Took a break from footy for a couple of weeks. The Origin period is such a drag on games and fantasy. Rd 21 (and 27) can't come soon enough.
Last updated after Rd 15 where I used 4 of my 8 trades to field 16 on what I thought would be an easy week to navigate, and dropped to 231st.
Round 16Could've traded in any position except HK to field 13 after Twal was ruled out, but needing a WFB for the following round, I picked up Pap. Ended up being my lowest scorer and copped a 0 the following week with him getting injured, but thankfully delivered this week (Rd 18) at least.
The Twal trade-in really started a domino effect of burned trades, 0s and pivoting to players not really on my radar
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Wasn't too happy about ending up with AFB either who proceeds to score crap and drop 100k, but another that delivered Rd 18.
Was kicking myself for not getting Cook as planned a few weeks before, but Koro responding with an 88, and Galvin, Samuela and May going large made for a great bye week with 832 and moved up to 105th.
Round 17Absolute shitshow. 3 trades remained and had 3 on the bye with Garrick, Wighton and DFifita. 3 origin players Grant, Cotter and Yeo.
Seeing how shite Garlick was Rd 16 made me confident Grant would back up, albeit probably limited minutes even though he's just some bench Qld guy. Also fuck Wishart and Bellamy. Absolute killer missing him thanks to Bellamy's line of BS. And fuck Slater too. Flog Cotter and play washed-up never was Felise for pissant minutes. Clownshow.
Ended up down to 14 green dots with the 3 bye players, Cotter rested (fair), Grant (injured, said to be rested, again a shower of fuck yous at Storm), Twal (still injured) and Pap (injured after 1 game) all out.
Decided to punt Twal at least and play 15. Narrowed it down to Isaako or Marzhew and landed the wrong one in the short-term. Probably wouldn't have grabbed both as I'm pretty overstocked on backs already, so maybe could've turned out worse if I looked elsewhere and punted Pap instead of Grant.
Finished up with 716 and dropped back to 231st where I was 2 weeks before.
Round 183 on the bye (Aitken, Plath and Isaako) and Grant not being named again confirmed that something was up. You don't play Garlick by choice. Pap in some doubt, so was gonna have to use at least 1 of the last 2 trades.
I've been waiting for a max cashout for post-origin upgrades, preferably a WFB that plays the bye, so I took the punt on Jake Tago or Jago as I like to call him. Hopefully plays this week and won't need him after. Looked okay with 40+, but try disallowed and finished with 24.
If Pap was ruled out, I was tempted by either Clark or Randall rather than taking the 24, and would fill the missing MID spot for Rd 19, and a back-up HK with Grant and JBrailey being moved on, but Pap not being cut meant I was able to hold.
Ended up with 1055 and back up to 115th. Hopefully survive the next 2 rounds without another major drop and grab two of Cleary, Hynes and Haas Rd 20-21. Hynes possibly off the menu with the latest injury news, and Terrell May possibly a hold for longer with JWH suspended.
Team for Rd 19HOK: Koro
MID: Samuela, Plath, (Randall? Clark? Koala?)
EDG: Fifita, Aitken
HLF: Galvin, DBrown
CTR: Wighton, Iro
WFB: Isaako, Garrick, Jago
Excess: JBrailey
NPRs: Weekes, May, Teddy, Cotter, Yeo, AFB, Pap, Kiraz.
Brailey the main candidate to make way. Weekes and DBrown potentially on the chopping block for Rd 20. 502k bank after cashing out Grant last week, so could upgrade them to Cleary and Haas provided I spend less than 557k (and DBrown's potential losses) on a MID this week.
Could just grab Koala instead, but 756k for him when guys like Haumole and Murray are around for 660k-680k might be better buys in a week or two. Would grab Haumole without a second thought this week if I had an open spot, but would need an EDG, HLF or CTR to be randomly out to make that work.
Randall or Clark preserve the bank and provide HK cover, but could just grab Cook in a week or two also and forgo one of Haas/Cleary for now. I was leaning Clark last week since his role looked more defined, but not sure the minutes are there. Randall's been moved around a lot, PPM isn't as good, but is getting the minutes and averages ~45 in games over 40 mins. Assuming Klese Haas is back this week, so will see what happens there.
Long winded, hopefully entertaining enough that I didn't waste your time getting this far.
tl;dr Thinking JBrailey to Randall or just hold and play 12. Will Randall be a solid pick-up or a shitty midranger I regret wasting a trade on
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