Four games. FOUR GAMES. I can finally spend my entire Saturday on the couch watching footy. Good thing too because it’s wet and about -8 in Melbourne right now (we’re also not allowed to leave the house). There’s also 24 changes between the eight sides playing today, so we’ve got a ton of stuff to get through.
The Newz
Western Bulldogs and Melbourne begin our Saturday and the Dees, bless them, are unchanged. This means that there is no Max Gawn for another week though. Sad face. The changes at the kennel probably won’t hurt you in SuperCoach. Hayden Crozier and JJ come back into the side, as well as Laitham Vandermeer, who might be floating around on a MID / FWD bench or two. Sam Lloyd and Bailey Dale are among the outs.
We then head south to Adelaide where Port have suspended Dan Houston and Peter Ladhams for a COVID breach and they’ve given Kane Farrell and Xavier Duursma a rest. Brad Ebert, Jarrod Lienart, The Hoff, and Riley Bonner all come into the side for Rocky’s 200th game. Former Bomber Michael Hartley will make his debut for the Hawks in 1 of 6 changes. They’ve been smashed by injuries the Hawks, Jack Gunston, James Sicily, Jaegar O’Meara, and James Frawley all join the injury list, Jono Patton will play his first game since round 6 and Tom Scully has been recalled.
Tonight we’re back at TIO Stadium for the Bombers v the Tigers. At the Tiges, Bachar Houli has will play his first game since 5, replacing Nathan Broad in their only change. The Bombers have made 6 changes as well with Conor McKenna the big name casualty. Dev Smith, Jake Stringer, and Tom Bellchambers are all back in. There’s also a debut for pick #38 from the 2018 draft, Irving Mosquito. I, for one, can’t wait for BT to commentate on this guy (assuming that he gets his name right)
For the final game of the day, Freo host Sydney at Optus where Liam Henry will make his long awaited debut. JPK is back for the Swans but Dane Rampe has been ruled out for the remainder of the season.
For Monday’s game, the Pies have a whole swathe of changes but none – aside from Flynn Appleby‘s first game of 2020, have much fantasy relevant. Grundy’s still playing, with Darcy Cameron and Mason Cox in the line-up. Meanwhile, the near fantasy-irrelevant Roos have continued being irrelevant – and somehow Mason Wood hasn’t been dropped.
Breakevens
These players come with a free Frogurt (that’s good)
These players come with Potassium Benzoate (that’s bad)
That’s it, community. Good luck today. We’ll do it all again tomorrow.
Trade Georgiades or Aarts to Foot?
Both rely on ball being in forward line. Port have much easier run of games ahead, id hold Georgie
Take Rankine’s 58 or Georgiades on ground?
Macrae, Bont and co are up and about early. For all those who gave them the VC
Whacked it on Macrae. He is burning rubber out there. Happy with the Bont too. Petracca needs to clean up his act.
Tim English is getting smashed by Brayden Pruess. English needs to have a long hard look in the mirror at half time. Ask himself if he really wants to be out there. What a pathetic half of footy by him.
If I was the Bulldogs or anyone else in need of a ruckman, I’d be after Preuss in the off season. Think how good the Bulldogs midfield would be if they had a dominant ruckman.
He got totally smashed, early on it was 12 hitouts to bugger all, Bevo must’ve given him a huge spray before he effectively demoted him to the fwd line and let Bruce ruck.
Ah crap I broke Caleb 🤮
Maybe his energizer bunny batteries wore out? 🙂
Just now sure who to trade in for Sicily, Ryan, Williams, Haynes
Wondering the same Dash. I reckon I’ll go Williams. Like the price plus already had his bye
L.Ryan & Titch with $41,400 Left
or
Haynes & Titch with $96,800 Left
or
Haynes and Fyfe with $115,900 Left
Haynes and Fyfe for me mate
Are those who put the VC on Mcrae taking 134 as their captain’s score or are looking elsewhere. Not sure whether to take it or role the dice with Fyfe, Neale or Nic Nat. Thoughts?
I think it’s scaled up to 141, definitely taking that
Thanks T-bone 19, just saw his updated score and I think I will take it also.
Question on emergencies.
If I have both Rivers and Sholl with the E, since Rivers didn’t play, I’ll get Sholl’s points right?
that is correct
I missed Macrae today! Got busy 🙁 Who do I grab now.. I can afford Neale but his pricey and got a bye in R14. Should I go Josh Kelly or Fyfe? Which one? Other suggestions welcome . cheers!
Have those boys had their byes yet?
I’d say fyfe, bit cheaper and lower BE.
Can’t go wrong with either tho.
Who is better option to close out the season?
Gaff – M8
Shiel – M8
Ridley – D6
Leaning to Gaff given his pedigree, and I think Ridley could come in cheaper in a few weeks
This year I’d say Ridley, Gaff ,Shiel in that order.
Hey JockR folks – no complaint but often your new articles/boards aren’t loaded onto the main page of the wesbsite – so hard to find. Must be an easy fix – would increase repeat traffic.
Someone talk me out of the ultimate burnman Rocky for next week. Looks a good option to score above his paygrade on SC for finals.
