Dex Files – Round 11 byes
Batten down the hatches community – the byes are here! Rocky is injured. Sloane, Lewis, Dusty, Lids, Maric, Hodge, Beams, Dahlhaus, Bont – not playing. Salem, Clark, McKenzie – under injury clouds. How many of you are struggling to field 18 guys this week.
I’ll tell you; I wasn’t looking to trade this week – but I have to trade to field 18 warm bodies.
This week will be a little different than normal, as I’m not really looking at bringing guys in this week, as it’s the first bye round, we should be either holding firm (if you have ample cover) or downgrades only.
For me; Lewis, Sloane, Dusty, Maric, Dahlhaus and Rocky are missing – yes, I’m holding Rocky. Goodes, Lambert, Salem, Clark and McKenzie are under injury clouds, so I need to trade to have warm bodies this week.
I have fattened rookies in CEY and McIntosh to burn, although Clark and/or Salem are likely to go if they miss. It’s a dogs breakfast this year community.
This weeks’ aim should be all about cash generation, but for me – worst case (with no trades spent) I’ll have 14 doughnuts. Not ideal. I could trade CEY, McIntosh and maybe Clark or Salem to bubble boys, or even cheaper guys that are likely to play in the next few weeks ….*Crickets*… and maybe I’ll have 19-20 warm bodies and a nice 5-600k kitty to play with next week.
On the other hand 2 of McKenzie/Clark/Salem could play. I could trade McIntosh & CEY to bubble boys and field 19-20 guys and be laughing with 500k or so in the bank.
These are all hypotheticals by the way. Teams tomorrow will, or should, help us decide.
What I’m getting at is – This week, you should not be looking at upgrades! Therefore I am not endorsing an upgrade. But, if you absolutely MUST upgrade – who do you go to?
Defenders:
The only guys that aren’t missing this week that I recommend to go would be Shaw, McDonald, McGovern and Enright. These guys have a good bye round (RD13) and for those needing an upgrade – they’re my picks. (I stress again, upgrades shouldn’t be done this week). There are a couple of round 11 defenders that will be ripe for the picking over the next few weeks – I’m looking at you Smith & Simpson!
Midfielders:
Those of you with Rocky and plan to trade, there are a plethora of options for you – I’m still keen on holding him, but some can’t afford to – if you don’t have Selwood, he’s my no-brainer option this week. Most of us have Fyfe, but if you don’t; you’re SuperCoach-ing wrong. Get him in!
Rucks:
Most of us have one or both of Goldy/Maric/NicNat/Mummy, but for those with Bellchambers or similar at R2 – Goldy or Mummy are great options for you – if you need to trade.
Forwards:
Who’d have thought JJK would be in the top 6 averaging and total scoring forwards by round 11; Not me! I believe it’s far too late to jump on him, but good luck to you if you do. For mine, I wouldn’t plan on bringing anyone into your forwards this week, but if you must – Gray is the must-have forward, or Buddy is serious value.
I may have missed some “Targets”, but this is more a guide for those that need it. Most of us already have plans, which are taking a hiding *thanks SC Gods*. Stick to your guns and only trade up if you absolutely must!
Well Community, I hope this “different” Dex Files appeals to you and I hope you had a safe long weekend. (Go Pies!)
Do you agree with the No-Upgrade policy this week? What rookies are you looking at bringing in (if any)? We’d love to hear from you!
Love your work dex, great stuff
Agreed, this weeks Dex Files has cleared my mind quiet a bit
Hey Dex i want to get either motlop or devon smith as my F6 devon is 456k and Motlop is 388k should i go the cheaper option in motlop or go Devon Smith who has the ability to ton up often with the possibility of low scores?? Thanks. Who do you see as the better option Cheers.
I like the look of Devon Smith, more reliable at the moment
An experienced supercoacher would analyse the future fixtures of these two players. Don't just rely on these 'experts' to get you through every week, make some decisions on your own, it is the only way you are going to improve.
Great community spirit, mate.
Not mr jenkins? Ha ha
KYS Macca
Dex the "different" Dex files is brilliant in both its content and timing. Your contributions are very much appreciated.
Go get em' General,, I think I speak for everyone in the Throttledome by saying we're all behind you mate,,,,get it done!!!
Yes mate, downgrade to Boston a definite, and Pearce a maybe.
I would say, Pearce a definite and Boston a maybe
Current Midfield is:
Fyfe, Pendles, Sloane, Ebert, Shiel, Rockliff, Parker.
I'm looking at one of Armitage, Hannebery or Priddis to fill my last slot, but I already have Mitchell, Parker, and Franklin, which is leading me away from Hanners a bit. Who do you reckon is a good pick?
selwood? flew home last year
Wouldn't go near Selwood. Him and Geelong past it.
Ha ha. Bringing selly in this week. To cheap to refuse. Gun.
not this season
Not yet
Priddis is a reliable scorer, and he can go huge as well!
So you would still hold griffen the dud?
