Opinion Questions For Rowsus

[Bomber18]

To do that I'd have to bring in a rookie (e.g. Reid) for Libba and upgrade both Petracca and Davis. This would mean that I probably wouldn't have enough to get Hanners next week as my current rookies left over would not have fattened enough (only AMT, but would like to keep him if I can - going on the plan )...Hanners also has the Dogs and Cats after his buy...so might be worth waiting a week on him and staggering Sloane and Lids...?

Yeah, wouldn't touch Reid due to JS concerns, maybe get Phillips.
Seems like cash is a concern for you. Through some DPP it seems AMT will be essentially your M8 (Davis becomes Lids). Assuming AMT is going to average 75 and Hanners 115, every week without him is losing you 40 points.
If you keep AMT, who are the rookies you are waiting for to cash out (Collins?)? I do like the holding AMT strategy but it might cost you ~80 pts in the byes if you stagger your trades (ie: In R14 losing Lids +40 pts over a rookie; In R15 losing Hanners +40 pts over AMT). Something you'll have to weigh up.

 

[Bomber18]

Hey B18,
I'm not convinced his last 2 games mean that he has turned some sort of SC corner. Fantasy Freako gives us some great stats, that we don't have access to, which is useful. Sometimes however, they can be a little misleading, unless you delve further into them.

Yeo has attended 40 of the 66 The centre bounces in the last 2 games. In 30 of those 66 contests, WC won the clearance, of which Yeo won............ 1

Now, if a player is attending that many centre bounces, and only achieves 1 clearance (he actually achieved 4 Clearances against Brisbane, but 3 were at non-centre bounce stoppages), there is only one of two conclusions that can be drawn. He is either there in a negating role, to try and stop an opposition player, OR, he just sucks at it. Either way, it doesn't inspire much confidence.

Yeo was always going to be up and down in his scoring, and was always going to play a few different roles. He might have turned a corner, and he might have locked down a new, SC-friendly role. He might also have just had a couple of his good games he was always going to have, and the fact that Priddis was affected against Brisbane, and Gaff was still somewhat affected (possibly) from the Jonas hit, might have just added to his good games. If you really need a cheap D6, Yeo might be the way to go. He might also score only 5 or 10 higher than Tippa/Adams from here! I was totally in the same boat as you pre-season. If a player is popular, you want to be confident he will perform well, if you are going to take him. If you are not sure, you are best to leave them out of your team. On what we've seen so far, that was a good call with Yeo. I'm not sure I'd let 2 good games persuade you the other way.


To those of you reading this, that might be struggling to complete your team, and you need to take some compromised, value for money picks, can I say Yeo will likely outscore his $395,500 price tag, but the question is by how much? Another player you might look at, as a huge value M8 (once again, only if you need value picks, to complete your team), is Gaff. Gaff is priced at $354,700, and is very likely to score in the 95-100/game area from here. He averaged 104 last season. Outside of the "Jonas" game, and the 2 games after it, he has averaged around 30 disposals/game, and 92 SC this season. He is well and truly underpriced, but probably not for those completing their teams comfortably.

Thanks for your response Rowsus!

You definitely give me an interesting point to think about. I remember in the NAB games, Yeo was attending a lot of centre bounces and was around the stoppages but didn't get many centre clearances or possessions either. Just the 1 centre clearance isn't a great sign on the weekend, although I think WCE got dominated at the stoppages generally due to Giles. Potentially going forward with no NN there, this might continue.

Will give it some more thought come R15 as it's either him and save a trade or Doch for me.

 

[t.thomas6]

Yeah, wouldn't touch Reid due to JS concerns, maybe get Phillips.
Seems like cash is a concern for you. Through some DPP it seems AMT will be essentially your M8 (Davis becomes Lids). Assuming AMT is going to average 75 and Hanners 115, every week without him is losing you 40 points.
If you keep AMT, who are the rookies you are waiting for to cash out (Collins?)? I do like the holding AMT strategy but it might cost you 80 pts in the byes (ie: R14 Lids 40 pts over a rookie; R15 Hanners 40 pts over AMT). Something you'll have to weigh up.

A lot to weigh up...

Could potentially go:

This week: Libba to M/F rookie/midpricer, Petracca to Sloane (Williams back to MID and AMT to DEF)
Next week: Davis/Menadue to Lids
Following week: Davis/Menadue/Jansen to a rookie and Hanners

This is where the midpricer could be handy...

