So every thread I see someone posting 'Why did I trade x out for y' or 'Why didn't I take the VC score' etc etc.
This thread is to log all the mistakes you make, because let's be honest we all make them.. no one has a perfect run through any season..
For me, trading out Collins for Parker instead of Hore or Balta is my big blunder so far. Going to miss out on a really good cash gen rookie because I just assumed Collins would miss games and didn't check the teams, meanwhile I am stuck with 2 guys who will really struggle to generate any money if any at all.
Shaw over Whitfield.
Starting Lyons as a PoD. Worst mistake ever.
Making room for Dusty in the mids.
Meant ditching TK up forward for a rookie.
Meant ditching MCrouch to fit Brad Crouch in.
Took Ridley in defence over Whitfield for Dusty.
Meant losing extra mid rookie on field.
Had Collins in but found spare cash for Ridley and then traded him Round 2.
Started Balta and fielded him Round 1 over Duursma. Traded Round 2 for Pahka.
Ditched Cripps VC Round 1 for Dusty 5 mins pre game and then went Grundy skipper.
Started Tobias Greene, played 1/3 games.
Started that Hore bag, traded to Wilkie and copped a 30 odd Round 2 with 60’s on bench.
Used 5 trades to clean this mess.
Need I go on?
Hanley
Balta over Parker
Starting Mundy thinking he would get more mid time replacing Neale and then seeing him being managed.
Starting Simmo over Whitfield.
and still out on Dusty but a lot in the same leaking boat.
Not starting whitfield or Lloyd and not starting constable
Replacing Boak with Mundy a day before the season started. Cost me 140 odd points and a trade.
A couple of bad rookie choices, Balta and Parker and the selection of Hore, although I don't consider them huge mistakes.
Rage trading Heeney. At least it was for TK so it doesn’t sting too bad yet.
Quote from: IntegralX on April 09, 2019, 09:00:27 AM
Rage trading Heeney. At least it was for TK so it doesn’t sting too bad yet.
until he doesnt play this week
too many to name ;D :'(
Nuh jk... hmmm lemme see
1) had Neale/sheed/boak in my team a day before lockout, instead went with Steele/Greene/Conglio.
2) not going with my gut and trading Shaw + Heeney to Whitfield + Boak, instead i got Lloyd + parker (2 potential top 10 picks + 111 point loss)
3) Balta over Parker
4) Hore over Collins or Rozee
oh well thats SC for ya.
My only real frustration is starting Simpson, but had him in all preseason so not feeling too salty about it.
Brodie Smith, Crisp and Heeney have had some meh scores, but overall not a bad start for me.
Quote from: jfitty on April 09, 2019, 09:45:13 AM
Brodie Smith, Crisp and Heeney have had some meh scores, but overall not a bad start for me.
for his price he's done pretty well so far. $330K and avg 82 so far is not bad.
"Lloyd is too expensive he can't maintain that price"
"2 port rookies are enough, Butters and Rozee aren't cheap"
:-[ :'(
Not starting Lloyd and Macrae because I fear that I won’t be able to get them in now.
Starting Dusty even though I had my reservations.
Starting Balta and Hore as I’ve wasted two trades already.
Hore and Mundy, but turned them into Scrimshaw and Whitfield (backline looks much better now with Lloyd and Whitfield). If Mundy keeps turning it around then might regret moving quickly on him.
Still have Mills who turned it around last round, but was against the Blues, so the jury is still out on him.
Picking Dunkley over Boak to start
Currently on 28 trades not sure if it’s wasting a trade swapping Dunkley for Boak
Do people think Boak will keep up hisbhigh scoring all season??
Quote from: Dmoney$ on April 09, 2019, 10:57:32 AM
Picking Dunkley over Boak to start
Currently on 28 trades not sure if it’s wasting a trade swapping Dunkley for Boak
Do people think Boak will keep up hisbhigh scoring all season??
I was sceptical about Boak, but if you look at his averages against all the teams, his lowest is an 81, but he generally averages 90's - 100's. These averages are good enough to make him one of the top FWDs. He is playing more midfield now and I can't see him going below his historical averages, but has every chance to average higher than in the past, so I think he seems like a safe bet. There are hardly any FWD premiums putting their hands up right now so I am feeling more confident in Boak and will be looking to get him in eventually.
