Round 15 Supercoach Panic Room
I think I’ve finally calmed down after last Friday. Maybe.
Actually let’s all take a second to shove our collective head out the window and let out one final scream.
Good. Let the hate flow through you. It makes you strong.
Now, cool, calm and collected as a cucumber, onto business.
THE NEWS
Everything is only mildly less awful than it was last week, but not by much.
Nat Fyfe and Aaron Sandilands have been ‘named’ by Freo this week, with Fyfe being proposed as playing forward. That would concern me if I still had him. Also:
In: N.Fyfe, A.Sandilands, B.Grey
Out: –I’ll believe it when I see it #supercoach https://t.co/t9udZHecdE
— AlexieLekdogBeovich (@LekBlog) June 29, 2017
Joel Selwood has been named, but I’m hoping for his long term health as a human being he doesn’t play. My Supercoach team on the other hand is no man, but a sadistic point eating machine! (Pls send help, it’s starving)
Joel’s brother Scott Selwood will miss with injury, however, as will Dayne Beams after he was poleaxed by an oak barrel with legs last weekend.
Supercoach star Gary Ablett and star-to-be Josh Kelly both return for their sides, with Gary locked in to tear North apart.
Zak Jones and Jarryd McVeigh return for the Swans, which will have an interesting impact on Jake Lloyd’s role in the side.
Episode V, Revenge of the Cast-Aside Rookies is upon us, with Mitch Hibberd, Cedric Cox and the infamous 2016 mystery man Ryan Davis from Gold Coast all returning. Adding to the flavour of the round is pre-season hype wunderkid Zach Guthrie’s looming debut.
But you win some and you lose some. In this case we lose Andy Otten, Sam Petrovski-Seton, Tom Stewart, Tim Taranto and Jarrod Pickett all making way.
Also Matt Priddis continues to upset me by missing this week. Knew I should have backed my gut and gone Sloane. DAMMIT MATTHEW.
HEY NOW, YOU’RE A DRAFT STAR
I’m not very good at this, but am of the opinion you absolutely must start Titch and Pendles this week. Titch is the new Draftstars pig while Pendles will go large in game 250.
Pending Sunday selections, I’ve build my side around these two blokes. The selection of Big Boy is purely for the extra cash – Grundy will give him a bath. Mind you, the inclusion of Mason Cox is enough to make you pause.
Broomhead is a lock if he plays.
Stark change to last week where everyone was avoiding the big names and splashing the cash – at least for mine. How are you seeing it, community? Make sure you head on over to run your eye over Higgo’s genius here – or bang on into this week’s free community contest below.
>ENTER HERE – GOOD LUCK FOLKS!<
READY TO WHACK $2 ON THE LINE? ENTER THIS COMP (ALL STATES)
EVERYTHING’S DIGGING UP MILHOUSE
Everything’s coming up Milhouse:
-83 – Alex Witherden
-46 – Matt White
-43 – Ryan Shoenmakers
-37 – Jono Beech
-31 – Sean Darcy
-26 – Callum Brown
-21 – Brennan Cox
-21 – Hugh ‘the real MVP’ Greenwood
-13 – Declan Mountford
3 – Matt Scharenberg
5 – Robbie Gray
10 – Jon Patton
Dig up, stupid!
240 – Joel ‘Cat’s Head’ Selwood
220 – Dayne Beams
184 – Max Gawn
176 – Zac Williams
173 – Rory Sloane
172 – Tom Rockliff
158 – Tom J Lynch
155 – Dayne Zorko
CAPTAIN McCAPTAINFACE
As I’m pressed for time this week, community, I want to throw this week’s superhero to the floor: pick one bloke you reckon will tear it apart this weekend who isn’t Paddy Dangerfield (VC) or Scott Pendlebury (C) – Pendles as it’s his 250th and Dangerfield… well, because he’s Dangerfield.
