H.sun supercoach

[Rocco Jones]

1926, first time under 2k in a while.

Bock, Roo and Dangerfield going down didn't help things, neither did my "masterstroke" of bringing in Seaby for Tippet (although I suppose it sorta did in a way).

Yeah, Seaby for Tippett sounds like a good trade still. Don't worry it's only one week. I am normally hesitant to go for guys like Seaby, players who haven't done too much SC wise and then have 2 big games. He really seems to suit their stoppage style and is sure to make you a bit of money. Much better than having Tippett anyway.

Bock and Dangerfield really are bad luck, the double whammy is that their price drops because of the low score that comes with an injury. Do you have good defensive cover? I have Maguire as my 8th defender and could probably carry an injury in the area for a couple of weeks.

You can package in a Roo and Dangerfield/Bock trade. Make some money on the Roo trade and upgrade one of the Crows.

[Rocco Jones]

2300-ish I think (which would be my second 2300+ score in three weeks -- happy!) with Roo not firing. I'm not sure what to do with him -- already have Browny, ROK et al.. Pav worth it RJ?


Well I have him! His price should be decent with the Essendon low score. Considering your scoring power, I might keep the advice to myself next time though! :)



My subs scored reasonably this week -- McGuire, Bastinac, Pods, and Rockliff, also Silvagni has been good the first two weeks -- so may look to bring them into the 22 in coming weeks.


Guys like these are the life blood of a good SC team. Score decently when needed and give you the money to upgrade your players (basically themselves).



Only changes I would have made in hindsight to my original choices would be Macelski for Kennelly, and Hally for Gia (purely on money terms). Both Kennelly and Gia haven't been terrible, and still have the potential for coming good at a 95+ average, I guess. No real need to trade yet, but was tempted to move Everitt on for Macelski. Oh, also dodged a bullet -- nearly traded Dangerfield in this week.

Yep. I had Macelski and took him out, spewing! But like I said earlier, I also had Tippett and took him out.

[ledge]

Do we get trades this week and if so will Riewoldts price drop?
First year i have done this so not sure how it works.

[Rocco Jones]

2103 for me this week; a midfield of Ablett, Boyd and Hodge certainly helps. My ruckmen are killing me (Jolly and Warnock).

Over the next few weeks, Rockliff should prove to be a handy investment.

Luckily, most ruckmen are struggling anyway. Sandilands is looking extremely valuable.

[LostDoggy]

Hey RJ, thanks for the advice -- already have ROK, Brown, Harvey, and Betts, so don't know where to go from here. Really spewing that Nick's gone down from a Supercoach perspective, actually -- I was all settled on my forwardline, and now I have to waste a trade on a lower scoring player and have leftover money (which I hate).

I'm almost tempted to just leave Roo in and play Rockliff and Pods for as long as I can and wait for him to come back and save myself a trade.

Also, why does Gia not score better in Supercoach? It's always a curious one for me -- he makes so many assists, and gets a bit of the pill, but he rarely breaks 100. I was hoping that this was a year he would (as he's had his best pre-season in a while) but just doesn't look like ever being a big scorer.

[Rocco Jones]

Do we get trades this week and if so will Riewoldts price drop?
First year i have done this so not sure how it works.

You get 20 trades a season and a max of 2 a week.

Roo will only drop about $5k due to his massive first 2 games.

[LostDoggy]

Well I have him! His price should be decent with the Essendon low score. Considering your scoring power, I might keep the advice to myself next time though! :)

Hehe -- it's good that we have some decent Supercoaches in here though (with yourself our genuine superstar, our 'Gablett' I guess!). Iron sharpens iron, so we all make each other better, I think.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Riewoldt, Tippett and Dangerfield.

Ouch.


How do you change someone from one position to another?

[Rocco Jones]

Hey RJ, who are the forwards doing well? Pav looks like the obvious one for me -- already have ROK, Brown, Harvey, and Betts. Really spewing that Nick's gone down from a Supercoach perspective, actually -- I was all settled on my forwardline, and now I have to waste a trade on a lower scoring player and have leftover money (which I hate).


That little bloke running rings around us today looks a decent forward option.



I'm almost tempted to just leave Roo in and play Rockliff and Pods for as long as I can and wait for him to come back and save myself a trade.


He is out for a very long time.


Also, why does Gia not score better in Supercoach? It's always a curious one for me -- he makes so many assists, and gets a bit of the pill, but he rarely breaks 100. I was hoping that this was a year he would (as he's had his best pre-season in a while) but just doesn't look like ever being a big scorer.

He is a funny one. I was considering him too this year but his poor SC conversion put me off. I think it's partly due to his role. Delivering the ball inside 50 means you're a lot more prone to ineffective kicks/clangers than someone playing off HBF for instance. It's also a reason I avoided Bobby.

[Rocco Jones]

Riewoldt, Tippett and Dangerfield.

Ouch.


How do you change someone from one position to another?

You need a wingman.

If you have say Tippett who is a ruck/forward, you need another ruck/forward in the other position. Say you have Lobbe who is also a R/F in rucks and Tippett in the forwards, you can swap them,

[Happy Days]

Bock and Dangerfield really are bad luck, the double whammy is that their price drops because of the low score that comes with an injury. Do you have good defensive cover? I have Maguire as my 8th defender and could probably carry an injury in the area for a couple of weeks.

You can package in a Roo and Dangerfield/Bock trade. Make some money on the Roo trade and upgrade one of the Crows.

My defensive cover is pretty good (McGuire and Silvagni), so I might look to just hold on Bock, although then both will have to play next week, as I'm covering for Hurn also.

How bad is Dangerfield's injury?

[LostDoggy]

That little bloke running rings around us today looks a decent forward option.

He is a funny one. I was considering him too this year but his poor SC conversion put me off. I think it's partly due to his role. Delivering the ball inside 50 means you're a lot more prone to ineffective kicks/clangers than someone playing off HBF for instance. It's also a reason I avoided Bobby.

Cyril is somewhat undervalued isn't he. Chapman is the other tempting one (a lot more expensive) but he could twang a hammy any moment too.

Bobby put me off for the same reason but I just had a gut feel that Gia would be the main beneficiary of Hally's presence, both in racking up the assists but also perhaps getting among the goals a bit more as a goalsneak. Hasn't worked out that way yet, but he seems to be getting closer. I thought he scored better today than he did.

[mighty_west]

2016 for myself.

Dangerfield injured didn't help, although Pods scoring 102 was a nice little boost, good to see Barry also with a healthy return.

[Rocco Jones]

Cyril is somewhat undervalued isn't he. Chapman is the other tempting one (a lot more expensive) but he could twang a hammy any moment too.

