2018 NRL Dream Team Virtual Sports/Sports Deck (VSDT) Part 1

Aardvark Ratnick wrote:856 First Round with a few under achievers, not sure what to do - Katoa can stay there , thinking of SST>Griffin which would give me funds to go Croft to SJ or Cleary ? or sit on Croft to see if he comes good and go Kahu > C Thompson/ Kennar via Manu?

Other glaring holes are AREY but I think he will come good, Bryce Whythefkdidipicku, L Croker, and GI who I hope returns to FB ASAP, any advice would be appreciated, Cheers.

Its open how is SST>Griffin and Croft to S Williams sound guys , it really boosts the coffers for next week?

jelejasof wrote:

I'd definitely go SST -> Griffin if it means you can upgrade Croft -> SJ or Cleary, who would basically be keepers for the rest of the year.

StuDogg101 wrote:Such a contrast to NRLF. Almost too many options over here! That probably means I won't even trade lol. I'm happy with my team balance, trust that some of my underperformers will do better this week (cough Gallen, Teddy), and I got some of the requisite cash cows. Short of trading out Carty, AFB or Lodge for some cash I'm not too sure what to do.

Rippin and Tearin wrote:

Maybe post your team up mate, but while there has been some different strategies posted here over the last couple days re trading, I firmly believe under most circumstances, to have a shot in this game, you have to trade hard each week, for a number of weeks.

The reason is, if you don't have the main cash cows before round 3, you will fall too far behind the leaders in terms of the salary cap of your team and it will be very tough to catch up. So this year it seems at this stage anyway you need to have Ponga, RFM, Griffen, Kikau, Cook, & Isaako, perhaps Rochow Lodge and Nichols too (they are the oneto a lesser degree Kennars that spring to mind off the top of my head). If you already have these guys then you are sitting pretty, but if not, I think you gotta max trade to get as many as you can.

Have I missed anyone guys?

Rippin and Tearin wrote:

Maybe post your team up mate, but while there has been some different strategies posted here over the last couple days re trading, I firmly believe under most circumstances, to have a shot in this game, you have to trade hard each week, for a number of weeks.

The reason is, if you don't have the main cash cows before round 3, you will fall too far behind the leaders in terms of the salary cap of your team and it will be very tough to catch up. So this year it seems at this stage anyway you need to have Ponga, RFM, Griffen, Kikau, Cook, & Isaako, perhaps Rochow Lodge and Nichols too (they are the ones that spring to mind off the top of my head). If you already have these guys then you are sitting pretty, but if not, I think you gotta max trade to get as many as you can.

Have I missed anyone guys?

StuDogg101 wrote:

Sure thing

Smith Cook
Fifita AFB Lodge (Nicholls)
Gallen Brown RFM Merrin (Rochow, Kikau)
Munster Croft Cartwright (Croker)
Aubbs Inglis (Isaako, Doueihi)
Teddy Ponga Hiku (JMK, Katoa)

$96,700 in the bank

Clearly there are targets for upgrade but I don't know if sideways trading to anyone is really necessary right now. The only reason I didn't score as well as I could is because Rochow and Kikau were outside my 17 and Gallen/AFB/Lodge/Croft didn't pull their weight. Players like Kennar and Thompson are already priced high enough that I don't want them since they aren't keepers. I'd love to target someone like Griffin but is he worth trading out AFB or Lodge over?

No Worries wrote:Has Doughboy not been loaded into VSDT yet ?

No Worries wrote:With no price rises this week, I'm tempted t leave my team as is:

C9 Cook
Fifita Surgess Rochow Lodge
Brown Merrin Kikau SST Arrow Nicholls
Cronk Carty Croker Watson
Mitchell Croker Isaako Lomax
Tedesco Ponga GI Kennar Katoa

Not sure who will be my 4th reserve.
Not sold on Griffiin, can wait till next week for Dougy because he wont be in the 17 anyway.
Don't like my halves though.

MilfordTheMagician wrote:Thoughts on any possible trades here?

Smith (Cook)
Fifita, Lodge (M.Scott, Nicholls)
Jurbo, JDB, RFM (Kikau, Rochow, Griffin)
JT, Croft (Croker, Carty)
Croker, Inglis (Matthews, Isaako)
Teddy, Ponga, Dufty (Hiku, Katoa)

I have most of the cash cows I think besides players like Thompson and Kennar etc.

I want SJ so is it worth the trade this week or wait until next week and see how Croft goes one more time?
Also considering Scott to Papali'i depending on job security for the Warriors youngster.
Katoa will have to go before round 3 obviously but is Thompson and Kennar worth the extra cash?