Chook’s Rooks – Round 5

Posted by Chook on 27/4/10 • Categorised as Chook's Rooks

What is it with our rookie superstars bombing in their third games? After two stand-out performances, James Podsiadly and Tom Rockliffe became the latest to suffer a bout of the third-game blues.

Actually, blues doesn’t quite cut it. A 60 when you’ve been averaging 100, JPod? That’s more of a deep blue than a regular blue. Let’s call it a bout of the third-game smalts. Yeah, smalt, it’s like a dark blue. Look it up.

It could be that the teammate whose injury opened the door for your rookie has come back into the side and is stealing his points. It could be that opposition sides are paying the rookie a little more attention after a couple of good games. Maybe game three was against Sydney? Or it could just be inconsistency – the kryptonite that cripples all rookies from time to time.

For different reasons, JPod, T-Rock, Kane Lucas, Travis Colyer, Brodie Moles, Michael Barlow, Luke Shuey, Alex Silvagni, Jake Melksham and Mitchell Banner are all examples of rookies this year whose third-game score was lower than their scores in the first two.

Long-time rookie watchers will do well to remember a worse case of the third-game smalts than the terminal type caught by Beau Muston last year. 127, 106… 42. Yuck.

Oh, in honour of Jack Trengove beating everyone but Barlow this round, I’ve decided to insert an unwarranted “r” into everyone’s name this week, as is often done to the Melbourne midfielder.

Three-or-more gamers

Not everyone is prone to the smalts, of course. Hawthorn backman Bren Stratton pumped out a 98 against North Melbourne, after less-than-impressive scores of 62 and 41. This kind of rookie behaviour is frowned on, as it convinces everyone to ignore him until he’s already had his first price change, meaning we’ve all missed the boat.

Geelong forward James Prodsiadly still owns the best breakeven of this group with -63, while Melbourne midfielder Rohan Brail, if he’s back, is sitting on -48. As mentioned, Fremantle midfielder Michael Brarlow was again the hero of the round with 115, while the Demons’ number two pick, Jack Trengrove, knocked out a 108. Bulldogs middie Brodie Molers also brought up a century, despite not being on the team sheet until fallen premo Ryan Hargave was a late withdrawal.

Special mentions must go to Richmond midfielder Durstin Martin, who took a break from being mediocre to give us an 80, including 34 in the first quarter, and Essendon forward Scott Grumbleton, who nailed a 96. Like a Warhead lolly, Grumby’s big scores are all the more sweeter for having to suffer through his disgusting scores beforehand.

They were the good guys of round five. Now for the baddies. Playing a leading role for the losers was Hawthorn forward Carl Perterson, who could manage no more than 30 against North. The supporting cast included midfielders Anthony Morabirto, of Freo, and Jaker Melksham, of Essendon, who both scored 42. While that’s not too much of a concern for Melksharm, seeing as it’s only his third game, it spells trouble for Morabitor and Preterson, who become the first of this year’s rookies to enter… THE RED ZONE!

Yeah, the capitals and exclamation mark scream “DANGER!”, right? Good, because that’s exactly what the Red Zone is. DANGEROUS! Rookies find themselves in the red zone when their breakeven for the upcoming round exceeds their current average. I gave it the name Red Zone because it sounds so DANGEROUS! (I hope you’re getting the message) but mainly because red (not smalt) is the colour a breakeven will turn when this happens in Grimlock’s peerless FF Genie. After 90s in round three, Morarbito and Petersorn have been pretty dismal in the past two weeks, giving them breakevens of 75 and 77 respectively. That’s a problem for blokes averaging about 60. If you think they’re going to churn out more of the 90s and less of the 40s, then stick with them, but if I had one of these blokes in my stable, I’d start searching for a downgrade/upgrade target. You could do worse (not much, but a little) than checking out the about-to-pop two gamers below.

Two gamers

In good news for Morabitro owners, the rookie with the best breakeven is available in the midfield bracket. Jarrrod Kayler-Thomson had a 65 in round one, missed three weeks and then chalked up a 101. His price of $77,800 and breakeven of -108 are attractive, but job security has to be a concern.