Bobby put me off for the same reason but I just had a gut feel that Gia would be the main beneficiary of Hally's presence, both in racking up the assists but also perhaps getting among the goals a bit more as a goalsneak. Hasn't worked out that way yet, but he seems to be getting closer. I thought he scored better today than he did.

Yep.

Didak. Goodes and Buddy aren't bad options either.

[mighty_west]

He is out for a very long time.



Yep, and listening to Richo who had a similar injury, might be hard for Roo to come back anywhere near his best for the rest of the season, hammy's that bad can haunt a player for quite a while.

I am not normally one to gloat or be happy when players get injured, but if he comes back and is nowhere near his best for the second half of the season, makes the Saints a much poorer side.....:)

[LostDoggy]

Didak. Goodes and Buddy aren't bad options either.

Buddy + Didak -- I know it shouldn't be personal, but I just can't see myself having Buddy or Didak in my side. Buddy getting owned by Lakey (but still scoring decently, I see) probably makes my decision easier.

Goodes -- had him initially (before Round 1), then went with Browny and ROK, so may well be an option.

Thanks so much RJ! One of the scores I'm most interested in every round is our 'average score' for the leagues I play in, and where it sits relative to everyone else's. If we can get the WOOF leagues up there, it would be a testament to our relative football knowledge, which I think stacks up against any other group of people out there.

[LostDog]

2450 isnt a bad score

[Rocco Jones]

2450 isnt a bad score

That's a great score any week and a stunning score this week.

[LostDoggy]

2450 isnt a bad score

Amazing! Great anytime one breaks 2400. Well done!

[anfo27]

2450 isnt a bad score

Great score. Whats been your score for the first 2 rounds?

Disaster this week for me, after having 2 great weeks of over 2400 just got over the 2000 mark this time.

[boydogs]

How do you change someone from one position to another?


You need a wingman.

If you have say Tippett who is a ruck/forward, you need another ruck/forward in the other position. Say you have Lobbe who is also a R/F in rucks and Tippett in the forwards, you can swap them,

To check whether a player can play in multiple positions, click on their name and a window will appear telling you which position/s they can play in

If you do have a pair of players that can play in the same two positions with one currently in one position and the other player in the other position, selecting the S for Substitute button that you would normally use to send a player to the bench will highlight the player in the other area of the ground for you to swap to

On a side note - great to see the increase in SC strategy talk on this site - a lot of footy knowledge on here that could translate into great SC insights

[LostDog]

1960 round 1
2146 round 2
2450 round 3

[LostDog]

75 out of 348,937 jesus
never would have thought i would of cracked the top 100

[LostDoggy]

Horrible round for me...horrible. Hargrave got 9, Riewoldt 25, my two rucks got 78 between them, my benched (emergency) ruck got 121. Thursfield was injured so I was one down in the backline anyway (I knew that would happen, but I didn't have any trades left). Round 3 score: 1,789.

[jazzadogs]

2183. Dangerfield and Riewoldt going down was not nice.

LostDog, that is an insane score, particularly this week when so many key players had injuries/down weeks.

[Go_Dogs]

Managed to get 2279 this week, which is one of my better scores in the few years I've been doing SC.

Traded out Bock for Malceski today (who rose by $90k odd today, and Bock dropped by about $50k!).

Hoping that Gray will be back this week, as I'd prefer to keep him rather than upgrade a forward at the moment. Thankfully Rockliff went alright, and Roberts continues to get a game (and score poo) for the Tigers.

[Mofra]

Just under 2000. Riewoldt as Captain & Dangerfield's injury really hurt.
Glad to have traded out Tippett & Clark last week.

[DOG GOD]

I've really got to get Tippet out of my team. He is killing me :)

Roo has to go as well, so not sure what to do with these 2 guys haha.

Ranked around 3,000th atm, and the funny thing is my bro (no we dont have the same 22 starting players) is ranked the EXACT same score and position as me after 3 rounds :)

[G-Mo77]

just over 2K for me.

Not bad considering the injuries to Riewoldt, Tippett and Dangerfield.

I have some serious problems is Danger and Tippet are serious. Roo for Brown this week. Don't know what I'll do if the other 2 are out for extended periods. I have Gumby and Roberts as backups. :(

[mighty_west]

2450 isnt a bad score

Sensational score, well done LD.

[Sockeye Salmon]

I've really got to get Tippet out of my team. He is killing me :)

Roo has to go as well, so not sure what to do with these 2 guys haha.

Ranked around 3,000th atm, and the funny thing is my bro (no we dont have the same 22 starting players) is ranked the EXACT same score and position as me after 3 rounds :)

I can move Dangerfield into the midfield as a swap for Ziebel and then put Dangerfield on the bench for Bastinac, so I can carry Dangerfield for a week or two no problems.

I have $47K in the bank so I can swap Riewoldt and Tippett for Brown and Rioli and have $1400 left over.

[LostDoggy]

I've got Franklin and Dangerfield in my forwardline on the bench. Don't know whether to trade one away for Rioli or just hang on and wait. Don't want to waste trades but I can't see Franklin getting back into form anytime soon. I think Dangerfield might miss a week and then get back against us.

Also, Hooker is giving me nothing, he lost me money - should have picked up Silvagni or Pears in my backline.

[stefoid]

2111/6411

this week:
OUT riewolt, renouf

IN: rioli, sandilands

I find the defenders easy to pick, forwards are tricky.

[Go_Dogs]

I can move Dangerfield into the midfield as a swap for Ziebel and then put Dangerfield on the bench for Bastinac, so I can carry Dangerfield for a week or two no problems.

Yet to be ruled out for this week, and looking likely he'll miss only one at the most. Having a final set of scans today I believe. Good news for the young fella.

[Mofra]

I have Dangerfield - if he's only out for a couple of weeks I'll bring Hitchcock or Rockliff off the bench.

Glad I got rid of Tippett & Clark last week, however I will now have used 3 trades in 2 weeks when I trade in RoK for Riewoldt.

[The Coon Dog]

when I trade in RoK for Riewoldt.

Seems the obvious one, provided you have Brown.

Anyone else have the one rule I have? My Captain just cannot be someone who is playing the Western Bulldogs. I would have had Hodge as my Captain last week....

[Mofra]

Anyone else have the one rule I have? My Captain just cannot be someone who is playing the Western Bulldogs. I would have had Hodge as my Captain last week....
No starting Carlton players on the ground. I would feel like I have soiled my soul if I found myself cheering for one of them. They are pure evil.

[Mantis]

No starting Carlton players on the ground. I would feel like I have soiled my soul if I found myself cheering for one of them. They are pure evil.

I had 2 last week. :mad:

Warnock had to play due to Ottens missing and I always select Gibbs as he is a consistent SC performer.

[Doc26]

Seems the obvious one, provided you have Brown.

