Round 15 Trades

[RaisyDaisy]

Back to normality now with just 2 trades to use and no more byes

I finally get to field my completed side so it's going to be nice fielding a full side without any rookies on field!

Just the 1 trade for me

Answerth to Logue

[igotworms]

Minimised trades over the byes as I didn't see too many worthwhile trades with limited rookies that had shaky job security and injured rookies that hadn't met their potential as yet. Enter Logue!

Duursma to Logue
B. Scott   to Sloane

Leaves me one upgrade in the backline for Whitfield when he returns and drops in price and one upgrade left in the midfield.
O'Brien as cover for now but will undoubtedly have to cash in to ensure my last upgrade. Only have six trades left after the above two, so will only have two trades left for any injuries. Not ideal obviously. Not sure about everyone else, but I've had an ordinary year with injuries and minimal cash generation on rookies before they got injured or dropped.

[smashbox]

Is hately gonna come in this week with the injury to DeBoar?

Is Naish going to play the next 3 weeks?

What’s the more likely outcome?

Want to bring one in this week, as back to 2 trades and want to bring Logue and Hind in.

[Judd Magic]

Hore needs to go after yesterday.


Hore > Laird


Team with 2 trades left and $97k in the kitty after I bring in Laird.


B- Lloyd, Hurn, Laird, Stewart, Williams, Logue (Naish, Gardner)

M - J.Kelly, Cripps, Fyfe, Macrae, Neale, Oliver, Dangerfield, Coniglio (Clarke, Hately, Scott)

R - Gawn, Grundy (Bines)

F - Dunkley, Boak, Heeney, Marshall, T.Kelly, Gray (Burgess, Young)


Really worried about my forward bench but at least Dangerfield can cover most of my forwards if a short term injury arises.  :(

[jbjimmyjb]

Hore needs to go after yesterday.


Hore > Laird


Team with 2 trades left and $97k in the kitty after I bring in Laird.

Trading Hore would be the last thing I'd be doing if I had 3 trades left. The fact that you're willing to rage trade players at this stage in the season explains how you only have 3 trades left.

There is no way you are going to have 6 defenders playing for the next 7 weeks, so you'll need those 3 trades for some injury security.

[MontyJnr]

Hore needs to go after yesterday.


Hore > Laird


Team with 2 trades left and $97k in the kitty after I bring in Laird.

Trading Hore would be the last thing I'd be doing if I had 3 trades left. The fact that you're willing to rage trade players at this stage in the season explains how you only have 3 trades left.

There is no way you are going to have 6 defenders playing for the next 7 weeks, so you'll need those 3 trades for some injury security.

Forget about the backline, look at his forward bench! :o

[jbjimmyjb]

Hore needs to go after yesterday.


Hore > Laird


Team with 2 trades left and $97k in the kitty after I bring in Laird.

Trading Hore would be the last thing I'd be doing if I had 3 trades left. The fact that you're willing to rage trade players at this stage in the season explains how you only have 3 trades left.

There is no way you are going to have 6 defenders playing for the next 7 weeks, so you'll need those 3 trades for some injury security.

Forget about the backline, look at his forward bench! :o

At least he has a tiny bit of security in his fwd line with the Dangerfield loop, although that only lasts as long as Clarke holds his spot.
However, Naish isn't a matter of if but when he gets dropped (3 weeks max), Gardner will never play another AFL game in his life, and Burgess got dropped after his best performance of the year so I doubt he's coming back anytime soon.

Therefore he has absolutely no defensive cover, with Williams one of the most injury-prone players in the league and Logue a 2nd gamer acting as huge risks.

I'm worried about my cover, and I have a full team, 5 trades left, Logue at D7 and Bewley/Hind M9/10.

[Judd Magic]

Hore needs to go after yesterday.


Hore > Laird


Team with 2 trades left and $97k in the kitty after I bring in Laird.

Trading Hore would be the last thing I'd be doing if I had 3 trades left. The fact that you're willing to rage trade players at this stage in the season explains how you only have 3 trades left.

There is no way you are going to have 6 defenders playing for the next 7 weeks, so you'll need those 3 trades for some injury security.

Forget about the backline, look at his forward bench! :o

LOL!

I said I was worried about my forward bench. You're acting like it's a new discovery or something.  ::)

[Judd Magic]

Hore needs to go after yesterday.


Hore > Laird


Team with 2 trades left and $97k in the kitty after I bring in Laird.

