Strategy 2023: Round 11 Trades

How many trades do you have left at the start of Round 11...?

  • 20 or more

    Votes: 1 1.3%
  • 19

    Votes: 2 2.5%
  • 18

    Votes: 11 13.9%
  • 17

    Votes: 11 13.9%
  • 16

    Votes: 12 15.2%
  • 15

    Votes: 10 12.7%
  • 14

    Votes: 18 22.8%
  • 13

    Votes: 10 12.7%
  • 12

    Votes: 2 2.5%
  • 11 or fewer

    Votes: 2 2.5%

  • Total voters
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Any suggestions to deal with the below? Did not consider byes this season due to prioritising fixing the failed mid pricers and rookie selections, etc and thus not overly bothered about the spread for the coming bye rounds. Preferably would like to keep Oliver given he was not a starting selection.
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Kelly > Macrae and hope he gets fwd status.
$101k towards bye upgrade.
 
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Any suggestions to deal with the below? Did not consider byes this season due to prioritising fixing the failed mid pricers and rookie selections, etc and thus not overly bothered about the spread for the coming bye rounds. Preferably would like to keep Oliver given he was not a starting selection.
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Team is looking very nice, particularly the midfield! I would probably go Kelly to Sinclair and Oliver to Rozee to get the top liners in each pozzie. Could also go early on Wardlaw and trade Chandler and Wilmot instead of Oliver, but I think that's probably not as good because Wilmot has more money to make.

EDIT: I realised you have d5 (+Ziebell) defenders already, so could be better to get a mid instead of Sincalir - maybe Libba? (would say Neale but better to get him after the bye)
 
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Been trying to play by the "rules" and only bring in premos and rookies. And here I am wondering whether spinning Cincotta and Davey to Hobbs and Fyfe is a good use of my bank. I think I need to trade Oliver and use a boost to make this week work without doing something really stupid
 
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Decision made this week. Have to hold Oliver, only 16 trades and 5 upgrades to do. Cant do the trade out and back in. Looping Hollands into Johnson this week and something similar until Oliver back. hopefully before his bye. If its after this will have been the wrong strategy.
 
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I'm actually now considering Kelly to Humphrey. Short term cover, good bye and if he manages to continue his scoring run he makes an upgrade back to Kelly pretty easy in a few weeks time.
Oliver feels like he might be back sooner - whereas Kelly might have a slower return. This move still allows me to upgrade Simpson to Sinclair.
And I would prefer Bailey on field this week over going early on Wardlaw or grabbing Fleeton on bubble.

I do know it means having to factor in another upgrade, but it should be a much easier one with Humphrey going to be close to $430k in the next 4-5 weeks.
If the come back early I’d put money on them getting subbed at 3/4 time as well! Dammit.
 
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Is one M. Johnson actually a possible trade in? Was improving in the couple of games before getting suspended. Probably had him sub last week due to not playing the previous few and wanting to ease him back in again. Hasn't made a heap of cash yet so money to be made. Do we think he continues to play now he is back in the side? Could be valuable for the round 14/15 byes if he is playing.
 

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Simpson > Humphrey (285K/ BE -53) - in great form with back to back 100's, should cover for Oliver decently/ DP so can cover 2 lines.
Wishing now I took the points loss on McKenna over Chandler and used him to grab Humphrey instead of Sharp last round. Have considered the Simpson to Humphrey option to then possibly trade Davey to Wardlaw via Humphrey next round.

Kelly > Macrae and hope he gets fwd status.
$101k towards bye upgrade.
Tough to seperate the likes of Neale, Steele and Macrae. Started Steele so happy to welcome him back but also very interested in Macrae and Neale around the mid 500 range given both were heavily considered as starters and have been mainstays in yesteryears. Potential for fwd status is very enticing for Macrae and a key reason why I opted to go cheap from the start in case we received any good options in RD6 or RD12.

Team is looking very nice, particularly the midfield! I would probably go Kelly to Sinclair and Oliver to Rozee to get the top liners in each pozzie. Could also go early on Wardlaw and trade Chandler and Wilmot instead of Oliver, but I think that's probably not as good because Wilmot has more money to make.

