The Process 21

[Mat0369]

Thanks guys, I think I've talked myself into Doc.

I'm churning through the trades faster than I would have liked. I have 22 trades and 7 upgrades left. I've checked my bye structure as well since I've put no thought into it and this is what I have so far and it actually looks pretty solid. Of the keepers in my side right now I have the following guys out

Round 12

1/2/0/2

Round 13

2/2/0/1

Round 14

2/1/2/0



Next week I'll go Dusty to Dunkley and pocket the cash. I'll also turn one of Gulden/Warner into Macrae to leave me with a ton of cash in the bank.

[Mat0369]

Round 6



Round Score: 2321
Overall Rank: 2,038
Total Cash Left: $13,600

Positives: Lloyd, Stewart, Laird, Doc, Kosi, Macrae (C), Fyfe, Taranto, Powell, Jordon (bench), Grundy, Gawn, Flynn (bench), Ziebell, Impey, Daniher, Warner, Scott (bench)

Neutral: McCreery (bench), Bergman

Negatives: Dunkley (injured), Chapman, Cripps, Gulden, Rowe

With such little cash available I'm a little stuck on what to do. Dunkley to a prem is trade one. I'm not really keen on any of the rookies this week and don't know if I want to go early on Flash from Port. I might just settle for Macrae and sit him on my mid bench.

In terms of what premiums I am looking at this week. I can go with either Walsh or Sidebottom. Sidebottom will give me an extra 100k to play with next week but he doesn't give me enough to upgrade Gulden to anyone of relevance this week. I think I'll just grab Walsh.

Next week is tricky, I have a handful of guys who will feel ripe for the picking but I don't know who to grab or how. If I don't grab Sidey this week next week would be a nice opportunity to grab him for perhaps Rowe, Warner or Daniher. There is also Tomahawk if he has another good game this week with Cameron in the side, Zorko and Marshall.

Down back I have Houston as target number 1 along with the potential downgrade option of Flash. Chapman is close to his peak price and that will probably be the ideal time to cut him.

The midfield can probably wait but Guthrie, Lyons, Steele and Oliver are the 4 guys that intrigue me the most.

[Ringo]

Not interested in Steele or Oliver for Dunkley.  Would give you another one of the Top 3 mids at this stage.

Like you wish I had taken Walsh over Cripps.

[Mat0369]

Steele will cost me coin. Oliver and Walsh I am tossing up. Walsh I wanted last week but considering there isn't much difference between the two now maybe Oliver.

Have we heard what's going on with the Dees vs North game yet?

[Ringo]

Have not heard anything as yet.  Suspect probably tomorrow.

[Mat0369]

I'm thinking these are my possible options

Dunkley and Gulden to a combo of the following

Oliver/Macrae and 234k
Walsh/Macrae and 250k
Oliver/Robertson and 135k
Walsh/Robertson and 150k

I thought if I grabbed Brayshaw I may be able to do a double upgrade this week. If I go with Brayshaw the best forward I can afford is Bolton. He has been in pretty good form the last 3 weeks with scores of 110, 110 and 99. He scored a 29 the week before that which is puke worthy.

I could also go Brayshaw and a combo of Robertson/252k, Macrae/351k or May/70k. Ideally I would want Houston at D6 so I prefer to wait a week instead of grab May.

The last option is go a week early on Fredrick but that could really backfire if Highmore doesn't play. Since Macrae looks like a real slow burn I don't think I'm too fussed if I miss him. Plus already have McCreery and Poulter being another possible rookie option the Pies rookies could burn down the road.

[Mat0369]

I'm thinking Walsh and Robertson wins out. This will help set up my trades next week. The plan for next week is to go Chapman to Flash and probably Rowe to Houston using Robertson and Laird's DPP.  To do that the extra 15k between Walsh and Oliver could be critical.

Why not just grab Macrae and solve my cash issues? The idea is I can comfortably field Dev Robertson at F5 next week in place of Rowe with Waterman and McCreery on the bench. I will likely gain more points and hopefully more cash by going this route to help finish off my other lines.

[Mat0369]

So this week was fun

Round 7

Stewart, Lloyd, Ridley, Doc, Laird, Chapman (Kosi, Highmore)
Macrae, Walsh, Fyfe, Mitchell, Taranto, Cripps, Powell, Jordan (Robertson, Scott, Brockman)
Gawn (C), Grundy (Flynn)
Ziebell, Impey, Daniher, Warner, Rowe, Bergman (McCreery, Waterman)

Round Score: 2062
Overall Rank: 1,745
Total Cash Left: $150,400

Positives: Stewart, Lloyd, Walsh, Taranto, Jordon, Powell, Grundy, Ziebell, Daniher, Robertson (bench), McCreery (bench), Kosi (bench), Scott (bench)

Neutral: Doc, Ridley, Macrae, Mitchell, Fyfe, Warner, Impey

Negatives: Laird, Cripps, Chapman, Rowe

Disaster: Gawn Captain

So the Gawn captain was a double whammy. I set the over under for the captains choice at 130. That game ends and Grundy is sitting on 129. It felt a little low and the scores had been a bit bonkers over the whole weekend but I had to make the call then and there if I went with Grundy and thought Gawn would smash the 129 based off his past scores against North.

