CHEAT SHEET AND CAPTAINS CORNER
We knew it was going to happen.
Bald Headed Jesus went down with a hamstring in the last quarter for the Cats on Sunday, in what is the newest hiccup in his injury-riddled career. You can’t help but feel bad for the poor man.
Gary Ablett will most likely hold the title of Second Best Supercoach Player for all eternity (Behind only our very own Jock Reynolds, who averaged 178.8 points in his rookie year). We pay our respects to you, Gaz. You’re the people’s champion.
Nathaniel Fyfe is taking the absolute piss out of everyone who traded him out after round 1, with a 38 possession domination of Gold Coast on the weekend. Let’s be honest though, it was always going to happen. There is absolutely no one I would trust from Gold Coast to do the job on Nat Fyfe.
On the other end of the spectrum, Elliot Yeo is taking the piss out of everyone who did start him, scoring -7 Supercoach points in the first 3 quarters. Premium output? They don’t call him the Yeo-Yeo for nothing.
I was fairly happy this week, scoring 2212 with Duncan sitting on the pine another week, and winning 5/6 league games. Damo is looking the goods early, scoring 2367 this week and ending round 1 on top of the league ladder. I have a feeling he’s not telling us everything in his cheat sheet, otherwise we’d all be having the success he’s enjoying… Seems pretty fishy to me, Damo!*
*Just kidding, his cheat sheet is amazing. I’d probably still be scoring 1900’s like round 1 if it weren’t for him, so please listen to him before you listen to me. He’s the brain child, I’m just the rugged good looks.
Top 10 Supercoach Scores:
- Nat Fyfe – 160 (10 points)
- Jonathon Patton – 159 (9 points)
- Brodie Grundy – 154 (8 points)
- Stefan Martin – 154 (8 points)
- Callum Sinclair – 152 (6 points)
- Tom Mitchell – 149 (5 points)
- Lachie Hunter – 142 (4 points)
- Bailey Williams – 139 (3 points)
- Jarrod Lyons – 138 (2 points)
- Steele Sidebottom – 134 (1 point)
Leaderboard
- Tom Mitchell – 20
- Dustin Martin – 12
- Lance Franklin – 10
- Tom J Lynch – 10
- Jarrod Lyons – 10
- Nat Fyfe – 10
- Jonathon Patton – 9
- Stefan Martin – 8
- Brodie Grundy – 8
- Kade Simpson – 8
Tom Mitchell, please stop. You’re toying with me. I’m sorry I didn’t pick you, please give me a break! Mitchell has stormed ahead on the leaderboard, and it’s going to be bloody hard for anyone to catch him if he continues to rack up more possessions in one game than I generally collect in an entire season in the ressies.
Lyons becomes the third player to feature twice on the leaderboard, and Fyfe, Patton, Grundy and Stef have all debuted this week. The leaderboard will start to thin out from now on, so it will be interesting to see the surprise packets to feature. Curiously, Dangerfield has not racked up any points, but upon analysis I realised Dangerfield only top scored in one round last year. How very bizarre.
CAPTAIN’S CHOICES
Adelaide vs Collingwood
Friday 13 April 7:20PM – Adelaide Oval
Last time they met: Collingwood 15.13.103 drew with Adelaide 16.7.103
Top 5 Scores: T Adams 144, J Howe 131, D Wells 130, B Smith 127, M Crouch 120
In round 19 last year, Rory Sloane was tagged by Greenwood and kept to a miserable 36 Supercoach points. Not a great option for VC this week. Sam Jacobs and Brodie Grundy should be fairly evenly matched, so I wouldn’t pick them either, despite Grundy’s awesome game on the weekend. In fact, I think you’re best off not picking a captain choice at all this round. Rory Laird is an option but while he knocks out consistent tons, he only went 130+ twice last year.
Greater Western Sydney vs Fremantle
Saturday 14 April 1:45PM – UNSW Canberra
Last time they met: GWS 13.20.98 def. Fremantle 13.8.86
Top 5 Scores: L Ryan 136, N Fyfe 132, L Neale 117, D Shiel 115, D Tucker 107
Nat Fyfe is back to his best, and should be considered as perma-captain every week. Josh Kelly has a high score against Fremantle of 106, so the history isn’t there, but he’s been building into form over the last few years. Stephen Coniglio also hasn’t historically been amazing against Fremantle, but how about his form this year? He hasn’t dropped below 120 yet, and at Canberra, Coniglio is my pick for this game.
Richmond vs Brisbane
Saturday 14 April 2:10PM – MCG
Last time they met: Richmond 16.16.112 def. Brisbane 12.9.81
Top 5 Scores: T Cotchin 123, J Riewoldt 117, D Martin 111, D McStay 110, A Witherden 109
Dustin Martin will tear Brisbane apart this week. Of course he’s a lock! He had 40 disposals and 2 goals last time these teams met, in typical Dusty fashion. Definitely a worthwhile VC pick. If you don’t have Dusty, I would pass on this game. Dayne Zorko is not looking his best this year form wise, and if teams are figuring out how to stop him, he’s probably not one to put the captaincy on.
Western Bulldogs vs Sydney
Saturday 14 April 4:35PM – Etihad Stadium
Last time they met: Sydney 12.16.88 def. Bulldogs 6.6.42
Top 5 Scores: I Heeney 131, J Macrae 123, T Papley 121, C Daniel 115, L Parker 108
Marcus Bontempelli has a 3 round average against Sydney of 120, and is the man I’d be trusting from this game. He had an impressive game last week against the Bombers (I still haven’t forgiven you, Daniher!) and should hope to continue his upwards trajectory so far this season. Lance Franklin has had 3 good games in a row, so The Law of Key Forwards states he’s due for a stinker, so avoid him for this game.
