Discussion BBL|14 Teams & In Game Discussion: GW 7 starts FRI 10th JAN 6:15pm AEST [HOB v SYT]

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With me, it’s generally intuition on whether someone is about to score. Warner looked good last start and had been finding ways to get out. Knowing the way he is as a cricketer, he wasn’t going to fail again. Only reason I didn’t pull the trigger was because of Billings’ low BE and would be out of reach by the time the double rolls around. If I’d known the M.Short news earlier, I probably would’ve grabbed him over Bethell as I had 8 doubles (7 when you discount Scott) without him already.

I’ve been picking out guys I thought would score well earlier in the season and I was sick of not hopping on before their big scores (Vince was one I wanted when I saw him bat round 1, but went other ways with my structure which forced me to look elsewhere). Jordan was being picked by a mate and we’d been talking about him being very cheap for potential output a round earlier, so when I saw he was going for it I decided I needed to get ahead of the curve. Fortunately it’s paid off this time.

Hoping I can claw back some points in the last two games of the round, as I’ve had limited luck so far.
Great insights.

Certainly would be extremely satisfying when it pays off , now can sit back and watch people pick him at a higher price.

Be interesting to see if people grab him for Round 5 over Thunder options or wait.

I think I still get too fixated with the fixtures and DGR players , even though I know historically that the majority of DGR players will fail , I guess the more I pick the more chance I have of picking the right ones (certainly not working so well this round (like everyone else) so need a huge day tomorrow.

The problem is then if they fail big time and lose to much money and can't be traded out immediately and you get stuck with them with on a SGR.

Probably need to look more at other players as well for opportunities and then hope it pays off.

The thing now is whether people target Thunder over the next 2 rounds then Hurricanes or start looking at more of these SGR players for the run home.
 
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Great insights.

Certainly would be extremely satisfying when it pays off , now can sit back and watch people pick him at a higher price.

Be interesting to see if people grab him for Round 5 over Thunder options or wait.

I think I still get too fixated with the fixtures and DGR players , even though I know historically that the majority of DGR players will fail , I guess the more I pick the more chance I have of picking the right ones (certainly not working so well this round (like everyone else) so need a huge day tomorrow.

The problem is then if they fail big time and lose to much money and can't be traded out immediately and you get stuck with them with on a SGR.

Probably need to look more at other players as well for opportunities and then hope it pays off.

The thing now is whether people target Thunder over the next 2 rounds then Hurricanes or start looking at more of these SGR players for the run home.
I'd be more comfortable with the price of Hurricanes assets as they extend the bench. Thunder players need to basically replace onfield options with Green, Sams, Billings, Warner, Ferguson and Agar all above 140k now.
 

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How many games is Matt Short expected to be missing with his injury?
I’m not sure whether this is now common knowledge, but Chris Lynn (Short’s teammate) said in commentary that Short was hit by a Yorker from Chris Jordan and fractured a couple of toes (previously I had heard it was one). It was also discussed that he is not currently running.
 
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I’m not sure whether this is now common knowledge, but Chris Lynn (Short’s teammate) said in commentary that Short was hit by a Yorker from Chris Jordan and fractured a couple of toes (previously I had heard it was one). It was also discussed that he is not currently running.
Yeah Lynn said he missed training today so didn't have the most recent update... But you'd have to think he's long odds to play.
 
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I'd be more comfortable with the price of Hurricanes assets as they extend the bench. Thunder players need to basically replace onfield options with Green, Sams, Billings, Warner, Ferguson and Agar all above 140k now.
Hopefully we get some form of indication re Ferguson (& Rutherford) before Round 6 and don't get caught out.

Couple of other options might yet be appealing.

Round 6 will be problematic for many if they have to many donuts now and Strikers to bench/trade out.

You are right a lot of the Strikers will lose a lot of value so might not get Thunder easily enough.

I guess it depends a lot on whether you need to bench/field the Hurricanes in Round 5 , 6 & 7.
 
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