The Panic Room – Round 3
Welcome back to another stint in Friday’s favourite location: The Panic Room. This week, Kev is panicking massively after the Hawks dismantled his beloved Tigers, so I have taken over for him just this once.
There’s no time to waste on a Friday afternoon, especially now the pubs are open and you can enjoy a knockoff pint and parma combination at your local, so let’s jump right into the action.
Coming fresh out of a Thursday night win at the MCG are the Hawks. Chad Wingard was electric, kicking three goals much to Patch’s discomfort. Jaeger O’Meara played his first game back after the break due to a facial fracture, and you couldn’t tell. Not only did he play attractive football, he is still very handsome. James Sicily was also very impressive in a rebounding/intercepting role, but we already knew that. Jayden Short and Bachar Houli both played well at the same time, which was surprising, but the ball did spend a lot of time in Richmond’s backline…
The Bulldogs are facing the Giants in the Greene-Bontempelli Grudge Match. Unfortunately, Toby decided not to take the trip down to Marvel Stadium to gouge some eyes. Instead, Lachie Ash will be making his debut. At $193,800, he’s no cheap rookie, but from what I’ve heard he’s a real Lachie Whitfield-type of talent. Hopefully he plays well and holds his spot. Isaac Cumming has also made way for Zac Langdon to return to the Giants’ outfit, while Tom Liberatore, Toby McLean and Zaine Cordy come into the Bulldogs, while Ryan Gardner, Billy Gowers and Patrick Lipinski are out.
North Melbourne and Sydney will face off on Saturday, with Sam Naismith still out. Similarly priced ruck phenom and friend of the pod, Marc Pittonet, is giving Naismith owners an easy trade-in option as he plays his second game for Carlton. Jack Steven will debut for the Cats against Pittonet’s Blues, with Brandan Parfitt out under an injury cloud after a fantastic game last week. Tom Williamson is playing his first game for the season after chronic injury issues. Hopefully he can provide us with another rookie-priced defensive option next week. Stefan Martin is out of the Brisbane side, with Archie Smith taking his place. Everyone’s favourite Eagle Josh Rotham is in for Jackson Nelson this week as well.
Sam Flanders has been named on the extended bench against the Crows, while Shane McAdam and Will Hamill have also been listed for Adelaide in Sunday’s first game at Metricon. Orazio Fantasia and Conor McKenna have both been brought into the extended squad for Essendon, with the latter concerning Ridley owners. Kysaiah Pickett is back after his week off due to partying too hard and catching Ubers. Fremantle and Port Adelaide are facing off in the Hub, making Sunday a Metricon double header. Sean Darcy and Ryan Burton are out injured, while Connor Blakely, Stephen Hill, Jesse Hogan, Caleb Serong, Sam Sturt, and Nathan Wilson have been brought into the extended squad for Fremantle. Stephen Hill, Jesse Hogan and Sam Sturt have been named on field. Ollie Wines and Mitch Georgiades have both been brought into the extended squad, along with Kane Farrell and potentail debutant Miles Bergman.
Rookies
Plenty of options to keep an eye out for.
Lachie Ash ($193,800) DEF/MID – Been described as a Lachie Whitfield clone, and going by Lachie Whitfield, that’s pretty good. More expensive, and in a strong side. One to watch
Tom Williamson ($146,300) DEF – Not a rookie, but cheap due to his inability to get on the park in recent seasons. Plays a good rebounding role, and should slot straight into what Nic Newman was doing.
Stephen Hill ($190,600) DEF/FWD – Once again, not a rookie, but cheap due to not playing much footy last season. Or the season before. If he can get through a game and pull up fine for next week, he’ll be a good option.
Sam Flanders ($162,300) MID/FWD – Listed on the extended bench for the Suns and has been hotly tipped to do so, this bloke could offer us an option as a dual position player. Keep an eye as teams drop.
Shane McAdam ($123,900) FWD – Also listed on the extended bench, so wait and see on teams before doing anything. Also, you get a week to look at him anyway, why would you trade him in now?
