice last week.
TU or a TD trade.
Lynch and tdk to a high js rookie and gawn
If he’s named this weekend I’ll hold. BE is 68, has beaten that in 3/4 games he’s played. I’ve owned from the start though so if he’s dropped I’ll trade and bank the $123k he’s earned me.
TU – L.Ashcroft, Oliver & SPP to Gawn, Rankine & Boxhall
TD – Look at other options
Would ideally trade h.langford or x.lindsay first and hold on to see oliver’s availability but this trade leaves me with $3k in the bank and a completed forward line.
Soligo out for either:
TU. Butters/Bont
TD Chad W plus cash
I think I will be able to get this done.
Out Salem, Sanders & Davidson
In Holmes, Warner and Husthwaite
I can’t believe I got tucked in to Salem AGAIN.
Sanders will get bugger all midfield time with Bont & Treloar back. Davidson has served his purpose.
Holmes is a better player than recently showing. Disappointing that Warner popped of this week instead of next and Husthwaite looks good for a rookie ( at least for 2 more weeks).
Of course all of the above will be chucked out if Flynn gets dropped
Holmes has been bad for a month Shaggi.
Flynn, Ashcroft Jnr, Prior
Warner, Sinclair, Boxhall.
Likelihood of Connor rozee getting defender status in a few weeks?
Tu: Rozee (Banking on him gaining dpp)
Td: Sinclair
Time for Bice to go?
Bice (85) -> Sinc (110) = +25
Any upgrade involving Bice to atleast a defender not really that much of a net on points.
I’d be getting my lowest scoring OF rookies up first.
Bice BE still only 77.
What if Bice is your worst rookie (based on last week). Others on my field are Reid, Trainor, Levi and One of HH, Lindsay, Hewett as M8
Who to cash out first
Tu: Bice
Td: Prior
Better value option
Tu: Dawson
Td: Sinclair
Not big on Dawson yet, was rolled forward heaps and that was partly why he scored so well (3 goals), but don’t expect that every week. His DE did improve however, which are good signs. I’d like to see a longer stretch of form before bringing him in.
Disagree w this.
He had team high CBAs amongst the Crows heavy rotations, which they’ve done all year.
Heatmap purely in the middle of the ground and only 4 possesions in the FWD half of the ground.
Only one of his three goals was from deep I50. Other two were on 50 and came into possession in open play.
So wouldn’t at all say he was “rolled FWD heaps”.
His use, yeah, remains an issue but don’t see how waiting changes that. Suggestion to wait for form makes no sense; he’s a dog of a kick. That’s not changing.
It’s a fundamental issue with his game and the whole enchilada w Dawson.
Either you’re in and accept the ride that his DE will be or you’re not.
I’m ambivalent either way but need to be clear on why.
Crouch looks like he might be out for a decent period, he was the one who was messing up the midfield at the crows because he can only play one position.
Peatling isn’t getting the midfield minutes i expected (dodged that bullet)
Laird is nowhere near the guts anymore
It seems like Dawson, Rankine & Solingo are the 3 bannas.
Rankine is more likely to go forward than Dawson
Round 15 bye
Is Josh Daicos in discussion to be a top 6 defender?
Been eyeing him for a while, Derek.
Problem is he’s playing the games of his life, finding heaps of it but for only 119, 106 and 113. And that’s off 30, 36 and 32 touches.
Just not enough. No ceiling.
thats what i thought.
have watched a few collingwood games, and it seems like he is racking it up. Only looked at his scores last week and were surprised he wasn’t scoring better
I was tossing up last week to go Josh for a Oliver replacement (swing him to defence later), decided on callaghan because Josh’s BE wasn’t as low. Still have my eye on him
I got him in last week with a BE of 45 so off to a good start. Collingwood is a top team, I can’t see him getting tagged and he’s only had 1 bad game statistically. I’d put him in the NVM category- consistent scorer but perhaps not pumping out a huge Sinclair/Whitfield score
i still have 3 defenders to bring in (have Whitfield, Sheezel and Holmes)
No-one is screaming pick me
Sinclair, Houston, NWM, Clark, Martin?
Already have Rozee and he might get DPP
Mills might start slow?
Defence is hard this year
I’m considering fallen premos Ryan and Flanders. At this stage leaning more towards Flanders as my theory is he’s been eased back more from injury and is now hopefully going to have more mid time, whereas Ryan is more form and change of Freo gamestyle. I need to offload Prior and would rather upgrade, hence I’ll likely go Flanders this week
Not in the same bracket as NWM. No way.
TU: Dale
TD: Sinclair
Early, early thoughts
Two to go out of SPP, Flynn and Bice. Not sure who survives there.
Hustwaite is a no-brainer. Possibly looking at a Lions mid for the upgrade – is Will Ashcroft still a viable option for M8? Only really had one off game this year and that drops out of the cycle this week, where he plays North.
I reckon Washcroft is a keeper, can’t see him getting tagged in a hurry.
