DEF: H. Shaw, L. Hodge, B. Smith, D. Swallow, P. Seedsman, M. Scharenberg (R. Bonner, O. McDonald)
MID: N. Fyfe, R. Sloane, J. Selwood, T. Rockliff, G. Ablett jnr, B. Crouch, D. Myers, C. Oliver (J. Hopper, N. Freeman, C. Mills)
RUC: S. Martin, M. Leuenberger (D. Currie)
FWD: D. Martin, M. Barlow, L. Hunter, J. Lamb, S. Kerridge, C. Petracca (C. Ah Chee, M. Close)
CASH LEFT: $56,800
Don't think Hodge and Dusty will keep DPP or Swallow gaining DPP but they're there anyway just incase. In the likely case this is over the cap when the prices are announced, I'll probably just downgrade one of Sloane or Jelwood to Libba or Seedsman down to a rookie.
Seedsman will still have Jaensch to compete with at half back even with smith into the midfield.
Everyone is up in the air with leuenberger personally it's a no.
Love the hunter pick he's a jet!
Very good start mate!
Edit: withdraw Seedsman + Jaensch statement!
Nice side mate!!! Strong across all lines! Forwards are the weakest point, but the rookies/ rookie priced players there are capable of scoring well!
Cheers guys!
Quote from: The_Captain on November 18, 2015, 12:11:26 PM
Nice side mate!!! Strong across all lines! Forwards are the weakest point, but the rookies/ rookie priced players there are capable of scoring well!
Yeah forwards are definitely my weakest point but like you said the rookies there are looking the best so far and also I'm not that keen on too many of the premium forwards at the moment so probably best to go cheap as a starting point.
Good start mate.
what are your thoughts on Myers?
Do you think that 5 cheap forwards will be available round 1?
I love the Hunter pick mate good smokey.
Quote from: Antho Witto on November 20, 2015, 01:03:17 PM
Good start mate.
what are your thoughts on Myers?
Do you think that 5 cheap forwards will be available round 1?
I love the Hunter pick mate good smokey.
Cheers for your thoughts mate!
Myers is priced at 210k in the fanplanner and if he is close to that when the official prices are out then he will be in my side. Averaged 85 in 2014 and should hopefully be around that mark again.
I'm hoping there will be 5 cheap forwards come round one, at the moment we have Kerridge and Petracca who are looking pretty good to be best 22 and there's always a couple more that pop up through the NAB Challenge so fingers crossed.
Team after the draft and since prices been fixed -
DEF: H. Shaw, L. Hodge, B. Smith, D. Swallow, P. Seedsman, A. Francis (C. Byrne, M. Brown)
MID: N. Fyfe, R. Sloane, J. Selwood, T. Rockliff, G. Ablett jnr, B. Crouch, D. Myers, C. Mills (J. Hopper, N. Freeman, B. Keays)
RUC: S. Martin, M. Leuenberger (D. Currie)
FWD: D. Martin, M. Barlow, L. Hunter, B. Kennedy, S. Kerridge, C. Petracca (J. Lamb, M. Close)
CASH LEFT: $13,400
What will you do if you don't have enough money for that team?
Probably downgrade one of Hodge or Seedsman
Quote from: Money Shot on December 06, 2015, 07:35:43 PM
What will you do if you don't have enough money for that team?
Placeholders Francis(D6) and Mills(M8) can probably go to a 120k rookie also... There will be rookies at that price by then to fill those positions.
As for the team IMO you've sacrificed too much for that midfield... Not the safest structure. But if you're going to go heavy somewhere you definitely chose the right line and with the bare minimum of fwd premiums available I think you've done a really good job on this team. If anything look to upgrade leuy!
DEF: H.Shaw, J.Bartel, B.Smith, N.Malceski, A.Francis, M.Brown (C.Byrne, M.Brown)
MID: G.Ablett, R.Sloane, J.Selwood, T.Rockliff, T.Liberatore, B.Crouch, N.Freeman, C.Petracca (J.Gresham, B.Keays, R.Mathieson)
RUC: T.Goldstein, S.Martin (102k R/F)
FWD: B.Deledio, H.Bennell, M.Barlow, M.Leuenberger, B.Kennedy, S.Kerridge (S.Yarran, M.Adams)
39K Remaining.
Only player I'm not sure about is Malceski at D4, I left that position til last he seemed to be the best available, thinking of going down to Seedsman or Aish for some more cash but not sure.
My ruck bench will be the best player for loophole purposes, will be looking at that soon.
