Community team bye planning strategy

15 trades left

Haas, Hynes, Fifita, Tedesco are the most definite keepers

Cotter, Plath, Wighton, Iro, JMK possible keepers (we'll be forced into keeping at least a few of them)
I think we could keep Garrick if we are happy to hold for 2 weeks
KPP is iffy but if he starts on an ege we can keep him around

Galvin + Dylan Brown are guys we'd probably want to trade out, but perhaps lower priority as trades are tight

Hands we probably keep but if his price shoots up we may be able to offload

Koula will have to go but sadly not at any great price

Brailey, Weekes, Sorensen, Talagi, Brown are our source of funds


Who do we want to bring in to improve the squad?
Cleary the obvious one but expensive
Harry Grant is cheap and could be ripe
Hopgood will be affordable if he comes out the end of origin with fitness
Tapine cheaper than other premium MIDs
Tohu if he goes back to starting
Trbo or Ponga if/when they return from injury. Papenhuyzen this week or soon if he is fit.

If we get Aitken this week he is more expensive than just about all of the other targets. Will his scoring be good enough to justify the extra cash? Wighton/Iro/Garrick aren't terrible CTR scorers

Yeo/AFB/Latrell the other premium guys, but not sure how many of them we'll be able to afford

Going to have to start looking for downgrades with job security


Short story is I think Aitken is too expensive for what we are getting

After struggling for numbers last week, we're struggling for numbers this week

Only 5 trades left - is there anyone worth spending one of them on?

Koula to Nikora? Not sure how that affects future round numbers though

Could do with another edge

4 trades and $124k in the bank

I think JMK out should happen, Cook my preference for an in but other options possible

Jayden Campbell, Fletcher Sharpe, Dylan Brown, Kaeo Weekes - worth holding on or upgrade?

And any other trade ins make people excited?

JMK to Cook is solid.

Round 20 is not looking good so probably drop Brown for Bateman?

sajjos wrote:JMK to Cook is solid.

Round 20 is not looking good so probably drop Brown for Bateman?

I like it

JMK - Cook

Weekes to cash down. Pryce/Tago/CHT/Starling (preference as ordered)

sajjos wrote:JMK to Cook is solid.

Round 20 is not looking good so probably drop Brown for Bateman?

Or Matterson?

Murray moving into the 2nd row excites me

9 trades left
Looking to having 13 players next week.

Not sure what to do to try and push at end of season
Thinking Tohu > Randall
Fa’logo > Ponga/Latrell/Teddy maybe

Any thoughts on how to maximise for the best team post origin?

14 players for R19, but only 12 playable with a bit of loop action.

Worth trading for an extra MID?

Would have to be Koloamatagi or McInnes IMO if we did it - just depends whether it is worth spending a trade on or not

I think yes. Prefer McInnes except the R20 count is dire. So I guess has to be Koloa. Agree nobody else worth consideration at MID

Koloa putting up genuine keeper numbers and looks like he'll continue with 65+ mins or so for the season

I did JMK to Cook.

Also upgrade KPP to Nikora or other keeper EDGE (kolo maybe?)

Last week of the bye planning phase. $389k in the bank
Who are the trade outs, and who are the trade ins?

We're down a few this week, but can obviously fix a lot of that up with trades. Also depends on if Haas/Cotter back up.

Carty to Cleary
Then probably something like Sharpe and Talagi to Kiraz and Howarth?

Cleary is a must, team is looking thin in the halves and the WFB's.

Would be good to target Ponga after his bye