North Melbourne vs Carlton
Saturday 14 April 7:25PM – Blundstone Arena
Last time they met: North Melbourne 17.11.113 def. Carlton 15.6.96
Top 5 Scores: M Kreuzer 146, B Gibbs 140, S Docherty 124, S Higgins 120, E Curnow 118
I seriously don’t care. Sorry Lekdog. Kangaroos vs Blues in Tassie? I’m sorry, I can’t think of anything I’d rather do less than watch this game. Also Ben Jacobs might tag Patty Cripps, who is the only option I would have liked from this game, so I’m just going to go ahead and pretend this game isn’t actually being played.
West Coast vs Gold Coast
Saturday 14 April 8:10PM – Optus Stadium
Last time they met: Gold Coast 11.14.80 def. West Coast 11.11.77
Top 5 Scores: G Ablett 139, J Lyons 113, S Mitchell 112, A Hall 110, D Sheed 108
Nic Naitanui is looking seriously good this season, being second in hit-outs despite playing less than 60% game time, and averages 105.9 against Gold Coast. Jarrod Witts has never come up against him playing sole ruckman, but I think it would be a reasonably educated hypothesis to predict that NicNat will jump all over him in Perth like a vicious Chihuahua. Jarrod Lyons is looking like a really good POD, averaging 118.7 as Gold Coast’s leading midfielder in the absence of the little master. Can he keep it up? Someone has to collect Gary’s points, and with Aaron Hall being out (and shit) Lyons could well be the main beneficiary.
Essendon vs Port Adelaide
Sunday 15 April 1:10PM – Etihad Stadium
Last time they met: Essendon 19.17.131 def. Port Adelaide 8.13.61
Top 5 Scores: C Hooker 140, Z Merrett 135, J Westhoff 133, J Watson 122, M Hurley 118
Essendon surely have to bounce back this week. If they don’t, their finals hopes are already beginning to look pretty thin. Zach Merrett, it’s time to step up. Merrett averages 116.7 against Port Adelaide, and last time they met he collected 38 disposals and 6 marks in a pretty dominant display at Etihad. I’d definitely back him in for captaincy, he’s going to go big. I think. I hope.
Hawthorn vs Melbourne
Sunday 15 April 3:20PM – MCG
Last time they met: Hawthorn 14.10.94 def. Melbourne 14.7.91
Top 5 Scores: J Viney 123, J Roughead 114, R Burton 112, B McEvoy 111, T Mitchell 108
Tom Mitchell is going to need to be stopped. Admittedly, his disposals may not be as impactful as some players, but coaches can’t allow him to rack up 40+ disposals every game. The poor fella will end up in hospital soon, with a severe case of leather poisoning. Max Gawn could be another good Captain pick for this game, coming up against McEvoy, who he’s had the better of in the past. Gawn actually averages a whopping 133.7 against the Hawks, and if I had both Gawn and Mitchell, I’d still put the Captaincy on Gawn. By the way, I’m banking on this to be an absolute cracker of a game, so I might stop by Dan Murphy’s this weekend and enjoy what should hopefully be an absolute spectacle in my living room. But remember kids, Don’t Drink and Supercoach!
Geelong vs St Kilda
Sunday 15 April 4:40PM – GMHBA
Last time they met: West Coast 11.17.83 def. Geelong 10.10.70
Top 5 Scores: J Selwood 154, S Ross 123, P Dangerfield 120, Z Tuohy 116, D Roberton 116
Gary Ablett and Cam Guthrie were both injured on the weekend, leaving big holes in Geelong’s midfield. As a result, Patrick Dangerfield will probably be required to spend more time in the guts this week, as opposed to his Midfield/Forward rotations he’s been doing so far. Absolutely captain him, especially seeing as St Kilda are resembling something that might have been excreted by Crouching One after a big night on the Jim Beam. I’d like to hope Mitch Duncan will be back this week, as he has a good record against St Kilda and should benefit from the exclusions of Ablett and Guthrie, but I don’t think I have the balls to select him as captain. And I’m sure Damo would tell me it’s not a good idea. He’s probably right.
Post MaSloane’s Top 8 (Non-Dangerfield) Captain Picks
- Dustin Martin
- Max Gawn
- Zach Merrett
- Nic Naitanui
- Marcus Bontempelli
- Tom Mitchell
- Jarrod Lyons
- Nat Fyfe
THE CHEAT SHEET
You’ll notice a new colour on the cheat sheet, a blue colour to be more specific. I have decided that I should alert you when a recommended rookie is on the bubble. BUT REMEMBER FOLKS, trades are valuableand will be far more valuable as the season progresses, so use my cheat sheet as more of a helpful guide and less of a shopping list, at this early stage of the season.
Hey Damo, cheers for that, thought Jesse Hogan might've been in the mix in the forwards over Jack Martin, still pretty well priced and killing it.
What is the blue? Are they the best downgrade options in the forward line for Langdon/Ryan or should we go Higgins?
Yep..best options for this week, Higgins is next week.
Looks like best downgrade options. Too early on higgins
Players on the bubble
Job security an issue for Higgins with Caddy, Prestia and bolton to come back into the side
Can't see Bolton taking Higgin's spot if Jack has another good game or 2, Bolton was omitted last week for being crap and hardly touching it.
Rioli though, back soonish…
True Henry's probably the safest bet this week.
