WARNING: VERY LONG POST
Round 2
Zorko -> Leuenberger
Big win, got rid of Zorko very early and was very happy to do so for Leuy who I always considered a lock. It had some potential to backfire if Zorko went on to fire in the following rounds but luckily he didn't.
Rating: 10/10
Lucas -> O'Keefe
Pass, just. I considered both Luke Parker and Hannebery with this trade too. Both would have been better options than O'Keefe with Hannebery the best option. Lucas has done ok since trading him but has far from set the world on fire. Hindsight suggests that a trade of Kobe Stevens to Hannebery was the best trade that I seriously considered.
Rating: 5.5/10
Round 3
K.Mitchell -> Dwyer
Win. Dwyer has slowed down but I got rid of Mitchell early and from memory I needed an extra 10-15k to fund Karnezis -> Kennedy and in hindsight this was probably my best trading option to do just that. Plus it created a nice M/F link.
Rating: 9/10
Karnezis -> Kennedy
Very good trade, but it was the obvious option so I can't take too much credit for it! I like that I took a little bit of a punt in getting rid of Mitchell early in order to fund this trade.
Rating: 10/10
Round 4
Siposs -> Rowe
Win. Siposs was going nowhere fast and I think being a late exclusion in round 3 was a blessing in disguise as he didn't drop any value. The other option I strongly considered was Siposs -> Crouch which would have eliminated my midfield link with Dwyer. While - despite Couch's injury - I still feel that would have been a good trade, Siposs -> Rowe has so far been the better option.
With Moller as my ruck 4 and Cox in my forwardline I have the option of trading Moller out for a forward and swinging Rowe into my rucks whenever I so desire.
Rating: 9/10
Kommer -> Terlich
Probably a win but the jury is still out.
In the short term this is a win. What I like about it is that it opens up a midfield link with my back line. One of my strategies to begin the season with was choosing only 3 gun midfielders with lots of rookies/low-end mid pricers (Lucas + K.Stevens) so that I could do some early trading to get rid of my failed midfield rookies/mid-pricers and get on the best rookies from other positions that I did not pick in my initial team. In doing so I would create links to my midfield through other positions which gives me a plethora of trading options and allows me to upgrade rookies/midpricers that have peaked into midfield guns who have bottomed out.
Rating: 8.5/10
Round 5 (I just made my trades tonight)
Viney -> Mayes
Too early to know but this was a very popular trade this week and will hopefully be a big win. The m/f link it creates is also handy.
Rating: N/A
Stevens -> Evans
Too early to know if this is a good trade or not but it certainly helps me fund future upgrades. I had the cash to upgrade Stevens to a Buddy/SJ/Westhoff in the forwardline or a midfielder under about 530k after trading Viney but instead I decided to cash grab and elect to commence upgrading next round instead with the 430k I now have in the bank.
I'm hoping SJ doesn't score too highly this round considering he would have almost certainly been the one I upgraded to if I chose to go down that path.
Rating: N/A
Summary
I think my trading has been fairly sound with the Zorko trade probably the big winner. I haven't made any real gutsy trades but instead have pulled the trigger early and have managed to correct all the major mistakes I made in selecting my initial team.
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Initial team
B: Goddard, Gibbs, Heppell, Hartlett, Pittard, Goodes (Heath, Stevenson)
C: Swan, Ablett, Pendlebury, Lucas, Stevens, Wines, O'Meara, Viney (Mitchell, Kommer)
R: Cox, Maric (Blicavs, Moller)
F: Rockliff, Zorko, Riewoldt, Martin, Siposs, Karnezis (Macaffer, Neade)
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Current Team [430k bank]
B: Goddard, Gibbs, Heppell, Hartlett, Pittard, Terlich (Heath, Stevenson)
C: Swan, Ablett, Pendlebury, O'Keefe, Wines, Goodes, O'Meara, Evans (Dwyer, Neade)
R: Maric, Leuenberger (Blicavs, Moller)
F: Cox, Rockliff, Riewoldt, Martin, Kennedy, Mayes (Rowe, Macaffer)
EDIT: My future trading plans I think are quite obvious, I have 430k in the bank and 3 links between my backline + forwardline and my midfield. Watson, Cotchin, Boyd, Stanton, Selwood x 2, Thompson, Swallow etc are all on my watchlist as I hope to upgrade to midfield guns ASAP!