Another $77k midfielder, Essendon’s Bern Howlett, is next up with a BE of -79. He was dropped after two games and then listed with a two-week ankle injury, but apparently played in the VFL on the weekend. A mature-age rookie, I’ll definitely be considering Howler for a downgrade if his return coincides with one of my current crop of cows reaching their peak.

Also boasting BEs in the negative 70s are defenders Sirmon White, of Carlton, and Phil Darvis, of Adelaide. Whiter ($77k)has scores of 74 and 58, while Davirs ($94k) has consistent scores of 69 and 71. The Blues and Crows both have tall defenders that could oust this pair, but Geelong’s Josh Hunt is going to fall victim to my itchy trigger finger this week, so I’ve got to pick one. I’m leaning towards paying $17k more for Dravis, as I think he’s got better job security than Whrite. You could also plump for Ashton Harms, the West Coast defender who costs $77k. He’s had 48 and 68 for a BE of -58.

From here on it’s all forwards, and I wouldn’t be going near any of them, except for maybe Davirs, who’s listed as a defender-forward in DT. To be honest, if you wanted to downgrade a forward, last week was your week. If you’re desperate, you’re choices are all $89k and all yellow and black. Matthew Dear (-35) has the best BE of the Richmond trio after a 72 against Freo, while Dravid Astbury and Troy Traylor were criminally poor and fully deserve their horrible BEs of -6 and 4. If you do pick up a two gamer this week, fingers crossed they can avoid the third-game smalts.

One gamers

AFL coaches threw us DT coaches six pieces of fresh meat in round five, including highly touted Kangaroos midfielder Ben Cunningtron. His first-up score of 48 wasn’t particularly promising, but more of a concern is his starting price of $140k. Fremantle forward Nathan Fryfe, Western Bulldogs ruckman Jordan Roughead and West Coast midfielder Lewis Stevenson all outscored Cunnington, while dual positioners Rickry Henderson, of Adelaide, and Matthew Lobber, of Port Adelaide, were around the 30 mark. Double yuck.

Trading? I want to hear all about it.

992 Comments

Andy
April 27, 2010 • 10:09 pm

First post
- Jack
  April 27, 2010 • 10:11 pm
  
  F off you fag we dont give a shit
  - Sir Jiminy Toast
    April 28, 2010 • 12:40 am
    
    Oi! I care. Well done, Andy. Awesome effort!
    - Hillsey
      April 28, 2010 • 11:16 am
      
      Good job Andy. Keep it up
- Leroy
  April 27, 2010 • 10:18 pm
  
  hello DICKHEAD!!!
  - Optimus Grimes
    April 27, 2010 • 10:33 pm
    
    why hasnt anyone caught on that everyone hates first posters without anything constructive to say.
    - Dee Trayne
      April 27, 2010 • 10:39 pm
      
      why hasnt anyone caught onto the fact that ur a smelly c**t witha pin dick…oh wait, i have!!!
      - Steamer
        April 27, 2010 • 11:12 pm
        
        so he’s some kind of she-man???
      - Dexter
        April 27, 2010 • 11:15 pm
        
        Optimus Grimes is a lad. First posts are about as cool a donut
Jack
April 27, 2010 • 10:10 pm

Hawkins out Didak in
Albert Lloydd
April 27, 2010 • 10:21 pm

inb4lock

oh wait…
Chook
April 27, 2010 • 10:22 pm

Off topic, but I forgot to mention the DT Talk league in Fantasy English Premier League. The season is almost over, with the DT Talk league currently ranked 19th out of 193,000 leagues. That’s pretty awesome.

The leader of our league, D Roberts, is ranked 19th in the world, which is even awesomer considering more than 2 million people play Fantasy EPL.

Well done, shaggers.
- John
  April 27, 2010 • 10:34 pm
  
  fair effort. ill make sure i join next season.
  - Dan R
    April 27, 2010 • 11:34 pm
    
    Haha, that’s me!! Living in London at tyhe moment so got me through winter. Pity I’m sh^t at DT – second season currently sitting 9,800th…. Hard when you don’t get to see many games live….
    - Chook
      April 28, 2010 • 6:03 am
      
      Respect, Dan. Massively good effort. Any chance of cracking the top 10 in the final two gameweeks?
    - JaydenC.
      April 28, 2010 • 12:49 pm
      
      Dude that’s unreal, what a champ!
      Best of luck for the final weeeks.
CoffeeSnob
April 27, 2010 • 10:22 pm

Hi guys. Love the site. First year reader and virgin post. Have 111K in bank and considering 1 of 2 trades this week (used 4 so far).