I'd be more worried when Rioli comes in.
Which rookie to trade out out of Brayshaw or Ryan? Or both? Got 28 trades left
Ryan he’s out for 10-12 weeks
Ryan would be a handy donut Tommy if you're not using R3 for loophole
Yeah like the idea of that, but 12 weeks is a long time without a cash cow
Do you already have a donut though Tommy…for loopholing purposes?
The only other non playing player i got is Keeffe
Might not be a bad thing then Tommy, having an Eagles donut, that's why so many guys went with Olango..many later games…and ryan could be back earlier than 3 months if all goes well.
yeah i reckon ill keep him and if it gets to the stage where i dont have backup, can just trade him. Cheers Russty!
No worries bud, and just remember, rookies continue to pop up, and if they do well you can trade to them anytime you like with Ryan sitting there as perma-loophole.
Fyfe into Danger for me
Hows the job security for Crowden and Henry? which is the best option for an L.Ryan downgrade?
There isn’t not probably much between them in terms of js tbh
Or even Jack Higgins?
Not sure about Crowden with Freo’s stacked midfield with Brayshaw and Banfield as rookies already playing
I like Henry with Geelong’s injuries there is plenty of room for him in the Cats defensive structure
Crowden provides a DPP swing with the likes of Garlett as bench cover on both lines. Leaning towards Crowden.
Crowden has led Freo in pressure acts in the last two rounds, something Ross froths over!
As long as he keeps it up I cannot see why his spot would be in jeapordy, looked good last week!
I’ve got Andy McGrath in my defence and Liam Ryan in the forwards. I could do 3 things:
1: nothing and save my trades
2: downgrade McGrath to Richards and upgrade Liam Ryan to Hogan
3: downgrade Liam Ryan to Henry and upgrade McGrath to Luke Ryan
Advice please???
If I had to choose one of those options it's 3
3
Trade Billings to McLean or Hold?
Too early for sideways
Hold mate, will probably pump a 130 this week
McLean getting a clean run through the guts, Billings has to work back to add to his pill intake and at the rate the Saints are playing he'll be working his way back to defence to get it!
How does everyone go about selecting VC and C options?
I only ever consider players who average 100 against their opponent and at the venue, I'll also consider them if they average well over 100 and have never played at a certain venue but I don't love it.
Last week my only two players that fit this criteria were Fyfe and GAJ, thank god #FyfeIsLife
Yeah I definitely go on past games.
Who you going this week?
This week it's hard to go past Fyfe VC and C is still up in the air…probably whoever I upgrade Gaz to
Danger in the picture?
Form has to come into it as well. Coniglio is just super consistent right now and GWS at home could have a big win against Freo. I'm palying it safe and going Fyfe into Danger, but I also think that's the best option for me.
I’m going Dusty VC & Titch C this week. I do think danger is set to go 140 but I hope not because I haven’t traded him in yet
Hey Lek, I like my VC to be a fairly early game, too many things can go wrong if you wait until too long into the round, so this week either Fyfe or Dusty for me..into Titch or Danger, gotta be 2 of the big 4 though.
At the start of the season I looked at the draw and decided that without Danger,the only two players I could trust were Fyfe&Titch as VC&C for the first five rounds,after that needed to get Danger in,then it will be between those three,depending when they play.
First I look at when my cap loophole is playing Lek, then go from there. Titch perma-captain at the moment but Danger is primed. Two weeks back from his hammy troubles, only a matter of time till we see those 150+ scores again
My capt choice this have been Gawn rd 1 139 Oliver rd 2 149 and Fyfe last week 160 so have been lucky just look to who there playing and the who the possible come up against. No Dusty or Danger in my side…yet.
I pretty much lock in my Capt (for the round), then select a VC who is playing earlier with a history of blow-out scores … for example Buddy, Danger, Gawn, Kennedy.
Mind you it killed me last week when I moved my VC from Fyfe to Buddy mid round and had Danger as Capt !!!
This week is tough. I would prefer Dusty into Titch but my only donuts (at this state) are Giles-Langdon and Cameron (Syd). With GWS playing before Richmond and Sydney starting at 4.35, I will need to keep my eye on Dusty's progress and be prepared to pull the trigger early.
I tend to take a discount on the VC score, preferring a sure fire 120 to an at risk 130. I had the VC on Cripps 2 weeks ago (115) and decided to pass, going to Gawn (97). Those hurt.
There was talk that Cameron might come in for Sam Reid this week Bock.
Phew! Not named yet, though will have to check for late in’s!
Maybe the safe option is for Laird for VC.
Looks like Laird is my only option.
I'm puting VC on Simmo this week it's why brang him in, he has a good record against North. His form has been exceptional so far, without Doc in the side he's increased his output. My Captain this week is Danger, with Gaz out of the picture. I think Danger will go huge, just look how he played last week on the second half and specially when Gaz went down in the 4th quarter.
Titch is always a safe Captain each week, I'm putting my faith on Danger to outscore Titch or Dusty by a long margin this week.
Hi everybody! I've been following this site for a while now and have decided I want to join the discussion. Like most I'm trying to decide whether to trade Brayshaw or not, and who to trade Ryan to, but seriously…just read the other comments or even listen to the podcast. You have 2 choices to make. Either trade down to another rookie or trade up to either a mid pricer or a premium. It seems that people on here are just expecting others to do all the hard work for them! Do some research and look into who fits best with your structure and team and read people's comments!