It’s always been that way Bells, need to click the home and then refresh buttons.
It’d be very handy if the newest comments included replies to comments as well, and not just the original comment. It makes the timeline all disjointed the way it is now.
Hopefully Lek or one of the lads can adjust the settings please?
14 frees to 0 in the second half to Port
i am bias, so don’t listen to me, but there was a passage of Port players dropping the ball at least 3 times and finally receiving a head high tackle
port got away with one
Incorrect disposal has gone out of the window. Hows Worpel 4 touches and 2 tackles in the last and gets -2
Do I go early on close or Schoenberg or hold for another week and miss foot?
looks like everyone will be getting Mozzie next week
Hopefully you missed Foot
Devon Smith has tonne-d the F up – Finally booted the clown for Petracca (82 points) this week – I hate this game.
Good boy Draper
Anybody else playing Caleb Serong at M8 tonight? What a performance by the next Lachie Neale.
Daniel and Parker in this week was a massive bust, hopefully they’ll come good.
At least the vc on Dusty seems to have worked out.
That farking Luke Parker. I am not rubbing anything in here Hedski, but that prick I had a few years ago and he just shat and dumped turds all over the joint. I was scarred to the point where I promised myself I would NEVER look at him again. I was challenged by Neil (NDD) on Parker’s merits yesterday after the stellar year he was having which he has been having. But in the back of my mind I had this doubt and fear about this bloke. And right on cue he came out and dumped a 71 SC steaming turd onto Optus Stadium last night. I feel for you mate. If he does not bounce back next week just get rid of him and just chuck him on the never again list. Caleb Daniel will be fine. He just had a down game. Dusty was huge last night!! Nice VC play that one. Cheers mate. TH
I’m hoping it was just a down night TH, he’s been pretty consistent this year.
To take Dusty’s vc I’ll have to play Wicks’ 59 on field to get the loop.
Other option is to risk the C on Danger and play either Close or Bytel.
I think that is getting a bit greedy though and I’ll stick with Dusty/Wicks.
Cheers.
Agreed TH, Parker burnt me bad two years ago after starting him, just cannot find a way to trust him.
Pretty terrible conditions for Daniel this week Hedski, was blowing a gale at the game and really hard for a small intercept/spare defender to read the play. I traded him in this week as well, he’ll come good for sure
Surely Draper just plays out the year as the Dons number one ruck now.
I know the weather didn’t help him, but Belch looks about done.
I need to trade Simpson to a mid below 600k in the remaining matches.
I could also trade down to a rookie. Best options?
T Kelly or Gaff?
gaff for sure
Reckon I should take Wicks 59, or gamble on either Bytel or Schoenberg scoring more? Can’t see Schoenberg doing so, but Bytel is a chance…
I dont understand. Gawn was on ground for me DYP and have draper as Emergency. But for some reason Foot from forward line emergency has taken the spot.
Wish it was best 21 this week. Decided to put SHill on field instead of Aarts or Close
I swung Hill to defence when I traded Houston to Simpkin. Only did that once decided Hill was ok to be on field.
If this policy of naming all teams 24hrs before the game continues next year, the SC trading rules will need a big overhaul.
There could be some dummy spitting tonight when Coll / Nth teams drop. Its like having to plan continuously for late outs.
I agree Jughead. I spent most of yesterday afternoon positioning my players in such a way in my side so to prepare for the Sunday teams to drop. My trades were crucial to the outcome of the Sunday teams. Once I knew them at 4.30 pm (WAST) I had just over an hour to punt Sam Simpson for Tom Stewart via multiple DPP moves. (O Connor and Close needed to be moved into other lines to make this trade happen) It was hard work as there were so many moving variables to consider. Across a whole season, most coaches simply do not have the time/or discipline to have to trade like this with constant rolling team drops. Not sure how SC will address this, but something will need to be done.TH
That’s been part of my problem this year, too much going on, not enough time to relax and concentrate on all this stuff, looking fwd to next season 🙂
I thought this week it was going to be normal weekend round, teams all named on thursday
I get why they are doing it. With the tight schedule, the clubs need more time to see if a player has recovered enough or needs to be rested.
Its just that SC trading wasnt designed with that in mind.
I suspect the AFL will carry the same policy into next year.
Top of the morning to the JR community!
Another Sunday morning rolls around and I am staring at my side feeling a little better than I did last week. Big tonnes to Macrae (VC-taken), Bontempelli, Dusty, The Ridler, Greenwood, Draper (On the bench-bugger), Crippa, and yes, Devon Smith!! I sometimes wonder why I still have you buddy, but nice to see you rested and hungry again.
There are a few shitstains to mention of course. Petracca 82 SC playing a lairising brand of footy yesterday, Connor Blakely 63SC who is merely a stepping stone to plug my defence after the Houston and Sicily debacles, and the Doc is quickly turning into the patient with another insipid 84SC on Friday night.
