PODCAST: Community night FINALS podcast
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How goods this?!
Fantasy footy finals are here and there is a hell of a lot on the line this weekend.
The selection table hasn’t come up with too many surprises in the lead in to the weekend – but as we know – it will be bloody important to keep a close eye on the late outs throughout the course of the weekend.
Plenty of advice tonight for everyone heading into battle – enjoy the show – and very best of luck to one and all!
Full Squad on field. Ohhh Yeahhh!
A full squad is not good – no opportunity for the Capt / VC loophole.
I have a Lloyd and Thurlow as non-playing, but they are both on Friday night so there is not an opportunity for the loophole.
i think he means on field porcelain (not including bench)
Quality intro Jock! I’m a little depressed about the season ending already!
LAST roll of the dice ! And any advice will be welcomed.
Finished 3rd in both leagues. 3 trades left and $142K in bank.
TEAM
Malceski, McVeigh, Bartel, B Smith, Burgoyne, Mitchell – non playing bench
Kennedy, Libba, Beams, Sloane, Cotchin, Pendelbury, Stevie J, Greenwood -non playing bench
Natanui, Sakndilands – non playing bench
Harvey, Dangerfield, Parker, Martin, Franklin, McGovern – bench B Johnson and non player
Can do a couple things
Upgrade greenwood or Johnson to selwood or rockliff – 1 trade used
That means have to carry McGovern for season as no cash to upgrade later, but still 2 trades left for injuries.
OR
Trade greenwood and McGovern, swing Mitchell into mids and get K Simpson in defence and McGlynn in forwards.
That leaves 1 trade left but 6 swans in team. They have good finals run, could that work ?
OR
Sit tight and see if I win this week.
Let me know what you guys think !
Tony
I have 3 trades left and $70k in bank. This week I trade ceglar to king making 300k, than dunstan to fyfe losing 280k. Leaving me with 90k.
Don't trade for next two weeks.
Than in the grand final trade Dale Thomas hopefully about 380k to Matthew Boyd hopefully about 460k.
Thoughts on this approach?
Thoughts on dal santo as a vc pick against GWS?
Not the worst decision I am going with selwood as captain and gibbs vc against gold coast
captain hindsight says NO to dal santo!!!
HI ALL, HELP NEEDED! 4 TRADES AND 210K IN BANK.
BACKS – McVeigh,Swallow, Bartel, Burgoyne,Mitchell, Langdon (emg) -GARDINER (emg) TIPPET
MIDS – Pendles, Beams, Kennedy, Parker, Selwood, Johnson, Libber, Fyfe – MICHIE, SPINA
RUCK – Sandy, Jacobs – (Currie, A Smith)
FORWARDS – Dangers, Martin, Gray, Walker, Zorko, Ambrose (inj) – CAMERON (emg), SHENTON
THANKS ALL
Depends if you need to win this week. If yes, then Ambrose and Swallow to Brodie Smith and McGlynn.
I would think about Birchell instead of Smith. Hawks play Melbourne plus he is $60k cheaper
Ouch… Let's not talk about Birchall. I turfed him after the 53, 37 weeks and he has scored 92, 106, 105 since then. It still hurts.
Johnson gonna be tagged but have 2 non scorers needed out!
Have traded Johnson for Turner in hope for a dream debut score against GWS. And traded Ambrose out for Boomer. Still got 1 emg but hoping that either Gardiner or Langdon get a suprise call up!
Should I trade out Tex Walker out for Deleidio/ Jack or Griffen via DPP link. I have 2 trades left.
Or should I just go big and cash in a rookie and get Rockliff in for Tex leaving me with n trades?
It depends your circumstances if fighting in an elimination final use the two trades if not hold the trades for this week.
Can we trust Ross Lyon when he says he is sending Crowley to Johnson? Or is there a chance Crowley could go to Selwood? Tough to pick a captain this week! I'm thinking Selwood into Hanley or Beams or Pendles.
He came out during the week saying he’s tagging Johnson. If history is anything to go by I smell a rat. Don’t trust Ross
You know you're obsessed with this great game of ours when you are mulling over matters whilst holidaying on the Greek Islands! Yia sou from Mykonos Jock, your wisdom equals that of all the Greek Gods combined!
If you have Marc Murphy he could be a good VC this week. Gold Coast don’t really tag
Had the same train of thought in making gibbs VC
3 trades left, wondering if use two to upgrade Pav to Parker or Boomer?
Parker for mine, and I will likely do the same.
Hanaberry is back will affect Parkersburg scores
I wasn't worried about it Derek but since you brought it up, I thought I should check. Before Hannebury was injured in round 13, Parker averaged 98.6. Round 14 on he's averaging 120, so yes I think you're right Parkers output may well drop back to around 100.