Good onya Demon, put a bit or research in. I’d avoid the midpricers now just rookies or locks
Yeah tend to agree there. The only one I'm considering is Hogan, but that could be my personal love for the man. I think he'll be a decent selection and could average 90+, just won't be pumping out 120's every 2nd week.
Who's the better option? Crowden or Henry? Also, is Zerrett to Martin a good option?
Zerrett is buy option not a sell
I'm going Zerrett to Dusty mate. If you feel like Zerrrett won't go bang anytime soon then go for it.
Such a conundrum, got Gazza, can park him for a while at wait Dangers price drop but your betting on him smashing it with Gazza not playing .. money or the points
Hey Jut, depends whether you play for rank or Leagues, if it's rank get Danger this week, if it's the other wait two weeks and play a sub for Gazza or rotate one of your Mid/Fwds into the middle.
********TEAM REVEAL**********
Ill get straight into it so here it is!
Def- Bonner, Doedee, Finlayson, Murray, Richards, Murphy (O'Conner, Naughton)
Mid- Danger, Martin, Titch, Kelly, Ablett, Fyfe, Kelly, Holman (Banfield, Garlett, Barry)
Rucks- Kruezer, Gawn (English)
Fwd- Franklin, Greene, Billings, Smith, Petracca, Taranto (Fritsch, ZGL)
So there it is, Team Reveal from an anonymous community member that has reached out to me, so I thought as I'm only one opinion I thought the community can help me out and what trades my little damsel in distress can do!
Cheers community!
GAJ to Zerrett, Taranto to Jesse Hogan
Can't imagine who's team this could be?…lol, thought it was yours when I first looked and then thought, maybe you are 66 and Rooster..haha and you were bantering with yourself before. 🙂
He's really gone balls to the wall in the backline.
I reckon if that was my side, I'd maybe go, Ablett out to Crowden, maybe even O'meara, so I could get some premos into the backline, number 1 priority being Laird, he's gonna need some funds for that.
First off he's missed out on the best midpricer in Coniglio,but it's too late to get him,with Ablett getting injured,who could have seen that coming hahaha,there is a chance to move Finlayson into the mids and get Laird into the defence,I'm not a big fan of Kruezer and would be downgrading him to Nank ,NicNat or Grundy who are cheaper with even better output, before Kruezer bleeds cash.
There are probably four trades that I would like to do but since we only have two,Billings and Taranto are safe. Ablett has to go,I didn't start him for this very reason,I'd downgrade him to Crowden to make some cash,then trade out either O'Conner or Naughton for Laird,but if O'Conner gets a game this week,then I'd be trading out Kruezer for NicNat.
And yet again I have changed my mind haha
Going to bring in Dusty for Zerrett
After a lot of thinking I just can't see Zerrett improving that much any time soon. He looks lost even when Essendon are playing better.
Throw the VC on Dusty and then go into Danger with the C
After all your deliberation, just think of Zerrett as a band-aid, just rip it off to expose the nicely healed up Dusty lol
Probably similar question to 4893 people, but who to downgrade for Ryan , leaning towards Henry but little unsure wasn’t ready for this move thanks in advance
Not similar, exactly the same…Henry probably best option..I'd trust his Coach to keep him on over that Freo flog Coach keeping Crowden in the side.
also, his low score came from a concussion affected 35% game time, whereas Crowden put out a 30 odd with 80% TOG
Thoughts ?
Trade
Out Ablett / In Coniglio
Out Ryan / in T Greene
Cogs is a gun and the cash from the "downgrade" will be valuable. I'd be worried about Greene with his injuries and his flogness which will inevitably lead to suspension (but I have Sicily so what do I know!). Also depends on what your forward line looks like. Ryan was there to make cash, do you have enough of the good rooks making cash or will you need another?
I’ve got s the good rookies, team is currently ranked 24th so
I’m keen to stay on the front foot. Looking to Greene as a POD to Billing’s and Heeney
great side ablett and ryan out 4 henry and danger
Yeah nice trades Matt.
Great start to the season, good luck mate.
Do it.
Great work Post/Damo, couple of your captains calls I'm not sure about, if I had Buddy I'd be vc'ing him against the dogs and expecting him to go huge. I'd also be a bit worried about Snapper Head Robinson giving Dusty a hard time, ditto with Ebert on Zerrett.
Not sure who I'll vc yet will come down to loopholes, probably whack the C on Danger, reckon he'll go big first game at the cattery. Cheers.
THE SAVE THE ROOKIES / NEWBIES THREAD.
I propose, for the sake of reducing repetition of questions..and answers, we start a thread where Rookies/ Newbies to the game can ask questions without fear of sarcastic repercussions and / or embarrassment.
Please ask whatever you like about Supercoach, that you're not sure about, and please, the experienced players answering their questions, don't be asshats…just answer their questions honestly, with a view to honestly trying to help some new / inexperienced players to the game of Supercoach.
Questions are reserved solely for Inexperienced / New players to the game who don't quite understand how it all works including the jargon we use, and answers are to be answered by experienced players who have played for several years, or have achieved good overall results previously..
I am hoping to outscore SC66's and SWRoosters epic, battle of the opinions thread and achieve over 70 responses, so ask away newbies, and answer away experienced legends…thank you and goodnight 🙂
Question 1:….
Who's this bryan everyone wants to trade? Can i have dangerfield for gaz?
I think you will find it's Liam Ryan from WC Steve … Yes get Danger for the bald headed jesus
thanks gator59
How do I block sc-wow and scsixty6 from replying/trolling to every comment
Tell me how I’m trolling please. Look at the comments here. Not sure if you know the definition
You are not trolling SC-Wow.. You are calling it as you see it which is great….
