Well that escalated quickly

[poolboybob]

Two weeks ago things were looking bright - since then:

-Luke Hodge got himself suspended
-Kamdyn McIntosh turned into a pumpkin
-Adam Saad got hurt
-Kade Simpson got hurt
-Rory Sloane has posted his worst scores in 5 years and got hurt
-Isaac Heeney stopped scoring and suffered a long term injury
-Cam Ellis-Yolmen got hurt
-I decided not to trade out Daniel Rich for Robbie Gray in week 6 - Rich had a clunker and Gray had a blinder.
-I traded out Christian Salem, who promptly played the best game of his life.

So, not an ideal couple of weeks. Help me right the ship. Here's what I'm looking at right now. Names in bold are not available this week. Names in italics are in question.

DEF: Newnes, Hurn, K. Simpson, Oxley, McIntosh, N. Brown (Hodge, Saad)
MID: Fyfe, Pendlebury, Selwood, Cripps, D. Rich, Vandenberg, T. Miller, Krakouer (Sloane, Ellis-Yoemen, Heeney)
RUC: Goldstein, Naitanui (M. Cox)
FWD: D. Martin, Swan, Bontempelli, Ziebell, Hogan, Tarrant (M. Clark, J. Lonie)

Cash on hand: $455k.


My thoughts:
-Not going to trade Hodge because he'll come back fresh in another two weeks.
-Saad's injury is supposedly minor, and he has a negative BE, so no trade there.
-McIntosh is ripe, but his BE is only 33, so he's not a must-trade.
-Sloane certainly needs to go. Who to bring in?
-Rich has a BE of 98 and ideally I could trade him out now, but it's not a must-do since he doesn't look to leak a lot of cash this week.
-No reason to trade CEY with a low BE and a relatively minor injury.
-Heeney has a big BE but won't drop since he isn't playing for a while.
-FWD doesn't really have problems, but Hogan's BE is 77 and it's about time for him to go - but again not urgent.

So questions:
1. Who to bring in for Sloane? Go premo (Mundy, JPK, Neale, Heppell?) or go bargain hunting (Barlow, Luke Parker, Steve Johnson, Tom Mitchell)?
2. Should I find a way to bring in McKenzie - either for Heeney or McIntosh?
3. Should I trade out Hogan for.... someone (Gray? Goddard? T Mitchell?)

[tor01doc]

1. Sloane goes
2. McKenzie comes in - to defence via Hodge - use Saad as loophole and have E on McKenzie
3. Get Gray - low BE. A must for fwd eventually. He can come into mids this week if Heeney is annoying you or fwd if you don't trust Hogan.
4. Out with whoever you care to cull - Hogan, Heeney, Rich.

[hawkboy80]

heeney to mckenzie, upgrade rich to premo