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First draft for 2017 locked and loaded!

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Remaining Salary: $600 (:o)

Noteable PODs: Sloane and Bonti

Keeper Breakdown:
Def: T. Adams, R. Laird, M.Hibberd
Mid: T.Rockliff, R. Sloane, M. Bontempelli, N. Fyfe, D. Heppell
Rucks: B. Grundy
Fwd: L. Dahlhaus, J. Macrae

11 keepers not including D. Beams, D. Swallow, A. Sandilands, P. Ryder, H. Bennell and J. Roughead, thus possibly 17.

Few players that I've been looking at as well include: T. Miller, J. Elliot, C. Ellis-Yolmen, H.Hartlett, M.Murphy, B.Fiorini, R. Murphy and L.Keefe.

(Rookies are placeholders for now)

Thoughts and feedback welcome  :)

I'll start off by saying that Bont doesn't look like being a POD :P

Defence looks ok, I don't mind Thurlow, just need to see how he goes leading up to round 1. Not sure on Hibberd, may start slow after being out of the game for a while, but definitely isn't a bad pick by any means.

Think you need one of Danger, Pendles, JPK, Hanners in your mids, just for a bit of safety.

Not the biggest Grundy fan, simply because it means you're ruling out one of Goldy or Gawn from the very start. If you think he can match at least one of them though, then go with your gut :) (also keep an eye on Sandi)

Forwards picked are fairly standard, think you've gone a bit too deep though. There are a lot of mid rookies who received fwd status (Clugg and Bowes to name a few), along with guys like Ainsworth, Taranto, etc. I'd probs look to bring Ainsworth in, and at least one of Bowes/Clugg from your mids into your forwards, so that you can get another mid rookie. Going one of Roughy/Bennell/Ryder/Macrae down to Ainsworth would give you the cash to get guys like Danger, Goldy/Gawn, etc as well :)

Regarding the other guys you're considering, I really like Touk, locked into my side atm. Hartlett is another I've been considering, but will wait and see what his role looks like being prior to round 1.

looking pretty good, although i dont rate hibberd, dont see him as a keeper, like golions said i think you are deep in the forwards, id downgrade one of roughy or bennel to a rook and use that money to upgrade hibberd or maybe grundy or both depending on how much money is left over

Don't See enough top 3-5 players in your lines...
None in defence or ruck and probably only 1 in midfield and forward line...

Feel like you've done a bit of cramming

Quote from: fasttrack13 on February 02, 2017, 10:33:00 PM
Don't See enough top 3-5 players in your lines...
None in defence or ruck and probably only 1 in midfield and forward line...

Feel like you've done a bit of cramming

Eh, not necessarily. Adams, Laird, Dahl, Fyfe, Rocky, Macrae should all be right up there. I think it's just maybe too many value players alongside them. Having all of Hibberd, Thurlow, Heppell, Beams, Swallow, Sandi, Ryder, Bennell, Roughy means that there are a few more elite players he's missed out on, but also less rookies on field. Team will start well, but cash generation could be an issue if some of these guys don't work out. Just need to limit the risk a bit imo.

Quote from: GoLions on February 02, 2017, 10:36:35 PM

Quote from: fasttrack13 on February 02, 2017, 10:33:00 PM
Don't See enough top 3-5 players in your lines...
None in defence or ruck and probably only 1 in midfield and forward line...

Feel like you've done a bit of cramming

Eh, not necessarily. Adams, Laird, Dahl, Fyfe, Rocky, Macrae should all be right up there. I think it's just maybe too many value players alongside them. Having all of Hibberd, Thurlow, Heppell, Beams, Swallow, Sandi, Ryder, Bennell, Roughy means that there are a few more elite players he's missed out on, but also less rookies on field. Team will start well, but cash generation could be an issue if some of these guys don't work out. Just need to limit the risk a bit imo.

I was basing it on what i think is needed to be scored to make those respective positions and i really meant top 3 ;) but it would've seemed unrealistic to predict

Thanks for all the advice guys  :)

So far I've done two swaps:
Bowes --> Pickett
Rockliff --> Kennedy

Just think that JPK will be a more reliable and safer option than Rocky. Additionally I now have $35k in the bank. Was considering Roughy --> Rookie and then possibly Hibberd --> Full prem, but can't decide on which one, if any, to get.

Regarding Grundy, I believe he could easily average as much as Goldstein this year, just my opinion.

Thoughts on J. Lloyd from Sydney also?

