Herald Sun SuperCoach 2008: Part 2

[hellfire]

Well if it helps Sparts, I did Morton to Ross this week.

Then it will hopefully be Burton > OKeefe and Myers > Fisher next week.

...I did the same thing. Except I'm doing Porpz to Okeefe or Myers to Johncock next week.

 

[sblack]

Is there any guarantee those 93k guys will be playing much at all anyway? I'd tend to say no, so I might swing to the cheaper option. From that list I would recommend Simon Goodwin if you already have Jimmy Bartel.

The 93k rookie would be Ross from the Roos. Scored like 90 last week, but averaging like 45 because he scored 12 in his first game.

I already have Bartel yes...my decsision was pretty much between Hayes and Goodwin after cancelling out a few others

Goodwin or Hayes......hmmm

 

[OneEyedHawk]

My plan all week was to sit tight this week, and go SDT>Selwood/Head, then Palmer>Cooney next week. Palmer out means if I don't do it this week, I'll cop a zero. I'm sitting 2nd on the ladder, 6pts and 3% clear of 5th, so whilst relatively safe for top-4, I don't really want to drop this game (am playing the 4th side).

My question is...with Cooney set to drop $30k+ this week, do I wait until next week, play the zero and hope for the best, or bite the bullet, pay the extra $30k+ for him and bring him in this week???

Help much appreciated.

My team... (5 trades, $80k)
BACKS: Chornes, Shaw, Johncock, Gilbee, Newman, Birchall, Ibbotson (SDT & Proud)
MIDS: Ablett, Kornes, Bartel, Dal Santo, Stevens, Palmer (Cotchin & Wellingham)
RUCKS: Cox, Simmonds (Hampson & Renouf)
FOWARDS: J Brown, Pavlich, Franklin, Riewoldt, ROK, SJ, Rioli (N Thompson & Ross)

 

[Masterchief]

My plan all week was to sit tight this week, and go SDT>Selwood/Head, then Palmer>Cooney next week. Palmer out means if I don't do it this week, I'll cop a zero. I'm sitting 2nd on the ladder, 6pts and 3% clear of 5th, so whilst relatively safe for top-4, I don't really want to drop this game (am playing the 4th side).

My question is...with Cooney set to drop $30k+ this week, do I wait until next week, play the zero and hope for the best, or bite the bullet, pay the extra $30k+ for him and bring him in this week???

Help much appreciated.

My team... (5 trades, $80k)
BACKS: Chornes, Shaw, Johncock, Gilbee, Newman, Birchall, Ibbotson (SDT & Proud)
MIDS: Ablett, Kornes, Bartel, Dal Santo, Stevens, Palmer (Cotchin & Wellingham)
RUCKS: Cox, Simmonds (Hampson & Renouf)
FOWARDS: J Brown, Pavlich, Franklin, Riewoldt, ROK, SJ, Rioli (N Thompson & Ross)

Does the 4th placed guy have Ablett? If so whats his mid emergencies look like?

 

[Toadvine]

The 93k rookie would be Ross from the Roos. Scored like 90 last week, but averaging like 45 because he scored 12 in his first game.

I already have Bartel yes...my decsision was pretty much between Hayes and Goodwin after cancelling out a few others

Goodwin or Hayes......hmmm

i would go Hayes as Adelaide will be doing alot of restructuring which could affect Goodwins score

 

[sblack]

i would go Hayes as Adelaide will be doing alot of resructuring which could affect his score

Good point.

 

[SJ]

http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/?p=other_teams&lid=1&tid=811

5 trades, $400 in the bank.

Almost traded Porpylzia for Franklin last week but was in doubt and didn't. Might have gone alright in retrospect. But should I now? I have two emergencies there and one down in defence. Should I used two to down/upgrade in the backline? Selwood in perhaps and a semi-premium?

 

[cement mixer]

I've got trades (6 left) and a fair bit of cash ($441 000) but unsure what to do next.
Backs: Johncock, Shaw, Mattner, Birchall, Goddard, Nicoski, P Burgoyne (S Selwood, A Proud)
Mids: Cross, Corey, Bartel, S Thompson, Dal Santo, Cotchin (Valenti Browne)
Rucks: Cox, Sandilands (Hampson, Kreuzer)
Fwd: J Brown, Pavlich, Riewoldt, Franklin, Didak, Thomas, Porplyzia (Hill, Tippet)
Before the year's out want/need to get rid of Nicoski, Porp, Dale Thomas & Cotchin.