All in all, I am sitting on 1460 with Crisp, Zac Williams, Tom Stewart, Neale, Mc Cluggage, Coniglio, Grundy, Mc Inerney and Whitfield to come. I have no rookies playing from here so hopefully a little less stress (Touch wood) for the rest of the round. I am projected to go 2419. Hoping to nudge 2500 as some of the player projections seem a little low. How is everybody else going? Good luck to all for the rest of the round. Finals beckon next week! Cheers. TH
I had to choose two out of Mahoney, Close, Bytel, Bell and Foot.
Chose Bell and Foot.
D’oh!
I’m playing you Hawk in a league l need to win
Hi Shake. You will win easily mate. You fielding Draper at R2 was a masterstroke. I had Draper on the bench with the Big O on field. Draper will be moved to R2 but it’s a week later and it has cost me. Should end up with 2320 this week which is still solid. You will go close to 2500. Great win mate. Cheers, TH
SHARK MOVES are paying off. Projected to score 2603 this week.
You are having an awesome season otw. I am in one of your leagues will get you in the finals hopefully good luck And hope you can finish with some chocolates.
Doing well TH, you should beat me by at least 100 this week.
Hi Russty! Not so sure mate. Last time I looked we were neck and neck. I need a big one from Crisp tonight. Let’s see where the chips fall tonight. Cheers, TH
Hi Community can I please get yout thoughts on best Captaincy option out of Danger, Neale and Grundy? Are worries Neale will cop heavy tage from Neale and that Goldy will nullifyGrundy’s scoring so leaning towards Danger who averages 129 against the Crows. Thoughts???
I don’t think Neale will tag himself Pman , But would expect a heavy tag from Steele though or maybe Ross
Sorry I did mean Steele! Thoughts on Danger or Grundy as Capt?
I was also thinking about Dangerfield. His TOG hasn’t been good, they are also resting him forward.
Don’t think Neale’s being tagged at all, Steele isn’t really playing as a tagger anymore.
Oh I just noticed a bit later in the game Ross is tagging him now.
Trade Simpson to Rookie Reid via Close or Trade Simpson to Gaff, T Kelly?
Rookie mistake this week. Didn’t pick up the the emergencies had reset when I tried a few different trades before lockout and so missed putting the E on Draper. Will be fine if Grundy and Goldy both play tomorrow but otherwise will get a donut with a 122 from Draper sitting on the bench. Ouch. FInger’s crossed the Supercoach gods are smiling..
On your way to a big 2600+ score this week, Kat. Let’s hope that a rookie mistake like that doesn’t cost you, not only with this round, but the season you are having.
Why wouldn’t Grundy and Goldy play?…you’ll be fine.
Nobody on here anymore??????
Doesn’t seem like many these days Shake, maybe they don’t like the new format, not sure, I wish they’d just keep the text left aligned though, and find some way to include all comments in the ‘newest’ category…not just the original comment.
Yeah don’t know what to make of it. Not even hearing very regularly of the real regulars!
I think a lot of comments are being missed by people because the replies don’t match the original comments in the timeline when ya click ‘newest’ comments.
I’ve mentioned this several times but no one else seems too fussed.
Fellas it’s a combination of the format and the lack of admin comment for mine . SCT has a similar format but much cleaner as russty said it should be more to the left but perhaps it just takes time to iron out the bugs that however says nothing about the lack of admin comment ,been ages since we seen patch here and not only does he add colour but knows his supercoach Only my opinion NDD
Your right Neil
I think it’d be nice if there was a bit more colour in the site, and if it could remain consistent, all comments left aligned.
Also for admin to post some instructions so it’s easier for people to know how to create an account with wordpress and how to do a photo.
Now you’re talking Russty A lot of us are not overly tech savvy particularly seniors like Gator they need all the help they can get
Nice Gator shot there Neil, I’m sure he’ll punch you in the arm really hard at your next card game lol
Not sure how Neil has time to get on this site.. The nursing home he’s in usually have have him tucked away in bed by 6pm and that’s after he’s taken his meds
The new format def makes it more difficult to navigate the site which puts me off coming back to it so often.
I like this Jake Riccardi! Good strong tall kid. He looks very good.
Which one would you pick out of Riccardi and Mosquito TH?
Mossy probably will hang around more at least the [email protected]@krs do at phillip island
Just gotta hope Mozzy’s opponents don’t wear citronella deodorant. 😉
Hi Russty, do you know what? Despite all the hype after the game mozzies played, I actually prefer Riccardi as a player and would select him ahead of the mosquito. The issue of JS is the contentious bit. Mozzies JS might be slightly better than Riccardi, but as a player, Riccardi showed some real quality. What do you reckon Russty?
Bummer about the C choice John but hey, 7 of 10 finals chances is great mate.
I’ll be making 0 out of 10 finals this year.
Our game is close Russty
Only for a brief present moment Shake, until the reality kicks in haha You don’t have to try and make me feel better about kicking my ass 😉
I can see how you’d be upset with yourself John, people were saying Neale would be tagged by Steele. Turns out he wasn’t tagged by Steele but by Ross and only for about half the game if that, it wasn’t a hard tag, I saw Neale with plenty of room plenty of times. He just had an off day.
I got my vc right with Macrae so didn’t have to worry about C this week, it’s so important to give ourselves the best chance at a worthy vc score.
