I usually have the confidence to go ahead with the trades I come up with, even if they're not what I had in mind. But now Im not sure if im panicking or setting up well for the next few weeks. So here comes the extended "thinking out loud" rant.
I had planned on going Gaz to either Sidey or Pendles this week, leaving me with 2 trades on the way home but with average bench cover (def - Edwards and C. Byrne, Mid - Steele, Amon, Walsh, Ruck - Obrien, Fwd - Dale, Mckernan). A few spanners got thrown in this week. I took a punt a few weeks ago and decided to run with Oxley at D6 for the season. I figured an 80 average against trading in for a possible 90 average wasnt worth it. Mckernans JS is all of a sudden non-existant, and even if he was only good for 60 a week then at least I knew I could rely on him getting a game. All that is out the window now.
I think Im looking at going Gaz to Goddard, and Mckernan to Higgins. This leaves me a bit of cash to play with for my last remaining trade, means that I have an extra DPP link in the mids, and that I essentially have Oxley covering both forward and back. Goddard and Higgins both have a great draw from here and should average 105 and 95 repsectively. 200 points a week on field as opposed to Pendles (115 avg) and Oxley (80 avg), greater flexibility and coverage, but taking me down to one trade. It makes a lot of sense to me to set up this way because the carnage will come and the difference between 1 trade and 2 trades over the next 5 weeks probably isnt much. But the flexibility and coverage it gives me could be worth much more than that.
TL;DR. Give me some thoughts people. Tell me Im losing it and to save my trades. Tell me its a masterstroke. Tell me to get a life. Anything!
I had planned on going Gaz to either Sidey or Pendles this week, leaving me with 2 trades on the way home but with average bench cover (def - Edwards and C. Byrne, Mid - Steele, Amon, Walsh, Ruck - Obrien, Fwd - Dale, Mckernan). A few spanners got thrown in this week. I took a punt a few weeks ago and decided to run with Oxley at D6 for the season. I figured an 80 average against trading in for a possible 90 average wasnt worth it. Mckernans JS is all of a sudden non-existant, and even if he was only good for 60 a week then at least I knew I could rely on him getting a game. All that is out the window now.
I think Im looking at going Gaz to Goddard, and Mckernan to Higgins. This leaves me a bit of cash to play with for my last remaining trade, means that I have an extra DPP link in the mids, and that I essentially have Oxley covering both forward and back. Goddard and Higgins both have a great draw from here and should average 105 and 95 repsectively. 200 points a week on field as opposed to Pendles (115 avg) and Oxley (80 avg), greater flexibility and coverage, but taking me down to one trade. It makes a lot of sense to me to set up this way because the carnage will come and the difference between 1 trade and 2 trades over the next 5 weeks probably isnt much. But the flexibility and coverage it gives me could be worth much more than that.
TL;DR. Give me some thoughts people. Tell me Im losing it and to save my trades. Tell me its a masterstroke. Tell me to get a life. Anything!
