Strategy 2022: Round 6 Trades

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who are my must trade guys this week
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am thinking rowell and ridley, thinking of holding grundy, want rosas but unsure how to get him
 
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Don't mind me but just talking myself into Rory Laird over here.

Since his move into the midfield in round 9 of 2020 he has averaged 116.94

Missed only the two games in this period, rounds 1 and 2 this year, due to a broken hand.

See below breakdown of his scoring in that time;
0-90 - 2
90-100 - 5
100-120 - 10
120+ - 17

So has put up captaincy scores in half of those games.

From post-bye last season until now is putting up 122.83.

Someone talk me down of this ledge.
He is very good POD option, my biggest concern is he has GWS round 7 (tag incoming), last 4 scores v GWS :- 75,122,81 & 84.
 
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Looking for some commentary on the way forward from here.
Currently just outside the top 5000, so better than most years but down from #97 after round 3.
A couple of background items.
* I have been running with a value/mid-pricer strategy
* Also been trading aggressively so far (26 left after R5) in pursuit of corrections & cash-generation
* To some extent that has worked as I have a high team value of just over $12.5M incl $263K ITB.

I am committed to at least 1 trade this week - Rowell out for Bazlenka & this is what my team will look like then.
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IMO I don't have any obvious weak-spots.
20/22 of my on-field brigade have already tonned up this season and my bench are all generating cash strongly.
I hopefully have Cripps & Pruess back this week & can expect Grundy to do way better. With the Rowell upgrade thrown in you would think I'd be able to improve on this week's score of 2202.
But do I go for more? ie do I use my cash advantage now in attempt to regain that lost ground?
If I go Dow --> Rosas, I then have enough cash to upgrade Caldwell to a premo - even though he still has a bit of cash to make.
Targets would be Steele, Touk, Oliver or Mitchell.
I has initially favoured Touk but @wogitalia suggesting he was playing injured has made me uncertain.

Anyway thoughts on whether to be aggressive or not - if so who to bring in for Caldwell?
 
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Don't mind me but just talking myself into Rory Laird over here.

Since his move into the midfield in round 9 of 2020 he has averaged 116.94

Missed only the two games in this period, rounds 1 and 2 this year, due to a broken hand.

See below breakdown of his scoring in that time;
0-90 - 2
90-100 - 5
100-120 - 10
120+ - 17

So has put up captaincy scores in half of those games.

From post-bye last season until now is putting up 122.83.

Someone talk me down of this ledge.
I think Laird is worth serious consideration. I took a serious look at him last week for Cripps.
Problem is his current price of 628K.

Thing is you have Oliver in the same range who has history of going 120+ while Laird needs to break new ground as a 28 year old to achieve that. Then you have the guys who are currently a bit cheaper like Miller, Brayshaw, Tom Mitchell and Petracca who can match Laird’s scoring for less spend.
If he was 40K cheaper, I’d take him for the POD factor.
 
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Don't mind me but just talking myself into Rory Laird over here.

Since his move into the midfield in round 9 of 2020 he has averaged 116.94

Missed only the two games in this period, rounds 1 and 2 this year, due to a broken hand.

See below breakdown of his scoring in that time;
0-90 - 2
90-100 - 5
100-120 - 10
120+ - 17

So has put up captaincy scores in half of those games.

From post-bye last season until now is putting up 122.83.

Someone talk me down of this ledge.
Probably comes down to how much you want a POD vs closing off potential negative PODs.
Exactly this point here. Paying 628k is a lot, and you're only 12k away from getting someone like Steele (unless you already have him).

To be honest I was hoping Laird's price would drop below 600k! But he's been on fire the last two games and his scoring should slightly improve with Sloane getting injured.
 
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Had a rethink re trades this week, last week was Grundy's first bad scoring round for a long time (think his last 10 games were all solid scoring) & his record v Essendon can't be ignored. Also thinking of keeping Whitfield ... surely he comes good scoring wise :unsure:

Thinking of going :-

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Feel Trac is on the verge of having some big games - really nice draw coming up v Rich/Haw/ Saints/ WCE/ North

Leaves me looking like this :-

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Even spread over the byes with players missing with these trades, any suggestions welcomed (y)
 
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Big Russ, any other Port fans or anyone else really.

