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Hi Rowsus;
How to you think we should approach Sean Darcy structurally, (if at all)?
Should we consider him an R3, sideways trading our probably non-playing R/F swing (I reckon that wouldn't apply to Preuss owners), and those without a R/F up forward, but for the rest of us, removing that swingset could be a crucial decision.
The alternative would be to trade him in at R2, especially for players like myself with Witts R2; although I was perfectly content with keeping Witts, effectively gaining #350k for him is very tempting, and if he is really poor I can always swing Nank back into the rucks.
Would you entertain the idea of having a Gawn - Darcy - Cameron (Nankervis) Ruck Line from Round 17 onwards?
Personally, with a Ruck Line of Witts, Nankervis, Cameron, I had been planning to trade Gawn in next week, thereby swinging Nankervis up forward; but since I need one trade to grab Witherden, I'm thinking Gawn can wait a week.
How to you think we should approach Sean Darcy structurally, (if at all)?
Should we consider him an R3, sideways trading our probably non-playing R/F swing (I reckon that wouldn't apply to Preuss owners), and those without a R/F up forward, but for the rest of us, removing that swingset could be a crucial decision.
The alternative would be to trade him in at R2, especially for players like myself with Witts R2; although I was perfectly content with keeping Witts, effectively gaining #350k for him is very tempting, and if he is really poor I can always swing Nank back into the rucks.
Would you entertain the idea of having a Gawn - Darcy - Cameron (Nankervis) Ruck Line from Round 17 onwards?
Personally, with a Ruck Line of Witts, Nankervis, Cameron, I had been planning to trade Gawn in next week, thereby swinging Nankervis up forward; but since I need one trade to grab Witherden, I'm thinking Gawn can wait a week.
Hi Eagling,
I really think the only people that should be looking at Darcy, are those with 8+ plus trades, but are short of cash, and want a quick cash injection from a Witts/Nankervis/Sandi type. He had 40 Hitouts on debut, and only scored 50. Yes, he scored 99 yesterday, but that was against Longer, and lots of Rucks have scored well against him. Freo's Draw is mixed, as far as Ruck opposition goes: Nth, WC, Haw, GWS, GC, Syd, Rich, Ess. I'd be surprised if going Witts to Darcy turned out to be a great move. I'm guessing you'll lose 15-20 points there, and have $350k to make it up. Hence the need for a number of trades, as you probably want to make two upgrades from that money, and then still need to fix Darcy, if he's R2, or whoever replaced Witts at R2.
All in all, he seems more trouble than he's worth, at this stage of the season, and should only really be contemplated by those throwing a Hail Mary or two!
I really think the only people that should be looking at Darcy, are those with 8+ plus trades, but are short of cash, and want a quick cash injection from a Witts/Nankervis/Sandi type. He had 40 Hitouts on debut, and only scored 50. Yes, he scored 99 yesterday, but that was against Longer, and lots of Rucks have scored well against him. Freo's Draw is mixed, as far as Ruck opposition goes: Nth, WC, Haw, GWS, GC, Syd, Rich, Ess. I'd be surprised if going Witts to Darcy turned out to be a great move. I'm guessing you'll lose 15-20 points there, and have $350k to make it up. Hence the need for a number of trades, as you probably want to make two upgrades from that money, and then still need to fix Darcy, if he's R2, or whoever replaced Witts at R2.
All in all, he seems more trouble than he's worth, at this stage of the season, and should only really be contemplated by those throwing a Hail Mary or two!
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Thanks Rowsus; seeing his score and the fact that Sandilands is injured, made me think that he was nearly a must have, but you've been very good at steering me and many others in the right direction this year, so I'll probably give him a miss - but I'll definitely look into getting him in Fantasy/RDT.
Hi Rowsus,
What are your thoughts on cashing in Kreuzer to Gawn?
Surely the Kreuz can't maintain the rage.
There has been reports that this is his first ever year with a pre-season.
However he's only had one previous season even close to 100 average (2013: 97.9) when he went on a similar run to recently before breaking down.
For every other season he's batting about 20 over his historical average
I've got a few trades up my sleeve (9) & a nearly complete team- one forward upgrade to go.
