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poido Do you thing Fox will play again, or should I burn him and risk Hugh Greenwood to at least avoid a 3rd donut this week.

Its a risky move if Fox comes back in and Greenwood out. I can't think of anyone I can bring in
Fox is certainly not doing his chances of a recall any harm. Had 28 disposals, 13 tackles and 2 goals in the reserves last night.
 

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I think he will play again, IF injury hits a few players. If you can get him out, I would do it.

I'm intrigued by Greenwood, but I'd wait another round til he hits the bubble. However Adelaide's bye comes after his third game, so he might not be able to make the quick dollars that you want. You need to see how he goes under AFL footy.

Lloyd might be the better option and just hope that he lasts through to GWS bye.
So would you recommend taking the Donut?

I have the midfield donut, all rookies have good BE
Ruck donut, Good scoring rucks, and Preuss good BE, in emergencies every week.
Brett Eddy in the forward line, good BE, just a matter of whether he will get another gig.

I'm worried about trading in a guy who hasn't played two games, when I have good BE players.

I traded SPP to Myers because I can't afford a 4th donut and his BE is 62 I think.
 
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So I've got 3 under performers that I anguish over every week and don't deal with (Roughead, Shaw and Rance)

Roughead trending slightly upward but I think it's time to do something drastic with the other two - but there really aren't many options in defence. (I don't have Laird or Doherty though).

The other chess pieces I'm playing with are Treloar and SPP (who is still only $311k). Treloar disappoints me on a weekly basis - huge stats and only just cracks the tonne - so I want him out.

So I want to do a few trades in the next few weeks where I take out 2 mid pricers and replace with 1 premo + 1 cash cow.

But I'm struggling to find value at the cheaper end.

Premo midfielders I had my eye one were Rockliffe, Sloane, Oliver and Merrett.

Premo defender I'm looking at is Doherty or Liard for their sheer consistency of 110+. At the lower end I think Burton of hawks is just ramping up and scoring well now (400k so a bit of a mid pricer - prob missed the boat on that one). Again struggling to find value at the cheaper end.

Thoughts and suggestion welcome
 

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So I've got 3 under performers that I anguish over every week and don't deal with (Roughead, Shaw and Rance)

Roughead trending slightly upward but I think it's time to do something drastic with the other two - but there really aren't many options in defence. (I don't have Laird or Doherty though).

The other chess pieces I'm playing with are Treloar and SPP (who is still only $311k). Treloar disappoints me on a weekly basis - huge stats and only just cracks the tonne - so I want him out.

So I want to do a few trades in the next few weeks where I take out 2 mid pricers and replace with 1 premo + 1 cash cow.

But I'm struggling to find value at the cheaper end.

Premo midfielders I had my eye one were Rockliffe, Sloane, Oliver and Merrett.

Premo defender I'm looking at is Doherty or Liard for their sheer consistency of 110+. At the lower end I think Burton of hawks is just ramping up and scoring well now (400k so a bit of a mid pricer - prob missed the boat on that one). Again struggling to find value at the cheaper end.

Thoughts and suggestion welcome
You got Newman?
 

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So would you recommend taking the Donut?

I have the midfield donut, all rookies have good BE
Ruck donut, Good scoring rucks, and Preuss good BE, in emergencies every week.
Brett Eddy in the forward line, good BE, just a matter of whether he will get another gig.

I'm worried about trading in a guy who hasn't played two games, when I have good BE players.

I traded SPP to Myers because I can't afford a 4th donut and his BE is 62 I think.

Hmm.

Go Greenwood. If he goes good, you owe me a beer.

If he goes sh.it, I will be in hiding :drunk:

OR you could bring in LLoyd and use his DPP to get rid of Eddy and sub him up to the mids? It's really anyone's guess IF and when Fox will come back, but Pincrusher made a good point about Fox playing a good game in the Ressys.


Edit: Just realised Lloyd isn't a DPP. Maybe just go Greenwood for Fox
 

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So I've got 3 under performers that I anguish over every week and don't deal with (Roughead, Shaw and Rance)

Roughead trending slightly upward but I think it's time to do something drastic with the other two - but there really aren't many options in defence. (I don't have Laird or Doherty though).

The other chess pieces I'm playing with are Treloar and SPP (who is still only $311k). Treloar disappoints me on a weekly basis - huge stats and only just cracks the tonne - so I want him out.

So I want to do a few trades in the next few weeks where I take out 2 mid pricers and replace with 1 premo + 1 cash cow.

But I'm struggling to find value at the cheaper end.

Premo midfielders I had my eye one were Rockliffe, Sloane, Oliver and Merrett.

Premo defender I'm looking at is Doherty or Liard for their sheer consistency of 110+. At the lower end I think Burton of hawks is just ramping up and scoring well now (400k so a bit of a mid pricer - prob missed the boat on that one). Again struggling to find value at the cheaper end.

Thoughts and suggestion welcome

Do NOT get rid of Shaw and Rance. That's the best advice anyone could give.
 

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I've been following that advice for a month and I'm still angry with them.

They have the runs on the board bro.

They haven't gone that bad TBH. If you look at Rance over the last few years, his scores are up and down all the time, but you can guarantee he will be top 10 defensive scorers by end of year.

Shaw I'm not really sure what's going on with him. He's probably due for a big game, but maybe he is declining with age. Hard to say.
 

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I have a sneaking suspicion he wasn't sleeping properly and stressing the f.ck out with the baby on the way.

I'd say we will see the normal Pendles back this week.

Could be wrong.
i doubt it. he's too much of a pro for that...should be able to switch off for 3 hours on the weekend.
im convinced he's carrying something. hopefully it wont stop him from going 120+ this week.



i'd VC Treloar or Pendles against the Hawks midfield.
they're still playing the sort of footy where winning the ball isnt that important provided you can put enough pressure on and create a turnover.
...teams are just running and handballing through it now though.
even if we wanted to play a more contested style, outside of TMitch (and Hodge to lesser extent) who's going to step up and win their own ball?
Langford? Shiels? :rainbow:
bottom line, Pies midfield will run riot.
 

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Very skillful kid. Should be pretty clean disposal.
Hasn't played a game yet. Remember when all the Spoon Kilda flogs were talking up Ben Long as if he were the new Leigh Matthews? Two 20s and gawn, those that went early are now carrying a potato.
 
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