Anyone else have the one rule I have? My Captain just cannot be someone who is playing the Western Bulldogs. I would have had Hodge as my Captain last week....

My first rule of Supecoach is to first have GAJ in my side, my second rule is to ALWAYS have him selected as Captain, assuming of course he's not out injured. The cost of not doing so generally far outweighs the possible picking up a few extra points for the odd occasion he's nullified to the low 100s

[westdog54]

I haven't traded Ward out yet, only because I've burned a couple of trades already and my midfield is doing fine without him.

[stefoid]

Seems the obvious one, provided you have Brown.

Anyone else have the one rule I have? My Captain just cannot be someone who is playing the Western Bulldogs. I would have had Hodge as my Captain last week....

Yeah, ablett may cost $700+, but thats OK because his score always counts twice.

[aker39]

I'm playing you this week TCD.

Bring it on

[The Coon Dog]

I'm playing you this week TCD.

Bring it on

1-0 to you, I seriously suck at this, though I did get 2,086 last week. A very big score for me. I only ever want to beat 2 people; FDOTM & The Coon Pup (nice to have bragging rights at home).

[Go_Dogs]

Looks like Robbie Gray will miss again - d'oh! Already used my 2 trades this week.

[Mantis]

Lose Riewoldt, Waite & Bock this week.

S**t!!!

[LostDoggy]

Brock Mclean not playing, hope Lewis Jetta has the game of his life, spewing I picked him instead of Moles.

I don't have the 'no bulldog captains' rule TCD but I do have a 'No Collingwood Players' rule aswell as 'Captain no more than 2 weeks in a row' rule (which I wish Supercoach had to make those GabJr selectors use their brains) :D

[Go_Dogs]

Gray is on an extended bench - hopefully he plays, and scores big!

What I'm struggling with at the moment is deciding who I want on the field and who as substitute in a few positions.

[LostDoggy]

Gray is on an extended bench - hopefully he plays, and scores big!

What I'm struggling with at the moment is deciding who I want on the field and who as substitute in a few positions.

Yeah its hard, and hurts when you have a close match that comes down to the last 40-50 points if you have someone scoring on your bench (pods 110 for me last week) :rolleyes:

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Too many injuries. Killing me.

Decided to cut my losses with Waite and bring in Malceski. I already have Kennelly though so a little worried about having two backs from the same side. In any case, Waite doesn't lookg reat coming back from a reco.

I really need Hurn, Burgoyne and Franklin to return.

[Doc26]

Too many injuries. Killing me.

Decided to cut my losses with Waite and bring in Malceski. I already have Kennelly though so a little worried about having two backs from the same side. In any case, Waite doesn't lookg reat coming back from a reco.

I really need Hurn, Burgoyne and Franklin to return.

If you can hold out a week or two Shaggy's break even is very high this week due to his early exit last week. His price drop wont be too far off Waite's for what would be a close swap.

[The Coon Dog]

Out: Roo
In: ROK

Wonder how many have made that trade (or J. Brown) this week?

[ledge]

I did the Brown trade.

[The Coon Dog]

I did the Brown trade.

Hope that fails miserably!

Just this week though. ;)

[LostDoggy]

Havn't made my move yet. I'll have a look at it around lunchtime today.

[ledge]

Hope that fails miserably!

Just this week though. ;)

good point, so do I. ;)

[Doc26]

Hope that fails miserably!

Just this week though. ;)

i hope he scores another 150+ AND we win the four points

[The Coon Dog]

i hope he scores another 150+ AND we win the four points

I reckon if Brown scores 150 points Brisbane will win.

[Doc26]

I reckon if Brown scores 150 points Brisbane will win.

that's a pretty fair point TCD although didn't stop gazza and hodgey last week knocking up 150+ scores in losing sides. Browny getting 150+ though probably does mean there's been a fair bit of goal scoring carnage

[LostDoggy]

(which I wish Supercoach had to make those GabJr selectors use their brains) :D

We did -- that's why we made him captain. Sometimes the best decisions are the most obvious, and there is a thing as being too smart for your own good. :)

[Mantis]

We did -- that's why we made him captain. Sometimes the best decisions are the most obvious, and there is a thing as being too smart for your own good. :)

Best you change you captain this week to someone who is likely to score 50pts.... Yep, I'm playing you in the head to head.

[Doc26]

We did -- that's why we made him captain. Sometimes the best decisions are the most obvious, and there is a thing as being too smart for your own good. :)

Yeah like in Round 2 deciding to go with Swan as Captain over Gazza when there was rumour he had a calf complaint. Cost me 60 odd points :mad:

[ledge]

Speaking of captains and false info, i got told because of the early start of the first round you could change captain after the first game, so I went Ohalpin and had all intentions of changing to Ablett on the Friday thus giving me 2 captains for the week, sadly it wasnt true and I got stuck with Ohalpin!

[aker39]

Speaking of captains and false info, i got told because of the early start of the first round you could change captain after the first game, so I went Ohalpin and had all intentions of changing to Ablett on the Friday thus giving me 2 captains for the week, sadly it wasnt true and I got stuck with Ohalpin!

You were not allowed to change any Richmond or Carlton players.


PS - do you really think they would allow you to have 2 captains:confused:

[Doc26]

Speaking of captains and false info, i got told because of the early start of the first round you could change captain after the first game, so I went Ohalpin and had all intentions of changing to Ablett on the Friday thus giving me 2 captains for the week, sadly it wasnt true and I got stuck with Ohalpin!

Ledge, the false info was not so much incorrect but more in how you went about it. That is, to correctly play out what you were trying to achieve you needed to choose O'Hailpin as your Vice Captain and a Captain that wasn't a Richmond or Carlton player as they would become locked at early lockout. So you could've chosen Ablett as your Captain pre lockout and IF O'Hailpin scored 150+ etc then change Gazza to one of your non playing players enabling you to pick up your Vice Captain's points as Captain.

[LostDoggy]

Best you change you captain this week to someone who is likely to score 50pts.... Yep, I'm playing you in the head to head.

Oh yeah, I didn't even realise that the leagues started this week! All the best.. it's going to be tight in the main WOOF league this year, lots of very consistent high scorers (just checked, and 12 of the 16 of us are averaging 2000+ after 3 rounds, and we are ranked in the top 1000 of leagues). Maximum carnage ahead.

[Go_Dogs]

We need to get a tally running combining all the WOOF Leagues, so we can crown our ultimate champion.

I'm not sure which WOOF League I am in, but I'm averaging 2201 so far, and am in 5th place.

[LostDoggy]

We need to get a tally running combining all the WOOF Leagues, so we can crown our ultimate champion.

I'm not sure which WOOF League I am in, but I'm averaging 2201 so far, and am in 5th place.

