Hello Rowsus. My name is Zim. not sure if you have ever noticed me but I have a question.
I now have 4 trades left and $40,700. I'm thinking one will be a downgrade then 3 for injuries or a better premium.
I can save the drop with Vlastuin and bring in X.Richards who links up with Staker. But I'd probably prefer to hold onto Vlastuin and downgrade Thurlow for less change. That seemed most likely for me.
I also have Crouch and Mitchell as MID cover. Which is only useful if I have a 1 week injury. And I cant loophole them either. I'm thinking it may be worth letting Crouch fatten up another week and perhaps downgrade him to a donut. A D/M or M/F. I can also trade crouch out, move vlastuin in mid and bring in a D/F. Which DPP do you think would be most useful?
I'm not sure if I remember seeing you around or not.......
I'll try and help you anyway!
Right now, as your team is sitting, you have this coverage;
Def: Vlastuin,
Thurlow
Mid: Mitchell, Crouch
Ruc:Nicholls,
Currie
Fwd: Staker,
Hitchcock
Not terrible, but no connecting DPP's on your bench either.
Bringing Richards in for Thurlow seems ok, and changes it to:
Def: Vlastuin,
Staker,
Richards
Mid: Mitchell, Crouch
Ruc:Nicholls,
Currie
Fwd: Staker,
Hitchcock
So now you are covered if you have 2 outs in Def, and have made a little cash for upgrades.
If you take Crouch out instead, and move Vlastuin up, it becomes:
Def:
DPP?, Thurlow
Mid: Mitchell, Vlastuin
Ruc:Nicholls,
Currie
Fwd: Staker,
Hitchcock
Now you still have 2 Mids covered, and unless the DPP is M/Ddonut, you still can't loophole Mitchell.
You actually have one less piece of coverage, as Vlastuin is filling the coverage of M10/D7, but have more cash to play with. If the DPP isn't M/D, you actually only have cover for: Goddard, Heppell, Gibbs, and no cover for Shaw, Terlich and Hanley. That's not good.
If the DPP is D/F, Staker has to cover all your Fwd's, AND half your back line! That might be stretching it too far!
If you leave Vlastuin in Def, and downgrade Crouch to a DPP, you lose a "halfman" coverage in your Mids. Staker
or Vlastuin, if they aren't already required on their own line, can help cover an extra Mid out.
If you did that in conjunction with Thurlow to Richards, you actually only lose a 1/4 of a man's coverage in the Mids, as well as gaining half a man in you Def's.
No matter what you do, Staker is your only Fwd coverage, so relying on him as the extra man in Mid and or Def will potentially stretch you a bit, so keeping a trade until late in the season seems wise.
It's a toss up. If you trade out Thurlow you only get enough cash for 1 upgrade, so you are sitting on 2 "spare" trades. If you trade out Crouch, your coverage becomes a bit thinner, but you have the cash for 2 upgrades.
I tend to think aggression beats caution, most of the time. So I'm leaning towards Crouch out, to M/D donut.
It's a tough one.
good luck
