Ringos Rocky Road 2016

[Ringo]

Round 10 Update:

Rd 10 Score: 22230
Rd 9 Rank: 9559
Total Rank : 14849 up 3976
Total Points: 21407
Lowest Rank: 70719 Rd 2

Trades for Week - DBJ to Cox  >:( Rookie mistake lost concentration and realised could not reverse trades after first game so stuck with it. May pay off though if Goldy does miss this week.
Bank; $113k 17 trades.

Rd 10 Starting Team:
Def: Shaw, Bartel, Simpson, Docherty , McDonald Tip, Ruggles  (Brand, M. Brown, )
Mids: Dangerfield, Pendles, Wells, Priddis, Selwood, Sam  Mitchell, Libba, Ablett (J Smith, Dunkley, Davis)
Rucks: Goldy, Gawn (Read)
Fwds: Robinson, Martin, DeGoey, Barlow, Kerridge , Petraca (Menadue, Cox )
(Was going to loophole Ruggles and Brown and Ruggles a ate out put paid to that).

The Good: Docherty, McDonaldTip, Bartel. Ablett, Dangerfield, Gawn, Dunkley, Davis, Dusty, Wells
The Average Pendles, Priddis, Libba, Josh Smith, Goldy, Robbo,
The Bad Shaw, Simpson, Brown, Selwood, Sam Mitchell, Kerridge, DeGoey, Petracca, Cox

This week what to do do I get in a prem defender or prem fwd.  Think for structure need a prem defender so thinking Menadue or Kerridge (Wells returning to forwards) to Mattho and Brown to McVeigh.  Not really excited by Paine and JS. May change based on team announcements.

So just have the 1 rookie playing in def, mids and fwds.  So maximum of 6 trades to sort out leaving 10 trades to adjust the underperformers so reasonably happy. But that is before the Supercoach reaper gets into action on Thursday.

[sammy123]

i reckon a premo forward. looks a bit bleak with de goey and barlow

[Ringo]

Thoughts on this trade
Kerridge and Barlow to McVeigh and Dahlhaus.  Suits bye structure

leaves me with 22k

Means I miss Mattho and a cash build but will have only 3 playing rookies. Hopefully some more rookies surface over the next couple of weeks.
Def McDonald Tip with Rugglesand Brand on bench
Mids: One of Smith, Dunkley or Davis with Menadue on bench with other 2
Fwds: Petracca with Brown and Cox warming bench

Team will be:
Def: Shaw, Bartel, Simpson, Docherty,  McVeigh, McDonald Tip, (Ruggles  Brand,  )
Mids: Dangerfield, Pendles, Ablett  Priddis, Selwood, Sam  Mitchell, Libba, J Smith (Menadue, Dunkley, Davis)
Rucks: Goldy, Gawn (Read)
Fwds: Dahlhaus, Robinson, Martin, Wells, DeGoey,  Petraca (M. Brown,Cox )

DeGoey and Sam Mitchell the premium worry but still scoring 80+ can hold and then upgrade. Menadue being held to allow flexibility with byes with DPP. 

Brown will be downgraded next week to Collins if named.

[Capper]

Dahlhaus with a BE of 123, i think he can go done further.

Is Menadue there purely for DPP between mids and fwds?

If you do those trades where doe the money come from to upgrade the last 3 spots?

[MC]

If Barlow continues to play, trading him is probably a luxury you can't afford as yet.

If I were in your position (not 100% sure about byes) but i'd certainly be trading out DeGoey before Kerridge. He's worth more, and scoring less! High BE as well, experiment can be ditched and a negative POD is removed.

Only way I can see you getting Mathieson (best cash option) is to lose the mid-fwd DPP link, probably not worth it.

For me:

Brown --> Collins/Tucker  (+170kish)
DeGoey --> Dahlhaus  (-128kish)

Leaves 113+42 = 155k for next week

[Asparagus]

what about DeGoey out, Wells to fwd line and Gray into mids?

[PICCOLLO]

Your defence is solid Ringo. Obviously Ruggles at d6 isnt ideal but it makes for better reading than your fwd line. My vote is to upgrade there.

Keep Barlow for now. If he plays he should go ok.

Brown out for a rookie will net some good cash.

Menadue to premo would be good if you could manage it but short of that, Dahl for deGoey?

[Ringo]

Round 11 Update:

Round 11 Score: 2389
Round 11 Ranking: 1733
Overall Ranking: 8943  up 5906
Overall Points 23796
Lowest Rank: 70719 Rd 2

No trades done for Rd 11 17 trades left with $113k cash.
Have to revise goal as after disastrous start set a target of getting back into Top 10k which seemed reasonable at the time.  Now that that is achieved new goal Top 1k


Rd 11 Starting Team:
Def: Shaw, Bartel, Simpson, Docherty , McDonald Tip, M. Brown (Brand, Ruggles)
Mids: Dangerfield, Pendles, Priddis, Selwood, Sam  Mitchell, Libba, Ablett, J Smith (Menadue , Dunkley, Davis)
Rucks: Goldy, Gawn (Cox )
Fwds: Robinson, Martin, Barlow, Kerridge , Wells, Petraca (DeGoey, Read)

What to do next:
Obviously Brown needs to go but need to wait so see if one of Ruggles or Brand is named.  If not then Ruggles to Collins and Brown to Laird, McVeigh or Rance.

