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None IMO. Taylor will probably return. Wait one more week and see what it does do to them.
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None IMO. Taylor will probably return. Wait one more week and see what it does do to them.
Milburn will probably drop off in the next 2 weeks by 5-10 ppg but will still be good when Scarlo comes back.
Keep in mind Geelong play Port and WCE which arent exactly close checking sides that let the opposition have the ball in the defensive half.
What do we think of Mcleod at his current price?
There is a lot of talk about him on this board as being "a dt gun", "mr consistency" and "underprice gun". Fair enough by past years but has obviously been tagged this year and is struggling DT wise as a result. I have been considering bringing him in as my last back for a few weeks now but am trying to find something to suggest he will be trying to break the tag opposition coaches put on him.
The way I have looked at it is from Neil Craig's point of view. Take for example when Jake King moving forward to tag him last week. Firstly, Jake King is never going to hurt Mcleod in terms of being a forward. In essence, Richmond are wasting a forward position and Adelaide are "winning" their backline match up. Secondly, Jake King's role in the backline, providing run and carry has been crucial to Richmond playing some decent football this year. By moving him up forward they have lost this (an area where they lacked badly in the second half against the crows). So from Neil Craig's perspective, although Mcleod being tagged means that you lose his run out of half back, the fact that the opposition lose a good defender or midfield tagger and have a seemingly redundant forward pocket, combined with the fact that his midfield is firing as it is, seems to make it a win for adelaide. Hence his reluctance to try and move Mcleod around to break his tag.
Thoughts?
There is a lot of talk about him on this board as being "a dt gun", "mr consistency" and "underprice gun". Fair enough by past years but has obviously been tagged this year and is struggling DT wise as a result. I have been considering bringing him in as my last back for a few weeks now but am trying to find something to suggest he will be trying to break the tag opposition coaches put on him.
The way I have looked at it is from Neil Craig's point of view. Take for example when Jake King moving forward to tag him last week. Firstly, Jake King is never going to hurt Mcleod in terms of being a forward. In essence, Richmond are wasting a forward position and Adelaide are "winning" their backline match up. Secondly, Jake King's role in the backline, providing run and carry has been crucial to Richmond playing some decent football this year. By moving him up forward they have lost this (an area where they lacked badly in the second half against the crows). So from Neil Craig's perspective, although Mcleod being tagged means that you lose his run out of half back, the fact that the opposition lose a good defender or midfield tagger and have a seemingly redundant forward pocket, combined with the fact that his midfield is firing as it is, seems to make it a win for adelaide. Hence his reluctance to try and move Mcleod around to break his tag.
Thoughts?
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Definitely need to upgrade Houli soon. Invest the money in him, and get yourself a gun midfielder.
Perhaps get in an undervalue forward player for Rioli to save on cost. Reiwoldt seems to be at a good value for a side-swap with Rioli. Chapman is also still cheap as chips for the potential he has.
Then if you can still squeeze it cash wise, Wona up to Bock/Fisher.
I'd do the trades earlier rather than later IMO. If you want the Number One spot, you have to be proactive in this endeavour, rather than waiting for finals to start.
Wat to do with Chad. He has got a knee issue which could recquire surgery and also the hand. He was quite useless on the weekend in dt and actual game. With the knee and finger i dont like his chances to play out the season and even if he does manage a few games, they wont be as high scoring as he was in previous years. However on the other side, chad could return in time for finals and play as normal
I had a similar choice 2 weeks ago when choosing from Gia/Brown/O'Keefe/S.Johnson (already have Chapman) ... in the end went for O'Keefe over Gia (my "gut" feel at the time) as he was $8k cheaper and thought they would average about the same ... Gia has had 2 great weeks since then (O'Keefe has been solid so can't complain!) and SJ has done damn well too!
If $$ is not an issue, I'd go with Gia ... lowest score this year of 81 ... wouldn't worry too much about TOG ... if he is racking up points with limited TOG then should only get better with more TOG!!
Going O'Keefe however will save you $42k which is a fair bit of $$ and may help you upgrade somewhere else!!
