tbetta's Bullets
tbetta’s Bullets: Round 8
Round 8 was a much more productive week for fantasy coaches than the Great Scoring Drought of the last month! I’m firing my Bullets as usual this week – I check out the Replacements, Real Junk Time, Cheap Players, my battle with M0nty, and the Makers and Breakers of the weekend just gone!
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About Time
After a lean month, I’m glad to say that things are returning to the status quo. Most of our players are on the park, our Captain has returned, and our Guns are starting to put up the scores that their hefty price-tags warrant. Sure, we had Gibbs, Duigan, Curnow, Judd, Murphy and Yarran off with the bye, but after the MBR’s and the Pies bye, this barely registered as an obstacle for most coaches. How quickly we adapt!
Overall, this was a much better week for coaches than in recent times, with the majority scoring in the 1900s and a fair chunk on the brighter side of 2000.
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The True Definition of Junk Time
I, like many other coaches, was following the Western Derby’s live scoring on Fanfooty ( I also watched the game live – how good were the Eagles?!) as it was the last match of the round, and inherently decided a lot of match-ups over Round 8. With time winding down and the result beyond doubt, it was just a matter of collecting the trash until the siren blew.
But none has junked it as heavily as Nat Fyfe did, kicking a snap over his shoulder for a goal with 1 second remaining! Apparently, this +9 affected a few results, as the DTers unleashed on the Fanfooty chat log! Check it out here if you want a chuckle.
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The Replacements
Late changes continue to affect teams. This week Milburn, Hurley, Pittard, Embley, Kerr and Balantyne were a few players to exit teams at the last minute, always making it tough on coaches. Especially Embley, who has been in great form this year, but couldn’t take to the field because he injured his hamstring in the warm-up. Kerr was also a big out, especially for those who took the leap of faith during the week after his 110.
But where there are Outs, there must be Ins. After some confusion, Michael Hibberd came in for his 2nd game, scoring 72 across halfback. Youngsters Pitt, Christenson and Gaff all came in to their respective sides, although none scored well enough to make any serious cash.
I should also mention that Jobe Watson may need replacing next week after his hammy was iced up midway through Saturday’s game. With the bye in two weeks, it was make sense that he would take this week off to get a decent rest. Watch this space.
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Drop Knee
Every now and then I use the Bullets as an avenue to take out my frustration on some of the issues with the game. Watching the Essendon-Brisbane clash on Saturday evening had me hanging out for Monday morning so I could put this into words: Monfries, man up and play some footy! Stop dropping your knees and playing for free kicks you girl!
There. That feels better. Watching his game had my so frustrated I could barely enjoy my Boags. I mean, if you’re going to be a cheap footballer, at least duck your head or something – the umpires, to their credit, are all over that at the moment. But you put them, and opposition players, in a terrible position when you just drop to your knees searching for high contact. It’s despicable.
Don’t get my wrong, it’s not just Monfries. Milne and Betts are also repeat offenders. Doesn’t mean that it should be part of the game.
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The Full M0nty
This week in the All-Stars League I went head-to-head with m0nty of Fanfooty fame. Apart from running the most popular and successful live scoring site for fantasy AFL, he’s a great bloke and a clever Dreamteamer.
Anyway, he had quite a good week, with Chaplin scoring 112 and Shaw (whom he just traded in) with 124, along with Stevie J’s 127. With Sunday’s game to go, he had 141 points up on me to go with Mitchell and Conca, against my Fyfe and Boyd as Captain. Very close stuff.
Here’s where I admit that I didn’t learn my lesson last week when I said never change your Captain last minute. I had Swanny with the Big C all week, but I got spooked big time with the 1) Friday night match 2) Quality opponent in Geelong and 3) Wet weather, and hastily changed it to Boyd just prior to lock-out. As we know, Swan finished with 115 (after being on 104 at 3Q time, around the same time I was swearing at the tv and throwing my stubby holder across the room) and I was left to wait to Sunday to find out if my move was successful. But I was also sweating on Boyd posting a big score for my league match with m0nty!
To my delight, he was as solid as ever, scoring 120 (which was later amended to 115), and Mitchell was locked down with 61. That left Fyfe to bypass 45, and I was home-free.
Moral of the story – DON’T CHANGE CAPTAIN LAST MINUTE! I would have had the exact same result with Swanny as Captain, but with half the stress.
