Who to bring in for Rioli and Franklin?

[elite]

Hey all,
With the Hawks bye hitting my forward line I have decided to trade these two out due to their higher value/price over Fyfe.

Currently have:
Goodes, N.Riewoldt, Petrie, Mzungu, I.Smith, Rioli, Franklin.  (Howe, T.Lynch, Fyfe)

I am unsure who to bring in due to many uncertainties. Would get Cloke and Steve Johnson but they are playing in a big game tonight so they might have limited scoring. Looked at Harvey but unsure of where he will play. Hard choices since most of the good forwards are out injured (Pavlich, Fyfe, Davis, Rioli, Franklin, Sylvia the list goes on).

[Ringo]

I have got 2 POD for your to consider if game to go that way in a final.
Barry Hall against a weakened freo Defence and playing last game of AFL at home.
David Hale will be rucking against Zac Smith now with Baileys absence and can go forward so may get a big score (Jamar got11 last week).
With Harvey look at his stats after a poor performance usually goes big so he may be a safe option.

[charliesheen]

Based on historical data, the safe bets are probably ROK & Harvey (bounce back is inevitable).

Cloke and SJ are very good options, but I generally tend to avoid the big name games.

Smokies are Hale & Gray.  Hall will have McPharlin so not sure he is going to cash in too much, maybe others will be the beneficiary, like Gia or Higgins or King Tutt.

[boneman]

I'm in the same boat but only looking at a trade for Franklin.

Does anyone think JRoo will have a day out, kicked 5 last time they played. Who will get him?

I'm worried about the Dogs smalls cashing in on goals too.

Cloke could do anything tonight if he kicks straight early, a confidence player! Krakouer may dominate especially if Hunt tries to go with him!

Can't say I've seen much of Hale this year but notice he does alright in the ruck when he gets the opportunity. Sure to spend alot of time in the ruck and could drift forward to kick goals without Franklin there.

The other one I'm tossing up is Murphy. No one will go with him from Freo and could rack them up.

So many choices! Need a safe one though.

[elite]

I have got 2 POD for your to consider if game to go that way in a final.
Barry Hall against a weakened freo Defence and playing last game of AFL at home.
David Hale will be rucking against Zac Smith now with Baileys absence and can go forward so may get a big score (Jamar got11 last week).
With Harvey look at his stats after a poor performance usually goes big so he may be a safe option.

Thought about Barry but he may get McPharlin. Good POD though that I may think of.
Hale is a good option since Gold Coast will be tiring and he seems to like his role at Hawthorn being a main ruck.
That is a good point might get Harvey for Rioli and he will want to play well for Rawlings final game. Like for like player.
Thanks Ringo.

Based on historical data, the safe bets are probably ROK & Harvey (bounce back is inevitable).

Cloke and SJ are very good options, but I generally tend to avoid the big name games.

Smokies are Hale & Gray.  Hall will have McPharlin so not sure he is going to cash in too much, maybe others will be the beneficiary, like Gia or Higgins or King Tutt.

I have thought about ROK. Just unsure about how he will go. Although they are playing in a game that is meaningful.
They are good choices but in a big game and best players they generally cop the best defender. Good point about staying away from both of them.
Hale seems to be popular this week. Gray is a big POD but I wonder how he will go play this week. It is hard to say about Hall and if he will get the goals or if the smaller forwards will.
Thanks charliesheen.

I'm in the same boat but only looking at a trade for Franklin.

Does anyone think JRoo will have a day out, kicked 5 last time they played. Who will get him?

I'm worried about the Dogs smalls cashing in on goals too.

Cloke could do anything tonight if he kicks straight early, a confidence player! Krakouer may dominate especially if Hunt tries to go with him!

Can't say I've seen much of Hale this year but notice he does alright in the ruck when he gets the opportunity. Sure to spend alot of time in the ruck and could drift forward to kick goals without Franklin there.

The other one I'm tossing up is Murphy. No one will go with him from Freo and could rack them up.

So many choices! Need a safe one though.

JRoo is a good one although I do wonder what defender he will get. Grima is not fit like he was last year so will be interesting to see how he goes.
Cloke is good like that, I am considering him but it will be a tough game for big forwards and Dawes should get it a lot more now.
Murphy is another good one but hard to say how he will go. Can score big though.
Thanks boneman.
Who you leaning towards?

I might be going:
Rioli > Harvey
Franklin > ROK/Cloke/Hale/Gray/Murphy/Hall
Unsure on the latter. Thanks everyone :).

[boneman]

I'm really torn between CLOKE, RIEWOLDT and HALE

Cloke v Geelong (since 2005) - Average 84.3
2005 - 80
2007 - 134
2008 - 113
2009 - 34
2010 - 64 & 91
2011 - 74 

Riewoldt v North (since 2007) - Average 86.6
2007 - 55
2009 - 86 & 83
2010 - 73
2011 - 136

I reckon Scott Thompson will get JRoo, remember that North were 30 pts up at the start of the year (MCG) and Riewoldt kicked 5 to get them the win...will that happen again and at Etihad?

I'm a Geelong supporter and Lonergan out is a big loss, Taylor has been good this year but not as good as 2009. If he is suffering some affects of that concussion which I think he will be Cloke may run him ragged. He has been taking alot of marks this year too which could have an effect on his score.

Hale is a bit of an unknown. He has to play ruck but also kick enough goals for the hawks to win...will he? His scores have generally been 80-90's.