HELLO!
In an homage to the Panic Room of yesteryear, we thought we’d give good old Captain McCaptainface another run for its money for a little while. This won’t be here forever, so enjoy it while it lasts!
Anyway no-one’s here to read me being nostalgic, we’re here for bona-fide captaincy options, so bona-fide captaincy options is what you’ll get!
This week, popular loopholes Olango (WCE – Sunday arvo) and Lynch (Collingwood – Saturday night) give us a bit of time to play around with VC options.
ADELAIDE vs WESTERN BULLDOGS
Adelaide Oval, 7.20PM
Hey so you know Jack Macrae? He’s good at football. Like, very good at football. Like, you should have started him in round one like I told you to, but only one per cent of you did. Anyway. He’s good. He’s a VC option against an undermanned Adelaide midfield which is likely to be missing a Sloane, a Crouch or two and possibly another few first-choice midfielders, but considering the Crows have 47 midfielders on their list they’ll be right.
Macrae will cop attention, just like he did in the second half last week, so I wouldn’t be expecting him to hit the heights he has over the past three rounds. If you don’t have Macrae but have The Bont, he’s worth a punt. I don’t like how much time he’s spending forward but if he picks up two or three snags, diggidy damn he could push 130+.
Also – you know that Rory Laird bloke you’ve got at D1? Yeah. He’s had four scores of 120+ this season. Against the Dogs he could be in for another night of 40 disposals, in which case he’d go big. However, his history against the Dogs is poor, averaging less than 80 against them.
NORTH MELBOURNE vs GWS
Blundstone Arena, 1.45PM
Ben Jacobs have been a strangling glove on many a player this season. Chances are, with GWS still missing superstar Josh Kelly, he’ll go to Stephen Gonigliog (the G is silent) and give him a score in the middling 70s. Granted, he’s a chance to go to Shiel or (please no please no please no) Whitfield, but in any case I’d be steering clear of any GWS players in this game.
Even Rory Lobb, who’s been in decent form, or if Shaw or Finlayson pretend to play footy again or a forward like Cameron or Greene but, just nah. It’s the vibe. It’s Mabo. It’s just not going to end well.
As for North – have you even got a North player? I mean really? Why? Why do you have a North player? Is it Todd Goldstein? Don’t captain Todd Goldstein. Don’t captain Ben Brown. Don’t… actually maybe VC Shaun Higgins? If you’re an absolute lunatic who’s mad as a cut snake? Yeah. Maybe. No. This game is garbage from Fantasy purposes. Next.
GOLD COAST SUNS vs PORT ADELAIDE
CHINA, 1.15PM (AEST)
They’re in China. Cool. Whatever. I mean if you want to showcase the game, let’s at least pick two sides that are half a chance to not be garbage. Port are not garbage. They’re pretty good at playing entertaining football, even if the worst of their support base is literally the absolute worst. Gold Coast? Who? Ugh. Anyway, onto Supercoach.
Do not captain a Gold Coast player. Do. Not. Do. It.
Robbie Gray could kick 16. Paddy Ryder could have a lot of hitouts. The Hoff could be YUUUUUUUGE in CHYNA. Rockliff could be kickstarted into gear like a lurching old mower. Even Riley Bonner could crack the ton here. Poke a stick at the Port side and stick a VC on one of them, but Robbie Gray’s got my vote. Only scored 76 in the last two games he’s played them, but I mean come on. It’s Gold Coast.
ESSENDON vs GEELONG
MCG, 4.25PM
THE DANGER ZONE. That’s what they’ll have to rename the MCG after Saturday when Danger tears a hapless Essendon limb from limb this week. We’re awful. Don’t touch Essendon players – they’ll blanket Zach Merrett with Cam Guthrie and you don’t have any other Essendon players to consider because Hurley is missing and you’re not an idiot who picked any other premos in red and black.
As for Geelong… boy oh boy, wowee. Danger has two 130+ scores at the ‘G this season, and I reckon he could be back. Currently my captain. Joel Selwood another excellent option here – we’ll send Dylan Clarke to the bottom of the pack this week and old Jelwood will sweep him aside. Either that or draw 12 high free kicks off the inexperienced youngster. Gary Ablett. God. Could clean up, especially playing forward without Michael Hurley lining up.
Also – Tim Kelly. If you haven’t got Danger, Selwood or Gaz – is it time to consider him for the VC? Probably not, but makes you think.
SYDNEY vs FREMANTLE
SCG, 7.25PM
#FyfeIsLyfe
I want that to be all I write here, but there are actually other options I need to write about which ruins the comedic impact of narrowing this high-stakes, complex game of football down to a hashtag. Lachlan Neale. Three-round average of 130. In sensational form. The last time he played Sydney in Sydney, he scored 44. Avoid.
Josh P. Kennedy. Scored 73 last week against the Hawks. That’s not a lot. Averages 116 against Freo. Worth a VC for mine but I wouldn’t be trusting him with the orange armband.
Sandi and Sinclair will negate each other, Heeney’s been out of touch in the past three rounds and Buddy’s still not back. Mundy doesn’t have the ceiling this year.
So in lieu of that, VC Ronke. Go on, do it. I dare you, I double dog dare you.
(Seriously don’t)
ST KILDA vs COLLINGWOOD
7.25PM, Etihad Stadium
Adam Treloar is the go-to man for 12,924 of you who have him. His lowest score since round two was last week, and it was 104. Scored 150ish against the Tigers. This is the man we all wanted him to be last season. Could get off the bloody chain against the Saints. Would be captaining him if I had him.
Pendlebury should be back but I wouldn’t captain him this season, the ceiling isn’t there. Grundy, howoever, does have the ceiling. No matter who the Saints throw at him – Hickey, Longer, that American bloke, Rowan “My Boat” Marshall – Grundy will have the answers. Five-round average of 125, and has only dropped below 110 once this season. Once. Lock.
From the Saints, I’m not even going to joke about captaining Jack Billings. However, I’m just going to leave this here…
Jack Billings has scored 122 and 119 points in his past two games vs Collingwood. @DTTALK #AFLFantasy #daretodream
— Fantasy Freako (@FantasyFreako) May 14, 2018
I’ll be watching this game to see if Billings can show a spark. I don’t expect him to, mind you, but I’ll be watching. No-one else of note here for mine.
CARLTON vs MELBOURNE
MCG, 1.10PM
Fresh after cleaning up the blood on the hallowed turf from Essendon’s upcoming murder, Melbourne will probably take Carlton to the cleaners this weekend just to burst the bubble from their non-existent win over Essendon that didn’t happen last weekend.
You know how Carlton let key forwards kick bags on them? You know how some people picked Jesse Hogan? If you picked Jesse Hogan, he’s a sneaky POD option this week. Only averages 60 against Carlton, but his career average isn’t great regardless.
If you’re not feeling dicey, I’d probably avoid Gawn – if anyone’s going to stop him, or at least negate the bearded bastard, it’ll be KRUUUUUEEEZZ. Only scored 76 against him last season. Similarly, KRUUUUUEEEZZ is a pass because, well, it’s Max Gawn.