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Makers and Breakers
MAKERS:
1. Ablett 156
2. Hodge 132
3. Suckling 133
4. Shaw 124
5. Nahas 119
Number one spot this week goes to a player who would have regularly topped this list for the past 3 or 4 years, Gary Ablett Jnr. He was magnificent against the Crows, especially in the first term where he notched up 14 touches and slammed 3 goals to give the Suns an early advantage. While he couldn’t carry them to a victory, he kept them competitive and lead from the front. He is a superstar. He’s now price at 404k with a healthy BE, so after Round 9 is the perfect time to acquire him if that’s the way you want to go. The runner up is Hodge, who has had a terrible season so far, but bounced back and earned a long overdue 132 in a BOG performance. I wonder if this is a turning point, or an aberration in what will continue to be a disappointing season? With Jack Grimes out for the season, two of the most popular replacements were Suckling and Shaw. Both dominated, posting 133 and 124 respectively. Both are playing a zoning, spare-man sort of a role, which may be the only potent DT scoring style that we’ve seen from defenders so far this year. Unfortunately, the forward tag is a killer for that kind of scoring, so let’s hope it stays away. Rounding out the list is the increasingly impressive Nahas, who backed up his recent performances with a 119 against quality opposition in the Bulldogs. Incredibly, he has the highest 3-Round average with 131, topping Geelong star Selwood, who is next best with 126.33.
BREAKERS:
1. Goddard 54
2. Didak 60
3. Mitchell 61
4. B. Smith 11
5. Dal Santo 51
While there were many impressive scores this week, there were a few stinkers from some big names, which make up the majority of this week’s list. The biggest sinner was Goddard (see what I did there?), who is continuing his shocking form deeper into the season that any of us expected. He has dropped 120k now since Round 1, and if you were one of those coaches who I scoffed at when I learned you traded him out early, I take it back. It was a good call as it turns out, because he is bleeding cash while he serves up these dirty scores. Continuing the theme is Didak, who has been way down on last year’s production, and has dropped 79k accordingly. He only generated 60 points on Friday night, which is probably due to the Pies tweaking their forward line this year, with Dawes and Cloke forming an effective scoring combination. Mitchell was locked down by Clinton Jones on Sunday, and as a result only scored the 61, ending his previously unbeaten run of tons so far this year. Brodie Smith (sorry mate, not you fault) gets a spot on the list for his heavily sub-affected 11. Normally I wouldn’t consider a sub, but with Gibbs and Duigan out for many teams, his score would have affected a lot of league matchups. Completing the list is Dal Seagull who, in line with St Kilda’s woes, only managed 51. The entire Saints outfit is in disarray, but if they want to get back on track and salvage their season, it has to come from guys like Dal, Montagna and Goddard.
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A Gloomy Week
No suns this week, so get your team sorted now! Hopefully you can use the DPP of Prestia to cover any doughtnuts this week, and you have sufficient cover for Harris, Matera, Swallow, McKenzie, Stanley and Toy. Normally I would recommend you downgrade one over the next two weeks, but none seem to have have reached their peak, with McKenzie ($238,700, Avg. 70.7, BE 52) the closest I can see.
On the flipside, you have two weeks to trade in gun forward Tom Lynch if you desire. With scores of 92 and 95 to go with a BE of -92, he is looking like a very tasty downgrade option in the forward line!
Until next week.
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nicmorto
May 16, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Who would you trade for Gram?
Cause he really sucks
DucKing18
May 16, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Suckling
james_10
May 16, 2011 at 6:00 pm
LOL, you weren’t saying that 3 weeks ago
MrDT
May 16, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Need to get rid of Hale. Max Bailey? Any chance this week?
G-Bangers
May 16, 2011 at 6:11 pm
no chance , Zak Smith is the go
horse
May 16, 2011 at 6:21 pm
ok so i accidently posted this in the wrong section
Lower>Sucking and 60ish k
Stanley>Sucking and 20ish k
would rather keep onto stanley because his scoring better and i think he has further to go up
but 40k is tempting
PurpleArmy
May 16, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Lower – sucking?….hehe :)
Stanley is putting out some decent scores of late, Lower might get dropped plus hes had a few sub affected scores so id get him out before Stanley
kelonwheels
May 16, 2011 at 7:54 pm
40k is tempting now but it’ll be more later and you know you’ll need it…
Sitting there round 16… got two mid guns out and Libba is your mid cover. He hasn’t had a break since round 8 and the Bulldogs bye is not till rd 20. He’s only got an expected rise of 6k and because Wallis is playing well and Rocket wants some experience and accountability to cover Judd, Murphy and Simpson – General Soreness.