He should be the last player you worry about
Punted him a month ago best move next to kickin the prince out
This weeks trades:
Goodes down to pearce
Heeney down to boston
TBC down to Dale
Leaves me with 550k in the warchest for next weeks upgrades
Good trades or not??
heeney is back in a couple of weeks should of traded earlier,Pearce not good job security
Bad trades
Cheers Lewis
I disagree with lewis. I think they are good downgrades.
Also FYI lewis, pearce's JS is rock solid now that johnson is out.
Pearce will play next 6-8 games for sure ! Get him in
Lewis who cares if Heeney is back in a couple of weeks, he has a high break even and will more than likely end up being the SUB when he does get back and will lose you a TON of cash.
My number 1 trade this week is DEFIANTLY trading Heeney to Boston, it's a no brainer.
Also if Pearce gets recalled then his job security will be solid due to Johnson being out for 10 weeks. I totally disagree with you on this mate.
Fellas Alex silvagni back in a couple of weeks peace might make you 50k you don’t get points for how well they play in the WAFL Ablett back at the end of byes Boston spot no guarantee
alright then lewis
silvagni and Dawson both listed as 5-7 weeks – Peace should have a good run of 4-5 games at least but I suspect he then looses his spot
any bulldog rookie is really no secure in the team. Webb, Mclean and dale could have some spells in the vfl. Kepping TBC at F7 is all you need. We just need him just in case a goldstein gets a one week spell
Value in Selwood/Buddy too good to resist this week for me.
Plus I have important bragging rights to win against someone in the office!
Priorities! I like it!
For someone like myself who sits in the top 3% (highly unlikely ill get high enough to win overall) and highly ranked in his/her leagues (cash leagues vs mates) would you implore supercoachers to concede bye trading strategy to look long term to get the right price for your players setting up for your team for when it really matters. I cant justify losing 30k in not trading bellchambers for goldstein this week or a selwood, sloane trade in. cheers for the great work mate
I'm with you, get them while there cheap. e.g Franklin due to rise 39K this week, will not be able to afford him next week so I got him, one down, two up this week.
You have to trade to suit your needs shark, if that's what's gonna set you up for your cash leagues then bang bloody bang mate and good luck with 'em!
Not really sure of your reasons for no upgrades, Dex (unless a must). I mean, I get the concern of trading in a premo which is guaranteed to get a donut – but if you're round 12 heavy, for instance, and are looking for a bit of balance, an upgrade of Mckenzie (if injured) to Selwood, must surely be a positive move, even if it isn't a absolutely necessary.
If you're round 12 heavy it is a must (or at least a priority) to bring in premos without the round 12 bye
Yes but do those corrections in Round 12 and select players who had there bye in round 11
Ideally yes, but I’m short on players this round and need to fix my bye structures so brining in Selwood and Wines.
Next week I’ll trade in a few guys that have had their bye and will do the same the following week.
I don’t think there are any black and white rules about trading this weekend. It depends on how much cash you have in the bank, how many trades you have made, if you have cows ready to cull, your bye round structures, if there are fallen premiums of must have rookies on the bubble available etc – do what works for your team!
Yup no upgrades this week only downgrades
Thinking about doing
CEY – Pearce/Hamling ( not sure who yet)
Krakouer – Boston
Then next week
Saad – Simpson
De Goey – Midfield upgrade
R13
Tarrant – Fwd upgrade
Hamling has Round 11 bye. Get him round 12.
I’ll be trading out Saad for Hamling r12
Excellent as always Dex. I think most people will have one dreaded round. Have to wait for teams to make a call on this week. Next week is my nasty one, as probably with most. But I can trade my way to 18 players next week unless the gods reap havoc. Which is a certainty, happens every week
Trade for the future Pieman, take the hits, come out on the otherside like a boss!! my plan, but, as well as im going in the Throttledome maybey not good advice, or is it??
I’ll be thickening up my midfield stocks this week with a round 13 premo, just need a bit more midfield punch in 11 and 12. But will probably also downgrade belch (r3) to brooksby and maybe Clark to Boston
Great write up once again
I’m looking at wines this week
With Boston and A Pearce aswell
Already have selwood, had him from the start
I think wines has great value at 530k
Is there anyone else cheaper and same scoring output?
The only one cheaper with similar output I can think of is Tom Mitchell, but he has the round 12 bye (does not suit my bye strucutres) – but I’m guessing you prob have Mitchell already anyway?
Taking out Wines injury score he is averaging 116 this season, quite impressive
Fairly positive noises from West about Pearce's job security. Looks like he'll be given every opportunity to cover for Johnson for the foreseeable.
cool
It’s almost certain that Pearce will be named to cover Johnson. Lyon interview today
McIntosh to Pearce
CEY to Boston
Clark to Goddard
Nice
Very nice
Awesome Article!!!
Question:
If i have lots of Rnd 11 and 13 byes (20 and 21) playing.
Trading to premium on their bye? help with my round 12 bye but lose the score
I dont usually post on here as I like to do my own thing. But these next few weeks are going to really test my nerve (new to this game so plan for the byes)
Im not sure who to trade out but I want to trade down this week and get pull premo after round 13
I have 19 trades and 288k I would love some thoughts community. Thankyou very much in advance.