Made a few changes
DEF: H. Shaw, J. Bartel, B. Smith, J. Aish, A. Francis, M. Brown (J. Wagner, C. Byrne)
MID: G. Ablett jnr, R. Sloane, J. Selwood, T. Rockliff, T. Liberatore, B. Crouch, J. Hopper, C. Petracca (N. Freeman, D. Gore, L. Sumner)
RUC: T. Goldstein, S. Martin (M. King)
FWD: B. Deledio, H. Bennell, M. Barlow, M. Leuenberger, D. Wells, S. Kerridge (M. Adams, S. Yarran)
CASH LEFT: $8,800
Malceski - Aish and Kennedy - Wells are the two main changes, would like Kennedy instead of Sumner but run out of cash. Could bring in Kennedy for Hopper but I see Hopper with better scoring potential but Kennedy would have better JS I assume. Still not sure about Wells though, one little injury throughout the preseason and he is straight out for me.
Quote from: TomK on December 17, 2015, 03:02:26 PM
Made a few changes
DEF: H. Shaw, J. Bartel, B. Smith, J. Aish, A. Francis, M. Brown (J. Wagner, C. Byrne)
MID: G. Ablett jnr, R. Sloane, J. Selwood, T. Rockliff, T. Liberatore, B. Crouch, J. Hopper, C. Petracca (N. Freeman, D. Gore, L. Sumner)
RUC: T. Goldstein, S. Martin (M. King)
FWD: B. Deledio, H. Bennell, M. Barlow, M. Leuenberger, D. Wells, S. Kerridge (M. Adams, S. Yarran)
CASH LEFT: $8,800
Malceski - Aish and Kennedy - Wells are the two main changes, would like Kennedy instead of Sumner but run out of cash. Could bring in Kennedy for Hopper but I see Hopper with better scoring potential but Kennedy would have better JS I assume. Still not sure about Wells though, one little injury throughout the preseason and he is straight out for me.
would choose kennedy regardless... If he plays 50/50 mid/fwd i could easily see him averaging 20 disposals and kicking 15-20 goals. Hes a freak!
mackenzie is a chance to score as good as aish probable better IMO...
he scored 11/21 times over 80 and 4 100's in 2014 and the eagles are a much better team now.
Quote from: fasttrack13 on December 18, 2015, 12:31:46 PM
Quote from: TomK on December 17, 2015, 03:02:26 PM
Made a few changes
DEF: H. Shaw, J. Bartel, B. Smith, J. Aish, A. Francis, M. Brown (J. Wagner, C. Byrne)
MID: G. Ablett jnr, R. Sloane, J. Selwood, T. Rockliff, T. Liberatore, B. Crouch, J. Hopper, C. Petracca (N. Freeman, D. Gore, L. Sumner)
RUC: T. Goldstein, S. Martin (M. King)
FWD: B. Deledio, H. Bennell, M. Barlow, M. Leuenberger, D. Wells, S. Kerridge (M. Adams, S. Yarran)
CASH LEFT: $8,800
Malceski - Aish and Kennedy - Wells are the two main changes, would like Kennedy instead of Sumner but run out of cash. Could bring in Kennedy for Hopper but I see Hopper with better scoring potential but Kennedy would have better JS I assume. Still not sure about Wells though, one little injury throughout the preseason and he is straight out for me.
would choose kennedy regardless... If he plays 50/50 mid/fwd i could easily see him averaging 20 disposals and kicking 15-20 goals. Hes a freak!
mackenzie is a chance to score as good as aish probable better IMO...
he scored 11/21 times over 80 and 4 100's in 2014 and the eagles are a much better team now.
Already changed my team back to the way it was except a few rookie changes of course, so Kennedy is back in. Didn't like the look of Wells there so got rid of him and Malceski is back in for Aish. I don't mind the look of Mackenzie so I'll keep him in mind.
Think I've finally settled on a team til the NAB Challenge
DEF: K. Kolodjashnij, J. Bartel, B. Smith, N. Malceski, A. Francis, M. Brown (C. Byrne, J. Wagner)
MID: S. Pendlebury, G. Ablett jnr, R. Sloane, T. Rockliff, T. Liberatore, B. Crouch, D. Myers, C. Petracca (D. Gore, N. Freeman, L. Sumner)
RUC: T. Goldstein, S. Martin (M. King)
FWD: D. Martin, H. Bennell, M. Barlow, M. Leuenberger, B. Kennedy, S. Kerridge (M. Adams, S. Yarran)
CASH LEFT: $4,400
Only 4.4k left is a worry but I have expensive on each line so can find a little bit of cash there if need be
Quote from: TomK on January 06, 2016, 03:09:23 PM
Think I've finally settled on a team til the NAB Challenge
DEF: K. Kolodjashnij, J. Bartel, B. Smith, N. Malceski, A. Francis, M. Brown (C. Byrne, J. Wagner)
MID: S. Pendlebury, G. Ablett jnr, R. Sloane, T. Rockliff, T. Liberatore, B. Crouch, D. Myers, C. Petracca (D. Gore, N. Freeman, L. Sumner)
RUC: T. Goldstein, S. Martin (M. King)
FWD: D. Martin, H. Bennell, M. Barlow, M. Leuenberger, B. Kennedy, S. Kerridge (M. Adams, S. Yarran)
CASH LEFT: $4,400
Only 4.4k left is a worry but I have expensive on each line so can find a little bit of cash there if need be
B: has potential but if those guys have Similair seasons to 2015 then you are in trouble there. Would like to see one safe gun that you can rely on (Shaw or McVeigh)
M: really solid, can't fault at all
R: perfect combo and one I'm considering myself
F: if you could find a little extra to upgrade B.Kennedy to Wells I think it would be a perfect forward line. Still very solid none the less.