Good idea Rust but i think the powers that be behind the site need to create a weekly article on injury trades.
They happen every week and everyone has the right to ask who should i trade for ….
But i reckon over the week there must have been hundreds of seperate posts on "who should I trade for Ryan"??
Gets a bit tiring after 50 or so <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙄" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.4/svg/1f644.svg">
If they were all in the one spot then hopefully we wouldnt get as many similiar posts as those with injury problems can read the posts from the "experts" and make up their own mind how to handle their team.
Afterall it is your team, the community can give advice it is up to you whether you follow it.
If someone had a q that hadnt been answered then ask away.
This would also free up the other posts like capt choice for posts to discuss the topic ie capt choice and allow all to discuss other topics like this one on newbies.
Just a thought for the powers if u r reading this.
Good thoughts Trigga..If you did happen to win I bet you would gloat and deservedly so
TREV would have been right onto this as he would have about the boring shize we had to endure Haven't heard from him for a while I THINK…
Remember when we used to get polls Trigga? Perhaps they need to be brought back.
Easy way for people (experienced or otherwise) to see what the majority of the Community members think.
i.e. who is a better downgrade option this week? Henry or Crowden or Richards etc etc
Now we r talkin ranger
Thats more like it
Like it
Makes a lot of sense Russty
What to do with ldu from north trade or hold ive used 26 trades so far and no money to up grade cheers?
Hey Shaun you need to trade him out since he is a under performing expensive rookie,if you trade down to Crowden who is on the bubble you will get a bit of cash in the bank as well.
Right. Fair warning. In the next couple of weeks I'm going hard after Dusty. Based on my previous trading patterns, I believe this will mean he~
a. Gets severe food poisoning from a late night kebab and is out for 2 weeks.OR
b. Is involved in an incredible tatooing accident which requires blood transfusions. Out for three weeks. OR
c. Does the "dont argue" on an Essendon player and gets bitten on the hand. This results in him catching a disease previously unknown to medical science which causes a lack of willingmess to exert defensive pressure. Degraded scores for the rest of the season. Dank says he has the antidote but can't produce it.
I don't have Dusty Jughead (which is great news) so when ya done with him can you have a look at Macrae, Grundy and then Buddy?
Thanks champ.
In the same vein I am VCing Buddy to Titch this week (After just now getting Titch in as a permacaptain) Previous efforts have included Dusty rd 1 Cripps to Franklin R2, Franklin to Dusty R3. So Buddy to score an awkward(for VC) 110 and Titch to get injured first quarter.
Going VC Dusty into C Buddy… believe Buddy will demolish the weak Bulldogs defense
Still pretty risky banking on a forward for your C
Gotta risk it for the biscuit
Personally when I go for risks I do it with my VC
Same here but it's hard as Buddy's game is after all the good potential VC's
If you have Mitchell or danger you could put the VC on buddy and C on either of those guys, depends who your loophole player is though
Have no idea what to do here 50k in the bank. Hold marchbank or not, I have been pretty happy with my rookie defenders scores. Also probably need to get rid of Ryan. Thanks!
K.simpson, e.yeo, s.savage, c.marchbank, t.doedee, j.finlayson, (s.murray, l.keefe)
D.Martin, J.Kelly, N.Fyfe, S.Pendlebury, D.Zorko, T.Kelly, P.Dow, N.Holman (d.fogarty, d.barry, b.banfield)
S.Martin, M.Gawn (D.Cameron)
I.Heeney, J.Billings, L.Dalhaus, C.Petracca, B.Fritsch, J.Higgins (L.Ryan, J.Garlett)
Marchbank out for at least 4 weeks
Pretty funny read. Like it.
Isnt it interesting 3 of the top 5 scorers this round were ruckman.
HTA gold. Dixon and Grigg? please spare me…
Sinclair definately flying under the radar.
Banfield who has been given the tagger duties may go to Kelly or COGS this week which could impact their score.
While Sinclair is scoring well, I'm hesitant because of his opponents to date:
Round 1 – NicNat's first game back (30% TOG or thereabouts?), so Lycett.
Round 2 – Port Adelaide without a ruck
Round 3 – Lobb injured in 2nd quarter.
Charmed run and English this week
Guthrie out for upto 2 months
Have a weird feeling Dusty won't score well due to Robinson and the Lions taggers
Going VC Buddy and C Gawn
Dusty was off last week with just 20 disposals. Didn’t look sore, just flat. With Caddy & Prestia back in to sperad the workload, I’m tipping a big score around 130.
Lobb to McLean?
Yes
most might but lobs 1st game tick 2 game grundy 3rd game injured about 80 if not I thought he was good 4 the price mclean worries me hes a might not kind of player
I've gone to Mclean this week, the injury didn't look great and i think Lobb will be quite sore, that combined with his lack of ruck skill makes me inclined to trade him.
iam not saying mclean is a bad pick I rather buddy heeney greene gray then its opinion after that
Hey Community!
Zorko to Macrae
Yay or nay?
Or Oliver?
what is wrong with Zorko, is he injured?
lazy and dosnt like the tag
nay
Naysayer. …lol.
When do prices go up
Prices have gone up for players who have played their 3rd game. After a player has played 3 games his price will go up or down.
and the next one On too serious all players are rising this week as well then again next week so they go up weekly then
after the last game of the round
each round they go up derek
How long have you been playing this???
Rolling 3 weeks … when beating BE.
