My Current Mids:
GAJ, Pendles, Fyfe, JPK, Beams, Selwood, NDS, SJ (Shenton M/F, O'Brien)
Clearly GAJ will be a problem and will have to trade if he misses 3+ weeks. But I like to see GAJ being out as a solution to another I hope. Originally I was going to go Shenton to Hunt and Tippett to Mitchell but with the GAJ injury, it has forced me to waste another trade so with limited trades I have devised a cunning plan which will need a lot of help from the SC Gods. My aim is to afford Sam Mitchell in round 18 or round 19 and create a DPP link by going Zac O'Brien to J Hunt. This would also allow me to keep Shenton as a M/F link which I think will be crucial for the last few weeks as Shenton has been a decent scorer so would love to keep Shenton if possible.
FUTURE TRADES:
Rd 18 or Rd 19
O'Brien to J Hunt
Tippett to S Mitchell
Basically for my future trades to work, the stars really need to align for me.
- Sam Mitchell really needs a poor game this week &/or next week
- I really need Zac O'Brien to play this week or next week and get anything above his B/E of 4. Even being the sub and getting a few points would help.
THIS WEEK:
Remaining Salary $86,800
So this week GAJ to one of these 3 options:
Option 1: Cotchin $540,700
If I get Cotchin, need Mitchell to drop to $422,600 next week to afford Tippett to Sam Mitchell with the one trade.
PROS: His monster scores in the last fortnight. Cheapest of the 3
CONS: Could revert back to his below 100 point per games.
Option 2: Barlow $547,000
If I pick Barlow, need Sam Mitchell to drop to $416,300 next week to afford Tippett to Sam Mitchell with the one trade.
PROS: Ultra POD. Good finals draw. The most consistent of the 3.
CONS: Most likely to get Rossed. Will become my 3rd pair of midfielders of the same team (others being Pendle/Beams, Sel/SJ, Fyfe/Barlow)
Option 3: Liberatore $562,900
It's tight... but I would need Sam Mitchell to drop to $400,400 next week or even the week after to afford Tippett to Sam Mitchell with the one trade.
PROS: Has the highest ceiling. Good finals draw.
CONS: Risk of the hard tag if Griffen misses and might get the odd low score.
Of the three options, I like option 3 best as Liberatore has such a good draw for finals and would love a high ceiling player like him to replace GAJ, but I can't see Sam Mitchell getting to 400k without a lot of help. I am happy enough with Barlow as he was one of my options a few weeks back but with Freo playing the last game of the week, there could be some carnage and also having a 3rd pair of midfielders in the same team on the one line could somehow backfire on me. Cotchin, I still have a few question marks on him but it's pretty hard to ignore his last 2 weeks. Here's to hoping ZOB gets named and Sam Mitchell not to go too crazy this week.
