Score: 2,153
Rank: 209 (from 126)
Heroes: Grundy VC, Docherty, Howe, Sicily, Neale, Rowell, Pittonet, T.Mitchell
Villains: Fyfe, Greenwood, Dusty, D.Smith, T.Rivers' last quarter, S.Hill's last 3 quarters
Trades Made: BZT & Cavarra - S.Hill & Hamill
Trades Planned: Howe & Fyfe - Simpkin & Bont
Comments: Bit of a disaster of a week in terms of injuries, don't think i've ever copped this many in a round. Fyfe was on track for a solid 110 - 120 while Howe could have easily reached 130. Naismith on the bench luckily and Hamill was looking promising and now his cash gen is stifled due to a concussion before quarter time. Out of all of them i'm probably most cut up about Naismith despite not being fielded. Was going to ride him all the way up to 450k as a pod mid pricer making 200k. Unfortunately only made 50k and have to cut my gains short, 150k less than expected cash gen is going to hurt alot in a year where a lot of rookies are bunched around the underwhelming 50-65 type scores. Naismith being out rd 2 forced me into Pittonet so definitely dont regret starting him, his injury risk was always a component of him as a pick. As with Naismith, Fyfe comes with a risk of an injury score. Luckily was able to provide me 3 weeks of a 140 avg. Don't think it will be a one weeker so looking to offload. Howe's injury was plain unlucky. Had him for a solid 2 weeks and that's the end of that trade, dont regret getting rid of Houston for him.
Trades done weren't anything special. Was basically a choice of 2 between Hill, Green, Williamson, K.Pickett and Hamill with some price constraints as i didnt want to offload Sturt as i heard his injury wasn't as serious as first made out to be. Had Williamson and Pickett most of the week but landed on Hill and Hamill. Pretty happy with it, would have had to play Pickett over Williamson if i went down that route so Hill scored more and i like his dpp swing and JS. Hamill showed enough in about 12 minutes to make me think he isnt going to be a total waste of a trade.
After this week i'll have made 11 trades for not a single one up, one down trade. In a typical year i'd be ****ting my pants that my final team wouldn't be completed or i'd be tradeless by round 15 and having 3 premiums rot on the bench with injuries that i cant trade for. Still not overly stressed this year even with two forced injury trades this week. Only 7 upgrades to go, i've conceded that Rowell will be a season long keeper despite how unaesthetic it is to have a rookie in a final side. This man isnt a rookie. Hopefully next week i can do my first proper upgrade through a Naismith downgrade to some 117k R3 potato and then perhaps Noble to the cat, Jake Lloyd. Will be looking to bring in some high owned premiums over the next months as there isnt anything worse than barracking against guys you want in your side. Along with Lloyd i need to get Gawn in sooner rather than later and possibly Macrae if he can show some form.
Trades this week are a bit more straightforward than previous weeks, yet still not 100% sold on them. Simpkin would be coming in as my 7th forward. Already have Whit, Dusty, Petracca, Greenwood, Ceglar and D.Smith with 2 of the mid/fwd guys currently in my midfield. I think the value of Simpkin at 520k is too hard to ignore especially with his ownership rising fast. I'm sure a fwd premium will get injured between now and rd 17 so it will give me an opportunity to offload them to a Mid or defence premium. Lloyd is the other option im looking at for Howe but im leaning towards Simpkin due his price tag vs Lloyd who i think is priced at his max. Fyfe gives me a good opportunity to do a downgrade of sorts and pass up on the likes of Serong, Xerri and Mahoney this week by generating 100k to Bont. Can bring him back in once recovered and the 72 is out of his cycle. Still not totally sold on Bont. Had one insane quarter and has had 3 poorer weeks. Was tagged against GWS and still found it alot vs Saints but they got smashed. With Dunkley out i dont think there is role change risk and with 3 winnable games in a row im preferring him at this stage. Also really like Parker and Oliver, they're bit less popular though so they wont hurt as badly if they go on a streak.