Strategy Round 8: Trades
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I agree with you in principle, however, there doesn't seem to be any viable 'value' Ruck around (Goldy & English are no longer value at their current price).
You could argue, how about a ROB/Witts/NN types and used the cash to upgrade elsewhere...? Personally, none of those options instil me with much confidence (maybe ROB...maybe) and you're still giving up 20-30+/game on Gawn and the option to Captain him. I just don't have confidence that one can find an alternate player elsewhere (with the saved cash) that would boast that kind of a gap.
My biggest lesson learnt in my relatively short tenure at SC is just don't mess around with your Rucks, especially so when we're blessed with 2 of the all time great SC-Rucks going around at the moment. Get them both in your team ASAP and just sit back and enjoy their craft each and every week...
You could argue, how about a ROB/Witts/NN types and used the cash to upgrade elsewhere...? Personally, none of those options instil me with much confidence (maybe ROB...maybe) and you're still giving up 20-30+/game on Gawn and the option to Captain him. I just don't have confidence that one can find an alternate player elsewhere (with the saved cash) that would boast that kind of a gap.
My biggest lesson learnt in my relatively short tenure at SC is just don't mess around with your Rucks, especially so when we're blessed with 2 of the all time great SC-Rucks going around at the moment. Get them both in your team ASAP and just sit back and enjoy their craft each and every week...
I could go:
A) King and Berry to Simpson and Petracca/Simpkin
or
B) Starcevich and Berry to Simpson and Houston/ Ryan
Option A FWD: Whitfield, Dusty, Butler, Smith, Petracca (or Simpkin), Rankine, (Bewley, Aart)
Option B DEF: Ridley, Docherty, Saad, Sicily, Doedee, Ryan (or Houston), (Hill and Day)
Both options: MID: Neale, Mitchell, Steele, Macrae, Cripps, Anderson, Pickett, Simpson (Mcinerney, Bennell, Budarick)
RUC: Gawn, Grundy, (Comben)
Both options will leave me with about 30k in the kitty
A) King and Berry to Simpson and Petracca/Simpkin
or
B) Starcevich and Berry to Simpson and Houston/ Ryan
Option A FWD: Whitfield, Dusty, Butler, Smith, Petracca (or Simpkin), Rankine, (Bewley, Aart)
Option B DEF: Ridley, Docherty, Saad, Sicily, Doedee, Ryan (or Houston), (Hill and Day)
Both options: MID: Neale, Mitchell, Steele, Macrae, Cripps, Anderson, Pickett, Simpson (Mcinerney, Bennell, Budarick)
RUC: Gawn, Grundy, (Comben)
Both options will leave me with about 30k in the kitty
I agree with you in principle, however, there doesn't seem to be any viable 'value' Ruck around (Goldy & English are no longer value at their current price).
You could argue, how about a ROB/Witts/NN types and used the cash to upgrade elsewhere...? Personally, none of those options instil me with much confidence (maybe ROB...maybe) and you're still giving up 20-30+/game on Gawn and the option to Captain him. I just don't have confidence that one can find an alternate player elsewhere (with the saved cash) that would boast that kind of a gap.
My biggest lesson learnt in my relatively short tenure at SC is just don't mess around with your Rucks, especially so when we're blessed with 2 of the all time great SC-Rucks going around at the moment. Get them both in your team ASAP and just sit back and enjoy their craft each and every week...
You could argue, how about a ROB/Witts/NN types and used the cash to upgrade elsewhere...? Personally, none of those options instil me with much confidence (maybe ROB...maybe) and you're still giving up 20-30+/game on Gawn and the option to Captain him. I just don't have confidence that one can find an alternate player elsewhere (with the saved cash) that would boast that kind of a gap.
My biggest lesson learnt in my relatively short tenure at SC is just don't mess around with your Rucks, especially so when we're blessed with 2 of the all time great SC-Rucks going around at the moment. Get them both in your team ASAP and just sit back and enjoy their craft each and every week...
I try to avoid watching Melbourne games, due to them perforing so poorly
But I watched the last 2 quarters v Hawthorn and could not beleive how much Gawn and Trac kept bobbing up. Watching Gawn run around running amuck is so much more enjoyable when he's in your SC team, take it from me
Thinking of going Budarick & Noble (I do worry about his JS) to B Smith & Sicily which would complete my backline.
Allows me to play Simpkin/Whitfield/ B Smith in the mids & move them forward once Taylor & Rankine have maxed out. Want to keep all my demon & bombers players with them already having their bye.
