The Thursday Scramble: Round 6

We are at the end of the mini bye rounds! Oh thank god for that. But! Did it save you last week?  Imagine if you had to take McKercher’s 2 though!  These bye rounds have been hiding a few rubbish scores for us over recent weeks which has been nice and this is the last week we get that luxury. Then we are back to normal (before the next lot of byes).  But there is lots of work to do this week so Let’s Scramble!

Time to Cull the Herd?

Absolutely. We have seen a few things which now confirm we can start to cull some of the rookies. Unfortunately DT Talk’s own Colby McKercher is the top of the list. That injury along with his 2 and BE now up at 87 in AF means that his time in your team is sadly done. He is listed as being available but in my opinion he is a big risk to be a late out even if he is named tonight. He didn’t make us as much money as we would have liked to but hey, not much we can do about that now.

Ryley Sanders is another one that we can now happily move on if we want. Two vests is a huge concern (thanks Bevo) and the impact that has had is that his BE is up to 50 which is obviously achievable for him but the unknown that is a Bevo vesting is a huge concern. He is one that you can move on as well.

Nat Fyfe is another one that we have been toying with trading for a while and he has been just scoring past his BE for a while. This week his BE is up at 66 which is achievable but he is starting to reach his limit so you could use him to get to an uber premium. His growth in coming weeks isn’t likely to be huge like a basement rookie so you are better off trading him.

DPPs are just around the corner

As I mentioned last week the DPP’s are getting closer and we get them after this round. So last week you were ok to trade with this in mind and this becomes even more relevant this week. There are some that are pretty much locks and these are the ones that you can plan for. Just remember that just because someone is a DPP you don’t have to have them. Use them wisely and not every player you have has to be a DPP. My strategy is to have a good smattering of them across the lines. Also be careful as by using them in weeks going forward you can also swap players around so much that you actually destroy your link between lines by moving all your DPP’s into one line! Not what we want to do.

So my main point here is, just be smart about how you use the DPPs don’t overthink yourself and paint yourself into a corner.  Also don’t pick a guy just because he has DPP. Pick him because he is the right person to select.

What to do with Struggling Premiums?

No doubt there were plenty of us that were disappointed with the score we got from Bont and Tom Green last week. But realistically we all know that these guys are stars and we shouldn’t be trading them out. But is there a world where you can? of course there is, they all have the same trade button against their name. But just remember these guys are high priced stars for a reason. They have the history and the form to show us that they can score for a reason. So no, we shouldn’t be trading them out.

However, Matt Crouch is someone we need to talk about. Now, we know that he can score but, did you get him in to be a keeper? I don’t think you did. So he has risen in value by $111k in AF and has an average of 102 for the season. Coincidentally his BE is at 101 now and on top of that he has been suspended for a week. So really this is a bit of a no-brainer, he has done his job, he has made us cash and it is now time to upgrade him to an top premium. An interesting bit though from Lairdy at the DTTalk Adelaide show, he was telling us that Crouchy is the Number 1 banana!  But still, I am happy to move him on.

DTTalk Live

Just want to say it was great to meet a few legends at the DTTalk Live show in Adelaide last night. Roy, Warnie and Calvin were fantastic as usual and Lairdy was fantastic too. For those of you heading to the Perth show, have a great time and as always you won’t be disappointed.

Things to Remember

• We can’t put the VC on Max this week!  Now we need to come up with another plan. Obviously we have Calvin to guide us! For me it will be a pair of Weazels.  Steele into Sheezel
• This is the last week for our mini bye rounds so you need to make sure that you have your team ready to go back to best 22 next week, so that means get as many rookies off of the field as we can before we have to count their scores!
• If you are worried about some of your Demon rookies, just remember they aren’t going to lose any money this week so you can safely hold them this week and then unload them next week if you want to.

No Max, no Daicos, no Worries!!  Last of the early bye rounds this week and the last time to ‘hide’ any issue players. On the plus side we get back to 9 games next week and I am sure that your draft teams will all be very thankful of that!

Have a great weekend of footy and I look forward to seeing you all again next Thursday.

Dunny

A passionate Port Adelaide Fan who simply loves footy! That is how I would describe myself. Catch my weekly article "The Thursday Scramble" with all the last minute things to think about for the weekend Follow: @pkd73.