Back: shaw, tmac, newnes, saad, hamling, Dmac (goodes, brown)
Mid: fyfe, beams, steven, JPK, parker, ebert, Vandenberg, CEY (rocky, heeney, glenn)
Ruck: maric, nic nat (read)
Fwd: gray, martin, swan, Tarrant, titch, clark (TBC, krak)
Goodes and either CEY or vandy should go. Should give you enough cash for a massive upgrade in the next 2 weeks
A few trades which would give you plenty of cash:
Goodes to Pearce
CEY to boston
Krak to dale
Dmac to clurey
Clark to brooksby
vandenberg to lambert
Clurey will only play 1 more max! Trengove could even be back this week
thoughts on ollie wines?
gun – get him in
Wines in for cey this week.
Might be top 12 average by year end. Not in top 8 though, he is definitely on the next level
who are your top 8 mids?
I think he'll finish with a higher average than JP Kennedy
Thoughts on Gunston community?
Thinking of bringing him in next week.
I started with him. Fairly consistant 90s with a few big ones thrown in. Been good for me. Cheers
Don’t. Hawks share to much
Good option, looks reliable enough
Cey down to dumont and Boston …. And k Mac upto kelly or Enright …. Thoughts ?
Or Boston I mean
More cash saved getting boston and prob better js?
Definitely Boston, getting midfield time and doesn't look any danger of being sub
will Dahlhaus be a top 6 forward come end of year?
Looking at bringing him in next week, are there any better options?
already have gray, martin, franklin and swan
There or thereabouts – others are Lids, BJ, Mitchell and Bonts depending on how much you want to invest.
If I can upgrade hogan to Dahlhaus this week should I?
I can cover dahlhaus and with Hogans high BE i will be saving money
Good Call. Hogan is only going to loose money
i wouldn;t be trading players like Hogan out now especially to bring in someone who has the bye this week, it makes no sense at all.
Hogan has a average of 76 and his break even is 96 so it's not like his break even is through the roof. I don't think he will ton up but it's possible and he shouldn't lose more then $15,000 this week.
I don't understand why in the world you are considering trading a player who is likely to play this week to someone who isn't playing, its madness.
Remember it's your top 18 scores that count, so if you have 20 players playing this week & hypothetically speaking Hogan happens to score higher than another player then you get those highest points, so in a nutshell your much better off having more players onfield as opposed to trading in a non player.
I agree with Dean. You would be absolutely kicking yourself if Hogan tons up this week, like he has a couple of times already, and is one of your top scorers.
If you don't trade him and he spuds, you lose 20 odd k and no change to points as he wont be top 18. Remember essentially the game is about points.
would be smarter if you waited a week, no point bringing in a premo if he's guarenteed a zero
Should I trade Garland or Newnes?
Garland, newnes has been really good except for the Hawthorn game over the past 5 weeks and should score well against melbourne this week
No
Garland broke his hand in the first qtr against the pies, had surgery yesterday so you'll need to trade
Garland
Upgrade TBC to Blicavs or Sauce? Spending so much money, I want to get it right.
I think sauce is a safer bet. Led the league in hitouts to advantage last year which are worth 5 points and he's not far off no.1 spot this year
And on top of that Jacobs has had 4 juicy tonnes out of his last 5 games whereas Blicavs has had 2 and only one cracked 120
Sauce by the length of a bottle
Sauce by a long way. Lot of hype over Blicav, he is over achieving and people will be trying to get rid of him in a few week
I'm going to throw some love Blicavs' way. Has been super consistent with no scores below 70 where Sauce has 3 already. Has the slight edge in season average and is cheaper too.
Arguably the most improved player in the comp and you are essentially getting another premo mid in one of your ruck spots.
Put it this way Gareth everyone is raving on about how well Blicavs is going but nobody is saying anything about Sauce. Yet, Sauce has averaged more than him.
Thoughts on j “nuts ” kelly ?
would wait another week or two to see if he's definitely going to get midfield minutes. If so he'll be solid as a rock as a defense selection
Have to bring in a round 13 fwd due to bye structures. Already have Robbie Gray, who is the next best option? Boomer?
Boomer would be a pretty good POD but i'd have Martin, Goddard, Mitchell, Swan before him. Shane Edwards looks to have a good role at richmond and is averaging over 100 so he's a nice POD as well
Your main options look like Devon Smith, JJK and Boomer
I'd personally go Smith who is a massive pod with huge upside
Jack Ziebell is another great option as a rd 13 bye player at 456k averaging 99 if you take out his 4 due to injury
Thanks
Got a very rough and possibly foolish plan over the next few weeks. 9 trades, 0 f*cks given.
Rd 11: CEY, Clark, Krak OUT – Jelwood, Boston, Brooksby IN
Rd 12: Kmac, Brown, Tarrant OUT – Hodge, B. Smith, Sloane IN.