Will Hamill ($123,900) DEF – See above
Breakevens
These players come with a free frogurt! (That’s good)
These players come with Potassium Benzoate! (That’s bad)
FozDaddy’s Lock of the Week
I can’t look past big Max Gawn to top score the round. Came back into form after a poor round one with a massive 184 against Carlton, and will play Patch’s Essendon. The Bombers don’t have a certified star in the ruck, or even a certified decent player in the ruck, so he should dominate at the MCG. The Dees to get up over the Bombers in an upset too.
Good luck this week, community!
Thoughts on Trading Cavarra to Sturt, he’s named on field but will he be a late out?
Wait until teams are confirmed and then pull the trigger
Sturt is named on field.
This trade is happening!:)
With Milera being out, think i'm going to hold Laird 1 more week. Probably miss out on Howe for the time being but recent history suggests he will drop back down at some point. So i'm going the double rookie correction this week. Cavarra – Sturt no brainer. Which one for my second trade?
1. BZT – Rivers
2. Green – Rivers
3. Green – Bennell
Leaning towards option 2 as it creates the swingset, as well as means i dont have to play T brown or J Mac. But BZT is a lot of coin warming the pine. As for Bennell, probably has the higher scoring potential and JS, but his body is tied together with a piece of string. What do we reckon community?
Agreed on Laird, I'm holding this week.
I like the swingset, go option two.
BZT to Williamson next week
I'm holding on Laird cause I just kicked Houston to the kerb and it feels goood
Who to Russty
Went with my safest choice Shake, bypassed Howe for Stewart
Bit of rain about tomorrow should make things a bit interesting Russty. Saints top heavy?
I reckon Saints might make it interesting Shake, I'm actually tipping the upset so fingers crossed.
Definitely going to be a good chance!
I'm excited for the game Russty, it's been a while since the saints have been competitive but i like how they play under Ratten. Should challenge my pies a decent amount
I did too russty Welcome Rozee next week TRACCA
Soon as I heard Houston's going back to defence Neil, bugger that
Green to Rivers appears the best option Tommy,though when Bennell gets more time look out NDD
What does Greene being out mean for Kelly or Whitfield’s scoring potential? Need to vc one of them due to my loophole players playing early. Will it benefit or disadvantage either? (Also does Macrea’s score improve at all due to Libba’s return?)
Zac Langdon plays a similar role from memory so i don't think it should affect the gws lads too much. As for Macrae, realistically it should be Bailey Smith who gets shifted out but who knows with bevo
Bloody Bevo
Ahh hindsight is funny. says Kelly wont play and Whitfield will get 8…
Going on either Ash or Hill as a defence downgrade this week. Who would you choose to bring in?
Also, dropping either Dan Houston or Jordan Dawson. Who would you choose to flick?
Thanks!
Hill over Ash for job security…injury risk of course
Of those two I would flick Dawson I think
Would you trade Ben Long to get Howe if it meant you had to play Max King or trade Long to Sturt and miss out on Howe?
Current Back line
Sicily-Docherty-Lukosius-Noble-Brander-Starcevich
Bench: BZT-BWilliams(nuff)
Current Forward line
Whitfield, Heeney, Rozee, DSmith, Taylor, Long
Bench: King-Coomben
Not sure id be trading Long. I don't own him but i dont think you were considering trading him after round 1 🙂
Not sure how you get sturt in but BZT/Williams – RIvers seems a no brainer
I'm planning on bringing in either Pittonet or Sturt. Any thoughts on which has the most upside?
Pitonnet won't be on your field, so unless your forward line has Taylor at F6, id lean towards the player bringing you the most on field points
True but Pitto had great JS and will likely generate more total cash
It certainly looks like it Lek! How a ruck gets 175 scored on him yet still scores 120+ is astounding. And if he can do it against one of the best in the comp it suggests he can do it against anyone.
Nic Naitanui – continue to hold or consider shifting?
Shift
Yeah I'd shift.
Cheers Madmax Lekdog.
With Goldy & Gawn out of $ reach, still a shift if it were a downgrade to Pittonet?
