option 2 if you insist on ditching roo this week

option 1 if you dont mind holding a week and waiting to see if it was just a blip for taranto.

Def 3

I don't have him, but Roo is probably a hold given it could be two weeks? If you are intent on trading, IMHO Gawn is a must, so I would go option 1. You also need to find a way to get Dahl in the fwd line at some point – he obv is not a premo midfielder long term.

Could just be replacing him with another injury waiting to happen knowing Hodgey's track record in that area.

All in forward line otten and kelly???

Don't trade any yet, its only round 1, they could turn it around.

They all performed according to their price honestly.

Why even think of trading after 1 round…except perhaps roo. It can only come back and bite you.

Lachie plowman is an absolute must have

I would hold 1 week. Simpkin & Hannan could score totally different this week.

Also Hickey was up against Gawn, it can only get easier for him.

Reassess after round 2

Love the team name!

Those are both good options personally id be bringing in Dahlhouse if u have not got him as I believe he will be more consistent. But that's just personal preference.

Thinking of the same trade but also looking at M. Murphy. Had Oliver Z Jones and Rockliff in my team early last week.but changed to Marchbank O'Meara and Bont to get Roughead at F5. Not too much harm done but wish I'd put Butler on field instead of Pickett. Thinking will wait a week to see what happens. O'Meara may score better – 3points and looked rusty. Definitely want Rockliff back ( maybe crazy but looking at trading for Kelly GWS) after Roughead to Hannan. That's why it will be better to wait a week to consider.

Chill out man! You're gonna prematurely trade (in your pants)!

One has averaged 90+ once playing in a weaken midfield, the other is in his second season playing in a stacked midfield

No trades by round 18

Trading Omeara for Oliver is simply trading for the sake of it, Omeara didn't even score badly!

You can't have everyone, especially if you don't have cash in the bank.

Do it

Yeah, have all three, but played Pickett on field so he kept me in perspective lol

At this stage NO, possibly next week if they score well

Nobody is a must have after one round. Except Gawn and Danger, but they were must haves since last year.

Butler backing up his 90 will make more cash than those 200k rooks backing up 80's, so I see him as a bigger must have. Hold this week though

not yet

Happens every year, Youngy. Suspect most of them are chasing the weekly round prize money

Those guys or gals either live their whole lives impulsively or have no idea how to go the season distance in Supercoach, they end up being the easybeats in their leagues, or ranking over the 50000 mark.

Good thinking. You have a plan trust your gut!
If you listen to the naysayers it will be to late.
No one knows the future and how it will play out.

I think Swallow will be back this week mate….hold him

TRAAADe
use $ for mid pricers on the rise!!
Fix the failed rookie farce!

Agree, Trade.
If you are going for overall rank pick your favourite premo fwd and sleep well.
Otherwise spend the next few weeks sweating in your sleep and having recurring nightmares about Pickett and/or Eddy.

what did Nank do to Kruz? Kreuzer got the better of Nank

Long way to go … focus on the positives and make your next move a good one!

Chin up Mate.
It's going to take a few weeks at least for the overall rankings to have any real significance.
What happened last week may be the polar opposite this week.

Keep your supercoach joy.

Higgo in my head said talk about bell curves zzzzzzzz, an early 1800-2000 score is retrievable, a poor structure less so and and poor temperament is not. Fortunately, the last is the most important for supercoach success and you sound like you have it deep inside, stay strong.

And, when all else fails (5 weeks later) build a round win team with all the KPFs! Enjoy.

Same here but I had Hanna as VC. Really disappointing. I also have Doc and Dahl. Just the wrong combination in Rd 1 and just a bit disappointing with all the rookie scores. I had Butler on the bench and also have Smith. My hope is that Norths rookies improve, surely they have to play them but they looked a bit ordinary and they have a tough draw early.

Watch the team sheets closely.

If Hibberd gets dropped (which he might) trade Smith to McGrath. Use Hibberd as your loop.
Better to have a loop who doesn't have a smashed up shoulder and will be missing months.

Another option is to wait one week to see how all this rookie carnage plays out …

Or……he might only be out for 2 weeks and you'll wish you'd held him.

Since we are poking fun, my favourites are that Toby Greene and Josh Caddy are so high up the exit list. They didn't do much wrong, considering one was first game with club and the other is forward in a team soundly beaten.

I'm sure most are just tinkering and will reverse

If you watched the game you would know why, TOG 72% Tackles ZERO. Horse has given a great inside mid player, an outside role on the wing and he looks injured to boot. I'm prepared to say he's cooked as top 10 mid.

sc 101….never trade a gun sideways…mostly just wastes a trade.

If you are going for Rank I think you may have to bite the bullet and trade him. Going for leagues, hold

It's a good theory Trigger unless you want to pick up Nank, in which case you're stuck with having to make an early decision.

Yeah yeah whatever.

you didn't have power pepper to start with?

Sloane will outscore Powell-Pepper by at least 400 points come seasons end. Don't trade your premiums out after one week.

Don't climb out of one trap just to fall in another.

You have Wellingham?

I like Touk and he was very good late last year. Good value and would take him over players like Wingard or Heeney.

if you are trading out NRoo, you should get another premium. the idea is to get closer to full premium, not further away.