The middle is where the intriguing battle will play out, with Clayton Oliver and Paddy Cripps going head to head. Curnow will likely go to Cripps should he continue to not be suspended for touching an umpire (what the actual frick is going on here?) and Vince may go to Cripps, but either way both are contesed bulls and won’t care for no tag. Oliver averages 112 against the Blues but either way they should both go big in a contested game.
BRISBANE vs HAWTHORN
The GoGabbaGabba, 3.20PM
The Tom Mitchell show is a good one. If you’ve brought him in this week, go full ham and captain him. Macrae was let loose last week, and I reckon Titch will have the same thing happen here. Sicily another option, but the ball might not get down his end.
I reckon you’d be mad to pick Zorko here.
WEST COAST EAGLES vs RICHMOND
Optus Stadium, 4.40PM
Mouthwatering, top of the table clash. Yeo is a good choice, Dusty is not.
Dustin has been down in the dumps scoring-wise for the past month and I’d steer clear until his form improves. Yeo is a decent pick, but I reckon you can do better in earlier games. If you’ve got Gaff, maybe? I mean at a stretch? Cotch a decent option, but no-one’s got him.
Dont’ @ me about Shannon Hurn.
Righteo, community – who are you going with? Who have I missed?
Which trade please guys?
1. Billings – Oliver/Crouch
2. Doedee – Simpson
#2 for mine, Tommy!
Keep Billings now. Treat him like a rook until his form turns around. Option 2.
Doin the same TH1 with shittings
Option 2 mate
2 -100%
Both options. Should have the coin by this round.
Cam Guthrie is injured and hasn’t played since round two
People were saying Danger would go huge against the saints as well. Not sure if I would be chucking the VC on him. Menegola is one to think about for VC as well.
Grundy into Titch for me
Dangerfield into Oliver for me. Pretty safe combo.
Danger has to start going big soon
VC Danger won't need the C
Patch, as a Carlton supporter, I really hope curnow doesn’t tag cripps. The last thing the blues need is one of their own stopping our best player. Still, stranger this have happened. It might be a good strategy that will lull the dees into a false sense of security. We are willing to try anything to get a win this week against a team that had 41 scoring shots last week.
Might have to tag him from the stands
The blues spent $400k trying to get diesel off his 9 week ban in 97. Given the importance of the blues brothers to any chance of a win and the cost of inflation we may need to throw next years salary cap at the afl appeals mob.
Laurel into Yanny for me!!!!
Your an angry man 666
Yanny or Laurel?
It's Laurel you flog!
Definitely yanny ffs
Yanny if ya talking bout jjj today.
hedski I feel you have not quite made the connection here…
Na Connor, they played the Yanny/Laurel thing on triple j yesterday.
I've heard both now. It's weird!
Apparently we can hear either depending on the bass level setting…
I feel Connor you have totally missed the mark.
I hear both
OK, so to end the argument, thru the phone speakers I hear "Yanny", whack the earbuds in and I hear " Laurel".
Now, when I synched 2 phones and had one earbud in and the other one free I hear "BILLINGS IS SHIT TRADE THAT MO FO"
It took me a few listens, but I thought it was “Billings to crack 100 this week.”
He will if I punt him, 47 if I hold him red.
*things have
DEF: Laird Hibberd Hurley Doedee Murray Naughton (Coffield Murphy)
MID: Danger Titch Fyfe J Kelly Heeney Zorko T.Kelly (Higgins Spargo Barry)
RUCK: Gawn Nicnat (Organo)
FWD: Mundy D Smith Billings Ronke Fritsch Henry (Giles Langdon, Guelfi)
450k in Bank what should i do Naughton to who and might get doedee out as well what two defs in tho
Nank in doubt , he had a wrist injury during the last game and did well to play the game out
If he doesn't play he is a big sook!
Yup he will be out. Didn't train.
wouldn't happen to JIM STYNES
Might be time to do what I was planning to do a bit later in the season anyway..upgrade Nank.
grundy?
Yeah mate…may as well I reckon. Finlayson can wait if nank's not getting up.
Nank will become Kruez if he doesn’t get up.
me too
Kreuz is a beast, but it worries me that he was playing all those weeks with an injury, and it subsequently affected his scores bigtime, Grundy is a much safer option, is younger and is on fire.
Worth the extra moola I reckon.
I need a reason to not get Kreuz… I know I am going to trade Nank to Kruez but I also know I am going to ruin my season by doing it.
He already hurt his groin this year. I stated with him and feel so much better after ditching him
I think this is just the incentive I needed to go Grundy.
Do you have the nank and if you do what are your plans?
Nope I teased kruse to Martin. Unless you have a R3 I’d be getting Grundy
What about croucha Friday night at home?
I friggen hope so.
Cost me a league win last round going him over Oliver
Crouch under injury cloud..
Danger into Gawn/Titch/Billings….won't matter Danger will tear the bombers a new improved one.
I agree Hedski.
I’m going Danger into Titch for the record, but have set my ‘Captains Loophole’ Alarm firmly for 6.55pm on Saturday to remind me to activate the Loophole.
Saturday arvo’s can get messy!
Trade Doedee?.. Finlayson?… Doedee?… Finlayson?… Doedee?… Finlayson?… Ahhhhh…..
Doodoo
Same, for me its Doodoo (how he has developed that name I do not know, has been solid this year)
What should we do with English? Trade him to Crossley or hold him and hope he gets a game through the byes?
yes
Mate, I gave 2 options, “yes” isn’t exactly a feasible response
There are too many mediocre ruck options at the Bulldogs. English was given a fair go, I don't think he'll come back in for awhile. There's Roughead and Trengove to come back in and Boyd is rucking at the moment. Schache might get a run soon as well. I traded him this week as a cash grab and will hope Cross plays during the buys … unlikely though.
Never go early on Cumming. That is a bad idea. Just ask coaches who have Paul Seedsman……..
You're a shocker hawk 🙉
I know….Just being cocky.lol
I see what you did there! 😉
Cumming early? Just like Seedsman!!! I think there’s a pill for that…
Doesn’t happen to Goldsack or Sidebottom
Reminds me of the old time Touring Car driver..Dick Johnson 🙂
Dick Johnson……He still is a Dick and hopefully he still can do a run on the "john" son. LOL
Hi toppa are you trading in a prem like you said or just culling cows. Nank creates problems
Hey Neil, if you look at Nank's 2017 scores, he actually started declining after round 8..after a strong start, some poxy scores thrown in there too, I won't mind punting him this week to Grundy.
Gawn and Grundy..1 and 2 Rucks.
Sorry about the dark humour. LOL The Nank is a concern. Wrist injury? He was supposed to be a late out last week too. And he produced a handy 111. The fact that Nank plays on Sunday in Perth is interesting. If he does not get on that flight on Thursday/Friday he ain't playing.
