Review 2021 Round 2 Review

[freowho]

Score: 2,283
Weekly Ranking: 6,058
Season Ranking: 1,114 (From 1,731)
Trades made: Dangerfield to Mills
Intended trades: Spicer - Jordon and potentially Neale to Walsh or Ridley
Heroes: Macrae (C), Impey, Grundy, Short, Dusty, Dunkley, Flynn, Gulden, Warner, B.Campbell
Villians: Neale, Daniel, Rowe, Stewart

Comments: Happy with how the week went but still annoyed at myself for the Mills trade. Already had 5 premo defenders (Lloyd, Laird, Short, Daniel & Stewart) and i thought Mills could fill that 6th spot. Still bullish on his chances of being a top 6 defender due to his inside mid role (not sure if this will last now after Longmire's comments earlier today) and the fact he didn't do a hell of a lot yet scored 93. However it now means i miss out on Ridley and Whit, both likely top 6 - 110avg defenders, until an injury arises to one of my premiums or i have to sideways trade them around the byes.

Should have gone down the standard route of Danger - T.Mitchell or better yet, not traded at all as Danger is a guaranteed top 6 fwd with a great draw on return and i don't need the money the sideways trade generated until my first upgrade which will probably be round 5 or 6. Need to try practice restraint as last year i barely finished my side in a year that had 6 less rounds and 7 more trades, easy to become complacent. If i didn't do the Danger trade i'd also 95% be trading Neale out.

Neale is a genuine 50/50 to be gone from my side this week especially since the back injury he picked up in the last quarter seems to be lingering. Has Collingwood who he traditionally doesn't do great against and then Bulldogs who hog the midfield points. On top of this their #1 ruck is injured which certainly doesn't help and neither does the face he won't be playing home games for a while. The main thing i'll be looking at is getting a premium in that i believe is priced close to their lowest they'll be all season. It's all well and good if Neale drops to 580k and you pocket 140k, but it rarely is close to this amount as the guy you are trading in say Oliver or Mitchell who are priced at 655k and 610k respectively and are likely to be 50k & 30k lower in the next 6 weeks if they throw in a 90 odd. This isn't too far fetched with Oliver playing GWS who he typically scores poor against and Geelong in the next fortnight while Mitchell has needed 40 odd touches to post premium scores the last few weeks against weakish midfields. So the true dollar gain from Neale out is a lot closer to 80-100k if you are trading in a guy that will lose value in the near future and the reason i'm really only really looking at Walsh and Ridley as replacements.

Ridley gives me a 7th premium defender but has played 100% tog in both games, has ridiculous DE, intercepts, hogs kick outs and the ball will more than likely be down there a lot. A real shout to avg 110, however it will mean i technically have my worst defender who will likely avg 95-100 in my M8 spot so will be losing 10-15 ppw in the back half of the season against a true midfielder. Always the possibility of a bye sideways trade though if i can spare it. Ridleys first 3 quarters against hawks didn't instill me with a lot of confidence, was only on 60 odd at 3QT from what i remember so not so clear cut. Walsh has been scoring at premium levels for half a year now and with Cripps being clearly affected he basically has the #1 mid spot. Good DE and tog, might fall off as the season goes on being young and/or cop more attention. However is averaging 113 in 2 losses so i don't think he will drop off too much especially as they start winning a few games. IMO he is a strong top 8 mid shout especially with guys like J.Kelly and Petracca not looking great early. Rookie and midpricer crop seem to be slightly better than previous years which gives me a bit more confidence to correct players like Neale early as i hopefully won't need as many downgrades to finish my side. F5 and F6 also seem like spots than can be filled with mid 90s avg players for 500k so hopefully won't need big upgrades to attain. A lot to think about, apologies for the essay, needed to get my thoughts out on paper.

SCSBOTB with a small rise to 115th overall, the climb begins.

I'm thinking of bringing in Mills this week and finding him a hard read. My guess is Keays ran with him as he also had a lot CBA's. It's possible we've seen his ceiling and floor in the first two weeks and if so he's a good pick. Richmond usually don't tag so he's a chance of a good score this week. If he does play back again I can only think it's for short stints and he's not a 75 defender anymore. Has shown he's at least in the 90's in that role now. Despite the backline choices he's probably one of a few who can separate themselves from the pack.

 

[Ben's Beasts]

Score: 2,267
Rank: 4,408 (from 8,239)
Heroes: Captain Gawn, Lloyd, Laird, Ridley, Short, Oliver, Macrae, Gulden, Grundy, Campbell, Warner
Villains: Daniel, Cripps, Phillips, Scott, Rowe
Trades Made: Dangerfield to Mitchell
Trades Planned: Cripps and Rookie to Dusty and Jordon
Comments: Better week than last week but unable to post a really good score with both Scott and Rowe on field. Phillips, Daniel and Cripps also very disappointing. A lot of heroes though and glad that Gawn in particular as captain was able to turn things around. I've seen enough of Cripps to rid him of my team and looking forward to not having to barrack against Dusty any longer.

 

[kadog]

Score: 2231
Weekly Ranking: 13,700
Season Ranking: 12,373 (from 21,701)
Trades made: None
Heroes: Laird, Short, Bont, Gawn (C), Grundy, Dunkley, Sydney rookies.
Villians: Daniel, Stewart, Neale, Zerrett, Jelly, Fyfe, Rowe.
Comments: Again, premos firing on 4 cylinders. Neale and Fyfe the main headaches. Team looks good on paper and have the right rookies. Expect Sharp and possibly Scott to be in trouble. At this stage I’m looking to hold on trades (30 left).