I'm actually quite content, although I have landed on the wrong side of a few 50/50 calls
I had Neale and Oliver rotating for ages, and ended up on Oliver. He hasn't been horrible, but obviously Neale has been massive so it hurts missing that
I also had M.Crouch in my side for ages and traded him to Dusty the day before the season started
I never really had Whitfield in my side so can't be upset about missing him
Oliver over Neale, hopefully things balance out in the long run but this has cost me a spot in the top 1000 which would have been a great start. Pretty happy with my team however, well positioned & not completely out of the running.
Quote from: RaisyDaisy on April 09, 2019, 11:18:53 AM
I'm actually quite content, although I have landed on the wrong side of a few 50/50 calls
I had Neale and Oliver rotating for ages, and ended up on Oliver. He hasn't been horrible, but obviously Neale has been massive so it hurts missing that
I also had M.Crouch in my side for ages and traded him to Dusty the day before the season started
I never really had Whitfield in my side so can't be upset about missing him
Very hard to nail every 50/50 call and it's only 3 rounds in, but you seem to be in good shape so far. You have dodged all the major bullets so far.
Not picking Lloyd and Whitfield when they were in my side pretty much all preseason so went for Laird and Crisp instead. Apart from that pretty happy - got Boak, Neale and Libba right
Quote from: tommy10 on April 09, 2019, 11:40:22 AM
Not picking Lloyd and Whitfield when they were in my side pretty much all preseason so went for Laird and Crisp instead. Apart from that pretty happy - got Boak, Neale and Libba right
Laird and Crisp are keepers so not too bad. Just got to hope Lloyd and Whitfield have an average game or two around the time the rookies start to fatten up and you will be in great shape.
Sean Darcy
Toby Greene
Dustin Martin
Consistently dropping points from rookie selections. Balta over Drew, Setterfield over Scott/Constable, Coloins over Hore (All Rd 1), Scott over Constable/Butters Rd 2, Scott over Butters, Duurs/Clark over Collins (Both Rd 3)
I'm not willing to call Dunkley or Laird official mistakes yet, but they have some work to do to catch up to the others in their positions
Quote from: Wanderer on April 09, 2019, 11:44:55 AM
Quote from: tommy10 on April 09, 2019, 11:40:22 AM
Not picking Lloyd and Whitfield when they were in my side pretty much all preseason so went for Laird and Crisp instead. Apart from that pretty happy - got Boak, Neale and Libba right
Laird and Crisp are keepers so not too bad. Just got to hope Lloyd and Whitfield have an average game or two around the time the rookies start to fatten up and you will be in great shape.
Yeah definitely but frustrated I had Lloyd and Whitfield before round 1. Oh well, here’s hoping the Cats pay extra attention to Whitfield :P Lloyd will kill it again at home. Forgot to mention I started with Dusty but corrected that last week to Sloane which has worked out well so far and hope his good form continues.
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on April 09, 2019, 09:25:02 AM
Quote from: IntegralX on April 09, 2019, 09:00:27 AM
Rage trading Heeney. At least it was for TK so it doesn’t sting too bad yet.
until he doesnt play this week
He’ll play this week. He could’ve come back on last week.
Starting Dusty is my only big regret.
Billings ahead of Boak to save a little bit of money was silly but not a disaster.
The only other mistakes I've made were on which rookies I fielded and benched but that's a lotto the first couple of rounds
Starting 7 prems and mids in Midfield. Left me without space to grab cash making rookies.
Meant no Lloyd,
Trading Libba to Worpel r2 to get in mid rookies and strengthen fwd/def
Trading Ridely to wilkie r2 after ridley and hore both dropped
Trading Heeney to Crisp r3 was 3500 short of Lloyd -should have sat on him.
Starting Bailey Smith instead of Zac Butters
4 trades done and just shuffled deckchairs on titanic. Avg 2250 and hit most mid pricers and rookies.
Regret starting B Smith, can see low probability as keeper.
Quote from: crowls on April 09, 2019, 03:05:11 PM
Starting 7 prems and mids in Midfield. Left me without space to grab cash making rookies.
Meant no Lloyd,
Trading Libba to Worpel r2 to get in mid rookies and strengthen fwd/def
Trading Ridely to wilkie r2 after ridley and hore both dropped
Trading Heeney to Crisp r3 was 3500 short of Lloyd -should have sat on him.
Starting Bailey Smith instead of Zac Butters
4 trades done and just shuffled deckchairs on titanic. Avg 2250 and hit most mid pricers and rookies.
