Strategy Round 2: Trades

[stephen]

I believe if you,
For example, Use 1 trade: Dangerfield to Martin and once the Collingwood and Carlton game is complete and you still have a second trade and you trade Martin for Dangerfield you will still have 2 trades
I think someone on here trialed this during the BBL.

Yep I did this last year. Bags not being the first one to try it this year though.

EDIT: although I just did it and it worked fine.

 

[NT.Thunder]

I believe if you,
For example, Use 1 trade: Dangerfield to Martin and once the Collingwood and Carlton game is complete and you still have a second trade and you trade Martin for Dangerfield you will still have 2 trades
I think someone on here trialed this during the BBL.

Jesus, that's hard core, imagine I'd used two trades and ended up with Danger back in my team.

 

[Game of Sloanes]

Yep I did this last year. Bags not being the first one to try it this year though.

EDIT: although I just did it and it worked fine.

Can't say I'm gonna stick my hand up and do it. I know it works now before any lockout but have never confirmed it for myself during a actual live round.

Jesus, that's hard core, imagine I'd used two trades and ended up with Danger back in my team.

That was my original thought, I'd be down two trades and back with Danger but appears not to be the case, if you ever roll with it one time feel free to ease my mind and let me know haha

 

[Ben's Beasts]

Danger to Macrae likely for me.

Would anyone choose Zerrett or Titch over Macrae with the benefit of another week of info....?

I prefer Macrae over both Merrett and Mitchell.

 

[Johnsy44]

Danger > Zorko

Giving Dow another week. Have the option next week to go up to Heppell or down to Jordan (can get Jordan via another rookie if needed)

 

[Tamuhawk]

Should get Sunday teams before the dees match so one of my trades is likely McNiel/Brockman to Jordon.

 

[Drew]

With Freo and Nth as the next few games after that 😳
I like it... Looks risky based on Tex’s form in recent years, however the new Stand rules seem to favour lead up forwards with quick low kicks into F50, so I think that changes the equation dramatically. Tex also showed that his goal kicking boots still work fine, so could be a risk worth taking.
I think it might be worth waiting another week before pulling the trigger though. Sydney this week might be a bit more difficult so worth taking Another look to ensure he will make you the money you are hoping for. If he goes big again, then bring him in on the bubble (I might look to do the same thing)

Cheers mate, thanks, if anything I think I’ll pull the trigger this week, round three is looking like it will definitely be for correction trades either with rookies and/or the rucks and with Danger out this week anyway now's the time I guess.

 

[aleceee]

I believe if you,
For example, Use 1 trade: Dangerfield to Martin and once the Collingwood and Carlton game is complete and you still have a second trade and you trade Martin for Dangerfield you will still have 2 trades
I think someone on here trialed this during the BBL.

I also think this works, this is something I posted last year but was met with doubt (fair enough!).

Slightly different situation but the same idea, I think if that works then this would too, provided none of players A, B, or C are locked out.

Having traded in Tobe Watson last night for Starcevich, I'm obviously now very worried.

However, I distinctly remember many years ago, I made a mistrade (accidentally traded in an injured player) and used my second trade straight away to correct this.

i.e. I went Player A to Player B, then Player B to Player C.

To my complete suprise, it only counted as one trade.

Does anyone know if this is still a thing?

 

[IDIG]

He did need 39 disposals to score 135 though.

The problem is Titch can get 30-35 a week even with reduced stoppages.

But with Tom 39 disposals is barely average!

Have taken this discussion from the weekly thread but probably belongs in the trades thread.

On a semi related note, Macrae had 35 disposals, 7 marks, 7 tackles, 2 frees for 118 SC (135 DT).

Now that we've established there are less stoppages and the new rules have benefited the dogs with their ultra high possession game style, it would appear his path to monster scores is a little more difficult because those disposals have become somewhat diluted.

That probably also means his contested numbers should reduce as well (7 contested. 27 uncontested in round 1, about 30-40% contested historically) with the higher possession, less stoppage game style.