The $120,000 raised could go a long way to help upgrade a few underperformers to top tier (Shaw, Fyfe, Nank etc)
Have had Kreuzer a couple of times over the years and have always been ultimately let down by injury.
I'm giving it some thought.
What are your thoughts on cashing in Kreuzer to Gawn?
Surely the Kreuz can't maintain the rage.
There has been reports that this is his first ever year with a pre-season.
However he's only had one previous season even close to 100 average (2013: 97.9) when he went on a similar run to recently before breaking down.
For every other season he's batting about 20 over his historical average
I've got a few trades up my sleeve (9) & a nearly complete team- one forward upgrade to go.
The $120,000 raised could go a long way to help upgrade a few underperformers to top tier (Shaw, Fyfe, Nank etc)
Have had Kreuzer a couple of times over the years and have always been ultimately let down by injury.
I'm giving it some thought.
Hi Rows,
Unfortunately, I was once again let down by my underperforming Premos. Didn't help with Selwood/Greene being out I guess.
Still need one more mid upgrade and would like to get rid of the 'poisonous' Higgins but only 6 trades.
Dropped back to 1519 so just trying to get the highest I can. Top 1000 is the aim but maybe battling after last week only scoring 2249.
I have been covering M8 using Adams as I currently still have Newman at D6 but with Adams clanger display on display over the weekend I think its time to bring another mid.
I can trade an underperforming Laird or consistent Newman to generate cash for decent premo (anyone but Gibbs) or use Scooter and Parsons which would allow me to bring in a Josh Kennedy/Cripps/Whitfield only.
Either way I am thinking of bringing in a fwd/def FD that would open up link to Cox in backline giving me good all round cover.
Team below:
B: Rance, Doc, Laird, Lloyd, Newman, Hibberd (Perryman, Cox)
M: Danger, Rocky, Selwood, Murphy, Bont, Sloane, Pendles, ADAMS (Scooter, C.Brown, Witherden)
R: Kreuzer, Witts (Cameron)
F: Greene, Dahl, Macrae, Higgins, Wingard, Yeo (Greenwood, Parsons)
Option 1. - Newman & Parsons to Zerrett/Martin/Zorko and fwd/def FD (moving Adams to def)
2. - Scooter & Parsons to JKennedy/Whitfield/Cripps and fwd/def FD - Still able to use Adams or Lloyd as cover using loopholes
3. - Any other option
Would leave 4 trades and plenty of cover with Witherden, Greenwood, Cox as dpp to swing around if needed.
Leaning towards option 1 as it brings in a Super Premo in a Martin or ZMerrett (no idea which one though). But not sure which def to trade.
Newman the consistent rookie I guess but Laird has struggled. Guess it would have to be the rookie rather than a proven premo in Laird..hmmmmm.
Any thought appreciated
Unfortunately, I was once again let down by my underperforming Premos. Didn't help with Selwood/Greene being out I guess.
Still need one more mid upgrade and would like to get rid of the 'poisonous' Higgins but only 6 trades.
Dropped back to 1519 so just trying to get the highest I can. Top 1000 is the aim but maybe battling after last week only scoring 2249.
I have been covering M8 using Adams as I currently still have Newman at D6 but with Adams clanger display on display over the weekend I think its time to bring another mid.
I can trade an underperforming Laird or consistent Newman to generate cash for decent premo (anyone but Gibbs) or use Scooter and Parsons which would allow me to bring in a Josh Kennedy/Cripps/Whitfield only.
Either way I am thinking of bringing in a fwd/def FD that would open up link to Cox in backline giving me good all round cover.
Team below:
B: Rance, Doc, Laird, Lloyd, Newman, Hibberd (Perryman, Cox)
M: Danger, Rocky, Selwood, Murphy, Bont, Sloane, Pendles, ADAMS (Scooter, C.Brown, Witherden)
R: Kreuzer, Witts (Cameron)
F: Greene, Dahl, Macrae, Higgins, Wingard, Yeo (Greenwood, Parsons)
Option 1. - Newman & Parsons to Zerrett/Martin/Zorko and fwd/def FD (moving Adams to def)
2. - Scooter & Parsons to JKennedy/Whitfield/Cripps and fwd/def FD - Still able to use Adams or Lloyd as cover using loopholes
3. - Any other option
Would leave 4 trades and plenty of cover with Witherden, Greenwood, Cox as dpp to swing around if needed.