Regret starting B Smith, can see low probability as keeper.
B.Smith had a bad game last round but still averaging 82 so far and will make around $40-50k after this round. If he can get his average closer to 90 then it would have been worth having him in the team even if he doesn't become a keeper due to not many good rookie options being available. He could even be a good stepping stone to Lloyd.
Quote from: Wanderer on April 09, 2019, 03:20:46 PM
Quote from: crowls on April 09, 2019, 03:05:11 PM
Starting 7 prems and mids in Midfield. Left me without space to grab cash making rookies.
Meant no Lloyd,
Trading Libba to Worpel r2 to get in mid rookies and strengthen fwd/def
Trading Ridely to wilkie r2 after ridley and hore both dropped
Trading Heeney to Crisp r3 was 3500 short of Lloyd -should have sat on him.
Starting Bailey Smith instead of Zac Butters
4 trades done and just shuffled deckchairs on titanic. Avg 2250 and hit most mid pricers and rookies.
Regret starting B Smith, can see low probability as keeper.
B.Smith had a bad game last round but still averaging 82 so far and will make around $40-50k after this round. If he can get his average closer to 90 then it would have been worth having him in the team even if he doesn't become a keeper due to not many good rookie options being available. He could even be a good stepping stone to Lloyd.
also in principle against 600k def and fwds (unless named dangerfield or docherty) got caught with Doc a season or so ago as well as I bet he would come down and didn't. When these no 1 picks don't drop it is darn near impossible to get them in later.
Rage trading Collins out after R1
Having Neale til a few days before Supercoach started but got rid of him only cos he handballs too much (got dust in tho)
Trading Mundy out for Rocky (via dpp) after R2
Trading Hore out just before R3 & talking myself out of trading in Rozee cos he was too dear for a rookie and getting Burgess instead
keeping Dusty even though my gut said get rid of him.
then just the continual having the high scoring rooks on the pine each week while those on the field score like shower
My team now looks no better than it did 3weeks ago & I've blown 4 trades & am averaging 2,046
Overall rank now 87,860 flowering frustrating !
This is a big one, but I'm still adamant it was Herald Suns fault.
Last week I chose to take my VC captain score so I put my EMERGENCY ruck man Sweet on the ground for Gawn and gave Sweet the C (all on my app). I though sweet, all good. Nope check my team after Gawn has played and he is left blank with no "E" selected on him. From my understanding (I've tried it since and it does work) if your bench player has the "E" selected then when you swap them on field the player that comes off automatically gets the "E", hence me not really paying much attention. This did not happen in this scenario and Herald Sun won't do anything about it. Would've been close to 2400 points if Gawns score had counted instead I copped a donut.
Saving grace is I'm playing for league this season so overall isn't as important and league matchups didn't start till round 3, however it still sits in the back of my mind. >:(
Quote from: jvalles69 on April 09, 2019, 04:32:52 PM
This is a big one, but I'm still adamant it was Herald Suns fault.
Last week I chose to take my VC captain score so I put my EMERGENCY ruck man Sweet on the ground for Gawn and gave Sweet the C (all on my app). I though sweet, all good. Nope check my team after Gawn has played and he is left blank with no "E" selected on him. From my understanding (I've tried it since and it does work) if your bench player has the "E" selected then when you swap them on field the player that comes off automatically gets the "E", hence me not really paying much attention. This did not happen in this scenario and Herald Sun won't do anything about it. Would've been close to 2400 points if Gawns score had counted instead I copped a donut.
Saving grace is I'm playing for league this season so overall isn't as important and league matchups didn't start till round 3, however it still sits in the back of my mind. >:(
taking it well JV. I would be be pissed!!!!
Changing Neale to Fyfe on the eve of the season.
Then, going extreme sideways for a disaster last week. Heeney to Worpel and Ryan to Lloyd, only for Heeney to go large and Ryan to go 150+! So much for his injury.
All my stupid fault though, I know better after so many years playing this game. Still No Eye Deer!!!
Just keep telling myself at least I’ve got the best two back men now. Whitfield and Lloyd.
Could go Fyfe to Neale this week......... ::) ::) ::)
Instead of starting Neale and B.Crouch, I started Dusty and Zorko :o
Quote from: crowls on April 09, 2019, 06:02:28 PM
Quote from: jvalles69 on April 09, 2019, 04:32:52 PM
This is a big one, but I'm still adamant it was Herald Suns fault.
