Strategy Round 2: Trades

[Professor]

Re Dangerfield if he is suspended it could be a blessing in disguise as it can only assist recovery of his groin issue.

Won't help his liver, after having too much spicy liquid. 😆

 

[Quasimodo]

Looking at 2 options. RD 1 2079

No rookie corrections needed. And running no loop.

Option 1 Danger to the Mids and replace with Titch

Option 2 Danger to Zorko & Gaff to Titch.

Forget the tag, gaff just looked lost with the faster ball movement the WCE used. Think he needs to go. Was selected initially for his durability and 105+ output for the year missing no games. Now I’m not so sure.?

I've also got really itchy trigger fingers on Gaff in RDT. Really wanted to start Titch instead but blinked at the last second worrying about his heavily impacted preseason vs Gaff's consistency and durability. I probably SHOULD hold fast on Gaff and own that selection but Titch is currently sitting in my Week 2 side right now.

 

[pizza safety]

I drafted Cerra in a SC draft hoping for a 105 average. Saw nothing on the weekend to dent that hope. Role was very good and he's a classy player. Going to be up and down with a young group that will probably share the load a bit but he's a solid choice. He's got more class than the other guys which helps.




Was interesting with Sinclair to be honest but it makes the team a lot better to not have two non-rucks picked to ruck and only stick to one, sure helps when the other team doesn't have a ruck either! Still played McLean who didn't do much.

Coniglio tagged Steele in the first half and then didn't seem to in the 2nd when Steele stopped trying it seemed. Was a weird one, when they were on each other both got the ball and when they weren't neither did.

Still don't like Horse but I have to give him credit for the team selections. He actually dropped Hayward finally after a couple of years of gifting games, didn't play Sinclair and Hickey, played the kids in the right positions, pushed Florent out of the guts where he's looked completely lost. Mills in the midfield finally. Only real gripe was Heeney still stuck at FF. The game itself was rubbish, Brisbane just didn't show up at all and Sydney weren't much better, love to see the pressure gauge but if either team got to even below average at any point I'd be surprised. As fun as it was winning was a really ugly game to watch, like watching flag football.



This is actually the perfect type for the new rules I think. Extract maximum value at the stoppages that exist and then run and spread. McGrath looked great.



Unless you want someone from the first 3 games, which seems like it would be Sloane or Walsh only at a quick glance I think it's at least worth seeing what Gulden does as a loophole (or Berry if you're locked into starting Gulden). If they score 90+ the captain loophole (Neale for example) and that would make holding worthwhile, get an extra week of information and then make the trade. Worst case you avoid a dud rookie score, best case you might get a massive double win.






Stick those two together. Firstly I think McLean goes out for Buddy, Reid was the 2nd ruck anyway and McLean hasn't shown as much as McDonald did in his first 15 minutes in 3 seasons.

McDonald will benefit and be hurt. Buddy draws the ball, that's the negative. McDonald was great until Andrews shut him down in the 2nd half though and with Buddy he's not going to get the Andrews type unless he's already torn the game apart and put the runs on the board. If the Swans lower their eyes and with Dawson, Campbell, Gulden and Mills all there to use it they probably will now then McDonald should overall benefit for mine.

Second what Ben said, other teams are going to tackle and pressure unlike Brisbane who were utterly pathetic in those areas, so he's not going to play uncontested training drill type games that make it easy on a leading forward. He's a damn good one though, already his leading patterns are absurd, most players never reach that level and the ones that do generally take years, just the timing, reading, delaying and re-routing he does on leads is special to watch, I don't know if I've ever seen someone his age do it and I've only seen maybe a dozen guys do it at the level he did against Brisbane. The challenge will be when there's a bit more film and defenders start to take it away and when there is pressure up field which means you have to be more perfect in the execution. Ultimately he's a KPF, I think he's the most advanced we've seen in years but the Swans wont be that good most weeks (again, pressure non-existent) and a young KPF in a bad team is not a good fantasy mix. I think he's capable of 65 but that's probably the higher end of where I'd pick him, think if he reached 75 as an average it would be pretty shocking.

Yeah McGrath looked very good and well suited to the openness, I think he will be a good pick. I just didn't look at him too hard because he already took a big step forward and I don't tend to pick those ones the following year anymore. He definitely passes the eye test as someone with huge talent who can go elite. He likely would have still got a number of his points from stoppages last season, but has enough dynamism in his game to score in a number of ways.

 

[lavenderbandit]

I've also got really itchy trigger fingers on Gaff in RDT. Really wanted to start Titch instead but blinked at the last second worrying about his heavily impacted preseason vs Gaff's consistency and durability. I probably SHOULD hold fast on Gaff and own that selection but Titch is currently sitting in my Week 2 side right now.

I watched gaff intently both as an Eagles supporter and SCer who has him. Looked lost and off the pace... but over his history he does have these type of games when tagged. Watch him again this week against the dogs, but surely (hopefully???) he just had his worst game of the year and he plays every game ave. over 100 from here. More worried about duggan, didn't play the role i thought he would but similarly not trading yet.

 

[donnybuang]

I watched gaff intently both as an Eagles supporter and SCer who has him. Looked lost and off the pace... but over his history he does have these type of games when tagged. Watch him again this week against the dogs, but surely (hopefully???) he just had his worst game of the year and he plays every game ave. over 100 from here. More worried about duggan, didn't play the role i thought he would but similarly not trading yet.