Although I’ve had a crap year and not made any finals, I’ve learned some valuable lessons…keep an open mind and believe some players can change / improve after several years of mediocre scoring.
If I had done that, I could’ve started with the likes of Petracca, Brayshaw, Greenwood etc and had a nice start.
Good luck in your finals John, even if you only get the choccies in one of them, it’s still a good year 🙂
As far as the 30 trade over 23 weeks thing goes, it’ll be more like a marathon again mate, not like a sprint as it was this year..a sprint through hostile territory.
I think that’s another valuable lesson John, retain a reliable loop at the death of the season, otherwise you can get caught out bad. I actually think one on each line is handy or at least 2 total.
Hey Russty, you could still finish 8th in TRIG’s league
Oh wow thanks derek I just noticed that, Trigga has to lose to Tophawk and I obviously have to win my game, it’ll come down to percentage if Trig loses.
I’ll feel terrible if I get in the 8 and Trig drops out though and misses out on the finals in his own league.
If that does happen I apologise in advance Trig !
Wow what a dumpster fire of a round this turned into! Sucky Sundays back at it again. The two week Taranto experiment is now over, and he will immediately be making way for somebody else when lockout ends.
That is the last time i pick someone before actually watching them play, going off solely SC scores is never a good idea…
How is everyone else travelling this week?
You were obviously going for a unique pod AB and it may not have paid off but kudos for trying it on mate…Taranto is a gun but probably won’t really show that again until next year and he’ll want to have had a great pre-season for me to consider him as a starter then.
Only mistake you probably made was going for such a pod, over someone 100% reliable for the same price, reliability is what we all need at this time of year.
Not a great round AB. Cogs stunk it up again and I buggered up my rookie selections.
Be lucky to make 2250. Had a good year but I’m limping into finals.
sounds like my weekend. went with SHill on the field, Neale as C and found myself screaming at the TV on Sunday evening as Cogs looked lost.
will limp to about 2250 and loose some rank
My cash generation just got stuck a few weeks back and I’ve been unable to make up any ground. Been a fun year tho, looking forward to seeing if I can stay in the top 1K and win a few finals.
god damn it.
Ultimately my fault but so annoyed as these late team line ups.
Didn’t realise simpson isn’t playing and I have all my emergencies locked in as I also messed up with rivers so had to double E on defence.
Got ruscoe to put the E on but I can’t have more than 4.
So annoyed. There goes top 4 in cash league.
Know what ya mean CC and I feel the pain, this game wears ya down this year, and if you don’t always have the time to bloody double check everything, and have no social life, then you forget or don’t have time to make the necessary adjustments.
It’s easy to get caught out, last week in afl fantasy, I had to wear Xerri’s score as captain LOL…made me go from 8th to 9th in my league and miss finals, cause I wasn’t there to change or check it.
yeah it’s a tough one this year thats for sure, more ways than one.
We move on. Bad luck about your finals hopes though. Xerri would have been tough to swallow but least it’s just fantasy.
Double upgrade next week for elimination finals, lets go.
Yeah too right I don’t really care about fantasy, cause the scoring is crap but I like to give myself alternatives in case Supercoach goes superbad, point was…unless you were all over it this year, like someone who had plenty of time on their hands, it was hard to do well by making all the necessary calls.
I was like John tossing up with Neale and N N for the C Went the wrong way and lost but the next time may be right . Been an unusual year with so much research being put in just to see it lost by luck or bad CD calls NDD
I think you’ll still fare ok this week Neil, how many finals will you make?
all ten mate The one that gave me the most satisfaction was SCT that i snuck into and until that Neale / NicNac captains mistake was on top Still 2nd with a chance to win is good Would have been nice to end up on top. sort of representing JR but they are a great bunch of dedicated coaches many are in the top 100. Just hope i have done enough to be welcomed back Always a task to win CAZALY and a sneaky ambition to nab TRIGGS who does so much for the site and supercoach I still value a piece of advice you gave me last year regarding trades mate let’s hope next year is not compromised and CD performs more fairly cheers ndd
To make all ten finals s a great achievement Neil, be proud…don’t worry about what anyone thinks, proves your year was a good one and you made mostly good decisions about all of it.
Hey russty just checking the one league where i am 8th Guess what Your league MEGA Get this I did the maths 7th is HOLTY 101 4 8TH HEDSKI 101 3 and now 9th DEMONS DELIGHT 101.04 I am playing Gator and lead by 3 so not home yet but behind both hedski and Holty The hope I have is derek to beat Holty by 20 more then i scrape in Another twist derek has GRUNDY Holty has Goldy left both are scoring around 120. Your league has dished up a mighty close interesting finish between holty hedski and myself just hope grundy goes nuts be Holty doesn’t cheers bud
I’m not having a good Sunday. C on Neale was bad enough after having the C on NicNat all weekend, but Cogs was aweful and will cost me a few league games.