Hille or Kruezer to Cox. OR

Zeibell to Didak

Also considering the hunt-Davis trade to free up cash for mid upgrade in a few weeks. But this will mean only 14 trades left for season and this concerns me. Appreciate comments from more experienced DTers.

Cheers
- bella
  April 27, 2010 • 10:29 pm
  
  i’d go zieball to Didak personally. i am doing something similar with Hall to Didak
- Monaco
  April 27, 2010 • 10:36 pm
  
  I f you go by Their Avg. there is nothing in it. Hille still has a couple more week of price increases were as Krooz has pretty much leveled out. I guess it depends wheither you intend on keeping either of them come years end. If it were me I would pick one as a keeper and lock him in for the year and trade the other for Cox. Again if it were me i would be keeping Hille only because we know his points ceiling were as Krooz is still a little of an unknown.
- Mucho-grande
  April 28, 2010 • 6:17 am
  
  Z-bell to Didak
- Chirstina Hendricks Gallery
  April 28, 2010 • 1:22 pm
  
  Hille has a B/E of 16, so if you are thinking about the hille cox trade, do the kreuzer cox trade instead. I’d personally tempted to wait another week or so and see how hille goes, if he smashes out another big score I might keep him for the year.
  
  While cox has been playing well he still has a B/E of 78, so he isn’t likely to raise in price as much as hille will. that being said you might wanna do the kreuzer trade.
Kelvin
April 27, 2010 • 10:23 pm

Thinking about J.Hunt down to a rookie and then B.Hall up to Didak…
- patto
  April 28, 2010 • 9:46 am
  
  not a bad trade at all
  depends how many trades you’ve used so far
- The Stooge
  April 28, 2010 • 10:32 am
  
  why trade Big Bad Bazza when he pumped out a reasonable score at the weekend??? don’t do this trade!! what a waste of a trade
  - Leigh (aka Cousins Coke n Ice)
    April 28, 2010 • 1:10 pm
    
    Agree. His price will be on the rise with a decent score in the mix that will count for the next 2 games. Hold onto Hall, he might be coming good, and we know what he did to Zac Dawson in the NAB cup grand final also!
bella
April 27, 2010 • 10:27 pm

At this stage looking to upgrade hall to Didak with my 100k left over. wanted to upgrade him from zieball but am 8k short.

could do hille to cox instead, but i reckon hill will be a more consistent scorer then hall.
- The Stooge
  April 28, 2010 • 10:32 am
  
  see above
  - bella
    April 28, 2010 • 11:36 am
    
    would you recomend cashing in Hunt for a Davis or Ham, which gives me the extra cash and then uping Zieball to Didak?
    - The Stooge
      April 28, 2010 • 11:42 am
      
      sounds better… Hall will prob have a rubbish game from time to time but will average much more than Ziebell throughout the year
Monaco
April 27, 2010 • 10:29 pm

Was hoping Simon Whites name wouldnt come up he has been largely missed by people in a lot of the other posts. But yerr he is a bad bad BAAAAAD pick who should not be talked about again.
*Looks away and whistles*
Nah i think he should get a few more games while the Blue baggers keep winning.
- Blue boys
  April 27, 2010 • 11:28 pm
  
  Not convinced he will get too many games. Waite, Bower and thornton to come back although Walkers shoulder injury opens up another spot. Was lucky Pods kicked terribly or he may have 4 or 5 kicked on him, which wouldn’t have been so good for him.
  Who really knows though, hasn’t done much wrong so far.
- Chirstina Hendricks Gallery
  April 28, 2010 • 1:25 pm
  
  I wouldn’t be so sure about that, blues have a lot of ins to still come in that back line. Also remember that hendo ended up playing down back a little bit during the cats match and that gibbs and kane lucas and cracker carrazzo have been known to fill that smaller backline role.
  
