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Average Fantasy points for and against
| CLUB | PTS FOR | >100 FOR | >120 FOR | PTS AG | >100 AG | >120 AG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ADE | 1568 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 1453.2 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
 BRL | 1500.2 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1524.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
 CAR | 1645.2 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1495.4 | 2.6 | 0.6 |
 COL | 1556.3 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 1460.1 | 2.1 | 0.4 |
 ESS | 1556.9 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 1558.6 | 3 | 0.7 |
 FRE | 1562.7 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 1510.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 |
 GCS | 1518.6 | 2.9 | 1 | 1512.1 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
 GEE | 1510.7 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1465.7 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
 GWS | 1560.6 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1527.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
 HAW | 1521 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1625.3 | 3.8 | 0.8 |
 MEL | 1581.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 1461.9 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
 NM | 1446.4 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1668.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 |
 PTA | 1449.1 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1457.3 | 2.2 | 0.7 |
 RIC | 1506.2 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1543.6 | 3.1 | 0.4 |
 STK | 1651.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 1668.2 | 4.2 | 1.6 |
 SYD | 1527.8 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 1503.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 |
 WB | 1541.9 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 1590.9 | 3.9 | 0.6 |
 WCE | 1433.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1622.2 | 3.4 | 1.3 |
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Any thoughts:
Score:2226 Rank:7983->6198
Def:
Daicos, Sicily, Ziebell, Stewart, Day, Atkins
(Cincotta , Young)
Mid:
Laird, Kelly, Green, Brayshaw, LDU, Worpel, Ashcroft, Fiorini
(Drury, Johnson)
Ruck:
Marshall, Ryan
(Heath)
Fwd:
Taranto, Coniglio, Dunkley, Gulden, Sheezel, Rozee
(VanRooyen, Mitchell)
Utl:
Chesser
66k in the bank.
Rookie situation looking pretty good. Have to trade LDU but don’t know who to get
Have a look at butters, Hayden young def through dpp, Chad Warner
if he can hold for a couple extra games (he doesn’t look their worst player tbh), then i’m looking at Atkins to Young or Sinclair in the bye rounds..
2252 with the disgusting 3 from Mills! Somehow still went up in the ranks from 930 to 540
Put some respect on the name fellas
2230
Rank adjusted to 756
i had Mills in last week until Ginbey dropped his 96, then adjusted to get his score as he was on the bench, saved me 600k (brought in Fahey instead) and dodged a bullet..
Thoughts please!
Def: Daicos, Ziebell, Stew, Day, Clark, Atkins (Bergman, Chesser)
Mid: Green, Anderson, Laird, Brayshaw, Ashcroft, Fiorini, Hollands, Cincotta (Drury, Roberts)
Ruck: English, Marshall (Ryan)
Fwd: TT, Dunks, Rozee, Gulden, Sheez, Butters (Williams, JVR)
UTL: (Sheldrick)
Bank: $261k
Thinking going roberts to a basment price then going hollands to potentiall sic or smith around that 800k range?
Can you use Roberts + Ryan to get your Sic/Smith? That gets you Hollands/Cinc off the field.
Anything on Jack Steele? Did Ross Lyon say anything regarding his iced up knee? Hoping he’s okay for next week.
Trades:
OUT – Phillipou, Jones
IN – Docherty, Sharp
Team:
DEF Dawson, Docherty, Stewart, Day, Hunt, Mitchell (Cincotta, Bergman)
MID Oliver, Taranto, Green, Laird, Steele, Ashcroft, Fiorini, Atkins (Sharp, Uwland)
RUC English, Marshall (Ryan)
FWD Dunkley, Gulden, Ziebell, Rozee, Sheezel, Pedlar (van Rooyen, Roberts)
UTL (Drury)
Def: Daicos, Ziebell, Sicily, Stewart, Day, Rat (Young,Chesser)
Mid: Oliver, Laird, Green, Rozee, Rachele, Boak, Ashcroft, Cincotta (Humphrey, Sharp)
Ruck: English, Marshall (Heath)
Fwd: TT, Dunkley, Gulden, Sheezel, Chandler, Pedlar (Poo, Drury)
Utility: SMitchell
Planned trades:
Chandler+$132k—>Premium
Pedlar—>Rook (Mitchell onto field)
Thoughts?