Tricky one...

 

[Bomber18]

A lot to weigh up...

Could potentially go:

This week: Libba to M/F rookie/midpricer, Petracca to Sloane (Williams back to MID and AMT to DEF)
Next week: Davis/Menadue to Lids
Following week: Davis/Menadue/Jansen to a rookie and Hanners

This is where the midpricer could be handy...

Tricky one...

Try work out the cash required and make sure you can afford Menadue/Jansen to rookie + Hanners. Sounds a bit tight! You'd hate to hold AMT then find out you have to trade him out anyway in R16 to do your desired trades.

 

[t.thomas6]

Try work out the cash required and make sure you can afford Menadue/Jansen to rookie + Hanners. Sounds a bit tight! You'd hate to hold AMT then find out you have to trade him out anyway in R16 to do your desired trades.

This is true...will have to do more thinking...

 

[Zoku Pops]

Hey Rowsus, hope you're well mate.

Looking at potentially upgrading Libba but none of the mids scream 110+ average at me (already have Rocky, Hanners, Selwood, Danger, Gaz, Pendles) apart from Lachie Neale. I know you've been a big fan of Neale previously (albeit frustrated at CDs scoring of him last year) but do you think he can sustain the level he seems to have taken himself to this year? And apart from those mentioned, do you see any other mid matching him in the run home? (I'd do this trade the week after his bye).

Thanks mate.

 

[Rowsus]

RORY SLOANE Hmmmmmm

I'm not sure of the question here.
Is it that you find him a sexy man-beast?

 

[bomberboy]

I'm not sure of the question here.
Is it that you find him a sexy man-beast?

That's not a question though? It's obvious Rory Sloane is a sexy man-beast. Have you seen the man?

 

[Rowsus]

Rowsus,

I am looking at keeping one of Petracca or Kerridge as a M9 / F7 swingman but am unsure which I should keep.

Upon simple review Kerridge's average of 87 beats Petracca's 77 however looking at Bomber18's Analysis of SC Points in Wins notes the following on their respective draws:
"MEL (face 3 hard sides, 3 easy sides and a lot of "medium" sides, good run post byes)"
"CAR (face a very tough period R14-R19 but opens up late. Good option for LTI trade premiums)"

Therefore Melbourne's draw may enable more points however Cartons finals draw is far better.

I am leaning towards keeping Kerridge but his additional $75K may be better for "finishing off" my overall team.

Can you please provide your opinion?

Thank you in advance,

CC

I'd vote for Petracca. You probably need the cover most during R16-19 where Melb have a good draw as that's the period you'd want to hold 1-2 week injuries. During the final 4 weeks, you'd be more inclined to use your remaining injury trades to trade out 1-2 week injuries as that's what you've been saving them for!
The extra money from Kerridge makes it worthwhile too. $75k is great loose change to have for LTI trades so you can pick up the best replacement for an injured player after they lose $30-40k on their pricetag due to an injury affected game.

Good to see my fixture analysis is coming in handy haha.

Thank you Bomber18

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Bomber18 again..

CC,
all things being equal, I would much prefer to keep Kerridge over Petracca. I don't see a big difference in their draws, apart from one having it tough early, and one having it tough later. I'd back Kerridge to continue out-averaging Petracca quite comfortably from here. Remember, it's not just coverage, but loopholing opportunities you are looking at!
If you can try and look into your crystal ball, and see if the extra cash from Kerridge might make the difference in completing your team, to your satisfaction, then chop Kerridge,otherwise, keep him, and chop Petracca.

 

[Rowsus]

Hi Rowan,

Hope things are well for you.

Been a while since I asked you a question so just after some conformation, I'm not sure if my team is linked correctly so here it is.

Current:

Simpson, Boyd, Rance, Rich, DBJ, Collins, (Brand, Ubergang)

Danger, Pendles, Ablett, Selwood, T Mitchell, Shiel, Liberatore, Trengrove (B Kennedy, Keays, Stewart)

Goldy, Gawn, (Wyatt)

Dusty, Zorko, Barlow, Montagna, Lycett, Hall (Petracca, Howard)

10 trades and $298,900 in bank.

