Cloke as F7 this week?

[Madmax75]

that was meant to be sidey damn autocorrect. Poll says Cloke hands down but I think I'm going beams but could be tempted to slot in Cloke as well but then he would b F6 and Zorko F7 at this stage depending on injuries.

[Madmax75]

So how about these moves?
Rd 13 Beams Gibson in for Horsley Pfeiffer
Rd 14 Roughead Pattison in for Giles Treloar
Rd 15 carrots/h Shaw or any defender in for Ellis
5 trades team set but with Zorko F7

[Ringo]

Looks good - Just consider who is going the better between Kreuz or Giles prior to locking in for your ruck combo.

[Madmax75]

Yes good point Ringo. Probably Kruezer with Giles maybe hitting the rookie wall eventually but he is more consistent. Only concern with just 5 trades from rd 15 is that I have a very easy ( touch wood) last four games in my league and are a game and 7 percent clear in the top 4. I could lose the next two and still make top 4 or win them with the trades and sit back and not trade until finals.

[brownmans muffins]

Good thread and good comments. I hadn't even twigged to Cloke until I read it.
Have tentatively paid the 50K to upgrade Treloar to Cloke (leaving Zaha injured, Zorko young and Smedts sh it to battle out for F7).

At this stage (assuming most people are <10 trades left) I think it's important to nab the bargains in the hope that 2 or 3 of them will basically save you using a precious trade on a cash grab.

[PICCOLLO]

Sorry didn't make it clear. Team won't be finished just Cloke will be f7. Good moves suggested but worried about only having 7 to 8 trades when others in my top 4 have 15

After byes, most ppl with have full premium teams.  Once you do that, you get an m7.  Then you only need 6 trades left anyway.
Im fully premiumed up, getting m7 next week and leaving only 4 trades.  Its generally all you need.  15 trades wont mean much sitting in 14th on the ladder. Go a bit harder, nail 1stor 2nd and get the double chance!

[Madmax75]

Yep sounds like a good strategy but check these moves out: Option A or Option B?

A
Rd 13 Beams Gibson in for Horsley Pfeiffer
Rd 14 Roughead Pattison in for Giles Treloar
Rd 15 carrots/h Shaw or any defender I can afford in for Ellis
5 trades team set but with Zorko F7
Ruck/Forward link with Pattison/Roughead

B Goddard Deledio Waters Broughton Lake Grimes Ellis (S Shaw Spurr )
C Gabj Pendles Thompson Watson Priddis Selwood (Gibson McDonald)
R Cox Kreuzer (Pattison Stephenson)
F Franklin Sidebottom Danger Martin Beams Roughead Zorko ( Couch Dickson)
or

B
Rd 13 Beams Gibson Cloke in for Horsley Pfeiffer Treloar
Rd ? 110 k in the bank +Ellis out for the best defender I can afford
6 trades left with team:

B Goddard Deledio Waters Broughton Lake Grimes Ellis (S Shaw Spurr )
C Gabj Pendles Thompson Watson Priddis Selwood (Gibson McDonald)
R Cox Kreuzer (Giles Stephenson)
F Franklin Sidebottom Danger Martin Beams Cloke Zorko (Couch Dickson)

[Torress]

Yep sounds like a good strategy but check these moves out: Option A or Option B?

A
Rd 13 Beams Gibson in for Horsley Pfeiffer
Rd 14 Roughead Pattison in for Giles Treloar
Rd 15 carrots/h Shaw or any defender I can afford in for Ellis
5 trades team set but with Zorko F7
Ruck/Forward link with Pattison/Roughead

B Goddard Deledio Waters Broughton Lake Grimes Ellis (S Shaw Spurr )
C Gabj Pendles Thompson Watson Priddis Selwood (Gibson McDonald)
R Cox Kreuzer (Pattison Stephenson)
F Franklin Sidebottom Danger Martin Beams Roughead Zorko ( Couch Dickson)
or

B
Rd 13 Beams Gibson Cloke in for Horsley Pfeiffer Treloar
Rd ? 110 k in the bank +Ellis out for the best defender I can afford
6 trades left with team:

B Goddard Deledio Waters Broughton Lake Grimes Ellis (S Shaw Spurr )
C Gabj Pendles Thompson Watson Priddis Selwood (Gibson McDonald)
R Cox Kreuzer (Giles Stephenson)
F Franklin Sidebottom Danger Martin Beams Cloke Zorko (Couch Dickson)

i vote B - get it in get it out stop f...ing about!!!

and i tentatively say beams is worth 600k- but in saying that i'd 100% pick any premo mid who is a pure mid b4 him at 600k - guys like jelwood, a.swallow (roos run home is good), scotty thompson, NDS, ect - you know who i mean in this category.

everything points in the right direction for both beamer and cloke - cloke is cheap, beams is actually quite unique as well. the way collingwood just play attacking footy means these guys have every chance to hit scores. i wouldn't get distracted from ppl dirty on cloke he should hit some nice tons from here on, i don't think contact talks has anything to do with him having the yips! from what i recall there has only really been 1  year where cloke HASN'T had the yips!!!

more teams have got that rolling press working, last two years not every team was using that style so when CHF like cloke matched up on a team without a rolling zone he'd go boom, but these days there is more traffic to negotiate thru on a regualr basis for someone like cloke as more teams are flooding their backlines these days.

so i'm saying two very nice trades get on madmax

[Madmax75]

I like it as they are planned upgrades not sideways trades. Just 7 trades left then so have to sit tight apart from an upgrade in the backs. One win out of the next two matches should get me top 4 so can sit tight on trades from there.