I think Holty has me easy covered once he get Draper’s score off the bench
You have me easy beat in A graders
Didn’t see Draper John is safe with a game lead but deary me I look like missing to Hedski by .3 This is what we play for . Last year i tipped TH out by percentage playing the last game against a quitter.i hated that good luck to those that make it NDD
Good to see there are some close ones coming up in the Mega-league Neil, I won’t be there this time but will be an interested spectator.
I think l should get in 10 finals with 10 trades left hope that leaves me in sort of a good position. I’m 10th in one league with Trigga 9th who I’m playing and have already beat. The teams 7th and 8th on the same pts just hoping 1 of them lose.
my reply disappeared you will be ok shake TH looks likely to go down to Gat It’s AGRADERS my league see you in the finals NDD
In a graders ive had to put in some good scores to win because the pts against in this league for me are thru the roof Neil. I got in Worpel this week who had 27 posies 12 contested 6 tackles with Omeara out played purely in the guts but only got 87. Have to fix my ruck but waiting for Gawn to come back and hopefully bring him in rd 16. I like he plays ess last rd.
The last few weeks you have been scoring well. You’ll be tough to beat in finals
Finals will be tough this year with best 18 first two weeks. Anyone can beat anyone.
Looks like I’ll get a double chance in all my leagues, will need it.
double chances in s/c dont really mean a great deal
Double chance. Win first week straight through to best 22 rounds.
but you can still lose players
Feel your pain NDD. Was looking at a really good score in the the mid 2500’s this week and then Sunday came along. Decided to keep the C on Neale (my VC in Oliver didn’t go so well) and then Lyons and Cog’s had poor games and all of a sudden I am in tight battles to try and win games. Its never over til its over.
I’m done for round. No players from pies or kangas. Finished 2397. Had C on Neale kicking myself. Was such a shoal move to give him the C. Happy with Merrett and Hawkins joining team this week. Should move up rankings. Currently 435th.
Still a very good score OTW, don’t beat yourself up over the Neale thing, nice moves with Merrett and Tomahawk, congrats on the ranking this year,inside top 1000 is awesome.
Close on in the happy place hawk.
Nothing in it
Simpkin v Crisp.
Who wins? 🥊
Had to beat you in a graders Trigga!! One league l kept a close eye on.
You got me easy mate.
Got a so so team this year. Just couldn’t generate enough cash.
Don’t get me started on rucks. Think nic Nat is my 6th change!
Your still always hard to beat but in this league it was winner to probably make finals. I have a pretty full side at the moment, not the best but full. Got Draper as R2 happy with that for now but l still want to bring Gawn in because his last game is against ess.
That’s a lot of ruck swappies there mate, at least the Draper and Nicnat thing is paying off.
I did the exact swaps John .Hard as it was to dump Maxy Draper was a no brainer
It’s a slugfest Trigga! On paper Simpkin is likely to score more as he is in the guts. However, Jack Crisp is an x factor player. If he is on tonight it will be very very close. Should be a ripper! I was ranked 110,000th after my worst starting team/round ever. Since then, I have been trading very strategically and steadily recovering and am now ranked around 10K. So if I play in a few major finals series I will be very happy. Good luck tonight Trigga. Go well Crispy!! 🤣😅 TH
I’m barracking for you TH..hopefully I can slip the light fantastic into 8th spot if all goes well 😉
Hope u mean this TH rust. 🤣
Hey Russty. Might still do it on my own steam. Crisp 48 SC and Simpkin on 53 SC at half time. I trail Trigga by 19 SC with a half to go. Go pies!! Smash em. LOL
It’s all about nailing that initial squad TH This is an odd year though and CD has made it a mockery really.Round 3 was a tragic that shouldn’t have happened You have done well to climb back good luck in the finals NDD
Thanks mate. You too. You have a superb team. My starting team was very very poor. I just had to go back to basics and trade smart. Luckily here we are at the pointy end of the season, and I am still a sneaky chance to play in a couple of major finals series against the best coaches in the land. You are one of them alright. Go well mate! Cheers. TH
I will understandable be ‘lurking’ around in the background waiting to see what happens there mate.
Onward and upwards for 2021 mate It would be interesting to see where coaches went wrong mine was R3 and selecting houston to start
Once again I let 140 ish VC pass to wait on Neal’s C. Shame on me, sometimes a lesson finally sinks in. Blast.
Ouch that is indeed ‘tragic’ mate, don’t forget this next time you’re feeling a bit greedy 🙂
Why are my posts rejected ??
Same thing happened to me the other day, admin had to approve it…it took about 4 hours lol, think it’s probably just some teething problems.
The Blues have done it again! The same gurus that sacked the team building genius of Ratten to employ the confidence destroying madness of malthouse have topped even that tactic.
For season 2021 rather than reward those members who stood by them this year with a discount they have decided to offer free memberships to opposition supporters instead! That’s right Blues supporters rather than thank us for our loyalty they want to sit a pies or bombers fan next to us for free so that he or she can ridicule us for paying for something that carlton gave them for free.
Pure genius Carlton, if genius is a synonym for utter contempt.
If you’re not already in the Carlton administration, you should be…you’re very passionate about it all.
That whole membership thing they’re doing does sound a bit nutty!