Rd 13: Wallis, Saad, Ibbotson OUT – T McDonald, Lewis, Pearce IN.
No doubt I’ll change my mind a bunch of times, given I’d like to hold out on a few of those guys with high BE’s, but I wanna strike while the iron is hot and make the most of the 3 trades during bye rounds.
Coming out of the byes this will hopefully be my team if all goes to plan, with only 8 trades left and probably not much cash in the bank.
Simpson, Shaw, McDonald (Pearce)
B. Smith, Hodge, Newnes (Hamling)
Fyfe, Pendlebury, Beams, JPK (McKenzie) (Boston)
Selwood, Sloane, Cripps, Lewis (Glenn)
Goldstein, NicNat (Brooksby)
Gray, Swan, Franklin (Cox)
Martin, Goddard, T. Mitchell (Lonie)
If you’ve got an opinion, go nuts
I’ve taken a screenshot of your comment. I’m a big fan of your plan. Cripps is getting better by the week, I wouldn’t be rushing to move him on either.
My comment is just below yours, looks reasonably similar, you have a bit more worked out at this stage. Nice work!
That round 12 looks juicy as all hell. I like your plan as it's very similar to mine so don't look back and each of the 9 trades look to be worth it
I'd hold Wallis over Cripps.
Thanks for the feedback fellas. Despite the ins and outs this week, I’m sticking fat with my plan cause it works for me long term. If it works, great. If not, at least it’s been fun
Agreed, Dex. Had pencilled in three downgrades this week as well.
Macintosh to Pearce.
Clark to Boston via Krakoeur.
Bellchambers to Brooksby.
Leaves with 630k *drools* and still 17 trades left.
Next week I have planned as such;
Salem to Maric via Read
Rich to Dangerfield
Goodes to Brodie Smith
May even go Goodes to Hamling and net even more cash because Smith’s break even is 117
I’m not sure I’ll come out of the byes with full premo but I’m out of the running for overall and sitting comfortably in all leagues. Oxely and Saad, I’m not any rush to move them on just yet. Both have been good enough to be league winning keepers at this stage. CEY has become a worry and Lonie and Tarrant need to be moved on so, yes, looks like full premo has escaped me just at the minute.
Brooksby…. yes or no?
Only using 2 trades this week (McIntosh > Pearce + Anderson > Boston) so possibly could go Read to Brooksby but not sure if it's work a trade. Worried about his js and his scoring not being too great
Works well with my byes though as Round 11 (Maric benched), Round 12 (Brooksby benched), Round 13 (Goldy benched)
Don't have many trades left as well so not sure
I would say no. If you can get 18 scoring players on the park there is no need to get Brooksby
I don't think Read to brooksby is worth it. You may as well bank that your two rucks will not get injured and if one does then you'll have that trade you didn't use for brooksby to get another one in and during the byes brooksby's score won't factor in to your 18 counted scores as he'll probably be producing 40-50
I'm thinking the same. Cheers guys
Big no. Why?
Bring in Pearce or Hamling, if I bring in pearce will only have 17 round 12 instead of 18?
Pearce this week, Hamling next
I cant, already have 3 trades planned next week, please help!
There scoring potential should be similar so I'd take the guy who suits your bye structure better…..Hamling. You'll gain 50 points (give or take) from this straight away in Round 12.
It's obvious isn't it. Go Hamling. I think Hamling is the better pick anyway
Depends if Pearce plays or not.
Goodes to Smith a great move in round 12 as u would bring in Smith expecting him to become a premium. I will DEFINITELY be bringing in Smith and will be treating him as a very cheap premo
Good Luck.
I brought him in for 512k just to receive a bunch of 60's and a concussion
He better start producing soon!
McIntosh to Pearce
CEY to Boston
Clark to Goddard
Next week
Saad to Hodge
Miller to Danger
Hogan to Dahlhaus
I would wait on Goddard, wait until he plays at least 1 game
Which rookie fwd should I look to bring in?
Upgrading in the backline this week due to only Mcintosh having the bye. Who do you guys think will score the best out of Houli, Murphy or Simpson?
I'd give the slight edge to Simmo although all 3 are terrific upgrade targets.
I'd also throw Laird into that mix of Rd11 bye premo defenders that are desirable acquisitions during the byes.
I already have Kade so intend picking up Houli next week.
1. Simpson
2. Houli
3. Murphy
McDonald first though as he has round 13 bye so you'll get 2 games from him before
Hey community,
This week i am not sure what to do. I have $1100 in the bank which is nothing at all i know. I also have a low amount of 15 trades however i am nearly full premo. I am ranked at top 3%(6785). I was trying to think of the best way to get wines in this week however my round 13 bye is already a bit full. However i really think Wines can keep this form up and be a really good player to finsih with especially at this cheap price. Also would i want to downgrade some players make cash for the following rounds. Possible players to remove would be rocky, cey, krak, kmic and griffen who i will probably trade out after his bye.