Trading Hore would be the last thing I'd be doing if I had 3 trades left. The fact that you're willing to rage trade players at this stage in the season explains how you only have 3 trades left.

There is no way you are going to have 6 defenders playing for the next 7 weeks, so you'll need those 3 trades for some injury security.

I haven't really rage traded any players to be honest.

I traded out Hore early when it looked like he woudn't play again for a while.

Traded Fyfe when he got knocked out to restructure my team as I had no premo defenders so got in Whitfield and Boak which was a win\win for me at the time.

Traded out Dunkley when it looked like he would be stuck up forward all season.

Besides that no real rage trades that I can think of.

[Judd Magic]

Hore needs to go after yesterday.


Hore > Laird


Team with 2 trades left and $97k in the kitty after I bring in Laird.

Trading Hore would be the last thing I'd be doing if I had 3 trades left. The fact that you're willing to rage trade players at this stage in the season explains how you only have 3 trades left.

There is no way you are going to have 6 defenders playing for the next 7 weeks, so you'll need those 3 trades for some injury security.

Forget about the backline, look at his forward bench! :o

At least he has a tiny bit of security in his fwd line with the Dangerfield loop, although that only lasts as long as Clarke holds his spot.
However, Naish isn't a matter of if but when he gets dropped (3 weeks max), Gardner will never play another AFL game in his life, and Burgess got dropped after his best performance of the year so I doubt he's coming back anytime soon.

Therefore he has absolutely no defensive cover, with Williams one of the most injury-prone players in the league and Logue a 2nd gamer acting as huge risks.

I'm worried about my cover, and I have a full team, 5 trades left, Logue at D7 and Bewley/Hind M9/10.

If Naish keeps playing well I don't see why he wouldn't keep his spot. Look at Ross and Baker for example.

Burgess could be back at some point. More chance than Gardner I'd say.

A lot of coaches are in a similar predicament to me where they have flower all forward bench cover. I'm just waiting on a gun forward rookie to pop up in the next few weeks.  ;D



I do have cash to upgrade Logue eventually if need be but he is going great guns so far. Happy to loophole him with Naish via Gardner for as long as I can.

[MontyJnr]

Hore needs to go after yesterday.


Hore > Laird


Team with 2 trades left and $97k in the kitty after I bring in Laird.

Trading Hore would be the last thing I'd be doing if I had 3 trades left. The fact that you're willing to rage trade players at this stage in the season explains how you only have 3 trades left.

There is no way you are going to have 6 defenders playing for the next 7 weeks, so you'll need those 3 trades for some injury security.

Forget about the backline, look at his forward bench! :o

At least he has a tiny bit of security in his fwd line with the Dangerfield loop, although that only lasts as long as Clarke holds his spot.
However, Naish isn't a matter of if but when he gets dropped (3 weeks max), Gardner will never play another AFL game in his life, and Burgess got dropped after his best performance of the year so I doubt he's coming back anytime soon.

Therefore he has absolutely no defensive cover, with Williams one of the most injury-prone players in the league and Logue a 2nd gamer acting as huge risks.

I'm worried about my cover, and I have a full team, 5 trades left, Logue at D7 and Bewley/Hind M9/10.

I agree with most of your post, but is Naish really a certainty to be dropped? Surely he'll hold his spot if he keeps performing, with underwhelming Butler, Castagna, Graham, Higgins, Broad, Menadue types making way instead for returning players.

[jbjimmyjb]

Hore needs to go after yesterday.


Hore > Laird


Team with 2 trades left and $97k in the kitty after I bring in Laird.

Trading Hore would be the last thing I'd be doing if I had 3 trades left. The fact that you're willing to rage trade players at this stage in the season explains how you only have 3 trades left.

There is no way you are going to have 6 defenders playing for the next 7 weeks, so you'll need those 3 trades for some injury security.

Forget about the backline, look at his forward bench! :o

At least he has a tiny bit of security in his fwd line with the Dangerfield loop, although that only lasts as long as Clarke holds his spot.
However, Naish isn't a matter of if but when he gets dropped (3 weeks max), Gardner will never play another AFL game in his life, and Burgess got dropped after his best performance of the year so I doubt he's coming back anytime soon.

Therefore he has absolutely no defensive cover, with Williams one of the most injury-prone players in the league and Logue a 2nd gamer acting as huge risks.

I'm worried about my cover, and I have a full team, 5 trades left, Logue at D7 and Bewley/Hind M9/10.