Options:
a) Ruggles to Collins, Brown to Laird. Mcveigh or Rance leaning towards McVeigh with his low B/E and capabale of high scores,

b) Brown to Collins - Cox to Tippett - Think Tippett is good enough at the moment for F6 and fixes my Cox mistake from last week.

c) Brown to Collins only and bank cash.

Option b my preferred but option 1 sound as well.

Bye Structure with option b being used: (15 trades left and $36k)
Round 13 - 20 but includes perma donut Read - 12 keepers
Round 14 - 23 including Read - 14 keepers
Round 15 - 17 -  9 keepers

Will sort Round 15 over next couple of weeks.

Note: Could go Lycett rather than Tippett and save 45k Tippett averages 95.1compared to Lycetts 92.5 so not much lost.  May even go that way but still undecided.

[sammy123]

nice score ringo. team coming together nicely

[PICCOLLO]

Cox suits your bye structure so why not keep him?

With the byes approaching, id be looking to offload rookies who hurt your structure, have questionable JS or dont particularly score well.

Ruggles isnt going to make much more money and his scoring is limited and he might be dropped. Think him for collins should happen.

not keen on rocky or gray to boost scoring output?

[Capper]

I have also been thinking about Tippett but i know he wont play all 22 games this year and i have Buddy.

Are you getting Trengove next week?

[Ringo]

@ Piccollo - Rocky has the round 15 bye which is a real issue for me as I already have 8 of my keepers with the Rd 15 bye.  Keeping an eye on Gray though for an upgrade.  If I have trades maybe Robbo for Rocky.
Final decision on trades will be made when teams announced as Walla may be rested and will have no cover if I do my preferred trade.  If Walla rested will more than likely do the Ruggles down and Brown up.

@Capper Looking and trengove or Jansen next week. Maybe another double downgrade depending on B/E's of rookies still mooing.  Have given up planning in advance as injuries and omissions have me changing weekly.

[Ringo]

After Team Announcements looking at 2 options:
Brown is bleeding heaps of cash so best get rid of him now.

a) Brown to Collins, Brand to McVeigh leaves Ruggles to cover any late defender out

b) Brown to Collins, DeGoey to Rocky/Gray. The risk here is that there is no defence coverage for late outs with Brand and Walla on pine. Also lose the DPP to forwards. Could go Sam Mitchell instead of DeGoey but think Mitchell may come back strong.  Famous last words.

[AaronKirk]

After Team Announcements looking at 2 options:
Brown is bleeding heaps of cash so best get rid of him now.

a) Brown to Collins, Brand to McVeigh leaves Ruggles to cover any late defender out

b) Brown to Collins, DeGoey to Rocky/Gray. The risk here is that there is no defence coverage for late outs with Brand and Walla on pine. Also lose the DPP to forwards. Could go Sam Mitchell instead of DeGoey but think Mitchell may come back strong.  Famous last words.

Sam Mitchell is out and not playing this week.

Option 1 is the better option IMO

[Ringo]

Round 12 Update:

Round 12 Score:2510
Round 12 Ranking: 6315 (an indication of the big scores out there)
Overall Ranking: 6686 up 2257
Overall Points: 26306
Lowest Rank: 70719 Rd 2
Current Goal: Make the Top 1000 after shocking start

Rd 12 Trades:
Brand to Collins
Brown to McVeigh

Rd 12 Starting Team:
Def: Shaw, Bartel, Simpson, Docherty , McVeigh, Collins (Brand, Ruggles)
Mids: Dangerfield, Pendles, Priddis, Selwood, Menadue , Libba, Ablett, J Smith (Sam  Mitchell, Dunkley, Davis)
Rucks: Goldy, Gawn (Cox )
Fwds: Robinson, Martin, Barlow, Kerridge , Wells ,DeGoey  (Petraca, Read)

Regretted not taking Danger as VC of Selwood but Selwood scored 141 so only a drop of 80.  Stuffed the loophole by not checking a reversal of trade and the e on Read rather than Menadue meaning I had to move Menadue to mids and lose Petraccas score.

The Good Danger, Jelwood, Ablett, Bartel, Docherty, Wells, Dustin Martin, Liberatore, Barlow
The Average Shaw, Simpson, Priddis, Dunkley, Pendles, Davis. Gawn, Kerridge, Robbo, DeGoey
The Bad Collins, Josh Smith, Goldy

Trades for this week: (have 15 available at start).
Smith to Trengove set leaving me with $156k in bank
Will assess other trades if need be when teams announced.  Currently have 19 playing but that could change with team announcements with Norths intimating they may rest players carrying injuries.

Rance/Laird and Lids/Montagna to come in next week after byes. may not do then either as B/es are high as well so maybe cheaper Rd 15,