Leaves my team looking like this :-
Allows me to play Simpkin/Whitfield/ B Smith in the mids & move them forward once Taylor & Rankine have maxed out. Want to keep all my demon & bombers players with them already having their bye.
Leaves my team looking like this :-
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So I was planning on trading elsewhere and trying to fatten up Serong a bit more, but after the weekend I don't see him as putting on particularly large amounts of money in the short term, so should I trade him out now and keep a Devon Smith type.
Would probably go
Serong and Hately to Bailey Smith and MacRae (+430k)
This would leave me 400k in the bank to target Neale at a slightly reduced price next week (or to go elsewhere if I back against Neale, given last year he felt like he tailed off in the second half of the year)
Any thoughts. Could also trade McInerny, King, or even Rivers off my bench, or Stephen Hill from on field
Would probably go
Serong and Hately to Bailey Smith and MacRae (+430k)
This would leave me 400k in the bank to target Neale at a slightly reduced price next week (or to go elsewhere if I back against Neale, given last year he felt like he tailed off in the second half of the year)
Any thoughts. Could also trade McInerny, King, or even Rivers off my bench, or Stephen Hill from on field
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What's Bailey Smith's BE?
Was going to get him this week but getting Starcevic off my field before he drops too much more is now my top priority. Hopefully Smith's BE is still highish after his 77 this week.
Rookie > Rookie (most likely Brander > McKay if he keeps his spot), Starcevic > Sicily.
Was going to get him this week but getting Starcevic off my field before he drops too much more is now my top priority. Hopefully Smith's BE is still highish after his 77 this week.
Rookie > Rookie (most likely Brander > McKay if he keeps his spot), Starcevic > Sicily.
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TOG has been Serong's greatest limiting factor to his scoring. Even when he's on the field, he's been known to be keeping tab on an opposition MID. For whatever reason I get this feeling that JL hasn't fully release him yet...Is fitness the issue,,,?
He actually plays more TOG when Fyfe's in the team as opposed to when he's OUT and have scored accordingly...***scratching my head***
He actually plays more TOG when Fyfe's in the team as opposed to when he's OUT and have scored accordingly...***scratching my head***
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Wise words, could not agree more
I try to avoid watching Melbourne games, due to them perforing so poorly
But I watched the last 2 quarters v Hawthorn and could not beleive how much Gawn and Trac kept bobbing up. Watching Gawn run around running amuck is so much more enjoyable when he's in your SC team, take it from me
I try to avoid watching Melbourne games, due to them perforing so poorly
But I watched the last 2 quarters v Hawthorn and could not beleive how much Gawn and Trac kept bobbing up. Watching Gawn run around running amuck is so much more enjoyable when he's in your SC team, take it from me
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Based purely on the numbers, they all have relatively similar breakevens, so they're all going to potentially go up in price about the same next week:
- Dangerfield ($598k MID) = 83
- Greenwood ($558k F/M) = 62
- Brayshaw ($513k F/M) = 81
- Menegola ($523k MID) = 76
Both Dangerfield and Greenwood are at the top end of what someone should probably be willing to pay for them. Personally, I got Greenwood last week for $515k, but I probably would have skipped him @ $558k, a bit too steep for a FWD. However, getting Dangerfield as a MID for under $600k is still a reasonable option.
However, if you think Brayshaw can keep going when Fyfe comes back in, then he seems the best value option, as I wouldn't want to spend TOO much more than $513k on him next week (same with Menegola, wouldn't consider him next week at potentially over $550k).
Whatever you decide, there will likely be some better, cheaper options available next week, as pretty much all of them will be too expensive to consider next week.
- Dangerfield ($598k MID) = 83
- Greenwood ($558k F/M) = 62
- Brayshaw ($513k F/M) = 81
- Menegola ($523k MID) = 76
Both Dangerfield and Greenwood are at the top end of what someone should probably be willing to pay for them. Personally, I got Greenwood last week for $515k, but I probably would have skipped him @ $558k, a bit too steep for a FWD. However, getting Dangerfield as a MID for under $600k is still a reasonable option.
However, if you think Brayshaw can keep going when Fyfe comes back in, then he seems the best value option, as I wouldn't want to spend TOO much more than $513k on him next week (same with Menegola, wouldn't consider him next week at potentially over $550k).
Whatever you decide, there will likely be some better, cheaper options available next week, as pretty much all of them will be too expensive to consider next week.
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