Looks like Chappy is in instead!
No he won't. Parker's average is the same with and without Hanners.
For my last trade is it worth going burgoyne to simpson? Or should I hold?
Hold it to cover a donut
hold
Community, I'm in a pickle. Trying to decide what to do, I have changed my mind about 3000 times.
I have 4 trades, $51,800 in the bank.
D: McVeigh, Bartel, Swallow, Burgoyne, Enright, S.Mitchell (Litherland, K.Tippett)
M: Pendles, Fyfe, Liba, Cotchin, Murphy, Beams, Selwood, Barlow (Shenton, Acres)
R: Sandi, Lobbe (Lobb, Thurlow)
F: Danger, Parker, Martin, Zorko, Franklin, Pavich (Ambrose, Lennon)
I was initially thinking Pav/Shenton to McGlynn/Crisp.
But Swallow is concerning me. I guess I'm either looking at fixing up the FWDs or DEFs. If Swallow wasn't such a hack I'd look to change Enright/Lither to someone next week. Pav is about to take a massive drop in price but he is listed to play. I could potentially hold him for the rest of the season?
If Swallow's a late out, look at Simpson maybe. He'll do what he likes against Gold Coast.
If he plays then you can still do the Pav/Shenton/Mouse/Crisp deals as they all play later.
Yes good point. I will hold until I know more. Late outs are the killer as I learned last week.
Inspiring stuff Jock.
Great stuff Jock. I'll have to pay up next year.
Same here. Gave it a year and it's greatly improved my ranking & also provided great entertainment. Kudos to the community.
Thanks Mike – you're a good egg
Hi all, first full year in supercoach, finished 4th, would like some advice re: potential trades for finals, will obviously have to move on Gunston
D – Mcveigh, Swallow, Hanley, H.Shaw, B.Smith, Suckling (Mcstay, Fuller)
M – Selwood, Beams, Kennedy, Priddis, Mcrae, Libba, Savage, Treloar (Langdon, Acres)
R – Sandi, Mummy
F – Danger, LeCras, Motlop, S.Martin, Gunston, Harvey (Kersten, Rohan)
6 trades left, $509,000 in the kitty, any advice would be appreciated, who best for Gunston? Do I need to bring in a premium in the mids?
Cheers.
Matt
You are in an enviable position there Matt with a double chance, lots of trades plus money to boot!
I would personally get Buddy or Parker for Gunston as Swans playing great and have a good run home. McGlynn another Swan forward a lot of people talking up and a bit cheaper than the other two as well. Parker is most expensive but still will only cost you about $100K to go from Gunston to Parker so you will have plenty of cash left.
And yes with that many trades I would get another Premo midfielder, ie Fyfe/Rocky/JPK/ Pendles (altho last 2 down on form a bit lately). You should be able to get who you want, you might not even have to trade anyone who is currently on the field in the mids, could trade Langdon instead (would lose DPP though) and then loophole Treloar/McCrae using Acres as emergency loophole
Cheers Julz, thanks for advice. Bought in McGlynn as guy Im playing had Parker/Franklin, good result. Next week Ill bring in Fyfe or Rockliff depending on the other guys side.
I'm with Julz and would trade Gunston for the Swan forward you like best out of McGlynn, Buddy and Parker.
I'd also keep an eye out for any late withdrawals news for Swallow and if he plays then would upgrade Savage to an elite mid….Rocky, Pendles, Teen Wolf etc.
Cheers SCaddict, bought in McGlynn, good result.
Yeah I did likewise and ditched Pav which got me over the line in one super tight final. You little ripper Benny McGlynn!
Greetings Supercoach Community
Feeling the pressure of finals. Finished 7th (sudden death) with 5 trades left but bugger all cash. Have Lloyd on my field and Ambrose and Honeychurch on the bench. Also have McIntosh with no coverage on the bench which really hurt me last week and L Taylor as coverage in the midfield.
Need some advice/assistance from the community out there. Should I:
1) Trade out Ambrose to Broomhead (Coll) or another cheap fwd – only danger is I need someone on the field and he could be the sub and it could be too late if he is as the Pies are in the last game of the round.
2) Trade Currie (NM) to Ben Brown (NM) or Cam Wood and use him for back up to cover McIntosh.
3) Option 1 (first part) and then McIntosh to Sandilands.
4) Taylor to Crisp (Bris) but lose the DP status that Taylor offers and maybe trade Taylor next week if I am still alive and kicking.
Any other ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Good luck to all this weekend
Who should I buy for Z. Merret?
Dustin Martin?
Robbie Gray?
Stefan Martin?
or any others!
FWD Line is: Dangerfield, Parker, Roughead, Zorko, Mcgovern and Merret
Gray is the biggest POD out of the three but I would probably choose D.Martin as he has been very consistent since his bye.