Def- shaw, taylor, saad,tmac, mcintosh, lever( leslie, hamling)
Mid- fyfe, priddis, selwood, grifen, lewis, rockliffe, boston, parker (cey, krak, d mckenz)
Ruck- goldy, nic nat (read)
Foward- gray, martin, franklin, goddard,swan, deledio ( hogan,clark)
here is my bye structure:
Round 11- lever, rocky,deledio, lewis, martin, kmcintosh, hamling, cey,8 players out
Round 12- swan, goddard, fyfe, , saad, leslie, franklin, dmac, boston, parker-9 players out
Round 13- selwood, clark, taylor, griffen, shaw, priddis, Hogan, krak, gold, nic nat, gray, read, tmac- 13 players out
Please suggest some good trades i could do this week
Thanks for your help and time
you are very low on trades maybe an option to not trade this round
I posted this lower but meant to post it here.
Ok mate obviously yor priority this week is to ONLY trade down as you need the cash. I personally think its absurd trading players out who are listed to play in the first bye round, unless you have NO other option to have 18 playing during each bye round.
First thing I would do this week is trade McIntosh out and bring in Pearce – This will pocket you $180k
Secondly I would trade out Clark if he is not playing and bring in Hough Goddard – This will pocket you another $183k
If GLENN is listed play trade out KRAKOUER and bring in GLENN as he is on the bubble – This will pocket you $156k
Lastly if GLENN is not listed to play this week, you could consider trading out Rocky and bring in Sloane as that wont cost u anything but you will have that extra premo ready for round 12
Round 12
Then in round 12 straight swap from Saad to Smith, you should make around $40k from this – I am positive Smith will be the most traded in player in round 12 as he is only $340k and he really only dropped 163k due to being concussed twice, it takes a good 4 weeks to get back to your usual self after being concussed so he should start scoring 80+ .
Trade 2: CEY out to any premium you wish just make sure its a player that had his bye from round 11 – If you spent $600k on a premium
This will leave you with around $325k+ in the kitty if you traded out KRAK to GLENN.
Good luck mate
The only problem with downgrading kmac is that i have no really good way to upgrade to a premo defender as my only rookie who has peaked would be saad and is be stuck with 4 premo defenders and 2 cheap rookies on field
Who is Gary?
I think he posted on the wrong site.
Hey community!
I need help with a decision whether to trade or not.
My team is as follows
BACK: Shaw, simpson, newnes, Hibbered, Lever,Saad ( mckintosh and hamling)
Mid: Fyfe, selwood, Gray, D.Mckenzie, Kennedy, Shiel, Cripps, Priddis( CEY, Dumont, Blakely)
Ruck: Blicavs, Nicnat( read)
FWD: Roughy, Martin, Bont, Hogan, Franklin,Tarrant( Lonie and lambert)
With 220K in the bank do I downgrade to prepare for next week and also this week i may stuggle to get 18 players due to Mckenzie.
Thoughts?
Yes McIntosh to Pearce
Mcintosh to pearce
Lonie to dale
Mckenzie to wines
You shouldn't be trading any of your defense down. You already have 4 Rookies there. I'd look at upgrading Mcintosh and Saad over the byes. Unfortunately you don't have enough cash for the number of upgrades that you need to do so you may need to downgrade mcintosh to Pearce and run with a rookie on the ground until you can upgrade the extra rookie.
Ok mate obviously yor priority this week is to ONLY trade down as you need the cash. I personally think its absurd trading players out who are listed to play in the first bye round, unless you have NO other option to have 18 playing during each bye round.
First thing I would do this week is trade McIntosh out and bring in Pearce – This will pocket you $180k
Secondly I would trade out Clark if he is not playing and bring in Hough Goddard – This will pocket you another $183k
If GLENN is listed play trade out KRAKOUER and bring in GLENN as he is on the bubble – This will pocket you $156k
Lastly if GLENN is not listed to play this week, you could consider trading out Rocky and bring in Sloane as that wont cost u anything but you will have that extra premo ready for round 12
Round 12
Then in round 12 straight swap from Saad to Smith, you should make around $40k from this – I am positive Smith will be the most traded in player in round 12 as he is only $340k and he really only dropped 163k due to being concussed twice, it takes a good 4 weeks to get back to your usual self after being concussed so he should start scoring 80+ .
Trade 2: CEY out to any premium you wish just make sure its a player that had his bye from round 11 – If you spent $600k on a premium
This will leave you with around $325k+ in the kitty if you traded out KRAK to GLENN.
Good luck mate
Need Help community!
BANK: 105K TRADES: 18
DEF: Shaw, Simpson, Newnes, Henderson, Lumumba, Saad, (Hamling, Mcintosh)
MID: Fyfe, Dangerfield, JPK, Parker, Steven, Griffen, Miller, Ellis-Yolmen (Rockliff, McKenzie, Glenn)
RUCK: Goldstein, Bellchambers, (Naismith)
FOR: Gray, Martin, Swan, Mitchell, Rioli, Tarrant, (Krak, Clark)
I was thinking
Rockliff – Selwood
Miller – Boston
CEY- Lambert Via Krak DPP
Some imput would be much appreciated
WOuld just do the Selwood and Boston trades as CEY only has a 70 odd breakeven and his score should be useful for byes whereas lambert probably won't play for a while and maybe not at all.
