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Hi Rowsus;

Got a bit of a conundrum this week;

Currently my rookies are Ryan, Hibberd, Mountford, Bolton, Greenwood, JDC, Cameron, Cox and Eddy. I also have JJK and Nank sitting at R2.

I've got $245k in the bank. I was planning on trading Beams and Eddy to Witherden and Gawn; but Beams has returned. I see Witherden as nearly a must have; so I am planning to trade Bolton to Witherden, as he isn't playing and he has the highest B/E of my rookies (at 10.)

Unfortunately, I don't have enough $$$ to trade Eddy to Gawn, I'm about $43k short - which leaves me needing to trade one of Greenwood/Mountford/Ryan to facilitate the trade; I want to keep Greenwood as rotating M/F bench cover for the season (bit ironic this week), which leaves the choice between Ryan, Mountford and not trading.

Bear in mind, that if JDC doesn't play, then I'll do the trade anyway as otherwise I'd have a doughnut.

But if JDC does play, then Gawn plays in place of one of JDC/Cox. Is it worth doing the trade in that eventuality?
 

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Hi Rowsus;

Got a bit of a conundrum this week;

Currently my rookies are Ryan, Hibberd, Mountford, Bolton, Greenwood, JDC, Cameron, Cox and Eddy. I also have JJK and Nank sitting at R2.

I've got $245k in the bank. I was planning on trading Beams and Eddy to Witherden and Gawn; but Beams has returned. I see Witherden as nearly a must have; so I am planning to trade Bolton to Witherden, as he isn't playing and he has the highest B/E of my rookies (at 10.)

Unfortunately, I don't have enough $$$ to trade Eddy to Gawn, I'm about $43k short - which leaves me needing to trade one of Greenwood/Mountford/Ryan to facilitate the trade; I want to keep Greenwood as rotating M/F bench cover for the season (bit ironic this week), which leaves the choice between Ryan, Mountford and not trading.

Bear in mind, that if JDC doesn't play, then I'll do the trade anyway as otherwise I'd have a doughnut.

But if JDC does play, then Gawn plays in place of one of JDC/Cox. Is it worth doing the trade in that eventuality?
Hi Eagling,
if Nank is at R2, is there a reason you're not going Nank to Gawn?
 
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Hi Eagling,
if Nank is at R2, is there a reason you're not going Nank to Gawn?
Nank needs to be F5 this week as I have JJK and Eddy up forward; and Greenwood isn't playing. When JJK comes back Nank and Greenwood will be F6/F7, with the intention being to push Nank to F7 when the opportunity arises. I want to keep Nank as ruck cover (I don't have Ryder.)

If I traded Nank this week, I'd have to play JDC and Cox up forward.

PS: Just saw teams; JDC is not in, so I have to go Ryan to Gawn to avoid a doughnut, thanks for the response though.
 

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Hi Ash,
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!
J Jenkins 112

J Martin 94/Zorko 194

I'm hoping you might have jumped on one of them, Ash, particularly Zorko!
 
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Hey there Row. Hope all is well. Some brilliant advice for Ash above mate.

Wondering if you could look over my squad and let me know your thoughts on what my next moves should be. ( I do have my own idea's but would also value your opinion.)
At this stage of the year I believe that you don't fix it until it's broken. Who is more broken, Heater or Taylor Adams ?

It's a strange team I've finished up with. Dpp's running everywhere. It's not the best team I've seen but somehow seems to be going ok.
Current overall rank at 267, (will drop this week.) 5 trades remaining and 134.9k in the kitty.


S Docherty, R Laird, A Rance, H Shaw, M Hibberd (Melb), J Lloyd (d/m). ( L Ryan, M Hibberd (North d/m.)

P Dangerfield, D Martin, T Mitchell, M Bontempelli, J Kennedy, C Oliver, T Adams (d/m), E Yeo (m/f).
(A Witherden (d/m), S Bolton (m/f), J Cousins.)

J Witts, P Ryder (r/f). D Cameron (r/f).

J Macrae (m/f), T Greene, L Franklin, I Heeney, L Dahlhaus (m/f), T Nankervis (r/f). (H Greenwood (m/f), B Eddy.)