Strong side all up
Originally did have Shaw then traded him to McVeigh and now he's down to KK so it's the position I am most stuck on but all my defenders should be improving their average next season so I am comfortable with it at the moment.
Not the biggest fan of Wells despite his low price and DPP, I personally don't think he will last at all, if he has a solid NAB challenge I probably find a way to pick him up but at the moment he's out.
Cheers for your thoughts man!
Lovely side and great reasoning
DEF: J. McVeigh, K. Kolodjashnij, J. Bartel, B. Smith, A. Francis, M. Brown (J. Wagner, M. Hartley)
MID: G. Ablett jnr, R. Gray, T. Rockliff, L. Parker, T. Liberatore, B. Crouch, D. Parish, C. Petracca (N. Freeman, D. Gore, L. Sumner)
RUC: T. Goldstein, M. Lobbe (M. King)
FWD: D. Martin, H. Bennell, M. Barlow, L. Franklin, B. Kennedy, S. Kerridge (N. Kommer, M. Adams)
CASH LEFT: $3,500
With Lobbe now being relevant have got him in for Stef and along with a few other changes have allowed me trade 2 midpricers in Malceski and Luey to keepers in Buddy and McVeigh, so pretty happy with this at the moment.
K.Simpson, J.Bartel, B.Smith, E.Mackenzie, A.Francis, M.Brown (C.Byrne, M.Hartley)
S.Pendlebury, G.Ablett, R.Gray, T.Rockliff, T.Liberatore, B.Crouch, D.Parish, C.Petracca (J.Gresham, J.Jansen, S.Menegola)
T.Goldstein, N.Naitanui (M.King)
D.Martin, L.Dahlhaus, M.Barlow, L.Franklin, B.Kennedy, S.Kerridge (M.Adams, S.Yarran)
$300 Remaining
DEF: Still backing in KK for a big year but went for that little bit more security in Simmo and hopefully he is a bit of a POD as well.
MID: Stock standard mids, nothing exciting to see. Have Jansen on bench because on BF (Yes I know :P), someone who posted about him coming to the Lions weeks before it hit the media, has said he is a lock for round 1. Obviously rookies don't matter much now but he can stay for now.
RUC: Set and Forget, no risks here.
FOR: Cooled off of Bennell for now, some of the stats in the thread in the P&T's section has made me go for Dahl instead. Reckon Buddy is in for a huge year and will get back to his best, 2nd behind Tex in Coleman though ;)
A good balanced side, strongly considering Buddy myself, he seems to be good value from the outset.
Definitely agree with the Kennedy to Wells option.
I would also look for ways to switch Parish to O'Meara if he's fit (and reports suggest he's on target for round one).
Not a fan of Wells at all tbh, just don't trust at him at all to not get injured. If he was a little cheaper like his price in RDT, then he would be in but for now I'll pass.
Parish to O'Meara would a good trade but not sure where I would find the 115k, if some good DEF rookies come up in the NAB, I could always downgrade EMac and do that trade but I will probably leave this til the NAB
Really like this side mate, actually very similar to mine (identical structure too) before I started trying to fit in O'Meara :P
Plenty of room to move too, with guys like Francis/Parish/Kennedy holding cash for you if you need to make changes elsewhere. Could sit on this team until Nab and be in a very solid position, although you probably won't ;)
One question though, as an Adelaide supporter, how do you view Smith? I have an uneasy feeling about him personally, have seen him in plenty of sides though
Cheers man!