I have Nic Nat too but I'm considering dumping both Houston and Dawson this week for SPS (Carlton) DEF/MID and Sturt FWD which gives me $345K to upgrade Nic Nat to Gawn/Goldy and Cavarra to Hill (if he doesn't get injured frist fame back!) the following week.
If your choice is to D/grade down grade with JS is mind take the plunge on little pitonett …I reckon he is the trade if NicNat is sticking in your throat
Need to field 2 out of Starcevich, brander, noble or rivers.
Need to field 1 out of Bennell, mcinerney and brown
Need to field 2 out of Cameron, budarick, king and berry.
Can’t loophole, can anyone help me out?
Anyone?
Too many choices Tommy haha, I'd go
Starcevich & Rivers,
Bennell
Cameron & Budarick
on current form
Early in a season i tend to look at last weeks scores. So definitely Starcevich. I’d also leave Noble on the pine, coin toss between the other 2. I have the same 4 but can loop with bzt. Noble just doesn’t get a look in for me this week.
In your mids i’d put Bennell on. Hopefully a few more minutes on field and he ramps up on his 59.
Forwards are tough. I don’t think king will score well against the pies. Cameron got 72 last week, so I’d probably put him on field. I’m tempted to say Berry instead of Budarick, but again, toss a coin.
Now I’ve put my thoughts out there, do the opposite and you should be just fine.
Yeah i agree with russty, id probably narrow down the options so its easier to choose and we arent essentially picking your team for you ahaha.
In saying that i second what russty said
What do you guys reckon the best option out of these 3 are;
1. Bewley & Housten for D.Cameron & Tom Stewart (approx 90k left) – leaves 4 rookies on fwd line due to Dusty injury & 2 rookies in def
2. Bewley & Housten for Stephen Hill/Tom Williamson (go early on one of them) & Petracca/Rozee (approx 90-130k depending on what def rookie I take – leaves 3 rookies on fwd line & 3 in def
3. Bewley & Conroy for D.Cameron & Pittonet (Pittonet would be R3 as I have Gawndy combo, purely for cash generation) (Approx 35k left) & hold housten
Cheers!
Go option 1…
Thinking of getting on pittonet money maker train. I have ruck swing ceglar/cameron. Thinking of moving cameron forward for cavarra and putting pitto in the R3. Thoughts? or is that unnecessary. ONly making housten to howe trade this week otherwise everything else good.
Josh Kelly is out this week with calf tightness, replaced by Jackson Hately
Geez he's unlucky Russty I hear HOGAN is struggling NDD
Hogan won’t play Neil. What do u think of Jones being dropped?
Love the bloke Shake but i think he is gone With Rivers Hore and Smith it's hard to see him being a regular defender and off the pace for the mids. I would try him forward but then he's up against KY. Tough call but I reckon he has gone one year too long Hogan would be welcome back home. Gonna loop both woods players brown.noble
Hogan. What r the chances?
Of all the things
Had a weight dropped on his head!
To the people who say luck has nothing to do with it I say bah humbug.
Whitfield night ended early on 8 points
Bad luck to most that have him but those who don't could shoot u up the leader board.
Lady luck she plays a part.
Jelly is good but can't be trusted <img draggable="false" role="img" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f914.svg">
Kelly news was all I needed! Hold the course and use Bennell to cover, and prioritise getting in Pitto for cash gen, or move Kelly to Stewart or Fyfe and be done with it
Cavarra to Sturt or Cameron
BZT or Gould to Rivers
Thoughts on who to trade?
Dusty, Toby and now Jelly! Issues.
J.kelly you disappoint me …upside you won't stink it up or lose coin ….1 step closer to Neal …The shed beckons
Which dropped rookies go first out of Green, Robertson and Cavarra
and which two come in out of Sturt, Bennell and Rivers
Cheers community
Id probably keep dev robbo. Green still couldnt get a gam with kelly and greene out, and cavarra is injured.
ive gone sturt and rivers this week. Bennell probs the higher scoring potential but rivers JS and lack of injury history leaned me towards him
Sturt and Rivers also but any 2 really can't go wrong I would keep Robbo,he will come good
Yeah cheers guys. Passed on Bennell and kept Robbo
If Cumming is omitted and Kelly is out and Hately and Ash get a game before Green, Green has to go imo
Need help. Noble, Brander or Doedee on the field?