Had planned to push Adams back to the backline then upgrade Heater to a mid. After the last few rounds I'm now thinking of just upgrading Adams.
Interested to see if you have any left field idea's that I'm not seeing. (Just like the famous JJK move.)

Cheers in advance mate.
 

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Rowan,

Exiting Rd15 last year, I had used up my 30 allotted trades and was left with only 2 playing bench players including carrying the likes of Ablett, Hall, Wingard & SMartin.

Fast forward 12 months and I have a 'completed' team with a reasonable bench PLUS trades in hand!

If you had the following bench, what would you do with the few precious trades left?

Scharenberg, Witherden
Berry, Ainsworth, Bolton
Strnadica
Parsons, Greenwood

1. Hold and only use for LTIs.
2. Use to correct 'underperforming' best 22.
3. Use to get extra premiums on bench.

I'm thinking along the line of #1 but as always, interested in your thoughts.
 

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Hey there Row. Hope all is well. Some brilliant advice for Ash above mate.

Wondering if you could look over my squad and let me know your thoughts on what my next moves should be. ( I do have my own idea's but would also value your opinion.)
At this stage of the year I believe that you don't fix it until it's broken. Who is more broken, Heater or Taylor Adams ?

It's a strange team I've finished up with. Dpp's running everywhere. It's not the best team I've seen but somehow seems to be going ok.
Current overall rank at 267, (will drop this week.) 5 trades remaining and 134.9k in the kitty.


S Docherty, R Laird, A Rance, H Shaw, M Hibberd (Melb), J Lloyd (d/m). ( L Ryan, M Hibberd (North d/m.)

P Dangerfield, D Martin, T Mitchell, M Bontempelli, J Kennedy, C Oliver, T Adams (d/m), E Yeo (m/f).
(A Witherden (d/m), S Bolton (m/f), J Cousins.)

J Witts, P Ryder (r/f). D Cameron (r/f).

J Macrae (m/f), T Greene, L Franklin, I Heeney, L Dahlhaus (m/f), T Nankervis (r/f). (H Greenwood (m/f), B Eddy.)


Had planned to push Adams back to the backline then upgrade Heater to a mid. After the last few rounds I'm now thinking of just upgrading Adams.
Interested to see if you have any left field idea's that I'm not seeing. (Just like the famous JJK move.)

Cheers in advance mate.
Hi Pete,
all's well here, and I hope it is for you too.
Well done on your high ranking so far, particularly with a slightly unusual looking team! I think this season has been unusual, and has played into your hands a little. Most seasons we are wanting closer to 110 for our M5/7, and might take low 100's from our M8. This season it seems everyone's M5/7 have been in that 105 area, which has helped you do well with your unusual M7/8 set up.
I'm a big fan of trading out under-performing popular players, and bringing in in-form not so popular players. The only time you should be trading in popular players, is if they appear to be close to must haves. Otherwise, why speculate with the crowd? Take the opportunity to separate yourself. I'd rather be competing against 5-10,000 "unusual" teams, than 70-100,000 Cookie-Cutter teams. With that theory in mind, you have 5 players I'd be looking at as potential trade outs, and 2 players I'd be looking to trade in.



You're in a fortunate position, in that you can pretty much choose any 2 of those 5 players, except Nankervis and Shaw, and afford to bring in Parker and Selwood. Selwood will likely be $20-$25k cheaper next week. He has Hawthorn at the MCG next week, and he's largely been a 100-110 player against them there.
Adams is the hard one to line up. On pure numbers you'd trade Shaw out before Adams, but there is a question mark over Adams for sure. We've just seen Laird come through a mini slump, but I'm not sure I have the same confidence in Adams getting through it, as I was of Laird. You can't help but be reminded that Adams had a "Fragile" sticker on the top of his head when the season started, when he's in poor form like this. Do you say it is compounding risks? Poor form and fragile history adds up to the risks being too great. I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure I broke Adams. I made a poor VC choice in Rnd 12, and thought Adams was good for 100+, so put the C on him. Cue 68 points, and a turn in form! I'm also a bit concerned about Shaw. He's not playing 3 good quarters in a game these days. At half time yesterday you would have thought he was looking at 110-120. It ended up being a close game, with plenty of opportunities to score well, yet he still didn't crack the ton! Adams H/L out figures eat Shaw's, and might give him the nod to be kept, but you could go either way for sure. The Bont's H/L out figures show how fragile his 3 game and 5 game average are, and he's a real concern for sure. The question is, who is more likely to bounce back to good figures, Bont or Dahl? I'd say the Bont.
If you say you want to use Shaw, instead of Adams, I'd be going Dahl to Parker this week, and Shaw to Selwood next week. If you say you want to use Adams, you may as well do both this week. It would be nice to get Nank off the field, but that might be a project for a few weeks time. In the meantime, hopefully Greenwood is back this week, and you can loophole him and Nank.
Good luck Pete, I hope you can push into the top 100! :)
 
