The Process 2022

[Mat0369]

Score: 2066
Rank: 4871
Round Rank: 200
Cash: $11,200



Good: Sinclair, Hewett, Doc, Laird, Macrae (C), English, Bont, Dunkley, Parker, Cogs, Greene, Hough
Pass: Wehr, Walsh, Miller
Bad:  Witts, Butters, Cripps, Clarke
Ugly: Cumming, Teakle

Overall it was a pretty great round. I can't complain too much, but I will  :P

Toby Greene is looking like a bargain basement pick. Macrae skipper was more dumb luck than anything at this point.

Cumming is the one that hurts. What an absolute stinker.

Trades this week, probably none. I'll hold Butters since he is only expected to miss 2 weeks and with 4 trades left it might not be worth burning through them. I'll loop Clark and Rosas this week instead.

[Bully]

If it's 2 weeks I may also hold however trading down to Heeney gives me just enough funds to go Ridley to Stewart next week, I'm tempted.

The only question is how many rounds can I survive with only 1 trade in the bank.

[Mat0369]

I expect finals to be pretty chaotic. I think I'd want to bank trades if I can with limited coverage. I'm about 1500 points behind first so my overall dreams are well and truly over, even with my team finally getting a decent run. In the last 7 weeks I've moved from 42,066 to 4,871 which is huge. I do have a small cash league so winning that may become my focus.

In your case you have pretty good coverage along multiple lines so you can take that risk. It's the season ending injuries which will be killers.

What's funny is we keep getting more and more trades each year, yet we're still running out

[Ringo]

We are all pretty much in the same leaky boat with trades and how we use them may decide where we finish.

Just a thought with Butters is it worth a trade down to Luke Jackson to give ruck coverage for you as well.

[Bully]

Probably need to get Butters up to a playing ruck, not sure who but I would be looking at Darcy or Jackson.

[Mat0369]

Yeah, I have 0 cash in the bank and not sure if I want to waste 2 trades with Jackson since he will be worth nothing when Gawn gets back for SC finals. If I trade Butters my options are any ruck McInerney down. That's with me swinging English forward and him also potentially missing two games. The options aren't very appealing

[Bully]

Yeah, I have 0 cash in the bank and not sure if I want to waste 2 trades with Jackson since he will be worth nothing when Gawn gets back for SC finals. If I trade Butters my options are any ruck McInerney down. That's with me swinging English forward and him also potentially missing two games. The options aren't very appealing

Cull a rookie, you will need to do this at some stage anyway, Blicavs might be handy as a makeshift ruck, you could then plonk him in defence down the track.

[Mat0369]

I thought about culling a rookie. It leaves me with 2 trades if I do, but I have 0 rookies that have earnt any cash other than Rosas with no one to cull to. My coverage is trash. I'm almost thinking the trades are more valuable unless a rookie ruck gets named that I can sideways Teakle to

[Bully]

The best scenario for you would be to grab Jackson, use him for a month as primary ruck, his price should edge towards 500k, then sideways to a premo.

The other advantage is you will have some cash in hand to maximise your remaining trades, you can still add significant value to your your squad, particularly on the depth side of things.

[Bully]

Gawn is 2-4 weeks, I guess if Melbourne are still struggling they will push it closer to two weeks, I still think it's worth a stab if you want to avoid a donut.

[Mat0369]

I had a look at all the ruck options. Trading Butters my best bets were Marshall or Hickey for pure rucks. I ended up taking Jackson with the idea of flipping him down the track. It allowed me to pocket 90k and I have 3 trades remaining. I ended up making Oliver my VC. Two good moves so far. I've used English to take the score

I'll loop Clarke and Rosas with Teakle

I'm projected for about 2550 once my captain score kicks in so I'll take it

[Bully]

I had a look at all the ruck options. Trading Butters my best bets were Marshall or Hickey for pure rucks. I ended up taking Jackson with the idea of flipping him down the track. It allowed me to pocket 90k and I have 3 trades remaining. I ended up making Oliver my VC. Two good moves so far. I've used English to take the score

I'll loop Clarke and Rosas with Teakle

Good move, well played.

[Mat0369]

Good move, well played.

Thanks, running the flip will be risky but you made a good point with the cash gained. Ideally I can flip him to a legit ruck option and then English moves forward for ruck coverage purposes in 1 trade.

It will leave me 2 for any LTI's that may occur to other players. I'm happy to lump rookie scores if I have to. The donuts are a different story and knowing I could get 90 points in and some solid coverage for the month made it worth running that risk.

So far it's paid off, but a lot of my trades have looked that way to be burnt the next week

[Ringo]

Nice moves Matt well done. Oliver got on hos bike after quarter time.

[Mat0369]

Score: 2485
Rank: 4,097
Round Rank: 6,163
Cash: $101,000




Good: Hewett, Rich, Wehr, Oliver (C), Laird, Macrae, Walsh, Witts, Jackson, Bont, Cogs, Dunkley
Pass: Doc, Cumming, Neale, Miller, Cripps
Bad: Sinclair, Crisp, Brayshaw, Hough, Parker, Greene
Ugly: Rosas, Clarke

Overall an okay week. Jackson panned out, I had some down scores after some big ones last week.

I had the choice of fielding 2 players this week to cover English, both were complete duds of the highest order.

As long as Rosas/Hough don't lose money I can hold them for one more and then get creative with my last 3 trades.

I'm hoping Libba can put up a stinker and maybe grab him for M/F coverage or provide a loop with Greene