Yeah that was the plan with Francis/Parish/Kennedy, having an 'expensive' rookie on each line, if cheaper rookies pop up during NAB, there is a few easy changes there to allow me to get O'Meara
Smith is an interesting one, there's no question the concussions affected him last year but I'm not sure if that was the reason for his up and down scores all year. He did move up the ground a bit more last year compared to his AA year so he could have just been adjusting to that new role. Pyke has already said he will be playing him at HB where he's played his best footy so I'm expecting a 90+ average but whether he can be consistent and go higher is another question. With Danger gone though, he's up the order in terms of a tag now but I'd still expect Sloane to be the #1 target. He's personally a lock for me (no bias ;)) but there is still a bit of risk with if he can get back to his best form, handle any attention if it comes his way and consistency
Quote from: TomK on February 01, 2016, 10:31:11 PM
K.Simpson, K.Kolodjashnij, J.Bartel, B.Smith, A.Francis, M.Brown (C.Byrne, M.Hartley)
S.Pendlebury, G.Ablett, T.Rockliff, T.Liberatore, J.O'Meara, B.Crouch, D.Parish, C.Petracca (J.Gresham, J.Jansen, S.Menegola)
T.Goldstein, N.Naitanui (M.King)
D.Martin, L.Dahlhaus, M.Barlow, L.Franklin, B.Kennedy, S.Kerridge (M.Adams, S.Yarran)
$41.1K Remaining
Couple of changes made in bold
Gray (115) + EMac (75) = 190
to
JOM (90-95) + KK (95) = 185 - 190
Scoring potentia close to the same with JOM potential to go higher and be a keeper at m8-m9 with Crouch and an extra 40k in the bank as well
Quote from: TomK on February 03, 2016, 01:49:05 PM
Quote from: TomK on February 01, 2016, 10:31:11 PM
K.Simpson, K.Kolodjashnij, J.Bartel, B.Smith, A.Francis, M.Brown (C.Byrne, M.Hartley)
S.Pendlebury, G.Ablett, T.Rockliff, T.Liberatore, J.O'Meara, B.Crouch, D.Parish, C.Petracca (J.Gresham, J.Jansen, S.Menegola)
T.Goldstein, N.Naitanui (M.King)
D.Martin, L.Dahlhaus, M.Barlow, L.Franklin, B.Kennedy, S.Kerridge (M.Adams, S.Yarran)
$41.1K Remaining
Couple of changes made in bold
Gray (115) + EMac (75) =180
to
JOM (90-95) + KK (95) = 185 - 190
Better scoring potential imo and an extra 40k in the bank
Not sure if it changes anything but 115+75 = 190 ;)
Quote from: Big Mac on February 03, 2016, 02:02:08 PM
Quote from: TomK on February 03, 2016, 01:49:05 PM
Quote from: TomK on February 01, 2016, 10:31:11 PM
K.Simpson, K.Kolodjashnij, J.Bartel, B.Smith, A.Francis, M.Brown (C.Byrne, M.Hartley)
S.Pendlebury, G.Ablett, T.Rockliff, T.Liberatore, J.O'Meara, B.Crouch, D.Parish, C.Petracca (J.Gresham, J.Jansen, S.Menegola)
T.Goldstein, N.Naitanui (M.King)
D.Martin, L.Dahlhaus, M.Barlow, L.Franklin, B.Kennedy, S.Kerridge (M.Adams, S.Yarran)
$41.1K Remaining
Couple of changes made in bold
Gray (115) + EMac (75) =180
to
JOM (90-95) + KK (95) = 185 - 190
Better scoring potential imo and an extra 40k in the bank
Not sure if it changes anything but 115+75 = 190 ;)
Well that's embarrasing hahahaha :-[ But I think I'll leave it still hahaha
Think the changes you made weaken your midfield a little TK. You would want a m4 firing from Rd 1 and I do not see that with Libba. Can see Libba being a keeper but bear in mind he has not played for a full year so may be a little rusty early with scores down.
I am really wary on JOM as he has knee issues and coming back from an ACL. Also in 44 games he has only tonned up 16 times so wary and will watch
It's definitely a risk but it all depends on how they look in the NAB, just thought that these three are the best midpricers available so why not start them all, also have Guns n Rookies everywhere else as well\
Cheers Ringo!
Pre-Nab -
Simpson, Bartel, Yeo, Smith, Byrne, Brown. (Hartley, Broad)
Pendlebury, Ablett, Rockliff, Wines, Liberatore, Crouch, Gresham, Polkinghorne. (Petracca, Cuningham, Dunkley)
Goldy, NN. (Grimley)
Martin, Barlow, Robinson, Buddy, Wells, Kerridge. (Kommer, Adams)
$27.7k Remains
Quote from: TomK on February 17, 2016, 11:20:25 PM
Pre-Nab -
Simpson, Bartel, Yeo, Smith, Byrne, Brown. (Hartley, Broad)
Pendlebury, Ablett, Rockliff, Wines, Liberatore, Crouch, Gresham, Polkinghorne. (Petracca, Cuningham, Dunkley)
Goldy, NN. (Grimley)
Martin, Barlow, Robinson, Buddy, Wells, Kerridge. (Kommer, Adams)
$27.7k Remains
Awesome team. 14/17 of our keepers/midpricers are the same.
Love the structure too.