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Hi Pete,
all's well here, and I hope it is for you too.
Well done on your high ranking so far, particularly with a slightly unusual looking team! I think this season has been unusual, and has played into your hands a little. Most seasons we are wanting closer to 110 for our M5/7, and might take low 100's from our M8. This season it seems everyone's M5/7 have been in that 105 area, which has helped you do well with your unusual M7/8 set up.
I'm a big fan of trading out under-performing popular players, and bringing in in-form not so popular players. The only time you should be trading in popular players, is if they appear to be close to must haves. Otherwise, why speculate with the crowd? Take the opportunity to separate yourself. I'd rather be competing against 5-10,000 "unusual" teams, than 70-100,000 Cookie-Cutter teams. With that theory in mind, you have 5 players I'd be looking at as potential trade outs, and 2 players I'd be looking to trade in.



You're in a fortunate position, in that you can pretty much choose any 2 of those 5 players, except Nankervis and Shaw, and afford to bring in Parker and Selwood. Selwood will likely be $20-$25k cheaper next week. He has Hawthorn at the MCG next week, and he's largely been a 100-110 player against them there.
Adams is the hard one to line up. On pure numbers you'd trade Shaw out before Adams, but there is a question mark over Adams for sure. We've just seen Laird come through a mini slump, but I'm not sure I have the same confidence in Adams getting through it, as I was of Laird. You can't help but be reminded that Adams had a "Fragile" sticker on the top of his head when the season started, when he's in poor form like this. Do you say it is compounding risks? Poor form and fragile history adds up to the risks being too great. I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure I broke Adams. I made a poor VC choice in Rnd 12, and thought Adams was good for 100+, so put the C on him. Cue 68 points, and a turn in form! I'm also a bit concerned about Shaw. He's not playing 3 good quarters in a game these days. At half time yesterday you would have thought he was looking at 110-120. It ended up being a close game, with plenty of opportunities to score well, yet he still didn't crack the ton! Adams H/L out figures eat Shaw's, and might give him the nod to be kept, but you could go either way for sure. The Bont's H/L out figures show how fragile his 3 game and 5 game average are, and he's a real concern for sure. The question is, who is more likely to bounce back to good figures, Bont or Dahl? I'd say the Bont.
If you say you want to use Shaw, instead of Adams, I'd be going Dahl to Parker this week, and Shaw to Selwood next week. If you say you want to use Adams, you may as well do both this week. It would be nice to get Nank off the field, but that might be a project for a few weeks time. In the meantime, hopefully Greenwood is back this week, and you can loophole him and Nank.
Good luck Pete, I hope you can push into the top 100! :)
Many thanks for your prompt and detailed reply Row.

Plenty of homework for me to digest there mate. We are on the same page with our thoughts.
Selwood is now a gift at his price and will be in my team this week or next. His ownership will be through the roof though.
Also had Parker penciled in. He's had some solid form lately.
Fyfe has suddenly bounced back into contention. Don't think we will ever see him at 483k again.
Who to trade out now becomes my greater decision - Hoping I can jump the right way.

Thanks again mate. You've nailed it once again.
 
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It's that time of year Row where my team has only 2 trades left. And still one premo short in the mids.
I am thinking of holding and loop the best I can with Greenwood, Witherden and co. On the other hand I would love to get Selwood next week and might be able to afford him using 2 trades.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
As always thanks for your time, and congrats on a good year yourself.

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Hi Rowsus,

It seems my team is completely falling apart. I have too many concerns with Hannebery, Treloar, Scooter, Adams, Dahl, S. Martin and Greene all scoring poorly/injured.

