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poido

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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.

Ben Long isn't an accumulator though.

Shai Bolton has the speed to break packs and the vision to hit targets. He's not Ben Long.
 

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What's James Stewart's JS like? Bomber fans?
Its a tough one. There is a spot for him and if he plays well he should stay in but I honestly would not be surprised if he get dropped for team balance in the coming weeks which means extra donut during the byes

I am personally being cautious and avoiding him.
 

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Ben Long isn't an accumulator though.

Shai Bolton has the speed to break packs and the vision to hit targets. He's not Ben Long.
more importantly he has a round 12 bye, DPP and is only 117k.
christ i hope he plays/scores well.

wont be going early on him though
 

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3/322. Should've known to back Danger with the VC, since Beveridge never tags opposition midfielders :mad:

Now going with Kelly (VC) and new recruit Zerrett (C) as backup :straining:

I think it was more that Scott let Danger off his leash and didn't confine him to handballing/take on the game more.

Perhaps Danger has been playing in 3rd gear all along?
 

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I think it was more that Scott let Danger off his leash and didn't confine him to handballing/take on the game more.

Perhaps Danger has been playing in 3rd gear all along?
I reckon he has been let of the leash again, at least the last few weeks anyway. Seems like for the first time in a while Danger started breaking from the centre and kicking it again instead of constantly handballing.
 

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Another big game for me coming up, had 6 last night and now 5 in the Syd V Saints game.

Buddy, Newman, LLoyd, Heeney (new recruit) and Steele. 500-550 would be nice :)
 

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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
In a similar boat but usually with plans to move someone on but injuries usually mean im plugging other holes
 
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