It is going to be very interesting to see if Charlie Cameron is named or not in the side to face the Lions because if he isn't most people will use him like me to loophole our forwards.
Charlie is in. Named number 4 on the bench.
Is it worth upgrading Cotchin for an ultra premium?
If you've got the trades and cash then I would pull the plug. He has been performing pretty poorly this year and his only really good scores have come from bottom 8 sides. However I would only trade him if you have 3+ trades left.
Any midfield rookies with ok JS? thinking Sheehan or Turner
1 trade left…do i move Pav on or Hold?
I have Danger in the middle so could swing him fwd and bring a mid in?
I would 547k to spend?
I have finished in 5 leagues (1,1,4,7,8)
Or should i hold
Backs: Hanley, Hodge, McVeigh,Frawley, Bartel, Jaensch (Bews, Jones)
Mids: Rocky,Fyfe,pendles, beams,mitchell,JPK,Danger,JSelwood (Shenton,Hartung)
Ruck: SandiBalls, NicNat ( Direckx,Currie)
Fwd:Franklin, DustMartin,StefMartin,Parker, Dalhaus,Pav(Cameron, Honeychurch)
Thoughts
I would hold that trade. Pav is named to play.
Yep i have the double chance in 3 of the leagues so probably the smart option
If you have the double chance hold I reckon mate
Fyfe or Rockliff?
Rocky
Fyfe.
Is Franklin worth the money if you Have it?
Yep
Im in
who is the best def for 450k?i need to trade out Hibberd and i already have Mitchell
PLZ help
Birchall.
What about Brodie Martin at 380k?
Maybe k Simpson for $462 if u have a little bit extra cash up ur sleeve. Averaged 107 in the last 3.
B smith for $480 with a similar average.
Adelaide have a much easier run home so it would be b smith for me
supercoach match centre is playing funny buggers…not showing the correct match ups…Is anyone else experiencing this???
Hey Jock do ya reckon Ross will actually send Crowley to the sub-par Stephen Johnson or will he smother Jelwood instead?
Think Crowley will go to Selwood' but if Johnson starts to hurt Freo, then he will switch.
Vic loophole, is too tight to do Rockliff. My choices are really Fyfe or Franklin. Any thoughts?
Had Miles (115 points) on the mid bench, who do the community tink is likely to score the lowest out of-
Pendlebury
Priddis
D.Beams
S.Johnson
S.Mitchell
R.Gray
Dangerfield
Thoughts appreciated thanks.
or Zorko
Johnson due to the Crowley tag.
I traded Miles. So he goes out & smashes it grrrr
Got the double chance in all my cash leagues but looking draw going to be much easier to making the GF if I win this week and stay away from the danger team on other half of draw. For that reason considering using my last 2 trades in the following manner.
option 1
Swallow to K Simpson
Dunstan to Ward
or Option 2
Swallow to Malceski
Dunstan to Libba.
Thoughts would be appreciated.
definitely option 1
Libba's average against Saints is really bad and Ward is a consistent scorer
Option 2.
Malceski is a 100-120 lock every week, whereas Simpson has been a bit up and down.
Libba and Ward will probably score similar.
Should I put the VC on Fyfe or Selwood.
Do I trade Currie for B Brown/C Wood as cover for Mc Intosh or do I trade Mc Intosh for Sandilands
Thoughts???????
Mcintosh to Sandilands seems a good trade
I'm gonna be putting the VC on Selwood and not Fyfe
Thanks Mozz. I know it’s a good trade and guarantee a win ust worried it will leave me without any coverage on the bench if for some reason he is a late withdrawal and I miss out oon Brown or Wood.
Fyfe. Sneaky suspicion that Crowley will go to Selwood.
Thanks Donvovan. Ross Lyon says Crowley will go to Stevie J but u can never believe what he says. Selwood been very solid recently (140+) while Fye had 102 followed by 171. Tough choice.
Trade in buddy or Mcglynn for Pav?
Buddy
Tricky one Jeff as Buddy could definitely go large in the last month and be a major difference maker in key SC finals between the Buddy haves and have nots.
But I'd probably go McGlynn purely on Buddy's knee worry. You'd hate Buddy to get rested in the SC GF just because his knee is a little tender if the Swans have already secured a top 2 spot heading into round 23 so he gets a rest.
McGlynn is also in career best form averaging 111 over the past month racking up heaps of midfield ball.
I have $453k to spend on a defender. Who would most go for out of Burgoyne, Birchall and Jaensch?
Or is the left field one outside of them I could go for?