You need to make cash this round that should be your priority if u have 18 players playing.
Don't trade players who are listed to play such as Miler, the more players u have on field the better as only your BEST 18 scores are calculated.
CEY to Hieth Goddard would be a much safer option, he was named on the Emergency list last week….
Next week SAAD straight to SMITH and throw away the key… WELCOME
I'd also like to add, to not just look at the 18 this week but also consider all bye weeks. If you trade out CEY then you may have trouble getting 18 in round 12. If you are low on round 12 then you should try to keep round 12 rookies until after round 12.
How do you sleep at night with TBC as your R2?
Wines or Ebert? Hold or trade Rocky? Thoughts appreciated
Wines will be more consistent as Ebert gets shut down every now and again and can't win his own ball as much as wines
Hold rocky unless he'll be giving you a donut during the byes, he'll be a decent POD later int he season and is saving you a trade
He saves you 2 trades, one trading him and out and one trading him back in
Would you rather:
Cox to Brooksby
Cockatoo to Boston
Cocky to Boston
Definitely Boston. Better scoring output and job security.
Cockatoo to Boston
Cheers
who has to go first out of heeney and CEY?
Heeney, haven't heard when he'll be back and CEY will score decent numbers for you in the last two bye rounds.
Heeney is expected back after the Swans Rd12 bye.
Horse said he could probably play this week but with the bye the following week they may as well give him an extra couple of weeks off just to be safe.
Heeney, round 12 bye
Heeney to Boston
TBC to dale
Goodes to pearce
next week:
Miller to sloane
Saad to smith
Hogan to lewis (via dpp)
Round 13:
Clark downgrade
CEY to JPK
Mcintosh to hodge
Nice plan. Mine is very similar but Sloan, Lewis and Hodge should all finish the year really strong
Is gary his dog?
Not sure what I should do,
Trade out Bellchambers this week for Goldstein or hold Bellchambers this week and get either Jacobs or Martin in round 12? My other ruckman is Mumford.
What should I do community?
Cheers
Tbc to goldy – he aint gonna get any cheaper if u want him grab him now.
This is the week to get goldy, BE of 42. Even against Sydney he;ll get a tonne or near one
Hey community, I'm still holding tom lamb somehow…
Should I just leave him there or waste the trade on Steele or Goddard if named?
Other trades will be nvb to Boston and kmac to Pearce or maybe even Dumont via swing
I'm holding CEY in the hopes that I can keep him all year as bench cover, any one else have that thought?
Yeah thought that bout cey… then went bang
Lamb is 3-4 weeks away
i doubt lamb will get a spot back into the team
Wines or selwood?
Selwood is true A grader. Wines still the level below
Wines should average 110 whereas Selwood is capable of 120 but hasn't has as gooder form as Wines. I don't think you can go wrong with either but i like selwood and think he's getting over a niggle and will Romp home with plents of tonnes
Hey Guys, (Jock and Co.)
Just wondering what is happening with the podcasts and Lekdog’s weekly videos? Have you stopped doing them for a reason, or just have no time?
Cheers
Lekdog posted a video yesterday and Jock has been ill so that's why last thursday and sunday's videos weren't made. Should be back soon i hope!
Yeah mate, check out my video here: http://www.jockreynolds.com.au/2015/06/09/mo-supe…
and Jock has been crook so the last couple of podcasts haven't gone up but we'll be back on Thursday!
Hi community, in a little bit of a dilemma for who to trade this week as my round 12 is not very kind for me. So thinking of going early with some trades as i will still have 18 or 19 playing this week.
Thinking Rd 12: Bellchambers, Miller and Krakouer out
Amon, Boston and Goldstein in
Rd 13: Saad, Ibbotson,Oxley out
Hamling, Hodge, Simpson in
Actually i could trade out Miller for Pearce, instead of Boston. Would that be a better option?
Boston ATM ,Pearce still listed as injured but might play, try and get both if you can. I have Boston already but want Pearce in for C Mac this week.
try and get Hamling in round 12 when he is on the bubble
You may as well get Krak out this week as he's an empty suit right now.
Besides you may need to use that trade on something else next round.
Can you use players with the bye for the captain loop hole?
Yeah as long as they aren't playing
Not saying your wrong, but it does not make sense as the loophole comes into play when the team of the surrogate Captain starts playing, in the case of the byes – the team does not play. Be great if someone could clear this one up.
lockout for players with the bye is when the last game of the round starts. So effectively can be used as a loophole
YES!