And we could do our own finals -- top 4 from each league goes into a draw of sorts in the last 4 weeks or so and we just publish the scores head-to-head right here.

My money is on RJ.

[Rocco Jones]

All week I was planning to trade in Cyril but today's article about his groin spooked me. Went in with Brennan.

Loved Nic Nat's game tonight.

[LostDoggy]

Took Naitanui out & put him on the bench, what a mistake.

[DOG GOD]

Traded roo for harvey this week.

Decided to give Tippett another chance against a blues defense without Waite and Thornton...if he cant perform then he is a SPUD. If i couldve afforded Higgins this week for Tippett i wouldve done that trade, but was 4,000 short, so I'm hoping Tippett can get a good score and Missy drop slightly so i can possibly make the trade next week :)

[Go_Dogs]

All week I was planning to trade in Cyril but today's article about his groin spooked me. Went in with Brennan.

Loved Nic Nat's game tonight.

:eek: What is wrong with his groins?



Nic Nat was very good last night. I was hoping Cox would wait another week or 2 before returning to form though.

[LostDoggy]

All week I was planning to trade in Cyril but today's article about his groin spooked me. Went in with Brennan.

Loved Nic Nat's game tonight.

Well lets hope that doesnt work out....this week ;)

I have about 8 players in this Dogs/Lions game, it's not a good thing when you have players who are bound to play on each other in your team :rolleyes:

[anfo27]

Traded roo for harvey this week.

Decided to give Tippett another chance against a blues defense without Waite and Thornton...if he cant perform then he is a SPUD. If i couldve afforded Higgins this week for Tippett i wouldve done that trade, but was 4,000 short, so I'm hoping Tippett can get a good score and Missy drop slightly so i can possibly make the trade next week :)

I wouldn't count on it Dog God. Tippett needs to score somewhere in the region of 160+ to break even this week while Missy needs 85.

[Rocco Jones]

:eek: What is wrong with his groins?



Nic Nat was very good last night. I was hoping Cox would wait another week or 2 before returning to form though.

Hurt it in January and has only been running for the last month. I read an article yesterday saying it still is causing him pain and that he hardly trains. He is being managed well it seems but a bit too risky for me. I feared that part of the management would be missing some games. Nearly still picked him and think he will be a good pick up.


I am trying to be safe this year, I think having to take risks to win is a bit of a myth.

[The Coon Dog]

Half time & Brown has 5 points & Lake has 80! :eek:

[LostDoggy]

I had Lake in my team & took him out before round 1, i wonder if i will regret it later in the season?

[AndrewP6]

Bob Murphy got 19 in tonight's game. Perhaps a point for each cock-up...

[LostDoggy]

So glad I put Moles on the bench last week...23 points, horrible. Murphy, what can I say, for a player who wasn't injured at all during the match, it's almost impressive how rubbish he was, almost.

And AndrewP6, is Cooney your captain? Because he got 93.

[AndrewP6]

So glad I put Moles on the bench last week...23 points, horrible. Murphy, what can I say, for a player who wasn't injured at all during the match, it's almost impressive how rubbish he was, almost.

And AndrewP6, is Cooney your captain? Because he got 93.

Yeah, I'd forgotten that. Changed the post.

[LostDoggy]

Kerr out for 3 months, just announced on Channel 10.

[Go_Dogs]

Well, I'm absolutely flying this year (by my previous standards) finished 1,248th for the week and I'm sitting 3,826th overall, scored 2270 and have got my average up to 2218.


Quick question or piece of advice wanted from the more experienced:

I'm considering upgrading this week, trading in Duffield and Schmidt for, say perhaps Gram and Ladson which would give $117k cash surplus. I've only got 16 trades left for the season. Is this a good idea?

[stefoid]

Ouch, got burnt badly by murph and moles this week.

1954 pts !

[Mofra]

Murphy killed me, as did Chris Masten from WCE. Have some spare cash so will look to upgrade Masten to a keeper (Judd would break my Carlton rule - K Cornes?)

[Sockeye Salmon]

I lost by about 20 points.

He had Jack Riewoldt and I had Murphy. Riewoldt scores 140-odd and Murphy 19. I'll never work out this game.

[G-Mo77]

Got a win, Tippett and Dangerfield really are hurting me. Newman backing out didn't help either.

[DOG GOD]

Tippett is killing me :)

Got major problems in my mids with Mitchell, Selwood and Ball all getting under 70. Still got 2062 for the week but dropped 2000 odd positions overall which hurts.

[Doc26]

Glad Swan and Pendles got on the scoreboard this week, had been hurting with the $$$ invested. Although Rockliff hurt us, particularly in the last quarter, he did provide good coverage with Buddy on my bench. Now what to do with Jarrad Waite ??

[anfo27]

Well, I'm absolutely flying this year (by my previous standards) finished 1,248th for the week and I'm sitting 3,826th overall, scored 2270 and have got my average up to 2218.


Quick question or piece of advice wanted from the more experienced:

I'm considering upgrading this week, trading in Duffield and Schmidt for, say perhaps Gram and Ladson which would give $117k cash surplus. I've only got 16 trades left for the season. Is this a good idea?

Its not a bad idea Griff cause Gram is far too inconsistent for supercoach and Duffield does get a lot of it but again is a little inconsistent but i would rather have Duffield over Gram.

Schmidt for Ladson is a 50/50 though. Ladson still has a capacity to make you some more money and the way Adelaide are going you don't know who is going to get dropped. I haven't seen the kid play but if you have and are confident he will stay in the team for a while yet then i would make the trade because he does have 2 good scores behind him and there are not a lot of good defensive rookies that will come through.

[BulldogBelle]

Tippett is killing me :)

He's killing me too...I will try and perservere with him for another week or two.

[G-Mo77]

So I was one of the many stupid people who put Relton Roberts into the side. I'm thinking of swapping him for Pod's this week I'm just a little concerned about his playing time I think he'll be dropped as soon as he has a bad one.

Do I go for him or a safer option like Rockliff?

[Go_Dogs]

So I was one of the many stupid people who put Relton Roberts into the side. I'm thinking of swapping him for Pod's this week I'm just a little concerned about his playing time I think he'll be dropped as soon as he has a bad one.

Do I go for him or a safer option like Rockliff?

Hmm, it's a tough one isn't it?

I've already got Rockliff and has has done OK both weeks. Like yourself, I have Roberts, and am also considering a trade to Podsiadly.

[LostDoggy]

Well, I'm absolutely flying this year (by my previous standards) finished 1,248th for the week and I'm sitting 3,826th overall, scored 2270 and have got my average up to 2218.


Quick question or piece of advice wanted from the more experienced:

I'm considering upgrading this week, trading in Duffield and Schmidt for, say perhaps Gram and Ladson which would give $117k cash surplus. I've only got 16 trades left for the season. Is this a good idea?