Chapman at 100% is an absolute gun but would wait a week or two if you want him to see that he is 100%
Nothing wrong with Chapman imo. Watched him closely on the weekend and he moved find, if anything played in the middle for most of the game and was fantastic with his clearances in the first quarter. Sure he didn't score well, but I put it down to one of those days rather than his fitness.
I think he's the pick of that lot, but you can afford to wait a couple of weeks for the 59 to cycle out.
I think he's the pick of that lot, but you can afford to wait a couple of weeks for the 59 to cycle out.
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Panic is setting in and I'm starting to doubt myself. Two weeks of scoring below 1900 and slipped from 11th to 127th. Perhaps the NP guns can give me some advice as to whats wrong with my team.
7 Trades and $77k in to spend
B: Cornes, Shaw, Goddard, PBurgoyne, Gillbee, S.Stevens, Wonaemirri, Taylor, Hartlett
M: Bartel, Cross, Salopek, Murphy, N.Stevens, Mitchell, Cotchin, Browne
R: Cox, Simmonds, Wood, Meesen
F: Didak, Brown, Pavlich, Riewoldt, Chapman, Burton, Porplyzia, Tippett, Morton
Thinking of bringing in Armfield and Milburn/Mackie for Wona and Hartlett. Would leave Armfield as the #1 reserve and S.Stevens as the weakest link on the field. As bad as he is he is still avg about 75 points.
Suggestions welcomed
7 Trades and $77k in to spend
B: Cornes, Shaw, Goddard, PBurgoyne, Gillbee, S.Stevens, Wonaemirri, Taylor, Hartlett
M: Bartel, Cross, Salopek, Murphy, N.Stevens, Mitchell, Cotchin, Browne
R: Cox, Simmonds, Wood, Meesen
F: Didak, Brown, Pavlich, Riewoldt, Chapman, Burton, Porplyzia, Tippett, Morton
Thinking of bringing in Armfield and Milburn/Mackie for Wona and Hartlett. Would leave Armfield as the #1 reserve and S.Stevens as the weakest link on the field. As bad as he is he is still avg about 75 points.
Suggestions welcomed
I don't normally ask these type of questions, but I want to know, who is more likely to maintain their spot in their respective side? Gavin Urquhart or Denis Armfield? Is Armfield's spot in danger when Walker returns?
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No.1 rule for me is to never get Kangaroos rookies, especially defenders, they have a wacko coach. Riggio last year and SDT this year.
Hi guys,
Who do you think my best replacement for Chad is, backline currently stands at: Chad Shaw Milburn Goddard King Birchall Burgoyne.
I only have 5k in the bank so mackie is to much, wat do you think about Mcphee as it would give me 80 grand in the kitty to help in upgrading Rioli and Palmer, im also considering Sam Fisher but is having Fisher and Goddard in the same backlne a bad thing?
Thoughts appreciated.
Who do you think my best replacement for Chad is, backline currently stands at: Chad Shaw Milburn Goddard King Birchall Burgoyne.
I only have 5k in the bank so mackie is to much, wat do you think about Mcphee as it would give me 80 grand in the kitty to help in upgrading Rioli and Palmer, im also considering Sam Fisher but is having Fisher and Goddard in the same backlne a bad thing?
Thoughts appreciated.
haha yeah I was leaning towards Armfield for that exact reason, but do you think his place is in danger once Walker returns?
I am looking to upgrade Masten to a premium mid. With the cash in my bank this week I can afford a player less than 380k. Current midfield sits as:
Bartel
Kornes
Stevens
Cross
Swan
Masten/Cotchin
The players I can afford now that interest me are Hodge, Murphy and Boomer.
Would it be worth possibly waiting and hoping that the gap between Masten and a corey/priddis type gun changes enough to be able to pick them up? Or pull the trigger this week and grab one of the players above.
Bartel
Kornes
Stevens
Cross
Swan
Masten/Cotchin
The players I can afford now that interest me are Hodge, Murphy and Boomer.
Would it be worth possibly waiting and hoping that the gap between Masten and a corey/priddis type gun changes enough to be able to pick them up? Or pull the trigger this week and grab one of the players above.
