I'm thinking similar with Robey but I'm avoiding Roberts personally.
With Ridley 2 weeks away and Scott doing his thing, it's hard to see whether Roberts will continue in the role.
But Robey seems to be in Scott's good books and ignites the team, so I can't see him being dropped anytime soon.
Agreed on Rachele, I'm weighing up between Rankine and MacDonald this week. Leaning towards MacDonald for the better bye and breakeven.
Ideally I'd wait another week on Rankine to see if he gets more CBAs but I will be grabbing him eventually I'd imagine.
Deathriding Bont and Naicos is starting to test my nerves. I fear I'll be giving up ~50 points a week without them
So I'm considering doing a couple of potentially silly trades this week.
Walsh > Naicos
It's sad seeing a Carlton premo in my team and I imagine FOS might be targeting him this...
Brooke Vickers seemed to have made a big step up in the VFLW averaging 106.8 across 5 games. I'm going to take a punt on her at 393k to facilitate my Kearney and Hore trades since there aren't any must-have rookies
If I was you I would be doing
Preuss > Darcy
Stewart > Dawson/preferred DEF premo
You're in an enviable position with trades and cash so might as well use it!
Will be considering Stringer (Bombers actually trying now), JJK, Yeo (capable of good scores, Eagles recovering from covid now) for a rookie as my bench cover if I need to trade this week
Was considering using my last trade this round to do Hinge > Peatling to get me up to 20 players this round and give me some cover (and hopefully a DPP soon) but decided against it.
Will probably prioritize getting some links in my mids (Clarke) and upgrading my mids when the opportunity...
Will you have DPP links in both scenarios? Could be handy towards the end of the season. Personally I would think that Laird and English average about the same from here but Laird more consistently.