Round 2 trades

[poido]

I wasn't one of them


I'm holding Riewoldt. I have faith in his ability to recover and tough it out.

The guy is superhuman

 

[Bollox]

Any horforn fans know if Miles was close to selection last week, or in with a shot this week after a loss ?

 

[Danog]

Pickett > Hannan is the only one I'm considering this round.

 

[Super Hans]

Might bite the bullet and go Smith > Hannan. Want to have full flexibility for next week, especially if McGrath and Marchbank play well again.

 

[Faz 2000]

Might bite the bullet and go Smith > Hannan. Want to have full flexibility for next week, especially if McGrath and Marchbank play well again.

I'm a bit along the same lines. I'd rather get 2 weeks' data, but I might need more than 2 corrections next week.

 

[Super Hans]

David Swallow remains ‘touch and go’ after rolling an ankle at training, with a view to assess the West Australian’s availability at Thursday’s main training session at Metricon Stadium

It's such a joke they waiting that long to make him a late out. Pathetic, not so much from a SC view but I'd hate being a Gold Coast supporter if that's how they treat their fans.

 

[patfootball04]

Roo> Steele
Smith> Marchbank.

If there were better rookies, wouldn't consider trading Nick but do not want to field Pickett or Eddy.

 

[Sydney Kicker]

Any horforn fans know if Miles was close to selection last week, or in with a shot this week after a loss ?

Thinking he is still a fair way off best 22. However if we keep playing like we did last week he'll get a shot sooner or later.

 

[Sydney Kicker]

David Swallow remains ‘touch and go’ after rolling an ankle at training, with a view to assess the West Australian’s availability at Thursday’s main training session at Metricon Stadium

Was supposed to be touch and go for selection last week. Getting annoying that I stuck with him now. My own fault for choosing players made out of tissue paper.

 

[CrozaN]

Pickett > Hannan is the only one I'm considering this round.

Wait another week dude....what if Pickett goes and pumps a 70+ and hannan 20. Then what you going to bring Pickett back in for Hannan?

Don't chase points mate otherwise good luck for 2018.

 

[Franky_024]

People just like rage trading, im definately a culprit. im sure most of those 400 odd who traded out Treloar will come to their senses and reverse it before Thursday.

If not well dont bitch when he knocks out a 140 against Richmond

 

[Bollox]

Thinking he is still a fair way off best 22. However if we keep playing like we did last week he'll get a shot sooner or later.

bugga. Was hoping he might be closer.
tx for that.

 

[Edmund hunt]

Is Brett Eddy worth keeping?

 

[buttox]

Is Brett Eddy worth keeping?

Wait until teams are announced before making those decisions. We may have a heap of outs. Doubt Eddie will be one of them.

 

[Donkey Magoo]

2099, not the best, not the worst.
Happy that I avoided Otten, Jaeger BOMB, and Spits. Rookies all looked like spuds so I started with Marchbank and WHE. SPP on field and Eddy, Picket and, Smith, Florent, Parfit on the bench.
Big regret I have is going to Sauce in the Ruck, hopefully he is just finding his feet.
Will hold Nroo and Smith for a week.

Although I have already rage traded out Nroo and sauce for Gawn and Steele and then reversed.

 

[CaptainHowdy87]

Stupid. He had a horrid first qtr where he butchered the ball and was probably on negative points going into the 2nd qtr. He ended up only having a decent game and still almost reached a hundred.

Treloar on a good day will easily give you 120+

 

[Significant]

I'm thinking of the following options:

1. Pickett > Hannan (McCrae to M7)
Pickett doesn't get a lot of the ball. And he will not in that forward line. Carlton have a tough draw coming up too.
Hannan almost tonned up from 16 touches, both players could average 60 each from here on in but Hannan will make much more cash.

2. Roughead > Steele
Hawthorn's on field structure looks much different this year, they had a lot of inside 50s against Ess but the ball movement was not as clean as years gone past and I think Roughead might suffer from this. He actually looked in good touch and moved well but the team around him is different, in fairness to him he had good numbers and should have scored closer to 80 but those 6 close games that the Hawks won last year may be reversed to losses this year and I think that may affect his scoring.
Steele looks to have a good SC game, he gets the contested ball and tackles and he tonned up in a bad loss. I'll probably pass on this trade this week and have one more look at these two.

3. Marchbank in for anyone
Is expensive but has JS to burn and will see a lot of the ball down back. Like trade 2, i will wait a week on this one as it may require two trades but early cash generation in defence looks limited this year.

1 and 3 I am looking very closely at. Wish I could trade Smith to Hannan but I can't so Pickett is the unlucky player. I also want to do at least one trade this week in case I need two the week after.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Just saw a team that belongs to a guy at my work... bench full of non playing $102k rookies with no cash left over....

Fail!

 

[SELFCONFESDAFLNERD]

Just saw a team that belongs to a guy at my work... bench full of non playing $102k rookies with no cash left over....

Fail!

Some people don't understand the concept of rookies, in fact in my 1st year i don't think i did either!

 

[Golden_6]

No trades. Will give all my rookies another week to improve.

 

[CaptainHowdy87]

I picked Hanners because he's been good for me in the past - consistent. I also had a 'gut feel' that Pendles was going to struggle early. However, now Hanners is looking proppy, i.e. not just a 'bad day at the office', and Pendles has killed it.

It better bloody be just a bad day at the office

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt for round 1. Anything less than 80 in round 2 and he's out.

I held on to some players for too long last year hoping they'd come good. Even if they eventually do, like Robbie Gray, 5-6 weeks of mediocrity just kills your team. I want to get what I pay for. With mid-pricers you can expect yo-yo scoring or averages under 100. You pay top dollar for consistent high scoring. Hanners was Mr Reliable last year. If he's proppy or missing his buddy Tom Mitchell or adjusting to some fad diet then he can GAGF. I'll happily burn a trade to get someone reliable in if Hanners doesn't get the job done this week.

 

[Thuggee_Cult]

It better bloody be just a bad day at the office

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt for round 1. Anything less than 80 in round 2 and he's out.

I held on to some players for too long last year hoping they'd come good. Even if they eventually do, like Robbie Gray, 5-6 weeks of mediocrity just kills your team. I want to get what I pay for. With mid-pricers you can expect yo-yo scoring or averages under 100. You pay top dollar for consistent high scoring. Hanners was Mr Reliable last year. If he's proppy or missing his buddy Tom Mitchell or adjusting to some fad diet then he can GAGF. I'll happily burn a trade to get someone reliable in if Hanners doesn't get the job done this week.

I've got Hanners too, but I also have too many rookie/mid price problems to fix. I'd like to bring in Hannan, Houston, maybe Parfitt too and grab Steele while he is still cheap and then on top of that, what happens if the likes of Otten and Hibberd get dropped? Unfortunately, like me, you'll probably just have to ride it out with Dan unless youve got all the right rookies. Its a matter of when not if that he'll come good, it just might not be until Heeney gets back in the team when the midfield mix is more familiar.

IIRC the overall 2015 winner started the year with Malceski (the crappy Gold Coast version) and held onto him until the late rounds. Even the best teams have to hang on to the odd turd in the underpants for longer than they like.

 

[Riviat]

I wasn't one of them

I did then I reversed it an hour later after lunch.

You're not you when you're hungry.

 

[arsene wenger1]

Definitely waiting a week before making any major trades. Players like Steele, nankervis types have fooled people in the past with a round 1 bender

 

[Gigantic]

Ok made up my mind. No trades this week.

See you all next week!