You’ve got 40k and Libba’s money leaving you 25 short of getting Kieran Jack who is back and coming good over a couple of weeks (which brought his price down) juicily ready for his game against Gold Coast.
And the p–ck who you play in your most important league match hasn’t changed his team (nor won a game) since round 2 and has him and Goodes and Malceski (fresh off his first 120 for the season) because he used autopick Sydney after he manually grabbed Swan, Sandi and Chappy. You can still afford… Daniel Wells – crap…. Still he got 150 a while back and is good for a big score against a dud team…
…who’s he playing?
tom
May 16, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Should i go swallow or libba to ablett next round?
G-Bangers
May 16, 2011 at 6:35 pm
tough call either way , GC won’t have another bye after this week where as the Bulldogs do is one point , Bulldogs have more injured players to come back is another point , so will Libba spend more time on the bench if and when that happens … however Libba played fantastic on the weekend and appears to look like the real deal … so as i said , tough call either way …
PurpleArmy
May 16, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Heath Hocking is suspended for 3 matches…looks like Dr Hibberd should be ok to get games i reckon now…hopefully anyway
Gerryboy
May 16, 2011 at 6:47 pm
woo hoo
G-Bangers
May 16, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Ian Callinan injury update , some food for thought …
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/crows-rookie-ian-callinan-on-schedule-to-return/story-e6freck3-1226054516829
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 6:31 pm
thinkin, J.irons (port) to mzungu
mckernan to poupolo.
need to see the b/e’s first
DT_Suns
May 16, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Guys,
S.Buckley Or B.Jacobs ?
Kiwiii
May 16, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Jacobs unless you enjoy pissing money away. Its like paying 50% more for the same shoes.
Don’t quote me on the exact percentage xx
leetrevor81
May 16, 2011 at 7:17 pm
I wanted to bring in Ryan O’keefe but worked out I won’t be able to afford him.
New plan is to bring in N Riewoldt…he is playing crap but still averaging 80 and 316,700. His break even is 63 so his price is probably at it’s lowest.
I reckon worst case scenario he keeps playing crap and averaging 80, which is fine by me for that price.
Best case scenario he improves and starts getting hundreds, even better!
What do you guys think?
brad
May 16, 2011 at 7:19 pm
when will prestia and polec got a run. got them wasting valuable space on my bench, to lesser price to downgrade and upgrade.
The Southside Way
May 16, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Thinking of,
Otten -> Puopolo
Prestia -> Smith
Then next week,
Foley -> Ablett/Hodge (Both on the up i reckon)
Lower -> Adcock/Shaw/Rawlings
THEN,
Matera -> Mzungu
Petrie -> Cox
Gimme advice!
bob fossil
May 16, 2011 at 7:38 pm
i’d get on board the hodge train this week, it’s leaving the station express IMO. I’ll be boarding, I think the Hawks are a very momentum side and should come home strong…
leetrevor81
May 16, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Why Hodge over Ablett? Ablett out of form has been averaging near 100. In form 120 plus. Not to mention Hodge is inconsistent
Barony
May 16, 2011 at 7:45 pm
I would avoid Smith and Prestia may become useful in the next multi bye.
Look at Lynch from GC and Parker from Sydney.
Alex Jones
May 16, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Is mzungu good
jaydoss34
May 16, 2011 at 7:28 pm
looks good mate!
rwoodsy
May 16, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Looking at a FWD upgrade this week who do you guys reckon out of Pavlich or Sylvia?
Thanks in advance.
rwoodsy
May 16, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Sorry should say my FWD line is already:
Franklin, Goodes, Chapman, Knights, NVolt, Darling, Krak (matera, mckernan, C.rich)
leetrevor81
May 16, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Thats a hard one, Pav is a bit cheaper but Sylvia averages a little more so depends whats more important to you?
rwoodsy
May 16, 2011 at 7:50 pm
hmm… yeah same multi bye week as well it’s tough might have to flip a coin?
