Last trade and lost first finals - help please

[Whippet]

Def : Goddard, Shaw, Gibbs, Hanley, McKenzie, Malceski, (Duffield, Thurlow)
Mids : Ablett, Pendles, Selwood, Kennedy (swans), Cotchin, Danger, Priddis, Mitchell (Zorko, K.Martin)
Ruc: Cox, Maric (Nicholls, Currie)
Fwd: Walker, Rocky, Roughy, StevieJ, Kennedy (WCE), Staker (Rowe, Sumner)

Rem Sal - $4200
Rem trades - 1

I'll push Nicholls into ruck as soon as he's back and Cox into fwds via Rowe DPP - leaving Staker on bench. If that can happen and barring other injuries....what can I do? Ended up 1st and 2nd in my leagues - but lost first final in both.

I was thinking Mitchell to Murphy (blues variety)???

Any other suggestions please???

[tor01doc]

Obviously wait until  selections because I suspect there will be a few cats thrown amongst the pigeons this week forcing you to sideways a premium.

If not, then Murphy might be worth the risk.

Mitchell has slowed down a lot so he is the one to move on.

Good luck.

Re post AFTER teams for further suggestions.

[HotTiges]

Yeah I'd be looking to move Mitchell on in your case but like Doc said wait for teams and also suss out your opponents team..good luck

[Blueboys]

With Judd out Murphy will get more attention and hence lower scores.

Maybe S.Thompson (however sub last week  :'()

or

Rioli  (injury prone)

tough 1 with only 1 trade and limited cash....

[Blues Blues Blues]

Very tough position with 1 trade and no cash. Agree that Mitchell is the one to move on, but million dollar question is who to?

[Whippet]

Thanks everyone for thoughtful responses...why was s.thompson sub last week?

[GCSkiwi]

I would say given your situation your best option is probably not to get a mid in for Mitchell, but DPP one of your existing players into his spot and bring in a fwd or a def. With Duffield on your defender bench, I would go with a defender into mid; if you flick out Mitchell, move Goddard into Mids, bring in Broughton then it gives you a lot of DPP flexibility which will be handy with no trades - you'll have Staker-Broughton for D-F, Zorko-Rocky/Walker/SJ fro M/F, Goddard-Gibbs for D-M and Cox-Rowe/Roughy for R/F. Plus it would leave you (ideally) with Broughton, Zorko, Rowe and Staker on the bench, all playing and all worth 60-80 points. Not great but not bad. In the event of players being rested/injured/suspended there should be a lot of flexibility to shift people around the ground to cover places

[Blueboys]

Thanks everyone for thoughtful responses...why was s.thompson sub last week?

Only reason I can see is his getting on in age, but no injuries. He scores well when playing a full game but has been subbed in a few so risky....

Maybe try work a mpp in the mid or back could work, as GCSkiwi mentioned...

[Frozensage]

With Judd out Murphy will get more attention and hence lower scores.

Maybe S.Thompson (however sub last week  :'()

or

Rioli  (injury prone)

tough 1 with only 1 trade and limited cash....

Think Murphy gets no 1 attention week in week out anyway. Who else in Carlton is worth a tag?

[Sabretooth Tigers]

 :)
Wait until the Haw v Coll game has started and then compare your team against both of your opponents.
Then you will have a better idea of what to do and where you stand.     ;)

[Blueboys]

With Judd out Murphy will get more attention and hence lower scores.

Maybe S.Thompson (however sub last week  :'()

or

Rioli  (injury prone)

tough 1 with only 1 trade and limited cash....

Think Murphy gets no 1 attention week in week out anyway. Who else in Carlton is worth a tag?

Judd  :o

[Jackross10]

With Judd out Murphy will get more attention and hence lower scores.

Maybe S.Thompson (however sub last week  :'()

or

Rioli  (injury prone)

tough 1 with only 1 trade and limited cash....

Think Murphy gets no 1 attention week in week out anyway. Who else in Carlton is worth a tag?

Judd  :o

Zac Thouhy