I like Lloyd i reckon should definitely be top 15 defenders. Would go to rance/montagna/boyd considering bye situation in defence. Even though i like shaw/howe more they have the same bye. Saying that I have : Shaw, Laird, Howe... so i'm not even listening to my own advice

To many players coming off LTI or suspensions for my liking but hey might work but very risky

Do like Jake Lloyd, just not sure that he'll be in the top tier of defenders come season end

Thurlow>Keefe
Roughead/Bennell>Bowes

Grundy>Goldy/Gawn (Goldy and Gawn have the ability to go 150+ every few games which Grundy doesn't)
Hibberd>Premium (Shaw)

Cheers for the advice guys  :)

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Trades from original team:

Out:
M. Hibberd
C. Hampton
T. Rockliff
J. Roughead
J. Gallucci

In:
H. Shaw
L. Keeffe
D. Hannebery
J. Pickett
A. Black

And a move of Bowes from M9 to F5.

Also netting me a bank of $62.5k

Just can't seem to find the coin to get in Goldy/Gawn, and I'm still reasonably confident that Grundy will be right up there with at least one of them come years end.

Really rate Thurlow as a genuine chance to average 85+, so could easily be D6/7 for the year. Could downgrade him to a McGrath/Hampton type but can't justify the downgrade at the moment.

Put in Shaw for Hibberd just to give my defence a rock solid boost.

Hannebery/Kennedy for Rockliff for more stability in the mids due to a lack of Danger/Pendles.

Black for Gallucci a pretty straightforward swap.

My bye structure is probably garbage now haha.

Thoughts?

Considering the team doesn't have Danger, Pendles, Gawn and Goldy who are all locks in my side I actually like it a lot.

Need one of pendles or danger... Personally think heppell will star slow, so i'd upgrade on him. You'll need 190k which i honestly don't know where it would come for you which makes this a very good well balanced team

I wouldnt think id rate a team without so many big names but something about it is just enticing to me. Its unique and i like it

Quote from: fasttrack13 on February 04, 2017, 04:26:51 PM
Need one of pendles or danger... Personally think heppell will star slow, so i'd upgrade on him. You'll need 190k which i honestly don't know where it would come for you which makes this a very good well balanced team

i reckon i agree with the one of pendles or danger, the only way i can see of making up that money is downgrading beams, then upgrading heppel to one of those two, but then youd be left with too much bulk cash left over, then possibly snag the one you didnt pick for sloane maybe?

but id imagine hes picking beams for a reason and that not really an option.

only other way i can think of making cash is cheaping some rookie priced players like keefe/scharenberg, mcclug and bowes or swallow down to a cheap rookie.

personally id leave it for now, i like it for the most part, but youd have to upgrade to one of those 2 asap to me

One thing to consider with Heppell is he can turn the ball over and be a bit of a butcher. I will have him locked into my DT but until he can clean up this part of his game I'm not sure I would touch him in SC. Add in a bit of rust considering they haven't played a match in a while and it could see him turn it over even more.

Having a really strong midfield seems to be one of the huge strengths of this team, if you did want to turn Heppell into another top line mid it might be worth looking at downgrading Thurlow and using that cash for the upgrade.

Quote from: Mat0369 on February 04, 2017, 06:57:05 PM
One thing to consider with Heppell is he can turn the ball over and be a bit of a butcher. I will have him locked into my DT but until he can clean up this part of his game I'm not sure I would touch him in SC. Add in a bit of rust considering they haven't played a match in a while and it could see him turn it over even more.

Having a really strong midfield seems to be one of the huge strengths of this team, if you did want to turn Heppell into another top line mid it might be worth looking at downgrading Thurlow and using that cash for the upgrade.

id agree with you that downgrading thurlow would be the way to go but he did say earlier that he really rates him as a breakout so i left him out of my previous post

Thanks once again for the advice guys, and for the compliments as well  :)

One swap I'm looking at:
Heppell --> T. Mitchell

Regarding Heppell, he is someone I'll be watching especially closely during the JLT to see how he looks after a year out of the game.

Personally, I do rate Thurlow as a breakout contender, and at his price I think he is too good to pass up. I was looking at him last year prior to his injury when he was about $100k more haha. If I were to downgrade him the only player I think I would look at currently would be Hampton, but doing that would not give me enough cash to upgrade Heppell to Danger.

Do you guys really see one of Pendles/Danger as a necessity? In my side currently I see JPK/Hanners, Sloane, Bonti, Fyfe and potentially Mitchell all as potential top 10-12 mids come season end. This would probably mean that 2 of my last 3 mids would need to be upgraded to those 2 at some point. Is that impractical?

I think it is more a C/VC issue with loopholing. Pendles tends to have a really solid floor which makes him a good option while Danger is a guy you want to give the VC due to his monster ceiling. Fyfe when fit and firing can  give you the monsters and Sloane has the high floor.

