Strategy Bye Round Summary 2025

[happy_eagle]

Always find this to be interesting, how did everyone do through the byes, both score/rank wise but also in terms of upgrades managed.

Rank in (R11): 2,415
Rank out (R16): 3,199

Scores
R12: 1767
R13: 1786
R14: 2038
R15: 1861
R16: 1814
Total: 9,266

Upgrades completed: 7
Cleary to Warner
Bice to Holmes
Roberts to Bontempelli
Rivers to Butters
Prior to McKercher (calling this an upgrade)
Berry to Mills
Long to M.Kennedy

Team Structure
(keepers/mid-pricers/rookies)
R11: 14/4/4
R17: 19/3/0

Despite the fact I didn't improve my rank, I am happy with where my team is sitting. Still got 3 mid pricers on field in Daniel, McKercher and Mills, but one of these will be upgraded this week.

 

[Pure Grunt]

Oops
Rank in (R11): 3,863
Rank out (R16): 1,997

Scores
R12: 1741
R13: 1863
R14: 2095
R15: 1970
R16: 1841
Total: 9510
Ave 1902

Upgrades completed: debatable

Team Structure
(keepers/mid-pricers/rookies)
R11: 14/4/4
R17: 18/4/0
McKercher, Long, Darcy, Doc still at mid pricers.
Holding & sideways on Cerra plus Serong

 

[happy_eagle]

McKercher, Long, Darcy, Doc still at mid pricers.
Holding & sideways on Cerra plus Serong

I'd call Darcy a keeper

 

[blackdiamond]

Bye rounds
R12 - 1774 (rank 723)
R13 - 1907 (rank 579)
R14 - 2064 (rank 591)
R15 - 1965 (rank 378)
R16 - 1835 (rank 381)
Total - 9545

 

[Lukesera]

Rank in (R11): 394
Rank out (R16): 83

Scores
R12: 1883 (rank 236)
R13: 1914 (rank 180)
R14: 2144 (rank 106)
R15: 1995 (rank 59)
R16: 1796 (rank 83)
Total: 9732 (average 1946)

I had all rookies off field by R13, which allowed me to start sideways trading. Some worked out, some didn't.

I've loaded up on Western Bulldog's players for their run home. It didn't work out this week, despite them winning, which made me slide in rank, but I expect to make the ground up this week against a banged up North off a 5 day break.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Always find this to be interesting, how did everyone do through the byes, both score/rank wise but also in terms of upgrades managed.

Rank in (R11): 2,415
Rank out (R16): 3,199

Scores
R12: 1767
R13: 1786
R14: 2038
R15: 1861
R16: 1814
Total: 9,266

Upgrades completed: 7
Cleary to Warner
Bice to Holmes
Roberts to Bontempelli
Rivers to Butters
Prior to McKercher (calling this an upgrade)
Berry to Mills
Long to M.Kennedy

Team Structure
(keepers/mid-pricers/rookies)
R11: 14/4/4
R17: 19/3/0

Despite the fact I didn't improve my rank, I am happy with where my team is sitting. Still got 3 mid pricers on field in Daniel, McKercher and Mills, but one of these will be upgraded this week.

My bye rounds all fell apart in Round 16.

Rank in (R11): 3,082
Rank out (R16): 2,959 (moved up like 70 spots lol, pathetic)

Scores
R12: 1793
R13: 1903
R14: 2094
R15: 1847
R16: 1708
Total: 9,345

Upgrades completed: 3
Riley Bice to Bailey Dale
Levi Ashcroft to Sam Darcy
Harvey Langford to Connor Rozee

Sideways Trades: 4
Matt Roberts to Colby McKercher
Will Ashcroft to Caleb Serong
Josh Dunkley to Marcus Bontempelli
Zach Merrett to Noah Anderson

Team Structure
(keepers/mid-pricers/rookies)
R11: 16/2/4
R17: 19/2/1

 

[Shaunn]

R12: 1789 (rank 1605)
R13: 1936 (rank 1057)
R14: 2111 (rank 805)
R15: 1911 (rank 728)
R16: 1927 (rank 418)

Total: 9,674

 

[Nicowalshie9]

TLDR: Very successful bye rounds but could've been even better if I went Caldwell over Merrett in RD12, and if Walsh had stayed fit...