I know right……………
Take it easy sonny I just noticed on supercoach talk a poster said they go up after the 3rd round then weekly. I thought ,like Derek, said after beating their B E and after the last game then every 3rd week . Is that correct
A players price will not change until they have played their 3rd game,
from which it will then continue to change following every match they play
with the price fluctuations based on the players 3 game rolling average
hope that helps neil
Hogan went up53k does he go up 20 odd as predicted if he meets his B E or does he remain at his price now until round6
Hey Neil, he's predicted to go up another 48k this week providing he hits his projected score of 98, after that his B/E gets higher so might not make much more money after that..topping out at about 500k.
Once the player has played 3 games his price will go up or down based on his break even. This will continue based on his last 3 game average. He will need to play that week however for the price to rise or drop. Hope that explains it as seems to be some conflicting or just simply bad explaining on this thread.
And to be fair, my explanation probably makes less sense then all of it.
thanks also — Russty sussed it out —Thinking of Hogan but no cover on the bench so tempted to wait cheers
The Dow?
Can't decide between Edwards, Henry or Crowden. Help?!?!?
Who's Edwards?
Keep an eye on Guelfi over the next month hopefully gets a game soon and might be a handy fwd downgrade
Glad I'm not the only one to call him Edwards. Ed Richards or Red Richards if it helps.
But yes. Which one. Richards. I like rookie defenders but have all the good ones anyway.
Henry. Geelong injuries might keep him on field for a few weeks.
After many reverse trades I went Ryan to Henry and Caddy to Titch. MUST never get Caddy ever again. Another flog and no good ceiling on him. Nearly went Ryan to Henry and Armitage to Richards thru Finlayson. But did the sums and with Caddy gone could get Titch. Keeping Armitage on the bench but surely he cant be that shite again.
Oops haha I knew it was Richards but oh well glad someone knew what I meant.
I have no idea which one might have better JS out of he and Henry. Harry Taylor could take Henry's spot. Crozier could take Richards'…
haha i've also gone for Edwards this week!
I've been turning this one over all week Steeeve and I still can't bloody decide.
All three have reasonable JS but you can make a case for any of them on that front.
Cats have injuries so Henry should stay around for a while.
Crowden has been no1 for pressure acts at Freo and Ross Lyin loves that stuff.
Crozier is out for a while so Richards should be safe.
Henry will prob earn bucks fastest but Crowden has the DPP.
It's doing my nut in…
It's a tough one. Might bite the bullet and get rid of Brayshaw for Ed and move Ryan to Henry.
But trades are so precious…
Moneymaking is precious too Steeeve, Brayshaw could be stagnated now if he doesn't improve his scoring, so maybe Brayshaw to Rich Edwards and Private Ryan to Henry is the way to go.
I have stephenson, Ryan and Langdon in the forward line atm, and assuming that Stephenson gets dropped this week I have two options.
1) GETTING DPP FUNKY. Trade Ryan to Richards by swinging garlett forward and finlayson into the mids. Then, trading Stephenson to Balta (117k DPP ruck/fwd) and putting English onfield in the fwd line. This would leave me with a good loophole option (apart from this week Richmond play in the second half of the round all the way until the byes), English onfield but also able to cover the fwd line as well. Langdon is gunning back as early as next week and will make bank so not too worried about his zero.
2) Trading Ryan to Henry and Stephenson to Richards via the same DPP. Leaves me with no loophole, but more cash gen.
Option one would leave me with Richards onfield, option two with English and swing. Both with 200kish in the bank and 26 trades.
Am leaning towards 1 atm, but interested in the communities thoughts. After these final corrections, and the injury trades I was forced to make earlier, I feel like my side is ready for the season.
Option 2 for me. 2 cash generating Rookies. Ive got Gawn Nank and Olango so no ruck cover but also no cash generation . Someone goes down and NIcNat steps in. Or when Nank gets tired in the second half. Save Balta trade to a time you need to upgrade but have no decent rookie to bring in
I am basically doing the same trades as no.2
Trade Dow to Higgins/Coffield next week, or trade him out now to Ed Richards via DPP?
Dow's BE is 24, and has looked better over the past few weeks. Would hold for now
While Dow is still playing, keep him and save the trade.
Is Brayshaw – Richards/Crowden/Henry worth it? Or should i just hold? Have 28 trades left
ryan 4 English instead of henry or wasted cash 4 war chest
Should we trade a brayshaw to crowden or Richards via dpp or be patient and hold? I don’t like the thought of an underperforming expensive rookie on my bench!
My first trade is ryan to Henry this week
Lobb is out do I need to trade him instead offayshaw now.. if so who to out of curnow, Hogan or Petracca.
Doing my 1st upgrade this week and hope to do another one in Round 6. Decided to go early on Taylor to Henry and Ryan(WCE) to Simmo via DPP swings.
Hi Doncs. Good move. Get rid of Lewis Taylor. Not a keeper. Simmo a nice upgrade down back. Upwards and onwards!
I wouldn’t count that as an upgrade; a ‘breakout contender’ to a premium. As far as I see they were both intended to score the same when you brought them in.
Spot on Ty, I did bring Taylor in as a breakout contender, not to score around the same as Simmo though. I was more expecting for Taylor to average 90 by end of season. I'm actually thinking of reversing the trade atm, JKelly groin injury worries me. He hasn't look well in the last two games, don't know if he's been playing with that groin injury or he's injured it during their traning. Groin injury takes a bit of time to heal, even if he comes back next week he won't be right for a few weeks.
Thinking of pulling the trigger early on him instead for Simmo.
Wasn't gonna post my VC and C option this week. I think i have been helpful so far in the last 3 rounds.
