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[Slammer]

if possible could I get some assistance please.

8 trades $57K . League only. Currently equal top.

B: Godd, Lids, Shaw, Murphy, Suckling, Gibbs, Heppell (Lower, Buckley, Howard)
M: Swan, Pendles, Judd, Hodge, Ablett, Cross (Bewick, Mzungu, Jacobs)
R: Cox, Smith (Sandilands, Tippett)
F: N.Roo, J.Roo, Buddy, Fyfe, ROK, Goodes, I.Smith (Krak, Prestia, Siposs)

Looking to eventually get Fisher in backline but concerned with Ruck and fwd line.
My options I am looking at this week are Z. Smith to lobbe for cash then upgrade:
A) Krak or J.Roo to Chappy this week
or
B) SJ or Pav next week.

Leaning towards the Pav upgrade next week from either J.Roo or Krak but just concerned with only the 8 trades and maybe I should hang on until closer to finals.

Should I do it or wait?
Don't really need to as I have fairly easy game next week but concerned that Z.Smith may struggle and is a chance to generate some $$ for final upgrades.

Any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated.  Also just remembered Port have bye coming up so will still cop donut.mmmm..maybe not then.

[masterjudd]

Wow exactly same starters as me apart from suckling(enright), cross(Boyd) buddy and fyfe(rioli and pav) lol
Umm look, you only need to make top 4 in the league, there's no difference b/w 1st and 4th AT ALL.

So if your secured in top 4, then worry about trades for finals and totally avoid finals players such as chapman I reckon. I would of said look at Sylvia but he ain't playing and his also had a few bad games.
I'd personally go sandi to lobbe, then kraka to pav. That gives you flexibility with mzungu etc. It should leave you with about 150k I think, so then look at fisher for heppel.
You can go other way ofcourse and do fisher first but I think krakeour will drop about 15k this week and you need the money.
Hope this helps!

[Slammer]

Wow exactly same starters as me apart from suckling(enright), cross(Boyd) buddy and fyfe(rioli and pav) lol
Umm look, you only need to make top 4 in the league, there's no difference b/w 1st and 4th AT ALL.

So if your secured in top 4, then worry about trades for finals and totally avoid finals players such as chapman I reckon. I would of said look at Sylvia but he ain't playing and his also had a few bad games.
I'd personally go sandi to lobbe, then kraka to pav. That gives you flexibility with mzungu etc. It should leave you with about 150k I think, so then look at fisher for heppel.
You can go other way ofcourse and do fisher first but I think krakeour will drop about 15k this week and you need the money.
Hope this helps!

Yeah cheers Master Judd.
Just concerned that having only Cox & Smith in Ruck with Lobbe back up is not enough. So thats why I was thinking Smith to Lobbe. I reckon Smith may start to tire towards end of season so would have Sandi back for finals.
However would only leave me $66K left.
Going Sandi to Lobbe and Krak to Pav would leave us $196K left and 6 trades with the Heppell to fisher upgrade left leaving 5 trades for LTI's and finals (Gibbs, Judd). ??
Tough call as we all know one injury this week changes everything..

[masterjudd]

Well port have a bye coming so you can't really do smith to lobbe. Sandi is no certainty to be rushed back in, especially with his injury. You can always trade him back in tho, with lobbe's expected price rise, you can just downgrade him or smith later on and add that as you final piece to your puzzle. Also, I'm planning on bringing in one trade premium for my
Carlton boys, and that's Judd only. Everyone already has Gibbs and most can't afford to trade him out anyway by then. So
Really do think that:
Sandi> lobbe (this week)
Then
Kraka>pav/Sylvia

I'd hold the fisher trade until later cause you honestly don't seem to need it right Noe for league and you feel a bit anxious about using too many trades. So just before finals snatch him up cause you'll have plenty of coin!

[Ringo]

This is an option and will use three trades but may set you up a little better
Sandi > McEvoy
Downgrade Smith to a rookie
I think Smith has maxed out and his last 2 scores have been sub 80 and price is failing so better to cash in now. McEvoy wis on fire at the moment and will earn more SC points than Smith and the Cox McEvoy combination will be graet going into finals. MceVoys last three game average 132 and last five 128.  Could be the POD you need to win as he is onned by only 3.9% of SC Players
Next week forward upgrade to Pav or other Prem
Would not bring in any Players with byes in finals unless you have strong coverage.

[Slammer]

This is an option and will use three trades but may set you up a little better
Sandi > McEvoy
Downgrade Smith to a rookie
I think Smith has maxed out and his last 2 scores have been sub 80 and price is failing so better to cash in now. McEvoy wis on fire at the moment and will earn more SC points than Smith and the Cox McEvoy combination will be graet going into finals. MceVoys last three game average 132 and last five 128.  Could be the POD you need to win as he is onned by only 3.9% of SC Players
Next week forward upgrade to Pav or other Prem
Would not bring in any Players with byes in finals unless you have strong coverage.

Cheers Ringo.
Very tempting. Will 5 trades be enough left though? Still need Fisher and have Judd and Gibbs. Any injuries would surely destroy me.
Are there any rookies in the ruck that are playing that I downgrade Smith to?

[Ringo]

As ruck cover you could also do this Smith to lowest priced ruck at $91k and Krak to Petrie thus using the Tippett Petrie link if you require cover for Cox or McEvoy. 5 trades for finals should be ok I would not look at any further trades to finals unless you want to downgrade to a rookie on bubble for more cash. I have been sitting on 4 trades since round 11 due to LTI's as I consider 4/5 trades essential for finals and you really only have 3 to cover in your team so youwill have a spare 2 as well for LTI's.