Lord Sneeze - Team Diary

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I'd Hold parfitt and pickett... See what Hayward+Newman Crack out again. Not sure what you'd do about hanners... i had JOM as my other problem so i could justify Murphy + Hep coming in. Bont/Rocky/Jelwood would be the obvious replacments because they don't throw your bye out of whack

[LordSneeze]

R3 Team



Score 2227
VC Danger loopholed in
Week Rank 17724
Overall Rank 4919 (-337)

R3 Trades Made
None
I passed on Houston as while he will make cash I didn't really see any player that was worth trading out for him. Held Hanners as he is a prem and was likely to bounce back, worst comes to worst and he becomes a M9 at EOY.
30 Trades Remaining
$32k in bank

The good - Hanners, Rance, Witts, Parfitt, Barrett
The bad - Higgins, Marchbank, SPP, Taranto, Stewart

Once again im not really worried about anything in my team, Premiums are always prone to average games, but should bounce back. A few underperforming rookies, but that's to be expected and they are all still making cash.

Structure
Def - Im very happy here, Sprems are prems and rookies are looking strong with JS, scoring and upcoming options
Mids - Parfitt bounced back with a good score and that will accelerate his cash generation, will likely be one of the first traded out in a few weeks time. Pickett is still being watched, but one god DE game with a goal or 2 and he does a Parfitt. Prems all performed well, while I don't have the ones scoring 140 part of the reason I am sitting only 4.8k overall. All the ones I have are consistently doing well and its allowing me be more selective with correction trades.
Rucks - Im happy here as i have the Fwd cover in Nank if needed
Fwds - Happy with everyone. Taranto isn't scoring where I would like him too, but I will persist, maybe just on the bench from now.

Trades Thoughts
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Newman is a must in defence and I will be bringing him in as my first trade for the year, the question is just who for.
Current thought is for Stewart as it will allow me to loophole Newman into Hampton. Stewart only has 80k left to make, while Hibberd provides DP, Loophole and potential for Cash gain when he eventually gets a few more games. 

Pickett is the only other issue, but I am willing to hold him as the rest of my team is in a good position and think the trade is more beneficial at this point.

[Ringo]

Agree with your strategy and trade this week.
Having 29 trades going into rd 5 will be an advantage. After this week I will have 27 having to do 3 corrective/injury trades.
Love the midfield as you have dodged the O'Meara issue some of us have.

[LordSneeze]

Agree with your strategy and trade this week.
Having 29 trades going into rd 5 will be an advantage. After this week I will have 27 having to do 3 corrective/injury trades.
Love the midfield as you have dodged the O'Meara issue some of us have.

Yeah im happy with my mids and that's part of the reason I was happy to hold Hanners, if it had more risk then I might have moved him on.

Stewart to Newman is now locked in.
Eddy being dropped doesn't help me with any loophole options for this week, but to me this has moved him below Pickett on the chopping block based solely on JS and DPP option.

Having the trades is a huge advantage as many are having to use them to fix prems/MP ontop of the rookies, where I can be more selective on my rookie corrections.

[LordSneeze]

R4 Team



Score 2227
VC Dahl loopholed in
Newman Loophole off the bench
Week Rank 19762
Overall Rank 4911 (-8)

R4 Trades Made
1 â€" Stewart to Newman
Like every man and his dog I brought in Newman last week. He was looking like a must have and IMO still is. Got a solid score that I took as a loophole. Should break back into the team at some point
29 Trades Remaining
$57k in bank

The good â€" Laird, Dahl
The bad â€" Rance, Treloar, Mitchell, Shaw

Premium underperformances are really frustrating, if I can just string a week where they all perform I will skyrocket in the rankings and be in a good spot with trades left.

Structure
Def â€" Rookies are good and been able to loophole players in when needed, Shaw and Rance are underperforming compared to my expectations, but no point in sideways trading them.
Mids â€"Was a shocking week in the mids, Pretty much every prem underperformed and rookies didn’t do much better. Parfitt, SPP & Pickett slowly starting to get into the culling range. Few more weeks and they will be good. Expect Barrett back at some point soon.
Rucks - Im happy here as i have the Fwd cover in Nank if needed
Fwds â€" Feel it is time for Taranto to go, I gave him enough chances and the resting has just made it much harder to hold. Eddy I expect to come back at some point, showing good things in SANFL so is right on that fringe. Butler is going great and locked on field at the moment. WHE is almost to culling range.

Trades Thoughts
The outs when teams were announced completely changed my thoughts on what I would do. Originally I was going to make 2 trades, but now that has changed to 1.
Taranto out, Pickett to Fwd Bench, Hibberd to Mid Bench, Williamson in.
This will allow me to loophole Williamson and SPP tonight into Hampton and Parfitt.

