by Rippin and Tearin Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:44 am
Guys - it baffles me why we continue to trade out (or at least talk about trading out) players that still have have either money to be made or boost our top 17 scoring (or dare I say it, both), when we have a dead duck sitting there in Burns chewing up valuable cash and most importantly clogging up a EMG spot and not generating any cash...
The sensible play to cover C is Burns to Xerri, not Rava.
But I've been a campaigner for this for a while and it hasn't gained any traction. Im not grumpy, just want to continue to point for the betterment of out team what I think is the biggest mistake we've made in this team so far.
I'll have a think on the second trade. I agree with Matt that our round 12 team should be prioritised, but only if the player coming in makes sense. However, Im not sold on Sutton, or Fotuaika/Whitbread. Therefore perhaps using the CIB to upgrade our 17 is the play.
Sutton, after watching him last round, probably doesn't score well enough to warrant putting him in our 17 and therefore I think we'd be tying up way too much money in him for the sake of round 12 points and cash generation.
Fotuaika would have been my pick out of the Titans props, but his discipline issues have me worried. If he was behaving himself, it looks to me like he is probably slated for 45 tp 50 minutes as the starting prop, and we've seen what he can do when he gets minutes. I'd say he'd average somewhere in the 40 to 45 range with the potential to go big (maybe a good loop option). He will be as good a shot as any for a big round 12 score (at a cheap price) and should make us $150k at least prior to trading hi out at 12 - remember what he did last year during origin? Also, while I'll defer to the experts here, I think one of the concerns raised about Fotuakia after last weeks seemingly low minutes despite the James injury, is that they had more middles last week that they have slated this week. James's minutes, given he was on the edge were eaten up largely by their bench utility. I think if James had been a middle that game and they were one middle less on the bench, Fotu, probably plays 50+min last week. Am I wrong?
Whitbread has a much lower ceiling IMO if he is a bench prop. He probably maxes at 40 minutes and averages 5 to 10 less than Fotuaika. He may even drop out of the rotation completely when Wallace is back, assuming Fotuaika doesn't go out on the piss again... (I have no idea if thats what he actually did). I think he is a bit of a risk... Why didnt he play rounds 1-4? Was he injured or just not considered? Cause week 3, even with Fotuaika not selected, he didnt play. Titans may well go with a prop rotation on Wallace, Fotuaika, Boyd, and King right? with Hipgrave and a bench utility as the other two bench spots.
Long post - TLDR
Burns to Xeri
Not convinced on Sutton/Mofo/Whitbread so perhaps Cleary/RTS is the play
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