Don’t know alot about Sylvia (first year DT) he’s not injury prone or anything is he?
rocklobster
May 16, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Yes Sylvia is quite injury/suspension prone. From 2005 to 2010 average around 16/22 games with the highest being 18. Pav averages around 20 + games a season so I would go the Pav for that reason
Phoenix898
May 16, 2011 at 8:07 pm
yes he is
Nix
May 16, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Fyfe
Barony
May 16, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Both in the same multi bye so if you have Fyfe and or Tappy you could be in trouble.
geoff1968
May 17, 2011 at 3:06 am
fyfe
booganunda
May 16, 2011 at 7:36 pm
which one sounds better?
trade stanley to poo, and upgrading harris or prestia to mundy + 71,400k
or
trade stanley to poo, and upgrading lower to sucking
Barony
May 16, 2011 at 7:51 pm
You need keepers on the bench and with GC having thier second bye of the round you may want to keep Stanley and Prestia. Lower has had his 3rd or 4th sub effected score of the year, I would look at putting him on the chopping block.
brad
May 16, 2011 at 7:53 pm
but will prestia get a run soon?
Gerryboy
May 16, 2011 at 7:53 pm
+1
brad
May 16, 2011 at 7:52 pm
mundy would have to be the better option!
has been dominating each week.
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 7:58 pm
dont get rid of harris, he’s better than prestia
booganunda
May 16, 2011 at 8:08 pm
got swallow and libba still to cover
Kuruki
May 17, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Suckling at the moment becoz he is scoring very well and will rise quicker. If you go Mundy first be prepared to pay more for Suckling next week.
brad
May 16, 2011 at 7:41 pm
will polec and prestia get a run soon?
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 7:49 pm
hopin mzungu will play this week, thinkin
J.irons to mzungu then
mckernan to poupolo that way i have plenty i cash in the bag for next week :)
leetrevor81
May 16, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Why take a chance on someone that hasn’t played yet? Why not get Isaac Smith or Tom Lynch who have both had 2 games in a row and both scored well (especially Lynch, 2 90s!)
If Mzungu does well in his first 2 games get him in after that when your more certain about him
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 8:18 pm
i have issac smith and i cant get day cos im doing the trade in the midfield and he’s not a mid. i’ll try to get him in somewhere tho. thanks. :)
mamazolo
May 16, 2011 at 8:19 pm
i took the punt on getting in jacobs a few weeks ago before he was even really been talked about just to free up some cash… worked out well for me, i say get mzungu in now, im doing it this week, but for tapscott. he’ll play eventually but until then his dpp could come in really handy!
Delivery Boy
May 16, 2011 at 7:51 pm
is this the week you trade out watson to either a boyd or swan? then it saves having to trade him on the very last round aswell. plus its only a 30k upgrade to get either….
leetrevor81
May 16, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Or you could upgrade a rookie to cover Watson, then in 4 weeks time you get Watson back without having to use a trade to get him back or another premium
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:21 pm
+1
brad
May 16, 2011 at 7:59 pm
whats the average amount of trades everyone has at the moment?
mamazolo
May 16, 2011 at 8:11 pm
i dunno about the avg, but i have exactly 18
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:23 pm
I have 13 (but I’ll probs run out!)
Benny
May 16, 2011 at 8:24 pm
I have 17.5.
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 8:38 pm
12
Grazza
May 17, 2011 at 11:37 am
15
swanlow36
May 16, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Deledio, Gibbs, Adcock, Shaw, Heppell, Goddard, Puopolo (Stanley, Lower, *OTTEN*)
Swan, Boyd, Pendles, Libba, Smith (Swallow, *Harris*, Hibberd)
Sandilands, Cox (Smith, Derickx)
Franklin, Chapman, Goodes, Knights, N. Riewoldt, Darling, Tapscott (Matera, Pitt, Prestia)
CASH LEFT: $227, 900 15 trades left.
Thinking of the following trades for the next two weeks:
Otten > Jacobs
Harris > Mundy/Selwood
CASH LEFT: $114, 300/129, 000
Tapscott > Lynch
Swallow > Ablett
CASH LEFT: $96, 200
What do you think of my plan and any trading tips after these two would be excellent.
tbetta
May 16, 2011 at 8:19 pm
I reckon your first priority if finding out where your 6th midfielder went.
mamazolo
May 16, 2011 at 8:23 pm
hahahahaha, i was looking for the same thing…
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:25 pm
LOL
swanlow36
May 16, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Bartell
FreshPrinceofKP
May 16, 2011 at 11:06 pm
so much cash, that needs to be invested.
get rid of otten. should have done that a couple of weeks ago but i don’t know your trade history. bring in jacobs or someone cheaper because they wont be needed.
bring in fyfe or slyvia before ablett so you can cover your forward line. then you will have 2 extra DPP in and can change with smith or prestia. also knights should be a target for an upgrade.