Round 2
Zorko -> Leuenberger
Big win, got rid of Zorko very early and was very happy to do so for Leuy who I always considered a lock. It had some potential to backfire if Zorko went on to fire in the following rounds but luckily he didn't.
Rating: 10/10
Lucas -> O'Keefe
Pass, just. I considered both Luke Parker and Hannebery with this trade too. Both would have been better options than O'Keefe with Hannebery the best option. Lucas has done ok since trading him but has far from set the world on fire. Hindsight suggests that a trade of Kobe Stevens to Hannebery was the best trade that I seriously considered.
Rating: 5.5/10
Round 3
K.Mitchell -> Dwyer
Win. Dwyer has slowed down but I got rid of Mitchell early and from memory I needed an extra 10-15k to fund Karnezis -> Kennedy and in hindsight this was probably my best trading option to do just that. Plus it created a nice M/F link.
Rating: 9/10
Karnezis -> Kennedy
Very good trade, but it was the obvious option so I can't take too much credit for it! I like that I took a little bit of a punt in getting rid of Mitchell early in order to fund this trade.
Rating: 10/10
Round 4
Siposs -> Rowe
Win. Siposs was going nowhere fast and I think being a late exclusion in round 3 was a blessing in disguise as he didn't drop any value. The other option I strongly considered was Siposs -> Crouch which would have eliminated my midfield link with Dwyer. While - despite Couch's injury - I still feel that would have been a good trade, Siposs -> Rowe has so far been the better option.
With Moller as my ruck 4 and Cox in my forwardline I have the option of trading Moller out for a forward and swinging Rowe into my rucks whenever I so desire.
Rating: 9/10
Kommer -> Terlich
Probably a win but the jury is still out.
In the short term this is a win. What I like about it is that it opens up a midfield link with my back line. One of my strategies to begin the season with was choosing only 3 gun midfielders with lots of rookies/low-end mid pricers (Lucas + K.Stevens) so that I could do some early trading to get rid of my failed midfield rookies/mid-pricers and get on the best rookies from other positions that I did not pick in my initial team. In doing so I would create links to my midfield through other positions which gives me a plethora of trading options and allows me to upgrade rookies/midpricers that have peaked into midfield guns who have bottomed out.
Rating: 8.5/10
Round 5 (I just made my trades tonight)
Viney -> Mayes
Too early to know but this was a very popular trade this week and will hopefully be a big win. The m/f link it creates is also handy.
Rating: N/A
Stevens -> Evans
Too early to know if this is a good trade or not but it certainly helps me fund future upgrades. I had the cash to upgrade Stevens to a Buddy/SJ/Westhoff in the forwardline or a midfielder under about 530k after trading Viney but instead I decided to cash grab and elect to commence upgrading next round instead with the 430k I now have in the bank.
I'm hoping SJ doesn't score too highly this round considering he would have almost certainly been the one I upgraded to if I chose to go down that path.
Rating: N/A
Summary
I think my trading has been fairly sound with the Zorko trade probably the big winner. I haven't made any real gutsy trades but instead have pulled the trigger early and have managed to correct all the major mistakes I made in selecting my initial team.
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Initial team
B: Goddard, Gibbs, Heppell, Hartlett, Pittard, Goodes (Heath, Stevenson)
C: Swan, Ablett, Pendlebury, Lucas, Stevens, Wines, O'Meara, Viney (Mitchell, Kommer)
R: Cox, Maric (Blicavs, Moller)
F: Rockliff, Zorko, Riewoldt, Martin, Siposs, Karnezis (Macaffer, Neade)
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Current Team [430k bank]
B: Goddard, Gibbs, Heppell, Hartlett, Pittard, Terlich (Heath, Stevenson)
C: Swan, Ablett, Pendlebury, O'Keefe, Wines, Goodes, O'Meara, Evans (Dwyer, Neade)
R: Maric, Leuenberger (Blicavs, Moller)
F: Cox, Rockliff, Riewoldt, Martin, Kennedy, Mayes (Rowe, Macaffer)
EDIT: My future trading plans I think are quite obvious, I have 430k in the bank and 3 links between my backline + forwardline and my midfield. Watson, Cotchin, Boyd, Stanton, Selwood x 2, Thompson, Swallow etc are all on my watchlist as I hope to upgrade to midfield guns ASAP!