Great start to the season! i'm in a similiar position (ranked 3509th) finished just inside the top 1000 last season so looking to improve on that!

In regards to your 2 trades, the Ladson to Schmidt trade looks like it could be a good one. But it depends if your planning to bench Schmidt or start him on the ground? I personally wouldn't have him starting but he looks like he's going to be a good money maker as Bock is out for atleast another 2-3 weeks and even then on his current form he wouldn't be dropped! So if you have Maguire? Or Waters? to start instead of him then i say go for it!

It may also be the last opportunity to get a good rookie backmen to swap Ladson for, no others are really looking like it. Maybe Sheppard from West Coast if he gets a run.

I don't think the Gram > Duffield trade is a good trade however.. Gram has been pretty good this year (average of around 90) and i can only see his scoring potential increasing now that Rewoildt has gone down.. With Goddard, Dal Santo ect spending a bit of time forward it will allow Gram to play more of a midfield role.

I do think Duffield will average more than Gram throughout the year but seeing as you have used 4 trades already i wouldn't be pulling the trigger on Gram yet. Grams price will continue to rise slowly over the next couple of weeks. Maybe if you have no underperformers/Injuries in a couple of weeks then look to upgrade him to a gun backmen.

I just think being down to 14 trades this early is a little bit risky, keeping in mind that in a couple of weeks when your bench players have peaked in there price and your trading them for other rookies to make money, to upgrade other players on the ground it's essentially costing you 2 trades to upgrade 1 player. Not to mention injuries!!!

Hope this helps Goodluck!

[Rocco Jones]

Pretty happy with my start. 604th overall with 19 trades left.

[Go_Dogs]

Hope this helps Goodluck!

Cheers Jaytee, very helpful - given me a bit to think about. :D

[LostDoggy]

Pretty happy with my start. 604th overall with 19 trades left.

Noice. I'm 1674th with 18 (and a cunning plan). Breaking the top 500 would be a real achievement for me.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Looks like I'm gonna finally pull the plug on Burgoyne. Out for another 3-6 weeks. Should I trade in for Lewis (Price is low) or Hill? I figure Hill will decline in the second part of the year.

I need another good scorer in the back half. Ladson and Krakouer haven't been great. I can't afford to carry them plus Nason and Trengove. Nason is good for an emergency, so I think I need to trade either Krakouer or Ladson.

[G-Mo77]

I need another good scorer in the back half. Ladson and Krakouer haven't been great. I can't afford to carry them plus Nason and Trengove. Nason is good for an emergency, so I think I need to trade either Krakouer or Ladson.

Those backline players are hard to fill out IMO.

How much cash do you have to play with?

Waters, Malceski, Gwilt, Hunt and McPharlin are some cheapies off the top of my head. I wouldn't rush out to trade any in though I just listed them because they're around the Krakouer and Ladson price. All those players were best suited to start in the team from Round 1.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Those backline players are hard to fill out IMO.

How much cash do you have to play with?

Waters, Malceski, Gwilt, Hunt and McPharlin are some cheapies off the top of my head. I wouldn't rush out to trade any in though I just listed them because they're around the Krakouer and Ladson price. All those players were best suited to start in the team from Round 1.

I've got $404,600 so I am thinking about upgrading to O'Brien.

However if I do that, it'll mean I won't be able to land Lewis. Perhaps going with a Waters/McPharlin type is the best option.

[G-Mo77]

I've got $404,600 so I am thinking about upgrading to O'Brien.

However if I do that, it'll mean I won't be able to land Lewis. Perhaps going with a Waters/McPharlin type is the best option.

It's kind of sideways though which I always find a waste. Maybe downgrade another player and go for a more consistent scorer.

[ledge]

Backline players i look for the run off types eg Harbrow because they get a lot more posessions than blokes like Morris, which is quite wrong if you really take in a players set task and how well its achieved.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

It's kind of sideways though which I always find a waste. Maybe downgrade another player and go for a more consistent scorer.

Good point. Might hold off for a few more rounds first.

Anyone think Jordan Lewis is worth the punt? He hasn't scored too well this season and as a result his price has dropped around 70k already.

How has he done in previous seasons etc.?

[Scorlibo]

Good point. Might hold off for a few more rounds first.

Anyone think Jordan Lewis is worth the punt? He hasn't scored too well this season and as a result his price has dropped around 70k already.

How has he done in previous seasons etc.?

He is certainly better than his current output, but I don't think he is a great scorer. He's the sort who is on the verge of SC gun status and it's frustrating having those types in your end team. If his price drops by a total of about 140k I would consider him, but then he would have to play very badly to drop that low in the first place, with no guarantees he will turn it around. Sam Mitchell and Simon Black are the two who will both drop sub-450k and who will be good value guns.

2025 this week for me. 2, 816th overall. Murph and Bazza are both causing me headaches. I hope at least one of them can up their average to 90+ because it would cost me precious trades to trade them both out.

On the Podsiadly situation, he is very unlikely to hold a 90+ average, thus you don't want him in your end team - he is a cash cow. If you already have reasonably successful cash cows, my advice is hold on to them because most successful cash cows will get their price up to the 300k trading mark anyway, and trades are like gold. If you have some spud cow like Relton Roberts then go for it:p.

[LostDoggy]

Good point. Might hold off for a few more rounds first.

Anyone think Jordan Lewis is worth the punt? He hasn't scored too well this season and as a result his price has dropped around 70k already.

How has he done in previous seasons etc.?

Lewis averaged 80 in 2008 (17 Games) and 91 in 2009 (19 Games)

www.tooserious.com.au is a great site to look at information like this.

Is very cheap at the moment and if the Hawks starting finding form his scoring should increase. Also Sewell coming back into the side should help him be released.
I suggest waiting another week if you can, see if his form improves and Lewis has to score 146 this week for his price not to go down even further..

In regards to your backline i suggest having a good look at Hargrave.. Bias aside he is getting VERY cheap due to getting injured early in the Hawthorn game and only scoring 9 points.. His another one who has very high breakeven and has to score 167 to not go down in price.

If he can get some form back this week, i can see him averaging 90-100 for the rest of the year and at his price at the moment would be a bargain.

[mighty_west]

Those backline players are hard to fill out IMO.

How much cash do you have to play with?

Waters, Malceski, Gwilt, Hunt and McPharlin are some cheapies off the top of my head. I wouldn't rush out to trade any in though I just listed them because they're around the Krakouer and Ladson price. All those players were best suited to start in the team from Round 1.

I have both Waters & Malceski in my backline, had Waters from the start, and brought in Malceski a few weeks back, both average pretty well for cheaper players, Waters a bargain @ $285.200 averaging 87.50.

Silvagni at Freo might also be a shot for a bargain basement player down back.

