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Chumpion said:
I get the frustration but I have a slightly different view and that is that us players maybe need to change our mindset. 35 trades is plenty but everyone has become accustomed to getting full premium teams by the bye and trading so aggressively. Look at Oliver.. the prevailing sentiment was he had to be traded despite a lot of uncertainty and the chance he’s back soon. Similarly, how many times was someone shut down for wanting to sideways Roberts to a playing rookie.

We aggressively chase the best 22 players and then lament the lack of cover when some of them miss, instead of having the best squad.

I know a lot of the winners have come from trading aggressively from the get go, but I would say for every winner there would be plenty of ghost ships created.

My last point is the rookie and captain loophole. So often people complain about a loophole being ruined by a late in/late out but they forget loopholing is playing hard to get an edge. You chase max points at the cost of cover/depth.

Anyway totally feel the frustration and get the angst and limitations. I just think the fans won’t dramatically change so it’s up to us to adapt.
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I understand and tend to agree with your point. I have actually dodged a lot of the carnage this year and haven't been as affected as many.

I am pretty conservative with trades keeping them in hand to target the more likely league victories. However there is no doubt that type of approach does come at the cost of a chasing a higher overall ranking. Therein lies the problem however in that you really have to take the aggressive trading approach if you are targeting the overall which inevitably is what many do until it falls flat. Similarly in regard to your point on the loopholes in that you really have to take that very real (but small) risk you talk about because not doing it costs you so much more.

I actually make the suggestion more because I think it would enhance the game and turn a big negative into a positive. The rules of the game have been the same for so long where the vast majority are trying to do much the same thing.
 
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Shannon said:
Sanity prevails.

Can Michael Christian now be sacked for ongoing gross incompetence?

Honestly, how does he still have a job 🙄😡
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I still think it’s the mandate that the AFL want. I think they’d be happy with more citings to start this so called generational change
 
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Rowsus said:
Ok, let's make it $15M
22 x $560k players + say 3 x $360k players for loop and cover, and 5 x $160k players. Leaves you money for 3 trades.
How will you go, when you get more than 3 Suspensions/LTIs in the first 4 or 5 Rounds, with no trades left, no mature Rookies, and your $550k injured Prem can only be traded to a $300k MP, because you have no trades left?
I would suggest you still need a balanced approach, and need to grow to a full Prem team. Getting a full Prem team earlier would keep people more engaged longer. Knowing you never have to run out of trades has the same affect.
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At $15m I'm probably starting with something like this, then dropping a couple of MPs in for premos to get to 5 trades and running with that.

I'll then wait until rookies are worth more than a trade to cash them out, assuming some sort of straight line depreciation of trade value from round 1 to 23.

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Also my patience for holding injured premos is higher than average. E.g. As evidenced by the fact I started Jelly and I'm still holding Jelly and Oliver (my rnd 12 and 13 bye structure allowed). Rnd 14 is tighter, but I think I'll have at least one, perhaps both of them back by then.
 
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