Post NAB -
Shaw, Laird, Bartel, Smith, Brown, Hartley (Adams, Broad)
Fyfe, Pendlebury, GAJ, Rockliff, Libba, B.Crouch, Gresham, Kerridge (Menadue, Petracca, Davis)
Goldy, NN (Grimley)
Martin, Barlow, Hall, Wells, Kennedy, Milera (McCarthy, Tippa)
1.1k Remaining
Very happy with this, would like to fit Mills in for Milera but not sure where to get the 35k.
If I have to find some cash I will probably go Smith - Lonergan/Seedsman which will also give a bit more cash to throw around but losing a keeper in Smith to a stepping stone/midpricer in Lonergan/Seedsman is not ideal also not buying into the midpricers in defence, not confident in any of them.
No Clangerfield hype for me ;) :P I kid haha but would love to fit him in but I'm not trading any of my 4 mid premos to him and would have to change structure completely to bring him in as 5th premo which I don't want to do so upgrade target for me. Petracca is there for the loophole until he plays then I will look to bring in King for a fwd rookie.
Rucks speak for themselves.
Watched Hall on Friday night and he was just too good to leave out, imo he will still mainly be a midfielder when GAJ, Swallow, Prestia and JOM are in the same team, obviously his numbers will probably drop a bit but I think he'll still be good enough for F6.
Good side but I worry about the mid bench coverage, Petracca & Davis could set you back with the cash generation, particularly if Davis fails to perform. I think you need one of Mills or Oliver to add a bit of security.
I have to agree with Bully mate.
The midfield rookies just don't cut it really to be have a lot of confidence to pick a floating donut when you could potentially have 2 donuts in round 2 if Davis doesn't have a good game in round 1.
Gresham from St Kilda looks to have decent JS and at 144k should be on your midfield bench IMO for Petracca.
If possible can you find a way to turn Petracca into Gresham and then turn Milera or McCarthy into Mills?
Would you consider dropping Heater to a cheaper premo defender such as Houli or Simpson to get the extra cash?
Agree with both AK and Bully as well you need to really adjust mid bench. You have DPP options but risky.
Cheers fellas! Yeah I get what you're saying, it would feel a lot more safer with Mills/Oliver in there but there isn't anywhere I'm willing to downgrade right now to get some cash. The ideal trade would be Davis - Mills but even Shaw - Simpson leaves me a couple hundred short and even if that could work, I really want Shaw from the start. Might just sit on this til R1 teams and go from there :-\
Quote from: AaronKirk on March 14, 2016, 10:02:03 AM
Gresham from St Kilda looks to have decent JS and at 144k should be on your midfield bench IMO for Petracca.
If possible can you find a way to turn Petracca into Gresham and then turn Milera or McCarthy into Mills?
Already got Gresh at M7, AK
Quote from: TomK on March 14, 2016, 03:48:56 AM
Shaw, Laird, Bartel, Weitering, Dea, Hartley (Adams, Brown)
Fyfe, Pendlebury, GAJ, Rockliff, Libba, B.Crouch, Mills, Kerridge (Menadue, Petracca, Davis)
Goldy, NN (Grimley)
Martin, Barlow, Hall, Wells, Kennedy, Milera (McCarthy, Tippa)
62k Remaining
Okay so I have currently sacrificed my boy Brodie Smith which I'm not happy with doing, to Weitering. It's allowed to me to do these two trades - Broad - Dea and Gresham - Mills which gives me better rookies with a better chance to play round one and also an extra 62k. Would it be worth it to use 30k on Milera - Oliver?
I'd probably spend that 30k on turning Petracca into Gresham. Personal preference I rather start with all 30 playing cause I figure soon enough I'll get a loophole option through injury or omission.
Quote from: jeesh on March 18, 2016, 04:44:16 PM
I'd probably spend that 30k on turning Petracca into Gresham. Personal preference I rather start with all 30 playing cause I figure soon enough I'll get a loophole option through injury or omission.
I'm definitely thinking of it. If Gresh is named then I will probably make the switch, I think it was Bully who posted a very convincing argument in his team thread about this which has made me think it's the right choice.
DEF: H.Shaw, R.Laird, J.Bartel, J.Weitering, M.Dea, M.Adams (A.McDonald-Tipungwuti, M.Brown)
MID: N.Fyfe, P.Dangerfield, G.Ablett, L.Parker, T.Liberatore, B.Crouch, B.Kennedy, C.Oliver (C.Mills, C.Menadue, R.Davis)
RUC: T.Goldstein, N.Naitanui (L.Goetz)
FOR: A.Hall, M.Robinson, M.Barlow, D.Wells, S.Kerridge, T.Papley (L.McCarthy, W.Milera)
$69.1K Remaining.
28 trades left.