  I was thinking about picking him up, but I can’t see him playing many games.
Phil
April 27, 2010 • 10:32 pm

Trying to decide if i should downgrade Hunt or Peterson to Dravis. Leading towards Peterson at the moment but open to any suggestions!
Sheaky
April 27, 2010 • 10:33 pm

I’m thinking hunt to davis and then maybe mcveigh to…… Hayes, Montagna, Selwood, Gibbs, Cassississsi…. the list goes on with too many to choose. A good problem to have I guess… expect for having mcgay…. what a homo.
John
April 27, 2010 • 10:34 pm

i’m in a similar situation with hunt. i reckon he will do better this week and increase but might as well jump on phil davis while he’s cheap. he should play a fair amount of games this year and has been impressive so far.

also ive got nic naitanui and hille in the ruck but i think nows the time to offload nic for dean cox.

any thoughts?
Todd
April 27, 2010 • 10:39 pm

Out: Ball, McVeigh

In: Judd, Cunnington
- brent
  April 27, 2010 • 10:46 pm
  
  im thinking about getting rid of masten for a premium!
  thinking judd….but not sure!
  anyone else you think?
  or jump on judd now?
  - Chirstina Hendricks Gallery
    April 28, 2010 • 1:26 pm
    
    Judd will be great this year, brock mclean has been winning a bit of the contested ball which is leaving judd to get a few more handball receives from the stoppages (also leaving him with a little more in the tank to finish off games).
    
    I made the mistake of getting brock mclean thinking he would be getting more delivery from judd, but it seems it’s been going the other way so far.
Magpie machine
April 27, 2010 • 10:44 pm

lets not forget Levi Greenwood……………….sure to make you some money
Nails
April 27, 2010 • 10:47 pm

I’ve used 3 trades so far..

and will make two this week

I’m stuck on which of these 4 trades do I make this week..

Seeing as I have both Peterson and Hunt, both players that have seemed to peak, I want them out.

However I also want to get in Cox and Domenic Cassissi..

Therefore I’m trying to decide…

Do I go…
Luke Ball > Cassa
and Seaby > Cox

or Hunt > Davis
and Peterson > Fyfe (disgusting lack of rookie forwards)

or Hunt > Davis
and Ball > Cassa

or Peterson > Davis
and Seaby > Cox

I think Cassissi will average >100 this year and at 351k it’s a price you can’t resist. Though I could possibly wait one more week on him, though I don’t want him to go up 20k with his BE of 44..

Cox vs Sandilands won’t go up too much even if he does score 100 odd.
I’d prefer not to miss the boat with Davis but then who do I get this week? Probably Cassissi?

Is it too much of a sideways trade Ball > Cassa? Even though Cassa will prob avg 100-105 and Ball will be 80-85 (if lucky)

Would it be worth the risk waiting and just doing two downgrades?

Will Cassa really average >100?

Will Peterson or Hunt be dropped to make my decision easier?

Fuck, I think about DT too much. These questions have been plagging my mind a lot last day or two.
I think I’ll probably go Josh Hunt > Davis as Davis will be a nice player to sit there and average 50+ all year pending security and won’t need to be traded out and go Ball > Cassa

With J. Trengove, D. Martin and M. Duncan as my 3 cash cows left in the mids, I don’t think any are ripe for the picking and therefore if I do get Cassa in at his discount price, it’ll need to be Ball.

Fuck.

Any thoughts would be appreciated? What do others think is the best trade combo? Or any thing I haven’t thought of?
- brent
  April 27, 2010 • 10:55 pm
  
  definately get on cox for seaby!!
  and get rid of peterson for sure!!!
  
  was just reading an article somewhere on fan footy about him, and yeah, get rid of him!!
  
  it will probably be a side ways trade (ball to cass) however it may be worth it, if cass does average 100+ and ball only 80 odd! ball has a lot of potential though…
- Mucho-grande
  April 27, 2010 • 11:23 pm
  
  if you are going to get rid off Peterson make sure you have bench cover for the possibility that Brown becomes injured this week (if you had Brown in the first place)
  - Nails
    April 27, 2010 • 11:40 pm
    
    Yeah.
    
