Strategy Round 4: Trades
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Not sure what to do. Itching to trade and do not think it is worth it. Clark is looking at Rnd 7/8 downgrade/upgrade option assuming he can hold his spot. Probably a dgrade as 1 Def Prem spot left to fill and figuring it will be during byes.
Hunter out hurts and would consider trading straight to Treacy if we knew he would be getting games. Bloody McKernan should have retired instead of stuffing up my SC team. Fullarton would have been better than rowe for Ruck cover and options. Wrong choice and live with it now.
Nothing pressing except the urge to chase points and second guess myself. Options for trades to generate more cash are Kosi>Chapman/Parks, hunter>Meek/Treacy/Fullarton, Phillips>Impey/Tex, Rowe>Chapman/Parks. If Clark dropped could go Clark>Parks/Chapman
107K ITB
Laird, Ridley, Daniel, Docherty, Stewart, Clark - highmore, Kosi
Oliver, Macrae, Merrett, Walsh, Danger, Phillips, Gulden, Jordon, - powell, scott, berry
Grundy, Flynn, - Hunter
Dunkley, Zeibell, Daniher, Campbell, Brockman, Warner, - Jones, Rowe
Phillips>Impey/Tex is trading a possible f6 for another possible f6. So have not improved the team. Seems like a waste of a trade.
What are Chapman and Parks JS like?
Anything you can suggest that I am missing?
Hunter out hurts and would consider trading straight to Treacy if we knew he would be getting games. Bloody McKernan should have retired instead of stuffing up my SC team. Fullarton would have been better than rowe for Ruck cover and options. Wrong choice and live with it now.
Nothing pressing except the urge to chase points and second guess myself. Options for trades to generate more cash are Kosi>Chapman/Parks, hunter>Meek/Treacy/Fullarton, Phillips>Impey/Tex, Rowe>Chapman/Parks. If Clark dropped could go Clark>Parks/Chapman
107K ITB
Laird, Ridley, Daniel, Docherty, Stewart, Clark - highmore, Kosi
Oliver, Macrae, Merrett, Walsh, Danger, Phillips, Gulden, Jordon, - powell, scott, berry
Grundy, Flynn, - Hunter
Dunkley, Zeibell, Daniher, Campbell, Brockman, Warner, - Jones, Rowe
Phillips>Impey/Tex is trading a possible f6 for another possible f6. So have not improved the team. Seems like a waste of a trade.
What are Chapman and Parks JS like?
Anything you can suggest that I am missing?
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Cash generation from the bench rookies looks worrying along with 4 players that did not play last round. To grab Ridley you could restructure in your rucks and trade Gawn to Treacy (if named) which would push Flynn onfield. Your remaining salary would increase to approximately $680,000. Via your dpp links you could trade any of Dow, Bergman or Sharp to Ridley thus benching J Koschitzke and have $200,000 to $300,000 left for next round.
An alternative which would involve keeping Gawn, is trading Butters to Impey allowing Bergman to Cumming/Jiath via your dual position players.
An alternative which would involve keeping Gawn, is trading Butters to Impey allowing Bergman to Cumming/Jiath via your dual position players.
Nice team.
I think your F6 and D6 are bigger problems than not having The Ridler at the moment.
Also, while The Ridler is red hot at the moment, I don't see any way you can bring him in except a sideways trade of an established premium. While you have trades up your sleeve, I don't think any of your premiums are so defective as to warrant the sideways trade.
If you'd moved Dow to Impey last round you would be on easy street (if only we all could mulligan).
Think your trades are to pick up some rookies on the bubble.
I think your F6 and D6 are bigger problems than not having The Ridler at the moment.
Also, while The Ridler is red hot at the moment, I don't see any way you can bring him in except a sideways trade of an established premium. While you have trades up your sleeve, I don't think any of your premiums are so defective as to warrant the sideways trade.
If you'd moved Dow to Impey last round you would be on easy street (if only we all could mulligan).
Think your trades are to pick up some rookies on the bubble.
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A.Fyfe to midfield, Sharp to Chapman at D6.
Do some research on Essendons Waterman, If he seems likely to be around a while you could go a week early on him in for Bergman out.
If you are worried about Dow losing tiny amounts of cash and think that you will want Devon Robertson next week, do Dow to Waterman then throw a dpp mid rookie forward next week and bring in Robertson in mids.
You can't jump on Ridley or Impey types without wasting trades as you have no money or suitable candidates to replace with. Focus on bringing in cash generation and play the long game is my advice. All the best.
Do some research on Essendons Waterman, If he seems likely to be around a while you could go a week early on him in for Bergman out.