Leaning towards option 1 as it brings in a Super Premo in a Martin or ZMerrett (no idea which one though). But not sure which def to trade.
Newman the consistent rookie I guess but Laird has struggled. Guess it would have to be the rookie rather than a proven premo in Laird..hmmmmm.
Any thought appreciated
Hi Rowan,
Trust you are well.
Sorry to give you a towelling in the SCS $20 Cash League last week, but you are flying and needed the loss so you didn't get too far ahead of yourself
I have managed to back my self into a corner and am interested in your thoughts as to the best solution.
Current team:
Docherty, Adams, Laird, Hibberd, Lloyd, Shaw (Scharenberg, Ryan)
Danger, Neale, Rockliff, J Selwood, Murphy, Mitchell, Pendlebury, Kennedy (Greenwood, Cousins, Witherden
Martin, Sandilands (Strnadica)
Yeo, Macrae, Ryder, Dahlhaus, Nankervis, Lynch (GCS) (Parsons, Maynard)
$60k in bank and 5 trades before any this week.
The $60k was saved last week to do Sandi to Gawn this week, but best laid plans have been foiled by Sandilands getting injured lossing $30k and it now needing $70k to upgrade him to Gawn. The long at the short of it is it now requires 2 trades to get Gawn.
The current options as I see it:
Option 1: Trade Sandi to a comprimised ruck choice under 500k (Mumford, Jacobs) keeps 4 trades but fully upgraded and no cash.
Option 2: Double trade to free some additional cash still do Sandi to Gawn, keeps 3 trades and a little cash for future.
Option 3: Trade Sandilands to forward permenantly moving Ryder to R2, missing Gawn (or other) (considering Cameron, Franklin, Steele, yeah I know the risks of bringing him in late in the season).
Thats basically where I'm at, probably leaning towards option 1 and taking a risk on Mumford and hope he can hold it together.
Would ove to hear your thoughts and any other left field options you may consider that I have not. Going for overall ranking and currently ranked around 1,100 but have dropped in recent weeks.
Trust you are well.
Sorry to give you a towelling in the SCS $20 Cash League last week, but you are flying and needed the loss so you didn't get too far ahead of yourself
I have managed to back my self into a corner and am interested in your thoughts as to the best solution.
Current team:
Docherty, Adams, Laird, Hibberd, Lloyd, Shaw (Scharenberg, Ryan)
Danger, Neale, Rockliff, J Selwood, Murphy, Mitchell, Pendlebury, Kennedy (Greenwood, Cousins, Witherden
Martin, Sandilands (Strnadica)
Yeo, Macrae, Ryder, Dahlhaus, Nankervis, Lynch (GCS) (Parsons, Maynard)
$60k in bank and 5 trades before any this week.
The $60k was saved last week to do Sandi to Gawn this week, but best laid plans have been foiled by Sandilands getting injured lossing $30k and it now needing $70k to upgrade him to Gawn. The long at the short of it is it now requires 2 trades to get Gawn.
The current options as I see it:
Option 1: Trade Sandi to a comprimised ruck choice under 500k (Mumford, Jacobs) keeps 4 trades but fully upgraded and no cash.
Option 2: Double trade to free some additional cash still do Sandi to Gawn, keeps 3 trades and a little cash for future.
Option 3: Trade Sandilands to forward permenantly moving Ryder to R2, missing Gawn (or other) (considering Cameron, Franklin, Steele, yeah I know the risks of bringing him in late in the season).
Thats basically where I'm at, probably leaning towards option 1 and taking a risk on Mumford and hope he can hold it together.
Would ove to hear your thoughts and any other left field options you may consider that I have not. Going for overall ranking and currently ranked around 1,100 but have dropped in recent weeks.
