A Swan walks into a bar, should he bring his Buddy or his Duck?

Started by demon_spud, August 24, 2012, 01:52:55 PM

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demon_spud

Need some help with ideas on who to field, or change my trades I planned already.
Playing the winner of our league and he's been smashing the comp, 2500-2600s.

So the plan turned into trading out Martin for Stevie J and Jelwood out for Swan, Gibson to go to town in the GF so can play him next week. Was 100k short in just being able to get rid of Williams for Swan, and wanted to keep my MPP link just in case.

Mid is now: Ablett, Swan, Pendles, Boyd, Priddis, Zorko, (Gibson, Williams)
Fwd is now: Franklin, Dangerfield, Beams, Sidebottom, Johnson S, Chapman, Walker (Treloar, Pearce C.)

Thinking Zorko will do well against Port, as Gibson will be restricted by Freo, as Lyins style of play hurts.

Alternative:
Considering to reverse trades and drop Buddy instead, or just bench him for the in form Treloar or Pearce.  Not sure what to do.  Will Buddy score similar to Pearce/Treloar/Zorko/Gibson?
Treloar on the ball again and he has had a rest, looking at 100+ vs St Kilda?
Which is better than a possible Buddy score 72 early this year against Syd, but booted a nice 146SC last year at the SCG.
Should I just pull the trigger on him and keep Jelwood instead and trade Buddy and lose my MPP link?

Opponent:
Opponent has Stevie J, so decided to neutralise this by getting him myself and knowing he will smash the doggies. Opponent also has Kennedy JP, Watson in his mids compared to my Pendles/Swan combo now.

Any advice is greatly appreciated cash league and I won it last year, new comer came in all smug and has blasted it, smashed me 2650 to 2100 in the league matches, I want my revenge, as I looked for the long season plan while he was going at it hard at the start but now is faltering, but still with a strong consistent team.

Thankfully M Robinson is out in his forwards so he will be playing Devon Smith and/or Martin.