Looks like GRUNDY or KRUZE or maybe Crossley
Wonder how Nank got his wrist injury Hawker..was it from Nanking on his dick johnson too hard?…lol
Too many dick jokes for Kingwinter…pretty serious name, must've been disgusted with all our juvenile humour…lol
I take delight in acting like a juvenile…even though I'm not 🙂
Laird, Sicily, Yeo, Hurley, Doedee, Naughton – Duman, Murphy
Fyfe, Danger, Cripps, Mitchell, Martin, Parker, T.Kelly, J.Higgins – A.Brayshaw, Barry, Spargo
Gawn, Martin
Gray, Mclean, Heeney, Smith, Fritsch, Henry – ZGL, D.Fogarty
21 trades, 44k
Bit of an issue with defence atm. Hurley and naughton out. Not enough $$ to straight upgrade.
Looking like Naughton -> Keeffe for 1st trade but not sure what else.
Any ideas?
Hurley out for minimum 2 weeks..could be more, Hurley to Simmo?
Where did you see that Russty? I have him so trying to decide what to do.
From this article a few days ago Wow….
AFL 2018: Injury list, Essendon's Michael Hurley, hamstring, St Kilda's … http://www.heraldsun.com.au/…bomber…/09796f1b0f1b8bd...
2 days ago – The Bombers confirmed the Herald Sun's report that Michael Hurley would miss at least two weeks with a hamstring strain. Hurley and injured key forward Joe Daniher are now sidelined, with fellow 2017 All Australian Zach Merrett being badly beaten by taggers. Jake Stringer, under the pump at selection …
Should be able to go Doedee to Simpson/Webster if you want to keep Hurley. I'm considering the move but probably using Murray. Also doing the same 1st trade.
If you go Naughton to Keefe that will give you $210,000 so you can then trade out Doedee which gives you $565,000 and you can bring in Simpson or any defender you wish for that matter…
Is billings to phillps and doedee to yeo a good trade? Still have finlayson and naughton on field in defence, and frustch and henry if fwd.
Any suggestions?
Naughton's out for 2 to 3 weeks, Doedee to Yeo's a good trade, maybe best to wait another week on Philips.
If not Phillips who to?
If you can afford to do just the one, you could just hold Billings this week. Do you have cover for naughton in your back line?
Yes i have keefe as cover.
and i cant afford yeo by himself.
Fair enough mate, not sure how many trades you have left but I'd probably hold fire this week, Yeo won't go up in price much, maybe a little if he has a big game, and it'd give you another look at Phillips this week.
Doedee will probably lose a little bit of cash but also not too much.
Sounds like a good idea, thanks mate.
No worries mate, good luck..although Phillips looks like a young Nick Riewoldt, he could drop a spud score this week and you could regret going a week too early, if he gets a 65+ this week he's definitely worth grabbing on the bubble next week.
Legend
Anyone else tempted by a Nic Nat C? Has had the week off, and should be getting more minutes this week. Nank rumoured to be out injured (didn’t train today), which is sucking me in!
Soldo has been doing quite well in the magoos. He's probably a better matchup than Nank against Nic Nat, I think Nic would have jumped all over Nank.
Who are we thinking? Menegola, Lambert or Darling (sneaky POD)?
Already got Mclean, Walters (when he comes back), Dev Smith and Heeney. Will save last spot for RGRAY.
Darling is having a breakout year and would be a great POD but…I reckon Menegola is probably still better.
Might go early on Clarke next week Beautiful long kick Pity the Saints didn't pick him then they would teach him how not to kick. Does any one know of a player today who is equally proficient on both legs I don't… GATOR and myself came up with 3 oldies BOBBY SKILTON -JIM STYNES and I think DAICOS good luck working out their preferred leg but none today —WHY? CHEERS-NDD
Hey Neil, not from today but Sammy Mitchell was a great ambidextrous kick.
forgot him was he a lefty?
Can't remember but he was equally good on either leg.
He was right footed but heard him say in interviews he felt he was more accurate on his left. Would sometimes take a set shot on his left. For the snooker fans, he was the Ronnie O’Sullivan of footy.
Jack Riewoldt is a great kick on his wrong side especially for a key forward
Mitchel, Vossy, Acca, wern't to bad..
Seem to remember Leon Cameron being fantastic either side.
ACCA FOR SURE GOOD PICK UP
Acca…one of the first ever true flogs lol
Sidebum.
Shit Patch, I know Crippsy is a gun, but surely he won’t have 2 players tagging him?
Going Danger into Gawn / Titch.
Trades?
1. Naughton & Petrappa to Yeo & Phillips; or
2. Holman & Petrappa to McClean & Phillips?
Any thoughts folks. It’s really about punting Petracca to Yeo or McClean???
Where are you weakest at the moment, def or fwd line, that should answer your questions. By season's end you'll need both Yeo and McLean.
Thanks Mick. It’s a real flip of the coin.
I have the def/fwd swing for Sicily/Keefe which really helps..
D: Laird, Sicily, Hibberd, Finlayson, Doedee, Murray (Duman, Naughton)….
F: Heeney, Lambert, Smith, Petracca, Fritsch, Higgins (Keefe, Henry)
Another option also is moving Holman & Doedee to Phillips & Yeo, keeping Petracca at F4. That keeps Naughton on the bench while waiting to see if Cumming is on the bubble.
Is this a better move?
Hi all,
Need some advice on my team. not sure what upgrades to do. Got $344k in the bank
Laird, Hibberd, Savage, Doedee, Finlayson, Murray (Coffield, Murphy)
Danger, Fyfe, Martin, Mitchell, Cripps, Coniglio, Kelly, Higgins (Holman, Spargo, Barry)
Gawn, Nankervis (olango)
Mclean, Sicily, Heeney, Billings, Fritsch, Ronke (Henry, Guefi)
Doedee and Finlayson out
1. Yeo and Simpson in ($4k left)
2. Yeo and Hogan in ($70k left) (sicily back)
3. Oliver and Lloyd in ($10k left) (some real fancy DPP stuff happening)
Thanks in advance for any help
Nank could be out so you'd be copping a donut there, maybe Nank to Grundy or Kreuzer?
And maybe Doedee to Yeo.
Nank to Grundy leaves you $44500 or if you go Nank to Kreuzer, leaves you $182900
Nice work picking up Ronke before his big price rise.
Hey Russty, I'm going to have to take the donut if Nank is out, I have other issues, like Hurley, Naughton, Pendles, just to name a few.
Hi John, you've had a shit of a year so far mate!…Pendles should be back this week, Hurley I'd trade out, minimum 2 weeks, could be more…Naughton I'd leave on the bench for later season backup or even starting.
Hi Russty, my team looked better in round one, seem to be spending most of my time just trying to fix my team up from one disaster to another, used up eight trades just on injuries (3),spud so called premos (3) and non playing rookies (2) and that's before this weekend. I can't think of one round where I did just what I wanted/planned to. I should rename my team six months in a leaky boat. You are up against me this week in Magnificent 7, the weight on my team holding all you guys up from the bottom is… Read more »
Don't worry about League ranking John…doesn't mean crap to me…just hope you can end up enjoying your season, as challenging as it has been, I've got to admit, I've been pretty lucky this year with injuries, really lucky actually, and that's quite a big part of it all..the luck thing.
You're only 630 odd points behind me, that can be made up in 2 or 3 weeks.
Stick fat mate….it'll get better.