If I get a basement, rook who would be the best player to get under $921k?
DEF: Daicos, Ziebell, Stewart, Day, Stocker, Cincotta (Cowan, Mitchell)
MID: Oliver, Green, Serong, Coniglio, worpel, McGrath, Ashcroft, Callaghan (Angwin, roberts)
RUC : Marshall, Darcy (McAndrew)
FWD: Taranto, Gulden, Rozee, Sheezel, Baker, Pedlar (Sheldrick, Drury)
Util: Chesser
TRADES: Cowan to O. Lord & McGrath to Butters leaving $271k in the bank
Plan to shuffle bench to give more coverage over the byes and pick up cash generating rookies
After the byes, work Cincotta and Pedlar off field for bottom out premiums or
Thoughts?
happy with my trades before Rd 9, moved Grundy to Mr Woldwide which was a +18 for points & $220k in the bank, which is an extra $80k on if i made the trade today..
overall, only 1 dud this week from the top talent in Cerra with a couple on the border in Green, Macre, Dunks & Rozee, but got some respectable/serviceable scores from the mid-tier group in Rivers, Atkins, Aschcroft, Callaghan, Ginbey, Pittonet, Sheezel & JHF..
massive WarneChest for this week (care of Weller to Fahey to secure Ginbey’s scored as E), so looking at brining in a couple Rd 13 bye players..
1 – D. Wilmot to Duncan (sub 700k WTF)
2 – F. Greene to Rowell (95+ seems reasonable)
great trades imo
Looking at two options this week:
Chandler & Hollands – one down, one up to eg Stewart or Butters, gets one more rookie off the field
Or use Chandler to get Wood up to an uber prem, might even get to Oliver, leaves Holland on the field though
Any thoughts?
Still making people think there important
What is actually wrong with you, Marcus? Just stop click on here (and our facebook page).
Def: Sicily, Dawson, N.Daicos, Day, Aitkens, Mitchell (cowan, Constable
Mid: Oliver, Laird, Rozee, N.Anderson, J.Daicos, Tom.Green, Worpel, Ashcroft (Hewett, Roberts)
Ruck: English, Marshall (S.Ryan)
For: Taranto, Gulden, Sheezel, Zieball, Angwin, Van rooyen
Utilitie: cincotta
last round score 2198, $19k in bank, rank: 14,275
unsure who to trade this week as mitchell, van rooyen, ryan, cincotta, cowan all have low breakevens.
thinking of possibly moving on constable to a basement maybe.
any help appreciated
Definitely keep Ryan until his bye. Cowan not playing regularly, so he should go. As for the rest, look at your bye structure.
Most of my “non-keepers” sit in rounds 14 & 15, so I’m basing my decisions around that.
Is it too late to bring in Atkins?
yep too late
no, his break even is 3, he should make money for a while yet
His b/e was 3 last rd. This round it is 17.
I think it’s too late for the rat now…
Trying to reach whitfield this week and to do so need to get rid of either worpedo or degoey. Both aare practically the same price with the same breakeven and same bye, WHO GOES?????
de GOAT
DeGoey was good last game
TEAM
DEF: N. DAICOS, J. ZIEBELL, L. BAKER, D. WILMOT, R. ATKINS, D. RIOLI
(L. JONES, C. CHESSER)
MID: T. TARANTO (C), C. OLIVER, T. MITCHELL, Z. BUTTERS, T. LIBRATORE,
W. ASHCROFT, F. CALLGHAN, M. PHILLIPOU (C. MACKENZIE, B. UWLAND)
RUCK: T. ENGLISH, R. MARSHALL (S. RYAN)
FWD: J. DUNKLEY (VC), C. CONIGLIO, C. ROZEE, O. DEMPSY,
J. VAN ROOYEN, L. PEDLAR (A. DAVEY, B, DRURY)
UTY: F. GREENE
NOTES: TRADED K. CHANDLER FOR O. DEMPSEY, THEN BOUGHT
T. LIBRATORE FOR O. BAKER
14K IN THE BANK
2127 LAST RND
Why are you writing in capitals all the time?