Fyfe has come back to life, last two games he's shown us his brilliance of 2015. GWS don't tag, Fyfe will do alright, only thing that sway me is that they travelled 2 weeks in a row. I'll pass this week
Kelly is due for a big score, against Freo this week i think he'll do exceptionally well but not enough, to be worth putting VC on him.
Simmo is my VC this week, has good record against North and seems to be in ripping form so far. With Doc out for the season, Simmo benefits the lose points. Brought him in my team this week.
Oliver and Gawn they play the 2nd last game of the round, not worth putting VC on either. Though Gawn has had the better of Big Ben McEvoy in the past woth punting a C on him.
Titch hard to not have him as your Captain each week, my concern for him this week is Hawks are up against the Dees. We know how annoying Vince can be, and Bugg yes he can be a pain too then you also have Lewis than can also be annoying.
Danger is my main man this week. Gaz out of the picture Danger will reap the points Gaz left behind, last week we saw Danger went sick in the 2nd half and specially in the 4th quarter when Gaz went down. Punting on him to go HUGE.
Good luck to ya all, hope we see high scores this week.
Fyfe played an away game but it was in Perth last week. So if this was playing a role in your decision consider that, he’s my VC
And danger is my C feel he will go nuts
Oh! Totally missed that, thanks for that. I still think he'll do well, i just feel he won't reach my expectation of 140+ from him this week.
I kind of hope he doesn’t because I want to back danger!
That could work Doncs. I generally have a rule. Do not VC defenders because their scores/ceilings are generally lower than the midfielders and the rucks. I avoid VC ing forwards as well because of inconsistent scoring output by players up there. (Eg Buddy, Lynch etc- fwd/mid DPP midfielders an exception). I am going Fyfe into Dangerfield again like I did last week. Hopefully Fyfe can get on a roll now. Good luck!
I agree TH, Simmo has benefit so much without Doc. He's doing everything in the back half and pushing up the ground. Blues defense is in disarray atm Simmos reaping the points from 1%ers, interceps, kick-ins, his tackling and pressures has increased.
Can't go wrong of having Fyfe as your VC this week.
Good choice of having Danger as your Captain this week. He has a higher ceiling than Titch and I see Danger this week will hit that ceiling.
Thank TH and good luck to ya too mate.
J Steele back in. One reason.
Dunno if he'll be able to keep up with Danger Shake.
Thats right might get his pants pulled down Hedski.
Wont be the only one Danger will go nuts
I don't think Kelly is traveling too well as his Gorin may have been the reason he has started a little slow.They can take some time to come good and last year I persisted with players like this who were up and down with this type of injury as its hard to shake off. I am giving him a week if he is out again then he is out.
Only using the 1 trade this week to get rid of Hunter Clark, however im having a small dilemma with who to trade in: Should i swap clark for Ed Richards via the Finlayson DPP or swap him to Higgins/Henry via the Fogarty DPP?
Josh Kelly is a big OUT
Cogs for 200
Big outs: Lachlan Murphy, Lobb, Josh Kelly, Jack Higgins, Liam Ryan, Ablett
Bit of carnage this week.
OUT : lobb
IN: hmmmm tough decision
Out Lobb in Martin
Am thinking the exact same had that locked in Tuesday but reversed it. Due to hopefully him dropping in the next 2-3 weeks. If he pumps out another 90 v lions (Robinson tag I hope) he should lose $40k+ over next few rounds. Probably overthinking it haha need to just get him & have danger titch n dusty n enjoy the points!
Jack or dusty
Lobb to dusty a good trade wow?
Josh Kelly out for GWS. NOW THAT IS A BOMBSHELL RIGHT THERE!!!
FFS! Having a mare with the injuries!
You need so much friggin luck in this game. I am moaning with Zerrett spudding, but at least he is on the park. I don't have Kelly, nor Ablett. Touch a big lump of wood, because my midfield is in tact now, but it can go pear shaped real fast. I hope you can improvise and produce a decent score this week mate.
What’s the deal ? How long will he be out for ?
Have both Ablett and Kelly also had Crouch, have Ryan but everyone does…………… shiiiiiiit
It's one a week so far mate…ah well..thems the breaks.
Just as well, i brought Simmo in, Finlayson is in my mid. Will be fielding Kelly,, Holman and Finlayson.
Back
Laird, Simmo, Hibbo, Bonner, Doedee, Murray
Nice improvisation Doncs! Just leave Josh Kelly on the bench this week. Not much use as a loopholer as its an early game.. Should hopefully will be back next week. Give the rooks a run in your midfield and they will hopefully make you proud!
By the looks of it, will have to rely on my rooks in the mid this week. And see how bad that groin injury JKelly has, otherwise will have to move him on to Dusty if JKelly is out more than 2 weeks.
Groins are never good. Monitor this like a hawk mate. If there is any sign that this injury will drag on for extra weeks, trade out for Dusty sooner rather than later. His price should slip a bit in the next few weeks too which is handy as well.
To me Hawk never really looked right in the 1st 3 rounds . I dont know but maybe im just over seeing it a bit to much.
Kelly, Lobb, Ryan, Murphy all in my team. Not very fun
Add in Kreuzer (who is now Nic nat) and merret who is still spudding my team up and you are left with my crappy team.
I have to field Banfield, Barry or Brayshaw with no loophole options which will keep my up all night
I don't know if Kreuzer to NicNat was a good move, might work out for you. Personally i like the way Kreuzer played last week, even though he wasn't jumping that well in the ruck he did reasonably well at other area. His efficiency was 63% but will improve in a week or two.