Yes Sir I am a bit passionate about it and emotional enough to ‘do a Jezza’ and leave the blues for the saints.
The truly contemptuous element about their strategy is that Blues are likely to make finals in 2021 and the admin is effectively trying to halve the chances of members who supported them this year getting finals tickets next year!
They are offering as many free memberships as they have members for 2020 just so that they can say “Wow look at us we doubled our membership.” The memberships are also at equal level so, some people who have never contributed a cent to the club will get free top level membership with priority access to finals tickets whilst battlers who’ve been buying memberships for decades will be almost guaranteed of not getting a finals ticket.
That’s book learned marketing for you, dishonour the business that you have to generate potential future business. Australian business degrees aren’t worth the paper that they’re forged on.
I might just hold onto top spot ahead of Patch if Goldy doesn’t beat Grundy by more than 44 points.
I’ll be looking for revenge after you touched me up this week (unless Simpkin can beat Noble by 108 points tonight ;))
What are you going to do if NicNat has a rest? WCE play again on Thursday, i’m doubting he backs up.
Just asking 😉
Good luck lads, may the best legend win 🙂
going to be some epic clashes
Question to the community. In the bye rounds, what happens if your captain’s score isn’t in the top 18?
If this week had a bye in it, I have 18 scores better than Lachie Neale’s.
I think it’s whether the double points are in top 18. So if your captain scored 75, then it would count if 150 was in your top 18.
Why do I have this suspicion we won’t see Grundy, Cameron and Cox ALL take the field for the Pies tonight…………………..
Was thinking the same. Teams are apparently unchanged. Must say I am surprised by that
And Goldy would go bigger. At the moment I wouldn’t be surprised if they only got 170 between them. If Grundy was out, 270 would not be out of the question
Having Cox on the field is like letting some dude from the crowd play.
Yeah, Mason Cox
hoping for a big game from cameron
He has the wrists of a frail, 4yr old girl.
While standing on a pair of stilts….
hahahaha
If Mason Cox wanted to get more involved in the gameplay, he could always get a job as a goalpost.
Hey Kev?…is Frogurt like yoghurt made out of mashed Frogs…is that some kind of new health fad I’m not aware of ? …I’d be interested to know and also….
Can all future Panic Rooms be left Text aligned please?..just for the sake of consistency, I’d really appreciate it mate.
Looks like Gator beat me by 7 in mega good luck to the lads left in this league well played NDD
You was unlucky Neil with Cameron getting banged up and with the big dick playing did’nt help either.. Plus a bad Captains choice too
You both scored well
As long as we learn from the errors Shake Should have let the dees game go as the vc and also Neale with his tag which didn’t happen
appreciated mate Cameron was always a problem
How on earth did Simpkin get 19pts in the last with 3 frees against
So true Shake
It’s Pethetic!
Yep
Good luck John I’m sure you’ll give yourself a great chance.
Damn you Gunners! Beat me by 7. In two separate leagues !
My initial thoughts are Neale to JKelly this week and Macrae to Neale next week
Got extra trades, May as well use them
That’s what I’m thinking too Derek, I made 1 top 8 so no sense dying wondering if I could’ve gotten to the next round if I hadn’t traded this week.
which league did you make finals Russty?
The second league I created, it’s called Jolly Jockers
Tempting isn’t it?
Going into finals I finished top of all my leagues for overall points, however I did not finish higher than 4th in any of them…. go figure!
1st or 4th doesn’t really matter Connor, as long as you get the double chance, well done, sounds like you had a solid season.
Good luck for the final John, I actually made a top 8 in my Jolly Jockers league, by the skin of my teeth, Trig’s happy place I just missed out but at least I made 1 so that’s something.
Cheers mate, don’t think I’ll have the firepower to go all the way but I’ll give it a crack for sure 🙂
I’ve made finals for my leagues and really wondering what to do with trades, I was thinking of trading Grundy for two premo’s and bringing him back in after his bye? Thinking rankine,Grundy,rivers – Fyfe, Ridley, Xerri.
My team:
Lloyd,laird,Stewart,Daniel,doc,day ( rivers,O’Connor)
Macrae,Neale,bont,tmitch,Steele,Adams,cripps, bytel (T.brown,close,Robertson)
Grundy,Goldy (Draper)
Petracca,Whitfield,Martin,simkin,rankine,foot (weightmen, chaill)
123,900 in bank and 10 trade**
this time of year i’d be looking to get premiums playing for teams who are in or near the top 8. Fyfe and Ridley could easy get a rest, go for early off-season surgery etc
I’d go Laird out for Lukosius or Maynard etc, Neale out for the best mid..Merrett’s hot now, Rankine out for a gun fwd scoring well now.
Sidewaysies are fine with 10 trades left 🙂
Decisions decisions.
I’m top of my league (all I’m focused on).
Is it worth dumping Draper early to get Boak in to complete my midfield?
Was thinking of dumping Grundy and running with Draper and a bigger bank though I know Grundy will kick on again and Draper will surely not pull 100+ week in week out.
It’s the pointy end so if I take Boak now I have one spot to upgrade in the forward line with Woodcock, Bytel, Wicks & Mosquito to fund it. Will probz wait for the Port ruckman or maybe Simkin or Walters for last forward?