 

[THCLT]

Score: 2,037
Season Ranking: 66,365 (from 30,665)
Heroes: Lloyd, Laird, Ridley, Gawn (c), Grundy, Dusty & Swans Rookie
Villians: My 4-prong MID premiums
Trades Made: None
Trades Planned: Cahill to Jordon; thinking about Bruhn to Impey
Comments: Watching other popular MID premiums toning up at 3QT whilst the 4 in my team plodded their way to a combined 338 points was not a pretty sight. Coupled this with fielding Butts, Cox, Cahill, Bruhn & Rowe for a combined 145 points and things just got real ugly!
My starting MID premium selections and decision to deviate away from the popular core group of high Rookie priced players have been disastrous to start with.
I need around 8 trades to correct my starting team but will use 1 or 2 this round to correct a couple of cash cows. After my decision to hold Danger last round, I have no choice but to play the long game this season, particularly so after my very poor start.

 

[Bomber18]

Score: 2,208
Rank: 6133 (from 5097)
Heroes: Captain Grundy, Gawn, Laird, Dusty, Dunkley, Short, Macrae, Gulden, Campbell, Heeney, Warner
Villains: Daniel, Cripps, Jelly, Taranto, Heppell late out, Scott, Rowe
Trades Made: Dangerfield to Macrae
Trades Planned: McNeil or Scott to Jordon
Comments: Heppell injury and late out was a real bummer as it brought Scott on field, which really hurt... Happy with the turnaround in form from Grawndy, sitting less anxiously now! Will hope GWS can show some better form as otherwise Taranto and Jelly will not be fun to own. Happy to have dodged Neale. Key decisions seem to be whether to hold or trade Cripps or Heppell or flick to Impey or Tex.

 

[jarveg]

Score: 2,191
Rank: 8,088 (from 6,247)
Heroes: Captain Gawn, Laird, Dunkley, Macrae, Gulden, Campbell, Ridley, Warner
Villains: Daniel, Cripps, Jelly, Merrett, Scott, Rowe, Doch, Stewart,
Trades Made: Dangerfield to Walsh and Meek to Tracey (to facilitate this rounds planned trades after Caldwell was hurt)
Trades Planned: Caldwell to Dusty and Daniher to JordOn
Comments: Another week, another long term problem to deal with. Caldwell going down really started the rot for the round. Could have tinkered with Heeney or Butters, but Dusty seems locked in so will be good to get him into the team early. Getting sick of plugging holes in the SS jarveg, but hopefully can lock away the trade button for the next few weeks and have some smooth sailing on my 2021 SC voyage.

Why am I hearing the theme song to Titanic playing right now? Bloody Celine Dion!

 

[Krak]

Score: 2,270
Rank: 468
Heroes: Captain-Macrae, VC-Gawn, Laird, Dusty, Short, Heeney, Gulden, Atkins, Impey, Campbell, Steele (The whole team really, is playing out of their skins on all levels)
Villains: Caldwell(Playing well until injury)Daniel(Just a bit ruffled), Cripps(he'll come good)
Trades Made: Danger to Heeney
Trades Planned: Caldwell bang bang-who too I'm not sure, AFyfe bang bang-to JJordan
Comments: Awesomely better week than last week and absolutely very lucky with rookie roulette on field. Luckily, Macrae went "bang" as I had no loop for Gawns VC. I'll give Crippa another week, but I know how he feels playing injured. Sh*t, just typing this I'm struggling with my two fingered tapping fingerites effort(I'm gonna need a finger ice bath after this. Yes call me a S*ft Co&k Lurker I know, Ill wear it gladly guys and girlzz). Just hoping the right decisions get made and rookies bear the fruit of their loins. Wishing all the best for all the supercoachscores peeps and keep up the great work guys. I seriously don't know how you all do it. Bloody Amazing

 

[psykro]

Score: 2,000
Rank: something putrid
Trades Made: Rowell to Walsh, a Port rookie to Gulden
Trades Planned: conundrum re Neale, tempted to downgrade in price upgrade in form [but paranoid he will go 180 if i do it haha]
Comments: All i can really say is guess who backed Neale to turn it around and put the C on him AGAIN. Let's see, ummm yeah, Sharp on field, Campbell on bench, Rowe on field [but hey Scott on bench so can't complain too much there]...
Taranto looked great til he didn't. Starting with Danger Neale, Rowell Cripps has worked pretty well, stoked with the start to the year!

 

[Darkie]

Score: 2,128
Weekly Ranking: 26,211
Season Ranking: 10,662
Trades made: Danger (suspended for 3) to Oliver
Points lost: D 11, M 32, R 0, F 39, C 0 Total 82

Intended trades: Jordon in, possibly Impey in

Heroes: Macrae 274, Gawn 137, Gulden 136, Ridley 136, Oliver 133, Laird 121, Dusty 120, Campbell 118, Warner 94
Villains: Jones 5, Rowe 19, Scott 23, Daniel 66

Comments: A bit annoyed to “have” to trade such a reliable top forward in Danger so early, but the 3 week suspension and the fact I already have a loophole option (Oea) meant it made sense for me. Happy with trade in Oliver. Left far fewer points on the bench, which always helps. Rookies a very mixed bag, with the Swans boys flying and three others going below 25!