My initial thoughts are this

DBJ - Laird
Keays - Phillips
Kennedy - Sloane

Which would give me: With 7 trades and around $40k

Simpson, Boyd, Rance, Rich, Laird, Collins, (Brand, Ubergang)

Danger, Pendles, Ablett, Selwood, T Mitchell, Shiel, Liberatore, Sloane (Trengove, Phillps, Stewart)

Goldy, Gawn, (Wyatt)

Dusty, Zorko, Barlow, Montagna, Lycett, Hall (Petracca, Howard)

The plan at this stage is to keep Petracca as FWD cover for the year given that Howard is now injured and out for the year.

The trades above would give me 19 this week, not counting Brand, but including Stewart and Phillips.

The final DEF spot would be to McVeigh, but I think his price will be too high by the time my other cows have gained enough value.

I guess my question is this, do you think I'm better of doing my final mid upgrade (Liber would nearly have to be M8 for the year) or am I' better of not worrying about MID for now and bringing in a DEF for Kennedy, leaving MID as my final upgrade?

The problem I see is that after trading Kennedy and DBJ it will be a while before I have enough cash to do the final updgrade and if it was the MID position it would need to be a value player like S Mitchell after his bye.

Would love to know your thoughts on the best course of action?

Cheers in advance.

Hi Ash,
things are ok for me, and I hope they are for you too.
I think Sloane is some chance to go big on Thursday, so much so, I'm thinking of VC'ing him. Without Ben Jacobs tagging, North have been giving up some decent Mid scores: (the number in brackets is what they were averaging coming into this game)
Rnd 13 - Lewis 129 (93), Mitchell S 110 (99)
Rnd 12 - Dangerfield 229 (125), Selwood 141 (109)
Rnd 11 - Grigg 120 (99), Cotchin 115 (110), Miles 115 (90)
Rnd 10 - Mitchell T 178 (99), Kennedy JP 161 (104)
Sloane averaged 119 at home last season, and 128 in home wins. Those numbers go up to 126 and 140 if you take out his injury affected 69 in Round 5.
Adelaide's Draw is pretty soft in the run home, where as Sydney face WB, Geel and Haw after their bye.
If it comes down to prioritising Sloane or McVeigh, I'd go Sloane!

If you find yourself chasing a cheap Mid, rather than getting S Mitchell, who will likely miss a game or two from here to the finish, consider Gaff or S Thompson, who are both cheaper, and might even aggregate more than Mitchell, from now to the end of the season!

Good luck, I hope you jump the right way!

 

[Eagling]

Hey Rowsus.

Your answer to my previous inquiry has given me a lot to think about. Whilst I believe that my FWD, DEF and RUC cover would be decent in either iteration, it is my defence that is giving me pause.

Therefore, if you could keep one of McDonald-Tipungwuti or Adams to provide defensive cover for the rest of the season, which would you choose?

 

[THCLT]

Rowan,

I think I may have a question that may tickle your taste buds...

Provided that Tucker, Collins & Jansen are all selected to play for this round what would be the likelihood or probability that they can muster up a combined $34,200 in cash generation for the round?

In another words, what scoring range do each player needs to hit or what combined score do they need to achieve in order to guarantee that cash generation?

Here's their respective stats to date to save you digging:

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[Rowsus]

Hey Row,

Got a question regarding my final MID upgrade.

My current midfield as it stands is: Danger, Pendles, GAJ, Selwood, Parker, Priddis, Libba, Trengove (Davis, Jansen, Menadue)

A few notes:
- Last week (via DPP trading) I moved B.Williams (D/M) into DEF and AMT (D/F) up FWD with the plan to move them back.
- I'm also looking at having a final M/F rookie on my bench to give me (Trengove, M/F rookie and B.Williams (D/M)) with the M/F rookie to roll Wells through both lines and Williams to roll any of my D/M premos through the mids should injury strike later in the year.
- Currently have 12 trades left, will be grabbing Lycett at some point (either after Round 14 or 15 - wouldn't mind your thoughts on when to bring him in too) and probably "upgrading" Libba as a bit of a luxury trade when I'm done.
- Looking to bring Lids in this week (even though his injury history has me a little cautious)

Back to my question: I've been on Hanners up until this point due to his outstanding year as my final mid upgrade. However, with Tippett out, I'm just wondering how you think this might effect his output (and Parker's too) and are there any other options you would recommend considering - based on where I'm ranked now going for overall?