Right up to the start of the last game of the round which this weekend is 4:40pm eastern.
is it a smart move to vc Goldy, then C mummy? Both pretty consistently pumping out 100+ scores
I would defs put the C on Fyfe, he is playing the Suns
Goldstein won't dominate against Sydney, probably make a tonne bust only just. VC Gray/Selwood or Fyfe and then backap as fyfe or Pendles if you have those players
Can we get a petition going to start Head to Head matches in Round 1 (with full squads) and then take a three week break mid season during the Bye Rounds!? Coz honestly, I don’t know of one person who doesn’t hate the Bye rounds passionately. We put all our time, energy (& passion even) into our teams then along comes these ridiculous rounds where it all falls to sh!t. Unless you’ve got 40 hours per week dedicated to painstakingly plotting ur every move to have 18 players (min) on the field over these next three consecutive weeks, the whole concept of Fantasy Footy loses it’s magic substantially. Picking things back up in three weeks with a team that resembles a Bangkok whore an hour after the navy has left town is the greatest pink elephant in the room. The Bye Round head to heads MUST go!
i think the byes are good … brings another layer of strategy and planning … i have planned well and am hoping to move up the ranks in the next few weeks (famous last words!). and i like them being in r11-13 rather than 8-10 like last year (was too early)
I like that they allow those down the ladder in their respective leagues to have a more even chance to win a head to head, although this year it is near impossible to field a team of 18 every week due to so many injuries in the prominent cash-cows. Perhaps the top 16 scorers should be counted as opposed to 18 because it gives too much advantage to those that struggle field a full team, like next week……
Hogan to Dahlhaus or Clark to D Smtih?
Sounds good
Dahlhouse, more consistent than Smith. also Clark has a low breakeven and will make more $$ whereas Hogan will lose $$
Agreed Hogan to Dalhouse
Enright vs Harry Taylor? need to trade our M Johnson this week.
I'm gravitating towards Taylor as he has a better 5 round avg, is cheaper and pumped out a quite 137 last week!
Appreciate your thoughts on this community. Any others around this price range (and playing this week) that you would recommend?
cha-cheers!
key defender vs rebounding defender. Taylor is a good selection but there will be weeks where he get a 60 by being forced to play a lock down role on a key forward. Enright would be a safer choice
Does this look like a good post-bye team?
DEF: Shaw, Simpson, Smith, Hodge, Newnes, Saad
MID: Fyfe, Pendles, Sloane, JPK, Selwood, Beams, Griff, Rockliff
RUC: Maric, Nic Nat
FWD: Gray, Martin, Swan, Goddard, Wingard, Higgins
Would appreciate any feedback
Cheers
Not a fan of Griffen and Saad as keepers, unless your planning to upgrading later then thats a good side…
Dahlhaus Or Buddy as my F5??
Tough one, Dahlhaus, more reliable
To be honest, id go buddy looking at his run towards the end of the season
Safe bet is Dahl, more of a risk is buddy. Why not take a risk in supercoach, buddy will crack the tonne more times than dahlhouse for the rest of the year IMO.
If your tossing up go for the cheaper one. aka (Buddy)
I can see having both in my final team, I already have Buddy
Is there any way to triple loop a player? For example, move a mid (blicvas) to ruck, a ruck to fwds and a fwd to the mids. Would open up the use of Blicvas, otherwise he is useless as a DPP. Hoping to be corrected.
Blicvas is fairly useless as a DPP as he is the only ruck/mid in the entire league.
You do have the option of moving him between midfield and ruck through trades, but that’s it!
Thoughts on:
Ellis-Yolmen –> Kavangh/Glenn (depends on who's named and if sub
Hogan –> Fantasia
*if McKenzie isnt named –> Alex Pearce?
First 2 trades alone will leave with 550k for 3 upgrades next week
Not sure about fantasia, Hogan came up against brown and frost who are good defenders so i think he could score big against st.kilda this week and get close to his break even. Ellis Yolmen has a break even of 70 and i doubt he'll get subbed off again and can give you good scoring output for the other byes but bring in Glenn if named
Ifdmac isn't named Pearce is a good option but only do that trade if you don't have 18 playing.
I don't like the looks of Fantasia
Round 12 is my problem, so there is no advantage of trading in players this week who have a Round 12 bye. IE Boston, Glen, A Pearce, H Goddard etc
I was going to trade out CEY this week, but need a Round 13 player to trade down to. Any suggestions? any Port power rookies (I can use DPP)
I have Saad, Ibbotson, Newnes, KK in my defence, all Round 12 bye players. I believe I am going to need to trade at least 2 of them next week to make sure I have enough players on the field.
Looking at Hodge and Smith/Laird to trade in, both will be coming off their round 11 bye.
Out of my 4 defenders above, who should I trade out?
Ibbotson & Saad
You need to have cash so you can upgrade round 12, round 13 rookies to Round 11 rookies after the bye. There aren't many rookies that don't have the round 12 bye so you may need to look at trading at least one round 12 rookie in such as Boston so you can then upgrade other rookies to round 11 premos.
I think your are right Wayno. I may have to trade a Round 12 rookie in just to make the cash ie: CEY to Boston
then I can trade a Round 12 rookie to a premium, Miller to Sloane
Derek have you considered Tom Clurey from port as a downgrade, as he is on the bubble has scored 52 & 42 which is nothing much but he will average 65 this season.
