2011 Rds 8-9 Trades Mega Thread

[JasRulz63]

Re: Round 9 Trades

Nothing for me this week. Probably bring in Lynch for Matera or Tapscott next week. Already have Hibberd, Puopolo and Smith, so not much for me to downgrade to this week. With 150k in the bank though, I can go Swallow/Harris to Hodge, would that be worth it? Is Hodge getting better? Watching the game on Sunday, I thought his SC score was quite generous in my opinion.

 

[joxstrap]

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I'm glad being abducted by aliens is only a 3-4 week ailment.

I would have thought the time estimate would have been a bit wider than that - but then again clubs aren't really good at injury time frames, are they?

 

[NT.Thunder]

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Got enough multi-position players and emergencies that are playing to cover me if I'm wrong come 5pm Thursday.

If you're changing your trade philosophy based on what happens between Thurs and Monday it was a bad idea to begin with.

Absolute classic statement.

I remneber a few years ago I go sooooo excited on a Monday trade and pulled the trigger and thoughts I was the cats bum.

Alas until Thursday teams came out only to find that the player had done a LTI at training and I was fuked!

Can't remember who it was but does happen.

I mean look at Kerr & Embley LOL, and they were in pre-match warm-ups!

But if you get pleasure in just seeing the names in lights on your team sheet and arent too fussed about whether they actually play or not then I say go for it

 

[Parasite]

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If you're changing your trade philosophy based on what happens between Thurs and Monday it was a bad idea to begin with.

That's sage advice. If you have a bad idea, just go for it, because if it gets even worse, it was a bad idea to begin with, so you haven't really lost anything. Trade early, because it's great to look at your team all week and have wet dreams of 2500 points come next Monday morning's trades.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

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Ahhh that 2500 wet dream I get weekly...then mid Saturday I happily take 1950

 

[shaun1800]

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Got enough multi-position players and emergencies that are playing to cover me if I'm wrong come 5pm Thursday.

If you're changing your trade philosophy based on what happens between Thurs and Monday it was a bad idea to begin with.

Unless you're heading off to a place that has no internet access for the next 5 days, why not just wait? You can only lose when you trade on Monday, hell Smith might not even be named and then you're a trade down for no good reason.

 

[Honeyboy Wilson]

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I'm doing tactical cash cow downgrading for this week and people will probably think I'm an idiot, but because I can cover him - I'm downgrading Gray to Lynch from GC this week, even though he has a bye. I'm also gonna downgrade another cash cow... maybe Conca to someone, haven't decided who yet. Any suggestions?

The reason I'm doing this is so I have big bucks in the bank to get Ablett in next week plus upgrade Heppell to maybe Swan or someone around there. That's why I'm grabbing Lynch this week, so I've got those two big trades for next week.

 

[CarlosSETANTA]

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If Hodge were to do his knee slipping on a spillage picking up milk at Coles tonight...that's just bad luck. Can't do much about that.

I've had more "bad luck" with something coming up preventing me from putting my team in at 5pm on Friday, than players suddenly falling over.

My team btw?

Backs: Shaw, Gibbs, Goddard, Fletcher, Adcock, Suckling, L.Thompson, (Stanley, Duigan, A.Hooper)

Mids: Judd, Pendlebury, Hodge, S.Thompson, Armitage, Liberatore (D.Harris, I.Smith, Atley)

Rucks: Sandilands, Mumford (Z.Smith, McCauley)

Forwards: B.Harvey, J.Riewoldt, Pavlich, Fyfe, Sylvia, Darling, Petrie (Matera, Krakouer, Prestia)

 

[NT.Thunder]

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But do you understand that if Hodge slips on a spillage tonight whist picking up milk for his cat and is out for 6 weeks, then you would know this before Thursday and have the opportunity to trade in someone else?

I mean, C'mon, a week is a long time in Football.

It's just about minimising risks, every little bit helps

 

[joxstrap]

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If Hodge were to do his knee slipping on a spillage picking up milk at Coles tonight...that's just bad luck. Can't do much about that.

Yes you can. You wait until the latest reasonable time to do your trades so you have the maximum amount of information available to you, like for example injury news and ... ahh, something else. What is it? ... something really helpful for choosing your side ...

oh yeah, team sheets. Really handy.

 

[Faz 2000]

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I'm glad being abducted by aliens is only a 3-4 week ailment.

Can't wait until those pesky aliens bring the real Nick Riewoldt back. Who is this hack?

I have lots of ideas for trading this week. I'll ponder and WAIT FOR THE TEAMSHEETS before committing to anything though.

I want Selwood and Swan in my midfield, but ROK looks tastily priced up forward, too. Swan's price is in free-fall so I can wait a week or two there. Most of my cows need another week munching on grass before getting the bullet, though I might turn Duigan into Puopolo to free up the cash ready for a spending spree.

Any news on Harris? Is he out for a while, or does he magically become Joel Selwood this week?

 

[CarlosSETANTA]

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Admittedly, I should have made the trade on Wednesday, to even out both ends of the chance I should have ****ed it up.