If youre picking between them, your backline must be pretty strong. I'd pick doedee and noble (could be pies bias) tbh, but flip a coin between noble and brander
For the tipsters, do we reckon kelly out changes the outcome of the game at all? Liked the giants at the line before the late out and the line has gone into 2.5. Still fancying the giants?
I think it might be a close one Tommy, Libber might make a difference, Hopefully Macrae plays where he's sposed to, I'm punting the VC on him.
I put $20 on the dogs when I heard Kelly was out. Almost makes up for Whitfield.
Why didn't the dogs chase Ratten,surely he is a better coach than Bevo
Cause he was meant to steer the Saints to their first flag since 66 Neil 🙂
great pick up by the saints Reckon Bont will get reported ,i would have been done ten times already
Yeah that bloody Deboar's a pest all right, reckon the Doggies are a chance tonight.
Thoughts on moving Greene to one of Rozee, petracca or simpkin?
Yeah I would…Rozee or Petracca, better do it fast though
Yeah thinking Rozee over Petracca – trac's scoring slowed right down once curnow starting tagging him in the second half
Did you get it done in time Josh?
Yeah got it done with a few minutes to spare! Cheers Russty
The Tractor is playing in the mids …JS awesome pay unders for him
Any of those Rozee just
Im backing Petracca in. He has had two good weeks so the argument that he won't get there this year looks to be wrong. Dont forget his killer Marsh score..
Port wont keep it up. I actually tipped freo this week. Rozee will fall with them
Is Naismith too pittonet a must?
Not sure I trust Naismith to be back next week.
But I do have Cameron as R3 and also ceglar at F3.
Pittonet JS is solid till round 10 …Do it
Whitfield night over l think.
Jeez I hope not! 8 points
He’s out
Wonderful !…gotta love this game
Is it a report? Looked just a hard hit to me should be ok
If Naughton Gets weeks for that I will stop watching footy. Eyes on the ball and doesn’t come off his line. Just an unfortunate knock to Whitfield
Whitfield the way he attacked that put himself in that situation. Just bad luck for him.
Don't reckon he's got anything to answer for mate, although he should be charged with crimes against the hairdressing community for that hairstyle.
😂
Just too lads going flat out at the ball.
Just unlucky Whitfield coped it
How good is the mullet.
Good old fashion footballer with exceptional skills. Will win Charlie one day.
Whitfield 😫
I guess the only thing saving me is most will have him.
Should noway have ever been made a fwd Holty have never seen him rest fwd either of the half fwd line or deep fwd.
Only 57% actually Holty, so there'll be a few this week with that legup..dangit I was hoping for a decent score this week too.
SC is rough. I have an opponent who has Whitfield, Kelly and Dusty.
I didn’t have Whitfield or Kelly and traded out Dusty this week.
Probably smart not starting him. Always misses games. I ended up selecting him as didn’t really have too much faith in the forward line
Nice dodging of the bullet Derek, I actually had it in my head that this season was 17 rounds plus 4 rounds of finals.
It's actually 14 rounds plus 4 rounds of finals.
That being said, I've already used maximum trades lol.
It’s weird having so many trades. Dusty gets a sore rib, in comes Fyfe.
Yeah like the other format where trades don't really have any value, we'll only need to abstain from trading for 2 weeks to be able to trade every week. It's a different mindset for sure, it's all about the points now.
Yeah enough have Whitfield that im confident we can still score well. As long as some other things go right I wouldn't worry
Take Macrae's 134 VC score or roll the dice with Grundy or Cripps?
I'm taking Macrae's score after passing on Grundy's 115 last week and then getting Titch's 95.
Take that mate, great captain score
Yep taking guaranteed points to make up a bit for the whitfield disaster tonight
Probobly should have VC'd Grundy or Neale. Take the 135 now though. Good score
Great to have you back Patch. I am thinking of trading Georgiades to D Cameron and Zerk Thatcher to Young/Hamill or Williamson.
