NickyBoy's 2016 Diary.

[NickyBoy]

Solid Team and structure

Just need to nail those Rookies for Rd 1 and you have cash available to do so. Would consider Lee and Lucas doubtful.

Managed to upgrade Lucas to Oliver and downgraded Weitering to Dea. Still toying over the idea of either crouch + rookie or oliver + mills. Went broad over Lee so hopefully he gets some games.

[NickyBoy]

Current team:
DEF: Shaw, Boyd, Seedy, Weitering, Dea, Brown (ESS) (Hartley, Adams)
MID: Danger, Ablett, Hanners, R.Gray, Rocky, Libba, Mills, Menadue (Davis, Gresham, Gore)
RUCKS: NN, Gawn (Grimley)
FWD: Martin, Barlow, S.Gray, Wells, Bennedy, Kerridge (AMT, McCarthy)
Cash: $19,200.

Tossing up the idea of downgrading Weitering to Ruggles and using the extra cash to try squeeze in Crouch at M7 but will need to downgrade another option. Possibly R.Gray to Ollie Winies or going completely different by picking Nicky Dal or Duncan.

[NickyBoy]

Some minor changes made: Harley --> Lee and Gore ---> Hewett
Won't be able to get Crouch so I hope he has a couple of stinkers at the start.
A couple of players on my watchlist this year is Billings and Gilbert. Both huge POD's with big scoring potential.

[NickyBoy]

Round 1 score: 2247
Round 1 rank: 11426

Current team:
DEF: Shaw, Boyd, Seedy, Weitering, Dea, Brown (ESS) (Lee, Adams)
MID: Danger, Ablett, Hanners, R.Gray, Rocky, Libba, Mills, Menadue (Davis, Gresham, Dunkley)
RUCKS: NN, Gawn (Grimley)
FWD: Martin, Barlow, S.Gray, Wells, Bennedy, Kerridge (AMT, McCarthy)
Cash: $19,200.

After an impressive performance, I've added Phil Davis into my watch list. The way he plays reminds me a bit of Alex Rance. Won't get a heap of possessions but his marking (in particular his intercept marking) was fantastic yesterday. Could average 80-90 with the odd 100 here and there.

Jason Johannisen added to the watchlist as well after his impressive display against a disappointing dockers. Got a ton of the ball; was always at the right spot at the right time. Not sure if he can keep pumping out scores like that especially with teams that play better than the dockers did. But, he does suit the doggies playing style very nicely.

[NickyBoy]

Round 3 score: 2223
Round 3 rank: 6605
Overall Ranking: 23421

Current Team
DEF: Shaw, Boyd, Seedy, Weitering, Dea, Adams (AMT, Brown (ESS))
MID: Danger, Ablett, Hanners, R.Gray, Rocky, Libba, Mills, Menadue (Davis, Hewett, Dunkley)
RUCKS: NN, Gawn (Grimley)
FWD: Martin, Barlow, S.Gray, Wells, Bennedy, Kerridge (Papley, McCarthy)

Thinking of going Rocky > Zorko then S.Gray to either Zaharakis or Ziebell via zorko dpp. What are your thoughts on the trade? Mills is a concern with his BE at 19 now. Hoping that Petracca or Freeman get a game soon

[NickyBoy]

Round 5 score: 2194
Round 5 rank: 10821
Overall Rank: 13270

Current Team
DEF: Shaw, Boyd, Rich, Weitering, Dea, Adams (DBJ, Brown (ESS))
MID: Danger, Ablett, Hanners, R.Gray, Hall, Libba, Mills, Beneddy (Davis, Hewett, Dunkley)
RUCKS: NN, Gawn (Grimley)
FWD: Martin, Zorko, Barlow, Wells, AMT, Kerridge (Menudue, McCarthy)
41k in the bank
Absolutely stumped on what to trade this week. I was considering going Gray > Pendles but it might be too sideways. I want to try get rid of Dea but the only viable option so far is to downgrade him. Need some help on this week fellas

[NickyBoy]

Round 6 score: 2219
Round 6 rank: 3615
Overall rank: 6115

Round 6 team:
DEF: Shaw, Boyd, Simmo, Rich, Weitering Adams (DBJ, Brown (ESS))
MID: Danger, Ablett, Hanners, Hewett Hall, Libba, Mills, Petrecca (Davis, R.Gray, Dunkley)
RUCKS: NN, Gawn (Grimley)
FWD: Martin, Zorko, Barlow, Wells, AMT, Kerridge (Menudue, McCarthy)

Trades this week:
-Weitering --> Tucker (if named)
-Menudue --> Smith via Hall DPP

Leaves me with 356k in the bank. Next week, the plan is to upgrade Davis. Looking at bringing in Priddis since he will be in my price range. Probably going to downgrade Tippa next week hopefully for Keays.

[NickyBoy]

Round 8 score: 2142
Round 8 Rank: 10812
Overall Rank: 4442

Current Team
DEF: Shaw, Boyd, Simmo, Rich, Tippa, Adams (DBJ, Brown (ESS))
MID: Danger, Ablett, Hanners, Ward, Libba, Hewett Smith, Keays (Davis, R.Gray, Dunkley)
RUCKS: NN, Gawn (Grimley)
FWD: Martin, Zorko, Hall, Barlow, Wells, Kerridge (Menudue, Petrecca)
Cash remaining: $159,200

This is probably my hardest week thus far. Absolutely stumped on what trades to do. I have 0 dpp in my midfield which is disastrous with only 19 trades left for the season. I'm trying to offload Menadue but there's a lack of options to pick. Might consider doing Davis -> Dmac and Menadue -> Bailey Williams via dpp. Looks like my only viable option

[PowerBug]

Current team structure (As I see it):
Backs: 3 keepers, 1 hopeful keeper (Rich), 4 rookies
Mids: 5 keepers, 1 hopeful keeper (Libba), 3 rookies, 2 deadweight
Rucks: 2 keepers, 1 deadweight
Fwds: 3 keepers, 2 hopeful keepers (Wells, Barlow), 3 rookies
Somewhere between 5 and 9 upgrades needed, depending on how the hopefuls work out. I like to look on the conservative side of things so it may sound worse than it actually is.

On field lowest scorers assuming full team and using my under estimating opinion:
- Walla and DBJ (65)
- Keays (65)
- Kerridge (75)



Agree with you when you say your stumped, I think it's a common theme this week. We'll be more certain come Thursday evening that's for sure. You have the cash reserves for an upgrade this week if you offload the right guys. The only way I can see you getting MacPherson is from Hewett (idk his BE though) or Davis if he's not named again. Boyd out this week could sway you into getting a Docherty or Rance perhaps to help the cover?

What I would do:
Davis -> MacPherson
Brown -> Docherty (I believe this will just work out for you money wise)

[NickyBoy]

Cheers for the advice PB. Might stay away from Docherty even though he is very tempting.
I've decided to go Wells --> Montagna
I'm then tossing up between Menadue, Brown and Adams. I might go Menadue to Brand/Bailey Williams/Crocker.