Benny
May 16, 2011 at 8:10 pm
My overall position each week so far:
Round 1 – 32871
2 – 16353
3 – 14911
4 – 11412
5 – 4208
6 – 1708
7 – 1421
8 – 819
Watch out leaders, I’m coming!
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Nice work
the Mighty Boosh
May 16, 2011 at 8:32 pm
I’ve gone from 40,000 in Round 1 to 9,000 atm… good effort nonetheless
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 8:41 pm
didnt find out about dt talk till like rnd 4 so i was 144,000 now im 85,000 and got 2086 this week the 4412 best score overall
Kuruki
May 17, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Dont get to number 1 too early, you can only go backwards from their.
brad
May 16, 2011 at 8:13 pm
delidio, gibbs,adcock,shaw,goddard,enright,heppel (lower, Stanley Duigan)
swan,boyd,pendlebury,pav,krakour,harris (jacobs,prestia,polec)
sandilands,cox (smith,bailey)
Sylvia,franklin,goodes,knights,riewiolt, darling, tapscott (matera,pit,richardson)
Cash: 68,600
Trades:18
thinking of 3 downgrades over next 2 week
lower – poo
tapscott- smith
matera/pitt-lynch
krakour- ablett
The Southside Way
May 16, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Will only have 8 trades left at the end of round 10, but you gotta risk it to get the biscuit!
Brappinalong
May 16, 2011 at 8:33 pm
8 trades with 14 rounds to go!!! my god and I thought I was cutting it fine :)
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:19 pm
What do you guys think is a better trade?
Option 1: Lower to Suckling
or
Option 2: Petrie to Sandi
G-Bangers
May 16, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Both when you can
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:28 pm
They will drain mass cash each leaving it a long time until the next. Which will be more successful points wise?
FreshPrinceofKP
May 16, 2011 at 10:35 pm
bring in sandi but get both when you can. maybe round 18 after hawthorn have had their 2nd bye and if you can put up with Lower scoring rubish.
im downgrading lower this week. you wont gain alot out of him from now until round 18 so if you can downgrade him and depending on your bench look at upgrading one of them later. someone like puopolo and hibberd will give you the same results until you can afford to bring in suckling.
but at the moment suckling looks too pricey for you, assistant coach reckons he will drop to 300k by round 14 between then and round 18 after the bye is your window to bring him in.
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 11:47 pm
Thanks mate. Probably more consistent too.
Nix
May 17, 2011 at 12:01 am
The only way Suckling is going to fall to $300k in round 14 is if he starts scoring so badly that his average gets dragged down to about 80 (from 96).
If you think this is going to happen why do you want him in your team?
He has a BE of about 20 and is going to hit $370k in 3 or 4 weeks if he keeps scoring the way he has been.
the Mighty Boosh
May 16, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Petrie to Sandilands… thats what Im doing this week with 160k in the bank. Petrie’s BE is 83 so I think he has reached his peak.
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Yes but Suckling has a low BE too
Kuruki
May 17, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Suckling will be out of reach very soon Sandilands isnt going anywhere.
rainman
May 16, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Please help… Over the last 3 weeks have tumbled from 1500 to 7000 ish.
Team at the mo
Def: god,Gibbs,adcock,heppell,lower,duigan,Stanley (Jacobs,smith,batchelor)
Swan, selwood, Mitchell, Watson, cross, kraks (Libba, Harris, curnow)
Sandi, cox (smith,Bailey)
Sylvia,chappy,buddy,Stevie,didak,darling,tapscott(matera, Richardson,Harper)
$213,400 in bank and 16 trades.
Thoughts this week were to boost def by:
Smith-fisher
Curnow-carrazzo ( dpp swap with Jacobs)
But I have jobe injured… Plan here is to hold off for a week and do a straight swap fir ablett. Harris or Libba will become Pendles.
Smith, mzungu and lynch look like my downgrade options in the fwd line.
Thoughts on def trades this week?
Btw I am aware of my dpp stuff ups
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:33 pm
Mzungu is a def/mid, Callinan is a fwd/mid (maybe who you were thinking?)