Mine is (surprise, surprise) Zach Merrett. While he only hit 112 against the Lions earlier in the year, this game last season (at Etihad) he tore the roof off the joint. The Lions are missing most key players in their midfield, and Rockliff still seems to be carrying something. Merrett’s gone at an average of 131 over his past 3 and I reckon he’ll top that this week.
Go Blues!
Never read anything better in my life
VC to Sloane may be the difference… considering
I really like it. Guys with ridiculous ceilings (refer to G.Ablett, T.Rockliff) make the best VC options I say.
Oh, the luxury of being able to view the team changes and then ponder the next move. No frantic changes in the hour between team announcements and the first bounce!
Amen to that…Thursday games suck!
actually like Thursday games – just from a viewers point of view I love it. hate it from a supercoach view
Imagine how difficult it will be to play SC when games become a daily event like the NBA.
Should i field greenwood over t lynch this week? cheers
I'm having the same issue…out of Lynch, Greenwood and Parsons who goes to the pine and who gets the E…
I think Tarrant will be all over Lynch this week. Parsons has the harder match of the three so it's feeling like a coin toss between the others
Yes
i have greenwood at M6 and love it. my dilemma is do i bench lynch for parsons? norths tarrant will lockdown on lynch and possibly another stinker 🙁
Tough! Surely Lynch comes good tho. I'm trying to decide which one to trade to Gawny and which to keep as my F6 with Nank as F7/R3. If Lynch goes gotta be this week, if Greenwood I'll wait a week.
Last week I was looking at the opportunity to loophole Hardwick with Lynch (couldn't do it due to the brief cameo from Pickett).
This week I am looking to loophole Lynch with Hardwick given he's a better chance to post a usable score.
I gotta field Greenwood for JJK (still). Thinking of downgrading Lynch to Matt White (PTA) and leave Parsons as my bench cover. Next week bang-bang full Premo and maybe a luxury trade to Gawn when he drops more $$
I'm torn between two options for Greenwood. Put the E on him in the fwd line and, if he scores well, I'll replace Lynch with Eddy. However, also thinking of using him in the same way in the mids for Witherden.
Thinking I need to bin Priddis, can anyone give me a reason not too?
Id trade
if you have the cash i'd trade up to a bont or merrett. if your strugglin for $$ and have solid benchcover maybe hold a week or two for jelwood and rocky to bottom out around ya 450k straight swap nearly.
VC Gaz, C danger
Let's hope Danger doesn't get Baby Brain like Pendles did
Reasonable to get zerret for beams this week and jelwood or dusty for sloane if he keeps this shit up?
I'm going Doch into Danger. But as per Patches rule of "who isn’t Paddy Dangerfield (VC) or Scott Pendlebury (C)" I'll go
Doch (VC) into Zerret (C)
need to downgrade S.Selwood this weeek to 1 of C.brown or WItherden… after JS!
then next week beams to either rocky or jelwood when they bottom out..
Anyone else deeply concerned about Fyfe and this potential upfield business? Is it better to just cut our losses than risk a massive turd of a score?
i'm holding rick. i feel a few weeks to freshen up will have helped and sandi tappin down his throat again will be happy days. but am extremely nervous! also i just dont have the trades to be making moves like this
If you've held him this far hold him
Traded Fyfe during the byes. I've slept a lot better the last couple of weeks.
Blakely got dropped for chucking a sickie from training to go surfing, opens up the mid spot for Nathan
This is my favorite post. I love reading people's thoughts on what they think Ross Lyon may do…….
Rodney Eade has been reported saying that Tom Lynch (GC) has been fighting mental demons
So have I since I brought him in
LOL
Does anyone know the length of Scooters injury
1 weeek at this stage.
About 3cm it's only a small tear
5 years.
I bloody hope you're joking
Hey guys. What's the minimum amount of trades you should have now? I need 1 more trade to be full premo but don't want to burn myself later on. Need to win almost every game in my money league to make finals…
In a money league just go for broke, Starry. Having trades in the bank won't do much good if you miss out on finals
You'll only win a money league if you take risks, this should be one
Let's pray the gods are kinder to us this Friday Patch. Last week was brutality
Is Greene out!?
