RD's 2017 Team Thread

[RaisyDaisy]

It's been a month since the last update, and unfortunately the past month hasn't been great in terms of my overall rank but I finally turned things around this week and hope to make up ground over the byes. Rounds 7-9 were brutal :(

Round 1: 2247 (Overall Rank 7741)
Round 2: 2244 (Overall Rank 4482)
Round 3: 2335 (Overall Rank 889)
Round 4: 2107 (Overall Rank 716)
Round 5: 2199 (Overall Rank 1052)
Round 6: 2095 (Overall Rank 480)
Round 7: 1969 (Overall Rank 1114)
Round 8: 2134 (Overall Rank 1720)
Round 9: 2207 (Overall Rank 2035)
Round 10: 2269 (Overall Rank 1343)

With 3 trades this week I've already locked in Hampton to Scharenberg and Barrett to Scooter

I could use my 3rd trade to turn Heater into Sloane, but I've decided to go with SPP to Robbie Gray instead. Prior to these trades I was still fielding two mid rookies each week but now I can field Gray and Scooter as M7/M8 and I can use Scooter as a stepping stone and Gray at 451k can either be a stepping stone or keeper/M9 and having already had his bye means he covers the upcoming byes

Just feel like SPP to Gray is a much better trade than luxury trading Shaw even though he has been really poor and I'd love to have Sloane

Team after this weeks trade, leaving me with 13 trades

D: Docherty, Adams, Laird, Hibberd, Shaw, Scharenberg (EVW, Stewart)

M: Dangerfield, Pendles, Jelwood, Zorko, Murphy, Fyfe, Gray, Scooter (Myers, Pickett, Hibberd)

R: Sandi, Witts, (Strnadica)

F: Yeo, Dahl, Macrae, Heeney, Nank, Steele (Greenwood, Parsons)

Feel good having all def and fwd bench rookies playing atm, whilst Pickett and Hibberd provide me with DPP flexibility which I've used several times already this year too

I'll look at turning EVW and Stewart into Lloyd and a rookie in a few weeks time, and Scooter/Myers/Greenwood to get a prem mid soon too

[AaronKirk]

Wines surely the better option than Gray if you are looking at those 2?

Port has a very good draw which with Gray playing as basically as a permanent forward means he will score well but Wines could easily get 30+ every week, which with his style of game is good for SC point scoring.

[Ringo]

With Barrett now having a B/e of 11 is it possible to go Pickett to Scooter. Greenwood can replace Pickett as DPP.

[RaisyDaisy]

Can't afford Wines. Have just enough to squeeze in Gray for SPP

I prefer Gray over Wines anyway

As for Barrett, Pickett and his DPP is more valuable and I'm happy to miss out on the extra 30K Barrett has left to make

[RaisyDaisy]

Just had another look and I can afford Gray or I can swing a fwd into the mids and grab a forward instead

Higgins is the only good option I can afford. $200 short on affording Lynch from GC LOL

Reckon I'll use Gray and see how he goes over these 3 weeks as bye cover. If he doesn't do great then I'll upgrade him, but seeing as I have 150K leftover after the first two trades I might as well use it and upgrade SPP to Gray.

There's nothing really else I can do with it for now, and not having to field mid rookies anymore makes this well worth the shot

[RaisyDaisy]

Hampton to Scharenberg and Barrett to Scooter is locked in

As for the 3rd trade I'm cooling off on Gray for now but if Sandi doesn't return this week then I reckon there's no chance he goes to Brisbane the week after and then he has the bye so I'll use my third trade to turn Sandi into Sloane, and then next week or the week after I'll grab Stef or Gawn. Nank and Witts hold down the ruck for this week and next until I bring Stef or Gawn in

Means I have Scharenberg, Stewart and EVW at D6-D8, SPP, Myers and Hibberd as Mid bench and Greenwood at F6 with Parsons and Pickett on the bench, but Greenwood will move to bench once Nank returns to fwd line after bringing in Stef/Gawn in a couple of weeks. I'll use SPP and another rookie to get in Stef/Gawn

Thoughts?

[Jelemas]

As someone who has had Gray in SC Draft all year i would give a strong buyer beware on him. His is not playing midfield and his scores are totally dependent on his goals return most games. Great player but not SC friendly this year.

The Sandi plan makes sense if he is still out.

Only other viable option I could suggest if you need a bit more cash this week Hampton to Cousins/Bolton via Hibberd. Should give you an extra 40-60k which may be handy. Berry/EVW to Scharenberg will be viable the week after if you dont waana miss him as well.

[Bully]

Sandi to Sloane is a good trade, strongly considered it myself but the killer is rd 13. So will go Wines instead and pick Rocky next week with the spare cash. Given we're about the same in the rankings this will be a really interesting test case.

[RaisyDaisy]

Thanks for the input Jelemas. I agree, and that's why I've cooled off going with Gray. I am aware of going early on Cousins instead of Schaz this week, but the extra coin doesn't get me anyone good enough anyway

Bully, I think I'm not too bad for Rd13 atm so Sloane I could get away with playing. Round 11 is the killer round for me so I'm just hoping I don't slip too far back this week. I don't think Sloane will keep things up, and it's those massive 140+ games that really scale up his average but he is scoring them so it can't be denied. 586k is a very good price though - I wouldn't spend much more tbh

Will sit tight and wait for teams and then decide which way to approach this