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:34 pm
FARK sorry read that wrong! Got confused because he plays defence
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Can you afford Deledio?
rainman
May 16, 2011 at 9:11 pm
I can but was thinking more of guys that have already had a bye
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Suckling? Big risk though or Shaw (may be tagged, may not)
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 9:20 pm
What about Scotland? Super consistent and gives you your DPP
Assasins
May 16, 2011 at 8:32 pm
Mark Harvey just said on 6PR that muzungu is a chance to play this week
the Mighty Boosh
May 16, 2011 at 8:33 pm
fingers crossed… Harris to Mzungu if so.
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Callinan maybe 2 weeks away too. Good times :)
Assasins
May 16, 2011 at 8:45 pm
yeah after he has played 2 games of course
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 8:44 pm
hopefully :) irons to mzungu then
Albert Lloyd
May 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Krackwhore to Mzungu in 2-3 weeks bam.
Paddy13
May 16, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Thoughts on these trades?
Duffield -> Puopolo
Tapscott -> Sylvia??
I reckon that Puopolo will get same or better than duff each week and sylvia in will gain me 40 points also.
Sylvia also gives me more flexibility.
Thoughts?
Paddy13
May 16, 2011 at 9:23 pm
anyone?
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 9:27 pm
Looks good to me mate :) Chappy will bottom out next week if you don’t already have him?
FreshPrinceofKP
May 16, 2011 at 10:24 pm
looks good to me. but you will have puopolo starting, i would be planning a further upgrade before doing that. he might be good as an 7th/ 8th defender and to cover byes but i would want more from a starter.
at the moment i have puopolo and stanley one of these 2 will be my 8th defender. do this trade but depending on how many rookies you will have on the field by finals time you will need more to win league/ eliminator match ups.
:P
May 16, 2011 at 8:42 pm
next week
libba > ablett
petrie> lynch
the following week/the week after
conca > pendles
richardson > chapman
leaving my team as
Goddard, Gibbs, Delidio, Adcock, Heppell, Puopolo, Lower
Stanley, Duigan, Otten
Swan, Selwood, Judd, Pendlebery, Pavlich, Ablett
Swallow, Harris, Krakouer
Cox, Sandilands
Smith, Keefe
Chapman, Fyfe, Franklin, Voldt, Johnson, Darling, Knights,
Lynch, Smith, Matera
i will then have 14 trades and about 150k in bank
I would love to fix my backline up but there is nobody good in defence to get in
does what i am doing look good?
thanks in advance
Brappinalong
May 16, 2011 at 8:47 pm
What trades have you done this week?
:P
May 16, 2011 at 9:03 pm
not doing any
why?
Kuruki
May 17, 2011 at 2:17 pm
best js
1 Jacobs
2 Puopolo
3 Hibberd
best player
1 Hibberd
2 ??
3 ??
Who would you get
1 Jacobs
2 Puopolo
3 Hibberd
Thats just my opinion. Jacobs is probably going to play more in a shyt team. Puopolo and Hibberd’s job security is not that great.
Kuruki
May 17, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Ahh shyt wrong place again.
citizen-luke
May 16, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Need help in selecting a premium midfielder. I can buy any player for trading out Harris. Here’s the line-up at the moment:
Swan, Pendlebury, Boyd, Bartel, Montagna, Liberatore (Swallow, Harris, Wallis)
Who would be my best option? I’ve been thinking along the lines of Mundy, Mitchell or Ablett Jnr.
I’m trying to steer clear of Watson, Murphy, Joel Selwood etc, anyone from Geelong, North Melbourne, Carlton and Essendon due to these teams having byes during the Dream Team Finals and would prefer not to trade in players from these teams now only to have to trade them out later on in the year, thus burning an unnecessary trade.
What would be my best option?
mamazolo
May 16, 2011 at 8:56 pm
get in jelwood and back yourself to win the first week of dt finals so it doesn’t become an issue with joel out!
Grazza
May 17, 2011 at 1:06 pm
+1
Can’t go past Selwood as one of the best 3 midfielders. If you really don’t want to get in any Cats I’d get Mundy. I’ve been very happy with him in my team and I think Ablett is going to cop some hard tags and still have some lower scores in a pretty average team
G-Bangers
May 16, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Ablett has no more byes after this week the rest do …
Billz
May 16, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Mundy, ranked 5th highest dt scorer for the year, will have played all his byes and is so durable you wont have to worry about him missing
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 8:51 pm
what would you do out of these options
irons (108k) to mzungu (97k)
then
mckernan (177k) to poupolo (92k)
theny plenty of cash next trade
SECOND OPTION
Irons (108k) to mzungu (97k)
then
Mckernan to a 220K defender
THIRD OPTION
none of the above (explain)
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 8:58 pm
Just do McKernan to Poupolo if you have the cover in the mids.