🙁
watch boaks bye
Hi ftb, I think the confusing thing about your post (which is why not many people answered) is that…1st you asked “Is it worth dumping Draper early” etc…then you said, Was thinking of dumping Grundy and running with Draper…I was confused.
Then you said “will probz wait for the Port ruckman (Ladhams is out for 2 more weeks)”..I was a bit confused by that also, did you mean Lycett or Ladhams?..it’s finals, you can’t wait 2 weeks.
Sorry, don’t mean to be critical, but when people aren’t sure what you’re talking about, they’ll probably be reticent to post a response.
Hey Russty,
Appreciate the answer and input.
So I meant I was tossing up dumping Draper early (to get the upgrade, despite him still making cash).
Then I was weighing up dumping Grundy and keeping Draper as it’s a lot more cash. Though I think really Draper can’t pull 120+ week in week out and Grundy can!
I was referring to Ladhams for a F6 though agree to long to wait.
I need 1 more premium mid and forward to be complete. I have finished top of my comp and therefor have a second chance (still fairly confident this week) I was going to bring Boak in. Though with the bye next week I’m not sure it’s wise (then again if I get the week off with a win it could be?
Is it worth rolling the dice bringing in Boak parting with Draper early. Hoping for the win, missing the bye for Boak and then he’s there the week after.
It leaves me with ONE upgrade for the forward line to do with Close & Woodcock & Wicks/Bytel to finance it for the last week?
I was thinking I could sit this week out on trades enjoy Draper cash rise but then I’m a week behind in upgrading and if Boak goes large could cost me the same and with it being the pointy end it kind of makes 0 logic anyway as Close & Woodcock should get me Simpkin or Walters I’d think anyway?
JR SURVIVOR CHAMPION of CHAMPIONS GROUP
Certainly was a week of those with Neale as C and those without.
The bar has been lifted up a few notches in the survival race. 2189 was the cut-off this week.
On top of the ever shrinking pile this week is:
Team Mayhem (2530) – wins immunity for next week.
2500+ is where the bar is at to get hands on immunity in this league, Barchang Barflys managed 2523 last week.
At the other end, we have the bashed and bruised brigade:
The following teams have been eliminated this week;
Boooom Time
supreme team
HawkaMania
Coolburg Rangers
bad luck fellas. A few very highly ranked teams leave us this week.
We are down to 16 remaining.
4 more teams will be eliminated this round (there will be no eliminations round 15)
Good luck fellas.
Ranger was doing well
yep. had just one bad week.
Bad luck Ranger just one of those weeks pity it happened on your week champ well done on your year top class NDD
Some bloody good teams in that group. One bad week is all it takes at this stage of the season.
Good luck to all.
9 of the remaining 16 are ranked inside the top 1,000.
You’re ranked in the top 300 and you’re not even playing in the game that you invented for all of us to play.
You should receive a nobel prize in Supercoachery.
Thanks Derek, going to need immunity, there are some really good teams left in this group
OTW right in the thick of it. Great to be is such good company
Great game DJ! Goldy spudding up so hard had me worried haha. Will be interesting to play you again this week in finals mate. May the best 18 win haha
you’ve got a pretty solid team, you’ll be hard to beat. hopefully the Chad will come good, hawks have a reasonable run home
Jeez, tough first round of Finals…got the Bundeena Bunnies in two Leagues, Demons Delight twice and BringBackBanger in another. Bloody glad I’ve got the double chance!
Well good luck mate, those two old war horses will be hard to beat, but you ain’t no slouch either, forget about the survivor thing and go and Hulk smash, but first you’ll need to maybe trade for your strongest best 18 score this week…do all you can do, and if that isn’t enough, so be it.
Even with the double chance, I’d still wanna win this week.
Only one spot left for full prem. Got all the top ones just looking for a bit of insurance now. Things will go wrong so i will be bringing in one i have watched and spoken of highly for two years ZAC BAILEY The lions love this kid almost as much as me Brilliant kick and decision maker ,he has all the qualities to lead the club. He is far from the best M8 but offers that valuable DPP with Rivers who should return after a slashing practice game against the Saints. In any other year Zac would be a perfect M9 but not in this compromised year NDD
Great position to be in mate, Ideally you’d want a spare premo or semi-premo on each line ay?…just in case.
Yes Russty good to see the General only 11 off the top spot . Looking at his team he still has 2 rookies on field as do most of the top players. I just think players will get rested and have operations etc and 2 trades in any round may not cover that. Bailey in his own right is a good s/c choice capable of tonning up so it’s not a bad pick ,just one the general wouldn’t do NDD
Not that I’m qualified to advise this year mate but having decent to good scorers on the bench nearing the end will be crucial this year I reckon, solid backups rather than sketchy rookies…invaluable!
Agree remember when we had MOTLOP as that swinging mid/ fwd on the bench good enough to stand alone as a mid or fwd
Early trade thoughts are as follows, big ups to Derek, didn’t even think about using Neale for the cash.