[Throughandthrough]

HELP

Podsiadly OR Rodcliff

!??!!!!!!!????????!!!!!!!

[LostDoggy]

Pods, but then again i may be a it biased hahahaah.........i had pods in my team when he was a rookie hahah.....was the 2nd player i selected, with will being the 2st haahah...and micky barlow 3rd...

But id go with Pods.....

[Rocco Jones]

HELP

Podsiadly OR Rodcliff

!??!!!!!!!????????!!!!!!!

I am going with both but I have only used 1 trade so far.

[LostDoggy]

Not sure if i should start Mumford or Naitanui?

[Doc26]

Not sure if i should start Mumford or Naitanui?

Not clear cut by any stretch JH40 but I'd lean towards NicNat with his greater probability over Mummy's for that 'big' score that we all love to see.

[Go_Dogs]

HELP

Podsiadly OR Rodcliff

!??!!!!!!!????????!!!!!!!

Rockliff has been pretty good for me so far, but Pods has a high average and should go up quite a bit over the coming weeks if he (and Geelong) can keep up their good form.

Rockliff possibly likely to play more matches over the course of the season, but really, either should be good selections.

[Throughandthrough]

Rockliff has been pretty good for me so far, but Pods has a high average and should go up quite a bit over the coming weeks if he (and Geelong) can keep up their good form.

Rockliff possibly likely to play more matches over the course of the season, but really, either should be good selections.

Got greedy and took both...

[mighty_west]

Had to make quite a few changes this week, even though i had a shocker, i won my first round and finished on top of the "family" ladder......:D

Had $500,000 in the bank, and with a policy from now on to not make so many changes, brought in Ablett, made him captain, Goddard is now my vc, also bringing in the big Brown Dog to bolster up the forward line, 2 massive in's.

Also had to bench a few injured players, fortunatly i have quite a few playing players sitting on the pine, Boyd & Moles out of the midfield, bringing in Lewis Jetta & Mitch Banner.

Jason Gram out of the backline, i could either bring in Shoenmaker & Collingwoods Nathan Brown who plays his first game this week, i took a punt & went with Brown, Shoenmaker only averages 50's.

Also have Jordy Roughead on the ruck bench, but declined to take out either Nic Nat or Mitch Clark.

[The Coon Dog]

I'm not sure how I managed it, but I was light on in the midfield & had plenty of forwards. I was clicking away on the 'S' button to see who I could substitute & somehow ended up moving ROK from the forward line to the midfield.

Buggered if I know how I did it to be honest, but I've got a full complement playing as a result.

[LostDoggy]

I'm not sure how I managed it, but I was light on in the midfield & had plenty of forwards. I was clicking away on the 'S' button to see who I could substitute & somehow ended up moving ROK from the forward line to the midfield.

Buggered if I know how I did it to be honest, but I've got a full complement playing as a result.

Yeah apparently you can do that now with players listed in dual positions.
Be buggered if I can figure it out though.

[The Coon Dog]

Yeah apparently you can do that now with players listed in dual positions.
Be buggered if I can figure it out though.
Just click the 'S' button under a players name & it will highlight who he can be subbed with.

[ledge]

Yeah apparently you can do that now with players listed in dual positions.
Be buggered if I can figure it out though.

Not being smart but i just started on this supercoach this year and was thinking does it matter where they play?

[The Coon Dog]

Not being smart but i just started on this supercoach this year and was thinking does it matter where they play?

Not really, but I'll try & explain something, see how I go.

Say you have Brendan Goddard & Luke Hodge in your team. Both can play midfield or you could have selected them as defenders.

Now Hodge is a defender in your team & Goddard is a mid. With me so far?

Say your 2 bench players in the backline don't get picked & Hodge goes out on Thursday thru injury. It means you now have 3 defenders not playing, so you're effectively 1 short.

What you can do is sub Hodge & Goddard with each other, so Goddard fills the spot up in defence, so you're no longer one short.

Hodge can then go to the bench in your midfield & one of your bench players (who is selected to play) can play instead of Hodge.

Hope that makes sense.

[ledge]

Thanks mate, luckily i havent had any problems that go that deep in any of my "lines", but if I do i will look out for that kind of change.

[mighty_west]

Not really, but I'll try & explain something, see how I go.

Say you have Brendan Goddard & Luke Hodge in your team. Both can play midfield or you could have selected them as defenders.

Now Hodge is a defender in your team & Goddard is a mid. With me so far?

Say your 2 bench players in the backline don't get picked & Hodge goes out on Thursday thru injury. It means you now have 3 defenders not playing, so you're effectively 1 short.

What you can do is sub Hodge & Goddard with each other, so Goddard fills the spot up in defence, so you're no longer one short.

Hodge can then go to the bench in your midfield & one of your bench players (who is selected to play) can play instead of Hodge.

Hope that makes sense.

I needed an extra ruck option last week, only going in with one playing ruck [Nick Nat], Mitch Clark is my other, but was suspended for the week, my 2 bench warmers are McEvoy & Jordan Roughead, and was hoping like mad that McEvoy got a late call up, not to be, if only i could have shifted Cooney into that ruck position! [he's done it before ;)]

[Sockeye Salmon]

Not really, but I'll try & explain something, see how I go.

Say you have Brendan Goddard & Luke Hodge in your team. Both can play midfield or you could have selected them as defenders.

Now Hodge is a defender in your team & Goddard is a mid. With me so far?

Say your 2 bench players in the backline don't get picked & Hodge goes out on Thursday thru injury. It means you now have 3 defenders not playing, so you're effectively 1 short.

What you can do is sub Hodge & Goddard with each other, so Goddard fills the spot up in defence, so you're no longer one short.

Hodge can then go to the bench in your midfield & one of your bench players (who is selected to play) can play instead of Hodge.

Hope that makes sense.

The real problem is trying to work out who are the dual position players. I knew Hodge was, but even though I have Goddard I didn't actually know he was dual position. Both of my dual position DEF/MID players are in my backline which gives me no flexibility at all.

Next time I cash in some money and need to pick up a $100K bench player I would like to get a MID/DEF but I can't find out who they are.

[Doc26]

The real problem is trying to work out who are the dual position players. I knew Hodge was, but even though I have Goddard I didn't actually know he was dual position. Both of my dual position DEF/MID players are in my backline which gives me no flexibility at all.

Next time I cash in some money and need to pick up a $100K bench player I would like to get a MID/DEF but I can't find out who they are.


