Malceski's looking pretty good atm mate.

Both superb options. Kade will leak more cash so worth waiting a week or two there if you can to pick him up as cheap as possible.

Will be selecting Mal myself. Had an insane past 9 games for a defender and the Swans are flying with a bunch of spud opponents coming up and a friendly SC finals draw to boot.

Malceski

Like everyone else Malceski. Playing a key role in a winning team, as opposed to a key role in a team that is a little Jeckyll and Hyde.

Plus the Blues run home is as bad as Freo is good, so I think the Blues share of points will be smaller than it has been.

Yep the lack of trades are beginning to really bite but will be hard for many coaches to pass up on the value of bringing in Stef Martin as discussed by the Inner Sanctum tonight.

If you don't have Rocky then if you wait a few weeks he could be sub $550K with a monster BE of 201!

JPK and Libba are awesome too but you will be paying top dollar there for the foreseeable future.

It's an interesting one Scano, this year we have a plethora of midfielders averaging over 110, so as long as you pick one of them then you can't go wrong. However, for absolute best at given price I would have to say Fyfe, but he WILL get rested, other options leave Rory Sloane who is a fantastic pick, Stevie J is probably the biggest bargin, and Nick Dal Santo has come down nicely in price and we need no reminder of how good his finals run are. Although, would I be right in saying that you are looking for your final mid upgrade? If so, then I truly believe JPK is your man, and SCaddict's suggestion of Rockliff is superb. Because of that, then I believe pick one of these two players as they will, in my opinion, provide you with the best output out of all of your options.

All comes down to how many other spots you need to fill. Fyfe is at a good price, But if you dont need to fill any other spots there are numerous good players to grab JPK would be my number 1 pick but there all that good its hard to pick one or two specific players.

got Martin in last week and am now going to have him as my fwd/ruck cover with B.Brown the swing man.

Reckon Stef Martin could be the most traded in player this week. But yes he may not be a keeper so would keep a spare trade up your sleeve if you are bringing him in, maybe for a sideways to Dixon at some point.

Martin has at least another 5 good rounds ahead of him to make a bit of cash. And should still play out the rest of the season even with looey playing like west did.(as long as his hammys hold up)
I know im looking at using Martin as my last spot in the fwd line (use as cover for sandi if needed) until later in the season when im ready to upgrade fully. Better than playing Ambrose/Shenton

Mackie is only at a lowish price due to his sub-affected 50odd, worth the trade in my opinion.

I'd do it

Howdy John
If ceglar gets game time, not a bad trade, derickx will slow down or get dropped when pike comes back.
Kennedy for me, consistently high scorer, not in a huge percentage of teams so another tick.

Hold Trades. Cop Fasolo's losses as he does have a decent ceiling as a F6 and three trades for another 10? rds is asking for trouble

Big hint for you in Higgos section I reckon.

Fasolo has had a screw removed from his right navicular repair and could miss 3-4 weeks.

Wingard, i have rioli and he is just too inconsistent for my liking

Think we'd all like to have Cyril in our sides…if it were not for those lacky bands he calls hamstrings!

He's burnt untold numbers of coaches season after season as we've heard those all too familiar "twangs". Has only played 20 games once in his career so nuff said.

So do yourself a favour and don't become another statistic.:)

Zorko mate

Dahlhaus

I've had Swanny most of the season. He has been a bit dissapointing so far, but I'm confident he will pick up as we get closer to finals. He is a bit like Steve Johnson. Its a roller coaster ride. Just hang tight.

Hopefully he won't be the burnman, but the mighty Hurnman!

was thinking of bringing hurn in myself, i think he'll average 90-95 rest of the season

Hah. Yeah hopefully he will come home strong!

Yeah you really need to get these guys when they are on the bubble or it's wiser to just move on especially with the amount of trades most of us have left.

I would probably hang on to Shenton as bench cover for the rest of the season anyway as decent playing rookies are few and far between now.

As the guys said in the poddie Honeychurch may be just around the corner. I have my fingers crossed at least. He would actually make a sweet swing set with Shenton as Higgo mentioned.

probably hold, though i do think he will play out the rest of the season. Doubt he will keep producing these kind of scores

I am not trading this week. I'll let my rooks fatten and bring in Steven Johnson in a couple of weeks. Gray a week or so after him and I'll be done.

Hold Jaensch for now.