Neale + simpson + cameron -> Jelly + Steele + Mos/Ricc
That’ll leave me with 181k and 5 trades.
Next week not sure if I wanna do Macrae to Neale like derek or…
DSmith + Aarts -> Neale + bargain bin rook.
Leaves me with 3 trades and about 50k. But R15 is not h2h (right?), so I might shift from playing overall to getting the wins in my cash league. See if I really need to bring Neale in R15 or take the discount price in R16.
Does leave me 1 def and 1 fwd short of full premo and doesn’t factor in Gawn as I got goldy. Only bit of cash left then is in Draper and either of the adelaide rooks.
Next week is next week, if you’re focusing on this week, those are good trades I reckon.
If it’s a must win for you this week, having a 700k player on the bench won’t help, but getting the maximum value out of Neale and co will help you if you bring in players most likely to get you through to next week, Merrett also looking good like Steele.
I have Steele already but Merrett is tempting.
Jelly and Steel are good picks because they won’t lose money.
Steel hasn’t had bye yet, so I’m just looking at Jelly for Neale. Not even thinking about the extra cash, just a straight switch-a-roo for points.
If I was thinking about going extra aggressive, I’d use the cash to go Laird to Lloyd this week.
Next week, Macrae back to Neale and Lukocious back to Laird.
Still have to get Rankine and SHill upgraded before r17
It’s a decision to either play aggressive and be left still upgrading in round 17
Or get those last 2 rookies upgraded first.
Not sure which way to go.
I can finish my mids by getting a 530K mid or do something like upgrade Wingard to Whitfield and sideways Neale to Jelly.
Decisions, decisions…
I would bench Neale and upgrade HILL to a low 500’s player The end difference will be minor
Hill to Rozee?
Thoughts on trading Neale out this week for two premo players and bringing him back in after the round? must win finals for my leagues.
Gday Worpel, absolutely do whatever you need to do to win this week, make sure you examine your opponent’s team and determine whether or not you think you have a stronger team than them, even if it looks like you do, they could still be playing Possum cause you can’t see what 3 trades they’ve done until after the round starts.
I have one shot at advancing this week (no double chance) and am strengthening my team as much as I can…or if my opponent is reading this, no I’m not doing that at all 😉
Time for a Podcast or something since 3 days ago?, hope everyone at Admin’s ok.
If it’s all too much, we probably only really need the Panic Room to all post in for the weekend, with all the other threads coming in so close together before the weekend, most of those hardly get posted in before we move onto the latest one, just trying to maybe save you guys some time and effort. 🙂
Love youz all.
The Cheat Sheet is the important one
It breaks my heart to have to sideways trade my premiums, but I got unlucky and have too many missing round 15. Going for overall. Along with my upgrades, this week I will sideways Danger to JKelly, and next week Bontempelli might have to go. If i also do two upgrades, I’ll be full premium by next week, should get a decent enough rd 15 score, but only have two trades left from rd 16-18. Have to risk it I think
How many premos are you aiming to have in Rd15 Jess?
It’s bloody hard to figure out the right strategy from here in.
Hoping to get 17 premos on the park in round 15, pending nic nat playing or not. Think Rd 15 is the biggest threat to losing or gaining points for overall. How many will you have Ranger?
My bench is shocking though, with pretty much just wicks, foot, Riccardi and rivers.
Same. Ling, Rivers and Sturt all stink.
Think I’ll have 18. If you include ya Dev Smith/Wingard types.
Jess i was thinking the same but the risk with two trades is way too high. I would be looking at my squad Players like Tich Parker and Fyfe among many could be rested easiy. I will wait until teams drop but no way cull two premos after all it is basically your 18th player vs your new premo and should you be fortunate enough to have 18 premos that equates to around 40 If you have a few rookies then they must be upgraded to premo first The difference between a lower premo say parker and Kelly is the same as a sideways trades plus you retain your first choice uber rookie BONT and save the all important trade/ Only my call but I learn’t the hard way till Russty woke me up about trades Have a minimum of sideways trades if at all Only my call good luck either way NDD
I am ranked top 70 and going for it
Would have no hope if i dropped another 400 odd point off the leader, so have to risk it
I will be full premium by next week, as well as doing the two sideways trades, so I dont need to upgrade any more rookies. I tried the bench cover premo thing once before and it backfired. The only difference is I have to gamble that two trades gets me essentially through rds 17 and 18. Id prefer to give it my all than to end up with trades left and less points
A few years back the winner went from post byes to the end with 2 trades and had zero for the last few . I am conservative and just think this year will be different with coaches spelling players willy nilly. However this is why i suggested checking squads the teams vying for finals or in it will be ok but the lower teams with ,Cripps FYFE Goldy Tich Gawn Oliver Lloyd could all be spelled However if i were like you I would take the punt on trades too It depends on your rank really Good luck Jess it can be done NDD
A reminder early game this week on Thursday – Hawks v Bombers – 4.40pm AEST
Happy no Bellchambers
Williams in for Wc. 🤔🤔🤔
good preseason form Shake had him all year as a valuable loop but now is a ripper time if he fires good news
Does NicNat get a rest?
That’s why l posted!