Strategy 2023: Round 6 Trades
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Yeah upgrade season officially starts this week.
Mackenzie > Van Rooyen was a popular trade last week which generated 140K.
Doing Baker > Roberts & Chandler > Williams generates another 277K creating a total bank of 417K.
You could then use that 417K to turn Caminiti into Coniglio and still have 162K leftover to turn Ginbey into Day next week.
It is then possible to do McKenna > Seamus Mitchell and boost to get Ashcroft > Sicily next week on top of the Day trade.
3 new premiums in Round 6 & 7.
Mackenzie > Van Rooyen was a popular trade last week which generated 140K.
Doing Baker > Roberts & Chandler > Williams generates another 277K creating a total bank of 417K.
You could then use that 417K to turn Caminiti into Coniglio and still have 162K leftover to turn Ginbey into Day next week.
It is then possible to do McKenna > Seamus Mitchell and boost to get Ashcroft > Sicily next week on top of the Day trade.
3 new premiums in Round 6 & 7.
Not as experienced as others here, but my approach is going to be just plugging those lower scoring rookie spots as best as possible. Currently have Ziebell, Setterfield and Hopper as MPs, two of which that I’m planning on keeping medium-long term (maybe past the bye period if I’m lucky with injuries/suspension).
I was fortunate in round 4 I could swing an ‘upgrade’ of bont through a mid pricer and higher priced rookie I wasn’t happy with. However, I wouldn’t call that the beginning of upgrade season, as not enough cash had been generated.
In an ideal world, this and next round are the beginning of the upgrade season, through to around round 16-18 depending on how lucky or unlucky you are with cash gen (or even how aggressive you are with trades).
With my team (have reset planned trades for explanation purposes), I’m hoping to carry the premiums I currently have (12 currently if you count Ridley
) plus ziebell and Sheezel through for as long as I can (unless scoring or injury hurts my team). Hopper looks like he’s potentially in the same boat if he continues last week’s form as well. Setterfield probably turns into a premium when I can’t find an upgrade via my rookie cows.
Loose plan for next 4 rounds:
Round 6: Two down, one up (defence upgrade)
Round 7: 1-2 trades to pick up best rookie options
Round 8: one down, one up
Round 9: one down, one up (likely setterfield’s time to be upgraded (hoping it’s the week Oliver has come down enough, wishful thinking I know)
9 trades over 4 rounds takes me to 19 left, with potentially 15 premiums, Ziebell, Hopper and Sheezel. That leaves me 7 more upgrades to have full premo, but potentially just 4 to have a strong scoring 22.
I’d be hoping to do an upgrade every 2nd round from there on, and potentially pick up a strong scoring rookie (thinking 65-70 average) I can keep on field for the time being. Currently, one of those rookies for me is Ashcroft, but I’m sure he will plateau soon and I hope I can find another one.
Wrote way more than I was planning, and I’m sure many will think my plan is a bit naive/not taking everything into account, but I’ve got everything crossed it works!
I was fortunate in round 4 I could swing an ‘upgrade’ of bont through a mid pricer and higher priced rookie I wasn’t happy with. However, I wouldn’t call that the beginning of upgrade season, as not enough cash had been generated.
In an ideal world, this and next round are the beginning of the upgrade season, through to around round 16-18 depending on how lucky or unlucky you are with cash gen (or even how aggressive you are with trades).
With my team (have reset planned trades for explanation purposes), I’m hoping to carry the premiums I currently have (12 currently if you count Ridley
) plus ziebell and Sheezel through for as long as I can (unless scoring or injury hurts my team). Hopper looks like he’s potentially in the same boat if he continues last week’s form as well. Setterfield probably turns into a premium when I can’t find an upgrade via my rookie cows. Loose plan for next 4 rounds:
Round 6: Two down, one up (defence upgrade)
Round 7: 1-2 trades to pick up best rookie options
Round 8: one down, one up
Round 9: one down, one up (likely setterfield’s time to be upgraded (hoping it’s the week Oliver has come down enough, wishful thinking I know)
9 trades over 4 rounds takes me to 19 left, with potentially 15 premiums, Ziebell, Hopper and Sheezel. That leaves me 7 more upgrades to have full premo, but potentially just 4 to have a strong scoring 22.
I’d be hoping to do an upgrade every 2nd round from there on, and potentially pick up a strong scoring rookie (thinking 65-70 average) I can keep on field for the time being. Currently, one of those rookies for me is Ashcroft, but I’m sure he will plateau soon and I hope I can find another one.
Wrote way more than I was planning, and I’m sure many will think my plan is a bit naive/not taking everything into account, but I’ve got everything crossed it works!
I think if I was going down the road of a true two down one up, I would look at Sinclair/Lloyd type over Coniglio for now.
FWIW the main reason behind a trade of Ridley to Neale/Laird, is that I think this is probably the last chance to get one of them in the short term. Going up in league matches against teams with Dawson/Liard/English etc has been a pain in the butt for the last 2 years, clearly I do not learn...
FWIW the main reason behind a trade of Ridley to Neale/Laird, is that I think this is probably the last chance to get one of them in the short term. Going up in league matches against teams with Dawson/Liard/English etc has been a pain in the butt for the last 2 years, clearly I do not learn...
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Seen this asked a few times.
I am a little different to most, I would go:
Neale: Highest upside (134 season), 3 of past for over 120, BE90. Probably go up 10k this week, another 20k the following.
Touk: Last two seasons above 120, started under injury cloud, looks to be working way back to best. BE112, might go up 5k.
