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Team is in good shape coming of a ~2600 score but as well all know.. SC waits for no one! Not entirely sure of the best moves this week.. plenty of players I'd like but no real obvious trade out candidates or pathways to bring them in.
Few things I'm weighing up..
1. Berry/McGovern to Hewett/Martin
Neither Berry or McGovern are bad picks yet.. while they haven't set the world on fire I see both working and generating cash, they are just the weakest players than have tradable value. Hewett looks great and has definitely elevated my expectations of him as a potential D5/D6 keeper. But while he looks great, I only have 2 backline spots to fill and 1 will need to be Hall, so do I risk committing to Hewett as my "value" pick this early and is it essential to get that value pick now. Last year we got May and Daniel at ~$400k that would likely have similar outputs and I'm sure others will pop up.. but god does the value feel good and take the element of timing out of the mix (nothing worse than a value pick presenting at the worst moment, although TBoosts help with that). Martin would be a week early but role and scoring upside look good so comfortable with that risk.
2. No trades
Don't love it as trading for this week is critical usually and my team by no means has the best. But forcing a trade is also risky and with no clear options standing out it might be better to wait a week and see what unfolds with an extra week of data.
3. Owens to Martin
This smacks of trading for the sake of trading.. frees up negligible cash and doesn't really solve any pressing issues. If nothing else, Owens is a useful late round loop if he isn't playing/sub risk.. and if he pops up again at least I don't have to look at his 2 point average (surely..).
Now we get to the more out there, "bold" (aka, stupid...) move..
4. Dunkley to Heeney/De Goey
On current evidence I'm not sure Dunkley will average more than either of the two ins, and certainly not significantly. Frees up $100k to potentially do a Berry to Rowell type trade.. but the reality is Dunkley will easily be a top 6 forward while fit, and so trading him now is ludicrous and no guarantee to actually net more points.
Safe to say I won't do option 4.. but split over the first 3 options. probably ever so slightly leaning towards option 1.. but team selection will probably play a large part in which way I ultimate go.