Hey Russty, thanks for the support, just pis#ed off that I can't seem to get ahead as far as improving my team goes, always some roadblock in the way, will just have to keep trying to fill in the holes and hope things improve in the end.
You think Hurley is a trade? It’s a tough one
I'm keeping Hurley, on the bench till he comes back. Naughton will be traded out for Yeo/Danger
I just went Naughton > Yeo
Thanks for the advice. Best part of Ronke was loopholing him onto the field :). Had enough bad luck this year, about time I had some good fortune
Hi Bear, I am keeping Doedee and Finlayson for now as I have other worries, but if that is your plan then I don't think you can go wrong with Yeo and Simpson coming in as they should both be top eight defenders.
Ta. Time to trust my gut
Which forward is best to get this week out of Robinson, Gray, Lambert, Darling, Menegola or Mundy?
I'd go Menegola or Darling if I was shopping for a forward this week.
GRAY or LAMBERT no contest
Lobb
Gray wait for byes will be fwd more now Rocky + SPP are back, and kicked 5 in a qtr, expect Rollercoaster. Robinson showed last week not sc relevent unless cheap, Zorko to steal some pts back here out. Menegola will lose now GAJ back, need more info before jumping on. Could still be relevent so leave till last upgrade. Lambert too inconsistent same as Menegola. Darling i dont trust. Munday looks good for 90+ started well, but rnd 14bye so get him after that. Leaving Lobb, 2 x big games to end year, first game 100+, 2nd game poor… Read more »
Menegola because cscott appears to have settled on GAJ as a forward. GAJ had only one CBA on the weekend. Could have been caution post injury but the team looks better balanced this way so reasons to be optimistic about Sam playing mostly midfield.
Nobody knows John. The fwd line is hard to pick this year, as evidenced by the below answers.
Gray prob has the ceiling but Mundy is likely to be the most consistent IMO.
I think 2 still leaves your forward line weak as does 1 so it's 3 for me/ move HIGGINS forward later and dump Henry or goofy cheers
With Hurley now injured. Was planning getting Yeo but with Simpson and Sicily also having the Rd 12 bye am I better off waiting?
Maybe get Lloyd or Webster?
Or will the benefit of Yeo's points outweigh any bye concerns?
Is the round 12 bye really an issue for you?…most guys have an excess of players in that round. Round 14 is the main problem for most peeps
As it stands in round 12 I have 16 playing, rounds 13 and 14 I have 14.
Fair point.
Shit man, that's rough, you might need to trade your ass off so you don't have 3 bad bye rounds, gotta try to plan ahead for these things…I've got 22 in round 12,… 17 in round 13…. and 16 possibly 17 in round 14.
I’ve got 20, 19, 19 in the byes respectively. At the moment at least.
Doedee to Keefe is locked in for me, to have a swingset with sicily, however for my other trade who should i get rid of for simpson this week out of Billings, Murray and Petracca?
Flip a coin, Billings and Petracca both qualify for the biggest loser…maybe factor in your byes as a decision maker.
Okeefe wont get much chop. Billings higher ceiling potential but rnd 14bye. Petracca floating, with Viney back soon. Some midtime to Brayshaw, Hogan playing up the ground, Petracca seems to be in no mans land. Upgrade first 2. Sideways Pet to Lobb.
A few returning to side, Lobb last week will inc his workload. Patton, Lids, Kelly, Greene should be next 2-3 weeks. Lobb up to matchfit in that time could be out in a couple.
Surely Keefe will be dropped soon
I think Ronke is 95% certain to lay over 12 tackles this week based on natural progression, and score at least 9 goals, the smart VC for Gawn.
Finlayson and Doedee to Simpson and Webster or Lloyd and Yeo?
Tom McDonald & LLoyd and bank some cash
Thanks Patch.
Macrae into Danger or Gawn for me this week.
I need some help with my team. I have 24k in the bank and 21 trades left.
This is my team and i have some serious problems.
Laird, Sicily, Simpson, Hibberd, Doedee, Murray – Naughton, Keefe
Martin, Fyfe, Oliver, Cripps, Mitchell, Coniglio, T Kelly, Holman – Brayshaw, Spargo, Barry
Gawn, Jacobs – D Cameron
Heeney, Hogan, D Smith, Billings, Fristch, Higgins – Henry, Waterman
Was thinking about trading two out of Doedee, Murray, Billings or Holman. Also worried about the underperformance of Sam Jacobs. Who to trade and who should i get for them. I need some help!
Thanks.
Naughton out and Doodee out Webster and TMac IN
DEF: Laird Hibberd Hurley Doedee Murray Naughton (Coffield Murphy)
MID: Danger Titch Fyfe J Kelly Heeney Zorko T.Kelly (Higgins Spargo Barry)
RUCK: Gawn Nicnat (Organo)
FWD: Mundy D Smith Billings Ronke Fritsch Henry (Giles Langdon, Guelfi)
450k in Bank what should i do Naughton to who and might get doedee out as well what two defs in tho
You are probably in trouble this week MEK Hurley naughton out and maybe murphy a non starter Get rid of naughton to KEEFE is your best bet NDD
If you trade naught and doe, it'll be a double upgrade. So best options would be Simpson, Yeo, and Sicily. Choose the two you prefer can't go wrong.
I reckon doedee and Murray could gonok this week. Adelaide at home against the bulldogs and the pies v the saints. Billings is terrible. I’ve watched a few of his games and the saints almost avoid passing to him. He’s also hand balling a lot because he’s lost confidence in his kicking. I’d would cut your losses and downgrade him ASAP. I turfed him for spargo on the bubble, but you have limited options this week ie keefe but I don’t rate him. Holman has an ok be and the bye next week so I’d hold. ive gone early on… Read more »
Deledio out another 1-2 weeks. Will have to field Fritsch again for the 3rd week which isnt the worst thing. Have bigger issues
Lesson learnt? Don’t bring in fragile guys
Yep, needed to take the risk though, will probably just ride his increase to around 500-510k and bring in Gray with one trade easily. Will then have Heeney, McLean and Gray which was my main goal. Also wanted Yeo but don't think I can afford it unless I trade Hibberd, might settle for Walters via Sicily swing, 100 average without that 17.
Fritsch has been going alright for a rookie.90, 65, 98 in his last three games.
Z.Merrett to Danger or Fyfe
I'm thinking Danger v Essendon plus it leaves me more money to go Coniglio to Fyfe next week, I'm a little hesitant to bring him in v Sydney and my mids will be done next week if I can work that. Leaving me with Macrae, Mitchell, Dusty, Oliver, Merrett – Danger, Coniglio – Fyfe, McLean and Kelly.
If that Ed Phiilips plays well this week I can swing McLean forward, Petracca to the mids and downgrade him next week whilst still getting in Fyfe and having money for defensive upgrades next week.
Gawn is a perma C. Can't tag a ruckman
If anyone is stopping him it's kruezer
tomlinson tagged Stefan Martin 2 weeks ago
Which trade(s)?
1. Toby green out for Toby McLean
2. Toby green out for hogan, banfield out for Rockliff
3. Banfield our for Phillips(saints), doedee to darling/Robinson
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A heads up for the newcomers.