Yeah Flynn is frustrating, I took out Z Reid via DPP for him and that’s looking like a wasted trade. At least he’s made some money but you’d expect he’ll struggle to retain his place this week
I went early on Hustwaite and now I don’t love any of the rookies available. Is it crazy to do TDK down to Marshall so that I can turn Flynn or Short into a premo?
Tu: Do it
Td: Find a palatable rookie to do a proper downgrade
TU- Bice and Knevitt out, Ash and Boxshall in
TD- Bice, Knevitt and Rowell out, Holmes, Boxshall and McLuggage in
Went early on Hustwaite so it means I need to go early on another rookie this week, which isn’t ideal but oh well. Trade one is basically locked in:
Prior OUT -> Boxshall (Mid Rookie) IN (via DPP)
But my in is going to be hard, so much value around this week! Need help deciding between 4 underpriced guns, and I can see arguments for each. Who do I upgrade to out of these four?
T/U: W. Ashcroft
T/D: Callaghan
See the comment below for the other two options.
T/U: Warner
T/D: Rozee (assuming he gets DEF DPP)
Should also add for context that my forward line is full, Chad would only slot in there if I move off of Daniel, which very well may happen towards the back half of the season.
i was keen on Warner last week, but already had Daniel at F6.
Tossed up between JDaicos and Callaghan, went Callaghan because of his BE
Any thoughts on the Lorenz from port to bring in?
TU or TD.
Is Sinclair worth keeping?
TU or TD.
who are the premos to buy this week
Is Warner a target largely for forward status? Wouldn’t mind trading out Caleb Daniel eventually, but have bigger priorities. Was thinking about taking merrett for a mid slot as that’s where I need to do some work.
Tu: merrett
Td: warner
Can technically afford any player so comment if there’s any other targets. Don’t want to get butters or bont at peak price, but happy to hear arguments to the contrary, I do need a points boost this week.
Which Crow needs to go?
T/U- Soligo
T/D- Thilthorpe
Thilthorpe is playing with a busted hand
I know it’s a sideways trade and the point difference is isn’t that much but it’s killing me but with the round 12 byes approaching both xerri and tdk will be out, with gawn at a break even of 40 I cant risk him being past 700k. All my rookies are playing and making money and the 5 on field are getting me 60 plus apart from bice last week.
TU or a TD trade.
Lynch and tdk to lorenz and gawn
Have the funds to make Flynn > Romo in one.
Following that…
Tu: Tsatas & Bice > Rookie & Sinclair (boost)
Td: Hold off and target Merrett next week after Jordon tag
If i go early on a mid rookie, who should it be? (i already have Huswaite)
TU Boxshall
TD Lorenz
Going for one of these Crows this week. Which one?
TU: Rankine
TD: Dawson
TU: Petracca
TD: Warner
Just so everyone knows I bought Rowell in 2 weeks ago and Libba last week, so blame me for their poor scores!!!
TU: Flynn and Cerra out for Bont and Boxhall
TD: Flynn and Kako out for Boxhall and Lorenz and upgrade L Ashcroft to Bont next week
Another option is Flynn and Daniel out for Bont and Boxhall moving L Ashcroft forward
Any love for Flanders? I saw a bit of the game last night and the commentary was he was in the middle a lot more. He’s probably bottomed out in price now at 460k
Not yet I reckon.
TU: Cerra to Neale
TD: Flynn to Sheezel
Was going to trade L.Ashcroft but can’t now. Could also get rid of Bice as well.
Flynn & Davidson out for Gawn & Hustwaite?
TU: Do it.
TD: Better value in Warner, Rankine etc
Who to cull?
T/U – SPP (likely for Warner/Trac)
T/D – Flynn (likely the same, maybe RoMa)
Comment – Bice (likely for Sinclair/Zorko)
Best option?
TU: Bont
TD: Butters
TU: Gawn
Hard to decide
None.
Lunacy to be paying 700k for anyone.
You’ll be begging for that cash over the next few weeks.
G’day all,
My team is below:
DEF: Sheezel, J Clark, Z Reid, L Cleary, C.Stone, M Carroll (O McDonald, J Leake)
MID: Butters, Bont, N Daicos, Serong, Dawson, Cerra, Maric, LAshcroft (Moraes, Hall, Gross)
RUC: Gawn, Xerri (Boyd)
FWD: Petracca, Rankine, B Smith, Macrae, C Daniel, M Hall (S Davidson, T Edwards)
FLEX: X Lindsay
23 trades, two boosts left ($144k in bank)
Obviously defence is the focus – looking at something like:
OUT: Cleary, Stone and Davidson
IN: Whitfield/Sincs, DEF rookie and Hustwaite in with Ashcroft coming forward
T/U: do it
T/D: dont
Carroll likely dropped this week. You’ll be facing a donut like you did last round.
I tried workshopping a few things to see if you could get two 450k DEFs in but you can’t.
Keep Cleary. Not sure how/why you have McDonald.
