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[Dunn - Well Done]

Which players are on your watch list ??

When will you be bringing in your first real gun player, remember that you already have probably used to many trades and that you may not have enough money?

When will your first upgrade happen and who is it most likely to be ??

Their seems to be some good backline and forward players falling, who are they ??

Whilst the rucks, most people have probably gone lock and leave, but those with MAC when will it be the right time to upgrade to Cox, or is their no point in upgrading??

The midfielders well everyone wants to bring in the 3 cats or the ones they dont have. But that will surely take along time with how much they already cost. Joel Corey looks set to be cheap after round 5. Hes scored 102, 105, 85 (which will carry over to rounds 4 and 5 in the rolling avg). So hes avg 97.33 and his last year avg was 109, meaning to hold his price he needs to avg about 120. Is he worth getting or is his role turning you away??

Backs
Goddard
J.Bowden
Hodge
Mackie
Scottland
Embley

Mids
J.Corey
Bartel
Dalziell
S.Mitchell
Cooney
Stanton

Ruck(s)
Cox
Hille

Forwards
Pavlich
Riewoldt
Franklin
Harvey

Discuss??

 

[Saint KFC]

I have two starting players to upgrade in the backs (Raines, Houlihan [keeping Adcock]) which at this stage is looking like two of Embley, Mackie, Hodge

Three starting players in the mids to upgrade (T. Tuck, Otten, Robinson) which at this stage is looking like Corey, Bartel, Ablett

Lock and leave rucks

Three starting forwards to upgrade (Skipworth, Krakouer, Lucas) which at this stage is looking like Riewoldt, Pavlich and Franklin. If Higgins doesn't turn out to be a keeper, he will be going to Harvey aswell

Some more players that will be good value soon:

O'Keefe
McLean
S. Tuck
Kirk
Green
Enright

 

[Houli2Gumbleton]

I will be downgrading robinson/rich to a rookie and upgrading higgins to franklin just before he plays essendon.

 

[GoNickGill]

I have two starting players to upgrade in the backs (Raines, Houlihan [keeping Adcock]) which at this stage is looking like two of Embley, Mackie, Hodge

Three starting players in the mids to upgrade (T. Tuck, Otten, Robinson) which at this stage is looking like Corey, Bartel, Ablett

Lock and leave rucks

Three starting forwards to upgrade (Skipworth, Krakouer, Lucas) which at this stage is looking like Riewoldt, Pavlich and Franklin. If Higgins doesn't turn out to be a keeper, he will be going to Harvey aswell

Some more players that will be good value soon:

O'Keefe
McLean
S. Tuck
Kirk
Green
Enright

Hmm 8 upgrades requires at most 16 trades potentially around 12-14. I highly doubt things will go as smooth for you as you anticipate. I'm not looking at upgrading Houlihan either.

 

[Saint KFC]

Hmm 8 upgrades requires at most 16 trades potentially around 12-14. I highly doubt things will go as smooth for you as you anticipate. I'm not looking at upgrading Houlihan either.

Skipworth, Tuck, Houlihan will not require much cash to fund an upgrade to a fallen premium, if any. Raines, Krakouer and Lucas should also not require a great deal of cash. It is upgrading Otten and Robinson to Corey/Ablett/Bartel that might prove slightly difficult. I highly doubt that it will take 16 trades for me to upgrade those 8 players.

 

[bones25]

Backs
Goddard-first target upgrade
J.Bowden-No way
Hodge-Too risky with suspension
Mackie
Scottland
Embley

Mids
J.Corey
Bartel
Dalziell-no
S.Mitchell-no
Cooney-no
Stanton-no

Ruck(s)
Cox-got
Hille-got

Forwards
Pavlich-first forward target
Riewoldt-will monitor his knees
Franklin-got
Harvey-got

 

[SELFCONFESDAFLNERD]

Which players are on your watch list ??

I have about 55, can't say which ones i'm most likely to upgrade to and probably won't be able to say for a while in the backs/forwards. I've got 3 mids to upgrade which will probably end up going to Ablett, Bartel and anyone other than Corey

When will you be bringing in your first real gun player, remember that you already have probably used to many trades and that you may not have enough money?

Early is the answer for me, Ablett or Bartel will be in soon after i downgrade the injured Ben Johnson to a rookie. Captain average of 90 in the first round already isn't flash so and i made it my goal to average 105-110 from my captain this year. Hopefully A or B is cheap in round 7 or 8.

When will your first upgrade happen and who is it most likely to be ??

Mackay out for A or B but i have 4 forwards to upgrade unless Higgins and Skipworth continue to exceed expectations so a trade to a premium forward is also a priority early on. I'm waiting for a nice big 100 from Lucas, here's hoping.....

Their seems to be some good backline and forward players falling, who are they ??

Mackie looks like he could be picked up cheap soon or even Heath Shaw if people have faith. I'm not really looking at either but i'd like to upgrade to an Embley or Hodge.

Whilst the rucks, most people have probably gone lock and leave, but those with MAC when will it be the right time to upgrade to Cox, or is their no point in upgrading??