I don’t know I just do
I got Libba and Dempsey too
thoughts on jaeger omeara
between him as a unique/value option, or the likes of butters, smith, whitfield, young?
defs in my radar too.. tempting.
may have recovered from pre season injury and is scoring well and lots of CBAs while Brodie is out. Just not sure if Brodie is still in best 22.
Daicos – Dawson – Stewart – Day – Ginbey – Cincotta (Cowan – McVee)
Oliver – Green – Laird – Macrae – Worpel – Aschroft – Fiorini – Hollands (Angwin – Roberts)
English – Marshall (Heath)
Taranto – Dunkley – Rozee – Sheezel – Pedlar – JVR (Phillipou – Laurie)
(Drury)
$37k in the bank
Another sh*thouse round for a sh*thouse season. If only tanking was a thing in fantasy.
Any suggestions? I have ideas but they are probably sh*t.
How is your team this bad lol
Some terrible terrible starting decisions, followed by some terrible terrible decisions at the trade table. I would blame injuries and suspensions, but everyone has had those.
Feel like I’m always playing catch-up
Your season seems to have gone the same as mine. I am playing just to recover to some sort of decent level, but the hat is not achievable anymore. It is a game of luck at the start, and I had none, with so many injuries, only to replace them with others who then got injured. Thankfully, I am getting some stability now.
From my perspective, your priority should be to get some cash generation going, and at least get your rooks up to a value you can upgrade from. Phillipou has maxed out, so you could downgrade him to Sharp via DPP. McVee is topping out, so look to get him up to someone who can score; not perfect, as you will only have about $540k, but you need to get Cincotta off the field. Or, maybe bring in a FWD, via DPP with Sheezel, such as Humphrey, Jones, S Day or Treacy.
Good advice. I am limping alone in the mid thirty thousands and have been since around round 3. Not having Green and The Tarantula has been part of my downfall.
Def: Daicos, Sheezel, Dawson, Stewart, Day, Cincotta (Michallaney, Chesser)
Mid: Green, Brayshaw, Setterfield, Laird, Atkins, Ashcroft, Fiorini, Hollands (Davey, Long)
Ruck: English, Marshall (Heath)
Fwd: Taranto, Dunkley, Ziebell, Guldon, Pedlar, Rozee (Greene, Angwin)
Utl: Roberts
Scored 2194 last round but am stuck for what to do this week. Have 254k remaining in the bank. Thinking of going michallaney to Lord then Hollands to Walsh. Thoughts?
Nothing wrong with those trades. Also consider Davey / Long down to Sharp (if named).
I need serious help with the LDU & Mills situation – I’ve been looking at my team for too long and have no idea what to do!
I’m also looking very thin for the R15 bye.
RANK: 676
BANK: 6K
DEF: Daicos, Stewart, Sheezel, H. Clark, Hunt, Atkins (Cincotta, Cowan)
MID: Green, Kelly, Macrae, Day, LDU, Mills, Ashcroft, Fiorini (Hollands, Chesser)
RUCK: English, Marshall (Heath)
FWD: Taranto, Dunkley, Gulden, Ziebell, Rozzee, Butters (JVR, Drury)
UTIL: Roberts
Cowan to Fahey or Sharp through Dpp, Hunter Clark Dpp through Zieball for a Premo, Bailey Smith Cogs?
Kane Chandlers a trade, who else goes X Ohalloran, Cowan, Mcvee or Chayce Jones?
Thinking Sharp, Humphrey or Fahey to save money for a Premo like Bailey Smith, Bont, Butters JEremy Cameron
Thoughts on bringing in sharp as a trade? Also how much upside is there to humphrey, already 360k…
You might have missed the boat on Humphrey.
Thoughts on this trade?
OUT – Hollands, Woprel
IN – Wardlaw, Butters