2017 Byes

[Sir Skid]

Your bye strategy can either make or break your overall year. Planning well ahead for byes also saves trades during this time and helps ensure you still have some for finals. Do you set up starting round1? Do you build towards it 5 or 6 weeks out? Maybe the last week of byes you're planning to be full premo and intend to do 3 sideways prem trades chasing the pointy end of overall rankings.
What's yours?

 

[TheBeardAmigos]

Your bye strategy can either make or break your overall year. Planning well ahead for byes also saves trades during this time and helps ensure you still have some for finals. Do you set up starting round1? Do you build towards it 5 or 6 weeks out? Maybe the last week of byes you're planning to be full premo and intend to do 3 sideways prem trades chasing the pointy end of overall rankings.
What's yours?

ignore the shitty round 9 bye for PA/GC
and who knows for the others...

 

[Hairy Lager]

ignore the shitty round 9 bye for PA/GC
and who knows for the others...

How is this going to work this year?
4 weeks of byes is going to be screwed up.

 

[TheBeardAmigos]

How is this going to work this year?
4 weeks of byes is going to be screwed up.

i dont understand why they didnt put the China game during the normal bye rounds... to me it sounds stupid

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

trying to think of something constructive to add, but I can't.. * the bye rounds. Just wing it, and hope for the best. I won't build my team around it that's for sure.

 

[Great 2008]

At least I will have a full forward line in Round 12. Not sure I will have a forward from any of these clubs? Geelong, North, Richmond, West Coast.

 

[Danger Money]

They should revert back to 16 team leagues which would consist of 15 games plus 4 finals. The 4 bye rounds should be no head to head matches but an overall score only.

 

[Sir Skid]

1st week - GC Port which should not be too painful.
No trades.

2nd bye week - St Kilda,Western Bulldogs,Sydney Swans,Brisbane Lions,Carlton,Melbourne.
3 trades 2 upgrades.

3rd bye week -North Melbourne, Richmond,West Coast Eagles,Geelong Cats.
1 or 2 trades. Maybe 1 upgrade or cash build.

4th bye week -Adelaide Crows,GWS Giants,Collingwood,Essendon,Fremantle,
Hawthorn
3 sideways premo trades

Done!

 

[Hairy Lager]

1st week - GC Port which should not be too painful.
No trades.

2nd bye week - St Kilda,Western Bulldogs,Sydney Swans,Brisbane Lions,Carlton,Melbourne.
3 trades 2 upgrades.

3rd bye week -North Melbourne, Richmond,West Coast Eagles,Geelong Cats.
1 or 2 trades. Maybe 1 upgrade or cash build.

4th bye week -Adelaide Crows,GWS Giants,Collingwood,Essendon,Fremantle,
Hawthorn
3 sideways premo trades

Done!

2nd week
Sexy Robbie, if more interested in Football than hair.

3rd week
Pridda, killed second 1/2 of season,

4th bringath forth though premo, haloluha!!

 

[Kadog]

* the byes!!

 

[Super Hans]

At least I will have a full forward line in Round 12. Not sure I will have a forward from any of these clubs? Geelong, North, Richmond, West Coast.

A fair few will have Caddy, that's about it I reckon.

 

[Dark Sharks]

This is generally how i deal with the bye structure...

 

[stevebbb]

just trade like a mad man

 

[Hairy Lager]

just trade like a mad man

Judd_Magic likes this...when he gets back from his trip to Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland

 

[SELFCONFESDAFLNERD]

I'm currently going in with a 5/11/5/9 setup so ill be looking to trade some round 11 bye rookies up to round 9 or 12 guns like Jelwood, Goldy, Rance, GAJ etc and that should give me a pretty even spread. I didn't make any decisions regarding my starting team based on byes so with that considered i think i have got a pretty good setup. Now i bet everything will turn to s**t once injuries happen!

 

[toxic]

Will look at byes after i get my rookies in place

 

[Hairy Lager]

Jeez just did the SC Gold bye round thing and noticed my premos are mostly even through these rounds, sweet as.

 

[Keg on legs]

Jeez just did the SC Gold bye round thing and noticed my premos are mostly even through these rounds, sweet as.

I just had a look at mine and my defence is stuffed round 11. I think I have 1 premo and 1 rookie at the moment!

 

[Me Myself and I]

Come on guys you know what the stock standard answer players would give.
"I'm not looking that far ahead as I only take it one week at a time."

 

[Didstar]

Is round 12 best 18? Might try loading up on some rd 12 premos to maximize numbers for rounds 11 and 13.

 

[King_Steele]

Is round 12 best 18? Might try loading up on some rd 12 premos to maximize numbers for rounds 11 and 13.

Welcome back!

 

[Sir Skid]

Is round 12 best 18? Might try loading up on some rd 12 premos to maximize numbers for rounds 11 and 13.

Dont forget to register for BF SC leagues.

 

[Judd_Magic]

I didn't plan my team around the byes at all last year and had my best season in ages. LOL!

Think I will do the same again and jut pick whoever I want and worry about the byes 2-3 weeks before they arrive like I did last year.

 

[Keg on legs]

I've done some tweaking to my team without necessarily thinking about the byes too much.

But now I look at it and see I have 21, 23 and 20 playing throigh the bye weeks. I like that structure. Now I just have to hope the rookies do the right thing and actually get games!

 

[tigerfan11]

i'll look at it and get a basic structure in place re premos. then look seriously once i have a better idea about rookies playing. might try and stack a few in hte latter bye round and trade hard going into the last bye round