    I got Sir Gumbleton covering the bench :).
    
    Forward line reads:
    
    ROK, J Brown, Didak (full price paid, yuck), Gian, Hall, Balla and T-Rock.
    
    Therefore I really only need to downgrade Peterson for Cash
    
    The way I see it Hall and Balla will prob be my only upgrades and even then Balla might stay strong…
- Max
  April 28, 2010 • 10:13 am
  
  When people write a two page essay in their comment I generally stop reading and go onto the next post.
  
  I’m sure many others do also.
- Blue boys
  April 28, 2010 • 11:53 am
  
  WOW Nails,
  I haven’t had to read that much in one sitting since year 12 English………………..and that was in 1991!!!!!!!!
  
  Like year 12 English, i was able to pick up the important bits and reckon the Peterson/Seaby to Davis/Cox combo is the best one.
  Happy trading………
Magpie machine
April 27, 2010 • 10:54 pm

Brent…..Judd , tagged or not ………….is a ball magnet >100 week in week out…..get on!!
- brent
  April 27, 2010 • 10:57 pm
  
  cheers!
  
  coz once i upgrade to that premium, possibly judd, my team should be at a min of 2000!
  
  so i need a consistent player! you reckon judd can be consistent 100+?
  
  stanton is also on the table, its just such a hard decision! dam dream team
  haha
Lukeytheflukey
April 27, 2010 • 10:59 pm

gray to pavlich, reimers to didak…
- brent
  April 27, 2010 • 11:02 pm
  
  definitely!
Dan
April 27, 2010 • 11:13 pm

thoughts on gray –> davis? noted that gray has only faced geelong and stk but still… should i out him now while hes still 321k good money to be made/saved.
Mucho-grande
April 27, 2010 • 11:16 pm

Henderson is out for 2-3 weeks
dave
April 27, 2010 • 11:26 pm

Love the r’s man! I ended up just reading all the names and having to go back through it.
DG33
April 27, 2010 • 11:35 pm

Mayne to Sylvia
Leroy
April 27, 2010 • 11:41 pm

hey fellas stuck on some trades for the week. any help will be good but things could change come selection night!
i am thinking of
Seaby to Cox but im thinking could hold of a week longer with Cox a B/E of about 80 against Sandilands, he never reallyy plays well against freo. so he may go up a tiny bit but not a heap

Hunt down to Davis? If named of course… Hunt has peaked but same as Cox he may get his B/E but might go down i tad!!

Gray to Didak will cost me 60K looking quite nice atm!!!

i have 240K in the kitty for upgrades this week….
or any other ideas, im all ears!
cheers
- Leroy
  April 27, 2010 • 11:53 pm
  
  im thinking the hunt trade HAS to be done this week becasue Davis will go up in price!!!
  - Nails
    April 27, 2010 • 11:57 pm
    
    Haven’t got any players that have peaked in the forward line?
    
    As forward line rookies seem harder to find this year you could go say
    
    Carl Peterson > Davis
    
    And Hunt > (Was it Simon White?) Or one of the other defender rookies mentioned..
    - Leroy
      April 28, 2010 • 12:02 am
      
      dont have Peterson, i have Duncan,Gumby and Pods
      Gumby is staying put as a 22 game player!
      Duncan should come back in… and Pods is at the beginning of his milking!
      - Nails
        April 28, 2010 • 12:19 am
        
        If I were you then I’d prob go Hunt > Davis
        
        As Previously mentioned by myself though…. a lack of good forward rookies, so it’d be nice if you could save Davis, shame you can’t :P. Just means you’re going to have a lack of players to trade in for duncan/pods once they have peaked.
        
        I’m not sure how Austin Wonaemirri scores in DT, but perhaps him? I really don’t know much about Austin to be entirely honest.
        
        I’m now trying to decide… do I take a risk and miss BOTH Cassa and Cox at this weeks price and do TWO downgrades?
        
        I suppose this is the last week to jump on board for good downgrades for a while.
        I don’t see much better targets than Phil Davis for the forwards and White for the backline…. and If I miss them both I’ll have to wait a couple weeks for another decent target, or fork out 40-50k for each one (more than I’d have to if I just miss Cassa or Cox for one week).
        