Thanks for all your help up to this point mate

EDIT (add on): Thoughts in Libba down to Conca this week (if Libba is going to be upgraded later on anyway). A bit left-field...I know. Solid JS (especially when comapred to potential rookies), decent cover later down the track and M/F (would slot in to my rookie M/F spot outlined above)...thoughts?

Hey mate,

Interesting point about the lack of Tippett affecting the swans mids. Not too sure if we have enough data to make a judgment there. I'd back Hanners though as class is permanent and form is temporary. He was being talked up as being in that elite mid category next to Danger, Pendles & Ablett a few weeks ago. Maybe he might not be that 120 average if the lack of Tippett has some sort of effect but I'd still expect him to be a 115 average from here. At $560k, you can't go wrong I reckon. I paid $620k for him
Noticed you were also considering Sloane. Grabbing Sloane this week might get you an extra 40 points on a rookie score. I do like that route. Maybe a Libba to Sloane, Davis to Hanners trade next week seems worthwhile.

Libba to Conca is probably a mistake I feel. His best seasons are only around 80 and he's very injury prone. I think if you wanted a bench cover player you could wait on Dahlhaus or maybe even grab Motlop (or dare I say Hall ). These fallen premiums are much better options for cover. Conca just gives you potentially a few extra points this week but long term it's not worth it.

Good luck!

Thanks mate

Reckon it would be worth maybe going Sloane this week, Lids the following and Hanners after Round 15 to finish up and maybe get the last 2 at their lowest prices?

Hadn't thought about Motlop...food for thought I just liked Conca's draw over the back end of the season...although Geelong's is pretty fairy floss too...

Tell a man your POD, and this is what he does to you

Does sound good. I'm feeling a bit silly for overlooking Sloane now. Wishing I had him in my M8 spot over R.Gray (really regretting that one!).
Do you have a lack of cash to afford both Sloane & Lids this week and Hanners in R15? I think points on field to finish your side is more important than cash at this stage if you can afford it. Might cost you $20-30k but earn you points over rookies this week and the next.

To do that I'd have to bring in a rookie (e.g. Reid) for Libba and upgrade both Petracca and Davis. This would mean that I probably wouldn't have enough to get Hanners next week as my current rookies left over would not have fattened enough (only AMT, but would like to keep him if I can - going on the plan )...Hanners also has the Dogs and Cats after his buy...so might be worth waiting a week on him and staggering Sloane and Lids...?

Yeah, wouldn't touch Reid due to JS concerns, maybe get Phillips.
Seems like cash is a concern for you. Through some DPP it seems AMT will be essentially your M8 (Davis becomes Lids). Assuming AMT is going to average 75 and Hanners 115, every week without him is losing you 40 points.
If you keep AMT, who are the rookies you are waiting for to cash out (Collins?)? I do like the holding AMT strategy but it might cost you ~80 pts in the byes if you stagger your trades (ie: In R14 losing Lids +40 pts over a rookie; In R15 losing Hanners +40 pts over AMT). Something you'll have to weigh up.

Thanks for your response Rowsus!

You definitely give me an interesting point to think about. I remember in the NAB games, Yeo was attending a lot of centre bounces and was around the stoppages but didn't get many centre clearances or possessions either. Just the 1 centre clearance isn't a great sign on the weekend, although I think WCE got dominated at the stoppages generally due to Giles. Potentially going forward with no NN there, this might continue.

Will give it some more thought come R15 as it's either him and save a trade or Doch for me.

A lot to weigh up...

Could potentially go:

This week: Libba to M/F rookie/midpricer, Petracca to Sloane (Williams back to MID and AMT to DEF)
Next week: Davis/Menadue to Lids
Following week: Davis/Menadue/Jansen to a rookie and Hanners

This is where the midpricer could be handy...

Tricky one...

Try work out the cash required and make sure you can afford Menadue/Jansen to rookie + Hanners. Sounds a bit tight! You'd hate to hold AMT then find out you have to trade him out anyway in R16 to do your desired trades.

This is true...will have to do more thinking...