Depends how HMAC goes whether you upgrade IMO. If you can spend the money that would be used to get Cox into your team on other positions - where genuine guns have fallen in price - then you might not need him. If you have a team full of (top 7) guns in other positions then you might not need Cox. Don't be blindsighted and miss other value by focussing solely on upgrading to Cox because he is a 'lock'.

The midfielders well everyone wants to bring in the 3 cats or the ones they dont have. But that will surely take along time with how much they already cost. Joel Corey looks set to be cheap after round 5. Hes scored 102, 105, 85 (which will carry over to rounds 4 and 5 in the rolling avg). So hes avg 97.33 and his last year avg was 109, meaning to hold his price he needs to avg about 120. Is he worth getting or is his role turning you away??

I'm not interested in Corey TBH, for some reason i just dont want to select him. I'll look into midfielders that i think will have a nice run home mid-year when i have a better idea of which teams have the best run home. There are a few players i'm very interested ATM but i'll keep that quiet.

Backs
Goddard
J.Bowden
Hodge
Mackie
Scottland
Embley

Mids
J.Corey
Bartel
Dalziell
S.Mitchell
Cooney
Stanton

Ruck(s)
Cox
Hille

Forwards
Pavlich
Riewoldt - I think they said it on DT talk's most recent episode......Skippy ----> Riewoldt
Franklin
Harvey - Along with ABC this is the guy i'm almost positive will be in my team by seasons end

Discuss??

Thoughts in blue.

 

[IbbosBFF]

Backs
Hodge
Mackie
Fisher

Mids
Bartel
Swan
Gibbs

Forwards
Franklin
Johnson
Gia or st nick

 

[Dunn - Well Done]

Thoughts in blue.

Loved the read SCAN

those players i listed are just some im thinking of so. Put in players that your interested in.

Im actually thinking of having an upgrade to Richo in the midfield now. Sure he isnt cheap ATM and will likley rise in price determined by the way he goes against dogs, but would think he will have those stinkers where he scores 60,70's.

S.Thompson may be an interesting prospect in the mids, will likely fall in price.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Skipworth, Tuck, Houlihan will not require much cash to fund an upgrade to a fallen premium, if any.

Not sure about that with Skippy. He was only 196K, so to upgrade him to a fallen premium (say target price around the 350K mark?) then that's over 150K you need to find to upgrade. Not so much of a problem though if you already cash in the bank now. But if you don't (like me), the you would have to wait a while for Skippy to appreciate by 150K. Depending on how he performs in the coming weeks, if he maintains his current average he might even become a keeper and not a trade candidate.

 

[Saint KFC]

Not sure about that with Skippy. He was only 196K, so to upgrade him to a fallen premium (say target price around the 350K mark?) then that's over 150K you need to find to upgrade.

Obviously I'm not going to be upgrading Skippy soon, I'll be waiting for him to appreciate in price first

 

[Papa Juggs]

It seems like some are optimistic here.

With Bartel and Ablett of to a good start they will not be dropping in price by too much. Both only missed the break by about 30.

I feel for those without Swan as he is already on the rise from 450k

Cox is set to get dumped this week. I'm hoping he gets a good bashing from King/Gardiner as I want to pick him up cheap later.

Richo is injury prone. Silly thing to say maybe but that Hammie last year concerns me greatly with him playing flat out to cover for his shit team.

 

[Kid A]

edit: double post.

 

[Kid A]

Trading out Cox now only to pick him up later...thereby losing on points and also wasting money whilst also burning 2 trades.

A masterstroke.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Answers in bold

Which players are on your watch list ??
Cooney, Mackie (hoping Harley stays out a little while longer), Hodge and Harvey at this stage look like being my non-total gun upgrades barring massive improvements

When will you be bringing in your first real gun player, remember that you already have probably used to many trades and that you may not have enough money?
Krakouer -> Franklin between Rounds 6-7 before Franklin plays his bitches the Bombers. And I have 150k in the bank so money won't be an issue. I'm hoping to have traded Krakouer, Higgins and Ziebell to Franklin, Riewoldt and Jonathan Brown before the start of Round 9, and if the Tooserious price calculators are decent then it's very achievable barring injuries or massive form drops from my players/improvements from the players I want to upgrade to

When will your first upgrade happen and who is it most likely to be ??
Franklin before Round 7

The midfielders well everyone wants to bring in the 3 cats or the ones they dont have. But that will surely take along time with how much they already cost. Joel Corey looks set to be cheap after round 5. Hes scored 102, 105, 85 (which will carry over to rounds 4 and 5 in the rolling avg). So hes avg 97.33 and his last year avg was 109, meaning to hold his price he needs to avg about 120. Is he worth getting or is his role turning you away??

I wouldn't mind bringing him in, because IMO when Harley comes back he'll be right back into the midfield, but I've already made two trades so I now am planning to keep Haselby, who was originally one of three mids I wanted to upgrade, all year unless he gets injured. Which means I'm planning to do Tuck -> Bartel and Butler (I think he'll be back next week) -> Cooney when his price becomes too good to ignore, which I think it will, so ATM there's no room for Corey.

