Game Day 2024 Round 15 Discussion - Taggers Assemble

[WaynesWorld19]

It's a Melbourne Cup Field for next week's Round 16 MND Challenge .....23 participants, all in the final stages of their preparations
Don't forget to post your round 16 score NEXT WEEK in the MND thread ......again a big thankyou to stevebbb for organising

Toast - 2024 Fight MND - Round 16 - Big Freeze 10 Competition

Hi everyone! The annual Big Freeze round is approaching, so it's time for the BF SC competition again. Here's a link to the FightMND website. As the 'Big Freeze at the G' (round 13) always falls during the Bye rounds, we always do the comp in the first round after the byes. In 2024, that's...

www.bigfooty.com

 

[Judd_Magic]

You ain’t going anywhere. Stop being a drama queen. We ALL have shit weeks and shit seasons. That’s SC my friend.

It's just the angry pissed off depressed side of me saying that I'll walk away and not come back mate. I can't remember having such a horrible week. It's soul crushing and makes me wonder why I even bother playing this stupid game for..

Yeah you're probably right I'm too addicted to walk away. This game is bad for anyone that suffers from mental health issues though. It usually takes me a good day or 2 to recover after a sh1t week like this.

 

[Judd_Magic]

Even though I'm a bit dramatic after a bad week in supercoach the one thing I do every week rain, hail or shine is still post my score and overall.

Still feeling pretty down in the dumps, not much to say. Oliver, K.Brown and J.Clark killed me when I was only fielding 18.

Had the C on Merrett but took it off him and stuck it on Ryan hoping he would go 200 in a hail mary effort.

Went down over 5000 spots overall and only won 3\10 league matches. Feeling totally demoralized atm.

Bad week for me mental heath wise. Supercoach just made it worse.

3 trades left. Just fee like blowing them all and heading to the no trades left club to drink scotch and cokes while smoking cuban cigars.

 

[Chronz]

Pretty ordinary stuff. 1958.

 

[Scythe94]

It's just the angry pissed off depressed side of me saying that I'll walk away and not come back mate. I can't remember having such a horrible week. It's soul crushing and makes me wonder why I even bother playing this stupid game for..

Yeah you're probably right I'm too addicted to walk away. This game is bad for anyone that suffers from mental health issues though. It usually takes me a good day or 2 to recover after a sh1t week like this.

Even though I'm a bit dramatic after a bad week in supercoach the one thing I do every week rain, hail or shine is still post my score and overall.

Still feeling pretty down in the dumps, not much to say. Oliver, K.Brown and J.Clark lilled me when I was only fielding 18.

Had the C on Merrett but took it off him and stuck it on Ryan hoping he would go 200 in a hail mary effort.

Went down over 5000 spots overall and only won 3\10 league matches. Feeling totally demoralized atm.

Bad week for me mental heath wise. Supercoach just made it worse.

3 trades left. Just fee like blowing them all and heading to the no trades left club to drink scotch and cokes while smoking cuban cigars.

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You're not alone this year my friend – three successive top 1k finishes for me, including a top 50 before this year.

This season? 11,669th These shockers happen sometimes, and even though it's disheartening, we'll be back because we love it.

If not, we can both retire for a year, start a podcast, and hang shit on everyone for picking perpetual burnmen

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Ryan absolutely kills it until last week, since I got him has turned to ****ing shit

Story of my SC life .....same as you, I paid top $$$$ for Ryan, and wasted my money

I started in R1, LDU ....I couldn't hold him because he was so poor & costing me rankings ....as soon as I dump him, he goes on a spree ....it's a conundrum of hold / trade

Set & forget Ruck strategy, this year ...has been a failure

 

[WaynesWorld19]

You're not alone this year my friend – three successive top 1k finishes for me, including a top 50 before this year.

This season? 11,669th These shockers happen sometimes, and even though it's disheartening, we'll be back because we love it.

If not, we can both retire for a year, start a podcast, and hang shit on everyone for picking perpetual burnmen

Interesting, this year ...the play has been to choose all the perennial injury-prone players ...Yeo, Whitfield, McGovern, LDU and Xerri

Those Coaches who took risks were the beneficiaries

 

[Judd_Magic]

You're not alone this year my friend – three successive top 1k finishes for me, including a top 50 before this year.

This season? 11,669th These shockers happen sometimes, and even though it's disheartening, we'll be back because we love it.

If not, we can both retire for a year, start a podcast, and hang shit on everyone for picking perpetual burnmen

Ok deal.

As long as the podcast is sponsored by Dickens Ciders. LOL

 

[WaynesWorld19]

It's just the angry pissed off depressed side of me saying that I'll walk away and not come back mate. I can't remember having such a horrible week. It's soul crushing and makes me wonder why I even bother playing this stupid game for..

Yeah you're probably right I'm too addicted to walk away. This game is bad for anyone that suffers from mental health issues though. It usually takes me a good day or 2 to recover after a sh1t week like this.

I know how you feel .....I used to feel this way after my Club lost a game .....not so much these days, but it's been replaced by my SC side

Takes 2-3 days to recover & get back on the horse .....trading helps you boost your morale.....and then optimism of a turn around returns

But no amount of optimism can help you cope as an Oliver / Salem owner in a Bye Round ......OUCH !

