Trust The Process - RDT Edition 2025

[Mat0369]

Nas and Rankine does feel like the best trade right now. I can also do Ash instead of Nas with Rankine and pocket another 10k

[Mat0369]

Round 8

Score: 2249
Rank: 66
Round Rank: 666
Cash: $8,200

Trades

Lalor > Hustwaite
Davison > Rankine
Oliver > Nas

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Good: Nas, Zorko, Merrett, Sheezel, W. Ashcroft, L. Ashcroft, Hustwaite, English, Smith, Trac, Rankine, Macrae
Pass: Roberts, Parker, JHF
Bad: Bowey, Daicos, Brayshaw, Daniel, Cleary
Ugly: Bice, Sinclair, Carroll, Lindsay, TDK, Kako, White

Not a great week and I left some points on the bench which really hurt when I need to be flawless. First has extended the margin which isn't ideal, although it feels like I nailed the three trades I made. TDK is a bit of a worry, Lindsay has stalled, so has Bice after the poor showing on the weekend. Sinclair has been awful the last three weeks. I am trying to work out what I do this week and I am leaning towards something like this

Bice > Boxshall
Lindsay > Taranto

Taranto has a soft draw coming up with WC, North, Essendon in the next three. Other than Daicos and Roberts I don't have any players from that bye period which is also a bonus. He is also a POD in only 3%  of teams. It leaves me bugger all cash with maybe Fonti as an option for White the following week to pocket 100k.

[Mat0369]

Round 9

Score: 2168
Rank: 63
Round Rank: 747
Cash: $12,600

Trades

Lindsay > Boxshall
Bice > Taranto

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Good: Sheezel, Nas, Zorko, Bowey, Roberts, Sinclair, Brayshaw, Parker, L. Ashcroft, TDK, Smith,
Pass: W. Ashcroft, Trac
Bad: Merrett, Taranto, English, Rankine, JHF, Macrae
Ugly: Daicos, Hustwaite, Boxshall, Gross, Daniel, Cleary, White, Kako

Not a great week and some self inflicted wounds here. First one was VC Daicos over Brayshaw. I then tossed up some options for the C and Smith was preference 1 and I held off because of a Bedford tag not seeing that Bedford was actually out injured. I had it on Taranto which looked like a stroke of genius at QT before the scoring died after HT.

I may be in a bit of trouble this week with no TDK, no rookies and a potential midfield donut to boot.

Trades I was contemplating

Cleary > El-Hawli

I also contemplated White to Simpson for some early cash

I currently have the cash to turn TDK into Xerri so that's also a possibility but I need to wait on the rookies