Do I make one or both trades and who you bring in for Zerk Thatcher?
Great to have you back Patch. I am thinking of trading Georgiades to D Cameron and Zerk Thatcher to Young/Hamill or Williamson.
Do I make one or both trades and who do I trade Zerk Thatcher for ?
Perryman has slipped under the radar. This lad can really play. Could edge his way into my team very easily
Yeah he looked good week 1 Neil, then he got a 63 I think and now this, he's still a bit inconsistent I think but could be a good one.
Don't fay the Perryman. (Does that get the earworm going for the 'more mature' members of this group?)
Them were the days Westy.,,,when coke was a drink a sharpie wasn't a needle and the dees and saints won premierships
Who would you field as your last starting midfielder this round out of the following 4 rookies;
Budarick
T Brown
Bennell
McInerny
Last?…brown or Mcinerny
Bennell or McInerney
Bennell will kill it imo
BZT or Gould to Rivers?
Comden to D Cameron
Only 1 trade left?
Gould to rivers. Dont know what loophole options you have though so might depend on that
Reckon hang onto BZT or trade Gould for now?
Anyone else having trouble accessing SC site? Green ring spinning around untiIl I loose patients (trust me I'm a doctor).
nah mate, all good here, using Google Chrome. Just tried it with Edge as well and no probs.
Thanks using chrome everything else fine just SC.
NicNat -> Pittponet (R2) or
BZT -> Pittonet?
Cunnington mckinerney out
Wish I'd known bout Mckinerney earlier so we could have looped picket
Worth remembering for the community to take the E off Mckinerney
Will catch a few out who have "set and forgotten" for the day
Ah crap missed that Shake (MacInerny) I'll have to take Pickett now instead of giving Brown a run.
Playing you this round, can't remember the league, you had Whit as well yeah?
Shit I got that wrong too, McInerney 👍
me too dion damm this game
I did have Whit 🤦♂️
Bugger. McInerney has caught me out too, had the E on him to get Macraes VC score.
Can I put an E on Budarick on the bench and put Robertson from Brisbane onfield to get his donut which would give me Macraes VC?
What happens if I have two E's on the mid bench?
Did you have the E or the C on McInerney Ranger? Bit confused
So do I 🤪
Hill withdrawn from freo
Stephen Hill also out. Anyone who traded him in early could be stuffed
Rough week with all these changes
Ins Simpkin, Starcevich
Outs D Martin, B Williams
At half time in the NM v Swans game I'm happy with that choice. (Would have been happier if I'd had room to go NicNat to Goldy as well.)
Sorry to those people who traded out Dawson.
What happens if I put two E's on the mid bench?
i.e McInerney and Budarick. Do I get Budaricks score?
I think so Ranger, you'd get the lowest score if both played but you should get Buddha's score with Mac not playing.
You'd think I'd know by now but I don't think this has happened to me before.
I had the C on Robertson and the E on Mac to take take Macraes VC score and then Mac's E score.
Now not sure if to just put the C on Grundy and put Bennell or Budarick onfield or have two E's on the bench and get the E score plus Macraes VC.
Just read the rules Hedski and it just says that if you have two E's on the bench you get the lower score, no mention of what happens when one of those isn't playing.
Can't risk a donut so just gonna have to put the C on Grundy and Bennell onfield.
think i will do the same Ranger thx for the comment NDD
Gee, someone at CD has Heeney. 3 touches and goes up 50. Right….
Apparently McKenna has coronavirus. Gill has called for a press conference. I would guess that means one of two things, Bombers having a bye or another shutdown. Please be option 1!!
Groan
This is a disaster. The whole Essendon squad will have to go into quarantine. Essendon-Melbourne clash will be postponed or even worse, the whole league might be shut down again. FML
The luck of the Irish. Question is, what did he do to get it?
