Round 7 Trades.

[Mat0369]

Ball was in the port forward line most of the Carlton game as well but he still scored 75 :P The fact that he scores poorly the week Hombsh, Pittard and Hartlett are back together may be a coincidence, but it's definitely food for thought.

I do agree that it would be good to be able to keep him through the byes but it's a balancing act with downgrading these types of players for cash generation. If I don't trade him this week, it would need to be one of Marchbank/Otten/Hampton, all of whom have lower BEs and arguably more cash to make. Ideally you'd want to trade in players like Robbie Gray, GAJ, Ebert, etc to play through the byes and beyond.

If my memory serves me correctly he was on something like 40 early in the 2nd quarter. Carlton also had a good chunk of the 1st half where they were locking it in their D50 but couldn't score. They were completely inept after HT and for Houston he had scored well enough by that point anyway.

Also all the guys you just mentioned are mids. For someone to cover a forward spot like Houston can it would have to be one of Lynch/Touk or in the backs someone like Pittard. If you sit Houston in your forward line until Round 12 you could even potentially look to turn him to NRoo at that point once his bye is over.

[Rusty00]

Ball was in the port forward line most of the Carlton game as well but he still scored 75 :P The fact that he scores poorly the week Hombsh, Pittard and Hartlett are back together may be a coincidence, but it's definitely food for thought.

I do agree that it would be good to be able to keep him through the byes but it's a balancing act with downgrading these types of players for cash generation. If I don't trade him this week, it would need to be one of Marchbank/Otten/Hampton, all of whom have lower BEs and arguably more cash to make. Ideally you'd want to trade in players like Robbie Gray, GAJ, Ebert, etc to play through the byes and beyond.

If my memory serves me correctly he was on something like 40 early in the 2nd quarter. Carlton also had a good chunk of the 1st half where they were locking it in their D50 but couldn't score. They were completely inept after HT and for Houston he had scored well enough by that point anyway.

Also all the guys you just mentioned are mids. For someone to cover a forward spot like Houston can it would have to be one of Lynch/Touk or in the backs someone like Pittard. If you sit Houston in your forward line until Round 12 you could even potentially look to turn him to NRoo at that point once his bye is over.

My issue is I need to downgrade this week and my options are:
Pickett/Eddy/Hibberd - worth nothing
Barrett - just back into the side with negative BE
Bowes/Taranto/Hampton/Otten/Newman - all with much lower BEs than Houston and in some cases aren't worth anywhere near as much either
Marchbank/Houston - have higher BEs

Given I'm using Beams to upgrade this week, maybe I downgrade Bowes instead as he may get the next couple in the NEAFL prior to his bye? His DPP might come in handy through the byes though if he finds his way back into the team

[Ringo]

For your Dilema I would downgrade Houston to Parsons.

Could do Hampton/Marchbank to Melican but do not like his JS.

Beams to ?????