Hi Bailer,
I'm actually a fan of the move, for people like yourself with plenty of trades left. I'd probably want 6-7+ trades to seriously consider it, and as you'll get good use of the cash, why not do it?. We'd be silly to not expect some sort of correction to Kreuzer's scoring, and/or some sort of injury problem. The only caveat on saying the trade appears like a good idea, is that there wouldn't appear to be much difference between Gawn and Kreuzer's injury risks. The fact that you get $120k, and an expected boost in scoring, assuming both stay fit, means it's worth the trade. I say have at it!
I'm actually a fan of the move, for people like yourself with plenty of trades left. I'd probably want 6-7+ trades to seriously consider it, and as you'll get good use of the cash, why not do it?. We'd be silly to not expect some sort of correction to Kreuzer's scoring, and/or some sort of injury problem. The only caveat on saying the trade appears like a good idea, is that there wouldn't appear to be much difference between Gawn and Kreuzer's injury risks. The fact that you get $120k, and an expected boost in scoring, assuming both stay fit, means it's worth the trade. I say have at it!
Hi Slams,
I think you have to trust Laird over Newman. Even in this little rough trot, Laird has averaged 85, and if one of Newman or Laird was going to get on a little 105 hot streak, it would seem more likely to be Laird.
I think Zerrett has a friendlier draw than Martin, so I think I'd go option 1, with Zerrett and our old friend Uebergang.
I think you have to trust Laird over Newman. Even in this little rough trot, Laird has averaged 85, and if one of Newman or Laird was going to get on a little 105 hot streak, it would seem more likely to be Laird.
I think Zerrett has a friendlier draw than Martin, so I think I'd go option 1, with Zerrett and our old friend Uebergang.
Hi Rowan,
Trust you are well.
Sorry to give you a towelling in the SCS $20 Cash League last week, but you are flying and needed the loss so you didn't get too far ahead of yourself
I have managed to back my self into a corner and am interested in your thoughts as to the best solution.
Current team:
Docherty, Adams, Laird, Hibberd, Lloyd, Shaw (Scharenberg, Ryan)
Danger, Neale, Rockliff, J Selwood, Murphy, Mitchell, Pendlebury, Kennedy (Greenwood, Cousins, Witherden
Martin, Sandilands (Strnadica)
Yeo, Macrae, Ryder, Dahlhaus, Nankervis, Lynch (GCS) (Parsons, Maynard)
$60k in bank and 5 trades before any this week.
The $60k was saved last week to do Sandi to Gawn this week, but best laid plans have been foiled by Sandilands getting injured lossing $30k and it now needing $70k to upgrade him to Gawn. The long at the short of it is it now requires 2 trades to get Gawn.
The current options as I see it:
Option 1: Trade Sandi to a comprimised ruck choice under 500k (Mumford, Jacobs) keeps 4 trades but fully upgraded and no cash.
Option 2: Double trade to free some additional cash still do Sandi to Gawn, keeps 3 trades and a little cash for future.
Option 3: Trade Sandilands to forward permenantly moving Ryder to R2, missing Gawn (or other) (considering Cameron, Franklin, Steele, yeah I know the risks of bringing him in late in the season).
Thats basically where I'm at, probably leaning towards option 1 and taking a risk on Mumford and hope he can hold it together.
Would ove to hear your thoughts and any other left field options you may consider that I have not. Going for overall ranking and currently ranked around 1,100 but have dropped in recent weeks.
Trust you are well.
Sorry to give you a towelling in the SCS $20 Cash League last week, but you are flying and needed the loss so you didn't get too far ahead of yourself
I have managed to back my self into a corner and am interested in your thoughts as to the best solution.
Current team:
Docherty, Adams, Laird, Hibberd, Lloyd, Shaw (Scharenberg, Ryan)
Danger, Neale, Rockliff, J Selwood, Murphy, Mitchell, Pendlebury, Kennedy (Greenwood, Cousins, Witherden
Martin, Sandilands (Strnadica)
Yeo, Macrae, Ryder, Dahlhaus, Nankervis, Lynch (GCS) (Parsons, Maynard)
$60k in bank and 5 trades before any this week.