Porp to O'Keefe seems obvious, perhaps a little too obvious for my liking though...
Suggestions?

 

[Parasite]

Slightly different sides supported, in terms of performance and culture though!

Culture! Spartan! Culture!

Edit: Geelong are thugs

 

[SJ]

Culture! Spartan! Culture!

Edit: Geelong are thugs

Be careful of that glass house .

 

[OneEyedHawk]

My plan all week was to sit tight this week, and go SDT>Selwood/Head, then Palmer>Cooney next week. Palmer out means if I don't do it this week, I'll cop a zero. I'm sitting 2nd on the ladder, 6pts and 3% clear of 5th, so whilst relatively safe for top-4, I don't really want to drop this game (am playing the 4th side).

My question is...with Cooney set to drop $30k+ this week, do I wait until next week, play the zero and hope for the best, or bite the bullet, pay the extra $30k+ for him and bring him in this week???

Help much appreciated.

My team... (5 trades, $80k)
BACKS: Chornes, Shaw, Johncock, Gilbee, Newman, Birchall, Ibbotson (SDT & Proud)
MIDS: Ablett, Kornes, Bartel, Dal Santo, Stevens, Palmer (Cotchin & Wellingham)
RUCKS: Cox, Simmonds (Hampson & Renouf)
FOWARDS: J Brown, Pavlich, Franklin, Riewoldt, ROK, SJ, Rioli (N Thompson & Ross)

Does the 4th placed guy have Ablett? If so whats his mid emergencies look like?

His midfield is: Ablett, Harvey, Bartel, S Thompson, Mitchell, Corey (Cotchin & Armfield)

 

[sblack]

Just made my trades.
Bird, Gamble OUT
Hayes, Salter (some $83k rookie) IN

Next week. Porpz OUT ROK IN

New Midfield is:
Dal Santo, Bartel, Hayes, Stevens, Kornes, Mitchell

Forward line next week will look like this:
Pav, Brown, Roo, Buddy, Lids, ROK, Chapman

 

[Spartan]

Really need reassurance here

Hayes is a gun.

SJ + Spartan = same person, I'm now convinced. They always seem to score the same, have the same team, and post at the same time - now they have the same number of trades and even the same cash left. Controversial allegation, but I think it's a good one

No.

I've got a better team.

And I'm better looking.

Well if it helps Sparts, I did Morton to Ross this week.

Then it will hopefully be Burton > OKeefe and Myers > Fisher next week.

Hrmz. Yeh I'm gonna do Burton to Ross this week and then Palmer to Kirk.

Next week Myers to Rookie and Morton to Browndog (assuming he gets through ok this week).

1 trade for the last 5 rounds.

Culture! Spartan! Culture!

Edit: Geelong are thugs

Culture - the reason I'm dropping party boy Palmer.

 

[Spartan]

Kirk or Goodes?

 

[Masterchief]

His midfield is: Ablett, Harvey, Bartel, S Thompson, Mitchell, Corey (Cotchin & Armfield)

Tough call! His midfield is strong so you may lose but I'd play it cool and risk the loss . Save your trades to upgrade your team to a really strong finals side.

 

[Spartan]

Kirk or Goodes?!

Or someone else?!

Best midfielder besides Ablett, Hayes, K.Cornes, Cross, Stevens and Palmer

 

[sblack]

Kirk or Goodes?!

Or someone else?!

Best midfielder besides Ablett, Hayes, K.Cornes, Cross, Stevens and Palmer

Kirk. easy

 

[Masterchief]

What about Hodge? He's got a good average and the Hawks last 4 games are Brisbane, Richmond, West Coast and Carlton. Tanking could be a factor for three of those teams by then.

 

[Spartan]

What about Hodge? He's got a good average and the Hawks last 4 games are Brisbane, Richmond, West Coast and Carlton. Tanking could be a factor for three of those teams by then.

Hodge missing next week is a worry.

I am leaning towards Kirk.

However Goodsey is such a good looking man..

 

[Parasite]

However Goodsey is such a good looking man..

I thought your taste was questionable when you said you were better looking than SJ. Now I know it is.

 

[Biggie]

Kirk for me Spartan.

 

[Itsblackandwhite]

Getting no response on round 16 trades...so trying here..and getting nervous since its close to lock down..