Things like that though, could easily happen now, tomorrow, Friday, two minutes into the first quarter....No point stressing about it.

 

[dav3]

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Admittedly, I should have made the trade on Wednesday, to even out both ends of the chance I should have ****ed it up.

Things like that though, could easily happen now, tomorrow, Friday, two minutes into the first quarter....No point stressing about it.

I heartily encourage everyone to take this mans advice........ as I need all the help I can get

 

[joxstrap]

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Yeah and if they happen before lockout you can do something about it if you wait until the last minute. If you don't, you are opening yourself to a larger period of time that you are helpless to injuries and selection dramas.

I can't believe you can't see how simple it is.

Would you prefer to see the team sheets before you choose your side? If the answer is yes, then waiting is best. If no, then lol.

 

[CarlosSETANTA]

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Managed to get stung bad in round 1 - Left it till the Thursday. Lunch break at work....internet went down....and 3 Mobile was 3 mobile....thought I'd fixed my side up.

Didn't.

Much annoying. I don't underestimate my ability to forget to do stuff.

 

[NSWCROW]

Re: Round 9 Trades

Backs

Gibson - Nicoski - H Taylor - Heppell - Laidler - S Martin - L Thompson
Bench - H O'Brien - N Lower ( emer ) - D Grimes

Mids

Swan ( c ) - Boyd - Dangerfield - Bartel - Sylvia - Lew Jetta
Bench - D Swallow - D Harris - J Polec

Ruck

Cox - Sandilands
Bench - Petrie ( Emer ) - J Redden


Fwds

Franklin - Stevie J - Goodes - Hardingham - R Murphy - C Knights - A Krakouer
Bench - S McKernan ( emer ) - B Matera - L Thomas

Overall Rank
37,351
of 376,798

Ave weekly score
2063

9 trades left

 

[joxstrap]

Re: Round 9 Trades

It's a shame, because your side looks pretty good. Assuming you have a few trades left you're in a good position in round 8 (should say 9 because you've already traded, haha).

Back on track:

Can anyone see any difficulty with:

Swallow -> Judd
Knights -> O'Keefe

It means Darling is F6, and Matera/Krakeour/Smith is on the field for a bit longer.

Just short of being able to make Conca into Judd. Would have liked to keep Swallow as an emergency.

 

[pumpter]

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I have $215K in the bank, and was initially going for a big upgrade in the forward line, ie Tapscott or Knights to Chappy, but with his B/E it might be better to wait on Chappy.

Have had 2nd thoughts and might make 2 mini upgrades, ie D Stanley to Suckling and Knights to J Riewoldt, as i think both Knights and Stanley are close to their peak. One downside would be that J Riewoldt still has 2 byes. Would then try and get Chappy or Pav into the FWD line in the next 2 rounds. Thoughts?

 

[Faz 2000]

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Can anyone see any difficulty with:

Swallow -> Judd
Knights -> O'Keefe

Like it. I am looking at Knights to ROK this week, maybe, too. Knights has a higher BE than average, and the Crows next month looks pretty crappy. I don't think he's about to find the form we all hoped he might.

Judd is Judd. Not much sign of 140s and 150s, but he cranks out solidly premium scores constantly. Swallow has a liiiiiiiiiiiiittle bit more cash to earn after the bye, I think, but it's never wrong to land two keepers in the week.

 

[silent butcher]

Re: Round 9 Trades

jamar to cox

then either duncan/krackhore to fyfe??

 

[CarlosSETANTA]

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Trades are lacking somewhat, but am on track somewhat. Curnow and Grimes were going to be traded out at some point anyway. My goal at this point is to upsize my team as quickly as possible, then sit pretty on about 4-5 trades till finals.

Even with a 2-3 week injury to a starting player, I'd still win most games in my league.

Backline: Waiting to see on the length of Stanley's suspension. 3 separate incidents sounds like a few weeks. Wanting to keep Duigan as he'll play games and his TOG is high. Luke Thompson hasnt come on like we'd all hoped. A to be assessed I think. Holding onto Fletcher for the time being, but have a view to trading him out before finals. Otherwise, all is well there.

Midfield: Going to take a massive punt on sticking with Armitage. He'll get serious gametime with Hayes gone and he racks them up. Hoping Atley can make his breakeven this week. Probably best thing for me is for the Roos to drop him. Harris' injury and Libba's big score this week complicates things.

Rucks - Probably won't change things here for the rest of the year. If Smith gets a huge 450 odd pricetag by the end of the year, may take a gamble, and sell him so I can bring in a premium mid at finals time, but otherwise, happy with how that arrangement is working.

Forwards - Darling has to peak at some point...surely? Otherwise, I'll probably sell Matera next week. Krakouer a week to week proposition. Prestia was a waste of a trade. Petrie I'm unsure about, but appears the most likely way for me to get Buddy into my side.

 

[Gibbs_09]

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It's a shame, because your side looks pretty good. Assuming you have a few trades left you're in a good position in round 8 (should say 9 because you've already traded, haha).