Okay so the problem is Brad Crouch and what to do with him, 69K doesn't give me too many options and worked out a few which could work.
1. Hold him and use as a loophole
2. Go down to Parish and pocket the 46k
3. Go down to Parish and then next week Milera - Ruggles and Mills - B.Smith
4. Go a week or two early on Milera - Ruggles and Crouch - Zaharakis
Would love some thoughts :)
After recommending Gresham I should probably refrain from making further comments but what about going Crouch to Hartley?
Quote from: jeesh on April 12, 2016, 12:37:03 PM
After recommending Gresham I should probably refrain from making further comments but what about going Crouch to Hartley?
Hahaha that was alright mate, would've gone him anyway.
Hadn't really considered Hartley tbh, not sold on his JS with Grima waiting and his scoring won't be all that great I assume.
Depending on how desperately you want Zaha. If you do I would go this week as he is predicted to rise another 33k this week with a B/e of 42. And the following B/e predicted at 77 with another 30k price rise.
So up to you but 4 looks appealing.
Quote from: TomK on April 12, 2016, 02:59:48 PM
Quote from: jeesh on April 12, 2016, 12:37:03 PM
After recommending Gresham I should probably refrain from making further comments but what about going Crouch to Hartley?
Hahaha that was alright mate, would've gone him anyway.
Hadn't really considered Hartley tbh, not sold on his JS with Grima waiting and his scoring won't be all that great I assume.
Assuming Grima gets named this week as per say and Hartley holds his spot I'll take him cause I'm gonna probably need another downgrade in ST-Ruggles the following week
Quote from: Ringo on April 12, 2016, 03:41:56 PM
Depending on how desperately you want Zaha. If you do I would go this week as he is predicted to rise another 33k this week with a B/e of 42. And the following B/e predicted at 77 with another 30k price rise.
So up to you but 4 looks appealing.
Just not sure if Zaha can keep it up, he's a bargain at his price right now for what he is doing but still a risk. Also doesn't feel right culling Milera so early when I'm pretty sure he still has a negative BE but Crouch needs to go and I don't wanna downgrade him :-\
What about reverting to your original plan of starting with Petracca and downgrading Crouch to him? lol
Another option would be to go M.Brown - Hartley this week and get another price rise out of Milera and then go him to Ruggles and going by projected scores and prices, I would roughly have 536k to work with when trading Crouch. But is another trade worth it for someone else over Zaha? I don't know, such a headache.
Quote from: jeesh on April 12, 2016, 04:59:42 PM
What about reverting to your original plan of starting with Petracca and downgrading Crouch to him? lol
Hahah I reckon I'll wait til Petracca is on the bubble, shouldn't be too long til he plays.
I know, it's a hard decision. ATM I have Zaha in for B Crouch and Sam Gray > Weitering but my other option would be Crouch > Hartley and Sam Gray > Robbie Gray but then I am left with a rookie (McDT/Hartley/Brown) I don't want on field's scorer. Not sure if Zaha can be trusted. He does have Geelong, Collingwood and Carlton in his next three.
i've got a similar issue to you, zaha looking as my only upgrade option for this week for crouch and i don't feel overly comfortable having him, the option I'm sitting on at the moment is going a week early with crouch down to ruggles leaving me with 260k and hopefully next week be able to get a rook up to someone more reliable like Gray etc.. still not sure yet.
I don't think long term that Zaharakis will be a keeper.
Parish still has cash to make. Maybe go Crouch to Parish. If Parish keeps up an 83 average he will get to approximately 399k by Essendon's bye and be a relatively easy upgrade.
Quote from: AaronKirk on April 14, 2016, 09:07:21 AM
I don't think long term that Zaharakis will be a keeper.
Parish still has cash to make. Maybe go Crouch to Parish. If Parish keeps up an 83 average he will get to approximately 399k by Essendon's bye and be a relatively easy upgrade.
Yeah I'm not convinced either. Is going to Parish worth a trade though? If I did this, I would be planning to use two more trades next week and that would 5 gone already which is not ideal.
I could just do the Milera - Ruggles trade and Brodie Smith instead of Zaha and moving him down back eventually, he looks in great form, like he was in 2014.
Team after trades this week -
DEF: H.Shaw, R.Laird, J.Bartel, B.Smith, M.Adams, D.Byrne-Jones (M.Hartley, M.Brown)
MID: L.Parker, G.Ablett, P.Dangerfield, S.Pendlebury, M.Murphy, T.Liberatore, C.Mills, C.Oliver (B.Kennedy, R.Davis, J.Smith)
RUC: T.Goldstien, N.Naitanui (L.Goetz)
FOR: L.Dahlhaus, A.Hall, M.Barlow, M.Robinson, D.Wells, S.Kerridge (L.McCarthy, C.Menadue)
10K Remaining, 21 Trades left after this week, Overall Rank - 4128.