Quote from: SilverLion on February 04, 2017, 08:24:52 PM
Thanks once again for the advice guys, and for the compliments as well  :)

One swap I'm looking at:
Heppell --> T. Mitchell

Regarding Heppell, he is someone I'll be watching especially closely during the JLT to see how he looks after a year out of the game.

Personally, I do rate Thurlow as a breakout contender, and at his price I think he is too good to pass up. I was looking at him last year prior to his injury when he was about $100k more haha. If I were to downgrade him the only player I think I would look at currently would be Hampton, but doing that would not give me enough cash to upgrade Heppell to Danger.

Do you guys really see one of Pendles/Danger as a necessity? In my side currently I see JPK/Hanners, Sloane, Bonti, Fyfe and potentially Mitchell all as potential top 10-12 mids come season end. This would probably mean that 2 of my last 3 mids would need to be upgraded to those 2 at some point. Is that impractical?

maybe not a necessity to have them but more of a luxury in knowing that you have one of the top 3-4 midfielders from the start. probably not impractical to upgrade to both will be pricey if thats the way you go. id imagine if you dont start with one you probably wont get both, but you should be able to live with only one that if the rest of the team is picked well

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Just a minor update after week 1 of the JLT.

Bennell being ruled out for Rd. 1 means he has to go.

Made a few other moves as well:
Keeffe --> Vickers-Willis
Freeman --> Powell-Pepper
Ryder ---> Lycett
Bennell --> Roughead

$26k in the bank

Main reason for Ryder to Lycett is Ryder's pesky round 9 bye.

Structure is sound.

However I feel you need at least one of Danger or Pendles in mids. However if comfortable without go with gut.

Quote from: Ringo on February 20, 2017, 11:01:26 AM
Structure is sound.

However I feel you need at least one of Danger or Pendles in mids. However if comfortable without go with gut.

100% agree.

Sloane is injured and will miss all of the JLT so if you could turn him into Pendles or Danger without losing a premium that would be good.

Post JLT Week 2:

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Like what i've seen from Nankervis so far, and can't see him being anyworse than Lycett/Ryder, so figured I'd save the money there.

Few other minor moves due to injury and bandwagonning too.

Roughead --> O'Meara (via McCluggage move to FWD)
Lycett --> Nankervis
Scharenberg --> Hampton
Ryan --> Newman
Bolton --> Butler
Myers --> Bolton

But most notably...

Sloane --> Dangerfield

$42k in bank

Still unsure on Danger though, the $716.9k outlay is massive, and I can only see him getting cheaper. If Sloane plays round 1, I'm still mighty tempted to swap, save $130k, and risk around 5-10 points maximum.

Thoughts?

Danger avg. 130 Sloane avg. 108 last year 5-10 ? plus Sloane always seems to be breaking something usually his head exactly like now Danger for me but good team  ;)

Post JLT Squad:
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Rookie moves:
Newman --> Otten
Bolton --> Parfitt
Black --> Miles

More significant moves:
McCluggage --> Steele
Bowes --> Taranto

but... Dangerfield back to Sloane

Am contemplating trying to find the coin to get JPK in for Sloane, as the only thing putting me off him is his lack of JLT. Still think not having Danger for the first few weeks till an inevitable price drop isn't too bad.

Steele I see as a definite breakout contender, thought so prior to the JLT and hes certainly backed up my thoughts. If he backfires, its a pretty easy swap to Roughy after 2 weeks anyways ;D

Really came down to Danger + 2 rookies, or Sloane + Steele + Expensive Rookie (Taranto). Saw more value and points in the second option.

Side note, seems my first three defenders that I've had for 3/4 of the pre season have become the stock standard for lots of people, which is comforting ;D

Currently only $600 to play with.

Thoughts?

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2 moves from last side:
Sloane --> Treloar
Taranto --> Turner

$22.1k in bank.

Thinking I'll start Butler, though if Miles plays I could start any of my FWD/MID rookies instead.

Any final thoughts?

Plan is pretty much to get Danger in ASAP ;D

By not starting him I'm able to get an extra premium: 11 in total, with 7 mid pricers.

No replies in a week, am I to assume my side is good? ;D

Good team. Big risk not picking Danger, seeing as most people have him but if Danger doesn't start well, you'll be well ahead.

Good luck for 2017.

Be careful with trading you have quite a number with Rd 13 Bye including 3 prem defenders.

Need to watch rookies for starting as Miles already a non starter.

Nice Team though

Thanks guys :)

Will keep the bye structure in mind, think I should be fine as it gets closer, definitely wwill keep it mind for every premo I bring it.

Swapped some rookies around, may do so again. Ended up choosing Florent over Turner.

