Zero Trades Club

Bully · July 08, 2018, 08:37:46 PM

It's that time of year, I'm right on the cusp of wanting to burn my last two after copping a donut this round. I suspect I'll regret it but my ranking is fructus in any case. Raisy is there & I suspect most of the top teams only have 1-2 in the bank. I reckon the moment I pull the trigger a ruck will go down. ;D

Dudge · July 08, 2018, 08:59:57 PM

Mate, it's such a hard call this time of the season, hold when you can, if u can't, go for it. As for rucks, i suspect most of us are in the same boat

sammy123 · July 08, 2018, 10:28:35 PM

Im not there yet with a nice 1 trade left and ranked 560ish overall. Hope the players getting injured are not mine

_wato · July 08, 2018, 10:33:58 PM

7 weeks left mate, one donut is tiny in the scheme of things. Imagine if you did go ruckless, for the next 6 weeks say. Youâ€™d be screwed.

The trades are worth absolute gold, Iâ€™ve learnt the hard way in the past so Iâ€™m holding as long as I can. If that means copping a donut here and there and holding guys like Fritsch, Savage Dusty then so be it.

upthemaidens · July 08, 2018, 10:44:01 PM

Three letters... DPP got to have it, the more the better.

RaisyDaisy · July 08, 2018, 11:20:33 PM

It's no secret I've been ravaged with injuries this year - can't remember a week where I didn't have a problem to deal with

I'm at the club house lads, so come and join me when you can

Quote from: upthemaidens on July 08, 2018, 10:44:01 PM
Three letters... DPP got to have it, the more the better.

This is the one thing that I do at least have going for me. I don't have ruck cover, but I do have MID/FWD and DEF/FWD DPP so I feel like I am covered about as good as you can be for someone with no trades left

Bully · July 08, 2018, 11:24:36 PM

Quote from: _wato on July 08, 2018, 10:33:58 PM
7 weeks left mate, one donut is tiny in the scheme of things. Imagine if you did go ruckless, for the next 6 weeks say. Youâ€™d be screwed.

The trades are worth absolute gold, Iâ€™ve learnt the hard way in the past so Iâ€™m holding as long as I can. If that means copping a donut here and there and holding guys like Fritsch, Savage Dusty then so be it.

The ruck is certainly the elephant in the room, it's something I need to consider if I go down this path but on the flipside there's a good defensive rookie on offer this week & he's likely to be the last. Of course I could just replace as my premium 6 fall over but a 1 weeker like Simpson just forces more donuts. So after that I'm left with 1 trade & have just enough to replace Holman with Hoff, that's effectively 2 lines covered for short term injury & 1 long term injury (a trade burnt in any case).

Obviously the big risk here is the ruck situation, an injury to Gawn or Goldy will send my ranking tumbling. I know I'm inviting catastrophe but my rank is shizen anyway.

enzedder · July 09, 2018, 09:31:56 AM

I didn't trade this week. 1 trade left.
Copped a doughnut for one reason...7 weeks left and if either Gawn or Grundy go down I'm totally screwed.

dmac07 · July 09, 2018, 10:58:42 AM

So I have 6 trades and a finished team following a bit of wise trading (and luck!). Is it cruel that Im secretly hoping guys like Gawn and Mitchell go down because I can trade to cover it and other people will be screwed? 8)

enzedder · July 09, 2018, 11:15:37 AM

Quote from: dmac07 on July 09, 2018, 10:58:42 AM
So I have 6 trades and a finished team following a bit of wise trading (and luck!). Is it cruel that Im secretly hoping guys like Gawn and Mitchell go down because I can trade to cover it and other people will be screwed? 8)

Not such a secret now. 8)
Would be good for your SC. Not so good for Gawn or Titch.

Ricochet · July 09, 2018, 12:17:27 PM

Not quite at Zero but not far off! 1 to go

Colty · July 09, 2018, 04:24:10 PM

Got 5 left but have Gibbs and Toranto stinking it up and would like to upgrade them.

Chrispy75 · July 09, 2018, 11:36:38 PM

I can't wait to join this group, but I'm a hoarder!!

Hanging on to what I have left as no doubt they will be needed in the next 7 weeks.

upthemaidens · July 11, 2018, 05:18:41 PM

End of season General Soreness. Clubs that can't make finals will send players in for Ops, so their ready for pre season.
If you are on zero trade now, you better have good cover and be very lucky to avoid the land mines.

Ringo · July 11, 2018, 05:22:46 PM

Quote from: upthemaidens on July 11, 2018, 05:18:41 PM
End of season General Soreness. Clubs that can't make finals will send players in for Ops, so their ready for pre season.
If you are on zero trade now, you better have good cover and be very lucky to avoid the land mines.

1st landmine exploded for me with Bont out for 3 - 4 weeks so will be joining this club soon with one trade remaining.