Current trades this week are Weitering and Tippa - J.Smith and Dahlhaus. Using Hartley as cover for Laird which is pretty annoying but hopefully can knock out some 70's.
Bennedy to Petracca is locked in next week which currently would give me roughly 190K in the bank which won't be enough to upgrade Oliver with my other trade next week which is next on my list.
My question is, do I go Buddy or Dusty this week instead of Dahl which would give me enough to go Oliver - Rocky next week or do I stay with Dahl and go Davis - Keays and upgrade Oliver the week after but costs an extra trade for an upgrade. Any thoughts? :-\
If Keays kills it next week, then most people may be doing a double downgrade anyway, so I'd just grab Dahl (or Zorko ;)) now, and whatever happens next week happens.
Yeah that's what I'm leaning towards, cheers GL
Quote from: GoLions on May 04, 2016, 02:51:23 PM
If Keays kills it next week, then most people may be doing a double downgrade anyway, so I'd just grab Dahl (or Zorko ;)) now, and whatever happens next week happens.
Good advice, it's also a good reason to lock in Rocky now.
Quote from: Bully on May 04, 2016, 07:38:28 PM
Quote from: GoLions on May 04, 2016, 02:51:23 PM
If Keays kills it next week, then most people may be doing a double downgrade anyway, so I'd just grab Dahl (or Zorko ;)) now, and whatever happens next week happens.
Good advice, it's also a good reason to lock in Rocky now.
If I already had Shaw, I would 100% be bringing Rocky in this week :(
Quote from: Bully on May 04, 2016, 07:38:28 PM
Quote from: GoLions on May 04, 2016, 02:51:23 PM
If Keays kills it next week, then most people may be doing a double downgrade anyway, so I'd just grab Dahl (or Zorko ;)) now, and whatever happens next week happens.
Good advice, it's also a good reason to lock in Rocky now.
Swing Bennedy forward and grab Rocky now instead of Dahl? :o
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaalp
DEF: Shaw, Laird, Bartel, 22 Points B.Smith ::), Adams, DBJ. (Brown, Hartley)
MID: Danger, Parker, Pendles, Gaz, Murphy, Libba, Kedge, Bennedy. (Oliver, Smith, Davis)
RUC: Goldy, NN. (Goetz)
FOR: Dahlhaus, Merrett, Hall, Robinson, Wells, Barlow. (Menadue, Petracca)
13K Remaining, 19 trades left.
Staring at playing Brown and Hartley again which is frustrating, especially Brown, Hartley is okay. Will play Smith if Gaz is out.
What trades tho? Too many problems, I don't know where to start.
Depends if you wanna keep Adams or not. If you do, I'd drop Brown and maybe Hartley for Brand and a premo. Could alternatively trade someone like Kerridge/Oliver/Menadue etc and get Macpherson (or swing Adams fwd), depending on how much cash you need for the player(s) you want.
Yeah I reckon I'll keep Adams. I want to get rid of Menadue but at his price I can't get anyone at all and if I go him to MacPherson it gives me barely any money to make an upgrade.
Just played around with it and my current trades are on the basis that Barlow isn't back which is Oliver - MacPherson and Barlow - Docherty via Adams, so I play Petracca for Adams and Hartley for Laird which I'm comfortable with. Next week atm the plan is Davis - Hopper and Bennedy/Kedge - Priddis/Ward.
DEF: H.Shaw, S.Docherty, J.Bartel, R.Laird, B.Smith, D.Byrne-Jones (M.Brown, K.Brand)
MID: P.Dangerfield, S.Pendlebury, G.Ablett, L.Parker, M.Priddis, M.Murphy, T.Liberatore, B.Kennedy (J.Hopper, J.Smith, R.Davis)
RUC: T.Goldstien, N.Naitanui (L.Goetz)
FOR: L.Dahlhaus, Z.Merrett, A.Hall, M.Robinson, D.Wells, S.Kerridge (C.Petracca, C.Menadue)
164.8K Remaining, 15 Trades left.
BenKen - Gray is locked in, lose my DPP but not too worried about that at this stage.
Next trade a bit stuck on. I want Mathieson, helps a lot with my current bye structure. Smith still has cash to make but might be necessary. Murphy is going to plummet even more in cash and has already lost me money. If I go Smith, I'll have enough Cash next week for Brown - McVeigh which will complete my defence and only one rookie (Kerridge) left on field. If I go Murph, I'll obviously have enough for the Brown - McVeigh trade but I'll be an extra premo down but the cash generation will be better. Plan is, if I keep Murph, to make Libba/Murph M8/9 Loophole players. Smith to trade is probably the more sensible option.
Any thoughts guys?
