How have you kept such a high ranking with all the trades?
Fair question haha. Basically anytime someone got injured that didn't look like it would be one week, even if it was two, I traded. If someone had a high BE but didn't get as close as I liked to it in a couple of games, I traded. If someone got suspended - i.e. Sicily, I traded. And if someone who was a rook or premo kept under-performing, I traded.
My day off, so here's a breakdown of my trades for the season and what worked and what didn't
Round 1
Duncan > Cogs (High BE and had not much else to do. Duncan ended up getting injured and missing 3 weeks so was kissed)
Lobb > Zuthrie (Lobb hit BE but did not perform well, traded)
Round 2
Lloyd > Laird (Laird was only going up an McVeigh had stolen points. In hindsight, wrong move. 1st mistake)
Sicily > Taranto (Taranto looked good and Sic was suspended)
Round 3
Billings > Franklin (Franklin going well and Billings not performing against decent sides)
Barry > Jacobs (Barry not performing and looking like being dropped and Jacobs coming off a 115 and best 22)
Round 4
Petracca > Crowden (Screwed up here and should have gone Cunico, but wanted DPP. 2nd mistake of the season)
Zuthrie > Seeds (Wanted Seeds in and Zuthrie was gonna be dropped soon)
Round 5
Franklin > McInerney (Franklin injured and McInerney named)
Holman > Mirra (Reactionary to Holman 30's)
Round 6
Mirra > Macrae (Mirra dropped, but should have held him as back in the next week. 3rd mistake)
Banfield > Zerrett (Banfield peaking and Zerrett showing something)
Round 7
English > Mutch (4th mistake and biggest for the season. Should have selected Ronke and would probably have been top 100 if I did. Mistake that defined my season)
Nic Nat > Kreuzer (Bye planning)
Round 8
JOM > Phillips (Reactionary, probably should have held)
Christensen > McLean
Round 9
Finlayson > Rice
Crowden > Darling (Darling injured for a 5 after scoring 151 the previous week. 1st carnage of the season)
Round 10
Taranto > Rockliff (Reactionary with Hopper back in)
Missed other trade as I was overseas and didn't calculate the time properly (5th mistake)
Round 11
Darling > Ahern
Laird > Brayshaw (Should have held Laird as my bye scores would not have been overly affected. 6th mistake)
Mutch > Zorko (Bye planning)
Round 12
Murray > Wingard
Phillips > Wilson (Should have gone Giro instead. 7th mistake)
Jacobs > Ablett (Bye planning)
Round 13
Savage > J. Smith
T. Kelly > Gaff (Good trade, but in hindsight should have traded someone else and held Kelly)
Macrae > J. Kelly (Good form and seemed like a good trade, but hasn't lived up to expectation)
Round 14
Kreuzer > Grundy
Waterman > Sier
Round 15
Zorko > Narkle (Should have held Zorko but thought Curnow tag would affect him too much. Did for the first half but then went huge the next half. Went to Lloyd so didn't lose anything)
Rice > Lloyd
Round 16
Fritsch > Laird
Andrew Brayshaw > Selwood
Round 17
Doedee > O'Riordan
Ahern > Dangerfield
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Happy reading haha. Thought that might be a good guide for anyone looking at what to do and what not to do throughout a season. Big lessons for next year as this is my second season taking it seriously