One last thing, I've got the extra money in the bank to do so, so should I bring in Preuss for Strnadica and accept not having a loophole? Or should I keep Strnadica for the loophole? Or should I get Preuss and bring in Strandica in my forward line for the loophole? I'm so undecided :o

You will have to adjust Miles so use cash for a forward.

I would keep Strnadica for loophole as perfect for that with the late games Dockers have. Go with gut and your decision.

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So this is what I've decided to run with. Figured Preuss was worth it, he'll make some coin and for the extra 20k on Strnadica I think is worth it. Only issue is Thurlow, anyone got any ideas what I should do with him?

Edit: Forgot to mention, 11k in the bank currently.

keep Thurlow for this week and if not named switch to Marchbank

Agree with Bully here Corrective trade which is what you try and do in Rd 3 before prices are changed,

With adding Preuss to ruck line you can use Thurlow as VC loophole this week and next

Nice team

If Eddy not named next week I would look at trading him to a rook on the bubble a few there  and moving Steele to forwards. SPP scoring well enough to hold down M9.  I would then sit unless a trade forced to avoid 0.

Trades Remaining:
26

Team Value:
$11,450,200

Remaining Cash:
$28,300

Total Score:
8,671

Ranking:
10,550 (+13,607 from last week)

100 all 4 weeks (The Fantastic):
Adams, Bontempelli, Fyfe

The Good:
Laird, Otten, McGrath, Newman (on bench), Murphy, Grundy, Dahlhaus, Macrae

The Average:
Beams, Steele, Sandilands, Nankervis, Hoskin-Elliott, Butler

The Bad:
Shaw, Hampton, Mitchell, Treloar, Swallow, Higgins

Trades planned for this week: None currently

Pretty happy with the side this week overall. Looking at possibly trading Shaw, but can't afford Docherty who would be the only replacement who I'd be comfortable with. No rookies of significance on the bubble either, possibly Balic. Any recommendations?

Considering your Idea Ringo, might do Eddy for Balic via Parfitt's DPP.

Nice score last week.

I'd hold Shaw, he'll be a top defender by seasons end.

I'd hold on trades this week as rookies are still making $$

Cheers EazyMoney. Forgot to put to mention that I got 2,145 this week haha.

So I've devised a possible 3 week plan...

Round 4:
Eddy --> Balic

Round 5:
Powell-Pepper --> Fisher (~130k)
Stewart/Hampton --> Cox? (~75k)

Round 6:
Hoskin-Elliott --> Parsons (~250k)
Hannan --> Dangerfield via DPP

With the added possibility of in Round 7:

Butler --> FWD Rookie
Hampton/McGrath --> Defender Prem (Simmo/Lloyd/Montagna?)

New team would look like:
Def: Adams, Laird, Simpson (Or another Defender Prem), Shaw, Otten, Newman (McGrath/Hampton/Stewart <-- 2 of these 3 probably)
Mid: Dangerfield, Treloar, Bontempelli, Fyfe, T. Mitchell, Murphy, Beams, Swallow (Fisher, Parfitt, Pickett)
Ruck: Grundy, Sandi (Preuss)
Fwd: Dahlhaus, Macrae, Nankervis, Higgins, Steele, Forward Rookie (Balic, Parsons)

Would mean 16 definite prems with the possibility of Sandilands and Steele too. Would leave me with 19 trades and only really 4 spots left to upgrade.

Thoughts?

Round 5 Score:
2,205

Overall Ranking:
9,491

The Good:
Laird, Otten, Hampton, Fyfe (C), Treloar, Beams, T. Mitchell, McGrath, Sandilands, Dahlhaus, Macrae, Nankervis
The Average:
Adams, Shaw, McNiece, Bontempelli, Steele, Butler
The Bad:
Murphy, Swallow, Grundy, Hoskin-Elliott
Did not play:
Higgins

Did a mid-round trade last week, bringing in McNiece for Hannan via multiple DPPs to save a donut. I have already done Swallow-->Fisher and Hoskin-Elliott-->Balic this week, raising my bank to a total of 550k.

So my updated plans involve the following:

Next week:
Hampton/Stewart (Whoever has a higher BE) for Hibberd (provided he backs up his performance)
Parfitt/Powell-Pepper/Pickett/Eddy for Black/Parsons (Depending on performances and next week's sides)

Week after:
Parfitt/Powell-Pepper/Pickett/Eddy/Butler for Danger (Depending on performances)

Would give me 4 prem backs (5 if counting Otten), 8 mids, 1 ruck (2 if counting Sandi) and 4 forwards (5 if counting Steele) and 20 trades left.

Thoughts?

