I think I prefer Houli. Same bye, 10k cheaper. Houli has a higher scoring ceiling and a better track record (as long as you can handle the ups and downs).
Round 7 Trades
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No mate, i've liked him since day dot. He and Rampe are my first two picked next year. Should've been this year but was influenced by the masses.
Looking for some feedback on my trades this week.
Weitering-->J.Smith
Oliver --> Rockliff
Oliver or Kennedy will go, depending on if either is not named this week. This would take me down to 24 trades and leave me with $34k (up from $13k). I had Rocky in before, but traded him out when injured. He looks fit and at $483k seems unreal value. My team post trade would be:
Def: Shaw, Houli, Adams, AMT, DBJ, Hartley (Laird, Dea)
Mid: Danger, Hannebery, Ablett, Ward, Rockliff, Libba, Mills, Smith (B.Kennedy, Davis, Gresham)
Ruck: Goldstein, NicNat (Loersch)
Fwd: Hall, Martin, Greene, Franklin, Wells, Kerridge (M.Brown, Menadue)
Bit weak in defence with Laird down, but I think Rocky is too good value to pass up. I can strengthen my backline when I cull the next fattened Rookie. Thoughts?
Weitering-->J.Smith
Oliver --> Rockliff
Oliver or Kennedy will go, depending on if either is not named this week. This would take me down to 24 trades and leave me with $34k (up from $13k). I had Rocky in before, but traded him out when injured. He looks fit and at $483k seems unreal value. My team post trade would be:
Def: Shaw, Houli, Adams, AMT, DBJ, Hartley (Laird, Dea)
Mid: Danger, Hannebery, Ablett, Ward, Rockliff, Libba, Mills, Smith (B.Kennedy, Davis, Gresham)
Ruck: Goldstein, NicNat (Loersch)
Fwd: Hall, Martin, Greene, Franklin, Wells, Kerridge (M.Brown, Menadue)
Bit weak in defence with Laird down, but I think Rocky is too good value to pass up. I can strengthen my backline when I cull the next fattened Rookie. Thoughts?
Oliver will be in for the Dees for sure, and you would assume he would score more than BenKen.
I personally would not go Rocky yet, with his record you would want some consistency for a few weeks before trading in. If you don't get him cheap, who cares, could save a trade 2 weeks later when he breaks more ribs.
I personally would not go Rocky yet, with his record you would want some consistency for a few weeks before trading in. If you don't get him cheap, who cares, could save a trade 2 weeks later when he breaks more ribs.
Surely he would be in this week, and at worst will score around 75+ and save us from fielding a rookie.
Had my on him preseason too. Didn't take him but gut said he was a solid pick. The other guy I had was Parker. But like you, I followed masses and went rocky. So glad rocky went down. Time to correct my backline gut pick!
This X 1,000,000. Don't pick your fallen premiums when they've bottomed out, pick them when their form has turned around.
Is everyone sold on Smith? To me, he looks to light. Scored well until now but I've been burnt by lightly built players before. Menadue. Garlett. Neade. Jetta. The list goes on.
He averaged 29 touches in the NEAFL last year. Yes, that barely qualifies, but he had 29 on the weekend and he's at basement price. That's good enough for me, he only needs to average 70 to be a worthwhile investment at 102k.
Those you've listed probably aren't going to get near 29 most weeks.
On the face of it, a premium forward should be preferable to a back
A score should be preferable to a donut!
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I'm steering clear of Rocky too. I watched the game on the weekend and he wasn't playing midfield - he was actually on a wing and spending a lot of time on the HBF. I can't post his heat map (maybe someone else can for me) - but he essentially got all of his touches along the wing and nothing in the centre square.
With Beams coming back he may continue to stay out of the middle. He might still score 120 on a wing and still a better than 50% chance to make his BE of 84. But, he'll have to score 120+ or even 140+ to go up significantly in price. And if he does then you have cost a small amount of cash but gained an enormous amount of confidence in picking him up next week. If he scores 80 then you're faced with him potentially dropping more dollars when his big score from last week cycles out, or at least stagnating around the same price for the next month.
Not sold on him, but hes the best option this week, i normally split rookies by how much of the ball they're getting.
Need some advice this week on trades. I have R Gray still sitting on the bench. 132k left, 26 Trades.
Def: Shaw, Rich, Seedsman, Weitering, D Byrne-Jones, Tippa, Brown, Dea
Mid: Ablett, Danger, Priddis, Barlow, Hannebury, Libba, Mills, Hewett, R Gray, Davis, Oliver
Ruc: Gawn, Natanui, Grimley
Fwd: D Martin, A Hall, Wells, Kerridge, McCarthy, Adams, Kennedy, Menadue
Def: Shaw, Rich, Seedsman, Weitering, D Byrne-Jones, Tippa, Brown, Dea
Mid: Ablett, Danger, Priddis, Barlow, Hannebury, Libba, Mills, Hewett, R Gray, Davis, Oliver
Ruc: Gawn, Natanui, Grimley
Fwd: D Martin, A Hall, Wells, Kerridge, McCarthy, Adams, Kennedy, Menadue
The game obviously was played to that side of the ground, I wouldn't read much into it as he was still around the stoppages 7 clearances 15 contested possessions, he is the cheapest he will be this year, it's weather or not you see him as a top 10 midfielder from now till the end of the season.
I want to see another good game before im convinced to jump back on, don't want to get burnt again and happy to pay the premium if needed
I'm looking (pending teams to night) to do a double upgrade & was feeling a little nervous not having Smith but the debut of Macpherson this & Mathieson just around the corner calmed me somewhat.
Just my 2 cents I don't think he's too light