Granted he is a little pricey but he still has a negative B/E.and the way defenders are scoring, or lack of scoring it could be a wise downgrade. Defenders are far to inconsistent this year.
Sorry 54 & 42
Hey community i got 17 players playing and i dont need to trade anyone but should i trade billy stretch to boston so i got 18 playing becuase i dont think stretch will make that much money. I got 16 trades left.
That's not a bad trade. If you're going for a good overall ranking yes. If your opponent this week looks tough and boston could help yes. If you don't think stretch will get another game then it's probably worth it as well because boston is getting midfield time and has good job security.
Im ranked 1000 and my league is a public league they all dont even reach 1000
Mark how many trades left mate? if your ranked 1000 overall your doing AWESOME and you want to DEFIANTLY have a minimum of 18 players on field preferably more due to your ranking..
I have 16 left but stretch has been named… Do i take the risk or stick boston
My trades this week depend on who I'm bringing in next week.
So next week should I bring in Laird or Hodge?
I'm not convinced on laird yet.
Hodge is a genuine gun Midfielder with DPP eligibility (not many this year), but he does play for my beloved Hawks, who share the SC points around a lot and sit their guns on the bench for the last quarter once a game is in the bag.
I'll be getting him in after his bye
50/50 on either, Hodge doesnt seem to be that big scorer vs solid teams with his 2 100's coming from an undermanned bulldogs and the saints. Either way, he will average over 90.
Laird i like the look of, playing that brodie smith rebounding half back role. However when they get smashed,laird may score poorly
Amon, Kavanagh or Glenn?
Glenn if named
Boston. But out of them i would go amon unless glenn is named
Kavanagh or Boston…Glenn still not playing, Amon in doubt.
Glenn if he is named, otherwise Amon
Although it also depends on your bye structures.
First time I've really got involved with this community and this season I have reaped the rewards from the wisdom of this page and everyone involved. Sitting in the top 1% and I have all of you to thank for it! Bye rounds are quite confusing for me, and probably a lot of other people. When I created my trading plan all those weeks ago I ensured i would have at least 20 on field players for each week, and initially this involved downgrading 3 round 11 rookies. While I followed my trading plan to the best of my ability, obviously circumstances changed and I have adapted along the way.
This brings me to my confusion. Why is it so bad to bring in a premium player (i.e. Selwood)? Barring any late outs/injuries/surprises I have 21 on field players each week of the byes. Because I lose a fair chunk of premos in R12, and also because I would rather Selwood in my final team than a R11 Premo (i.e. Lewis), I am trading Selwood in for Rockliff. Yes this is a donut in R13, however if i don't bring in Selwood it basically means I am playing Amon or McKenzie or Boston on field, resulting in far lower points for the week (you'd assume). By R13 with my heavy trading the donut to Selwood that round seems like a lower cost (points wise) than it would be if I waited another few weeks. Additionally Selwood appears to have bottomed out in price.
So it is my opinion that there is no rule/guideline to follow with bye trading. Depending on your structures it will either make sense to trade in a premo, or not to trade in a premo this week. Think about who you want in your final team, think about how many premiums you have playing each week, think about how you can gain the maximum points possible for your team that week, and think about the cash-money.
Cheers Community and GOOD LUCK! #gopies
perfect logic. I brought in Selwood for Rocky last week. One of the reasons was I knew he had a round 13 bye, and my planning showed that was ok. I could easily have brought in Buddy or Parker instead, but my bye planning didn't allow that.
Other years I wouldn't have worried about that as much and been a lot like wayneo and just traded away and not cared about the byes.
I think this could be your break-out year!
I am forgetting about the bye weeks (I will probably lose one of the head to heads anyway) and concentrating on the long-term structure of my team, hence trading out TBC this week and going in with 17 players. Ultimately, I am aiming for the best team I can have by the end of the year, rather than overtly worrying about bye weeks. Short-term pain might be long-term gain.
Cheers Derek! Done super coach for a while but only focused on league wins. Going for overall ranking is a lot harder and a lot more fun I've found. So many R12 premiums I'd love to grab but I am in the same park as you, structures don't allow it.
Same here Marco. Previous years I've been playing for League wins. This year I did a lot of pre-season, did my planning and tried to stick to it. I'm having a breakout year as well, currently ranked 291 (high of 116 two weeks ago). Other years I would be ranked 10,000 at best.
You beauty you're killing it! Hope you thrive through the bye rounds and jump back up. You must be celebrating with Clokey finally rewarding your resolve ahaha
if Mckenzie plays this week how much do you think his price will go up?
SC Gold is predicting that he will increase $20K if he scores his projected 57 this week (currently has a BE of +12). It should be somewhere in that ball park if he plays a full game as expected.
McKenzie to Boston worth it?
Probably not because you'll have to use another trade if you want to get the money from boston. They'll probably score similarly and dmac has another 100k at least to make so i'd keep him until another rookie comes along.
I would trade CEY, Miller, Cripps, or Hogan/Clark if you have swingsets before McKenzie