Hey t.t6, congratulations on the season so far.
Let's tackle this point by point.
Is Tippett missing likely to impact Hannebery/Parker?
To make a fair comparison, we can only look at 2015, when Hannebery had his form and fitness at roughly the same as this season. We do this by looking at the games where Pyke was playing the main Ruck, and Tippett was playing mainly KPP Forward. Rounds 3 to 14 last season seems to be the ones to look at, and Tippett moved to number one ruck after that. Pyke was a better Ruckman at getting the tap than many probably realise, but he obviously wasn't recording too many H2A's!
In the period we are looking at, Sydney won the taps 499 to 438. Pyke missed Round 13, and recorded 323 of Sydney's 464 Hitouts, in the games he played, that we are looking at. That's 70% of Sydney's Hitouts in those games, where Pyke averaged 32 Hitouts/game, but only averaged 66 SC in thos games. Obviously he wasn't giving his Mids the ball on a platter!
In this period Hannebery averaged 120, and Parker averaged 109. This compares favourably with their season averages of 115 and 100 respectively. I think you don't need to worry about Tippett being out affecting Hannebery or Parker's out put.

I think the two Mids you need to add are Sloane and Hannebery, and I'd be grabbing Sloane this week, as I'm expecting him to score well this week. Here is an excerpt from an answer I gave earlier tonight.

I think Sloane is some chance to go big on Thursday, so much so, I'm thinking of VC'ing him. Without Ben Jacobs tagging, North have been giving up some decent Mid scores: (the number in brackets is what they were averaging coming into this game)
Rnd 13 - Lewis 129 (93), Mitchell S 110 (99)
Rnd 12 - Dangerfield 229 (125), Selwood 141 (109)
Rnd 11 - Grigg 120 (99), Cotchin 115 (110), Miles 115 (90)
Rnd 10 - Mitchell T 178 (99), Kennedy JP 161 (104)
Sloane averaged 119 at home last season, and 128 in home wins. Those numbers go up to 126 and 140 if you take out his injury affected 69 in Round 5.
Adelaide's Draw is pretty soft in the run home, where as Sydney face WB, Geel and Haw after their bye.

Sloane is currently listed as having only 6% ownership, though that will obviously rise this week. I still think he will represent a decent enough POD in the top 100, to help you climb the rankings further. Hannebery has a potentially toughish Draw, facing WB, Geel and Haw after the bye, so I'd grab Sloane before him.

I've looked at Conca a couple of times myself, as an option of floating bench cover. I can only telly you, I decided the risk is too great, and i'm nowhere near where you are. I know you need to take some risks, but I just think he might be missing when you really need him. 3 games in the past 1.5 seasons just makes the risk far greater than the potential reward, especially as it burns an invaluable trade.

Good luck, I hope you can continue on your incredible climb up the rankings!

 

[Courtesans]

Hi Rowan,
Awesome what you do here..

 

[Rowsus]

Hi Rowan, just a quick one.

I was keen on trading in Enright last week but when NicNat went down went to the rucks instead.

I know the cats have the bye next week but still am somewhat keen on him.

His history is similar to Rance who I don't have and I was wondering if I lose more with Rance as a negative POD than I gain with Enright as a POD.

I Believe that I should be fine for players next week even woith Enrights bye.

This week I was looking at Cox & Dunkley out for Montagna & Matho/Reid but am now seriously looking at the same two out but Enright/Reid in (can't bring in Matho as a mid only if I trade in Enright.

I think this balances my team slightly better going forward, or should I get Montagna this week and look at Enright after the byes are completed.
Team is:

Shaw, Doc, Bartel, Simmo, B Smith, Collins, O McDonald, Brand

Danger, Selwood, Pendles, Gazza, Rocky, JPK, Libba, Pridda, Davis, Dunkley, Trengove

Goldy, Sauce, Grimley

Martin, Wells, Barlow, Buddy, Lycett, Kerridge, Petracca, Cox.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Brian,
I think I'd go Montagna this week, and wait on Enright.
You get the bonus of one more Premium score during the byes, added to safety of not kicking yourself, if something happened to Enright in the next 2 weeks. When looking at Rance v Enright, I think there won't be much between them score-wise, but Enright might possibly get rested/managed somewhere/sometime.

 

[Rowsus]

Hi Rowan,

Not a question but more of an observation and appreciation.

It goes without saying that this is one of the greatest gem here on SCS, almost 6,500 posts is testimony to that fact!