Both unlikely to be top positions in their respective lines, waste of trades imo.

Jones possibly worth the risk as he's much cheaper.

Chasing last weeks points never ever works out

It was a high intensity game. And his first real game of AFL, & away from home against a very good side. Should do better against the Suns assuming he's selected. I'm giving him another before making a call

Wasn't near the ball much, heard from GWS press conference that they're likely to make a few changes. Wouldn't be surprised if he was one of them

Might last a few more weeks at best. Surely he's the out when Coniglio returns.

Surely they've made a mistake!!

Yeah ruthless and perhaps a little disturbed … sounds like someone I know …

Just more people chasing points. Happens every year. Seeing hanners greene caddy fyfe treloar all being traded out in massive numbers and the number of people bringing in JJK makes me laugh

169 Idiots

Normally I would advise against round 2 trades. But that sir is a great solution to your problem. With the rubbish scores the defence rookies coughed up I think you need a D3. And from what I saw of Mitch Hannan he's looking like a must have. Probably just a case of this week or next week.

Where do you have Hibberd? Mid or defence?

You might be able to do a straight trade NRoo to adams if you have the right swing set.

Good to hold off on Hannan until named round 3.

What your whole team look like, let's see if you can swing NRoo straight to adams

Let's hope so Jez. There are going to be a lot of nervous Hanners owners Friday night. Rumours have swirled that he might be carrying something but nothing has been confirmed of course. His lack luster JLT form carried over into Rd1 but hopefully his pride kicks in and he flips back to the Hanners we all know.

But if he goes say sub 80 and the other Sydney gun mids ton up panic will run rife and then the temptation to sideways will be massive. Until then you have to keep the faith this round for sure and hope it was just a temporary blip on the radar.

I didn't see much of the game but apparently Hanners didn't spend a lot of time in the guts. I've heard the rumours he's carrying an injury. If he has another poor score this week his price will crash & his owners will flee in droves. But the opportunists will circle & strike when the form inevitably turns around. And the same applies for Cripps

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tough without any coin
I would trade Roo this week to Buddy and watch the rooks
Then watch the rooks this weekend to see where you're at

I'm trading Roo this week to Miller, partially to free up more options next week if needed, although my rookies are generally ok,
I have Butler, Nank, Steele, Marchbank – don't have smith or pickett.

Option 2 has less risk going premo to premo, but then you have rookie exposure risk ( and you still have smith as well).

Either way it's risk. Wait until teams are announced and see if there's any rookie carnage, then decide. Seems to me that rookies are presenting more risk than mid pricers at present, ( Job Security, poor scores) but it's only week 1…

Think you're being a bit harsh there Jono. Lynch was pretty well held for most of the game v Brisbane but still managed to kick 3 goals. Sure Kennedy has the games where he goes 150+ but he can easily follow that up with a 50 the next week. Remember it's only one week out of 23.

Fortunately Lynch came home like a freight train in the 4th qtr or the discrepancy would've been even larger. But the ups and downs comes with the territory as a KPP owner. All those NRoo owners who are trading into JJK this week could receive a rude awakening in Rd2.

Last year he did exactly same thing with a humungous 180 against the Lions in Rd1 but only an 84 the following week. In fact he failed to ton up in well over half his games last season (13). So the reality is that new JJK owners this week may have already missed his best score for the season. He did however go huge against the Saints last season so I guess we'll see which particular line of history repeats or not.

As in GC Suns Lynch who scored 101?! Tongue in cheek perhaps?

Considering lunch still scored over 100 even with a few bad calls that didnt go his way i would still be more than happy with lynch. Not like JJK is gonna average 170 for the season anyway 😛

Someone like me tho is licking my lips and have both in the team tho 😀

Hannan appears to be the more enticing prospect although it's always difficult to be too conclusive based on one round of scores. If he spuds out say a 45 this weekend we may feel a little differently about him, even if that seems unlikely right now with the Dees playing the Blues.

So you probably need to think about finding a spot in your team to bring him into for next week assuming he backs up with another solid score in Rd2. Still think it's a tad premature to make that move this week unless you are perhaps dealing with an injury like NRoo or Smith (using DPP wizardry). Even then you should really explore all your options first before committing to a rookie off the back of one impressive game.

No, if you can wait a week, that would be the best option

shaw

Looks like there is no shortage of good defence options. Shaw or Adams. Or if your spuds are large enough Jeremy Howe

You could also consider saving some coin on a Tuohy who also has an attractive Rd12 bye for many sides. Has played 94 games in a row so you don't get any more durable than that!

Those savings can then be applied to patching up another vulnerability in your team in the next week or two. Although we're only one week in it's beginning to look like the year of the midpricer. Those who went more GnR got severely punished on the opening weekend fielding a bunch of spud rookies unless they had a JJK or Dusty to offset the pain. As many of us predicted in the preseason this is the worst rookie class we've ever seen and those who didn't pay heed suffered the consequences in Rd1.

So the best way to avoid playing those spud rookies is to invest in one or two midpricers that look set to take off and that have some basis to back it up like either a role change or an opportunity at a new club such as a Tuohy / Steele / Higgins / Nank / Jones etc.

I'd definitely be moving Riewoldt on Steve. But I'd be holding Horlin-Smith for another week.