Hi Rowsus,
Thanks for answering all our questions. This thread is not only my favorite one, it is also the one where I learn the most and the one that gives me the most 'food for thought'.
My team is currently;
Hanley (mid), Hibberd, Enright, Suckling, Langdon (mid), Langford, Georgiou, Clurey
Ablett, Pendlebury, Rockliff, Beams, Murphy, Aish, Polec, Dunstan, Taylor (fwd), Wanganeen
Naitanui, Sandilands, Derickx, King
Dangerfield, Martin, Franklin, Pavlich, Zorko, Rohan, JKH, Impey
Cash $5,800
Whilst I am not too happy with the performance of Franklin and Pavlich, I don't think I should trade them at this stage.
My main concern are the two bench donuts in Clurey and Wanganeen that are unlikely to play again soon and therefore are not making me money.
Apart from them, I don't see too much future in Suckling and Rohan. And selling one of them would free me cash to deal with my donuts.
Clurey I could swap with Clay Cameron, however I am not sure about either his job security nor his scoring potential.
I could sell Rohan for Ambrose, but that would at the very least be extremely risky.
My preferred trade would be Suckling for McDonald. He seems to have good job security and scoring potential and frees $130k.
Now I can use this cash to upgrade Wanganeen to either Tyson, Ellis or Cunningham. Everybody is talking up Tyson and he did ok so far.
So here is my question. Considering that I can sink the money that I don't use in my midfield trade next week into a better player, I think I mainly need to consider the respective price increases between these three players plus their job security.
So first how do you see Cunningham's job security and do you think it is realistic for him to continue on a 68 average?
Ellis I believe is quite safe in the team. To generate the same cash he would need to average 72, well below his current 82, which would create an extra $30k before his bye plus I have too many round 10 rookies.
It is hard to see Tyson getting dropped early unless he gets injured. To create the same cash as Cunningham he would need to average 83, which seems more than achievable. To match Ellis he needs to average 93 if I want to trade him prior to round 9, 90 for a round 10 trade. Again this is well below his current average and seems more than achievable. Couple that with his additional points that I expect each round out of him, he does seem the obvious choice.
So in summary my plan is Suckling -> Langdon & Wanganeen -> Tyson
Can you see any flaws in my analysis and/or do you have any other suggestions?
Also do you have any ideas how I could get Clurey out of the team in a beneficial way?