Thinking of 3 possible downgrades

1) SDT to Head, other emg hansen - so hopefully have 2 playing emergencies in time for finals

2) Kreuzer to Stefan Martin, other emg goldstien - Have cox and sandilands starting. Is this risky considering cox might be dropped end of the year and neither martin or goldstien are sure starters ?

3) Wellingham to Nick smith from sydney. Not really sure how many games he would get.

The main aim of these downgrades is to upgrade.
a)Palmer - Brent Harvey (leave me with 3 trades, $15k) (he is super consistent)
b)Palmer - Nick Dal (3 trades, 74 k) (get diversity, have no sainters)
c)Palmer - Bartel (3 trades, 75k) (means i have 3 cats in midfield)

Only risk being If Lings recovery takes longer than expected, if he isnt ready come finals time

Next round
Use leftover money to upgrade Burton.

OR

I downgrade palmer to robert eddy, leaving my bench as eddy and wellingham. And upgrade Ling to harvey (leaves me 3 trades,119k). But it also means i start cotchin for the rest of the year.
Use the money left over to pick up a murphy/o keefe/medhurst/aker/n brown next round and still have a bit left in the bank - around 50 k n 2 trades for finals.

Any suggestions would be welcome, and ur captain will get over 150x2 this week. cheers

 

[Spartan]

Hello Captain Kirk.

Comes in as the mercenary captain he needs to be.

 

[munk3ymark]

Quick bit of advice folks if you would?

This week: Myers- Selwood (WC) or Burton - Ross (NM) then Palmer to Hayes or Bartel

Next week: Porps - RoK

Either way I go this week I'm almost certainly going to play one down back or forward (see below for the benches), but I'm not that worried about this week's league opponent.

So- any advice on the choices I've got ahead of me? Current team:
B:Heater, Chornes, Stiffy, Bradshaw, Gilbee, Wona, Myers. (Proud, Pfeiffer)
M: Ablett, Corey, Judd, Dal, Johnstone, Cotchin (Browne, Palmer)
R: Cox, Simmonds (Kreuzer, Meesen)
F: Pav, Roo, Buddy, Brown, Tippett, Burton, Porps (McKinley, Gamble)

I think the Burton- Ross merely because it will make me more money in the short term, but I wonder if Ross will follow the well worn Kangaroo rookie path and sink from view immediately after this week, and Palmer - Hayes is also more financially sensible (Lenny's about 60K cheaper than Jimmy). It's not like Bartel is going to become unaffordable either, so I could always look at bringing him next week or so...

Bugger all in the kitty BTW.

Cheers,
m

 

[Itsblackandwhite]

Quick bit of advice folks if you would?

This week: Myers- Selwood (WC) or Burton - Ross (NM) then Palmer to Hayes or Bartel

Next week: Porps - RoK

Either way I go this week I'm almost certainly going to play one down back or forward (see below for the benches), but I'm not that worried about this week's league opponent.

So- any advice on the choices I've got ahead of me? Current team:
B:Heater, Chornes, Stiffy, Bradshaw, Gilbee, Wona, Myers. (Proud, Pfeiffer)
M: Ablett, Corey, Judd, Dal, Johnstone, Cotchin (Browne, Palmer)
R: Cox, Simmonds (Kreuzer, Meesen)
F: Pav, Roo, Buddy, Brown, Tippett, Burton, Porps (McKinley, Gamble)

I think the Burton- Ross merely because it will make me more money in the short term, but I wonder if Ross will follow the well worn Kangaroo rookie path and sink from view immediately after this week, and Palmer - Hayes is also more financially sensible (Lenny's about 60K cheaper than Jimmy). It's not like Bartel is going to become unaffordable either, so I could always look at bringing him next week or so...

Bugger all in the kitty BTW.

Cheers,
m

I am in the exact same boat as you mate.

Pretty similar looking team and Burton out, Ling out - I was thinking of whether to trade palmer or ling..but palmer seems to be more of a worry im guessing.

Im steering clear of bartel because it would leave me with 3 geelong midfielders..come finals..one bad week..and it could hurt...

Lenny hayes - though is quality - hasnt really been consistent, is about 40k cheaper though...

Let me know once u made up ur mind haha..

Though id hold on to porps...and downgrade myer, use the money to upgrade palmer, and the rest to upgrade burton...to someone better...like a ROK or even a medhurst..and if ur lucky...murphy