Zac Williams. It begins
Hope not. Why? Haven't heard that one yet!!
Done a hammy. Replaced by Finlayson who's debuting
Well I don't think I'll trade Shaw now. He should be back to his old position that Williams has been playing.
Hi All,
7 trades left 180k in the bank 2 trades from premo (considering holding Greenwood at F6 hes better than the other spuds out there which means 1 trade from premo)
Question is, does Marc Murphy need to go. I am toying with upgrading him to Merret..
I dont want to blow trades but I just feel like hes done for the season.
At this stage you keep. If you have trades left you can jump on someone who is steaming home
Scrap Murphy immediately! a 5 round ave of almost 80 isn't good enough from a mid Merrett will give you an extra 40+ points each week
My only trade this week..
Myers > Witherden.
I am holding Scooter until a mid drops below $473k that I want.. 3k short of Robbie gray :(.
Get a $102k rooki instead of Witherden
Wait til after Joel Selwood drops in the next few weeks
Now that it is being reported that Tobias Greene has done his hammy who is the next best fwd option out of Heeney and Buddy?
Or is the Zac Williams injury?
Zac Williams strained his hammy and won't play, haven't heard anything about Greene.
Where'd you get your info from?
Williams officially withdrawn & replaced. Toby Greene still just a rumour
Cheers Pie…bloody hate rumours!
How long is Williams out for ?
For me, that means i hold Heater another week and slap him with a C.
Playing Geelong, he should see that footy quite a bit.
I hope..
Fantasy Freako on twitter, could be based on rumour though.
Cheers, I saw this on AFL late mail too…….
Some big news out of GWS, as Adam Curley reports
GREATER Western Sydney defender Zac Williams has been ruled out of Saturday's crucial clash with Geelong with a hamstring injury and there are suggestions star forward Toby Greene may have hurt his hamstring at training on Friday morning.
GWS just released this statement:
Toby Greene completed training this morning and was assessed by medical staff for ankle soreness. He is expected to play in #AFLGIANTSCats.
Revised question: assuming Tobias plays who is the best fwd option out of him, Gerber and Bud?
Probably Gerber Thomas he's a gun…..is that Heeney?
Nank or Parsons on field ? Can't loop Eddy ,was looking at Nank to Greene until the rumours started.
seriously? nank every day
Nank for sure
If Parsons outscores Nank it will likely only be by 10-20, but Nank could easily outscore Parsons by 40+.
Bank every day
Greene will play DBB, his so called 'Hammy" injury was just a bit of ankle soreness.
Oh crikey – don't know what to do
bring in Dusty or Heeney
Heeney is $100k cheaper
but Dusty is average is 14 higher (or rolling 3 match is 17 higher)
Or even Neale – oh the dilemma
Toby Greene completed training this morning and was assessed by medical staff for ankle soreness. He is expected to play in #AFLGIANTSCats.
Missed all the carnage last week. Have Williams out this week. I guess nobody escapes everything.. hopefully that's my only out. Greene on my never never list so safe there.
No flog policy capatain?
Absolutely 🙂 He may be a good player but….
Need a hand here. Got Beams and Z Williams in my side. Need the H2H win this week. Got 10K and 9 trades.
Should I:
1. Trade both Z Will and Beams for similar players
2. Leave Z Will, Trade Beams for premo mid and do Barrett > M White, play Berry for Z Will
3. Leave Beams for this week, play SPP on field, Trade Z Will for premo def and Barrett to Matt White
4. any suggestions let me know!
I wouldnt go matt white. the two good bubble options are schoenmakers (155k) or witherdon (117k). will give you more cash than white as well
What to do with Taranto?
Out for the season. Trade
Trade
Absolutely trade
must trade Morty
13 trades and $1500 cash
Thinking of Stewart/Barrett out for Macrae/Witherden
Still have Nank (FWD), Scooter and Steele. Looking at Gawn for Nank next week.