The Saints vs Hawks game starts and all of a sudden Grundy is on 144. My only other loophole option was potentially Waterman. I had to wait for the teams to be released before I could take the risk with Waterman as my C and get McCreery's score over Bergman. The AFL app has a fit and I can't see the emergencies until that nights games had already started and Bergman was already playing. It was an absolute disaster but I guess the positive is a lot of people were in the same boat. Having said that, it would have given me a nice leg up to have just taken the 129 in that situation considering how Gawn crashed and burned.

So what do I do this week? The initial plan was to get Houston but he had an absolute stinker and will continue to bleed cash. The two players I will be trading out this week are Chapman and Rowe. I have a couple options I can run with.

Chapman>Fredrick is locked. This will give me 277k to play with.

Who I turn Rowe into is the question mark. I could go Rowe to any forward not named Marshall.

I can grab Brayshaw in the midfield but I would have to sit one of Powell/Jordon on the bench.

I could also look at maybe Bowes/May down back or still go with Houston even though he will bleed cash for another fortnight.

I think the week after I have to get rid of Cripps. He has become an anchor in my midfield.

[Bully]

Still humming along nicely, I'd definitely look at getting Rowe off the field. Some decent value with Zorko, Sidey & Bolton.

Next week RCD could come in for Jordan & Powell could go up to a Guthrie/Steele.

[Ringo]

Could look at Rowe to Bolton Take out his 29 and he is averaging 102.  Nut either Sidey or Zorko not bad options either.

[Mat0369]

Funnily enough I actually have Bolton in my team right now. The 29 could be an aberration and he appears to be the barometer for the Tigers. His scoring was pretty putrid early in that game but he turned it around along with the team. He has the same bye as Zorko and Dusty so it's not a back breaker. Dusty will probably be ripe in a fortnight and Zorko right after his bye.

[Mat0369]

I had a couple options but I'm holding with the trade but Murphy in place of Fredrick. Next week RCD in for my worst performing rookie. Maybe Cripps to a legit gun. I'm going to hold off jumping early on a rookie and burning myself.

[Mat0369]

Round 8

Stewart, Lloyd, Ridley, Doc, Laird, Murphy (Kosi, Highmore)
Macrae (C), Walsh, Fyfe, Mitchell, Taranto, Cripps, Powell, Jordan (Robertson, Scott, Brockman)
Gawn, Grundy (Flynn)
Ziebell, Impey, Bolton, Daniher, Warner, Bergman (McCreery, Waterman)

Round Score: 2316
Overall Rank: 1,023
Total Cash Left: $31,600

Positives: Lloyd, Doc, Laird, Fyfe, Mitchell, Taranto, Powell, Jordon, Grundy, Ziebell, Bolton, Impey, Daniher, Bergman, Scott (bench)

Neutral: Stewart, Ridley, Murphy, Gawn, Macrae (C)

Negatives: Kosi (bench), Cripps, Robertson (bench), McCreery (bench)

I ended up just swapping Fredrick for Murphy in the end. One thing I was considering (and hindsight says it was the right move) was to go early on RCD and turn Cripps into Lyons this week. Instead I backed my plan of trying to turn Cripps into Houston this week and pocket the cash in the RCD trade. Now Murphy has been concussed, Cripps stunk it up after a hot start and Houston is injured.

So the plan for this week?

I can still turn Warner into a rookie and field one of Poulter, Robertson and Scott while upgrading Cripps to Lyons.

Option 2 is maybe offloading Robertson since he had a stinker, hold Warner and offload Cripps.

Option 3 is downgrading both Warner and Robertson and pocketing the cash.

Option 4 is maybe try and upgrade Kosi and hold one of Warner/Robertson.

[Ringo]

Much better than me Matt.

I would look at Option 2 - Robertson may be dropped - Coleman is knocking on the door and was medical sub this week. Josh Kelly could be a nice replacement for Cripps.  I traded Cripps last week and at half time was regretting it but as you say stunk up after that,

[Bully]

Next week Steele looks like a top buy, probably more bang for the buck than Lyons. Doubling down not such a bad move.