The Watchlist - 2023 Edition

[Mat0369]

Pretty happy with my Hewett pick up so far

[Mat0369]

Round 19

Score: 2588
Rank: 58,599
Round Rank:  5,689
Cash: $86,000

Trades

Wardlaw>Hewett



Good: Sicily, Stewart, Dawson, Doc, Sheezel, Cincotta, Libba, Steele, Hewett, Cuningham, Gawn, Marshall, Dunkley, Rozee, Cogs, Himmelberg, Thomas
Pass: Day, Neale, Mills
Bad: Miller
Ugly: Gulden

Pretty amazing week considering I had a donut. Most of my players were fantastic on field, only downers were Miller (played a lot of forward after HT when I watched) and Gulden. Cripps back this week gives me another premium on field with Oliver and Green still a week or two away. I'm out of trades so this is the team I'm rolling with

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Round 20

Score: 2398
Rank: 58,144
Round Rank:  53,437
Cash: $86,000

Trades

Nil



Good: Dawson, Sheezel, Day, Cincotta, Libba (C), Gawn, Marshall, Dunkley, Gulden, Cogs
Pass: Stewart, Sicily, Doc, Steele, Cripps, Miller, Rozee
Bad: Neale, Himmelberg
Ugly: Mills, Hewett, Cuningham, Thomas, Davey

Pretty disappointing week, Green comes back but I lose Miller to a last second suspension. Not feeling confident this week in both finals even though I beat one opponent last week and outscored the other barely.

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Round 21

Score: 2411
Rank: 54,279
Round Rank: 9,498
Cash: $86,000

Trades

Nil



Good: Sicily, Stewart, Doc, Libba, Green, Gawn, Marshall, Gulden, Cogs, Thomas
Pass: Day, Mills, Hewett, Cuningham, Rozee, Himmelberg
Bad: Dawson, Neale, Cripps, Dunkley,
Ugly: Sheezel, Cincotta, Steele, Davey

Not to bad of a week. I was down Miller due to the late week suspension and was lucky to get 66 from Cuningham as a replacement who has been serviceable for rookie priced coverage.

Libba nailed it again as my VC, Steele tagging Cripps was a bit of a double disaster that killed both their scores. The main thing is I won both my finals and I am looking to be in a strong position getting Oliver and Miller back this week. The plan is to loop Mills and Hewett for M8 using Sharp this week. I am not sure what Carlton's ins will look like but it gives me two bites at a decent M8 score. I am prepping for Sheezel to maybe get a rest late in the season but hopefully Cincotta can step in if that does happen

My team is a bit of a rollercoaster so fingers crossed they don't collapse this week and I can sneak through to a prelim in both leagues.

[Mat0369]

Good news, Oliver is finally back. Bad news, so is Grundy. Will be interesting to see how Gawn scores with Grundy back in the side. I was contemplating a Gawn VC prior to the announcement

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Round 22

Score: 2196
Rank: 54,329
Round Rank: 55,806
Cash: $86,000

Trades

Nil



Good: Dawson, Sheezel, Cincotta, Oliver, Green, Cripps, Hewett, Marshall, Rozee
Pass: Sicily, Day
Bad: Doc, Steele, Neale, Miller, Mills, Gawn, Gulden, Cogs, Thomas, Himmelberg
Ugly: Stewart, Libba, Hewett (I'll get to this), Dunkley, Cuningham, Roberts

Not a great week at all. Managed to get through in one of my finals and then lost by 15 points in the other. I decided to play it safe with Mills over Hewett which cost me my matchup. Libba getting injured the following day along with Doc being subbed off really stung as my opponent had none of these 3.

Libba out this week will see my play both Hewett and Mills. I am lucky to have the coverage. Cincotta will cover Doc if he is a late out. I worry Oliver will get the tag but he will be my C if my VC flops. I am leaning towards Dunks who I can't see having a third shocker in a row vs a depleted Pies

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Round 23

Score: 2347
Rank: 53,710
Round Rank: 45,448
Cash: $86,000

Trades

Nil



Good: Stewart, Dawson, Day, Sheezel, Green, Hewett, Marshall, Gulden, Cogs, Himmelberg, Thomas
Pass: Steele, Miller, Dunkley
Bad: Sicily, Oliver, Neale, Gawn, Rozee
Ugly: Doc, Cincotta, Cripps, Mills, Cuningham

I managed to scrape through in my prelim and beat the team sitting first. I am guaranteed prize money in my league which was my aim from when my season was shot from an overall perspective. I survived a poor VC and C choice this week and some insanely poor scores. I was lucky my opponent had both Cripps and Mills who were disasters along with LDU as a late out which forced him to play Mills in his place.

I am cooked this week, Doc is out, I have a handful of players on extended benches and my opponent has a strong side. Right now these are the matchups

Cincotta vs Sinclair
Miller vs Merrett
Oliver vs Bont
Cripps vs Laird
Hewett vs Trac
Tarryn Thomas vs Butters
Himmelberg vs Taranto
Gawn vs English

I think all his players would be favoured to outscore mine. It will take a minor miracle to sneak this one out