Assuming Steele returns, do I trade Barrett (BE 118) or Steele (BE 128) first?
Barrett goes first for mine. Steele was tough to be dropped. Gone back to VFL level and (unsurprisingly) carved it up
Agree with Kev, gotta get rid of Barrett. If Steele does play he's got a much higher ceiling
Right now it doesn't matter what we want to do .. SC won't stay up long enough to make changes or reverse changes .. anyone else experiencing this?
If your on the app you need to delete it & reinstall it. Solves the problem
I'd love the thoughts from the community about what's the best move. Currently have 13 trades and $80k bank:
DEF: Doc, Adams, Howe, Laird, Shaw, Newman (Scharenberg, Ryan)
MID: Danger, Treloar, Pendles, JPK, Bont, Fyfe, LLoyd, SPP (Beams, Scooter, Cousins)
R: Grundy, Sandi (Cameron)
FWD: Heeney, Macrae, Dahl, Nank, Greenwood, Lynch (Hannan, Bolton)
I'm playing for leagues with an easy game against 2nd bottom this week, so I'll hold Scooter as well as the Fantastic Four known as Shaw, Fyfe, Nank and Lynch.
Option 1 – single swap
Beams > Neale, Crips or Mitchell
Option 2:
Beams > Zerret or Dusty
Hannan > Brown
Option 3:
Beams > Yeo
Option 4:
Beams > Witherden or JDC
Hannan > Yeo
I'm leaning towards option 1 as I think Neale is great value, whereas Yeo may come down a bit more in price. Option 4 is probably my second choice as it gears me up to get Gawn for Sandi next week and look at bringing in the likes of Rocky & Joel for Scooter and SPP in the coming weeks.
Option 1
I think White is most likely of this week's rookies to make $100-150K from his starting price. That's why I am leaning towards him over the Beech/Brown types. He will be my final trade up in about R19 for my seventh fwd so I can start lopping Nank as my F7.
I guess its a different story if you are looking to bring in someone you don't plan to trade out again … even still, the others don't fill me with much confidence and/or lack dual position flexibility
White appears to have at least some J S Got loads of pace but remember Houston could be a trap
White does this every year, plays a couple scores well then disappears. They call him 'Selleys' at Alberton because he is only used for filling gaps
Who for Beams, Merritt, Neale or Kennedy
Good luck tonight in TDF.
Mate SuperCoach is far more important then the TDF. I need a win in my league.
Team Done. Scooter on the pine til his bro is a swap over. 5 trades left. Greenwood the swingman for loopholing. Strnadica for the capt role he does so well. Real risk is Shazza and Ryan on def bench. Just thought I'd put the mozzon early.
Bont, Cripps or Gray for Beams
With Scooter on the pine, I have to bring Mountford on field with Greenwood sitting at F6. Pickett (M10) not selected and Bolton (F7) doubtful as an Emergency.
Trying not to trade with 7 left and $112k. The prize of Jelwood and Gawn is worth another week or 2 waiting.
Please SC Gods, no late outs this week!!!
Thoughts on going early on Stewart to Witherden and Shaw to Z Merrett (leaving Newman as D6)? Team is:
Doch, Adams, Laird, Rance, Shaw, Newman (Stewart, Ryan)
Danger, Pendles, Rockliff, Bontempelli, Hannebery, Fyfe, J Lloyd, Greenwood (Bolton, Hibberd, Cousins)
Martin, Sandi (Strnadica)
Yeo, Dahlhaus, Macrae, Franklin, Heeney, Nank (Parsons, Eddy)
Shaw nsmed on wing. Should get lots of pill
Have thought he'd get lots of the pill all year! Would ideally need to go with Merrett this week given his low BE so it could be now or never…
Sounds real nice 🙂
Might be worth holding Shaw to see is Zach Williams out changes anything.
Love the Panic Room Patch.
Can go to full "Keeper" (barring Nank) this week if I ship out Scooter Selwood and Hannan for Robbie Gray and Jack Billings.