MOST of the 'experts' that post regularly in the comments of this site advised against Ronke last week and also said that Billings was the must have starting forward.
The rookie cheat did highlight Ronke and suggest that you trade him in.
Salmon is best cooked in the oven with olive oil, rosemary, salt, pepper and 2 slices of lemon. Wrap it up in foil and cook it at 180 for 15 mins. Serve with sweet potato mash, roasted pumpkin and parsnip chips
What beverage would you pair with this meal?
i think BrownBrothers Moscato
Normally I’m a red man but I’ll go a Maxwells Envious with this fish dish. That or beer 🍻
What day do you recommend this David?
I think Saturday nights are the best to go fancy home cooking. Yeah beer is always great but better paired with white fish. Salmon with roast veg is very underrated
Mate got to go the Shaw and smith sav Blanc surely.
Think Danger is a solid VC this week Essendon look tired, Merrett is having a shocker year, Hurley out this week and they will have too many undercooked rookies on a wide oval.
In other words, danger is a solid vc option because Essendon are shit
😶 shhh
Menegola, McDonald, Webster or Mundy?
who to trade in?
Menegola, forget the others.
After next week I will only have FISHER and COLE left to upgrade .Fisher and Higgins will become GRAY leaving COLE and 8 dud bench players. MIRRA KEEFE BARRY CLARKE PHILLIPS CROSSLEY SPARGO AND THE HIGGINS REPLACEMENT. Therefore how do I get COLE to a simmo VERY DIFFICULT. and that's where ppl will suffer bringing in Macrae and any other 600+ prem. If I cant do it trading responsibly then how can anyone get there. They have to accept a near premium like zorko rocky or fisher. gonna be hard. My only hope is Crossley to kick ass and become… Read more »
i have 3 rooks left to go Murray, Kelly, Fritsch on field as it stands now. I would like to hold Higgins and Spargo for the swing bench cover would think 1 of the 2 will play more games. Murray and Fritsch will be my first 2 to get cut off when the time is right then will cut off Kelly before his bye, he way too valuable for round 12 and 13
Fritsch is the interesting one David With his role change he has overtaken Higgins and could well be the second last culling
What is your team value Neil?
Anticipate around 12.5 lower than the usual 14 as at least 5 are sub 500 but must be counted as keepers even though cheap Hogan Hibberd Shaw and Walters and Kelly are all in that gray zone at the backend of their lines. I would love to have all the very top but even with these its difficult. How are you going Derek I may even stop with 2 short until a Simmo type drops to sub 500 .Franklin will drop significantly they will appear and the 14 mill mark will be unachievable your thoughts
i'm really struggling to make cash this year, especially as most of my starting Mid-pricers have failed me yet again.
Lycett has been my only Mid-pricer to shine this year. I don't know why i do it.
i was going to get Simmo next upgrade. i can go this week, but i seriously am starting to count my pennies and might look at getting him after his bye now.
All different strategies mate.
Looks like you have gone pretty hard as u have most of the new rookies so will have to wait another 5 weeks or so for the new rooks to fatten.
I am a couple of rooks behind you as still have holman and henry but they r fat now so should be a 1 up one down next couple of weeks bringing in premos according to bye structure and/or value.
Different strokes. Different strategy
Gotta luv it!
gone super hard mate but who knows what will happen this week and next to mess things up . I didn't want to go hard but injuries and BILLINGS forced my hand . I n the end I will once again run out of trades Last year I ran out early but had a great squad with 14 DPP's but still had Pickett and Poo onfield Like you say different strategies and I am probably wrong having fun though but geez it would be good to make the HAPPY final CHEERS Trigg NDD
M Crouch doubtful this weekend.
Stay away from Crow players!
Laird is the only one you need trust me!
If he is out I officially give up this year….
Bloody GWS and Crows should imalgimate lol
Been a train wreck, Richmond walking to a Top 2 finish
Whoever is responsible for the fitness programs etc at the crowd should be sacked…
And Essendon as well.
Hoping he's not.
Lachie murphy should surely be back next week
Could be but Riley Knight in front of him imo. Plus Milera should be back soon.
Knight has been ruled out.
Also Crouch is in doubt.
Thanks Derek. Had posted the same but must have forgotten to press submit comment. Taylor Walker also out and Luke Brown sore and in doubt. Unbelievable.
Gotta be the make or break week for Murphy. If he cant break into the team with all the crows injury problems at the moment, he aint coming back.
Agree
ive had O'Conner since the start. hasn't been sighted off nobbys
Same here Derek, handy for the swing but useless for cash making.
Tex ruled out also
It feels so good having not started the 2 most overrated young players of the comp. Bilbo Baggins and Petracca!
Who is Bilbo? Bonnar.
Billings
Bonnar was a bit of a waste as well
On what basis did you never rate Billings as a player? Last year he was 15th in the league for avg score involvements, 7th for avg goal assists and 1st of all general forwards for disposals. He is inaccurate but for the majority of last year he was incredibly damaging and the 2nd best true HFF in the league behind Toby Greene. I understand Petracca who is a future gun but he doesn't have the tank so has basically always been a cameo player, but why Billings? Some snippets of inconsistency waved some red flags that his floor was incredibly… Read more »
I started with both!…haha straight onto the never again list now, Billings, Petracca, Bonner…all saints players.
Yeh Billings and Petracca I never rated luckily. Helped in SC….so far
Yep you dodged a couple of spuddy bullets there 66.
Anyone have any news on Nank? If he's out should I cop the donut or trade Olango to Crossley? Got 19 trades and ranked 1500ish if that influences the opinions of the community. Cheers
I started with nank and upgraded to Grundy 3 weeks ago. Nank will not be a top 2 (or even top 5 ruckman) this year, so if your aim is to get the best you should look to upgrade. This has to be balanced against he number of trades you think you will need. An upgrade to Grundy could get 25-30 points extra a week for the rest of the season. Good work on the ranking.
My plan was to upgrade nank to Kreuzer or Grundy after they had their byes to maximise overall score.
If he travels I will risk leaving him in to get danger otherwise will upgrade to Grundy but I don’t want to do it yet since I have Gawn. Week 13 will be a nightmare for me. Gawn, Hogan, D.Smith, Zerrett, Oliver etc
Upgrade to a premo. Don't you want the best of the best in each line?
I want to be the very best, Like no one ever was 😉
Pokemon theme song jokes aside, I started Nank because I wasn't confident with Kreuzers price, Jacobs I just wasn't a fan of and Grundy was a bit unproven. I'd always planned to upgrade Nank to Ryder after Ryder's bye but I'd assumed he would play every game up until Ryder's bye. As I'm typing this I've realised Grundy suits my bye structure rather well (if you ignore he shares it with Gawn) so I might go to him. Cheers for getting me thinking mate
There was doubt on him last week but ended up playing, wait and see. They might be managing his niggles which isn't uncommon.
He trained last week, not this week though
I thought about the same trade briefly. But Crossley has his bye after this week and is no guarantee to hold his spot after that. And Nank is no guarantee to come back next week. This is a trade that could easily blow up in your face next week.