The $60k was saved last week to do Sandi to Gawn this week, but best laid plans have been foiled by Sandilands getting injured lossing $30k and it now needing $70k to upgrade him to Gawn. The long at the short of it is it now requires 2 trades to get Gawn.
The current options as I see it:
Option 1: Trade Sandi to a comprimised ruck choice under 500k (Mumford, Jacobs) keeps 4 trades but fully upgraded and no cash.
Option 2: Double trade to free some additional cash still do Sandi to Gawn, keeps 3 trades and a little cash for future.
Option 3: Trade Sandilands to forward permenantly moving Ryder to R2, missing Gawn (or other) (considering Cameron, Franklin, Steele, yeah I know the risks of bringing him in late in the season).
Thats basically where I'm at, probably leaning towards option 1 and taking a risk on Mumford and hope he can hold it together.
Would ove to hear your thoughts and any other left field options you may consider that I have not. Going for overall ranking and currently ranked around 1,100 but have dropped in recent weeks.
well done on smashing me last week. I think I was playing Icarus there for a while, flying too high, for too long, before the inevitable stumble came!
Using 2 trades to get Gawn seems a bit of a luxury in my eyes. Even though it creates a little cash reserve, it means you are pretty much locked into not fixing a Murphy, Nankervis or Shaw type until near the end of the season. I think having the opportunity to possibly fix Murphy/Nankervis a bit earlier, might produce more points, than getting Gawn into your team.
I think I'd go option 3. If you're looking for value outside of your listed picks, maybe look at J Jenkins. Or if you really want to ride out something leftfield, go Sandi/Murphy to J Martin/Zorko!
Either way, I think you are best forgetting Gawn for now.
Good luck, which ever way you go!
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Hi Rowsus,
Current team pre RD 16 trades:
Def: S Docherty, T Adams, R Laird, K Simpson, J Lloyd, S Burgoyne, (H Shaw, M Scharenberg)
Mid: P Dangerfield, S Pendlebury, G Ablett, J Kennedy, J Selwood, M Bontempelli, N Fyfe, M Priddis, (A Witherden, J Cousins, O Junker)
Ruck: J Witts, T Goldstein (L Strnadica)
Fwd: J Macrae, L Dahlhaus, L Franklin, T Lynch, J Steele, H Greenwood, (J Parsons, S Bolton)
Remaining trades: 5
Remaining salary: 60,300
Current rank: 34,005
With my remaining 5 trades I'm looking to bring in a F6 and a M9 thus moving Greenwood to the bench as cover for the mids and fwds.
Option 1: Bring in Nankervis as ruck cover in Rd17 and to be loopholed with Greenwood for the remainder of the season as the money saved should allow me trade Witherden for a mid premium between 500,000 to 600,000 if Darcy and Witherden make it to 250,000+ and will allow Priddis and Fyfe to be loopholed for the remainder of the season.
Option 2: Bring in E Yeo in RD17 but it requires Scharenberg and Bolton to both be downgraded in RD 16/17 allowing Parsons to be upgraded to E Yeo. It should allow a mid premium under 500,000 to be brought in if Witherden and Darcy both make it to around 300,000.
Option 3: Hold trades for the next 1-3 weeks allowing Scharenberg and Bolton to appreciate to around 250,000 and then use remaining trades to bring in a F6 and M9.
Which option would you recommend.
PS. (I not fussed about preserving trades as I'm too far back in overall ranks and leagues and I'm trying to assemble a team to have a go at the miniscule chance of winning the weekly thus why I'm keeping Shaw and looking to bring in another bench premium)
Current team pre RD 16 trades:
Def: S Docherty, T Adams, R Laird, K Simpson, J Lloyd, S Burgoyne, (H Shaw, M Scharenberg)
Mid: P Dangerfield, S Pendlebury, G Ablett, J Kennedy, J Selwood, M Bontempelli, N Fyfe, M Priddis, (A Witherden, J Cousins, O Junker)
Ruck: J Witts, T Goldstein (L Strnadica)
Fwd: J Macrae, L Dahlhaus, L Franklin, T Lynch, J Steele, H Greenwood, (J Parsons, S Bolton)
Remaining trades: 5
Remaining salary: 60,300
Current rank: 34,005
With my remaining 5 trades I'm looking to bring in a F6 and a M9 thus moving Greenwood to the bench as cover for the mids and fwds.