Leaves me with 6 trades and 90k left in the bank; then next week a downgrade of parsons/berry to anyone cheap + Nank to Gawn.
Other thought is to have Berry on field this week in mids for scooter, trade out Hannan for Billings/Greene,get Gawn next week and Jelwood in 2 weeks after price crash.
Thoughts on either plan?
I like jelwood better than Robbie but up to you.
also witherdon is a great rookie to get next week 🙂
Unless high up in the ranks option 2 is better – and I like Billings as a pod
Which two would you pick for your side: Neale, Ablett, Pendles, T.Mitchell?
T Mitchell and Neale.
Pendles, Neale
No love for Ablett? Was thinking of bringing him in… Must go huge in game 300 at home against North?
I have Tmitch. Trying to work out who to swap for Beams….Dusty, JPK, Ablett or Pendels. Each day this week I have changed my mind! As tonights game gets closer, I am thinking Kennedy now but cant be sure!
Yeah, I'm in the same boat! Hard picking the best premo's.
All done – went Kennedy. Logic – Ablett injury prone. Just dont like the Pies. My plan is to do a few more downgrades in coming weeks (Stewart, SPP, Greenwood) free up some cash so I can get Dusty in as well. Plus with his BE at 145, I think he will come back a bit in price. Still have 12 trades so should be able to get there.
Pendles and Mitchell for me.
Titch and Neale
Selwood got on the plane to Sydney, so let's hope the bugger gets cleared to do his thing.
Joel would get thru the concussion test while he's still spasming on the ground asleep Russty, surely he's done it a hundred times now.
Trading Stewart and Hannan to Witherden and Brown/Beech
Thoughts???
Don't like going pre-bubble and I don't think either of Brown or Beech's JS is too crash hot
Neither will be consistently onfield so they are purely for cash
Fair enough but they won't be making any cash if they're not playing
Will take Beech
As some no im based in WA, word im getting out of Melb is Selwood will play. Hope so cos im a little jittery about fielding Hibberd from nth.
don't blame you there Stirls but suspect he will go ok .Been burning at vfl level
Between Neale, merret, Rockliff and Joel Selwood I have to pick two to finish of my team the o my combination I can't do is Neale and merret
PLEASE HELP
Cant go wrong with either. I've got all but Selwood.
Given selwood's soon to be price, think he will be perfect for your team, and a pod in comparison to thise who are already full premo. Lock him in.
Do you rate Rockliff highly and think he will return to form. I sure do, but dont know when. If you personally think that will be soon then rocky needs to be picked.
Merrett if you want consistency.
Neale if you want an underrated pod, with a few question marks over hiw he will perform from here on.
So my suggestion is Selwood and Rocky if you are going for the prize.
Selwood and Merrett if you want a bit more consistency and assurance.
Selwood and Neale if you want a somewhat POD to catch up in ranks.
But god all three are good players, and the difference will likely be sweet F all.
Cheers
Firstly, who do I trade for C. Brown OR M.White? T. Nankervis OR J. Parsons…
TRADE NANK >> Brown ($317,200)
TRADE NANK >> White ($236,700)
TRADE PARSONS >> Brown ($135,600)
TRADE PARSONS >> White ($54,500)
Have you considered not trading?
why trade parsons hes just had his best score by far? gonna go up nicely for the next two weeks
Need cash to upgrade Greenwood in a few weeks
Brown dropped
Great work again Patch. Hopefully this week will be better for you and us all.
Which of the following options would suggest out of:
1) S Selwood to Witherden and SPP to Zerrett (9 trades and 108k)
2) Hannan to White and S Selwood to Bont or Macrae (9 trades and 62k with Bont)
3) S Selwood to White and SPP to Bont, Macrae, J Selwood and Merrett (9 trades and 26k with Merrett)
Not sure who out of White or Witherden has better job security. Both are DPP's which is a bonus.
Thoughts????
option 1
Witherden has the better JS imo, id like another look at him but not much around.