[LordSneeze]

R5 Team



Score 2254
VC Laird loopholed in
Williamson Loophole off the bench
Week Rank 7186
Overall Rank 3256 (-1655)

R5 Trades Made
2
Taranto to Williamson
Taranto to me wasn't scoring well enough to make enough cash. being dropped meant it was another week with no guarentee that he would come back in (Which he has). He also wasn't scoring well enough for me to feel confident plopping him on the field each week, and for his value that is what i wanted. Going to Williamson was all about cash generation and the loophole option with newman out.

Higgins to Riewoldt
Higgins had the potential to be a top 10 forward and at his price it was a gamble worth taking. His late out due to "Hamstring" tightness raised red flags due to his previous injury history. Going to Riewoldt i see as an upgrade of sorts, its a MP Yoyo to a top 6 FWD.

27 Trades Remaining
$71.7k in bank

Structure
Def â€" Not much to say here, strucutre is good and all are playing this week..
Mids â€" Im not confident with any rookies in that M8 spot. Keeping SPP so will be able to loophole him through Hibberd with either Balic or Parfitt
Fwds â€" Bench is an issue here, Eddy needs to go as even if he comes back in he will then have the bye, Pickett being rested/ommited/managed has me concerned he won't come back in as he really showed little.

Trades Thoughts
Im finding this week a little difficult so would appreciate the thoughts.
With teams now named my thoughts are to go
Pickett to Hardwick. Loophole Hardwick.
If he scores well enough go WHE to Balic and put Eddy on field. If he doesn't go Eddy to Balic keeping WHE on field. then i can put either the SPP loophole, Parfitt or Balic into the M8 spot.

If i keep Eddy i can still use him the week after as either a loophole or trade to Black/Parsons.

Cant Loophole in def so thinking i will be going Newman, Marchbank and Otten on field. E on Hampton so i can chop and change Otten/Hampton if i need to create a difference for a matchup.

[Mongoose528]

R5 Team



Score 2254
VC Laird loopholed in
Williamson Loophole off the bench
Week Rank 7186
Overall Rank 3256 (-1655)

R5 Trades Made
2
Taranto to Williamson
Taranto to me wasn't scoring well enough to make enough cash. being dropped meant it was another week with no guarentee that he would come back in (Which he has). He also wasn't scoring well enough for me to feel confident plopping him on the field each week, and for his value that is what i wanted. Going to Williamson was all about cash generation and the loophole option with newman out.

Higgins to Riewoldt
Higgins had the potential to be a top 10 forward and at his price it was a gamble worth taking. His late out due to "Hamstring" tightness raised red flags due to his previous injury history. Going to Riewoldt i see as an upgrade of sorts, its a MP Yoyo to a top 6 FWD.

27 Trades Remaining
$71.7k in bank

Structure
Def â€" Not much to say here, strucutre is good and all are playing this week..
Mids â€" Im not confident with any rookies in that M8 spot. Keeping SPP so will be able to loophole him through Hibberd with either Balic or Parfitt
Fwds â€" Bench is an issue here, Eddy needs to go as even if he comes back in he will then have the bye, Pickett being rested/ommited/managed has me concerned he won't come back in as he really showed little.

Trades Thoughts
Im finding this week a little difficult so would appreciate the thoughts.
With teams now named my thoughts are to go
Pickett to Hardwick. Loophole Hardwick.
If he scores well enough go WHE to Balic and put Eddy on field. If he doesn't go Eddy to Balic keeping WHE on field. then i can put either the SPP loophole, Parfitt or Balic into the M8 spot.

If i keep Eddy i can still use him the week after as either a loophole or trade to Black/Parsons.

Cant Loophole in def so thinking i will be going Newman, Marchbank and Otten on field. E on Hampton so i can chop and change Otten/Hampton if i need to create a difference for a matchup.

Your plan is looking good  :)

[Ringo]

Like me starting to get a number of non playing rooks. So plan is good to get rid of 1 maybe 2.  So plan sound.

I too am tossing up Hampton or Otten for emergency. Concerned with Jenkins back will it effect Otten but then will Hampton kick 3 goals each week.

[LordSneeze]

Like me starting to get a number of non playing rooks. So plan is good to get rid of 1 maybe 2.  So plan sound.

I too am tossing up Hampton or Otten for emergency. Concerned with Jenkins back will it effect Otten but then will Hampton kick 3 goals each week.

Yeah that is a bit of a concern, which is why I want to get atleast 1 of Pickett/Eddy/Hibberd out this week even if they haven't made the cash I wanted. I see quite a few teams with more rookie issues than me, so getting some extra playing rookies in will be highly beneficial for the byes. Preferably I would only like at most 2-3 non playing rooks + the Ruck Spud. Getting them out now also gets extra cash coming in over others that hold them longterm or even for a few more weeks.

Add in that people like WHE, Parftt, Butler all still have potential to make more cash and it appears a better option to be long term.

Pickett might come back, but his scoring is woeful
Eddy is unlikely to come back and has the Early Bye.
Hibberd is unlikely to come back
Barrett should come back at some point and feel holding him is a better chance than the others. Plus Brisbane play late in the week a lot.