Rank in (R11): 1,429
Rank out (R16): 726

Scores

R12: 1892 (up to 771)
R13: 1771 (back to 1356)
R14: 2059 (up to 1294)
R15: 1957 (up to 920)
R16: 1874 (up to 726)
Total: 9553
Ave 1911

Upgrades completed: 7
Zeid to Macrae (via four disappointing rounds of Merrett)
Briggs to Xerri
Levi to Kennedy
Roberts to Hewett (via Walsh, still gutted about that one)
Cripps to Bont
FOS to Flanders

Team Structure
(keepers/mid-pricers/rookies)
R11: 14/5/3
R17: 20/2/0 (after trades)
Flanders and Long the only midpricers (but Bont, Hewett, Sinclair and Sheezel all on the chopping block as well...

 

[TheRednWhite]

Rank in (R11): 5014
Rank out (R16): 2134

Scores
R12: 1797
R13: 1843
R14: 2022
R15: 1980
R16: 1914
Total: 9,556

Team Structure
(keepers/mid-pricers/rookies)
R11: 13/5/4
R17: 15/7/0 (midpricers/non-keepers : Bergman, Mills, Helmet, Rank, Long, Kerch, Darcy...some of them I thought were keepers in rd 11 but I was naive then, they are frauds)

Will switch one of these frauds for McCarthy on field (most likely Helmet), and he needs to upgrade himself with his own cash gen when he gets cooked.

The 6 remaining frauds will need to be progressively upgraded, starting with spuds Long and Rankine. I have bench cash in Helmet, Cleary, Stone, ZJohnson and Simpson + current bank of 33k to upgrade these 6 frauds.

 

[tigs2010]

R11 - 4584
R16 - 2645

Still a lot of frauds around.

 

[mockingbeat]

Started at 2661 and ended at 3821 - Despite having no less than 21 a week.

Frauds remaining: Mills/Bolton
Mid-pricers remaining: Colby/Doch
Rookies on field remaining: McCarthy

Bolton goes to Darcy or Macrae this week

 

[Corkintheocean]

Started 933, finished 650.

Whit concussion torpedoed my progress a bit and I shoud have covered Naicos last week rather than saving coin for two upgrades this week. I'm going to run McCarthy at D6/M8 until he breaks in order to top up on ceiling players. My forward line is complete now with top 6 less Jackson. Think I'll continue to take him on at his price (for better or worse) and look to upgrade my mids/def with guys who can go 130 on any given week.

Held Gawn through the byes, have to hope he comes back with a bang after this tough run. Contemplating Xerri > Marshall soon.

 

[RavensFever]

Started 106, last week 22 and finish 31 with bye mismanagement of 18 players

Cerra/Long > Green/Macrae

Only Mills and Keays left that are under 900k on my field that will be Gulden and Whitfield in next two rds then X on the list

 

[dplggr47]

Rank in (R11): 5214
Rank out (R16): 4844 (+360)

Scores
R12: 1878
R13: 1869
R14: 2022
R15: 1683
R16: 1843
Total: 9295

Upgrades completed: 6 mid-pricers in
OUT: Z.Reid, Trainor, Cleary, Bice, Roberts, H.Garcia, Phillipou
premos OUT: Washcroft, Petracca, Rankine, Whitfield
IN and OUT: A.Clarke, Z.Johnson, McAuliffe
premos IN: Holmes, Miers, Rozee, M.Kennedy
midpricers IN: Docherty, Bergman, Darcy, McKercher, C.Mills, Dyl.Moore

Team Structure
(keepers/mid-pricers/rookies)
R11: 13/6/3
R17: 12/10/0

Not the best bye rounds for me, but I have no rookies left on field which is a huge achievement, because last year, this didn't happen until round 22 or later. I have had to compromise my team with not picking top premos and going with mid-pricers, but now we have 8 rounds for sideways trades and slight upgrades.