As I'm going for a league win, what pain points would you be prioritising at this stage in the season? (bearing in mind I've secured a spot in finals)

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Hi Rowsus

Long time listener, first time caller :)

Firstly congratulations on your season to date, I see you have rushed into the Top 1000, congratulations and hope you continue to rise up the ranks.

Secondly let me say that you for your analysis, comments and responses over the years, amazing what you do for people on this site.

Which brings me to ask (if you have time) would you mind looking over my team and perhaps offer suggestions before it completely falls of the rails.

I am currently ranked 25,156th so overall is long gone, and have no interests in leagues.

After gaining 12,000 + positions over the byes I have pretty much fallen back to wear I started from.

In part I blame bad luck copping Selwood as captain in Round 16 and Cripps yesterday, along with not having Dangerfield and Docherty in my team which is my own stupid fault.

I have 5 Trades left and $ 92,600.00 in the Bank.

My team is :-

D: Laird, Adams, Rance, Lloyd, Shaw, Jones (Witherden, Macreadie)

M: Mitchell, Martin, Merrett, Bontempelli, Kennedy, Selwood, Wines, Cripss (Gray, Cousins, Hibberd)

R: Martin, Witts (Strandica)

F: Yeo, Macrae, Heeney, Dahlhaus, Nankervis , Waite ( Lynch, Deluca-Cardillo)




I am happy to hold Waite and hope he can score a monster if and when he gets back on the park, I guess now all I have to aim for is a weekly prize (when Danger/Doch have a off game)

If Cripps is gone for the season, I have my eye on Devon Smith for my forward line (via Deluca-Cardillo) and can then loop Waite, Lynch, Nankervis.

This would also let me have a look at Robbie Gray at M9 and then use Yeo, Macrae and Dahl in the mids if I need too.

I am happy to hold Heater (favourite player when he was at the Pies) so probably need to move Jones on to a Burgoyne, Martin, Montagna type.

So if you have the time, I would appreciate you having a look at my team and offer any suggestions you can see.

Thanks in advance
 
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Hey Rowsus,

I've been extremely aggressive with my trading after being ranked 65k in round 1, and now with some luck I'm just outside of the top 2k. Only problem is I've only got 1 trade left! I've got Cutler at D6 (tried to go POD, somewhat backfired), Dahl at M8 and Steele at F6 so it's fair to say I'm hanging on by a thread. Rookies that are worth culling are Greenwood, SPP and Ryan (soon), and I've got 135k in the bank.

Would you hold onto that last trade for an LTI or try to strengthen the mid/fwd? I was thinking of going SPP>Jelwood/Fyfe/Bont this week, though it probably makes more sense to do it next week as Greenwood will give me more $ to play with than SPP.
 

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Rowan,

Exiting Rd15 last year, I had used up my 30 allotted trades and was left with only 2 playing bench players including carrying the likes of Ablett, Hall, Wingard & SMartin.

Fast forward 12 months and I have a 'completed' team with a reasonable bench PLUS trades in hand!

If you had the following bench, what would you do with the few precious trades left?

Scharenberg, Witherden
Berry, Ainsworth, Bolton
Strnadica
Parsons, Greenwood

1. Hold and only use for LTIs.
2. Use to correct 'underperforming' best 22.
3. Use to get extra premiums on bench.

I'm thinking along the line of #1 but as always, interested in your thoughts.
Thanh,
I think it's too early to be correcting underperforming Prems, unless you have 5+ trades, which I know you don't. I think given the situation we both find ourselves in, it is prudent we hang onto those trades, until at least Round 20, unless an LTI or suspension occur in the mean time. Even a 1 or 2 week out might be best covered by our benches, rather than one of our precious few remaining trades!
Option #1 it is. Let's keep our fingers crossed we don't have too many more hurdles to jump!
 

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It's that time of year Row where my team has only 2 trades left. And still one premo short in the mids.
I am thinking of holding and loop the best I can with Greenwood, Witherden and co. On the other hand I would love to get Selwood next week and might be able to afford him using 2 trades.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
As always thanks for your time, and congrats on a good year yourself.

