by Jele Mon Aug 19, 2024 3:22 pm
Round 24
Late downdates robbed me of a tonne, ending up on 997 points. Which still saw a healthy jump of 500 places in my overall rank to 1,623rd. At this stage, aiming for a top 1,000 finish (and hopefully a return to L1). With four trades left, suspect I’m better placed than most ahead of me, so fingers crossed.
Round 24 team was:
Cook
Plath Yeo (vc) Tapine
Fifita KPP
Cleary (c) DCE
Wighton Garrick
Kiraz Drinky Teddy
Galvin Starling Fogarty Gray
Hands Iro Matterson Sorensen
bank: $24k
trades: 4
No trades this week proved the right call, with Cleary now out, despite Matto and Iro’s late withdrawals. Amazing how often your best rounds come when you stay put. At various stages, i was contemplating looping Starling, KPP, Gray, and even Hands. Was fortunate I ran the squad out more or less in order they played, giving me max flexibility to replace Iro (and avoid Hands) when he was ruled out.
The Good
- Another good, solid all round performance. Yeo auditioning for the captaincy role next week with an 82 was the top points scorer.
- Holding trades this week could be a masterstroke.
The Bad
- Raiders’ duo were disappointing again. Worse, I'm likely to be looking at their mediocre scores, and equally mediocre mugs, in my squad for the rest of the year.
The Ugly
- Prize this week goes to Cleary. Like many, by the time I trade him out this week I would have used five trades on him this year for ten games.
Conclusion
Some big calls to make this week. Cleary out is a no-brainer, the question at this point is whether to bring in Carrigan or Murray. Or, depending on the news about Sorensen and Matto, maybe both. Does mean relying on KPP as my second edge with potentially no EDG backup, which feels a bit risky, I’ll have a look at Preston, Angus, and Barnett too. With Drinky on the bye this week, I can probably loop Garrick and Gray as my third WFB.