2019 Rookies

[ubeaut]

No trades should happen this week in my opinion. Wait a week and see how everyone goes. If Collins and Balta both score 80+ this week and Wilkie and Parker go <50 you’ve just wasted 2 trades.

And don’t trade premiums, esepecially after 1 round!

Everyone's team/situation is different.
If Collins spuds again (I think he will,not worth the extra cash playing lock down defender) and Balta gets one more game, flops then dropped that's 2 trades needed next week.
If just 1 more injury/dropping of rookies happen you're stuck with 3 trades needed to be done before price changes. If it's more you're really stuffed because you refused to sway from the "never trade after 1 round" mantra.
It's happened to me too many times. Every time I don't at least corrective rookie trade round 1 it happens. I get stuck with crap rookies either not playing or not scoring
You get 4 trades to fix your team before price changes.
Everyone's situation is different, but I've found trade hard early, get the right rookies, fix any mistakes then sit works best for me.
Last year I got flowered not trading Brayshaw early and ZGL, Ryan and Venables went down. Got stuck with a 200+k rookie on the bench doing $&#@ all cos he was scoring half of what Kelly and Holman were.
If I'd traded to Lachie Fogarty I would have had 100k and a better cash cow. Instead I had to wait ages for another mid rookie to come along.

[Big Mac]

Any Melbourne fans have any opinion on if Hore will hold his spot? Surely Melbourne are a chance to drop multiple blokes

Not panic stations just yet - Goodwin will keep things calm

Just May for Frost at the moment and then Hore could be a week by week proposition depending on how Kolodjashnij performs in the VFL

[RaisyDaisy]

Any Melbourne fans have any opinion on if Hore will hold his spot? Surely Melbourne are a chance to drop multiple blokes

Not panic stations just yet - Goodwin will keep things calm

Just May for Frost at the moment and then Hore could be a week by week proposition depending on how Kolodjashnij performs in the VFL

Article on HS today suggesting KK could come in this week

Guess we'll just have to wait and see

[Big Mac]

Any Melbourne fans have any opinion on if Hore will hold his spot? Surely Melbourne are a chance to drop multiple blokes

Not panic stations just yet - Goodwin will keep things calm

Just May for Frost at the moment and then Hore could be a week by week proposition depending on how Kolodjashnij performs in the VFL

Article on HS today suggesting KK could come in this week

Guess we'll just have to wait and see

Possible, but he was still a little underdone in the practice match on sunday

[Mat0369]

The skills in general were pretty poor throughout the whole round. So many dropped chest marks, fumbles, shanked kicks etc. Maybe it was a weird batch of Sherrins with extra gloss. I got no idea, but it was an issue across all the games.

Having said that, apart from the first intercept mark in the first minute of the game, Sam Collins looks like a reserve grade footballer playing AFL football because the Suns are turrible. He had the exact same issue with dropped marks but he was also apparently the VFL's best intercept mark player last year. Still looked way off it and I'm tempted to pull the trigger on Duursma early since I didn't start him.

[HappyDEZ]

The skills in general were pretty poor throughout the whole round. So many dropped chest marks, fumbles, shanked kicks etc. Maybe it was a weird batch of Sherrins with extra gloss. I got no idea, but it was an issue across all the games.

Having said that, apart from the first intercept mark in the first minute of the game, Sam Collins looks like a reserve grade footballer playing AFL football because the Suns are turrible. He had the exact same issue with dropped marks but he was also apparently the VFL's best intercept mark player last year. Still looked way off it and I'm tempted to pull the trigger on Duursma early since I didn't start him.

If ya got $7K in the bank & Burgess on the bench I would rather hock him than Collins. Collins has JS & could maybe go 60-80 next week. Can't see Burgess doing that.

[Mat0369]

No Burgess since the GC forward line is the factory of sadness. Hore and Scrimshaw my other two bench defenders and they could be an issue in a fortnight as well. While I nailed a few picks, those defensive rookies could turn sour quick, same with Lewis Pierce. I feel Duursma has just a good as JS as Collins and is cheaper. Might be worth making that move now for me.

[GoldDigger]

Burgess had a good score in JLT1. Since then, he has had a shadow. Do we think he can work through that pretty quickly?

[HappyDEZ]

No Burgess since the GC forward line is the factory of sadness. Hore and Scrimshaw my other two bench defenders and they could be an issue in a fortnight as well. While I nailed a few picks, those defensive rookies could turn sour quick, same with Lewis Pierce. I feel Duursma has just a good as JS as Collins and is cheaper. Might be worth making that move now for me.

I disagree Dursma JS is as good as Collins but if he can play 7-8 games lets say before the byes who cares. Hopefully they do not coincide with any Clark/Scrim dropped/managed. I do not have Collins but he is a hold for mine, at least for this week. These rookies do get dropped/managed so it's not just about points/dollars to some degree. Gotta be careful to not waste a trade just avoiding a donut (Dursma/Clark/Scrim combo with Burg/Hore bench) or Burgess on field close enough lol, nah just kidding Burgo, would much rather you than a donut. Collins plays every game barring injury. At least that's the way I see it at this stage + I think Collins is capable of posting a score. Not sure how big but more scope than many other rooks. I know he cost more at the start but it is hard to see any semi decent scores from Pet, Burg, Gibb (all on my bench). Lol @ factory of sadness. Imagine the sh** hitting the fan if the Saints lost. OMG.

[batt]

What are the odds Collins pumps out an 80 and suddenly everyone is doing a 180?

[LaHug]

Could mean Balta gets another run
https://twitter.com/aflratings/status/1110089452318126080?s=21

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What are the odds Collins pumps out an 80 and suddenly everyone is doing a 180?

I highly doubt it but it'd be very nice.

[jfitty]

Could mean Balta gets another run
https://twitter.com/aflratings/status/1110089452318126080?s=21

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Richmond: " .. it would be pretty unlikely that we'd pick him this week" Neil Balme on Ryan Garthwaite via @BenGuthrie_

[TommyC]

Could mean Balta gets another run
https://twitter.com/aflratings/status/1110089452318126080?s=21

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Richmond: " .. it would be pretty unlikely that we'd pick him this week" Neil Balme on Ryan Garthwaite via @BenGuthrie_

Balta will take Rance's spot this week.
They don't want to rush Garth back but when he is ready should slot right in.
Doesn't look good for Balta in a few weeks time.

[jfitty]

Could mean Balta gets another run
https://twitter.com/aflratings/status/1110089452318126080?s=21

Can someone quote? Can't view twitter at work...

Richmond: " .. it would be pretty unlikely that we'd pick him this week" Neil Balme on Ryan Garthwaite via @BenGuthrie_

Balta will take Rance's spot this week.
They don't want to rush Garth back but when he is ready should slot right in.
Doesn't look good for Balta in a few weeks time.

A lot can happen in a few weeks, and hopefully that means Balta finding himself a spot

[_wato]

Balta will be fine imo

Gotta prove a bit more this week though.