Time and time again you surprise, inspire and challenge our thoughts on SC related matters. No question is ever in the 'too hard' bucket, and you ALWAYS provide an option in your response, backed up by well researched stats and trends. You and your thread are the lifeline for many throughout the course of the SC season.

As we're traversing through the MBRs and finalising our team for the final onslaught, I'd like to take this opportunity to again thank you on behalf of all our members for the dedication and attention to detail you have afforded us. We are forever grateful and blessed to have such a phenomenal individual amongst us.

Hi Thanh,
thanks for the good words. I must admit I enjoy most of the questions I get, and if I, or anyone else that chips in with answer (anyone's welcome to add answers to questions in this thread. No toes will be stepped upon!), that helps someone improve their Ranking, win an important match up, or just generally get more enjoyment from their SC, then it's all been worthwhile.

Hi Rowan,
Awesome what you do here..

Hi Keith,
thanks! If I can impress a man of your standing, then I can count myself as doing well!
Thanks again!

 

[Rowsus]

The DEF line is shaky in both prospects. The only options I see is either keeping Collins, or Adams/McDonald-Tipungwuti. The Problem of keeping Collins is not having 18 players in Round 15. The problem with keep Adams/McDonald-Tipungwuti is that I'll be keeping reasonable cover, but my upgrading will be delayed. I was planning on having seven trades after Round 17 - things might happen to change that, but I was hoping that would be enough to cover any contingencies.

As you say, it is the cover that concerns me. I was hoping that Uebergang might get some games, but now he's out for a decent amount of time. I'm planning to bring Lycett in after the second option for an undetermined trade-out. I reckon that coverage of Trengove, Kerridge and Lycett over the MID/FWD/RUC lines would be pretty good.

I am concerned about the JS of rookies, but I can't see any alternatives other then gambling on their JS if I don't want my team to stagnate.

Right now, my M11 is MacPherson. He's doing nothing for me. If I trade him for someone playing in Round 15, I get a bit of cash and improve my long term prospects. Even if the trade in has shaky JS, unless he suffers an LTI; and especially if he's a DPP, he'll still be a better option than MacPherson.

I can't really see a way to have my cake and eat it too - IE: Upgrading quickly and keeping good cover on the defence bench.

Hi Eagling,
I never realised what a glut of trades you had left! 7 for after Round 17 should be looked upon as a luxury!!!!
I say, trade away, and get the players you want, regardless of the cover your bench is providing! Your trades are providing just as good, and sometimes better, cover.
I'd look upon MacPherson as either deadwood, or a late trade to Greenwood/Beech to use a FD.
Well done on doing so well, and having so many trades left!!!

 

[Rowsus]

Hey Rowsus, hope you're well mate.

Looking at potentially upgrading Libba but none of the mids scream 110+ average at me (already have Rocky, Hanners, Selwood, Danger, Gaz, Pendles) apart from Lachie Neale. I know you've been a big fan of Neale previously (albeit frustrated at CDs scoring of him last year) but do you think he can sustain the level he seems to have taken himself to this year? And apart from those mentioned, do you see any other mid matching him in the run home? (I'd do this trade the week after his bye).

Thanks mate.

Hey ZP, I'm well thanks, and I hope you are too.
The players outside of your 6, that have potential to be 110+ Mids from here are, in no particular order:
Neale, JPK, Mitchell T, Cotchin, Sloane, Ward and Sidebottom.
I like Adelaide's Draw, and would probably take Sloane first of that lot. My next picks would be Cotchin and JPK. Neale's a chance to do it, and I wouldn't bet against him doing it, but I also wouldn't back him to do it either!

 

[Rowsus]

That's not a question though? It's obvious Rory Sloane is a sexy man-beast. Have you seen the man?

Not in person, no.

 

[Rowsus]

Hey Rowsus.

Your answer to my previous inquiry has given me a lot to think about. Whilst I believe that my FWD, DEF and RUC cover would be decent in either iteration, it is my defence that is giving me pause.

Therefore, if you could keep one of McDonald-Tipungwuti or Adams to provide defensive cover for the rest of the season, which would you choose?

Hey Eagling,
I think Adams is more likely to outscore Tippa, than the other way around, so I'd keep Adams, and trade Tippa.