Does it matter if I have banfield depreciating cash this week? If so I will trade him to either Rockliff or Phillips(even though it’s a week early for both)
Banfield is projected to lose 2.9k if he scores 57 which is about his average, so not a big deal if you hold him a week.
Weird thing happened last night, I put my captain as the Hoff for this weekend, since I saw port was lining up against gold coast i just had this feeling he would go huge, I went to bed last was dreaming about random stuff, but i had a dream Westhoff pumped out a 168, Feeling like it's a sign, if he goes and scores a 90 I was manipulated by my own subconcious…
lol follow your dreams Donut man
Hahaha now I have to follow my dreams because if I don't and Hoff pumps out a 150+ I will be kicking myself! If it goes wrong at least I have my subconscious to blame 😉
Interesting (potentially devastating) play here
Nank – hold, trade my R3 (Lavender) to Crossley. Gives me good bye cover if he plays and ruck cover for any future problems. The risk of going Nank to Grundy is that when Grundy gets injured I am stuck again with a 0…
AND
Naughton to Phillips with DPP…
Is this terrible… or potentially an ok move
Trade Nank if not named, I am also considering Kreuzer though some risk there.
sorry replied was for Doc
Similar reply to previous one above. What do you do next week when Crossley has his bye if Nank isnt back? Need to consider that possibility.
Gonigliog with the silent G. You are a funny man Patch
hey lads, whats your team value, trades and bank looking like?
mines 12.2m, 20 and 20k
$12.1M, Team
$226K Bank
23 Trades
What's the big deal with team value, I only look at my trades and bank.
Hey John, it's a useful measure to try and gauge whether you're on track to get to full premo before or around the byes.
It usually takes a team value of at least 13mil to get to the full premo/keeper/whatever I'm settling for this year stage.
Thanks for that Ranger, I've never looked at it, or at least haven't taken any notice of it, wouldn't have a clue what I've ended up over the years, only know what my rank ended up at. My teams value is 12,178,700 and I'm not even close to getting to full premo, last year I got there in round 16 and I'm way behind where I was at this stage last year.
neil is waiting for me to crunch the numbers.
12.5mil
20 trades
10K
Samee except $40k
12.4m value, 17 trades (after this week), 35k in the bank. Overall ranked about 8000th, It's been a slow start to the year but the team is coming together.
12,766,000 – $10,900 – 18 trades on field rooks Murray, Kelly and Fritsch
So far my 22 onfields are 510k avg
lookin good DSA
only thing is my rank is outside 10k now but hope I can make a huge charge in the 2nd half of the year and finish top 1k
Keeping my team under wraps "invisible force fields" or "that's an invicibilty cloak Harry"
Dumb question but where do you find team value or does the app not have that info
Right at the top of your team page.
have to be looking at getting to $14m to be close to full premium.
allow $2m for the bench, leave $12 for onfield players = $545k each
not much when you already have a few very expensive fellas in there.
I have 6 or7 600 + therefore to reach 550 another 6 have to be way below 500 .,Does it really matter mid year what their price is .I had a lot of faith in Oliver at 382k .Even some I mentioned before Derek such as Hogan can still be regarded as keepers but are sub 450 doesn't matter when your looking at F5/6 OR d 5/6 . Mids and rucks are different this year .They must be closer to 600 and KELLY barely scapes in same with NANK Those choosing the top of the dollar range such as Macrae… Read more »
12.1m
19
$206k
12.45 mil 22 trades & 40k in bank
12M 10K 23 trades left
Still stuck on Webster VS Simmo and now Ryan is looking a really nice prospect aswell! at the same time i'll be also pocketing an extra 80 odd k.
What do the community think, Webster v Simmo v Ryan?
Cheers guys
Both Simmo and Ryan are on my watchlist, hadn't thought about Webster.
Had the same dilemma all week. Initially thought Webster but popular opinion seems to think Simmo as a safer bet. Might go Simmo and pick up Webster later if his scoring consistency continues. Personally prefer those two rather than Ryan. It's a toss of the coin job but don't think you could go wrong with Simmo especially seeing Docherty is out.
DEF (Laird, Savage, Hurn, Sciliy, Doedee, Naughton) – Coffield, Mirra
MID ( Mitchell, Martin, Fyfe, Macrae, Parker, Coniglio, J.Kelly, T.Kelly ) – Spargo, Barry, Brayshaw
RUCK (Gawn, Nank) – Cameron
FWD (Heeney, McLean, D.Smith, , Fritsch, Henry, Giles-Langdon) – Guelfi, Franklin
$38,100 in the bank.
Is it stupid that I’m considering double downgrading Kelly and Franklin when theres no rookies on the bubble? Getting sick of these two.
Why not upgrade one, downgrade the other.
Or don't downgrade at all, just straight trade to two other premiums that are actually playing
Fyfe struggling with knee soreness.. Didn't train with the main group today. Pray
Everyone has him
he said he is fine and will play
False alarm then.
sounds like Walters will play this week
It will be nice to see Walters price drop before his bye.
Can't get him in as i have too many R14 byes already
he might even get under $400k
Juicy
From personal experience with doing my ACL, PCL and Meniscus id say Walters isn't 100% until he gets surgery. Buyers be wary!
Will come up sore and will be compensating when he plays.
I kept him on the bench. He is good value but saved a trades by keeping him.
Whisper is louder…..NANK OUT! Teams not far away.
La la la la la .. nooooo
Please no
Seems to be there…
For now.
They don't play till Sunday. No point ruling him out with 3 days of recovery.
Fake news.
Rice to make debut – another def rookie.
massive wraps on him a couple of years ago until he got glandular fever. A few years older and apparently a future star
If Fyfe doesn't get up this week it will be Wows first injury for 2018. I've been following his team closely all year hoping he keeps it up. Hopefully he doesn't fall many places if he misses.
Fyfe said he is fine.
Must be looking at the wrong team. I’ve copped plenty
If only you kept a close eye on your own team you might be ranked slightly above average.
hahaha rip jack
big chance that Mirra will get a game this week. Poopy back as well.
I hope you are right. Will mean I won’t need to trade Hurley out, and bring him back in later.
I am hearing there is a chance Mirra, Guelfi and Murphy play this week. Watch none of them get named, it would sum up my season
Ed Curnow suspended, Charlie gets off.
Why one and not the other.Both seemed trivial luckily both not sc relevant.but good for the DEES
It's all a bit farcical, Hawkins shouldn't have been suspended or either of the 2 Curnow brothers, Umpires are girl's blouses these days.
ED very SC relevant if you want a top 10 mid who is immune to a tag and a POD
Even as a Carlton supporter i was shocked Ed got off. Got his 1 week and fair enough with Hawkins suspension. Charlie seemed more trying to protect the umpires wellbeing by not allowing him too close to the push and shove.
another debutant, mitch lewis, hawks, forward.