I missed the game, but heard the ball was up and down the guts a fair bit and didn't reach him on the wing too often. Thoughts on this?

 

[NT.Thunder]

Danger > Boak) Age concerns? Injuries?

Did you watch the game? Sorry, but I think Boak is getting younger.

 

[lavenderbandit]

I missed the game, but heard the ball was up and down the guts a fair bit and didn't reach him on the wing too often. Thoughts on this?

Interesting, didn't notice any less of it on the wings, but didn't pay specific attention... probably didn't help that i was epically hungover

 

[Manikato1]

I missed the game, but heard the ball was up and down the guts a fair bit and didn't reach him on the wing too often. Thoughts on this?

The ball spent a heap of time out wide near the boundaries. There were burst up the middle but nowhere as much as the outside. And they bombed the ball in long way too many times. It was not a good game to watch.

 

[GrainFedBeef]

I've also got really itchy trigger fingers on Gaff in RDT. Really wanted to start Titch instead but blinked at the last second worrying about his heavily impacted preseason vs Gaff's consistency and durability. I probably SHOULD hold fast on Gaff and own that selection but Titch is currently sitting in my Week 2 side right now.

I watched gaff intently both as an Eagles supporter and SCer who has him. Looked lost and off the pace... but over his history he does have these type of games when tagged. Watch him again this week against the dogs, but surely (hopefully???) he just had his worst game of the year and he plays every game ave. over 100 from here. More worried about duggan, didn't play the role i thought he would but similarly not trading yet.

I missed the game, but heard the ball was up and down the guts a fair bit and didn't reach him on the wing too often. Thoughts on this?

I dont expect Gaff will keep getting tagged this year, this is a historical thing and will likely change as coaches respond to the change in the game.

Early on I suggested the new man on the mark will benefit Tim Kelly and the eye test suggested this is the case. Like his days at Geelong he was running through centre getting handball receives and penetrating deep. Tag coming I expect.

Kelly 28 possessions to Gaff 16, 3x on metres gained shows the impact.

I wasnt watching Gaff closely and didnt notice tag. Did notice on CHB he was sitting on opposing side waiting for switch kick. With the change of game he wa often ignored.

Expect Gaff just needs to move towards centre line to create linkage. Uncontested game should benefit him, would give him one more game. Has Bulldogs who are hard to score against, 💯 would be a good result.

 

[gutsroy]

What's the best thread for CBA and kick-in stats?
Some interesting ones amongst them, some preseason fancies not really getting the roles we had hoped for thus far. Interesting.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1374084040538484740

 

[freowho]

What's the best thread for CBA and kick-in stats?
Some interesting ones amongst them, some preseason fancies not really getting the roles we had hoped for thus far. Interesting.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1374084040538484740

Jordan still looks like a shaky rookie with Viney to take his centre bounces. I'd rather wait for a new one.

 

[NT.Thunder]

Might move swap out the Clark's, Jordan to Hunter, depends what happens with Danger but might try something different like Danger and JC to Heeney and Hunter Clark.

 

[The Banker]

Might move swap out the Clark's, Jordan to Hunter, depends what happens with Danger but might try something different like Danger and JC to Heeney and Hunter Clark.

Clark culled off the back of an 80. What didn’t you like about it? I didn’t watch it closely enough to see if it was a good or poor 80.

 

[Grundogging]

Might move swap out the Clark's, Jordan to Hunter, depends what happens with Danger but might try something different like Danger and JC to Heeney and Hunter Clark.

With Danger and Menegola out for a few weeks it might solidfy J. Clark's role a bit more going forward. Something to consider at least from the perspective of him being a cash cow.

Edit: Menegola is set to make a Lazarus-esque comeback to play on Friday night according to the Hun.

 

[Spifflicator]

My OCD is kicking in, please for the sake of my sanity.. it's Jordon... with 2 O's!!!!!
(slinks off to get coffee and hug knee's)

 

[NT.Thunder]

Clark culled off the back of an 80. What didn’t you like about it? I didn’t watch it closely enough to see if it was a good or poor 80.

It wasn't until late when his points came and I also think that his DT/SC ration was an anomaly and quiet flattering. I'm not sure, it does give me a chance to bring in potentially an extra keeper early. I just feel that the 80 could've been as much as a 40 which might be closer to the norm. Not sure, like others say maybe Danger out helps, maybe it makes things worse.

 

[NT.Thunder]

My OCD is kicking in, please for the sake of my sanity.. it's Jordon... with 2 O's!!!!!
(slinks off to get coffee and hug knee's)

My apologies, jOrdOn it is.

 

[Herbie66]

My OCD is kicking in, please for the sake of my sanity.. it's Jordon... with 2 O's!!!!!
(slinks off to get coffee and hug knee's)

Butts (Adel) , James (Melbourne) & Sweet (WB) are the 3 2 O's Jordon's

Clark (Geelong) is a an Jordan

 

[Herbie66]

My apologies, jOrdOn it is.

You were correct the first time

JordAn Clark

 

[Brookesy]

Might move swap out the Clark's, Jordan to Hunter, depends what happens with Danger but might try something different like Danger and JC to Heeney and Hunter Clark.

I'm also considering Hunter Clark (swap for Rowell). Are you concerned that the return of Hannebery and Crouch may mean Clark moves back to defence and loses those CBAs?