Also who do I field out of Balic, Powell-Pepper, Fisher and Parfitt?

Thanks :)

Round 6 Score:
2,103

Overall Ranking:
4,531

The Good:
Laird, Adams, Shaw, Stewart, Bontempelli (C), T. Mitchell, Steele, McGrath, Powell-Pepper (on bench >:(), Powell-Pepper, Macrae, Higgins, Balic
The Average:
Murphy, Grundy, Dahlhaus
The Bad:
Otten, Hampton, Newman, McNiece, Fyfe, Treloar, Beams, Fisher, Nankervis, Butler

Trades this week:
Hampton --> Hibberd/Simpson/Roberton/Doch
Parfitt --> Parsons

Money in bank (after trades): $534,700

Pretty good week compared to most hah, moved up into the top 5k for what is I think the first time ever. Will have to play Parsons on the ground to cover for Nank for a week if I do these trades.

Advice on which defender prem to bring in please?

Look at bye situation and take one of Simpson/Doch/Roberton.  Time to start considering byes with trades as this is the chance to go up in the ratings with good planning.
Unless you have trades up your sleeve would not consider Hibberd.

Quote from: SilverLion on May 01, 2017, 05:33:01 PM
Round 6 Score:
2,103

Overall Ranking:
4,531

The Good:
Laird, Adams, Shaw, Stewart, Bontempelli (C), T. Mitchell, Steele, McGrath, Powell-Pepper (on bench >:(), Powell-Pepper, Macrae, Higgins, Balic
The Average:
Murphy, Grundy, Dahlhaus
The Bad:
Otten, Hampton, Newman, McNiece, Fyfe, Treloar, Beams, Fisher, Nankervis, Butler

Trades this week:
Hampton --> Hibberd/Simpson/Roberton/Doch
Parfitt --> Parsons

Money in bank (after trades): $534,700

Pretty good week compared to most hah, moved up into the top 5k for what is I think the first time ever. Will have to play Parsons on the ground to cover for Nank for a week if I do these trades.

Advice on which defender prem to bring in please?

roberton in 1% of teams

Decided to go with Simpson, solely due to his history and reliability. Will have $444,000 to spend on trades next week. Will be looking at getting another defender prem and possibly a prem mid. Will be watching Doch and Roberton very closely this week ;)

Slight change due to half my side being out this week, did Pickett --> Simpson (via Adams DPP), Parfitt --> Parsons to avoid a donut.

Will HOPEFULLY do these next week:

Butler --> Myers via Steele
Hampton --> Doch

Round 6 Score:
1,848

Overall Ranking:
11,425

Shocking week, not even going to break it down.. too many premiums failing to deliver and player down with no bench on any line due to a combination of reasons.

Alright so I've narrowed my choices down to two options this week (with Butler/Newman out depending on teams, and Mutimer/Myers in also depending on teams)

Red are the trades, bolded players are the likely keepers:

Option 1:
Docherty, Laird, Simpson, Shaw, Otten, Newman (Stewart, McNiece)
Bontempelli, Murphy, Adams, T. Mitchell, Fyfe, Treloar, Powell-Pepper, McGrath (Beams, Fisher, Mutimer/Myers)
Sandilands, Grundy (Preuss)
Dahlhaus, Macrae, Nankervis, Steele, Higgins, Balic (Parsons, Eddy)

Option 2:
Adams, Laird, Simpson, Shaw, Otten, Newman (Stewart, McNiece)
Bontempelli, Murphy, T.Mitchell, Fyfe, Treloar, Powell-Pepper, McGrath, Balic (Beams, Fisher, Mutimer/Myers)
Sandilands, Grundy (Preuss)
Yeo, Dahlhaus, Macrae, Nankervis, Steele, Higgins (Parsons, Eddy)

Option 1 (with Mutimer): $186k in bank, and 2 D/M in mids, no D/M in def and no F/M in mids.
Option 2 (""): $251k in bank, and 1 D/M in mids, 1 D/M in def and 1 F/M in mids.

Believe Option 2 allows for Danger/Doch a lot easier next week, and that if I don't get Yeo this week I probably won't get him.

Pretty sure Yeo would be good for my bye structure too :P

Both Options leave me with 4 players left to upgrade, with McGrath and Otten included.

Thoughts?

Looks like you're in a fairly similar position to me man! Scored 1854 myself, with a donut of course, and tossing up mainly between Yeo and Adams aha. I don't see Docherty rising a heap in cash at all, so it could be worth going Yeo this week, Danger next week, and look at picking up Docherty not long after?

Hah didn't even realise, yup almost identical :o

Cheers for the input GL, thats the way I was thinking too, something along the lines of...