Having seen Burton against the Blues last weekend is he an upgrade option this year?
 
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Looking for some commentary on the way forward from here.
Currently just outside the top 5000, so better than most years but down from #97 after round 3.
A couple of background items.
* I have been running with a value/mid-pricer strategy
* Also been trading aggressively so far (26 left after R5) in pursuit of corrections & cash-generation
* To some extent that has worked as I have a high team value of just over $12.5M incl $263K ITB.

I am committed to at least 1 trade this week - Rowell out for Bazlenka & this is what my team will look like then.
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IMO I don't have any obvious weak-spots.
20/22 of my on-field brigade have already tonned up this season and my bench are all generating cash strongly.
I hopefully have Cripps & Pruess back this week & can expect Grundy to do way better. With the Rowell upgrade thrown in you would think I'd be able to improve on this week's score of 2202.
But do I go for more? ie do I use my cash advantage now in attempt to regain that lost ground?
If I go Dow --> Rosas, I then have enough cash to upgrade Caldwell to a premo - even though he still has a bit of cash to make.
Targets would be Steele, Touk, Oliver or Mitchell.
I has initially favoured Touk but @wogitalia suggesting he was playing injured has made me uncertain.

Anyway thoughts on whether to be aggressive or not - if so who to bring in for Caldwell?
Wow

18 onfield players averaging 90+ and a bench that is a gold mine (providing we actually get 8 downgrade targets)

Just need to time everything right & upgrade Blakey , O'Driscoll , Caldwell & Newcombe.

Some fallen mid premiums on the horizon , haven't looked closely at D options as yet.
 
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Looking for some commentary on the way forward from here.
Currently just outside the top 5000, so better than most years but down from #97 after round 3.
A couple of background items.
* I have been running with a value/mid-pricer strategy
* Also been trading aggressively so far (26 left after R5) in pursuit of corrections & cash-generation
* To some extent that has worked as I have a high team value of just over $12.5M incl $263K ITB.

I am committed to at least 1 trade this week - Rowell out for Bazlenka & this is what my team will look like then.
View attachment 42949

IMO I don't have any obvious weak-spots.
20/22 of my on-field brigade have already tonned up this season and my bench are all generating cash strongly.
I hopefully have Cripps & Pruess back this week & can expect Grundy to do way better. With the Rowell upgrade thrown in you would think I'd be able to improve on this week's score of 2202.
But do I go for more? ie do I use my cash advantage now in attempt to regain that lost ground?
If I go Dow --> Rosas, I then have enough cash to upgrade Caldwell to a premo - even though he still has a bit of cash to make.
Targets would be Steele, Touk, Oliver or Mitchell.
I has initially favoured Touk but @wogitalia suggesting he was playing injured has made me uncertain.

Anyway thoughts on whether to be aggressive or not - if so who to bring in for Caldwell?
Perhaps play the BEs a bit harder. Blakely out > via Daicos, Martin > Rosas. No change to scoring capacity for mine. Tonnes of cash for next week.
 
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He is very good POD option, my biggest concern is he has GWS round 7 (tag incoming), last 4 scores v GWS :- 75,122,81 & 84.
I think Laird is worth serious consideration. I took a serious look at him last week for Cripps.
Problem is his current price of 628K.

Thing is you have Oliver in the same range who has history of going 120+ while Laird needs to break new ground as a 28 year old to achieve that. Then you have the guys who are currently a bit cheaper like Miller, Brayshaw, Tom Mitchell and Petracca who can match Laird’s scoring for less spend.
If he was 40K cheaper, I’d take him for the POD factor.
Exactly this point here. Paying 628k is a lot, and you're only 12k away from getting someone like Steele (unless you already have him).

To be honest I was hoping Laird's price would drop below 600k! But he's been on fire the last two games and his scoring should slightly improve with Sloane getting injured.
Appreciate the thoughts here. Already have Oliver and Miller so cuts them out as options and can't afford Steele unless I remove a rookie with plenty of cash still to make.

Lots to ponder over the coming days.
 
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