Sockeye, these are all the DEF/MID MPPs available this year:

St Kilda Goddard, Brendon
Hawthorn Hodge, Luke
St Kilda Gram, Jason
North Melbourne Firrito, Michael
Geelong Cats Kelly, James
Carlton Carrazzo, Andrew
Adelaide Crows Doughty, Michael
Port Adelaide Cornes, Chad
Western Bulldogs Gilbee, Lindsay
Essendon Houli, Bachar
Port Adelaide Broadbent, Matthew
Port Adelaide Stewart, Paul
North Melbourne Greenwood, Levi
Hawthorn Ladson, Rick
Collingwood Buckley, Simon
Brisbane Lions Austin, Matt
Richmond Farmer, Mitch

[The Coon Dog]

Sockeye, these are all the DEF/MID MPPs available this year:

St Kilda Goddard, Brendon
Hawthorn Hodge, Luke
St Kilda Gram, Jason
North Melbourne Firrito, Michael
Geelong Cats Kelly, James
Carlton Carrazzo, Andrew
Adelaide Crows Doughty, Michael
Port Adelaide Cornes, Chad
Western Bulldogs Gilbee, Lindsay
Essendon Houli, Bachar
Port Adelaide Broadbent, Matthew
Port Adelaide Stewart, Paul
North Melbourne Greenwood, Levi
Hawthorn Ladson, Rick
Collingwood Buckley, Simon
Brisbane Lions Austin, Matt
Richmond Farmer, Mitch

So how have I managed to move ROK from the forward line to midfield?

[Go_Dogs]

So how have I managed to move ROK from the forward line to midfield?

He's a FWD/MID MPP, the list above was only referencing the DEF/MID MPP's.

[The Coon Dog]

He's a FWD/MID MPP, the list above was only referencing the DEF/MID MPP's.

Thank you.

[Doc26]

So how have I managed to move ROK from the forward line to midfield?

He's a FWD/MID MPP, the list above was only referencing the DEF/MID MPP's.

TCD, if you're interested this list is ALL the FWD/MID MPPs available.

Sydney Swans O'Keefe, Ryan
Collingwood Davis, Leon
Fremantle Pavlich, Matthew
Geelong Cats Chapman, Paul
Collingwood Didak, Alan
Sydney Swans Goodes, Adam
North Melbourne Harvey, Brent
Western Bulldogs Higgins, Shaun
Brisbane Lions Brennan, Jared
Melbourne Sylvia, Colin
Melbourne Petterd, Ricky
North Melbourne Ziebell, Jack
Adelaide Crows Dangerfield, Patrick
Hawthorn Morton, Jarryd
Hawthorn Osborne, Michael
Brisbane Lions Staker, Brent
Richmond Edwards, Shane
Sydney Swans Rohan, Gary
Geelong Cats Duncan, Mitch
Richmond Hicks, Robbie

[Sockeye Salmon]

TCD, if you're interested this list is ALL the FWD/MID MPPs available.

Sydney Swans O'Keefe, Ryan
Collingwood Davis, Leon
Fremantle Pavlich, Matthew
Geelong Cats Chapman, Paul
Collingwood Didak, Alan
Sydney Swans Goodes, Adam
North Melbourne Harvey, Brent
Western Bulldogs Higgins, Shaun
Brisbane Lions Brennan, Jared
Melbourne Sylvia, Colin
Melbourne Petterd, Ricky
North Melbourne Ziebell, Jack
Adelaide Crows Dangerfield, Patrick
Hawthorn Morton, Jarryd
Hawthorn Osborne, Michael
Brisbane Lions Staker, Brent
Richmond Edwards, Shane
Sydney Swans Rohan, Gary
Geelong Cats Duncan, Mitch
Richmond Hicks, Robbie

I didn't know they were all FOR/MID but I have O'Keefe, Pavlich, Higgins, Ziebell, Dangerfield and Rohan in my team. I guess I'm OK for FOR/MID flexibility.

[Doc26]

I didn't know they were all FOR/MID but I have O'Keefe, Pavlich, Higgins, Ziebell, Dangerfield and Rohan in my team. I guess I'm OK for FOR/MID flexibility.

Yes they are all FWD/MID MPPs. The flexibility works so long as you have at least one, two I'd say for worst case scenario, across both your forward and mid lines. Doesn't work otherwise. Even though Rohan hasn't played a game yet he holds significant value simply by being able to sit on either of your mid or fwd benches if you're short for coverage.

[cinder]

And the question is, will Johnno Brown play???

[DOG GOD]

And the question is, will Johnno Brown play???

Very doubtful. I read Voss playing it down as usual, but u would think that if he wasnt quite right, missing against Melb would be the team (other than tigers ofcourse), so having said that i expect JBrown to not play, therefore my emerg of Pods to come in :)

[Rocco Jones]

Very doubtful. I read Voss playing it down as usual, but u would think that if he wasnt quite right, missing against Melb would be the team (other than tigers ofcourse), so having said that i expect JBrown to not play, therefore my emerg of Pods to come in :)

cough*Adelaide*cough

[cinder]

Very doubtful. I read Voss playing it down as usual, but u would think that if he wasnt quite right, missing against Melb would be the team (other than tigers ofcourse), so having said that i expect JBrown to not play, therefore my emerg of Pods to come in :)

Yeah I agree. Therefore I took him off as Captain!

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Murph is killing me, I hope his scoring picks up!

[mighty_west]

Murph is killing me, I hope his scoring picks up!

Likewise, Moles's late inclusion also hurt me [i benched him], pinning my hopes on Banner scoring well after Moles scored 90's.

[LostDoggy]

Had Moles on my bench also, but decided to switch to Jetta for emergency. Turns out Palmer for Freo isn't playing & i have t take the Jetta score, not happy.

Have used 7 players so far, got over 700.

[Mofra]

Murphy & Masten are like two albatross' around my neck at the moment. I can persist with Murph but Masten is due to be upgraded.
Rockliff & Brown hurt but Brown will recover in time & Rockliff as a rookie so fluctuations are to be expected.

Seriously thinking about a Judd upgrade (breaking my Carlton rule) but will wait to see how he goes.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Brown, Murphy, Rioli and Bastinac gave me about 140 between them. I look like coming in about 2100 and will get beat by about 300 points.

[comrade]

Seriously thinking about a Judd upgrade (breaking my Carlton rule) but will wait to see how he goes.

Stay strong Mofra - SC isn't worth it.

[mighty_west]

Murphy & Masten are like two albatross' around my neck at the moment. I can persist with Murph but Masten is due to be upgraded.
Rockliff & Brown hurt but Brown will recover in time & Rockliff as a rookie so fluctuations are to be expected.

Seriously thinking about a Judd upgrade (breaking my Carlton rule) but will wait to see how he goes.

Was reported yesterday that JB may have OP.

[LostDoggy]

Murphy & Masten are like two albatross' around my neck at the moment. I can persist with Murph but Masten is due to be upgraded.
Rockliff & Brown hurt but Brown will recover in time & Rockliff as a rookie so fluctuations are to be expected.

