Well folks, there’s a few notable injuries to take into account at the moment.
Firstly, Chris Judd won’t play this week against Adelaide, and a rumour on BigFooty suggests he’ll miss 4 weeks (although that seems far-fetched). Brett Burton will miss another game for the Crows, and as this AAP story says, Simon Goodwin is also highly doubtful:
Burton (knee) has already been ruled out of Adelaide’s side to tackle the reigning premier at AAMI Stadium on Sunday, with influential midfielder Simon Goodwin (knee) also likely to be sidelined.
Brett Peake broke his collarbone for the second time this year in the WAFL last weekend, which means he should be a handy choice in Dream Team ‘08 after a bad start to this year left him with a season average of 47.
And while there’s been some speculation that Barry Hall will be “rested” (ie dropped), this article from Rohan Connolly indicates it’s all a bit of bluff. It was always looking unlikely, since Nick Davis and Michael O’Loughlin are uncertain starters for the Swans in their huge game against Geelong.
Dean Polo’s year is finished - he’ll need a shoulder reconstruction after Friday night’s game.
Elsewhere, Daniel Wells and Lance Franklin are good chances of playing, while Rhyce Shaw, James Clement and Adem Yze won’t. David Neitz is 50-50.
Edit: Justin Koschitzke has done a hamstring at training, and will miss this weekend’s match against Richmond. Will it be one week, or will Kosi’s usual luck with injuries persist, leaving the second-most-popular Dream Team player into fantasy wasteland?
Any news on Heath Shaw? Copped an injury in the last quarter of the last match.
Can’t find anything anywhere, Toon, which I guess is good news. Hope they don’t suddenly “rest” him next week.
If one were to trade Juddles, who would u all suggest???
With only $5000 in the bank, i cant really upgrade, so am looking at $370000 downwards…
Im looking between, Joel Corey, Lenny Hayes, Luke Hodge, and Adam Cooney…
Suggestions???
Hayes.
Scott West.
scotland
scott tompson or heath scotland have the best averages for your price range.
definately hodge - he is a star and in for some big scores
Hey im selling lloyd, who should i get? Travis Cloke, Cam Mooney or injured Kosi?
Cheers DJ
Any news on Walker, everywhere I look says different amount of time out….
Hey im thinkin of trading out either raines or hunter to get heath shaw. My only concern is shaws recent injury run and my low no of trades.
If you think I should do the trade should i drop hunter or raines?
Hey im gonna trade either Hunter or Raines for Heath Shaw. My only concerns are shaw’s recent injuries and my low no of trades.
If I do the trade should I drop Raines or Hunter? Im leaning towards giving the eagle the axe.
Does anyone know what has happened to Nathen D. Brown? (melbourne) he hasn’t played for 2.5 games, dropped or injured?
For those of you who had Gardiner as a back up ruckman, looks like he may have ended his season at the weekend also.
Yze has a hernia and might be out for 6 weeks too.
if u havnt already traded judd i suggest getting dal santo…. hes been great in previous years and is a bargain at 297k!
i think nathan d may be a prime example of someone who scores well in dreamteam but is just a terrible player and has thus been dropped.
I agree Ken. Nathan D was in my team prior to Rd 1 based on pre-season scoring - but when I saw that he wasn’t named for Rd 1 I promptly got rid of him!
Maybe this year KEN, but prior to last year he was considered just about melbourne’s best backman.
what should i do, i hav kossi, smith(kang) and thomas (kangas….al on the field….i need a win in supercoach desperatly, i hav 1 trade with 91,000 in the bank…..suggestions pleaze thanks
do u have 1 trade left for the season or the round Brendan?
DJ - i’ve had trav cloke-and-dagger since the start and has got better as the year wears on. a big week also against sydney means he has a low b/e…and does anyone know the extent of walker/kossi’s injuries?? only both are on my backline!
On the Adelaide site, it says in new article today that “Andrew McLeod left the track early with some hamstring tightness.”
…eep
Just goes to show why you don’t make trades until late in the week. Who would have thought so many popular players in DT would suddenly be out of round 13?
who should i get? scott west or heath scotland??
tough call
should i ditch kosi too?
im looking at mcleod, reckon hes worthwile?
also got didak, thinking of trading him too for a betetr forward..
would it be silly to trade kosi for tredrea in order to free up money to get o keefe for davey???
Tyson Stenglein also to miss this weekend..
what stinga to miss???!!! oh dammit thats not good news for the eagles.
walker’s likely to miss a month - it came out twice on fri. i dunno with kosi, i read it was done during the game not at training - if he exagerated it at training thats bad.
and “KYNAN” - Nathan D is pump. accept it.
Walker is a real X factor (for me anyway). He’s out for a month, but given that by time he comes back the Blues chances of making the finals may well be gone, and given reports he may need off season surgery, then is there a chance they withdraw him for the year and get the surgery done early to have him fit and primed for 08? It’s often done by the teams with no chance … anybody with inside Carlton knowledge would be helpful here.
Personally, with so few trades left and players dropping all over the place at the moment, I’m all but forced to keep him, but it could bite me in the bum big time if this is the way it goes as my Backs is my weakest area with a very week bench. Ohh the learning curve of a rookie season
On the carlton website it only says 1-2 for walker…..soemthing to think about….
Anyone know what’s happening to McPharlin (Freo)? He missed last week, but no-one seems to know why
Is Heath Shaw a sure starter or is it risky to pick him up with a non scoring emg?
I’d say he was a Shaw thing! Haha! Lame joke, but yeah I would be pretty suprised if he didn’t play. He did return to the field against Sydeny so his calf tightness wouldn’t have been too bad.
A good trade for Kosi? I have no backline benchers who have been named this week bloody Ellis and Frawley. So, who do you reckon would be a decent trade.
Note: He is in my Backline, not forward.
I’m tossing up between Polak and Jones.
what is wrong with stenglein?? How long will he miss…i just picked him up last week!
is bartel a starter this week i just bought him this before the sydney game
Just wondering if anyone can tell me what is the go with Stenglein, does anyone know how long he might be out for? Please help as he is in my dreamteam!!!!!!