I feel you can hold Jaensch for longer than you think, remember his 38 drops out this week and so his breakeven will plummet. Also, there is no reason to suggest he can't average those numbers again like he was the start of the season, yes the opposition has found him out but should come back strong. Remember, only 3 games ago he scored 128 and people were bringing him in, so give him another chance I reckon.

Yeah if I can hold Cotch for the past 13 rounds ((and goodness knows why I have!) then you can save a trade and hold Jaensch at least whilst you have this easy run.

He's a better player than he's been showing lately and worth another few weeks I'd say. if you can get through those 3 weeks with no significant injuries then maybe you can look at doing something, assuming you still want to get rid of him at that point.

But he may surprise you with one or two decent scores before then.

Also looking to grab Ablett is a great idea. The best time to do it was way back preseason

One other thought is Polec and Crouch to Fyfe and morabitio or Honeychurch. Then next week MaCrae straight swap for Johnson

Mate I reckon Higgins to Wingard might be your best option!!!!

You could also look at going from Higgins down to Stef Martin which would make you a fair chunk of change for upgrades elsewhere and potentially grant you ruck cover if you can create a swing set.

Anyway that's what I did last week and feeling pretty good about the move right now.

Would hang on to as many of those rookies as you can until solid downgrade options present. I realise that is not always achievable in order to realise full premium status but you really want to avoid giving up too much decent bench cover where possible.

Hi Matt
I have regrets keeping him this long 🙂
I trade him out for martin too… just as scaddict said below. then again he would be feeling good about it this week.
for me though, bit of extra cash in the bank, plus his extra points scoring ability this week makes him a reasonable option. Higgins just not scoring as he was and is costing us $$ and therefore options.

fifa style mate i like it.

My thoughts are you have way too much time on your hands!

Martin should be pretty safe to play out the season if his hammys hold up. West was sharing the ruck load with looey so martin should have the same opportunity. But just dont expect Martin to score well like he has upon looeys return

Just omitted Steve

Could be a better option than the crap Reiwoldt is dishing up week after week at a slightly higher price

I would pick Gray if you can afford it. He is a machine this year.

if you believe you will be in your league finals, I would now turn attention to players who have an easy run for the finals

Port play Swans in first week of SC finals and Freo in the SC GF.

I've had Wingard all year and don't rate him. Wish I had avoided him in the beginning and surprised that he is getting that much attention. Maybe he's burnt me too many times this year (10 points in 3/4 before being knocked out!) but when I look through the forward options there aren't too many there. Gray for mine, then boomer. Surely the old man can't keep pumping out the scores can he?

Alright, love the discussion fellas. I guess we can conclude that Gray/Boomer is the man you want, with Wingard maybe the man you need if strapped for cash. Will most likely grab Gray, but Chad does still represent some serious value. Cheers guys.

Hey Irish.

If money allows, at this time of year you always go for the top 3 option on a given line whenever possible……we have seen enough form guide to know that they are rolled gold.

You can almost bet that the person you play in the finals will have Robbie Gray and you dont want to be putting up Chad against that. Robbie must have covered Chad 9 out of 10 times this year?

Option 2.

Hey TF. I'm looking to complete my team before getting in bench cover. My bench is shot, but there is no point having 400k on there if other lines are in trouble and not giving you the points you need.

If i remember correctly your trades have dwindled right down to single digits?
So definitely complete the mid. Theyre the players that can pump huge scores and get the upset wins you need to make finals it sounds like. Bench coverage in a luxury you cant afford atm.

[Assuming your SC team is called "throttlefinger"]

You still have Billings Shenton Langdon on the field among other issues.
So I would avoid any player over 550k and look for value to get the most outve your remaining trades. (like: Both Swallows, Nath Jones, Johnson, Ebert, HEPPELL, Parker, Dahlhaus etc)
Also maybe you should cash in on one of your rucks soon to fill the coffers (sandi BE96, mummy BE91, nicnat [BE25])

go for the strength on field matty……I'm sure there will be no unexpected late outs that could derail our plans.

Go Boomer mate.

I spent a heap of $$ on Rockliff and made him captain….grrrrr

He's a bit immune to the "tough run home" reasoning, Marcus. He's the best player in the comp/SC for a reason. Come finals time, if your opponent has him cap and you don't have him at all, it could make all the difference

you are never better off without gary

Cant believe you've waited this long to get Gary just to save 20k… You must have a big pair!
Also Gary has had a tough run every game with gold coast since the 2011 season. Yet he still averaged around the 130 mark each season. He is THE best supercoach player in the comp. Silly not to have him.