I can't wait bring him him in at Rnd 6 or 7 he should be full fit by then.
It was that or a donut, very happy with the move currently
Kreuzer's playing…are you still dropping him?
I meant that I traded him in round 2 haha
Anyone have any intel on josh Kelly’s injury.
He hasn’t looked up to his usually standards the past few weeks.
Groin
Lachlan Murphy out is very untimely. Anyone has any idea how long he could be out for? Now have to deal with Liam Ryan and possibly now Murphy. Bad luck for coaches who went early on Higgins last week…….
Could just be soreness, Friday night game, shorter week
Probably right. Will plonk him on the bench as a useless feeder this week. Cant use him for loopholing either, but will likely be back next week. The cash has got to keep rolling in, so I can not afford to have too many rooks stalling here for too long. Liam Ryan is gone for Henry, and I now have ZGL and Murphy sitting idle earning nothing. I will give it one week.
ZGL will be back soon
Yeah cant loop.at all
May leave ryan this week and loop him
That’s why you never go early on a rookie hopefully it wasn’t too many. Rioli yet to come back for the tigers too. Tough fwd line and midfield to break into consistently unfortunately.
On the Adelaide site, they said hamstring soreness. Hopefully only a short period out.
Hmm… as long as hamstring soreness isn't code for going to rest a young players hamstring for 4 weeks
Seeing josh kelly out is it worth trading him to jack mcrae, kelly hasnt really looked it this year gws have alot of players rotating trough the middle he is struggling to find the ball. Mcrae is looking good this year and with libba out for the season and bont playing more forward he finds himself alot of the ball.
I know this is as sideways as it gets, and almost certainly not going to do it… but geez my team feels so much better with NicNat at R2 instead of Goldy. Watching NicNat last week, it’s going to hurt not having him in. Post match said the time management stuff is gone after game 3. Could pump out 150+ this week.
Look at all the carnage that has happened this season. Don’t waste trades on perfectly fit players. You need them. Everyone will get flogged by Gawn. Look at Stef Martin
Agreed.
Plus Kruse still looks unfit. Look what Grundy did to him. Goldy will be keen to lift after getting spanked last week
Hold off for a while I think. I like the look of NIc Nat, especially with limited game time. But will hold off until Nank tires or injury strikes. or I'm so cashed up I can run 3 premium rucks. Or wait til bye time (not sure how my rucks are in the byes)
Nank has a horrible bye
Nanks next 6 weeks are Hell
Well looks like the teams changed my mind again.. Reverse trades and hold Merrett. Anyone know what is going on with Kellly from GWS??
That caused the injury?
Sc-Wow should I still leave Merrett in or go Dusty? I will have 26 trades left if I do that?
Thanks
I think if you still have Merritt you have to stick with it. He’s lost money so no point in trading him out now, pretty much throwing 90k out the window.
Yeah I see your point. I'll just trade out Ryan for Crowden and leave it at that. Hopefully Kelly is only out this week.
Yeah it’s no fun having premos on bench, gws aren’t the best a releasing info either (Greene)
that screwed me over a little. Traded last week as I thought it worse than it actually was and he is back in this week.
Didn't realise he was out 😂
Thoughts on Kelly – Dusty? I know it’s sideways but kelly underperforming and dusty is a gun. Also gives me a VC this week
Waste
It’s sideways but really can’t see dusty dropping in price, it’s a good opportunity
Uh oh.
The difference between the years when I’ve managed a good rank and the years of having the opposite of a good rank, have been built on avoiding injuries to key players. Particularly early in season when the only options are to have Simpson’s, Menspoo, Pickett types on the field.
There is a little bit of skill to this, by avoiding the obvious injury prone players, but mostly luck.
2018, although early in the season I was feeling good, dodging the Ryder bullet by a matter of minutes, side stepping the Crouch landmine purely because he didn’t fit my byes, even Greene and Merrett were in my team up until very late. After three rounds ranked around 4K and feeling good, even after Parker and Olivers below average scores last week, but I’ll take whatever they give me as long as they stay fit and healthy.
The SuperCoach Gods have decided to step it up this week.
Kelly, Lobb, Ryan, Murphy, Olango all missing.
It doesn’t sound that bad, but I feel a cold chill in the air tonight……. winter in coming.
I here you!
Winter is coming and SC Gods digging the claws in. Alas, bugger it and so on.
Take it easy Derek, long way to go, try 1300 224 636.
That's pretty funny but you are a tool Buster
Olango missing? What a disaster
Would be worse if he was picked
Won’t be putting the C on him this week.
Might just VC him instead
LOL
Holding Billings (underperforming) Murphy and Giles-Langdon (back soon), will probably trade Ryan to Henry.
Geez I was looking forward to finally fielding my full side for the first time this season and upping my output (Danger bench round1, Kreuzer and Greene late outs and Crouch going down round 2, 2 flogs out round 3), scroll through the teams, nice D. Fog back in, bench option, next game KELLY OUT!!
Can't take a bloody trick.
And to top it off my vc loops are ZGL and now Kelly, only leaves Laird as an option.
Aaarrrggh. I suppose I can at least loop Fog and Banfield to cover Kelly.
God this season is testing me, I need a beer. 🍺
What’s your beer of choice?
VB Wow, if you look close enough at my dog he's drinking a green can.
Nice, don’t mind a VB
If it is any consolation a lot of us have Kelly, so misery has company.
I'm definitely not the lone ranger SCT, just a pain in the arse. Cheers.
Hehehe. Just poured myself a