Option 1: Bring in Nankervis as ruck cover in Rd17 and to be loopholed with Greenwood for the remainder of the season as the money saved should allow me trade Witherden for a mid premium between 500,000 to 600,000 if Darcy and Witherden make it to 250,000+ and will allow Priddis and Fyfe to be loopholed for the remainder of the season.
Option 2: Bring in E Yeo in RD17 but it requires Scharenberg and Bolton to both be downgraded in RD 16/17 allowing Parsons to be upgraded to E Yeo. It should allow a mid premium under 500,000 to be brought in if Witherden and Darcy both make it to around 300,000.
Option 3: Hold trades for the next 1-3 weeks allowing Scharenberg and Bolton to appreciate to around 250,000 and then use remaining trades to bring in a F6 and M9.
Which option would you recommend.
PS. (I not fussed about preserving trades as I'm too far back in overall ranks and leagues and I'm trying to assemble a team to have a go at the miniscule chance of winning the weekly thus why I'm keeping Shaw and looking to bring in another bench premium)
Hi Conn,
I think you if you are trying to build a team, that might win you a weekly prize, you are going about it all wrong, and thinking about it the wrong way.
There are are 9 Rounds left.
Would you prefer to be 1 of 50,000 people vying for that prize, in say 7 of those 9 Rounds, or 1 of 1,000 vying for that prize in 2 of them?
Your current team is way too Cookie-Cutterish to be vying for a weekly prize. Bringing in Yeo (40% ownership) or Nank (48%) is only going to make your team even more Cookie-Cutterish.
Let's look at the players you have, that could help you win that weekly prize.
Def: Simpson (8%), Burgoyne (2%)
Mid: Priddis (3%)
Ruck: Goldstein (10%)
Fwd: X
That's it, they are the only players you have, with less than 10% ownership. The only way a team that is largely built with popular players ever wins a weekly prize comes down to three things. Their POD/non-popular players performing out of their skin, or having most (ie say 19 of the 22) of all the highest scoring players (which doesn't mean they are necessarily popular!), or an absolute incredible amount of luck! All your other Prems are in so many other teams, that if they perform well for you, they perform well for 50,000-120,000 other teams. Currently, to be even considered a remote chance of a weekly prize, you'd 3 or 4 of your POD players listed above, to score 140+'s in the one game, and to nail one of them as a POD Captain pick, on a week where Dangerfield and the likely replacements (Pendlebury, Docherty etc) all fail to reach 100. Currently, it is like you have bought a ticket in a raffle with about 70,000 tickets sold, and they are going to draw 7 prizes over the following 9 weeks. I don't like those chances. There's not enough depth in your fringe players (D5/6, M6/7/8, R2, F5/6) to beat the better Cookie-Cutter teams than yours.
So what's the best course of action, if you really want to have a crack at a weekly prize from here?.
One word - separation!
You need to separate your team from the pack. Trade out some of those popular players, to less popular players, and separate your team from the masses. Now, some of these players are not popular for a reason, mainly being that they don't score high enough, frequently enough. But that's ok. What you are trying to do, is build a team that might be in the running for a weekly prize twice between now and the end of the season. Your current team is so similar to other teams, you are competing with 70,000+ teams, on the weeks the right players fire. Build some separation, and you might be competing with 3,000-4,000 teams on 2 of those 9 weeks.
What's better 7 tickets in a 70,000 ticket raffle, or 2 tickets in a 4,000 ticket raffle?
If I had your aim, I'd be looking to trade out players like: Fyfe (40%), Bont (39%), or Dahl (49%), that are highly owned, but under-performing. You want other people to have that type of player in their sides! I'd then be looking for players with known high ceilings, even if they hit them infrequently, that have less than 10% ownership. Players like: Fwds - Walters, Patton, Westhoff, Patton, Jenkins, Dixon, Cameron, NRoo (if we knew he was ok). Mids - Steven, Gray, Sidebottom, Cripps, Parker, Zorko.
