Discussion 2021 Fixture Changes , including Byes

[Loose at HB]

Hmmm...

Question is when are they going to tell us. No doubt at the last minute as per

 

[Andrew Birch]

Hmmm...

"It would mean the Tigers and Eagles would have their bye in round 14, not round 13 as is currently fixtured."

 

[Andrew Birch]

Question is when are they going to tell us. No doubt at the last minute as per

Bringing in CCJ this week is a big gamble now, especially if you have too many Rd14 bye players already and are looking to him as cover for Gawndy.

 

[The Made Guy]

FFS

Best 12?

If you apply a scaling factor going to an eight-team bye, it comes out (fairest) at Best 16.

I would prefer that rather than extra trades.

 

[gutsroy]

Question is when are they going to tell us. No doubt at the last minute as per

This is the issue, because it could change things for people in terms of CCJ early yes / no, if you're keen on a Bolton, does this alter the equation etc.
Reckon there's not a big chance we'll know in time.

 

[gutsroy]

If you apply a scaling factor going to an eight-team bye, it comes out (fairest) at Best 16.

I would prefer that rather than extra trades.

Don't think that'll be an option, though, got to recode that on the fly. Adding in a trade or two they've got on the shelf from last year.

 

[Andrew Birch]

If you apply a scaling factor going to an eight-team bye, it comes out (fairest) at Best 16.

I would prefer that rather than extra trades.

I tend to agree on no extra trades, but I'd rather it stays best18 and just accept that I may end up playing 1 short that week than to give those who have burnt through all their allocated trades any trade relief.

 

[Northernsoul74]

This bloke is a knob jockey.

 

[The Made Guy]

Don't think that'll be an option, though, got to recode that on the fly. Adding in a trade or two they've got on the shelf from last year.

I would have thought that's a relatively easy piece of code to write? And definitely has more integrity than throwing extra trades our way.

No solution is going to be totally fair and equitable.

 

[SC fish]

Question is when are they going to tell us. No doubt at the last minute as per

You'd think it will happen now that it's been announced as a possibility. Hopefully confirmed sooner rather than later

 

[SC fish]

This is the issue, because it could change things for people in terms of CCJ early yes / no, if you're keen on a Bolton, does this alter the equation etc.
Reckon there's not a big chance we'll know in time.

CCJ to cover Grundy this week and Reeves after that is my plan at the moment

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

If they give us extra trades in the event of 8 teams having a bye in round 14 I'll just tank that round. I'm already struggling for 18 from 12 teams, would need an extra 4-6 trades to even try to cover it.

Will just use the extra trades to keep upgrading and take my medicine in round 14 if that happens.

 

[gutsroy]

I would have thought that's a relatively easy piece of code to write? And definitely has more integrity than throwing extra trades our way.

No solution is going to be totally fair and equitable.

Agree on the equitability front.
Code-wise thinking about it, it's actually different to last year, because last year they basically just flicked the switch to bye round scoring.
Whether best 16 or giving the possibility of >3 trades in a week, it'd be new territory, would be similar effort either way.
Edit: Or did we get like 4-5 trades in a week last year? Can't remember.
Fair point

 

[SC fish]

The plan stays the same for me - from next week just bring in players who have had their bye.

Round 13 TEAM_FISH welcomes Whitfield, Reeves and Hall/Hawkins/Dixon

 

[Pocket Aces]

Don't think that'll be an option, though, got to recode that on the fly. Adding in a trade or two they've got on the shelf from last year.

Surely its a parameter or configurable in some way, why hard code the 18. Seems lazy coding to me.

 

[The Made Guy]

"The Eagles would have to agree to make the change as well given they have prepared for their bye to follow this week's trip to Sydney to take on Carlton at the SCG on Sunday."

Not sure if a club has any say really, but it's hard to imagine why an injury-depleted club would want to postpone their bye, and at the same time deliver an advantage to the very club that they're playing the next week!!!

 

[gutsroy]

Surely its a parameter or configurable in some way, why hard code the 18. Seems lazy coding to me.

Yeah, don't know, just my recollection.
Agree in general terms re script complexity.

 

[Andrew Birch]

Agree on the equitability front.
Code-wise thinking about it, it's actually different to last year, because last year they basically just flicked the switch to bye round scoring.
Whether best 16 or giving the possibility of >3 trades in a week, it'd be new territory, would be similar effort either way.
Edit: Or did we get like 4-5 trades in a week last year? Can't remember.
Fair point

We had 5 trades in Rd2

 

[ImissFrosty]

We had 5 trades in Rd2

And i used all five while still keeping Jon Ceglar, Darcy Fort, Ben Long and Hunter Clark in my side.

 

[Andrew Birch]

And i used all five while still keeping Jon Ceglar, Darcy Fort, Ben Long and Hunter Clark in my side.

My most memorable trade of that round was Andy Brayshaw > The Chad

 

[Seymour Skinner]

"The Eagles would have to agree to make the change as well given they have prepared for their bye to follow this week's trip to Sydney to take on Carlton at the SCG on Sunday."

Not sure if a club has any say really, but it's hard to imagine why an injury-depleted club would want to postpone their bye, and at the same time deliver an advantage to the very club that they're playing the next week!!!

Footy Rhino bloke on twitter making it out as if the tigers are the side that doesn't want it to change, perplexing considering the WC injuries.

 

[Hamez]

 

[Northernsoul74]

So no details of what said plan might be?

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

So no details of what said plan might be?

The plan is crossing his fingers and hoping it doesn't happen.

 

[timtimtim]

The fairest way is 3 extra trades in Rd14

So 6 total

hahahaha