Last week I chose to take my VC captain score so I put my EMERGENCY ruck man Sweet on the ground for Gawn and gave Sweet the C (all on my app). I though sweet, all good. Nope check my team after Gawn has played and he is left blank with no "E" selected on him. From my understanding (I've tried it since and it does work) if your bench player has the "E" selected then when you swap them on field the player that comes off automatically gets the "E", hence me not really paying much attention. This did not happen in this scenario and Herald Sun won't do anything about it. Would've been close to 2400 points if Gawns score had counted instead I copped a donut.
Saving grace is I'm playing for league this season so overall isn't as important and league matchups didn't start till round 3, however it still sits in the back of my mind. >:(
taking it well JV. I would be be pissed!!!!
A whole lot of woosaaa's been happening crowls mate. :'(
Started a cheap ruck 2 who got dropped early, panicked because I didn't want a donut in round 2 so I brought in Hoff. Hoff has sucked terribly.
Started with Ridley and Shaw. Started with Hore over Duursma because I needed the cash.
Most of my main issues have been fixed, just some horrible luck (Rocky and Fyfe concussed last week) which has probably wiped out my season.
Took a risk starting with a slim defense and it backfired - Williams, Smith, Ridley, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)
Ridley gets dropped so I trade him to Wilkie but then I had to move Moore to the backline via Burgess to replace Ridley which meant starting Setterfield, Drew and Parker. Worked ok for a couple of weeks but looks horrible now.
Not starting Whitfield or Lloyd\both has turned out to be a disaster!!
Went 6 premo mids when I should have taken a few mid pricers like Sheed, B.Crouch and Libba. Didn't though as I thought they would just need upgrading later on.
If I had of gone for those 3 midfield mid pricers I could have then started with Lloyd and Whitfield. :'(
Starting with flowering shower rookies Hore, Gibbons and Balta. Have already traded out Hore and Gibbons. Balta goes next week for Stack.
Starting Dunkley when Bevo lied and said Dunkley would be getting midfield time. Dunks has played forward since and has 5 midfielders in front of him.
Have brought in Whitfield (dumped Fyfe) and replaced Dunkley with Boak this week before my season was going to get flushed down the toilet (fell from 8,000 to 15,000 odd)
Still early days and won 5/10 of my leagues with what I thought was a team with a bad structure. Have fixed that up now and managed to get Moore back down to F4 so I am positive I can steer this ship in the right direction again. 8)
Early days but I would much rather Gryan than Noah & could've made better decisions with 1 or 2 other rooks. Constable my only bench rookie making any worthwhile money atm. Bit of a worry going forward. May have to sell Walsh or Libba as soon as they flatten out just to get something going.
Yep, Dunkley is the mistake made starting him. Come to think of it, I made the exact same mistake last season starting him. He did finish off last year really well, after I got rid of him. So probably will do the same now I've traded him this week.
Starting Toby Greene
Quote from: frenzy on April 10, 2019, 09:52:56 PM
Yep, Dunkley is the mistake made starting him. Come to think of it, I made the exact same mistake last season starting him. He did finish off last year really well, after I got rid of him. So probably will do the same now I've traded him this week.
Could be a lot worse Frenzy. Could've started McLean (not that anyone did) he is getting zero MID. Dunkley is still getting MID & is a hold all day for mine. I do not have Dunkley but confident he is still top 12 FWD.
Playing SC rather than just selecting and drinking some great Aussie Red wine while watching the AFL (chardonnay only reserved for WCE matches) 8)
Quote from: HappyDEZ on April 10, 2019, 11:44:51 PM
Quote from: frenzy on April 10, 2019, 09:52:56 PM
Yep, Dunkley is the mistake made starting him. Come to think of it, I made the exact same mistake last season starting him. He did finish off last year really well, after I got rid of him. So probably will do the same now I've traded him this week.
Could be a lot worse Frenzy. Could've started McLean (not that anyone did) he is getting zero MID. Dunkley is still getting MID & is a hold all day for mine. I do not have Dunkley but confident he is still top 12 FWD.
You're probably correct, however I got a bench full of useless rookies who are'nt going anywhere fast. The slow burn will halt my ability to complete my team, so I found other methods to generate cash. And Dunkley is downgraded to Marshall and one less slowburn rookie Atkins becomes Libba. Feels like a win, Marshall should generate some good cash and Libba is basically a keeper.