Great post as always Patch. I'll be going Danger into Mitchell this week. I need some help advise with my team. I've currently got Deledio ad Walters in my FWD. Im hoping at least one gets up this week which I think Walters will. Question is do I hold Deledio until he is fit or do i get rid of him? Here is my current set up. DEF: Laird, Sicily, Yeo, McGovern, Dodee, Cole (Naughton, Keeffe) MID: Fyfe, Danger, Mitchell, Selwood, Martin, Zorko, Kelly, Holman (Brayshaw, Fogarty, Barry) RUCK: Gawn, Martin (Olango) FWD: McLean, Darling, Deledio, Walters, Fritsch, Henry (Garlett,… Read more »
I wouldn't be going anywhere near Eagles. Wait a week on Cumming, 2 new defensive debutants this week in Rice and Ridley … choose the best of them next week.
If i dont sideway Deledio i'll need to trade out Doedee and will need to get another BACK in. Not sure if I have options.
Maybe bring in Phillips 1 week early … a lot are.
I'm holding Deledio until he rises enough where I can get gray with one trade
How many trades has everyone got
dont ask SC_WOW that question, he'll start crying again
How many do you have left Terry and how are you travelling this season?
you sound just like him, have 24 left and am inside top 1% bu ti usualy catch up a heap when clowns run out of trades come finals
Tell me your team name I’ll rival you up and let you know where we finish Terry
Maybe I sound like him in that I also hate Trolls only looking to tear people down with their negative posts..good luck for the season, hope you beat all the clowns.
They’ve obviously got nothing else to bring to the table Russty
I’m 3 off full premo with 26 trades left
I don't think that is possible is it?
Yep, with a little bit of luck
I nearly thought you were serious for a second then wow
Not enough.
I'm with you there JohnDJ59
I’d say with an average of, say 20, and round up to 200,000 players… approx 4million..
🙂
Reverse your Buddy trades!
Murphy gets a gig.
Guelfi gets a gig.
Yeo or Simpson in this week?
Simpson
Both for me
Yeo first then Simpson
Hey community,
Which rookies have the best job security?
Can get a defender or mid
Crouch out.
Omeara injured….
Mirra on the extended bench and Guelfi and Murphy back in.
Fritsch and Spargo on the extended bench which is bad.
Franklin and Walters back in and will be cheap soon
Crouch injured and Duman omitted for anyone who has him
Just like to apologise and give a little ball tickle to the person i mildly insulted for saying that Buddy will play this week.
I love you. So much.
Yes! – cash gen is back – Murphy, D.Fog, Guelfi and Mirra back.
No! – Mirra was gonna be my vc loop.
Mirra is on the extended bench and I am not sure if he makes the cut.
Howe and Puopolo make it then not sure after that
Really wanna loop Danger DM, and Murphy.
Doubt mirra plays, will still be handy for a loop
Very smart drafting by Hawthorn. After they lost Sam Mitchell & Jordan Lewis they went out and drafted Mitchell Lewis to keep the supporters happy!
That's up there with Brisbane drafting Daniel McStay after 5 players left at the same time!
I brought both Couch and Mutch in last week. So not only did I not get Ronke, I got a meh score from Crouch, nothing from Mutch and two non-starters this week. I may have made worse trades, but gee, this is right up there
Wont disagree, unlucky
Very unlucky, though I started year with Crouch and injured straight away, not as bad as his brother injury wise but starting to not trust him
Robbie gray could be a good captains choice this week
I've got the VC on him BV, I'm thinking a 140 , just wish he would kick more rather that handball
So the Crouch over Macrae trade last week really hurts now
OH Yeah! Gotta love the teams as they stand, some big ranking moves coming this weekend
Geez what is with AFL players now.. all gone soft!
Is there anyway of knowing if Nank will actually play or not before tomorrow night?
Sunday teams finalised at 5 o'clock tomorrow arvo, not to say he won't be a late out tho Marcus.
Good call, hopefully ther flight leaves tomorrow
That will give a fair indication of who will play
Ivan Solvol included in the bench squad worries me a bit.
He didn't train yesterday. Can't see him playing.
Ivan has been in the squad last few weeks, it's a wait (nervously) and see
If he misses he will not fly to Perth IMO. Must be a few spies watching at Melbourne Airport tomorrow. If he does fly, there is a higher probability that he will play. We will have a fair idea by tomorrow arvo.
He will be a late late out
I’m hoping you are the worlds worst prophet WoW..
Can you guarantee that mate?
Almost certainly, from a good source
I think Spargo might not play now Viney was named.
Agree Shake…do you have backup?…Ive got Fritsch the Cat..and keefe.
Yeh l do l can swing him mid or fwd. lm also going early on Phillips this week.
Bit risky grabbing phillips! Cant ya wait a week SnB??
I can do some cool loopholes if he doesn't play. Can chuck the emergency on Guelfi or Henry in the forward and if they do well swap Spargo with Heeney to take the score. If whoever I loophole doesn't play well I can just field Phillips
Nice to see there's finally some defensive rookies getting games, it was going cold there for a while.
Between Heron, Ridley & Rice (along with Cummings) I think we should get 1 decent cow
Trade out Doedee or Murray?
Yes
Murray has a be of 62 and Doedee is 90, if that helps.
I’d go Doedee this week and depending on Murray’s score this week, him the next.
Thumbs up to that Herring!
Are we counting Tim Kelly in full premo calculations?
Atm you would have to say yes.. If not he'll make a great M9
Still averaging 99.88, maybe not if he drops down to 90 or so.
Hes a handy M8 atm, will become M9 if he keeps it up
At present he is. even better than dusty
No he’s not
went a bit far there champ but i like the sentiment
He will end up being my M9.
Nope. Last man to upgrade at his bye
So im trading jom and doedee this week will have 870 to work with do i go:
1:silicly to backline via dpp and bring in a darling or mclean and not sure who would be a good mid
2: bring in oliver for jom and keefe or cumming for doedee
3:trade doedee and naughton to a yeo simpson or webster and a cumming on the bench
I like option 1 Pauly, Siciflog and Good Toby.
Agree Hedski, same as the other guy answered in the other thread.
Need to field 2 out of ronke, guelfi, henry, holman, brayshaw and spargo (1 mid and 1 forward) any advice on who i should gamble on??? Wont be able to loop this week…
thanks
Ronke surely has to be one of them…Holman could be jetlagged and poisoned from pollution, so Brayshaw or Spargo? Spargo has the better 3 round average.
Thanks russty, yeah i have spargo and ronke on atm, just wasnt sure whether i was making the right move. Been looping for weeks now, makes it a bit harder now that i cant!
It's a crapshoot half the time Jacob, when In doubt I just think go for the higher average, cheers mate..good luck.
Cheers bud, same to you!
I like Ronke and Brayshaw.
I’d go with the 2 playing mid field this week … Holman and Guelfi
Out of three, Ronke, Guelfi, Brayshaw.
I’ve been offline all week, hard to catch up! I’m bringing in Danger for either Finlayson or Naughton via DPPs. Who’s more pressing to trade? Naughton a donut vs Finlayson losing cash
Naughton
Disagree. As long as you aren't copping a zero with naughton not playing he isnt losing you any money. Go the more pressing issues.
Finlayson will only lose 5k or so, at least he is playing and not injured, Naughton will have to go anyway due to his BE. Sometimes having good players on the bench that can cover injures is more important than a few dollars more.