Another way to look at it is, any player you upgrade to gaz (bar pendles or jpk) you will essentially gain a minimum of 20pts on your avg whilst giving you a perma cpt. And chances are you wont trading a rockliff type player for him. So im guessing you will gain more along the lines of +40 pts on your avg

wisdom…..next year make sure you start with Gary……and probably pendles while you are at it. clearly the best two supercoach players going around.

Great work Big Ben. The boy's have taken me from a spud to top 1000. Good luk in your rise to Glory!

In a word – Shenton
In more than 1 word… People will comment about Derickx job security. So perhaps that is an issue. til that is confirmed, I'd prefer Shenton out of my team to Derickx

As long as your not rubbing one out that's prefectly accepable.

Yeh I'm thinking Derrickx to Archie Smith. If Martin goes down he would be next in line I'm thinking.

Are there any other bargain basement rucks that could potentially get game time. Lowden maybe but he would need Hale and Mcevoy to be out.

Swallow is under 500k and will take another price drop and 8 tons is hard to ignore.

And bar McV the other three your looking at arent really too much better then what you have to justify a trade

Check our crystal ball shall we….?wtf

Your guess is as good as any…. no one knows

Think both likely to play soon but my guess would be honeychurch will have better job security
I think morabito will come in when players are being rested and he will be the back up but it really depends where they land on the lader come our finals time if they really will rest players.
This is just my opinion, he might come in this week and play all season but I have and i think alot of others have been waiting for honeychurch all season he produced the goods this week in the 2s and i think he will come in and fit in very nicely
Good luck with whichever way you go

If Morobito comes in he has massive vest risk attached to his name. Same could be said for Honeychurch. Although Gia takes it most weeks. I'd say wait & see with both. Wouldn't bring them in yet unless it's a non playing player strategy.

Honeychurch for his swing option?

Honeychurchs debut could be delayed with him heading to the tribunal for a front on bump in the vfl after he had a nice 5 goal haul

Martin is in the best 6 forwards

Thumper Kolodjashij is leeking cash. Time to go. Your a bit light for juciy cash cow downgrades. Taylor & Shenton still have money to be made. Your going to have to make a tough call. Personally I'd turn Shenton into Stefan Martin & use your 110K into turning Thumper into best available defender.

INP is on the money here though looks like you already have Stef unless that's Dusty in your lineup there.

KK's time is up as he's leaking cash now and the Suns have a killer draw over the next 3. I'm upgrading him to Malceski this week myself.

He's been a fantastic cash cow but like Higgins his time to face the chopping block has arrived.

Stefan Martin has presented us with a nice headache we didn't see coming a few weeks ago. Personally not a fan of Sandi to Goldy. Sideways more than anything. Having said that Sandi will probably get rested, which will mean to avoid a donut you either trade him or a bench player for a R/FWD rookie & sub in Martin. He's too expensive & has too much scoring potential to sit on your ruck bench. So I think (if you can) spending the rookie ruck trade at some point is a good trade. When your running low on bullets you have to make them count!

I have the exact same rucks as you, I'm planning on holding sandi until he actually gets rested. If it's before SC finals, I'll cop a donut, if it's during finals, that is when I'll trade him out.

P.s. Going for league wins only.

Thanks for the replies. Both are good food for thought.

Martin loses a bit of appeal since you dont have thurlow to swing him if needed.
BUT you should only see Martin as cash generation. His good scores will cease in 4-5 weeks once looey returns. But he will keep playing rest of season if hammy holds out. Will share the ruck load with looey

Magoos,

With only 7 trades, if I were you I'd hold off any further unless your team has an on-field regular go down with a serious injury, or your team is in a position when you can't get a full complement on the field and aren't likely to in weeks to come due to a combination of injured and otherwise non-selected players.

With that said, if you're struggling at the bottom of your League and may indeed miss the finals, then maybe you can 'roll the dice' and make speculative trades now knowing that you might have little insurance for the rest of the year. Something like Sandilands to Nic Nat will net you $100K for some breathing room if you do need to later upgrade say your prospective F6 when Lewis Taylor / Patrick Ambrose / Sam Lloyd tops off in appreciation.

Best of luck with whatever you choose!

Think I heard on the radio he was played forward.
Had him in my team and thought he was heading for a big score after 2 goals in first quarter.

Watched the game, he did spend most time up fwd but still kept going in the mids and didn't seem to attack the ball as hard as he normally does. But I believe he was playing sore as there was a lot of talk about him being a late out.

extra attention with Stevie J being out didnt help.