        This would also give Ball another week to prove himself. He put in a fairly decent effort with his 80+ to try and earn another week in the side.
        
        I realise these two are peaked (pete and josh) therefore It’s best to get them out now, but will it hurt me to Miss Cox and Hunt and would this trade be better than what I previously mentioned?
        
        Oh too many possibilities. Oh well, this is why DT is so great.
  - phil
    April 27, 2010 • 11:58 pm
    
    yeah, im always really hesitant about making trades
    
    i have ladson and hunt in the back on the bench, both wont really increase in price so tossing up whether to trade either to Davis to make around 150k.
    
    Then upgrading maybe gray to didak. Not sure if this is smart, as im burning 2 trades (already done 3) and getting one premium in
Magic33
April 27, 2010 • 11:55 pm

“Smalts”, “Like a Warhead lolly”…pure gold!
greenman42
April 28, 2010 • 1:54 am

Josh Hunt out for either Simon White or Ashton Hams, depending on who gets named, White if they both do.

Then either Jordie McKenzie out for GAJ, or Shuey out for Carrazzo, haven’t made up my mind yet.
knkn
April 28, 2010 • 2:28 am

hunt> davis

And danger or ziebell to dids. Whos everyone think?
- Roy Dingo
  April 28, 2010 • 2:55 am
  
  Sounds good. I’d maybe hold onto Ziebell and get rid of Danger. Not much in it though…
  - Mattyb
    April 28, 2010 • 10:22 am
    
    Get rid of Danger, he’s out for up to a month!
- Spanna
  April 28, 2010 • 1:38 pm
  
  doing the exact same
  Hunt has reached the end of the line and Danger has sucked bad and now he’s gone and broken his arm
Roy Dingo
April 28, 2010 • 2:51 am

OUT: Hunt IN: Davis

OUT: McVeigh IN: Judd or Hayes?

Any comments would be appreciated
- nickm356
  April 28, 2010 • 10:46 am
  
  gibbs?
Bob
April 28, 2010 • 7:05 am

I only have 16 trades left, but is now the time to use trades???? this is my second year in DT and im still a rookie….i was thinking of have 5 trades left for the finals??? anyway i was planning on dowgrading shuey to kayler-thompson and then upgrade dangerfield to sylvia???? or wait a week or two and upgrade bastinac to swan??? thoughts?
Santa
April 28, 2010 • 8:23 am

Yeah, 20 trades is heaps. You’ve gotta use them all up, no use wasting them…
Alex
April 28, 2010 • 8:27 am

I feel dudded by Jack Grimes – wtf is it with him?

I’m considering the following for this week and have 16 trades left + $13,000;

Grimes —> Davis
Suckling —> White

Would net me $350,000 which would be used next week for upgrades.

Reckon these are good moves?

After holding him from the start, I also regrettably (to avoid a donut – was out of him an Howlett) traded JKT last week after again being named emergency and he racked up 101! Brought in Cunnington for him for 48!!! Arrghhh Spewing!
- tupperware
  April 28, 2010 • 1:09 pm
  
  I dont know why you traded a 77k rookie before he made you money.. sitting him on your bench would have saved you an important trade.
  
  If your gonna use your trades, use them wisely.
  - Alex
    April 28, 2010 • 2:39 pm
    
    I was looking at two donuts in JKT and Howlett and was also losing patience with them as they weren’t being picked. Bad move I know
    - Alex
      April 28, 2010 • 2:40 pm
      
      Oh, that’s meant to be one donut as I had Boyd out.
Bifrost
April 28, 2010 • 8:37 am

Thinking about sitting on my hands until Round 8…but Fyfe might bring me forward to Round 7.
Going Alright
April 28, 2010 • 8:45 am

Whats peoples thoughts about these trades, and are they considered sideways

Hill & Clarke to Cox & Sandilands. (will return the best averages for remainder of the year in ruck)
or
Ball & McVeigh to Gibbs & Hayes. (great value and both should average close to a 100 for remainder of year)

The look of these trades could be a good chance for me to get a nice jump ahead in the league, with next week a good chance to downgrade to rookie, and upgrade martin to a montagna/ablett/swan

What are peoples thoughts on ball’s and mcveighs year ahead?
- Chirstina Hendricks Gallery
  April 28, 2010 • 1:28 pm
  
  Gibbs looks low on confidence at the moment, last year he took a lot of the carlton kick outs (which resulted in a lot of kick to self, then kick out which gives you 3 points) but jordan russel the hack seems to be taking them. he looks really unsure of himself whenever he kicks but the last two weeks he has improved. I wouldn’t be pulling the trigger on him just yet.
  