 

[Hodges]

Ive got 350k in the bank already, so I pretty much have my first two upgrades paid for. Ill be doing Walker/Brown -> Buddy, then Cheney/Boots -> Hodge/Fisher.

After those, the plan is:

Otten -> Bartel
Krak -> Roo
Mackay -> Swan
Rich -> Thompson
Skip -> Richo

Last trade will be Houlihan or Higgins to someone like Didak, Boomer, Fisher or Embles.

 

[tonemeister]

There's a few tasty prospects coming through but i don't think Corey will be one of them for me. I don't like the look of that role he's playing off half back and taking over the tagging duties when Ling was off the ground.

Backs

Fisher
Hodge
Enright
Newman
Mackie

Mids

Bartel
Tuck
Cross
Stanton

Rucks

Cox

Forwards

Pavlich
Riewoldt
Gianciracusa
Harvey

 

[Papa Juggs]

Trading out Cox now only to pick him up later...thereby losing on points and also wasting money whilst also burning 2 trades.

A masterstroke.

Maybe you misunderstood me. I don't have Cox. I have Mitch Clark

 

[Kid A]

Ah, so by get dumped you mean he'll play poorly and decrease in price so you can get him soon. I get it now. My apologies for misinterpreting your post

 

[Dunn - Well Done]

I think Stantons a real interesting one, hasnt score greatly yet and will come down in price unless of a blinder against blues. If moneys an issue for you than maybe get him instead of Corey who looks like ATM he will avg about 95-100. Same as what Stanton will probably avg when he gets up and plays.

The tags are going to Lovett and we have been waiting for that for along time (for stanton not to get tagged first). So he could have a big year and could be quite cheap soon.

Im sort of against getting any 2nd rate premiums into my team, i like to go for the out and out guns. A/B/C so im still going down this path.

I have 4 forward premiums who will all be in my team come end of season. So i need to bring in 3 players in the forwards. The 5 im looking at are:

Richardson (i think will avg the most if not score the most points, however he doesnt look like coming down just yet)
Riewoldt (always going to have a slow start and will be fairly cheap soon)
Franklin (i think many will trade him in just before dons game and put him as Captain, he looks like falling in value)
Pavlich (who wouldve thought that he would start so bad and become probably so cheap, his injury issues worry me)
SJ (he is now just a gun dtmer, will always score and whilst Chappy chops he is having a picnic. Hes a great scorer and im thinking he could be top 5 in forwards)

 

[Pie Legend]

I think my first upgrade will be to Hodge. I think he is a bit underdone atm, so hopefully he hits match fitness soon.

 

[Ollies]

Hmmm all a bit tricky. There would have been a time last year where coach A would have traded Medhurst to Brad Johnson and regretted it and coach B would have traded Johnson to Medhurst and finished miles in front. So another strategy is getting on the (right) improvers rather than fallen guns who MAY not get back to their best for whatever reason.

 

[Lakey91]

My watchlist is just anyone i would be happy with in my final team (am looking to upgrade to).

So theres a fair few
- hodge, fisher, enright, shaw, bowden (role), mackie, embley (bit old)...
- ablett, bartel, and then a few players for another spot in my mids
- deledio (uh oh!), riewoldt, SJ, boomer, franklin...

Just easy to keep an eye on all those players i might end up upgrading to.

 

[Stormer]

Here's where my strategy of picking the bartels was meant to come into play. I was meant to latch onto guys like Tuck, Mclean and that costing me very few trades to upgade in cash. It could still work but with Franklin, Hodge and co not being as consistent and the middle tier premiums doing well such as Lockyer, i'm in strife.

 

[Rancid_Beasties]

In defence, I have my eyes on several players, namely hodge, fisher and mackie. I want 2 of those 3 in the place of raines and suban/petrenko/hill in the 7th spot. First, I plan on cashing in on suban, and hopefully hill if he ever makes some money. Then, once petrenko has peaked, I plan on trading him + the cash from suban/hill to hodge/mackie. Then, I plan on waiting until raines is 250-300k before upgrading him to whatever decent premium is around 300-350k (hopefully fisher).

My midfield is almost set... I just need hasleby to pick up form a little bit and go up at least 30k in the next 2 weeks so I can eventually upgrade him to joel corey using Aaron Joseph to fund it. Then I want to eventually upgrade Rich, but I am contemplating waiting until midyear, then upgrading Rich to Cotchin for roughly the same price (possibly even making some money). I'm also considering getting on Coughlan but he is a massive gamble. Ruck is set, provided ottens comes back soonish and Sam Jacobs keeps getting games.

My forwardline needs the most work. Ziebell, Higgins, Houlihan, Skipworth all starting, with garlett and walker on the bench. I may keep higginsif he continues to show form, but houlihan, skipworth and ziebell must go by midseason. Riewoldt, Pavlich, Franklin, Harvey are in consideration and if by some miracle steve johnson drops in price eventually he would be top of my list. Also Leon Davis is tempting me, seems to have gained a level of consistency aside from the geelong match...could be a reliable forward and will probably drop in price this week.