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Always happy to help Juzzo, and thanks for the kind words.
If you could get Selwood with one trade, and 6+ of your 7 bench players were picked this week, I'd say maybe, As it will take both trades, I think you are best to do nothing this week, and the next few weeks.
 

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Hi Rowsus,

It seems my team is completely falling apart. I have too many concerns with Hannebery, Treloar, Scooter, Adams, Dahl, S. Martin and Greene all scoring poorly/injured.

As I'm going for a league win, what pain points would you be prioritising at this stage in the season? (bearing in mind I've secured a spot in finals)

Thanks
Hi TG,
while you have a few players that might be worth fixing, if you are aiming at Leagues success, and guaranteed a spot in your most important League, I wouldn't be doing any unnecessary trades leading up to the finals. Trades are finals gold for those that are concentrating on Leagues, and starting the finals series with 4 is about what you want/need.
Good luck in the finals!
 

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Hi Rowsus

Long time listener, first time caller :)

Firstly congratulations on your season to date, I see you have rushed into the Top 1000, congratulations and hope you continue to rise up the ranks.

Secondly let me say that you for your analysis, comments and responses over the years, amazing what you do for people on this site.

Which brings me to ask (if you have time) would you mind looking over my team and perhaps offer suggestions before it completely falls of the rails.

I am currently ranked 25,156th so overall is long gone, and have no interests in leagues.

After gaining 12,000 + positions over the byes I have pretty much fallen back to wear I started from.

In part I blame bad luck copping Selwood as captain in Round 16 and Cripps yesterday, along with not having Dangerfield and Docherty in my team which is my own stupid fault.

I have 5 Trades left and $ 92,600.00 in the Bank.

My team is :-

D: Laird, Adams, Rance, Lloyd, Shaw, Jones (Witherden, Macreadie)

M: Mitchell, Martin, Merrett, Bontempelli, Kennedy, Selwood, Wines, Cripss (Gray, Cousins, Hibberd)

R: Martin, Witts (Strandica)

F: Yeo, Macrae, Heeney, Dahlhaus, Nankervis , Waite ( Lynch, Deluca-Cardillo)




I am happy to hold Waite and hope he can score a monster if and when he gets back on the park, I guess now all I have to aim for is a weekly prize (when Danger/Doch have a off game)

If Cripps is gone for the season, I have my eye on Devon Smith for my forward line (via Deluca-Cardillo) and can then loop Waite, Lynch, Nankervis.

This would also let me have a look at Robbie Gray at M9 and then use Yeo, Macrae and Dahl in the mids if I need too.

I am happy to hold Heater (favourite player when he was at the Pies) so probably need to move Jones on to a Burgoyne, Martin, Montagna type.

So if you have the time, I would appreciate you having a look at my team and offer any suggestions you can see.

Thanks in advance
Hi Herbie,
thanks for the good words. Given my unusual team, and so few trades left, I will be happy to finish top 1,000. I guess if enough of my POD's fire, and I don't have too much more carnage, I might push to top 500.
You've been unlucky with your POD Captain choices, but stay brave. If you're aiming for a weekly, it's exactly the right move to make!
I'm not sure I like Cripps to Devon Smith. Yes, he scored a 170 in 2015. but he seems very unlikely to repeat that, especially if/when Greene is back. I think I'd hang onto Jones, as he's only in 8% of teams, and the more POD's you can attack with, the better. I think I'd trade out Cripps, and one of Bont, Dahl or Nank. The 3 of them are far too popular for how poorly they are performing. You want popular players performing poorly, but not in your team. I'd definitely keep Waite, and I'd be looking to get him in your VC/C looping, as we know he can tear out big scores!

Here's part of what I wrote to Connoisseur, when he asked a similar question last week.

"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."

Given you're not holding a lot of cash, choose from the players you can afford in that list, and try and get 2 of them. It will give your team more separation, and that's what you need, to be a chance at a weekly. Not having Danger and Doch might actually work in your favour, as you're aiming at the one or two weeks, where they perform like mortals!