EDIT: I realised you have d5 (+Ziebell) defenders already, so could be better to get a mid instead of Sincalir - maybe Libba? (would say Neale but better to get him after the bye)
Thank you. Did consider Sinclair briefly but feel it is too many defenders with Dawson to move back eventually or even Sheezel if necessary when Weddle is traded. Have considered Rozee but when comparing to options around his price range on his and other lines, I feel I might be able to get someone with a higher ceiling and potentially higher avg for a similar cost (eg Neale and Macrae). No interest in Liberatore with my cash and trade situation. Wilmot is likely to be traded on his bye for a forward and this could possibly be funded by Chandler to Ford.

A combination of all the above suggestions could lead to something like:
Out: J Kelly and S Simpson
In: L Neale and B Humphrey
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With three trades next week, Wilmot, Davey and Chandler could become Ford, Wardlaw and Macrae if price changes and dual position status additions are friendly.
 
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It’s a bit of an aside, but I think the value of boosts declines a bit after this week, given we are able to use extra trades during the byes without using a boost.

They could still be handy, but on average less so.
I think keeping one for the likely resting of players/ injuries in the run home especially around finals is needed.
But more than 1 feels like overkill. Might as well boost and get your team as ready for byes as possible
 
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This feels like a fork in the road. Starting this week with 18 trades (2 boosts) left.

The "conservative" move is Cincotta -> Hobbs, looping Ginbey and Mitchell at D6, leaving Johnson at M8 and Hobbs and Humphrey at F5 and F6. Bench coverage from Drury and Angwin (+Esava). Very light on for bench coverage, but 130K in the bank, 17 trades left to burn through in the bye rounds

The "all in" move is to burn a trade and go Oliver, Cincotta and Davey to B. Smith, Wines and Hobbs. Takes me to 15 trades and pretty much zero cash. Still looping Mitchell and Ginbey, Callaghan M8 (Johnson M9), Looping Humphrey and Hobbs at F6 (if that even works)

I think the conservative line is the go for now, but will mull over it
 

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This feels like a fork in the road. Starting this week with 18 trades (2 boosts) left.

The "conservative" move is Cincotta -> Hobbs, looping Ginbey and Mitchell at D6, leaving Johnson at M8 and Hobbs and Humphrey at F5 and F6. Bench coverage from Drury and Angwin (+Esava). Very light on for bench coverage, but 130K in the bank, 17 trades left to burn through in the bye rounds

The "all in" move is to burn a trade and go Oliver, Cincotta and Davey to B. Smith, Wines and Hobbs. Takes me to 15 trades and pretty much zero cash. Still looping Mitchell and Ginbey, Callaghan M8 (Johnson M9), Looping Humphrey and Hobbs at F6 (if that even works)

I think the conservative line is the go for now, but will mull over it
Is there an option where you use three trades, but get a better premium? That would be my suggestion.

18 is a lot of trades to have at this point, so I think you can afford it. I’m just a bit wary of Smith’s role (Treloar is due back soon) and Wines’ output (one score above 93, but priced at close to that level). Maybe downgrading Wines to upgrade Smith could work.
 
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It’s a bit of an aside, but I think the value of boosts declines a bit after this week, given we are able to use extra trades during the byes without using a boost.

They could still be handy, but on average less so.
Sitting here tonight without a boost and reflecting on the gaps on my bench this week, definitely think, yeah a boost right about now would be handy 🤣
gunna change my boost strategy next year and make sure I keep one for this round prior to the bye rounds!
 
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I think keeping one for the likely resting of players/ injuries in the run home especially around finals is needed.
But more than 1 feels like overkill. Might as well boost and get your team as ready for byes as possible
That also means you need to hold 3 trades minimum till quite late! Personally I don’t think you need one post the byes, but this year given there are 4 bye rounds and one is a “freebie” with only 2 teams, I don’t think you need one for the byes either.
 
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