If you're going to be looking at the run home for teams, then Jaensch would be your pick due to Adelaide's easy run home. Hawthorn play Freo @ PS, then Geelong and Collingwood at the MCG. All hard games
I would go on priotirty
1. Jaensch
2. Birchall
3. Burgoyne
wait till teams are named as It would not surprise me if either Burger or Birch are given a rest today.
Agree with Mozz that the Crows draw makes Jaensch a lot more attractive and he's tonned up 3 times over the past month so appears to have regained some of that early season form.
Burgoyne and Birchall do seem to score better when Mitchell is back in the side so are worthy considerations too.
would it be silly to put VC on rough head? think he could kick a bag today against the dees
To take or not to take Murphy's 117 as VC?
Not take, if you have Rockliff or Selwood
Who will score the least out of-
Robbie Gray
Stevie Johnson
Jimmy Bartel
Dayne Zorko
Did tom langdon play in vfl today as I need to put a loophole on him
I watched the first half on the ABC and did not see him.
Thoughts on taking langfords 88 vrs enright tonight?
Do i take selwoods score or put it on rockliff, pendles or beams?
i'm in the same dilemma. Don't know whether Rocklif will go more than 128 or not…..
Simmilar dilemma.
In 1 league if I keep captain as Pendles (same as opponent) I should win as long as griffin and Jacobs score 130 together.
In the other league I'm 100 pts down and thinking of taking selwoods score in the hope rockliff (my opponents captain) fails to perform.
Other option is to leave it on Pendles and hope he goes massive so I can win both leagues.
Decisions decisions.
Thinking of keeping it on Pendles
Who do I bench out of S. Martin, Zorko, Beams, or Danger? Have loopholes to bring in Miles (115) and Gray (126) but need someone to ride the pine in return.
Bloody hell I forgot that C. Cameron was named this week so that means can't bench S. Martin either. Thinking of sacrificing Zorko, don't know if I trust him to top 115.
Take the 115 unless you need an upset to win this week. Points in the bank.
Thanks yeah I'm feeling pretty comfortable about taking down #1 in the league as long as Jaensch, Zorko, Dahlhaus, and Minson don't score 84 more than Miles, Gray, Hanley, and Naitanui.
2 months ago I warned what would happen to SJ in the first week of SC finals. On the money
i listened to you pieman and i didn't bring him in 2 months ago.
Thank you, you are my savior
No worries Mozz, hope your opponents have him. Most of mine do!
can anyone log in to supercoach?? it is still currently unavailable!!!
Take fyfes 120 or loophole to Rockliff pendles beams dangerfield libba?
Im in the same boat. Opponent has Harvey as C, so I’ve got him covered with Fyfe but wonder if I should give Pendles or Beams a run?!?!!?
who will score more S.Martin or Zorko?
Martin provides more consistent scoring. Zorko can go large. I'd go Martin.
I am leading towards playing Zorko as Martin will be up against Zorko.
Got my c on Priddis and he's going nuts!!! 77 SC 23mins into the second Q
84 now half time
Roy bloody Sloane. Comes up for me big time.
Yep, Rory bloody Sloane alright – will be knocked out thanks to him! Need to sweat on Pendles getting less than 96, otherwise I'm out for the year. He's already on 98 so sayonara!
*Rory
Based on Pre-scaled scores I have lost to Addicts Anonymous by 1 point 2503 – 2502. Hopefully the scaling goes in my favour!
EDIT: Scaling went in my favour and I won 2532 – 2512.
EDIT #2: The scores were updated again and I lost 2512 – 2510.
Yeah you were pretty darn unlucky with Shannon Burn there. At quarter time it looked like he was in for a blinder but then the Pies locked down on him.
What was the story behind Hanley as Captain? Were you creating a POD captain in a another one of your leagues perhaps?
At least you get another crack with the double chance. Thankfully I made 5/5 prelims so get the week off other than ranking concerns of course.
Yer in another league my opponent had Hanley as C and we only had common players left and I was winning by 10 points so I decided to stick the C on him to win! Congrats though, I thought that I was going to win all day but thanks to Hurn and a bad captain choice you scraped ahead of me.
Sorry to hear that BCHawks … elimination or are you still fighting?
Still fighting Cam!
2436 for me. Not great but good enough to knock out the 5th side in my elimination final and to win against 4th in my other league.
Steven bloody johnson
Being tagged out of it was bad enough although that was probably to be expected.
But it appears he again has put himself at peril of missing footy with more silly business. May one day cost the Cats a final if he keeps that sort of stuff up. Scotty needs to tell him to pull his head in.
2495 and bundled out of public league by 34 points.
Not concerned as always was going for best outright.
Back in top 5,000 now so will keep pushing as high as I can.
In the lap of the gods though as zero trades left!
Best result from here would be around top 3,000 which would be a PB for me.