The Watchlist - Season started, team Angry Pirates

[Mat0369]

If you have cover in mids matt why not even wait till next week and save a trade unless you really need to do 2 corrective trades next week.  That way you will get to see another game from contenders.  That is what I am doing if injury turns out to be lengthy. JPK, Kennedy options or even Wines or treloar at lesser prices.

I am not sure if I will have to make any more corrective trades or if any other injuries pop up. If I trade Sidebottom it will either have to be this week or I hold him until the price changes and if he is not back then I make my move. Guys like Sloane, Beams, Fyfe and Lewis I was looking at through the off season. I also don't have Gaz so I have the cash to make that move. So it is more a waiting game and you never know, he could line up this week once he gets the scans

[Mat0369]

So score for the week was 1962 which is a horrible start to the year. I am ranked 62,901 so that further illustrates the bad start. Sidebottom is now out since he is 6-8 weeks away, Gaz looks like the guy to bring in considering his record against the Saints even though he looked sore and not himself. You think if he survived the hit out he should be good to go and he is highly capable of busting out a 180 this weekend. Fyfe, Lewis and Sloane are the others I am considering so I will monitor Gaz this week and will decide later

[My Chumps]

Similar score to myself Mat. showerty start, but it's good to know the difference between the top 80000 is only 400.

Really wouldn't get Gaz in at this point. Was pretty lucky to pull out the score he did on the weekend with a few last quarter goals when the game was in the balance. Looked a long way from his usual self, just look at that Bennell to Ablett handball late in the last quarter; heading into an open goal square and he couldn't even use his left hand to receive it. I'd much rather Fyfe, Lewis or Dangerfield at this stage.

[Mat0369]

This is what I was thinking though, as bad as Gaz was, he still almost managed to snag 3 goals in the last quarter and scored 120. I was pretty happy I passed on him until that last quarter, I probably wouldn't be bringing him in for the first 5 weeks unless I had the injury to Sidebottom, the thing is if I pass on Gaz now, I know I will have to wait until the bye. Could that be too long to wait on him? It will probably get to Friday arvo and I will hit reverse trade, wait until Saturday and go with my gut

[Mat0369]

So something new to consider and I will have a better idea after tomorrow, but Bellcho could be a late out. Now where this causes an issue is my team looks like this




So I have Bartel in doubt with cover in Hogan, Bellchambers with an injury cloud with no cover and Sidebottom needing to go. I had originally considered Gaz for Sidebottom, but if I make that move I don't have the cash to turn Bellchambers into Leuenberger if Bellcho is a late out which means I might have to go a cheaper option if that is the plan. Plan B is if Bartel is a late out and I pick Gaz then I turn Jimmy into Berger and shift Bellcho forward. Plan C is I go a cheaper option like Lewis for Sidebottom then turn Salem into Leuenberger which I am not keen on. Plan D is I risk it and cop a potential donut in the ruck meaning I am probably another 80 points behind

[Mat0369]

Bartel out, but it looks like Bellcho will be right.

Cripps also a late out so he is gone next week for the best available. I think if I can dump Cripps for Anderson next week it might free up the cash for any other corrective trades I need. NVB is probably the front runner though

[YoungGun]

Just a stroke of bad luck for you here. Bartel is a must keep as far as I'm concerned so just use Hogan as cover. As a bombers fan I think we will do everything we can to get bellcho up so hopefully he gets up and I think you just have to sit and hope.

Which leaves Sidey to a super premo or close to it as 1 trade for the week I reckon.

[Mat0369]

Put in Gaz, made him skipper, want to hit reverse trade already

[Mat0369]

Team is up shower creek, I am looking at a couple of trades this week. Cripps is gone, he becomes NVB, if Newton gets green he will bleed cash so he becomes Darcy Lang or Jed Anderson. I will hold Miller a week and monitor Lambert. I have to live with Gaz now, I am not going to burn another trade to get him out, there is no point.

[Mat0369]

Just thinking about it, I think I have nailed most of my rookie selections.

No Goodes in the back line, already have Oxley, Saad, McIntosh and Brown
Cripps the only issue in the mids with NVB attainable, Heeney, Ellis-Yolmen, Newton, Vandenberg and Miller (only real flop)
Salem, Clark, Hogan and Lonie in the forward line all look good at the minute.

I have a couple of options to fix my rookie situation, if Newton is the sub this week, I can afford to go Newton to NVB since Cripps has only played 2. I can also go Cripps to Darcy Lang who is another option that I liked in the pre-season. I can get a cash rise out of Miller and dump him to Lambert when Lambert is on the bubble.

Obviously trading in Gaz was a massive screw up, I have to decide if I burn a 2nd trade, cut my losses (which don't seem as bad considering my rookies are alright) and hope I hit my captain selections then it doesn't look all bad. I have a bunch of guys with huge ceilings that haven't really gone bang yet, when they do it could see me back in the hunt.

I'll post the team as it stands when I am less depressed thinking about it

[Mat0369]

I just read Lambert will be out a while so scrap that

[Ricochet]

I just read Lambert will be out a while so scrap that

Yeh 8 weeks by the sounds

[Mat0369]

That is my team pre trades for this round

Round 2 score is 2016

Round 2 rank 69,491

Overall rank 65,833

Gaz out indefinitely means I have already burnt one trade getting Sidey out, I still have the 3 or 4 guys I was looking at last week, I am also considering another POD

Newton/Cripps to NVB will be my other trade since the rest of my rookies apart from Miller look solid and most of my premos look good

[Capper]

So talk of Pendles missing as well doesnt help

[Mat0369]

If Pendles misses it is a week and I plan on bringing in Van Berlo anyway. That means one of Heeney or Ellis-Yolmen comes off the bench. It is not ideal, but it is not trade worthy