I would be interested in opinions on whether Macrae is currently over/under/appropriately priced? Probably answering my own question here, but my thought would be that he'll be able to make up for the lack of contested footy on sheer weight of numbers and the monsters will come when the game slows down and he's racking up 40-50 possies lol

 

[Wingemi77]

Thinking to trade out Gawn (over priced) for S Martin (could make some cash) & Lazarro for Heeney (seems under priced).
Looking for any reasons as to why I should't do this? Any comments would be appreciated.

 

[Shannon]

Thinking to trade out Gawn (over priced) for S Martin (could make some cash) & Lazarro for Heeney (seems under priced).
Looking for any reasons as to why I should't do this? Any comments would be appreciated.

Because it is round 2

Gawn plays St Kilda- Paul Hunter who got monstered by Flynn.

If Flynn can score 140 on him, Max could go 150.

Teams will adjust after looking at the data round 1, expect Gawn to have a much greater impact - champions bounce back.

Again, it’s round 2 ...

 

[WindyHillWizard]

Thinking to trade out Gawn (over priced) for S Martin (could make some cash) & Lazarro for Heeney (seems under priced).
Looking for any reasons as to why I should't do this? Any comments would be appreciated.

This might be the move that wins you the $50k, but the odds of the highest priced player of last year stinking it up for the season (unless he is injured) is very very low.
You will need Gawn at some point this year and there are other ways to make money, such as rookie appreciation.

 

[BomberArmy]

Does Sam Walsh start to get more attention from the opposition than Cripps? He looked fantastic in Rd1, but how would he go when there's more physical pressure/attention applied?

 

[WindyHillWizard]

I’m in two minds on this one re Danger trade:
Option A: Straight swap to Dusty (Dusty becomes F2 behind Dunkley)
Option B: DPP switch to either Titch or Oliver (and deplete cash reserve)

 

[Professor]

Does Sam Walsh start to get more attention from the opposition than Cripps? He looked fantastic in Rd1, but how would he go when there's more physical pressure/attention applied?

Walsh runs so hard, his endurance is amazing, he's been compared to Judd, but thoughts are, he is better than Judd. I'm sure he'll get attention at some stage, but he will out run his opponent.

 

[Grundogging]

Does Sam Walsh start to get more attention from the opposition than Cripps? He looked fantastic in Rd1, but how would he go when there's more physical pressure/attention applied?

Not this week he wont - we are notorious for not applying a tag even when we have a full midfield. Now that we have a shadow of a functional midfield he should run rampant this week, but I'd expect Cripps to do the same.

 

[Mudflap]

I am in a fortunate position to have most of the rookies covered and I am contemplating the one trade this week.

Duggan out for Young.

Leaves me over 230k in the bank which will enable me to move in a few different directions next round if I need to. Have had some good advice earlier in this thread but I am still undecided


One sticking point for me is that I feel after last seasons trade bonanza (more trades in less rounds) a lot of people are underestimating the value of trades. People with Danger and Rowell are really forced into trades but it seems that more players than usual are comfortable using 2 trades in round 1.

Am I reading this correctly..... are people more open to using two trades this year compared with 2019 and earlier

 

[wogitalia]

There's an awful lot of jumping at shadows and chasing lost points in this thread.

You shouldn't be trading this week unless you fit in one of two scenarios...

1. You have Rowell and/or Danger. 3 weeks is right on the edge of trade or hold, if you have a rookie to loop this week (Dow for example) then you should at least give them a chance to turn it into 2 weeks missed and no trade. Rowell has to go but even he could have loophole value this week.

2. You've got 3+ glaring issues that need fixing over the next two weeks. Say for example you're missing Flynn, Gulden and Rowe (somehow?).

Think of the logic of trading this week...

You're essentially rejecting the two weeks and all additional information you used to pick player X over player Y so that you can now trade in player Y on the basis of one weeks information. I just can't see what could happen in that one week that is so significant that you reject all of your previous research and lock in a trade this week.

This kind of desire to force trades is why everyone should have an AFL Fantasy team on the side to satiate their deepest and darkest desires!

 

[IDIG]

Harmes is so irrelevant he didn’t even make your list

 

[Peter56]

I am planning to hold Dangerfield. I see a lot of people chasing last weeks points. Better for me to have another weeks info on all these players and get a better idea if it was a one week peak or a genuine lift in scoring for Mills, Walsh, Mitchell etc.
Not going for outright. Trades are gold.