Good luck. :)
 

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Hey Rowsus,

I've been extremely aggressive with my trading after being ranked 65k in round 1, and now with some luck I'm just outside of the top 2k. Only problem is I've only got 1 trade left! I've got Cutler at D6 (tried to go POD, somewhat backfired), Dahl at M8 and Steele at F6 so it's fair to say I'm hanging on by a thread. Rookies that are worth culling are Greenwood, SPP and Ryan (soon), and I've got 135k in the bank.

Would you hold onto that last trade for an LTI or try to strengthen the mid/fwd? I was thinking of going SPP>Jelwood/Fyfe/Bont this week, though it probably makes more sense to do it next week as Greenwood will give me more $ to play with than SPP.
Hey dyii,
definitely hang on to that trade. It's potentially worth more than any upgrade you might use it on. I wouldn't be looking to use it, outside of a LTI, until around Round 21!
 
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Hi Herbie,
thanks for the good words. Given my unusual team, and so few trades left, I will be happy to finish top 1,000. I guess if enough of my POD's fire, and I don't have too much more carnage, I might push to top 500.
You've been unlucky with your POD Captain choices, but stay brave. If you're aiming for a weekly, it's exactly the right move to make!
I'm not sure I like Cripps to Devon Smith. Yes, he scored a 170 in 2015. but he seems very unlikely to repeat that, especially if/when Greene is back. I think I'd hang onto Jones, as he's only in 8% of teams, and the more POD's you can attack with, the better. I think I'd trade out Cripps, and one of Bont, Dahl or Nank. The 3 of them are far too popular for how poorly they are performing. You want popular players performing poorly, but not in your team. I'd definitely keep Waite, and I'd be looking to get him in your VC/C looping, as we know he can tear out big scores!

Here's part of what I wrote to Connoisseur, when he asked a similar question last week.

"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."

Given you're not holding a lot of cash, choose from the players you can afford in that list, and try and get 2 of them. It will give your team more separation, and that's what you need, to be a chance at a weekly. Not having Danger and Doch might actually work in your favour, as you're aiming at the one or two weeks, where they perform like mortals!

Good luck. :)
Keep aiming high Rowsus , the amount of work you do here the SC gods owe you to push your team into the Top 100 :)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my team and provide feedback.

7 rounds to go so yes I have to aim at a weekly , my team was in the mix the round that Selwood and Stewart got injured , so I have to believe it might happen.

And yes surely Danger and Doch will score like a mortal soon (maybe).

Cripps has to go now so have decided to go him and Dahlhaus to Walters and Westhoff (can go on a big streak) , if those 2 can go big the same week as Waite look out !!!

Hopefully this means I can look at Robbie Gray at M9 and use Nankervis as F8/R3 so depending on the draw I maybe able to loop with Martin in the ruck.

Will keep looking for that POD VC/C option and hope it all comes off 1 day.

How far are you off Top 500 and Top 100 ? , 7 rounds to go anything could happen , only take a premium to miss with no cover and their is 90 - 100 points gone.

Good luck and thanks again, I have my mojo back.

Cheers
 

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Keep aiming high Rowsus , the amount of work you do here the SC gods owe you to push your team into the Top 100 :)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my team and provide feedback.

7 rounds to go so yes I have to aim at a weekly , my team was in the mix the round that Selwood and Stewart got injured , so I have to believe it might happen.

And yes surely Danger and Doch will score like a mortal soon (maybe).

Cripps has to go now so have decided to go him and Dahlhaus to Walters and Westhoff (can go on a big streak) , if those 2 can go big the same week as Waite look out !!!

Hopefully this means I can look at Robbie Gray at M9 and use Nankervis as F8/R3 so depending on the draw I maybe able to loop with Martin in the ruck.

Will keep looking for that POD VC/C option and hope it all comes off 1 day.

How far are you off Top 500 and Top 100 ? , 7 rounds to go anything could happen , only take a premium to miss with no cover and their is 90 - 100 points gone.

Good luck and thanks again, I have my mojo back.

Cheers
Good choices, Herbie,
I'm "only" 126 points off top 500, 430 points off top 100. It's certainly do-able.
 
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Good choices, Herbie,
I'm "only" 126 points off top 500, 430 points off top 100. It's certainly do-able.
Thanks Rowsus

126 points is almost 1 missing premium with no cover

430 in 7 weeks

wow

run run Rowsus you can do it :)

all the best
 
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