Davidson -> Hustwaite (via Ash DPP)
Stone -> Sinclair
Carroll -> Fonti (pending sheets)
From there your DEF is: Sheezel, Sinclair, Clark, Reid, Cleary & Fonti and you have 23 playing.
Best you’re gonna do I reckon.
Good luck.
was wanting to get warner last week but didn’t have the spots. Should I trade him in this week for Daniel?
TU = Yes, do it
TD = No
I really wanted to bring in warner last week and this week I even more want to but the fact that it could just be a lucky 2 games is killing me it’s like a coin flip for me right now.
scrap that, should i trade in warner for daicos? warner BE is 29 and daicos is 160, daicos too inconsistent with tagging and made his cash.
TU = Yes, trade warner in for daicos
TD = No
*sorry for repeating but I changed something*
I know it’s a sideways trade and the point difference is isn’t that much but it’s killing me but with the round 12 byes approaching both xerri and tdk will be out, with gawn at a break even of 40 I cant risk him being past 700k. All my rookies are playing and making money and the 5 on field are getting me 60 plus apart from bice last week.
TU or a TD trade.
Lynch and tdk to a high js rookie and gawn
Or just go Lynch to a rookie and Caleb Daniel to warner? And have alot of money in the bank
Thoughts on this trade
Out – SPP and knevitt
In – Chad Warner and Boxshall
Heeney:
TU – cut losses and get rid of him
TD – hold
Short Davidson SPP > Dunkley Dawson Fonti
TU Good Trades do it for sure
TD No dont do it – reconsider both premos and going early on Fonti
Bice, SPP & Flynn for
Zorko, Warner and Boxshall
TU Looks good
TD Don’t do the triple and leave Zorko out
I note this isn’t the forum for advice on full squads, but I need some help.
What would you do to fix this team? All feedback is welcome. Thanks.
DEF: Sheezel, Roberts, Short, Bice, Reid, Trainor [Caroll, Leake]
MID: Butters, N.Daicos, Neale, Green, Soligo, L.Ashcroft, H.Garcia [Tsatas, Hustwaite, Camporeale]
RUC: Xerri, Witts [Boyd]
FWD: Horne-Francis, Rankine, Macrae, Daniel, Maric, Cleary [Davidson, Stone]
FLEX: Flynn
$77,100 in the bank, with 1 boost remaining.
Garcia -> Boxshall
Davidson -> 565k~ premo
FWD: Warner/Tracca, finish FWD line now, still have some coin.
MID: Richards, Dawson, Green, Serong (via Ash DPP)
DEF: Sinclair given his MID/DEF status, leave him as a MID till Trainor, Reid and Bice are all tapped out.
Should gawn or Bont be more of a priority?
I have tdk and xerri
Daniel and Flynn out
TU: Gawn
TD: Bont
Neither.
Wrong time to be paying 700k for anyone.
Race to full premo. Target guys like Sinclair, Warner, etc., then look to luxury trade Bont/Gawn at the byes, potentially in flex.
For Warner my only option is really Daniel to Warner as Daniel is f8
If I’m going Sinclair who would you trade out Trainor, Bice or Reid
Actually Trainor won’t get it done by 300 lol. So Reid or Bice
Keep Trainor. Single digit BE w Eagles and Roos coming up.
I’d also definitely be holding Reid (BE -3) and even Bice (BE 71). They’re super stable on field.
Post full team.
What’s the current thinking on Flynn? Has he done his job and time to cash in?
If he’s named this weekend I’ll hold. BE is 68, has beaten that in 3/4 games he’s played. I’ve owned from the start though so if he’s dropped I’ll trade and bank the $123k he’s earned me.
Yeah, I mean BJ wouldn’t have done any better.
Flynn is a low attribute ruckman who goes for it. So, naturally, when he misses the HO or first take, the opposing ruck mops up and it’s a bad look.
Why I’m worried he could be dropped is we’ve been very choppy and erratic with team selection this year, thinking it’ll change anything.
Keep if he plays.
TU:
Flynn -> Boxshall (via flex)
Lalor -> Merrett
Short -> Dale / Zorko
TD:
Flynn -> Boxshall (via flex)
SPP -> Rankine / Warner
Short -> Sinclair / Whitfield
Locked in these options for now
Tu: Flynn, Prior, De Koning to Boxshall, Marshall, Gawn
Td: Prior, Bice or Flynn to Fonti, Sinclair
TU – L.Ashcroft, Oliver & SPP to Gawn, Rankine & Boxhall
TD – Look at other options
Would ideally trade h.langford or x.lindsay first and hold on to see oliver’s availability but this trade leaves me with $3k in the bank and a completed forward line.
Gotta cull one of my premo rookies.. Which option?
TU – Knevitt & SPP for Sicily & Hustwaite
TD – Knevitt & Bice for Warner & Hustwaite
Thoughts on rowell? No easy possessions last couple weeks, not sure if because guys like flanders getting more of it? Is he still a hold?