Panic is setting in and I'm starting to doubt myself. Two weeks of scoring below 1900 and slipped from 11th to 127th. Perhaps the NP guns can give me some advice as to whats wrong with my team.
7 Trades and $77k in to spend
B: Cornes, Shaw, Goddard, PBurgoyne, Gillbee, S.Stevens, Wonaemirri, Taylor, Hartlett
M: Bartel, Cross, Salopek, Murphy, N.Stevens, Mitchell, Cotchin, Browne
R: Cox, Simmonds, Wood, Meesen
F: Didak, Brown, Pavlich, Riewoldt, Chapman, Burton, Porplyzia, Tippett, Morton
Thinking of bringing in Armfield and Milburn/Mackie for Wona and Hartlett. Would leave Armfield as the #1 reserve and S.Stevens as the weakest link on the field. As bad as he is he is still avg about 75 points.
Suggestions welcomed
Upgrading Wona is good, but I don't like the sideway rookie stage. Hartlett should get back in at some point this season, and you'll be kicking yourself that you traded him, a trade that won'te even gain you any points unless one of your backs are injured. Also Hary Taylor should be back this week for Scarlett, so you'll still have a reserve.
Apart from that not much you can do, just have to sit tight and wait for your players to find form and for Burton to get back in. Chappy wont be quiet for long, and hopefully Mitchell will lift, then you're all set.
One more thing that you could look to do is to downgrade Wood for some cash, he's not playing anyway and I don't think ruckman reserves are great this year so it may be worth taking the risk. But then again as I've said, your team is set for now, just need to back your players in.
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Much appreciated Cat for life. Looks like its a case of a good team out of luck hey!
To upgrade Wona (who has peaked with a 83 B/even this week) to a premuim (Milburn/Mackie) I need to upgrade a rookie somewhere.
I could go Taylor (who has also peaked) but he is a solid 'play nearly every game' kind of emergency. Would Armfield and Hartlett be sufficient at the back? Both being Carl players, you would think one of them would get a game.
The other option is to trade Browne out of the middle as I have Cotchin in reserve. Could bring in Armfield there for the same cash result. Browne prob has some more value in him yet though.
As for Wood, I reckon he is a chance to regain his spot later in the season. If I trade him, there is no-one more likely than him to play at a cheaper price - well not until Max Bailey gets named.
So - Taylor or Browne to Armfield or Wood to Big Max?
Bellchambers debuted on the weekend. Laycock injured his ankle at training on Friday and will miss 1-2 weeks. Laycock's form has been very ordinary, so he's no certainty to come straight back into the side when he's fit.... and he regularly seems to miss more weeks than the number forecast for his injury (ie. His body is pretty fragile).
Bellchambers may get a decent run over the next few weeks.
Captain Dreamer
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I did notice Bellchambers 21 point performance. Probably worth considering. Will wait and see if he gets named, though I'm assuming that based on the laycock injury he will. Not sure if I want to pass on the Armfield acquisition though. From all reports he plays well enough to hang onto his spot for most of the remainder of the season. Might be a handy cash cow come finals....Wouldn't want to miss the boat on potentially the next Palmer/Rioli/Ibbo/Wona rookie.
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McLeod is bound to bounce back. He's a gun player and NC has been devising ways to get more of the ball into his hands.
At 230k he's a bargain and will average 80 from here on out. Is capable of big hundreds - but also prone to low scores.
I may grab him if Cornes has a LTI as it will enable me to trade Rioli to Franklin
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McLeod is bound to bounce back. He's a gun player and NC has been devising ways to get more of the ball into his hands.
At 230k he's a bargain and will average 80 from here on out. Is capable of big hundreds - but also prone to low scores.
I may grab him if Cornes has a LTI as it will enable me to trade Rioli to Franklin
Only thing that worries me about Mcleod is that in 2005 he averaged 68 over 25 games, so he could easily be a spud for the rest of the season if he repeats that.
On the positive side, he's not going to get any cheaper, even if he averages 55 for the rest of the year he should maintain his value.