Back on track:

Can anyone see any difficulty with:

Swallow -> Judd
Knights -> O'Keefe

It means Darling is F6, and Matera/Krakeour/Smith is on the field for a bit longer.

Just short of being able to make Conca into Judd. Would have liked to keep Swallow as an emergency.

Looks pretty good to me. Losing Swallow shouldn't be too bad if you have Harris who you can use as a reliable midfield emergency. Apologies if you've already posted it but what is the rest of your forward line like? (in regards to Darling as F6 - he technically holds the same position for me considering he's averaging more than Nick Riewoldt).

Personally, thinking of something like this for this week:
Krakouer (mid) -> I. Smith
Swallow -> Pendlebury
Was thinking of downgrading Tapscott to Smith instead but with a BE of 38 I'll hold onto him.

Would leave me with a midfield of:
Swan, Pendlebury, Bartel, Judd, Cross, Libba (Harris, Iles, I. Smith)

 

[joxstrap]

Re: Round 9 Trades

Looks pretty good to me. Losing Swallow shouldn't be too bad if you have Harris who you can use as a reliable midfield emergency. Apologies if you've already posted it but what is the rest of your forward line like? (in regards to Darling as F6 - he technically holds the same position for me considering he's averaging more than Nick Riewoldt).

Personally, thinking of something like this for this week:
Krakouer (mid) -> I. Smith
Swallow -> Pendlebury
Was thinking of downgrading Tapscott to Smith instead but with a BE of 38 I'll hold onto him.

Would leave me with a midfield of:
Swan, Pendlebury, Bartel, Judd, Cross, Libba (Harris, Iles, I. Smith)

Thanks mate.

I don't have Harris anymore, I got Smith in for him last week. It means that cover in the mids is less important because I have cover from the forward line MPP - Pav, Harvey, Krakeour and soon to be ROK.

Forward line will be:

Pavlich, Franklin, Harvey, O'Keefe, Riewoldt, Darling, Krakeour/Matera/Smith.

Full side after this week (so you can see the reduced need for mid coverage):

Deledio, Newman, Shaw, Enright, Goddard, Gibbs, Heppell (Lower, Toy, Puopolo)
Swan, Judd, Pendlebury, Selwood, Conca, Isles (Hibberd, Smith, Atley)
Sandilands, Cox (Smith, J.Tippett)
Pavlich, Franklin, Harvey, O'Keefe, Riewoldt, Darling, Petrie (Matera, Krakeour, Richardson)

Backs, Rucks and to a lesser degree Forwards are strong, and the midfield weakness is fixed with Hibberd and Smith being able to be subbed out meaning I don't have to play Conca and Isles, and the much stronger Lower and Krakeour/Matera can play in their place.

Conca will be upgraded as will Krak over the next few weeks, probably to Mundy and Chapman.

I will still have 17 trades when the above is done.

 

[Gibbs_09]

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Thanks mate.

I don't have Harris anymore, I got Smith in for him last week. It means that cover in the mids is less important because I have cover from the forward line MPP - Pav, Harvey, Krakeour and soon to be ROK.

Forward line will be:

Pavlich, Franklin, Harvey, O'Keefe, Riewoldt, Darling, Krakeour/Matera/Smith.

Full side after this week (so you can see the reduced need for mid coverage):

Deledio, Newman, Shaw, Enright, Goddard, Gibbs, Heppell (Lower, Toy, Puopolo)
Swan, Judd, Pendlebury, Selwood, Conca, Isles (Hibberd, Smith, Atley)
Sandilands, Cox (Smith, J.Tippett)
Pavlich, Franklin, Harvey, O'Keefe, Riewoldt, Darling, Petrie (Matera, Krakeour, Richardson)

Backs, Rucks and to a lesser degree Forwards are strong, and the midfield weakness is fixed with Hibberd and Smith being able to be subbed out meaning I don't have to play Conca and Isles, and the much stronger Lower and Krakeour/Matera can play in their place.

Conca will be upgraded as will Krak over the next few weeks, probably to Mundy and Chapman.

I will still have 17 trades when the above is done.

Very good looking side you've got there. First thing I did pick up is that midfield "weakness" but it does look like as if it could be fairly well covered with MPP.
Backline in particular is fantastic. Heppell could probably be a solid D7 this year too considering the utter lack of DEF premiums. Rucks don't really need that much comment. Sandi and Cox = Win
After seeing your forward line, Darling at F6 looks quite good. All premiums ahead of him and Petrie at F7 while being interchangable when you have a ruck bye makes for a very solid and well balanced side.
Would still probably recommend another pure midfield gun later on after upgrading Conca to Mundy but great job mate. Having 17 trades left too afterwards is just wow. I'm already down to 16 .

 

[rocker_oz33]

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l am up $hit creek this week with a center line
watson (out) montang (out) swan,mundy,burger,duncan,d swallow,altey,wallis.l would like to keep swallow but might have to him out.thinking about trading in either hodge/gazz next week.or could trade spud wornock get cash go swallow to hodge and burger to gazz next week.but wont mind trading in tom lynch next week as well mmm l am stuffed.