 

[Judd_Magic]

I know how you feel .....I used to feel this way after my Club lost a game .....not so much these days, but it's been replaced by my SC side

Takes 2-3 days to recover & get back on the horse .....trading helps you boost your morale.....and then optimism of a turn around returns

By no amount of optimism can help you cope as an Oliver / Salem owner in a Bye Round ......OUCH !

I can't even trade now to make myself feel better, only got 3 left. LOL

I could use 2 trades this week and trade Oliver and some other spud out and in 20,000 times to make myself feel better.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

I can't even trade now to make myself feel better, only got 3 left. LOL

I could use 2 trades this week and trade out Oliver and some other spud 20,000 times I suppose.

I think I'm committed to bring Rozee in as an M9 to loop Oliver ....If I replace Oliver, I have no injury cover (enough trades) .....I need to think that thru

 

[VainGlorious]

Only scored 1803 mate and fielded 18.

K.Brown, J. Clark and Oliver were in that 18.

I can understand how that would shit you to tears mate.

I was going great guns until the first bye round and my team decided it was time to spray the bowl with violent diarrhoea with a measly 1900.

Dropped 1500 spots in one fell swoop.

Then this happened:




It can all turn really quickly, as most of this godforsaken game is out of our control and has an element of luck attached to it.

It would probably help the both of us if we weren’t so fond of the double reverse-roughies we keep employing, time and time again

I gotchu fam. Let’s roughy to our little hearts content, melt about it in truly glorious fashion, and do it all again next week/year.

 

[Judd_Magic]

I can understand how that would shit you to tears mate.

I was going great guns until the first bye round and my team decided it was time to spray the bowl with violent diarrhoea with a measly 1900.

Dropped 1500 spots in one fell swoop.

Then this happened:


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It can all turn really quickly, as most of this godforsaken game is out of our control and has an element of luck attached to it.

It would probably help the both of us if we weren’t so fond of the double reverse-roughies we keep employing, time and time again

I gotchu fam. Let’s roughy to our little hearts content, melt about it in truly glorious fashion, and do it all again next week/year.

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Doing a roughie or 2 is a part of my DNA my friend.

Unfortunately I have done 3 of them this year so far. LOL!

 

[VainGlorious]

Doing a roughie or 2 is a part of my DNA my friend.

Unfortunately I have done 3 of them this year so far. LOL!

Likewise!

Fisher:
Out - RD 2
In - RD 13

Young:
Out - RD 3
In - RD 4 (lol)

Sexton:
Out - RD 8
In - RD 11

Yikes.

 

[VainGlorious]

Set & forget Ruck strategy, this year ...has been a failure

Gawn and Grundy have been going ok.

 

[buttox]

Gawn and Grundy have been going ok.

Gawn and X would have been the dream starting combo.

 

[NinjaSwan]

Gawn and Grundy have been going ok.

Yep, R1 and R2 for just over a million combined set and forget, nice to be back to the Gawndy era after wasting so many trades on rucks the past two years.

 

[Scythe94]

Yep, R1 and R2 for just over a million combined set and forget, nice to be back to the Gawndy era after wasting so many trades on rucks the past two years.

You mean you didn't go Grundy to Marshall to Sweet to English?

 

[NinjaSwan]

You mean you didn't go Grundy to Marshall to Sweet to English?

Swans bias probably helped me with keeping Grundy, eye test/influence on the team + confidence we'd win so many games convinced me his SC scores would bounce back after the slowish start to the year.

 

[morningbrown]

2064 due to a poor captain choice. Ranked 11k, if I can finish the year inside the top 10k and win my leagues I'll be stoked.

 

[Caztheconquerer]

Story of my SC life .....same as you, I paid top $$$$ for Ryan, and wasted my money

I started in R1, LDU ....I couldn't hold him because he was so poor & costing me rankings ....as soon as I dump him, he goes on a spree ....it's a conundrum of hold / trade

Set & forget Ruck strategy, this year ...has been a failure

Rucks have been pretty good to me this year mate, started Gawn and Grundy and haven’t changed. It’s been the other premo that I traded out that killed me. Held Dawson for as long as I could then traded him and that week he proceeded to put out a 170 game lol .

Not much luck this year like you and many others but some of it has been due to my poor trading this year

 

[Caztheconquerer]

Moved up a bit in rank this week to 21k overall, at least it’s heading in the right direction

 

[VainGlorious]

Gawn and X would have been the dream starting combo.

Oh absolutely, ButtMan, absolutely.

$407k for a 109 average and only 100 points less than Grundy.

The extra $80k could’ve been put to better use earlier in the season.

As an aside, thoughts on Simpkin?
Can score well when playing the right role, and is unencumbered by injury.

 

[HotPiesWithSauce]

Moved up a bit in rank this week to 21k overall, at least it’s heading in the right direction

Up to 23k for me! After a woeful start, at least I'm heading upwards

 

[Caztheconquerer]

Up to 23k for me! After a woeful start, at least I'm heading upwards

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Good stuff mate, trending in the right direction

 

[buttox]

Oh absolutely, ButtMan, absolutely.

$407k for a 109 average and only 100 points less than Grundy.

The extra $80k could’ve been put to better use earlier in the season.

As an aside, thoughts on Simpkin?
Can score well when playing the right role, and is unencumbered by injury.

He's a decent pick but he misses a lot of games.