Hampton --> Mutimer via DPP
Butler --> Yeo

Powell-Pepper --> Myers
Newman/Otten --> Dangerfield via DPP

Then probably wait a week, not much point in bringing in Doc then given he'll have the bye the following week.

Would leave me with 17 trades and 19 premiums, with McGrath, Stewart/McNiece/Newman/Otten and Balic the last remaining rookies on the field.

Bye structure (premiums only, not including trades mid-way through the byes) would be:
[6-7] Beams, Murphy, Simpson, Bontempelli, Dahlhaus, Macrae, Steele (?)
[4] Dangerfield, Higgins, Nankervis, Yeo
[7-8] Laird, Adams, Fyfe, Treloar, Grundy, Shaw, T. Mitchell, Sandilands (?)

Yeah, I reckon those trades look good mate!

And agree, grab Docherty after his bye, unless he chucks up a few 130+ scores, should still be fairly affordable for the kinds of scores he can deliver each week :)

Teams in, trade plans of Hampton --> Mutimer and Butler --> Yeo to go ahead.

Ability to loophole Mutimer is also invaluable this week. Nevermind, forgot about Treloar... Hah, realised can loophole Mutimer with Parsons via Balic's donut. Bonus ;D

Fisher and Stewart coming straight back in is amazing.

Newman possibility to come in which is nice.

Amazingly, Parsons held his spot.

McNiece not coming back in and not being named as an emergency either is a concern though.

Preuss and Eddy not coming in is no real surprise at this point...

Round 8 Score:
2,047

Overall Ranking:
15,257

Team Value (Prior to trades):
12,138,500

Cash in Hand (Prior to trades):
$251,500

Trades Remaining:
19

The Good:
Laird, Adams, Murphy, T. Mitchell (C), Steele, Powell-Pepper, Sandilands, Yeo, Macrae, Nankervis

The Average:
Simpson, Shaw, McGrath, Bontempelli, Fyfe, Grundy, Higgins

The Bad:
Otten, Stewart, Fisher, Dahlhaus, Parsons

The catastrophic:
Not loopholing Newman...

DNP/Irrelevant and only for cash making:
McNiece, Mutimer, Preuss, Eddy

This weeks trades:
Powell-Pepper --> Myers is already locked and loaded, will generate around 200k, and with Myers' JS being above that of pretty much all rookies, he should provide cash and potential bench cover after the byes.
Otten --> Any Defender/Mid/Forward This one is less so. As much as I want to bring in Doc, with his massive breakeven and bye fast approaching, I don't really see him as a necessity this week. Dangerfield is mighty tempting too, but his breakeven is pretty much identical to his 3 round average, and so could quite easily wait another week. The one I'm currently leaning towards is Oliver. Being the cheapest of the three means I only lose $600 doing these two trades, but also Oliver has been incredibly consistent this year, with only one game below 100 (that being a 91). If I were to bring Oliver in, my bye structure would be as follows:

Available Players:
Round 11: 17 (Preuss, Eddy, McNiece all excluded)
Round 12: 21 (Preuss, Eddy, McNiece all excluded)
Round 13: 16 (Preuss, Eddy, McNiece all excluded)

Available Premiums:
Round 11: 11
Round 12: 16
Round 13: 11

To avoid the donuts in Rounds 11 and 13, I intend to next week:
McGrath/Stewart --> McInnes/O'Connor (+250/200/100/150)
Balic/Fisher/Parsons --> Dangerfield (-440/460/490)

Thoughts?

Edit: Forgot to mention, new team would look as follows:

Def: Laird, Adams, Simpson, Shaw, McGrath, Newman (Stewart, McNiece)
Mid: Bontempelli, Murphy, Oliver, T. Mitchell, Fyfe, Treloar, Beams, Balic (Fisher, Mutimer, Myers)
Ruck: Sandilands, Grundy (Preuss)
Fwd: Yeo, Macrae, Dahlhaus, Steele, Nankervis, Higgins (Parsons, Eddy)

Round 8 Score:
2,211

Overall Ranking:
14,209

Team Value (Prior to trades):
12,287,400

Cash in Hand (Prior to trades):
$154,500

Trades Remaining:
17

The Good:
Laird (C), Adams, Newman, T.Mitchell, Murphy, Treloar, Beams, Sandilands, Nankervis

The Average:
Simpson, Shaw, McGrath, Bontempelli, Fyfe, Oliver, Fisher, Grundy, Yeo, Macrae, Dahlhaus, Steele, Higgins

The Bad:
No-One (WOW)


DNP/Irrelevant and only for cash making:
McNiece, Preuss, Powell-Pepper, Eddy

This weeks trades:
Powell-Pepper --> Dangerfield Locked.
McGrath --> McInnes/Perryman Depends on if McInnes is named or not I think

Thoughts?