  For an extra 10k you can get juddy.
Pierce (Environment) Brosnan
April 28, 2010 • 8:52 am

Would be nice to see Ashley Smith named for West Coast this week. This kid is a jet and was used as a sub in the preseason so probably only averaged 40% TOG and as such only scored 32 v Ess and 56 v Port. He’s been carving it up in the WAFL and is surely on the brink of selection with WC struggling. Would give a few of us an additional 2-3 weeks to piss Hunt/Silvagni/Ladson off, although the job security would be equal to Davis and White.
- tupperware
  April 28, 2010 • 1:16 pm
  
  That would be nice for him to come in next round or so, as soon as Nason reaches a unachievable BE he is out. I hope there is a rookie that can take his place!
sgi86
April 28, 2010 • 9:26 am

Have Goose, Silvagni and Nason as my backline cash cows and have 176k in the bank. Am this week seriously considering Silvagni to Davis and Seaby to Cox (although Cox may drop against Sandi I dont see Seaby making 70 BE that FFGenie is suggesting so wont make any saving out of the deal regardless). Plus I think everyone who got sucked into the Seaby deal with the promise of cheap points, myself included, needs a break and what better time for him to pump out another big score than the week I trade him out (are you listening Calvin, he is a sure thing for craptains this week if i get rid of him).

That will leave me with about 145K for the week after, a ruck that can hopefully finally be locked away (I started with Sandi and Clark thinking that I wouldnt have to go through all of this shit with my rucks), a back that will hopefully grow as much as Silvagni and some of the funds necessary to bring in Gablett once my mids have matured.
Stuart
April 28, 2010 • 9:32 am

Have to say I laughed hardest at Ryan Hargave. Very good Chook.

Double downgrade this week: Hrunt to Hrams and Petersorn to Darvis
Chartreuse
April 28, 2010 • 9:33 am

Hopefully Pods starts kicking straight again.

B(r)astinac benched…Trengrove back on the park for Rnd 6.
Shazzam
April 28, 2010 • 9:51 am

Thinking

J Hunt – S.White or Phil Davis.
OR
Ladson – Howlett or Didak
OR
Dangerfield – P.Davis

Putting Didak in the midfield will enable access my mid/fwd DPP players of Chapman, O’keefe, M. Duncan, Dangerfield.

Keeping Ladson in the mifield sustains access to my mid/def DPP players of Carrazzo & L.Hodge. But as Goddard is on my list of things to do he is slightly disposable.

Spending too much time worringing about DPP?
john
April 28, 2010 • 10:05 am

should i get matthew stokes or andrew lovett ?
- OrSome
  April 28, 2010 • 1:18 pm
  
  definatly lovett his job security is way better!!!
  - J Mc
    April 28, 2010 • 2:07 pm
    
    Stokesy might be an alright pick up in round 8…. ripping it up in the VFL and will have a bit to prove…
Shazzam
April 28, 2010 • 10:06 am

Hands up who is actually doing ok and gotten to the point where you are to scared to trade because you feel it will be the beginning of the end?
- JamesChaff
  April 28, 2010 • 1:46 pm
  
  Me.
  Good score last week.
  Even with danger out I will bring on Rockliff or Gumbo to cover him.
  Hunt is my only worry but with the lack of replacements (Davis is the only legitimate one now with danger out) I might try and sit on him till something else crops up. It’s not like he will fall.
  I have like 700,000 in the bank but used 4 trades.
  I do not want to fall in the trigger finger group too early.
  
  Thoughts?
nova_d.m.w
April 28, 2010 • 10:16 am

who should I downgrade hitchcock to
ben
April 28, 2010 • 11:23 am

Could make a couple of big cash calls this week

Hunt to Hams
Dangerfield to Howlett

Obviously this depends on Howlett being named in the Essendon team.