Assasins
May 16, 2011 at 9:01 pm
wait till muzunga has played 2 games before bringing him in
Skooper
May 16, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Watson to miss 1-2 weeks
Paddy13
May 16, 2011 at 9:04 pm
**3
Skooper
May 16, 2011 at 9:09 pm
sorry, should have read 1-2 games
Sully23
May 16, 2011 at 9:24 pm
There should be a ‘delete’ your own comment button I reckon, for when we stuff up!
Skooper
May 16, 2011 at 10:34 pm
haha +1
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 10:45 pm
lol YES i just fkd up before
Pavlich29
May 16, 2011 at 10:31 pm
what do you guys think of going
Otten > Puopolo ( 110k in the bank)
B.Smith > Suckling
good trade or bad trade?
FreshPrinceofKP
May 16, 2011 at 10:40 pm
good stuff
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 10:44 pm
puopolo, hibberd or jacobs. i dont want to make ur decision any harder but jacobs and hibberd are bot dpp and poo isnt. lol uim workin with the same options and leaning towards poo or jacobs cos i dont have any port
Pavlich29
May 16, 2011 at 10:56 pm
I think I will stick to poo as I already have Jacobs
bigjacko
May 16, 2011 at 10:36 pm
soz fa askin lots of questions but answer these please 1-3
Options. hibberd, jacobs, puopolo
best js
1
2
3
best player
1
2
3
Who would you get
1
2
3
anything you want to add:
Tex
May 17, 2011 at 2:29 am
Hmm, thinking perhaps – McKernan > I.Smith then Lower > Shaw/Scotland/Carrazzo/Suckling/Deledio
Gets rid of two average players and can help my sagging defence.
(Current backs: Gibbs, Goddard, Adcock, Enright, Heppell, Duigan, Stanley, Hibberd, Lower, Retzlaff)
Tex
May 17, 2011 at 3:21 am
Bah, actually, got to get another mid in first for Swallow or cop a zero.
Already got Boyd, Pendlebury, Bartel, Redden, Libba (Swallow, Harris, Prestia, Irons)
Seeing both Swallow and Harris are going ok, Prestia seems the likely upgrade but less $’s to play with.
Lower > Puopolo then Prestia > Fyfe/Goodes perhaps?
OR using Harris opens it up to > Mundy/Selwood/Mitchell/Rockliff/Montagna/Judd
FreshPrinceofKP
May 17, 2011 at 3:26 am
just depends on your forward line also, with DPPs. no one can come to the midfield for prestia?
good trades anyway and need to be done in the end
i would do lower to puopolo and prestia to fyfe/ goodes wont matter. i have goodes and will get fyfe this week also.
swallow or liba are strong contenders for a good bench player in the end to cover byes.
you dont want donuts.
FreshPrinceofKP
May 17, 2011 at 3:21 am
yeah do this good trades. just a matter of preference on who you bring in bearing in mind how many players in pother positions you have from that team to cover byes.
i am looking at keeping stanley as my 8th defender to cover byes. we have similar defenders
i think most will keep heppell for a while, maybe just had a bad week. same with goddard, currently have OK averages.
oscar123
May 17, 2011 at 2:27 pm
do you think its a better idea to get rid of goddard or didak? i want to get rid of one of them
jwowwow
May 17, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Your a clown tbetta calling Monfries a diver! Smart footy players know how to earn free kicks! Next you’ll be calling Selwood a diver, Monfries puts his head over the footy and thats how he wins so many free kicks! Your an absolute clown champ
tbetta
May 18, 2011 at 1:37 am
Mate, I’m as bigger fan of Monfries as you obviously are, at least i used to be. Players like Stevie J and Milne have damaged their reputations playing for free kicks, so much so that that’s what they’ll be remembered for.
But Monfries is still young, and he doesn’t have to continue down the path he’s headed.
Callan
May 17, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Thinking of doing the following.
Harris, Swallow or Libatore to Mundy.
Thoughts on this or should i go for another gun.