I've upgraded Finlayson and Doedee this week and keeping Naughton on the bench for a week or two until a downgrade appears. No rush for this week as his price will stay the same, but will need to go at some stage
If you can field someone instead of Naughton, then it's better to chop Fin as he is losing money.
Naughton's price wont change while he is off injured, so he can wait.
If keeping Naughton means you have to field him, then yes, he has to go.
Extra glad I traded up to Matt Crouch instead of down to Ronke now.
Danger –> titch seems like the smartest vc/c to me!
Whats everyone else doing?
Danger > Oliver
Grundy into Oliver/Titch
Danger into Oliver. Nice safe and solid combo this week.
Danger into Oliver looks like the go this week.
I feel better now, just traded Naughton to Danger.
Aint it good! I can punt Naughton for the Yeowie man (Yeo) but I have Nankervis…….Went Henry to Keeffe. Kept Billings. But my second trade is on hold because of the Nankervis late out risk!!
I went Naughton > Yeo to cover the loss of Hurley, no choice really since I only had Laird and Hurley as my premos in defence.
Nank has really stuffed up my plans for this weeks trades, was going to go Naughton > Yeo and Banfield > Danger, but now I need one trade spare in case I decide to trade Nank out, still not sure if I will though, even if he misses, it's only one week and I am low on trades, might take the donut since my team isn't setting the world on fire anyway.
I'm sure you'll be sporting a sizeable tent in your trousers over the weekend
Does anyone think that Rocky can get anywhere near where used to going forward ?
of course. blokes a freak, people don't just lose their skill. Only real problem with him is injury
Thought Buddy was ruled out? Horse playing games by naming him?
Should I bring in Laird + Simpson or Yeo + Sicily? Considering that I traded out Sicily round 2 at 411k
Yeo and Sicily have the lower breakevens
Laird and Simo are the safer bets. I like a Laird and Yeo combo more.
I’m tipping Sicily to be top 2 def by the end of the year. He is silky.
Murphy, Guelfi, Ronke, ZGL, Crowden, Holman all playing with Mirra and Spargo on the extended benches. Gotta be happy with that. The cash generation kicks back into full gear this week. (Olango the loophole slave) So I have Naughton, Billings, and Henry who's heads are on the chopping block this week. I have Nankervis…………………..The first trade is easy. I need Keeffe up forward to raise even more cash and become the Sicily swing. Who to punt….Billings or Henry? Drum rolls please……. Billings stays and Henry goes!!! Henry at $278 K is ripe for the culling despite his BE still lowish.… Read more »
Hi Hawk, I'm a bit dilemma-rized this week too, was gonna go Doedee and Finlayson to Simmo and Yeo but Nank possibly not playing has me concerned.
I reckon if he flies to Perth, he's playing, otherwise why would they waste an airfare?
If he doesn't fly…I'll probably go Nank to Grundy and Doedee to Yeo, and hang onto Finlayson a bit longer.
Can you afford to go Nank to Grundy if Nank isn't playing?…not sure about Nicnat, might not end up being a top 2 ruckman.
Gawn and Grundy have the same bye round Russty
Am actually travelling ok for that scenario Gator…maybe need to bring one more in.
I can Russty! If he does not fly, then he wont make it in time driving, on the train, or walking. LOL If he misses the flight, the Nank is gone. Then Nic Nat, immediately falls out of calculations. Then it is a choice between 3 rucks for R2. Grundy, Kruezer, and S Martin. Apparently Grundy is playing with sore shins and Kruezer is always a lottery. Stefan Martin has always been good to me, but now he could have Mc Inerney for company. (Extended bench though) Gonna sleep on it tonight mate! And see whether the Nank gets on… Read more »
Same here bud, just gotta wait and see if he gets on that bloody Plane or not.
Love your passion TOPHAWK, I went Nank for Grundy last week, dunno about Keefe ,i know the swing helps but I can see him gone when the Giants get some players back, good luck mate , really like your posts, cheers
Thanks Blush. I just love that Keeffe swing with Sicily. Gotta have it. Even if Keeffe gets dumped, I have enough other rookies getting game time and making cash. Keeffe is taking on some ruck duties as well, which will hopefully help his JS. Cheers mate.
How will Kreuz negate Gawn? Gawn was just unfit last year and Kreuzer isn't a dominant tap ruckman he's dominant around the ground?
Haven't captained Macrae since owning him. The first time because I thought Titch would outscore him and last week because I thought he'd get tagged by Robertson. I was definitely planning on Vcing him this week but with Gibson in is it a waste of time? It seems logical not to VC him but I feel like I'm wasting him as a scorer for the 3rd week running.
Wait no Gibson's tagging victims according to fanfooty are Lewis Jetta, Gaff, Brandon Ellis, Sloane and Hunter. Sort of tagged Hill properly twice and didn't successfully stop Dangerfield (for a quarter and a half), Hannebery or Sidebottom. So he's basically only been able to stop uncontested wingers and Sloane and hasn't stopped a gun all round midfielder and ball magnet like Macrae, although his tagging does seem to usually be effective. He doesn't even tag that often so Macrae it is.
Hey community,
Would you rather trade Naughton to Keefe ( and play keefe on the field)
or
Trade Naughton to Ballard via dpp ( and play guelfi on the field)
Cheers!
Thoughts on bringing in Macrae vs Oliver?
Oliver is 100K cheaper so is better value… am I points chasing with Macrae?
Almost 700k is a price tag reserved for the all time greats. Macrae has been amazing but he does not yet fall into that category
wanted to keep Petracca but just can't see him scoring in the vicinity of a top 15 forward so he's gotta go before he bleeds more. my defence which looked pretty solid for a while has taken a hit with Hurley out. so am now fielding Keefe and Richards on the field this week (RIP)
trades:
OUT: doedee and petracca
IN: Dangerfield and Keefe
Nice and very interesting post
Does Viney returning have a negative impact on Olivers scoring for rest of year? Also who would you pick between Oliver and Bont?
I have 385k in the bank but have Stringer, naughton, finlay, doedee and murray. What to do?
I'd get rid of stringer to a premo forward, and Doedee or Naughton to a premo back.
thoughts on trading in de goey this week. i want a pod in the fwd line and leaves me with 200k in the bank.
I personally don't have the testicular fortitude to do this having had curnow and Petracca in my forward line since the start.. could be a good move that could pay off though!
Negative.
De Goey is ~$419k, so basically with $200k left that means you can afford any player who is a FWD. Why take a player is no where near top 10… wasted opportunity.
If you want a POD who is scoring great this year, Darling could be your man, owned by 3% of Coaches and averaging 102.8.
500 grand.
when will Sunday game emergencies be announced into 4 interchange and 4 emergency?
5:00pm today
Is the Nank gonna play?
Still no certainty there yet ROB, they're both flying over, Nank and Soldo in case Nank doesn't get up.
Options are trade him now but then you can't reverse once the round starts, or wait and see if there's any forthcoming news……….
Good news is you have until 5.25 on Sat, 11.10 Sun, and the last minute to decide whether you wanna bring in Grundy, Kreuzer or Nicnat.
Who do I field (no loop)
Coffield, Murphy or Mirra
Holman or Phillips