I think they should do the right thing and make the game a forfeit for Essendon. I guess a dees fan can dream
Only the bombers dees game cancelled, what does that mean for SC? Surely we don't cop zeroes…
disaster gawn oliver rivers on and on There has to be a better solution Tommy
I was thinking we get their averages, but as much as id like that (ive got gawn,tracca,clarry,smith and RIvers), its probably not really that fair being only 2 rounds in with inflated averages
The game may be played at the tail of the season .How do finals fit in .What a mess Averages is the better solution I agree NDD
Let’s hope nobody else has it then they can play it Monday or Tuesday
Tough on the two clubs but that would work dees play sunday and bombers sat night Lets hope they read your suggestion Shake
GIl said they aren’t getting tested till Tuesday, which seems silly
Game is postponed
I'm a bombers fan and hope Conor will be ok, along with everyone else obviously. Very disappointed there wont be a match.
What do they do for supercoach? Cancel the round? Too bad for those with Melbourne / Essendon players? Gawn no longer the captain lock i guess 🙂
THinking the same thing, ive got 4 players from the game, ill cop 2 zeroes at this stage 🙁
SC goes on. No bench cover, bad luck.
That's what I prepared for 5 mins before the pies game, ya gotta be realistic.
Benched Rivers, Viney and Devon.
Slipped Noble, Brown and King on and moved my vc from Neale to Grundy and my C from Gawn to Neale.
I've got no ruck cover tho.
I just found out. Too late to get my bench sorted.
I'm kinda glad only have Rivers and Smith.
Moved Rivers to back via Starcevic got Noble in the bench for cover and Taylor for Smith.
The Jinx
Well done Bombers. Obviously they still have the attitude that rules don't apply to them and they've stuffed the game for everyone, again. Wash your hands and don't share your steroids needles sheesh it's not that difficult.
I don’t know how the scoring will work for the Melbourne vs. Essendon game, assuming donuts all round. So reminder if you guys have coverage, please use it instead of loopholing (if you own a Melb or Essendon player on that line). I know there are more important things going on right now, but thought a small reminder might help!
just give us last week's score ,sounds fair to me
Or the projected score
gawns 184 better Ranger lol NDD
Survivor might need looking at Derek .Seems unfair to be eliminated
I’ll look at the rule book and see what it say under postponement of a game
I believe it's under section 20 rule cv19
see y'all in 2021 when the plandemic is hopefully shoved under the bed with ya teenage porno's
Herald Sun are saying that the game is likely to be next month
That don’t help for SuperCoach though. Only way around it is by cancelling the sc round. Unfair on those who have many Essendon and Melbourne players. I have 5 🤦🏼♂️
this season is rather unfortunate isn't it
It is. Only takes 1 idiot to ruin it for everyone. I guess everyone is innocent until proven guilty but if all the players were doing the right thing, I wonder how McKenna got it?
We all knew this could happen. Need to have a spread of players from all teams so you can absorb a missed game.
You would think they could test everyone and play it Monday or Tuesday
It might end up like Big Bash and have double game weeks for some Teams
Like the option but then it’s unfair on all those who subbed their players out for bench players. Doesn’t matter what decision they make, someone going to be upset
Did it in league. Postponed it till Monday.
Good point. Just last week, they played it on Monday.
Grundy 18 touches 5 marks 27 hit outs 5 frees for. 77pts
When do we reckon supercoach will release info on what happens next? I understand its pot luck about who gets the virus but ive got 4 premos in that game, it ruins weeks
I have Brander on the bench with the E on him … will I get his score if Rivers doesn’t play? You would think so? Assuming we are playing for best 18 this week.
Well this sucks!…been out all day and come home to this news, had coverage for all my dees and Bombers players too until I changed the E from Brown to Mcinerney last night, dangit, will this week still count for Supercoach guys?
Good game today Russty!
Wouldn't say that mate, haha we got flogged, I couldn't even watch we were so bad
Long was poor russty gone next week
What a dud he turned out to be, better off with a rookie
Did you leave Gater at the ground. If Gater can improve his endurance a bit he may take Long's spot. He has been seen running around Colac in gumboots.
Haha he might be drowning his sorrows in a pub somewhere with how shit the Saints played today, I thought we looked great last week but the Pies schooled us today, Maybe Long to Butler Neil?…or is that just throwing good money after bad?