[LordSneeze]

R6 Team



Score 1962
SPP & Hardwick loopholed off the bench.
Week Rank 57763
Overall Rank 4498 (-1242)

R6 Trades Made
2
Pickett to Hardwick
I felt quite confident with Hardwicks JS given he has been going at 90% DE and playing 95% TOG as a rookie. Yet given he is on the extended bench this week im a little concerned. Frustrating given he was for me one of the Hawks best. Even if he is dropped he should be right on the fringe and get games here and there. 

WHE to Balic
With Hardwick scoring well enough for me to be happy to take the score and punt WHE with his high BE. This set me up better going forward, but in the end WHE came out with a once in a lifetime game for those that kept him. Not the end of the world, but a bit frustrating.

25 Trades Remaining
$303k in bank

Structure
Def â€" Prems im still happy with and the rookies are all scoring really solidly.
Mids â€" What a shower week it was. SPP good score, Barrett Back in, Balic good score were the standouts.
Rucks â€" Happy to hold both for a little longer as I don’t see much gain in trading to others.
Fwds â€" A few worries. A lot will come down to if Hardwick can hold his spot. Parfitt needs to go now though.

Trades Thoughts

I have 3 players under consideration to trade. Beams, Parfitt & Eddy.
Parsons I see as a must to bring in, so will be doing atleast 1 trade.

I need to wait until this afternoon to lock in my plan as it will be dependent on if Hardwick is named.

Trade 1
If Hardwick isn’t named in the final squad (which I see as likely a 50-50 possibility) I will need to trade Eddy to Parsons to avoid a donut.

If Hardwick is named I get a lot more options.
I could still trade Eddy to Parsons. Move Balic to Fwds giving me a loophole for Butler aswell as a loophole in the Mids.
I could trade either Parfitt or Beams to Parsons as trade number 1. Using the other as a loophole in the mids for SPP, Balic or Barrett.

Trade 2
Once I know which way I will be going with trade 1 then I will be able to work on what to do with my second trade. Parsons is the only rookie that I like the look of.
I have 300k in the bank so could upgrade Parfitt or Beams to the premo I want. Parfitt is probably more of an issue as he is already confirmed out while Beams might come back, but Parfitts DPP could be useful in a few weeks.

[LordSneeze]

R7 Team

Forgot to take a screenshot

Score 1912
No Loopholes. Mitchell as C
Week Rank 79215
Overall Rank 8151 (-3653)

R7 Trades Made
2
Beams to Duncan
I had quite a few reasons to do this. Firstly it suited my byes better, secondly Duncans stats are actually quite impressive when looking at them in isolation. Third he is a strong POD. Unfortunately his 30+ possession 10 mark 1 goal games didn't even break 100 given he only went at 65% DE with the majority of the errors coming off uncontested possessions.

Eddy to Parsons
I was happy holding Eddy previously, but it got to a point where with all the other outs I needed to trade him to avoid the dreaded donut. Overall it isn't a huge concern given he is unlikely to play and playing rookies are key over the bye period.

23 Trades Remaining
$330k approx. in bank

Structure
Def â€" Prems im still happy with and the rookies are all scoring really solidly. Otten & Hampton are ready to go
Mids â€" So so, up and downs. Barrett back helps, Parfitt will be going in the next week or 2 anyway.
Rucks â€" Happy to hold both for a little longer as I don’t see much gain in trading to others.
Fwds â€" Butler is about to peak, Hardwick is proving to be an outstanding pick especially as a strong POD on field. Balic im happy with.

Trades Thoughts

This week im not sure just yet what I will do.
Hampton arguably needs to go. I can see him losing 20k this week.
Otten you can make an argument for aswell, but I feel he has the potential to hit is BE or get close too. He might lose $5k and if he can keep scoring 60-90 ill be happy to hold until his bye.
Treloar is underperforming and carrying an injury. Missing this week is annoying, but he is a premium and you have to back him in to bounce back. People have made heaps of sideways trades already this year, so those that are doing this aswell im confident are going to run out of trades.
Parfitt is Injured and going to be on the chopping block every week until he is the best option to trade out.
Butler I can still hold, Balic is ill and will be fine

At this stage I believe my 2 most important issues are trading out Hampton and Parfitt.

Trade 1
Trade Hampton to Mutiner via Hibberd onto def bench.
Improves bye situation

Trade 2
Parfitt to Yeo, Steele into mids for better loopholes for the week.
Yeo has been outstanding, good bye and as a forward he is really hard to pass up.

Loopholes for this week
Def - Williamson into Newman via Hibberd
Mid - Munitner tonight.
If he scores poorly I need to play 2 of Butler, SPP & Barrett (If benching one of SPP or Barrett I can loophole Butler and Parsons). If he scores well I only have to play 1 of SPP, Barrett, Butler. If it is Butler I can loophole him with Parsons giving 2 bites at the cherry.
FWD - See above as it will rely on if im willing to bench SPP or Barrett to take a chance on Butler/Parsons loophole.