The official mistakes thread

[hawkboy80]

Rage trading Collins out after R1
Having Neale til a few days before Supercoach started but got rid of him only cos he handballs too much (got dust in tho)
Trading Mundy out for Rocky (via dpp) after R2
Trading Hore out  just before R3 & talking myself out of trading in Rozee cos he was too dear for a rookie and getting Burgess instead
keeping Dusty even though my gut said get rid of him.
then just the continual having the high scoring rooks on the pine each week while those on the field score like shower

My team now looks no better than it did 3weeks ago & I've blown 4 trades & am averaging 2,046
Overall rank now 87,860    flowering frustrating !

[jvalles69]

This is a big one, but I'm still adamant it was Herald Suns fault.

Last week I chose to take my VC captain score so I put my EMERGENCY ruck man Sweet on the ground for Gawn and gave Sweet the C (all on my app).  I though sweet, all good.  Nope check my team after Gawn has played and he is left blank with no "E" selected on him.  From my understanding (I've tried it since and it does work) if your bench player has the "E" selected then when you swap them on field the player that comes off automatically gets the "E", hence me not really paying much attention.  This did not happen in this scenario and Herald Sun won't do anything about it.  Would've been close to 2400 points if Gawns score had counted instead I copped a donut.

Saving grace is I'm playing for league this season so overall isn't as important and league matchups didn't start till round 3, however it still sits in the back of my mind.  >:(

[crowls]

This is a big one, but I'm still adamant it was Herald Suns fault.

Last week I chose to take my VC captain score so I put my EMERGENCY ruck man Sweet on the ground for Gawn and gave Sweet the C (all on my app).  I though sweet, all good.  Nope check my team after Gawn has played and he is left blank with no "E" selected on him.  From my understanding (I've tried it since and it does work) if your bench player has the "E" selected then when you swap them on field the player that comes off automatically gets the "E", hence me not really paying much attention.  This did not happen in this scenario and Herald Sun won't do anything about it.  Would've been close to 2400 points if Gawns score had counted instead I copped a donut.

Saving grace is I'm playing for league this season so overall isn't as important and league matchups didn't start till round 3, however it still sits in the back of my mind.  >:(

taking it well JV.  I would be be pissed!!!!

[no eye deer]

Changing Neale to Fyfe on the eve of the season.

Then, going extreme sideways for a disaster last week. Heeney to Worpel and Ryan to Lloyd, only for Heeney to go large and Ryan to go 150+! So much for his injury.

All my stupid fault though, I know better after so many years playing this game. Still No Eye Deer!!!
Just keep telling myself at least I’ve got the best two back men now. Whitfield and Lloyd.

Could go Fyfe to Neale this week......... ::) ::) ::)

[TommyC]

Instead of starting Neale and B.Crouch, I started Dusty and Zorko  :o

[jvalles69]

This is a big one, but I'm still adamant it was Herald Suns fault.

Last week I chose to take my VC captain score so I put my EMERGENCY ruck man Sweet on the ground for Gawn and gave Sweet the C (all on my app).  I though sweet, all good.  Nope check my team after Gawn has played and he is left blank with no "E" selected on him.  From my understanding (I've tried it since and it does work) if your bench player has the "E" selected then when you swap them on field the player that comes off automatically gets the "E", hence me not really paying much attention.  This did not happen in this scenario and Herald Sun won't do anything about it.  Would've been close to 2400 points if Gawns score had counted instead I copped a donut.

Saving grace is I'm playing for league this season so overall isn't as important and league matchups didn't start till round 3, however it still sits in the back of my mind.  >:(

taking it well JV.  I would be be pissed!!!!

A whole lot of woosaaa's been happening crowls mate.  :'(

[Mat0369]

Started a cheap ruck 2 who got dropped early, panicked because I didn't want a donut in round 2 so I brought in Hoff. Hoff has sucked terribly.

Started with Ridley and Shaw. Started with Hore over Duursma because I needed the cash.

Most of my main issues have been fixed, just some horrible luck (Rocky and Fyfe concussed last week) which has probably wiped out my season.

[Judd Magic]

Took a risk starting with a slim defense and it backfired - Williams, Smith, Ridley, Scrimshaw, Clark, Duursma (Burgess, Hore)



Ridley gets dropped so I trade him to Wilkie but then I had to move Moore to the backline via Burgess to replace Ridley which meant starting Setterfield, Drew and Parker. Worked ok for a couple of weeks but looks horrible now.

Not starting Whitfield or Lloyd\both has turned out to be a disaster!!

Went 6 premo mids when I should have taken a few mid pricers like Sheed, B.Crouch and Libba. Didn't though as I thought they would just need upgrading later on.

If I had of gone for those 3 midfield mid pricers I could have then started with Lloyd and Whitfield.  :'(

Starting with flowering shower rookies Hore, Gibbons and Balta. Have already traded out Hore and Gibbons. Balta goes next week for Stack.

Starting Dunkley when Bevo lied and said Dunkley would be getting midfield time. Dunks has played forward since and has 5 midfielders in front of him.

Have brought in Whitfield (dumped Fyfe) and replaced Dunkley with Boak this week before my season was going to get flushed down the toilet (fell from 8,000 to 15,000 odd)

Still early days and won 5/10 of my leagues with what I thought was a team with a bad structure. Have fixed that up now and managed to get Moore back down to F4 so I am positive I can steer this ship in the right direction again.  8)

[HappyDEZ]

Early days but I would much rather Gryan than Noah & could've made better decisions with 1 or 2 other rooks. Constable my only bench rookie making any worthwhile money atm. Bit of a worry going forward. May have to sell Walsh or Libba as soon as they flatten out just to get something going.

[frenzy]

Yep, Dunkley is the mistake made starting him. Come to think of it, I made the exact same mistake last season starting him. He did finish off last year really well, after I got rid of him. So probably will do the same now I've traded him this week.

[YoungGun]

Starting Toby Greene

[HappyDEZ]

Yep, Dunkley is the mistake made starting him. Come to think of it, I made the exact same mistake last season starting him. He did finish off last year really well, after I got rid of him. So probably will do the same now I've traded him this week.

Could be a lot worse Frenzy. Could've started McLean (not that anyone did) he is getting zero MID. Dunkley is still getting MID & is a hold all day for mine. I do not have Dunkley but confident he is still top 12 FWD.

[RoughRed]

Playing SC rather than just selecting and drinking some great Aussie Red wine while watching the AFL (chardonnay only reserved for WCE matches)  8)

[SilverLion]

Starting Toby Greene

Oh most definitely this.

[no eye deer]

Starting Toby Greene

Oh most definitely this.