Hi Rowsus, I have tried to avoid pestering you too much this season but now we are at the pointiest of ends and I am stuck so feel compelled to take advantage of your seemingly endless goodwill and humbly request your wisdom.
I have playing a GF (my first ever) in my main cash league against a player very similar in rank and with quite similar teams. I have one trade left and know that my opponent does not have any so want to make the most of this advantage. However, due to the lack of outs and carnage in general this week there are no obvious ways to maximise this trade. I have a measly $16.8k in the bank.
My team is:
Docherty, Shaw, Rance, Laird, Bartel and McVeigh (Tucker, Collins)
Dangerfield, Parker, Hannebery, Priddis, Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Gray and Ward (Mathieson, Phillips, Trengove)
Gawn and Danger (Grimley)
Merrett, Martin, Zorko, Montagna, Wells and Dahlhaus (Petracca, Rose)
Uniques are:
Laird, Bartel, McVeigh, Ward, Gray, Montagna, Sidebottom and Dahlhaus
v
Watts, Selwood (J), Simpson, Franklin, Steven, Gibson, Howe and Boyd.
I considered trading Bartel as my weakest player but can only go to one of Pittard, McGovern, Haynes, Williams, Rampe (around the $448k mark).
I also considered that if I were to start well I could trade Ward to Steven (v BRI) to close off a potentially big point of difference, but that seems overly defensive.
My loophole options are limited due to Rose and Trengove not really allowing much leeway and Tucker not really offering much more than Bartel's floor. Grimley is the obvious C loophole option.
I think I will VC Danger and C Pendles. However, if Danger goes sub par and I feel the need to make up points I will C Gray (v GCS) or Montagna (v BRI) as the uniques I feel are most likely to go large.
Any advice on how to use that final trade or other possible strategies would be gratefully received and thanks for your wisdom throughout the season, although I don't post or ask questions too often, the advice you give has been invaluable in getting me into this uncharted territory.