You also need to be taking risky Captain picks, and hope the popular picks fail. You need the planets to align, but to completely honest, this attack is about the only way you'll have a chance at a weekly prize, with your current team.
Sorry if that sounds mean.
Good luck.
I think you if you are trying to build a team, that might win you a weekly prize, you are going about it all wrong, and thinking about it the wrong way.
There are are 9 Rounds left.
Would you prefer to be 1 of 50,000 people vying for that prize, in say 7 of those 9 Rounds, or 1 of 1,000 vying for that prize in 2 of them?
Your current team is way too Cookie-Cutterish to be vying for a weekly prize. Bringing in Yeo (40% ownership) or Nank (48%) is only going to make your team even more Cookie-Cutterish.
Let's look at the players you have, that could help you win that weekly prize.
Def: Simpson (8%), Burgoyne (2%)
Mid: Priddis (3%)
Ruck: Goldstein (10%)
Fwd: X
That's it, they are the only players you have, with less than 10% ownership. The only way a team that is largely built with popular players ever wins a weekly prize comes down to three things. Their POD/non-popular players performing out of their skin, or having most (ie say 19 of the 22) of all the highest scoring players (which doesn't mean they are necessarily popular!), or an absolute incredible amount of luck! All your other Prems are in so many other teams, that if they perform well for you, they perform well for 50,000-120,000 other teams. Currently, to be even considered a remote chance of a weekly prize, you'd 3 or 4 of your POD players listed above, to score 140+'s in the one game, and to nail one of them as a POD Captain pick, on a week where Dangerfield and the likely replacements (Pendlebury, Docherty etc) all fail to reach 100. Currently, it is like you have bought a ticket in a raffle with about 70,000 tickets sold, and they are going to draw 7 prizes over the following 9 weeks. I don't like those chances. There's not enough depth in your fringe players (D5/6, M6/7/8, R2, F5/6) to beat the better Cookie-Cutter teams than yours.
So what's the best course of action, if you really want to have a crack at a weekly prize from here?.
One word - separation!
You need to separate your team from the pack. Trade out some of those popular players, to less popular players, and separate your team from the masses. Now, some of these players are not popular for a reason, mainly being that they don't score high enough, frequently enough. But that's ok. What you are trying to do, is build a team that might be in the running for a weekly prize twice between now and the end of the season. Your current team is so similar to other teams, you are competing with 70,000+ teams, on the weeks the right players fire. Build some separation, and you might be competing with 3,000-4,000 teams on 2 of those 9 weeks.
What's better 7 tickets in a 70,000 ticket raffle, or 2 tickets in a 4,000 ticket raffle?
If I had your aim, I'd be looking to trade out players like: Fyfe (40%), Bont (39%), or Dahl (49%), that are highly owned, but under-performing. You want other people to have that type of player in their sides! I'd then be looking for players with known high ceilings, even if they hit them infrequently, that have less than 10% ownership. Players like: Fwds - Walters, Patton, Westhoff, Patton, Jenkins, Dixon, Cameron, NRoo (if we knew he was ok). Mids - Steven, Gray, Sidebottom, Cripps, Parker, Zorko.
You also need to be taking risky Captain picks, and hope the popular picks fail. You need the planets to align, but to completely honest, this attack is about the only way you'll have a chance at a weekly prize, with your current team.
Sorry if that sounds mean.
Good luck.
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Sorry Rowsus, the main point of adding the last part was to reiterate that I'm not fussed about preserving trades as I'm too far back in overall ranks and leagues and I should not have included the remainder of the sentence regarding weekly as that distorts my objective.
What I was trying to get answered was what is the best option for my team in the remainder of the season out of the 3 aforementioned options.
What I was trying to get answered was what is the best option for my team in the remainder of the season out of the 3 aforementioned options.
Hi row, I'm aiming for best possible overall spot and carried both Jelwood and Greene last week. With Greene not named again and doubts going forward, dp you think using 2 of my remaining 7 trades and ditching greenwood early can be justified to bring in a 7th forward? This would push nank to f7/r3 swing and cover greene this week. Or should I sit on my trades and back Parsons to cover him?
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