Could go a week early on Collins and skip Matho? Menadue-->Collins via Brown, open up fwd/def dpp, Bennedy to Gray?
Not really keen on having Collins and Brand as D7/8. Want DBJ there which I can do next week. Plus it messes with my current bye structure as well so I reckon I won't bother with Collins and I'll just go ahead with the Smith - Matho and cop the fact he has more money to make. Cheers GL!
Dunno about having both Murph and Libba. One to go to m9 eventually sounds good (probably Libba) but this could be an opportunity to clean up your mids a bit?
Youve got 5 of the best mids going then it drops off sharply.
Im with you on not getting collins while you have Brand. Its dicey. So Matho is the go.
What about Menadue to mids for Matho and upgrade kerridge? Doesnt seem ideal but a menadue 40 in the byes makes it almost not worth having him. Not to mention he may not even get a game.
Getting Gray is attractive however but it can only be done via Murph.
Team after trades this week - (Bolded have bye)
Shaw, Dochers, Bartel, Laird, Pittard, B.Smith (DBJ, Collins)
Danger, Pendles, Ablett, Parker, Sloane, Priddis, Gray, Libba (Hopper, Stewart, Mathieson)
Goldy, Gawn (Goetz)
Merrett, Montagna, Dahlhaus, Robinson, Wells, Hall (Kerridge, Phillips)
$57.2K Remaining, 6 Trades left after this week.
Trades this week were Petracca/Menadue - Montagna/Phillips and if everyone plays should have 20 this week with 18 next week.
Not sure what to do with Libba. Would like to get rid of him this week but the best option I can get who has had their bye is Treloar I reckon and I don't really want him. I want to move him to M9 but he is a liability on field at the moment and I don't want to wait until one of my cows fattens up to have the cash to upgrade Hopper to a premo.
To off set some of the damage he does, what I'm thinking of next week is -
Kerridge/Hall straight swap to Buddy, leaving the other as F7/M9 swingman once I bring a DPP into mids
Very premature but Stewart - Silvagni/Hammelman to sit at F8 via Phillips giving me DPP into mids
Hopper - Zaharakis
This will allow me to have the choice of Libba/Zaha every week and the opportunity to loophole if I have a non playing player somewhere and Hall/Kerridge covering the forward line and midfield with 3 trades left with the intention to upgrade Libba eventually leaving Zaha as permanent M9.
Thoughts?
Slowly moving up the ranks, moving up 425 to 3262. Have 19 playing this week currently so hopefully can move up into the top 3K.
Team is basically complete and as follows -
Shaw, Docherty, Bartel, Laird, Pittard, B.Smith (Byrne-Jones, Collins)
Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Ablett, Sloane, Parker, Gray, Priddis, Libba (Phillips, Mathieson, Stewart)
Goldy, Gawn (Goetz)
Merrett, Montagna, Dahlhaus, Wells, Robinson, Hall (Kerridge, Menadue)
109K Remaining. 6 Trades left.
Got the cash to go Kerridge - Zorko next week to strengthen my forwards but it will ruin my plan to go Menadue/Mathieson - Hannebery/102K in a few weeks. I could waste a trade on Stewart - Marcon or something to give me enough cash leaving me with just two trades for the rest of the year but with the amount of cover I'll have, it could be okay.
Brodie Smith will probably end up being my biggest weak link, he really should be averaging at least 85, very disappointing but with the Crows' good draw coming up, I hope he can reach that average for the remainder of the year.
Had a great few weeks until last but have moved up to 1831 overall. Plan from now is to get to the top 1k!
Shaw, Docherty, Laird, Bartel, Pittard, Smith (Byrne-Jones, Collins)
Dangerfield, Pendlebury, Sloane, Parker, Hannebery, Gray, Priddis, Libba (Mathieson, Stewart, Phillips)
Goldstein, Gawn (Goetz)
Merrett, Zorko, Montagna, Franklin, Hall, Robinson (Dahlhaus, Silvagni)
2 trades, 343K left.
Not having Simpson and Dusty is definitely costing me, if I had those two instead of Smith and Hall, my team would look much better. My bench cover is very good though, especially after this week. Hopefully Dahlhaus is back soon so I can send one of Robinson/Hall to F7.
Plan this week to is to upgrade a mid bench rookie to send Libba to M9. Only question is who to upgrade out of Mathieson and Stewart.
Upgrading Mathieson gives me more options and more cash remaining but less bench cover.
Upgrading Stewart only gives me Ward as the best option, more bench cover and with only 1 trade left, could be very useful but only 3k remaining.
Any thoughts?
Nothing wrong with Ward.
Best keep your bench cover.
Quote from: PICCOLLO on July 20, 2016, 09:15:08 PM
Nothing wrong with Ward.
Best keep your bench cover.
Was leaning towards that, cheers mate!