Cheers Thanh
Appreciate the post.
Stubbornness is by biggest life fault (can be a strength).
Once I decided to start the all rookie ruck line I was all in (rightly or wrongly) and knew it had to be 6 rounds to see how it went (yes I got that wrong)
Certainly didn't expect Mumford to play as much as he had and be the # 1 ruck. (error judgement).
Was hoping Meek & Darcy could play together , uncertainty when Darcy was returning (another judgement error)
Opportunity was certainly their for Hunter given the situation with Ryder & Marshall , did not see the scenario where he would get dropped (another judgement error)
So yes I probably should have corrected before I did.
Still think Premium , Hickey / Flynn was the ideal starting line in the Rucks.
Once Dangerfield was injured I saw the opportunity to bring Heeney in , my views on him SC wise are well documented , certainly wasn't expecting him to get injured (so soon) and then trade him out.
Poor judgement , wasted injury trade.
Round 3 trading Scott out (think I admitted my mistake at the time and should have traded Hunter) again was poor , think Scott has nearly made $ 150k
Brought Jordon & Warner in , probably should have started them , probably went too heavy up forward.
Round 4
Cripps or Kelly
Kelly had 98 , 90 & 100 was lured into the thought of 115+.
Durability issues in the past , ok I need Impey & Ridley (crystal ball didn't tell me Ridley would be concussed and available for $ 500k)
Koschitze didn't look AFL standard , another poor judgement call (made $ 150k profit)
Round 5
To me Hickey looked to be the # 3 Ruck and offered massive value , injured that game and diagnosis was 6-8 weeks , so out he goes Round 6 (frustrating building at wasting trades)
Went early on L.Jones (injured)
Round 6
Hickey & Campbell - > Mansell & McCreery I think was mainly for bubble boys.
Eating donuts in the ruck.
Round 7
Dunkley
Decided ROB instead of Grundy as I actually thought ROB was a massive chance to get close to Grundy this season (another judgement error) , 3 x 100 games before I trade him in and 2 pathetic games since (also looked at McEvoy)
at this stage having massive concerns about generating enough cash to fund upgrades.
Was sick of ruck donuts so was keen on the Mumford/Flynn piggyback idea.
Round 8
Not alone in going May , was looking at Brayshaw then found Stringer's numbers , 3-4 scores over 80+ @ $ 325k in a season of Atkins , Hall , Hind , Impey , Walker , Ziebell etc surely he works as well.
Nope take a chance and he goes and get injured.
(Stringer was meant to be my fun trade)
Fantasia was a terrible starting pick (oh for Cumming or Jiath instead)
So yes from 60 in Round 1 , I am definitely skydiving without any chutes.
Stubbornness plays it part , 2-3 different choices of players who knows , bench not playing (like many) leads to poor cash generation.
Yes I would love to be bringing in $ 500k players when I upgrade , realistically that is not going to happen.
Accept my situation and hit "Delete Team" , trust me I am very close.
That's not in my make up though so will battle on and see what I can salvage.
17 Trades & $ 242,800.00 in the Bank
Mansell
Powell ✓ , Jordon ✓
Warner ✓ , Rowe
all are onfield at the moment and need to be fixed before even looking at "luxury" options of fixing May , Daniel , Cripps , O'Brien & Stringer.
Even looking at $ 500k players for upgrades I need to find $ 1,053,700.00
So what to do ?
Could very well be the last round for cheapies for awhile so :-
Berry - > Byrnes or Collier-Dawkins
McNeil/Rowe (both still with $$$ to make) or Warner - > Poulter
next round
Flynn - > Treacy
then just sit and milk every $$$ from rookies and then try and upgrade
Honestly I don't know , so if you have any short term suggestions that would be greatly appreciated.
Hope my reply makes some sense.
Too early for the BBL so I need to soldier on
Thanks again
Cheers
PS I think being 60th after Round 1 , the SC God's just set me up 😉
Nope my team , my ownership on decisions that have been massively wrong
) and keeping Powell for another rnd or 2 . 