Lineup:

Def: Laird, Adams, Simpson, Shaw, Newman, McInnes (Stewart, McNiece)
Mid: Dangerfield, Bontempelli, Murphy, Oliver, T. Mitchell, Fyfe, Treloar, Beams (Fisher, Mutimer, Myers)
Ruck: Sandilands, Grundy (Preuss)
Fwd: Yeo, Macrae, Dahlhaus, Steele, Nankervis, Higgins (Parsons, Eddy)

Put the trade through to see what the team would look like visually, gotta say, am pretty happy with it ;D

(http://i65.tinypic.com/1lm6r.png)

95.8k in bank, 15 trades left.

Any feedback at all anyone?

Hard to argue with those trades, other than maybe keeping SPP for the byes.

That team looks terrific!! 2 upgrades in the back line and perhaps sandi and your done mate. Could also do Preuss to Freo ruck as a luxury later to open up Nank DPP swing.

Great going with 15 trades left.  ;)

(check my team out)  :o

Cheers for that HoleMeal, yeah was considering keeping SPP, but think bringing in Danger with a low BE and high ownership (over 60% :o) as well as having the R12 bye which no-one else in my midfield has should still work :)

If Preuss doesn't get named and Parsosns/Eddy does get named, may have to do Preuss --> Strnadica instead of McGrath --> McInnes to cover the donut and cop whatever McGrath loses this week.

Sad that I'll miss out on McInnes if this is the case, but gives me another week to look at Perryman at least. Maybe McGrath --> Perryman, Parsons/Eddy --> Greenwood next week.

Overall Ranking:
12,343

Team Value (Post trades):
12,595,000

Cash in Hand (Post trades):
$98,600

So last week didn't feel the need to really post an update, ended up just doing Eddy --> Greenwood, which seemed both logical and necessary. This week is a bit more speculative, with McGrath --> Doch, Mutimer --> Cousins both locked, but that still requires me to downgrade Stewart to either Scharenberg or Ryan, currently settled on Ryan but not really sure who to go with on that one.

Leaves my side effectively complete, with Newman, Shaw and Sandi the only minor question marks, will likely bring in Lloyd next week for someone.

Side looks like this:

(http://i64.tinypic.com/2z86y9v.png)

Leaves me with 11 trades as well.

Thoughts? Really need help on who to pick out of Ryan and Scharenberg too.

I went Scharenberg, high draft pick, very talented just needs to stay injury free. The extra cash is handy though, but I think he will outscore Ryan so have a higher ceiling. Good side, I would add Steele, Newman & Higgins to the question marks you have already put forward. But in a year where we are struggling for cash they have a good average.

With the Pies injuries I would bank on Sharenberg to stay in.

You could go Newman to Hibberd this week, Newman a high BE and Hibberd has a super low BE.

Apart from that, great team. Just wait for Sandi to Gawn in a few weeks.

Check mine out... ;)

http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,108591.msg1876918.html#new

Decided to go Newman --> Scharenberg rather than Stewart --> Ryan, will go Stewart --> Lloyd in a couple of weeks time.

Just watch next weeks byes SL.

Alright so the byes weren't the best for me, lack of rookies in rounds 11 and 13 hurting a lot, however feel like my side looks a lot better coming out of the byes...

Last week traded Steele --> Heeney as I couldn't afford to carry a dropped 'premo'.

This week looking at doing Stewart --> Lloyd and McNiece --> Ryan if McNiece doesn't play as a luxury trade, would leave me with 8 trades left and the following side:

(http://i64.tinypic.com/2u9lt81.png)

Overall Ranking:
10,402

Team Value (Post Trades):
$12, 858, 400

Cash in hand (Post Trades):
$19, 700

Thoughts?

Ended up reversing my trades prior to Thursday night's game as a precautionary measure, still brought in Lloyd for Stewart yesterday.

However with all the carnage yesterday brought, thinking I'll do Fisher --> Ryan via Adams to avoid a donut. Next week McNiece to any one of about 6 or 7 Mid/Fwd/Def rookies. Possibly Sandilands to Kreuzer/Gawn too.

Overall Ranking:
10, 396

Team Value (Prior to trades):
$12, 827, 300

Cash in hand (Prior to trades):
$137, 800

Ended up doing ok last week, with my rank hardly changing despite being forced to take a Beams 12 and cover Fyfe with Ryan.

(http://i68.tinypic.com/2rm8fgl.png)

Will be doing Beams --> Zerrett/Neale on Sunday. Will do Zerrett unless for whatever reason he doesn't play, in which case Neale. My other trade will be McNiece --> Witherden, was going to bring in Brown/Deluca-Cardilo, but they have both been dropped.

