Hoping to regain some clarity over the next few days.
I was all set to trade out Short but then he got a 120. When he plays like that, he is a clear top 6 def but he's just not consistent enough. But I will probably hold him now. Daniel and Markov at D5 and D6 are much more of an issue for me. But fair enough if you want to trade him, you're in a strong position this week so might as well go hard and make this your big week while others struggle to get 18 on the park.4 trades available for this round but i doubt i use more than 2. I have a possible 21 players on field but it is likely Reeves, Madden & Briggs are out so i will probably be fielding 18 players before trades.
Right now im considering whether it is worth trading Short and Dev Robertson and grabbing 2 forwardline keepers this round (Hind & Smith) which would essentially finish my forwardline and leave me with 5 trades and only my R2 to upgrade. In the Short term (pun intended), i could field 19 players this round and get instant points from Hind & Smith. I would still have 5 backline keepers and Markov in defence with Laird at M9 so i would look to downgrade Markov in the following round to L.Edwards and swing Laird back. Then id have heaps of cash to upgrade CCJ/Treacy to Grundy when he returns. Only 3 trades leftover but a pretty good finished team. That is option 1
Option 2 is to just go Markov or Short> Hind/Smith/Greene and keep Dev.Robertson. This would leave 6 trades and just 1 forward to upgrade (plus R2). It is the more conservative option. More trades in hand and i can milk Dev.Robertson for longer.
Im leaning towards Short > Hind for instant payoff but then ill have Cumming/Newman/Markov sitting at D4-6 with Laird at M9. I likely trade Markov to a mid rookie next round to send Laird back. I guess the question im asking myself is how many more points (if any) will i get for keeping Short as my D5 over 1 of Newman/Cumming in the long run? If it is more than however many extra points i get this round plus the bonus of utilising an extra 75-80k then its probably not worth trading Short.
Lets say Short averages 10 more than one of Cumming/Newman, then that is 90 points rounds 15-23 while i will have 75-80k less to play with. That 75-80k could be the difference between another downgrade or a straight upgrade to Grundy when he returns. Plus, i have the instant bonus of playing 19 this round which can only reduce those 90 more points that Short could net me.
Of course the equation isnt that simple as i can always trade Short later and still use his $ to get Grundy. I dont get the instant bonus that i would get if i trade him this round but i might get extra points over Cumming/Newman for a while and if i need to use the extra money to get Grundy then i make the trade out of necessity.
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I think all ive done with this post is confuse myself!
Surely you have a forward rookie who would be better to trade than Treacy?
I don't think those trades are that silly, maybe trading Highmore now is a bit silly but don't mind trading Treacy. If it saves you a trade by trading Treacy instead of some other fwd spud who hasn't made enough cash and if you are keen on Smith as a fwd premo, then just go for it.
Silly wasn't quite the right word I was looking for. Questionable would have been a better term.
I think it is potentially worthwhile given the timeframe of Lester's injury. His DPP may come in handy for you down the road too. I'm not sure he lasts more than 3-4 weeks but i still think he is a good buy.
I tried to do this during the Hawks game but they were locked out of trading. Might have to do a double downgrade this week now.
Pretty sure the bye players are locked out before the start of the last game. So you had to make the move before the hawks game started
How did you go?
