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?
It's an amazing team value, so congratulations on that. It's possibly the highest in all of SC so far this season.
The glaringly obvious problem is that your bench is over funded. $2,203,500 sitting on your bench, that produced 503 points + a DNP. No real loop options either. It's time to get picky, and start thinning the heard. While it's been great for your cash gen, having so many (9?) players that started in that high $200's to low $400's price range, it means the real value points/dollars players have been forced to your bench. It also means you are probably 1 or 2 genuine Prems down on where you should be. Let's do a simple exercise, and multiply some of those low Midpriced players by averages by $5,000, and you get an idea of if they are still producing value for money in your team.
Rioli - $432,800 - ave 90.8 x 5,000 = $454,000 ($21,200 still to make) scores: 71, 111, 107, 101, 64 - BE 85
McInerney - $427,700 - ave 91.7 x 5,000 = $458,500 ($30,800) scores: 54, DNP, DNP, 134, 84 - BE 27
Blakey - $384,900 - ave 83.0 x 5,000 = $415,000 ($30,100) scores: 98, 79, 96, 70, 72 - BE 81
Caldwell - $367,000 - ave 85.6 x 5,000 = $428,000 ($61,000) scores: 91, 90, 81, 87, 79 - BE 46
Newcombe - $347,700 - ave 85.6 x 5,000 = $428,000 ($73,300) scores: 119, 68, 78, 66, 97 - BE 38
Of those, the most immediate one that needs cropping would appear to be Blakey, but I'd be keeping a close eye on the others.
Blakey out, Daicos up. It get's Daicos on the ground, who is outscoring Blakey anyway, and frees up $384,900.
I think you need to continue that sort of process, and get rid of the Midpricers, that aren't scoring at good Keeper level, and have seemingly maxed out their value, or nearly maxed it out.