Strategy Round 9: Trades
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I'm looking to bring in a defender this week. I'd love to hear peoples thoughts on who the best option is to go for.
I can afford anyone and currently have Laird, Ridley, Daniel, Jiath, Butts and Murphy on field, with Jones and Sharp on the bench
Is Lloyd still the clear stand-out uber premo in the backline? I feel like I need one of the top guys to keep up with the pack.
Current options I'm considering are:
Jake Lloyd
Callum Mills
Tom Stewart
Anyone I'm missing?
I'll be trading out Campbell who is on my mid bench and swing Sharp into the mids.
I can afford anyone and currently have Laird, Ridley, Daniel, Jiath, Butts and Murphy on field, with Jones and Sharp on the bench
Is Lloyd still the clear stand-out uber premo in the backline? I feel like I need one of the top guys to keep up with the pack.
Current options I'm considering are:
Jake Lloyd
Callum Mills
Tom Stewart
Anyone I'm missing?
I'll be trading out Campbell who is on my mid bench and swing Sharp into the mids.
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Consider similar move of Laird to mids to get Mills. Days of Rich getting tagged look well gone, however, age and not sure why he missed so many games would see me going Mills. Have Lloyd and cannot afford Bont.
traded him last week and been on the cards for weeks. From what I can tell defenders standing in front of him now and cutting off his lead. Was all about his run which has now swung the others way. Was always a trade and had a massive breakeven which justified it. Think anyone who brought him in at $400k are hesitating as they dont feel they have met the gain they want. Not the way to look at it.
traded him last week and been on the cards for weeks. From what I can tell defenders standing in front of him now and cutting off his lead. Was all about his run which has now swung the others way. Was always a trade and had a massive breakeven which justified it. Think anyone who brought him in at $400k are hesitating as they dont feel they have met the gain they want. Not the way to look at it.
Don’t quit herb
Our league is up to 82nd we can still get as high as possible!
Looking at your team on the app
I’d downgrade berry to poulter extra dpp link and then upgrade stringer to hind
Good pod and solid player. Can focus on other areas next week your team isn’t that bad. Would be looking to downgrade Flynn and upgrade mummy to Gawn next week
Our league is up to 82nd we can still get as high as possible!
Looking at your team on the app
I’d downgrade berry to poulter extra dpp link and then upgrade stringer to hind
Good pod and solid player. Can focus on other areas next week your team isn’t that bad. Would be looking to downgrade Flynn and upgrade mummy to Gawn next week
Walker is an obvious trade out imo, and probably should have been exited at $450k+ when he had fulfilled his purpose - a stepping stone.
Anyone that bought him should have clearly known that the buy was a stepping stone (and not wait to see if a potential keeper), quick cash grab on the back of the R1-2 performance and crazy low B/E. This guy's history suggested very strongly a reversion to the mean, and it is happening now. Coaches who picked up Walker were lucky the reversion happened in R7-8 instead of R3-5.
If Walker is not traded out this round, he potentially drops to $370k-380k, he will have lost his stepping stone purpose, and coaches are probably stuck with him for the long term.
Anyone that bought him should have clearly known that the buy was a stepping stone (and not wait to see if a potential keeper), quick cash grab on the back of the R1-2 performance and crazy low B/E. This guy's history suggested very strongly a reversion to the mean, and it is happening now. Coaches who picked up Walker were lucky the reversion happened in R7-8 instead of R3-5.
If Walker is not traded out this round, he potentially drops to $370k-380k, he will have lost his stepping stone purpose, and coaches are probably stuck with him for the long term.
I think Maynard was one of those who benefitted from the shortened quarters. His output seemed similar, but obviously stacked up better with the lessened game time (scaling etc).
I don't have specific stats to back this up, more of a gut feeling. His disposal efficiency has been worse this year surely, I think the faster-paced game hasn't helped there.
I don't have specific stats to back this up, more of a gut feeling. His disposal efficiency has been worse this year surely, I think the faster-paced game hasn't helped there.
I haven't been paying/devoting much time to SC this season, however, I did note that you were ranked 60th after R1 and I'm somewhat intrigued that you haven't made the most of that good start. So what has happened since for your team to be ranked 41K+ at the conclusion of R8...?
Sometimes, it's prudent to reflect on what has transpired in order to go forward with a sense of renew purpose otherwise we'll just remain in that cycle which will consume our team before we know it.
Below is an excerpt from your R1 Review...
A couple of key observations upon reflection
The other thing which is apparent when looking at your Outs & Ins is the imbalance towards sideway trades over new cash generating Rookie which you're starting to see the effect now.
