To Danger, or Not to Danger

[quinny88]

Haha it's such a circus with the big names, could have torn it off the bone and he'll say he's still a chance for round 1

[shaker]

Haha it's such a circus with the big names, could have torn it off the bone and he'll say he's still a chance for round 1

Yeah pretty sure unless he has serious damage we will not know till final teams Sunday arvo R1  ;)

[quinny88]

Haha it's such a circus with the big names, could have torn it off the bone and he'll say he's still a chance for round 1

Yeah pretty sure unless he has serious damage we will not know till final teams Sunday arvo R1  ;)

That's what I'm worried about haha

[Gigantor]

Haha it's such a circus with the big names, could have torn it off the bone and he'll say he's still a chance for round 1

Yeah pretty sure unless he has serious damage we will not know till final teams Sunday arvo R1  ;)

That's what I'm worried about haha

Hopefully our emergency mid rookie goes 90+ so we can just hold him haha

[quinny88]

Haha it's such a circus with the big names, could have torn it off the bone and he'll say he's still a chance for round 1

Yeah pretty sure unless he has serious damage we will not know till final teams Sunday arvo R1  ;)

That's what I'm worried about haha

Hopefully our emergency mid rookie goes 90+ so we can just hold him haha

My emergency rookie at this stage is Tim Kelly so that won't work for me haha. Might have to put it on someone else and if they score well I can hold Danger like you said

[Gigantor]

Haha it's such a circus with the big names, could have torn it off the bone and he'll say he's still a chance for round 1

Yeah pretty sure unless he has serious damage we will not know till final teams Sunday arvo R1  ;)

That's what I'm worried about haha

Hopefully our emergency mid rookie goes 90+ so we can just hold him haha

My emergency rookie at this stage is Tim Kelly so that won't work for me haha. Might have to put it on someone else and if they score well I can hold Danger like you said

If Ablett and Danger are out Kelly might be worth the punt!

[shaker]

Just watched news and sports report and Danger is just to damn happy ..... he's playing R1  ;)

[ubeaut]

It's standing out to me that nearly every team I see with no Danger looks stronger and more balanced.
I really wish he'd just miss two weeks and have a slow start cos my team looks better without him lol.

[PowerBug]

This is really a make or break decision, as has been posted above. For me, if we get confirmation that the Dangerfield injury is Round 1 only, it's going to be very difficult for me to NOT pick him. Words along the lines of "He was close but we took the cautious approach", or seeing him named then late out will convince me of such a thing. If it looks like he's a possibility to miss Round 2 then I think it's too much of a risk to start him.

The conundrum is obviously the trade-off you get in return. By not starting Dangerfield and picking another premium you save some money, but as soon as you spread those funds around, you're making it close to impossible to get him back easily. $150k saved by going for a Neale/Sloane etc, but if he goes bang bang on return and you want him back, and you've spread that $150k in your team elsewhere, you won't be able to find the funds to get him back.

If you hold onto the funds and leave $150k-$200k in the kitty heading into Rd 1, then you can't use the saved money as an argument for not starting him, and have to resort to the one week of the extra premium, and the possibility that he doesn't come back strongly.


For now, Dangerfield is in my squad, but I will admit it's hard to go into Round 1 with $750k on the bench.

[Ringo]

I am seriously thinking of using one of Gazz or Duncan to start and then upgrade later. Leaning towards Gazz now that they reckon he will start Rd 1, just hoping he can stay on the park for first five games and make some cash.

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

I am seriously thinking of using one of Gazz or Duncan to start and then upgrade later. Leaning towards Gazz now that they reckon he will start Rd 1, just hoping he can stay on the park for first five games and make some cash.

This is exactly what I'm thinking. If Gaz plays, I'm going with him. More upside imo.

[LordSneeze]

I haven't had Danger in my side all preseason as I feel this year he is too expensive to start (Even for what he can produce). The injury concern just locks that decision in for me. Yes he might go Bang Bang, but that is a risk im taking this year, side is so much better balanced without him.

[Blues Blues Blues]

SO torn.

Team looks great without him - agreed.

But he was on 12 touches and 44 SC points in the first quarter when he went down. I know only JLT, but it shows that the man is a freak and justifies his price tag.

Leave him out, and will be so hard to get him back in.

[Keeper27]

SO torn.

Team looks great without him - agreed.

But he was on 12 touches and 44 SC points in the first quarter when he went down. I know only JLT, but it shows that the man is a freak and justifies his price tag.

Leave him out, and will be so hard to get him back in.

[Holz]

SO torn.

Team looks great without him - agreed.

But he was on 12 touches and 44 SC points in the first quarter when he went down. I know only JLT, but it shows that the man is a freak and justifies his price tag.

Leave him out, and will be so hard to get him back in.

What i did was took him out of my team and then set my team as best it could. It looked good but then i looked at how i could bring him back in, and it was way too hard. Basically tells me i cant get him in till round 6-7 at the earliest.

You never want to be in a spot where you need to do a trade, i feel this means your always missing out on better opportunities or you have to miss out on him.

Trading is how you win this game and I want Danger, so he is now back in my squad. The easiest way to get Danger in your squad is to start with him. If i lose 100k soo be it, ill make it up in trading with my increased flexibility to make whatever move i want.

The great thing with Danger is if he gets injured or has a few shockers you can trade him to anyone. If he kills it you cant bring him in for anyone, unless your keeping cash in the bank (which is never a good move)