I agree with most of your post, but is Naish really a certainty to be dropped? Surely he'll hold his spot if he keeps performing, with underwhelming Butler, Castagna, Graham, Higgins, Broad, Menadue types making way instead for returning players.

Everyone should be back from injury in the next 3 weeks.

Our best 18 (without Rance) is:
FB: Grimes, Astbury, Garthwaite
HB: Houli, Vlastuin, Stack
C: Mcintosh, Lambert, Short
HF: Caddy, Lynch, Baker
F: Rioli, Riewoldt, _____.
Foll: Nankervis, Cotchin, Martin
Bench: Balta, Castagna, Prestia, _____.

Which leaves Butler, Graham, Ross, Ellis, Naish, Broad, Bolton, Menadue and Higgins all fighting for 2 spots.
I just can't see Naish fitting into our structure because they prefer Ellis over him, and we can't afford to have too many outside players. (Ellis and Broad were dropped 2 weeks ago due to a drinking incident, not form)

[batt]

So I traded in Buddy last week.  I'm good at this game.

Out of pride I don't really want to trade him back out.

So I'm thinking instead of getting an M8 this week as was planned, I get another forward to push Buddy to F7.  Clarke plays at M8 while I wait for the cash to roll in.  Kinda sucks, especially since it leaves me with 5 trades.

So at this stage it's:

Burgess > Cameron
Setterfield > Mundy (because I love rollercoasters evidently)

Oh... and there's the Hoff headache...

[jbjimmyjb]

So I traded in Buddy last week.  I'm good at this game.

Out of pride I don't really want to trade him back out.

So I'm thinking instead of getting an M8 this week as was planned, I get another forward to push Buddy to F7.  Clarke plays at M8 while I wait for the cash to roll in.  Kinda sucks, especially since it leaves me with 5 trades.

So at this stage it's:

Burgess > Cameron
Setterfield > Mundy (because I love rollercoasters evidently)

Oh... and there's the Hoff headache...

I'd steer clear of Mundy, with Freo running out of key forwards, he's playing more and more forward and it's really hurting his scoring.

[MontyJnr]

Hore needs to go after yesterday.


Hore > Laird


Team with 2 trades left and $97k in the kitty after I bring in Laird.

Trading Hore would be the last thing I'd be doing if I had 3 trades left. The fact that you're willing to rage trade players at this stage in the season explains how you only have 3 trades left.

There is no way you are going to have 6 defenders playing for the next 7 weeks, so you'll need those 3 trades for some injury security.

Forget about the backline, look at his forward bench! :o

At least he has a tiny bit of security in his fwd line with the Dangerfield loop, although that only lasts as long as Clarke holds his spot.
However, Naish isn't a matter of if but when he gets dropped (3 weeks max), Gardner will never play another AFL game in his life, and Burgess got dropped after his best performance of the year so I doubt he's coming back anytime soon.

Therefore he has absolutely no defensive cover, with Williams one of the most injury-prone players in the league and Logue a 2nd gamer acting as huge risks.

I'm worried about my cover, and I have a full team, 5 trades left, Logue at D7 and Bewley/Hind M9/10.

I agree with most of your post, but is Naish really a certainty to be dropped? Surely he'll hold his spot if he keeps performing, with underwhelming Butler, Castagna, Graham, Higgins, Broad, Menadue types making way instead for returning players.

Everyone should be back from injury in the next 3 weeks.

Our best 18 (without Rance) is:
FB: Grimes, Astbury, Garthwaite
HB: Houli, Vlastuin, Stack
C: Mcintosh, Lambert, Short
HF: Caddy, Lynch, Baker
F: Rioli, Riewoldt, _____.
Foll: Nankervis, Cotchin, Martin
Bench: Balta, Castagna, Prestia, _____.

Which leaves Butler, Graham, Ross, Ellis, Naish, Broad, Bolton, Menadue and Higgins all fighting for 2 spots.
I just can't see Naish fitting into our structure because they prefer Ellis over him, and we can't afford to have too many outside players. (Ellis and Broad were dropped 2 weeks ago due to a drinking incident, not form)

Yeah solid analysis but I'm surprised Castagna is apparently untouchable. His output has been underwhelming for over a year now for mine.

Anyway no team of 22 in AFL history has ever played together as a complete team more than 5 times, so odds are there will always be a player or 2 missing from that best 22 that will allow more fringe guys to get games.