the Prospector reveals his team

[hibbo]

its not me i just said well done for becoming a coach and that was almost for weeks ago StantonLEGEND has a problem.

I think Stants might reckon your posts are a bit pointless. I mean 'sounds good' doesn't really contribute to the conversation, I dunno but that might be why he gets pissed of at you.

[Prospector_1]

OUT Coughlan ($288,900)	IN Montagna ($472,200)
OUT Adcock ($349,600)	IN Post ($157,500)

[Prospector_1]

GODDARD, NEWMAN, MACKIE, JOHNCOCK, GUERRA, BROUGHTON, GRIMES
(BIRCHALL, POST)

MONTAGNA, GIBBS, J. SELWOOD, L. POWER, BLACK, L. ANTHONY
(A. OTTEN, RISCHITELLI)

JOLLY, PETRIE
(NAITANUI, CURRIE)

N. RIEWOLDT, O'KEEFE, J. BROWN, FRANKLIN, M. BROWN, HARVEY, SKIPWORTH
(HIGGINS, BALLANTYNE)

[Prospector_1]

Happy with my team. Final 8 in all leagues. Includes a leap from 10 to 8 this week in a league ranking around 300. On to the finals challenges!

[hibbo]

Prospector - what is the plan for this week? Got a few few problems there with Jolly, Higgins and possibly Montagna. Any trades being used, or sitting tight?

[Prospector_1]

Barring those problems, hibbo, I thought I had too much cash on the midfield bench.

I think I must play a full team if I can though.

I have a 2 vs 3 qualifier, so I could hold on there.
I have a 1 vs 4 qualifier, so ditto.

... and a 6 vs 7 elimination - opponent has Higgins, Sylvia and W Thompson in forwards (pending any trades) and Cox and Purgoyne to deal with sometime maybe ...

Opponents scores round 12 - 18 are ...
1987, 1863, 2029, 1817, 1915, 1896, 1922 ... losing 4 of the last 5.

Do you reckon they're out of trades, or playing cagey???

[hibbo]

Maybe his average is around 1930 mark, so those scores make sense whether he has trades or not? Sylvia should play this week.

Too right about the $$ on midfield bench. Maybe Rischtielli -> Rookie and either Jolly -> M Clark or Skippy -> Didak/Deledio/Stevie J. But Skippy does score alright when he gets a game...

[Prospector_1]

Opponent averages 1957.50

I do 1954.06, have won 5 in a row to get into the 8, and scored as follows rounds 12 - 18:

2128, 1711, 1933, 1929, 2210, 2147, 2152

So, trade or no trade? As I say, I don't think finals is the time to risk a blot. Especially eliminations!

[Prospector_1]

OUT Higgins ($345,900)	IN B. Johnson ($406,100)
OUT A. Otten ($256,300)	IN Joseph ($177,800)

Owing to an accountancy error, I see I could have gone better than Joseph, but failed on maths (even used the calculator!) - maybe could have had Polo or Zaha. Still, it's done now!

[Prospector_1]

All trades gone, here's the team for 3 league finals ...

Newman , Mackie, Johncock, Birchall, Broughton, Post, Goddard (Guerra, Grimes)

Gibbs, J. Selwood, L. Power, Black, Montagna, L. Anthony (Rischitelli, Joseph)

Jolly, Petrie (Naitanui, Currie)

O'Keefe, B. Johnson, J. Brown, Franklin, M. Brown, Harvey, N. Riewoldt (Skipworth, Ballantyne)

... and here's what we had to start ...

Goddard, Chornes, Waite, Adcock, R. Houlihan, Birchall, Malceski (Broughton, Petrenko)

L. Power, J. Selwood, A. Otten, Rich, Rischitelli, T. Tuck (Harvey, L. Anthony)

Cox, Jolly (Jacobs, Currie)

N. Riewoldt, Higgins, Pavlich, J. Riewoldt, Skipworth, M. Brown, J. Garlett (Lucas, T. Walker)

[yeahsup]

Nice team
i hope it takes til the GF before i verse you :p

[Prospector_1]

Thanks yeahsup,

it's my best effort so far, but I've definitely made some dumb mistakes too...

If it works out (could take a bit of luck for both of us), I look forward to the GF play-off!!!

[Watto]

What rank are you now overall? (what's the average now?)

[Prospector_1]

7,555 and 1949.30

I'm pretty pleased with that, never finished under 10,000 before, and previous averages were probably 200 less.

Thanks to everyone for helping me out this year, I've learned a lot from the wisdom collected here!

[Hawks_1976]

So how have you fared in the finals?
Noticed now that Mitch Brown is out; you will need Skipworth or Ballantyne to return.
Also looks like you need Post to get a game for the Tigs with Guerra and Grimes to sit the year out.