Thanks Nick and Stirlsy. Agree that Fagan is more likely to persist with him than Hinkley will with White. Should I trade Hannan (via DPP with Bolton) or go with Option 1 as suggested.
Who to VC and C out of these guys:
Docherty, Danger Merrett, Zorko, Treloar, JPK, Bont and Merrett
Was thinking of VC on JPK and C on Danger, or VC Danger and C Merrett?? Please help!!
Danger into Merrett
Lets all pray that zac williams out can rekindle the heath shaw of 2016!!
S Hill Blakely & Deluca removed from the Freo squad. Ross up to his tricks again
you follow dr supercoach? 😉
or are you dr supercoach!
Deluca was my mid cover. now I really need Jelwood to play. I don't want to have to move Greenwood to my E in mid, then lose his score if Jelwood does play. will get a donut if he misses though…
Tough conundrum there Krazee
I posted this below. this could be my option.
Can we see Cousins from Hawks getting another game anytime soon? Hawks feel like they're a chance for finals so I dunno If I can see them blooding any young players. considering dropping him for Witherden, which is a fairly minor gain.
would leave me with 134k, 6 trades with only Greenwood to turn into premo. Nank will also become Gawn next week for cheap. also gives me midfield cover this weekend should Jelwood be a late out
Sort of in same boat, but hibberd can replace if late out, if they call it early that his an out i can move Adams up to guts and play Ryan but if its a game time call im left with Hibbered.
Ah my loop slave Deluca is back.
Does anyone honestly see a point in trading nankervis, considering he is averaging 93 this year.
Unless you for some reason haven't got the big gun fwds like Yeo, Macrae, Heeney, or Dalhouse, who the hell else would you bring in? NickRoo/Dixon/Buddy who are all averaging less?
Only valid reason would be to get Gawn. But I'll be stuffed if its worth sideways trading to another fwd who will likely go worth, or at the best get 5 more points a match. Boo rant over
Buddy has been quiet. expect him to go BANG a few times soon
Hopefully tonight Kraze.
Your hopes have been answered
Its not the avg for the year that is the worry Dave its his avg over past 6 games that is saying trade his past 6 games is avg 80.6 and his last 3 is 72.3 you do the maths Dave.
Stewart to Witherden. Yes or No.
Yep.
No
Can we see Cousins from Hawks getting another game anytime soon? Hawks feel like they're a chance for finals so I dunno If I can see them blooding any young players. considering dropping him for Witherden, which is a fairly minor gain.
would leave me with 134k, 6 trades with only Greenwood to turn into premo. Nank will also become Gawn next week for cheap. also gives me midfield cover this weekend should Jelwood be a late out
Poppy out cousins on extended bench
Cousins named as 3rd Emergency on Sunday which suggests he probably isn't too far away from getting another crack. I've got him on my bench and are holding for now as he will make more coin once selected.
thoughts on nank to matt white and then berry to roberton, howe, hurley, or rance? this would leave me with 8 trades and needing to upgrade f6 and m8 and a possible sideways to gawn from grundy. as well as approximatey $180,000 in the bank
Ross might fade him for that
Trade
Callum Brown & Ben Reid omitted. Can't believe my eyes to see Reid omitted. Buckley trying to lose his job faster
I understand Brown but like you Pieman I am more than a little surprised to see Reidy being omitted!
Staggered Wal. For Mason Cox. Please
Reid has to be sore or something, surely they play him up fwd over Cox.
Get down there Pieman and tell em to give Fatso a game…
Buckley has some sort of fitness policy not aiding fatso's cause
Should judge selection on a pie eating comp.
Would be close to leading the 2s goal kicking and that is Bucks problem, he thinks the whole team can kick a ball like he could, and less then 5 can in the entire squad, and that kills his gameplan every week.
But he keeps coaching down the same path.
When I first saw him play I thought it was Serena but itell you this kid can take a grab and has a lot of mongrel something some at the club don't have… The new coach will sort him out
Rooe$$y!!
is Scooter just precautionary and possibly a week? or has he restrained and 2-3 weeks…
They're just saying a week so far…