Laird: : Last season brilliant Gun. Should get back there with closer attention to dawson, higher BE can wait a week.
Is Bont in this convo, or due to never averaging 120 plus.. seen as a level below?
I am a little different to most, I would go:
Neale: Highest upside (134 season), 3 of past for over 120, BE90. Probably go up 10k this week, another 20k the following.
Touk: Last two seasons above 120, started under injury cloud, looks to be working way back to best. BE112, might go up 5k.
Laird: : Last season brilliant Gun. Should get back there with closer attention to dawson, higher BE can wait a week.
Is Bont in this convo, or due to never averaging 120 plus.. seen as a level below?
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For me you’re in main upgrade season now. Whether that’s with a set of downgrades or painting the fence (one down, one up) or boosting two down one up or the triple downgrade - the point is you must be doing it from now through to the byes, and depending on hiccups along the way, during the byes. If you’ve taken a more mid price strategy with say 4-6 rookies on field you should be rookie free well before the byes, perhaps as early as round 10. I ran 12 premos and 2 MPs, which is where I’m still at, but next week I’ll look to add a couple more, with the $550k I’ve got from downgrades - you should be averaging one upgrade a week given the access to boosts. With 8 upgrades to be rookie free I’ll be running some of them until well into the byes.
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Replace the name Ridley with say a Setterfield/Hopper, if they were giving you 90's with the odd 100's thrown in, would you still be in a rush to move them on...? Just treat as a MP for now and deal with him at the appropriate time.
At this stage of a season, the masses are trying to remove the more suspect scoring rookies OTF and replacing them with a better scoring keeper. The quicker one can do this, the better your overall team scoring will be.
Unless he forces you to act sooner, either through LTI or a very low score, then he's a 'fix' when I've removed all rookies OTF or wait to slingshot at the bye.
At this stage of a season, the masses are trying to remove the more suspect scoring rookies OTF and replacing them with a better scoring keeper. The quicker one can do this, the better your overall team scoring will be.
Unless he forces you to act sooner, either through LTI or a very low score, then he's a 'fix' when I've removed all rookies OTF or wait to slingshot at the bye.
I agree with your concern in isolation, however, I see it as more of a spread or balance of your current Keepers which is the main issue.
Ridley currently occupy D2; Hopper at M5 plus SEVEN forwards (JZ & Sheezle counted for now). I suspect that you've been losing your H2H battle via your Def line as your Ridley has been up against a Dawson type and possibly your D3 (Michalanney) up against another Keeper.
First thing I would do is to use the recent DPP additions to rebalance your structure (by moving players around through their DPPs), then assess where you need to upgrade to best benefit your team. I'll get it to something like the below...
D: Daicos Ziebell* Sheezle* Ridley Michalanney McKenna | Cowan Constable*
M: Oliver Bont LDU Petracca Hopper Ashcroft Ginbey* Wilmot* | Baker Long* Chesser*
R: Darcy Marshall | Madden*
F: Dunkley* Taranto* Rozee* Gulden* JHF* Chandler | Ratugolea* JVR
It doesn't look too bad now with Ridley at D4, Hopper at M5 & JHF at F5.
Chandler, Baker & Long to Roberts & Williams leaves you with $534,500 (based off your proposed trade in post #234) for the upgrade. You can afford LLoyd but have to raise more $$$ (Ginbey over a Baker/Long) to get to Sinclair. As for a forward, you can afford anyone except for Cameron and Moore.
Let's say you use Ginbey in lieu of Long in the above, this will increase your bank to $588,000 for that upgrade which opens up some MID options for you (not the Neale/Laird which you desire): Serong, Cripps, Parish, JKelly, Macrae
Anyways, I feel that your team is not as dire as first thought. Yes, you're missing a couple of blue chip premiums right now, however, the overall balance (after restructuring) is okay PLUS you have a good core group of cash cows to allow you to gradually chip away at improving your team and overall scoring potential.
Ridley currently occupy D2; Hopper at M5 plus SEVEN forwards (JZ & Sheezle counted for now). I suspect that you've been losing your H2H battle via your Def line as your Ridley has been up against a Dawson type and possibly your D3 (Michalanney) up against another Keeper.
First thing I would do is to use the recent DPP additions to rebalance your structure (by moving players around through their DPPs), then assess where you need to upgrade to best benefit your team. I'll get it to something like the below...
D: Daicos Ziebell* Sheezle* Ridley Michalanney McKenna | Cowan Constable*
M: Oliver Bont LDU Petracca Hopper Ashcroft Ginbey* Wilmot* | Baker Long* Chesser*
R: Darcy Marshall | Madden*
F: Dunkley* Taranto* Rozee* Gulden* JHF* Chandler | Ratugolea* JVR
It doesn't look too bad now with Ridley at D4, Hopper at M5 & JHF at F5.
Chandler, Baker & Long to Roberts & Williams leaves you with $534,500 (based off your proposed trade in post #234) for the upgrade. You can afford LLoyd but have to raise more $$$ (Ginbey over a Baker/Long) to get to Sinclair. As for a forward, you can afford anyone except for Cameron and Moore.
Let's say you use Ginbey in lieu of Long in the above, this will increase your bank to $588,000 for that upgrade which opens up some MID options for you (not the Neale/Laird which you desire): Serong, Cripps, Parish, JKelly, Macrae
Anyways, I feel that your team is not as dire as first thought. Yes, you're missing a couple of blue chip premiums right now, however, the overall balance (after restructuring) is okay PLUS you have a good core group of cash cows to allow you to gradually chip away at improving your team and overall scoring potential.