I would do Schaz to Witherden  Lose Money going McNeice to Witherden.
Then Move Adams back to defence via Witherden and Ryan to bench and e.
Beams to Merrett - Benching Witherden

Alright so I've made the following 4 trades over the last 2 weeks to help get my side up to speed:

Beams --> Merrett
McNiece --> Witherden

Sandilands --> Gawn
Parsons --> Bayok

In hindsight, should've taken your advice Ringo in going Schaz --> Witherden, as the extra money from that would be quite useful right about now ;D

Side is as follows:

(http://i67.tinypic.com/312zgpd.png)

Team Value: $12,920,500
Trades Left: 4
Cash in Hand: $124,100
Overall Rank: 7838

Thinking I will hold this week, though am tempted to go Treloar --> Zorko/Neale/Martin.

However, if I hold, there is the possibility of going Ryan/Myers --> Beams/Selwood next week.

Thoughts?

Would be tempted to go Cousins to Stengle via Bayok to open up Mid/Fwd DPP with Greenwood.  Know it is a nothing trade but gives you flexibility across all lines with DPP.
Leave the 3 trades as luxury injury trades for rest of season.

Quote from: Ringo on July 10, 2017, 04:14:24 PM
Would be tempted to go Cousins to Stengle via Bayok to open up Mid/Fwd DPP with Greenwood.  Know it is a nothing trade but gives you flexibility across all lines with DPP.
Leave the 3 trades as luxury injury trades for rest of season.

Didn't end up doing this due to Stengle being dropped, but also figured that with that type of trade I could do it as necessary, not a trade I'd rush to do.

Team Value: $13,079,000
Trades Left: 4
Cash in Hand: $124,100
Overall Rank: 7485

Stupid me trying to do the right thing and loophole Higgins and Greenwood meant I had no-one covering Yeo, costing me 71 points >:(

(http://i68.tinypic.com/21b3twh.png)

I have the cash available to go Ryan --> Beams via Witherden this week. However, this will remove my D/M link to the mids, and leave me with no DPP flexibility across my benches (excl. Strnadica + Nank). However, would give me a solid bench option on each line (Witherden, Beams and Greenwood) and can be done using only 1 trade, meaning I have 3 still for finals.

Thoughts?

Injuries may force your hand though so I would wait and see on Danger first -

Trade is sound but as you say losing DPP

Other alternative to keep is Myers to a forward via Bayok/Greenwood  (Elliott,Isaac Smith or Eddie Betts sound for Looping with Higgins)

Quote from: Ringo on July 17, 2017, 05:00:50 PM
Injuries may force your hand though so I would wait and see on Danger first -

Trade is sound but as you say losing DPP

Other alternative to keep is Myers to a forward via Bayok/Greenwood  (Elliott,Isaac Smith or Eddie Betts sound for Looping with Higgins)

Ryan to Beams confirmed with Ryan being dropped tonight. If Danger doesn't play Beams will cover and can live with that for a week :).

Loophole options will be looked at in the following weeks, but don't see it as necessary at the moment with the strong D7, M9 and F7 that I have.

First update for a while, and quite possibly the last until post-season :)

Overall Rank: 3,666
Team Value: $13,342,600
Trades Left: 1
Remaining Salary: $145,500

(https://preview.ibb.co/naMDRa/SC_Side_Post_Round_21.png) (https://ibb.co/mp3Sma)

Thinking of going Treloar --> M. Crouch/Hurley/Ryder

Thoughts on which one? Also whether to do it this week, or hold off in case of an injury.

Why would you trade Treloar?

Nank and Shaw surely go first but I'd save the trade for next week regardless.

Cheers Tom.

Yeah I'd love to get rid of Nank or Shaw in preference, but my cash left doesn't let me get Ryder/hurley from either of them (at least this week), which is why I mentioned Treloar.

Will hold off till next week and assess then what to do with it though :)

Final Ranking: 2,827 (Personal Best!)

Year Assessment:

Best year on record, still a little of the pace as it probably took half the year to get my side up to scratch.

Best Starting Selection: Tom Mitchell
Worst Starting Selection: Heath Shaw
Best Trade: Any of the following
- Powell-Pepper $311,900 --> Dangerfield $579,900 (Round 10)
- Newman $416,000 --> Docherty $596,300 (Round 12)
- Ryan $279,400 --> Beams $396,600 (Round 18)
Worst Trade: Hannan $168,300 --> McNiece $102,400
My Personal Grading: A

Edit: Forgot to mention, a massive thanks to all who gave me advice throughout the year :)