If you are worried about Dow losing tiny amounts of cash and think that you will want Devon Robertson next week, do Dow to Waterman then throw a dpp mid rookie forward next week and bring in Robertson in mids.
You can't jump on Ridley or Impey types without wasting trades as you have no money or suitable candidates to replace with. Focus on bringing in cash generation and play the long game is my advice. All the best.
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I'm thinking of going Kosi -> Ridley - leaves Jordan Clark / Highmore at D6 with Sharp cheap FD.
Also thinking of shifting Phillips down to Impey - similar or possibly better production for 100k cheaper., but mulling over whether the sideways trade is worth it given that Phillips is likely to maintain his scoring around what you would expect for a player at the $400k mark?
Also thinking of shifting Phillips down to Impey - similar or possibly better production for 100k cheaper., but mulling over whether the sideways trade is worth it given that Phillips is likely to maintain his scoring around what you would expect for a player at the $400k mark?
I have a feeling that last years shorter season and extra trades is going to derail a lot of people this year. Seeing talk of trading blokes like Clark (BE 24 vs 70 avg) and Campbell (BE -12 vs 67 avg) to get a bubble rookie in and then pairing this with a sideways premium trade.
Cash gen looks tricky early so using up trades for minimal net gain and so early in the season feels like a recipe for disaster, and sideways rookie trading can be just as disastrous as sideways premium trading!
Using the safe rule of a rookie being maxed when their BE and avg align, the only one who looks ready is Kosi (who looks done for multiple reasons) but the others still have cash to make and only need a spike score to get a nice kick along - and those spike games aren't outside the realms of possibility. Rowe and Cox both have a monster rookie score that is at odds with their previous 2 games, and 3 games is a small sample size!
I'd also consider the relative impact of a donut this season. Unless you've been luckier than most, everyone has had a 22nd (and in some cases, 21st) players score in the 20's. Using trades to avoid a donut is not too impactful if that means you just end up with a disappointing rookie on field on another line.
Every circumstance will be different, for some the trades are no brainers but for others it might be a case of getting the sugar rush of hitting that red T.. but just keep in mind it's a long season that is only 3 rounds in!
Cash gen looks tricky early so using up trades for minimal net gain and so early in the season feels like a recipe for disaster, and sideways rookie trading can be just as disastrous as sideways premium trading!
Using the safe rule of a rookie being maxed when their BE and avg align, the only one who looks ready is Kosi (who looks done for multiple reasons) but the others still have cash to make and only need a spike score to get a nice kick along - and those spike games aren't outside the realms of possibility. Rowe and Cox both have a monster rookie score that is at odds with their previous 2 games, and 3 games is a small sample size!
I'd also consider the relative impact of a donut this season. Unless you've been luckier than most, everyone has had a 22nd (and in some cases, 21st) players score in the 20's. Using trades to avoid a donut is not too impactful if that means you just end up with a disappointing rookie on field on another line.
Every circumstance will be different, for some the trades are no brainers but for others it might be a case of getting the sugar rush of hitting that red T.. but just keep in mind it's a long season that is only 3 rounds in!
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Short has been good so far, got plenty of the ball against Sydney was just wasteful with his disposal, I don't think Richmond's backline has been under that much pressure for a while. Ridley looks awesome but Short is scoring at premo defender level as well (albeit not at Ridley's super premo level).
These ruck injuries have opened up the draw for Grundy something shocking.
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It looks like there are a couple of options:
Meek is currently a great cash cow but if Darcy is preferred ahead of him he could sit there for weeks on $177k and not go any further. In which case taking the $50k price rise and bringing in Grundy is probably the right move.
Thoughts?
- R4 vs Flynn. Who has accounted for himself well in the ruck itself but GWS are getting killed around the ground and I can't see that changing by next week.
- R5 vs NN. Toughest game bar Gawn.
- R6 vs Ess. No real ruckman.
- R7 vs GC. No real ruckman.
.It looks like there are a couple of options:
- Wait until R6 where he will get the really huge scores and then trade up. But...
- That means relying on the Freo match committee to pick Meek and I've got a feeling that if they default to a single pure ruck it will be Darcy (rightly or wrongly). So it's probably gotta be Grundy IN this week.
- Having cashed out a premium for Tex I have some bank so can use it all up and go Jordan Clark -> Grundy. I need to clear a slot in the ruck line so with zero dollars remaining it's Hunter out for Waterman or Meek out cry for Chapman.
- If I want to keep Clark and Meek say, I could sideways a premium for Grundy instead.
Meek is currently a great cash cow but if Darcy is preferred ahead of him he could sit there for weeks on $177k and not go any further. In which case taking the $50k price rise and bringing in Grundy is probably the right move.
Thoughts?