Need Help!

[doe]

I'm new to these forums, and this is my first season of DT.  I have 8 trades left and 105k in the kitty.

My team is:

1. Enright (DEF)    103
2. Gilbee (DEF)    114
3. Harding (DEF)    77
4. McPhee (DEF)    71
5. Burgoyne (DEF)    94
6. Rance (DEF)    48
7. Petrenko (DEF)    65
8. Ablett (MID) (Capt)    152
9. Judd (MID)    78
10. Hasleby (MID)    85
11. Rich (MID)    74
12. Skipworth (MID)    95
13. Muston (MID)    52
14. Cox (RUC) (VC)    98
15. Graham (RUC)    36
16. Johnson (FWD)    130
17. Riewoldt (FWD)    124
18. O'Keefe (FWD)    149
19. Chapman (FWD)    135
20. Davey (FWD)    74
21. Nahas (FWD)    73
22. Garlett (FWD)    18

1. Drummond (DEF)    0
2. Schoenmakers (DEF) (Resv)    49
3. Ziebell (MID) (Resv)    23
4. Dangerfield (MID)    37
5. Meesen (RUC)    0
6. Currie (RUC) (Resv)    0
7. Rioli (FWD)    0
8. Hentschel (FWD)    0

I'm currently 7th in my league, with 2 extremely hard matches coming up, and then 4 relatively easy ones.  What should I do with my team?

Cheers in advance.

[Blueboys]

Down grade Ziebell to Rookie

Upgrade Rance/Pentrenko or Graham!

These 3 must go!

[doe]

How many trades do you reckon i'll need leading into finals?

[cmgb84]

3-4 trades post round 20 should be enough. but it depends on your situation, as you may need to go all out to make the top 8. last year a lot of teams got caught with shaw/didak/chornes and not enough trades left.

look at downgrading  ziebell,danger, nahas, and then using the money on graham to mcintosh/jolly/sandi. then when muston has topped out trade him to swan/bartel/montagna.

would focus on getting in a premium mid and ruck before anything else. then,if trades available i would look at upgrading your 7th forward in nahas/garlett and 7th back in rance

[doe]

I have 4 zeros this week if I do nothing.  Still not too sure what to do ..

I can't find any info about how long Adam Mcphee will be out for as well. 

[Prospector_1]

Use just 1 trade, get rid of one doh-nut. Try to make it a keeper.

[BradStar]

avoid donuts.

[doe]

Well Gilbee may be missing as well, so I may have 5 donuts :(  I'm prob gonna make 1 trade as prospector said and get Pearce, which leaves me with 7 trades...

[Prospector_1]

You have too few options - trust that Giblee will play.