I think there's a lot of lessons to be learnt from what I've just written and we've all cross that roads at least once in our SC experience. You now have 17 trades to get the most out of your R8 team, that should be your focus going forward...and have a bit of FUN while you're at it.
I trust that you will take my post in the right context as i) I'm here to assist and ii) I was genuinely interested to find out what has happened since R1. Hopefully this will also serve as a reminder to the many coaches which frequent our site.
Sometimes, it's prudent to reflect on what has transpired in order to go forward with a sense of renew purpose otherwise we'll just remain in that cycle which will consume our team before we know it.
Below is an excerpt from your R1 Review...
A couple of key observations upon reflection
- You put the cart ahead of the horse by virtue of proclaiming yourself in the Heroes
- Despite your stubbornness, you were fully aware of the potential problems of an all Rookie rucks AND had a plan in place at the time
- You had a relatively good 4-5-0-5 'Keepers' starting structure and only missing a couple of key Rookie which you corrected in R3.
- Instead of using Danger to 'fix' your Rookie ruck, you went with your preseason instinct of Heeney instead which ultimately cost another trade.
- Sliding door between Jelly or Cripps to trade out in R4, you went Jelly.
- Hickey in & straight out, another trade on the Ruck line.
- Dunkley in R7 presented another opportunity to 'fix' your Ruck, you went Mumford & ROB instead.
- Your Fantasia to Stringer trade last round pretty much sum up your trading philosophy (or lack of foresight) thus far and is the main contributing factor IMHO to your massive slide since R1.
- Going early on Kos & Scott along with trading out Rookie of little to no value (Meek, Hunter & Sharp) has further compounded your lack of cash generation potential.
The other thing which is apparent when looking at your Outs & Ins is the imbalance towards sideway trades over new cash generating Rookie which you're starting to see the effect now.
I think there's a lot of lessons to be learnt from what I've just written and we've all cross that roads at least once in our SC experience. You now have 17 trades to get the most out of your R8 team, that should be your focus going forward...and have a bit of FUN while you're at it.
I trust that you will take my post in the right context as i) I'm here to assist and ii) I was genuinely interested to find out what has happened since R1. Hopefully this will also serve as a reminder to the many coaches which frequent our site.
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Don't stress with SuperCoach, just play for fun.
I've been doing sh1t in SuperCoach for many years now and didn't log onto my own website for a few years (well I did but not often).
The reason was I was too embarrassed with my Overall Ranking (but reality is I've been focusing on my son's soccer driving 5-6 days a week to soccer is tiring).
Now this year, I'm doing just as bad but actually enjoying my SuperCoach and been on more often.
My advice @Herbie66 is just have fun with SCS and SuperCoach and with Covid-19 just be happy we have AFL, SuperCoach and SCS rather being locked down.
If you want to take a break from SuperCoach and if you don't mind, can you PM your SuperCoach team and change password to a non-sensitive one and I'll manage it for you (due to SCS League reasons).
Chin up mate, just a game.
BTW I'm ranked 20,000 but I'm enjoying SuperCoach this year as I have no expectations, just a bit of fun.
Don't stress with SuperCoach, just play for fun.
I've been doing sh1t in SuperCoach for many years now and didn't log onto my own website for a few years (well I did but not often).
The reason was I was too embarrassed with my Overall Ranking (but reality is I've been focusing on my son's soccer driving 5-6 days a week to soccer is tiring).
Now this year, I'm doing just as bad but actually enjoying my SuperCoach and been on more often.
My advice @Herbie66 is just have fun with SCS and SuperCoach and with Covid-19 just be happy we have AFL, SuperCoach and SCS rather being locked down.
If you want to take a break from SuperCoach and if you don't mind, can you PM your SuperCoach team and change password to a non-sensitive one and I'll manage it for you (due to SCS League reasons).
Chin up mate, just a game.
BTW I'm ranked 20,000 but I'm enjoying SuperCoach this year as I have no expectations, just a bit of fun.
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Great observations, but simply from me, the ruck line can be brutal and has a potential to kill a season very quickly. Those that could see it early enough and took appropriate action can salvage a season.
I had a very similar season a few years back and pretty much swore I'd never waiver from a Gawn/Grundy ruck line as options to fix an issue are often limited.
I had a very similar season a few years back and pretty much swore I'd never waiver from a Gawn/Grundy ruck line as options to fix an issue are often limited.
Leaving 1k ITK and a complete forward line.