Do you think this is too risky?

Cheers
- team
  April 28, 2010 • 1:17 pm
  
  yeah pretty risky… i would go davis over hams. he is playing well but nickoski might take his place the piece of shit
Pierce (Environment) Brosnan
April 28, 2010 • 11:50 am

Dangerfield out 4-6 weeks with a broken hand must now add to the job security of Davis.
- Shazzam
  April 28, 2010 • 12:09 pm
  
  Where did you get this info from? If it is true I will be very thankful that a choice was made for me!!!
  - Shazzam
    April 28, 2010 • 12:12 pm
    
    http://www.afc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4417/newsid/93171/default.aspx
    
    http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/injury_list
    
    The trade fairy has spoken!
  - Be thankful
    April 28, 2010 • 12:22 pm
    
    Story about Dangerfiled
    
    http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/patrick-dangerfield-out-for-a-month/story-e6frecj3-1225859235985
    
    Ouch!
Dazza
April 28, 2010 • 12:35 pm

Afl site bro

That is awsome that he’s out though. His price won’t change for a few wweks. So he can sit on the bench until I can work out what to do with him. Very Happy. Martin is making just as much as he is, so He can go back on the ground
team
April 28, 2010 • 1:04 pm

bringing in davis for hunt this week and gray has to go…
but for who? didak pav brennan or even sylvia?
all are at reasonable price but thinking pav is more of mr consistant
anyone know anything on sylvia besides he is getting some good scores haha?
team
April 28, 2010 • 1:14 pm

also putting it out there barlow is going to be my 6th midfielder playing better than f**king selwood and mitchell. is selwood getting seriously tagged or something watching a few cats games and u just cant see him at all?
Toby
April 28, 2010 • 1:15 pm

Jordan Roughead and Lewis Stevenson both missed out on the extra “r”
OrSome
April 28, 2010 • 1:16 pm

With this news on dangerfield that makes phil davis all the more a good downgrade target and thats who im trading hunt to.
simon
April 28, 2010 • 1:25 pm

Im not sure about Sylvia’s consistency? Will he be able to rack up those numbers consistenly, im thinking Chappy otherwise and stuff leaving any cash in the bank for my next big one.

186,000 in bank
Pears> Davis

Warren > Slyvia or Chappy?
- Shazzam
  April 28, 2010 • 1:37 pm
  
  The Chap Man. Put his risks aside when he guarantees points like he does.
  - simon
    April 28, 2010 • 1:41 pm
    
    Chapman does deliver consistenty and I will give those hamstrings of his another go. Geelong wont be as likely to rest player this year as well, if there form isnt the same as the past few years. Sylvia too much of a risk in my mind
Raf
April 28, 2010 • 1:26 pm

Have the Morabito to JKT trade in my sights.

I’m inclined to hold Shuey until he eventually returns, which he will, even if it’s in like another month. Not worth the trade out, I have plenty of other rookies to cash in the interim.

Really hoping Duncan comes back this week though, I figure once Stokes and Varcoe are available Duncan might be gawn for the rest of the year (subject to injuries) so he needs to get his price rises in ASAP. As long as he plays I figure both he and Gumbleton will increase in price more than Didak will, so there’s no hurry on upgrading either of them just yet. Besides, I’d like to see Didak have two 100s in a row before deciding he’s even worth having as a keeper this year. If I want an unreliable forward, Jonno Brown and Stevie J will both be way cheaper than Didak in 2 weeks…
Shazzam
April 28, 2010 • 1:35 pm

To Didak or not to Didak…
- simon
  April 28, 2010 • 1:54 pm
  
  GIANsiraCUSA
- Pierce (Environment) Brosnan
  April 28, 2010 • 1:55 pm
  
  … that is the question?
???????
April 28, 2010 • 1:57 pm

Flop out the Cox?
computercod5
April 28, 2010 • 2:00 pm

guys i need help i have 50 grand spare dangerfield is injured i want to downgrade him for a rookie but WHO!
- DoorKnob
  April 28, 2010 • 2:51 pm
  
  phil davis, he’s a fwd and a back get on board

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