Seriously thinking about a Judd upgrade (breaking my Carlton rule) but will wait to see how he goes.

Same here but i had enough of masten last week and got rid of him, Murph might feel the axe this week. Unlike Rocket i don't given proven players long to find form lol

[LostDoggy]

Shocking week, lost in all 3 leagues ended up with 1827..

Need a better defence..they averaged 65 against my opponents 100-110..ouch.

[angelopetraglia]

2237 this week. Not too bad.

G. Ablett as captain is a must. 172 points this week. He is just an absolute lock every week for captain.

[Go_Dogs]

Just scraped over the 2200 barrier this week, quite a few players letting me down.

Hopefully the Brown situation is not as dire as alluded to above, because he'll drop down quite a bit in $ this week, and that might work against a straight forward swap to another A grader.

[cinder]

2237 this week. Not too bad.

G. Ablett as captain is a must. 172 points this week. He is just an absolute lock every week for captain.

Agreed. I'd had Brown and ROK last week, changed to Gazza and ROK. Gazza killed it this week!

[BulldogBelle]

Gazza killed it this week!

Didn't he just, he is the first person I choose each year when I enter SC or DT teams.

[Mofra]

2,351 thanks in part to Gazza.

Brown & Masten under the gun (if the OP rumours are true).

[mighty_west]

2183 for me, like many, the Ablett factor helped, the Moles situation didn't, and will also keep an eye on the situation with Jono Brown, either O'Keefe or Pav could be decent replacements.

[angelopetraglia]

What also killed me was Bastinac (28) playing while Trengrove (127) and Martin (100) sat on the bench!

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Didn't he just, he is the first person I choose each year when I enter SC or DT teams.

If it wasn't for him today I would've had another sub 2000 point round. He singlehandedly got me over the line today.

[comrade]

SuperCoach can get stuffed.

[Rocco Jones]

I have a bad week with 2156. I think I need to cut a couple of passengers loose. Welcome to pomp and ceremony Mr. Judd.

[The Coon Dog]

I have a bad week with 2156. I think I need to cut a couple of passengers loose. Welcome to pomp and ceremony Mr. Judd.

I wish I had a bad week & scored that!

[LostDoggy]

1588...at least I'm consistent, I suppose. My team is rubbish beyond belief, I seem to have picked expensive players who haven't had particularly good starts to the season, and young players who aren't playing when they were last year and so on...so any words of advice would be appreciated ;)

[cinder]

What also killed me was Bastinac (28) playing while Trengrove (127) and Martin (100) sat on the bench!

Likewise we Bastinac, I also had Moles in reserves - d'oh!

[dogman]

I wish I had a bad week & scored that!

Sorry Coon Dog about this week. Only 10 points in it must hurt. At least the dogs won.

[LostDoggy]

I have a bad week with 2156. I think I need to cut a couple of passengers loose. Welcome to pomp and ceremony Mr. Judd.

Glad to know.. I was suffering quietly with a 2150 being my first sub-2200 score for the year, but good to know it was a difficult week for many. Have only burnt 3 trades though (one of them to get rid of Gia for a cash cow -- not sure about this in retrospect..), so should be well set up for the year (hopefully).

Now I have to figure out what to do about Rioli and J.Brown... (if OP rumours on both of them are true).

[Desipura]

Scored my highest score ever 2338. Still only ranked 4360 in the whole comp with this score.

[G-Mo77]

My team doesn't seem to be improving. I've pretty much hovered around 2000 - 2200 all season. I made the mistake of holding onto the Adelaide muppets, Tippett and Dangerfield. They're like an anchor!

[Mantis]

Performed a bit better this week - 2250 or thereabouts, but still have a few non-performers who I need to upgrade.

Little peeved that I still didn't win my game in WOOF league 1 even though I had the 3rd highest score in the league and lost and have the 3rd highest 'For' for the 2 comp games and sit winless..... Guess I need to bide my time until I play a few of the competition nuffies.

[LostDoggy]

Performed a bit better this week - 2250 or thereabouts, but still have a few non-performers who I need to upgrade.

Little peeved that I still didn't win my game in WOOF league 1 even though I had the 3rd highest score in the league and lost and have the 3rd highest 'For' for the 2 comp games and sit winless..... Guess I need to bide my time until I play a few of the competition nuffies.

It's a toughie isn't it! The WOOF 1 league is actually pretty strong, and not too many "nuffies" in it...

[Mantis]

It's a toughie isn't it! The WOOF 1 league is actually pretty strong, and not too many "nuffies" in it...

It gets no easier in another league I'm in which is ranked 568th... My brother-in-law is in that league and he is coming 11th overall.

[The Coon Dog]

It's a toughie isn't it! The WOOF 1 league is actually pretty strong, and not too many "nuffies" in it...

Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm king of the Nuffies in S/C!!!

[Sedat]

2303 this week, with Boydy sitting on the pine. If I held my nerve and kept Moles in the starting team I would have gotten another 50-60 more.

My ruck stocks are the problem area at the moment. Off-loaded Cox before his price drop but could have (and should have in hindsight) taken Sandilands from the get-go. Seaby and Hille isn't what you'd call an A-grade combination at the moment.

[Scorlibo]

2, 368 this week for me. Fairly good I suppose, am sitting 1, 201st at the moment and fairly confident I can at least hold my average of 2257 to finish within the top 1000 with any luck.:)

[cinder]

2, 368 this week for me. Fairly good I suppose, am sitting 1, 201st at the moment and fairly confident I can at least hold my average of 2257 to finish within the top 1000 with any luck.:)

You guys are depressing me!

[Rocco Jones]

Glad to know.. I was suffering quietly with a 2150 being my first sub-2200 score for the year, but good to know it was a difficult week for many. Have only burnt 3 trades though (one of them to get rid of Gia for a cash cow -- not sure about this in retrospect..), so should be well set up for the year (hopefully).

Now I have to figure out what to do about Rioli and J.Brown... (if OP rumours on both of them are true).

I have used 3 trades as well.

Dropped about 700 places to about 1300th.

Looking at trading out Joel Macdonald and Ball for Davis and Judd this week, which would leave me with about $300k in the bank to make a few upgrades.

[AndrewP6]

It's a toughie isn't it! The WOOF 1 league is actually pretty strong, and not too many "nuffies" in it...

Beside the word 'nuffy' in the dictionary, you'll find a rather fetching portrait of me.

[angelopetraglia]

My team doesn't seem to be improving. I've pretty much hovered around 2000 - 2200 all season. I made the mistake of holding onto the Adelaide muppets, Tippett and Dangerfield. They're like an anchor!

Ditto, making the same mistake. Dangerfield has had one good game where he kicked 5 goals, other than that they have both been useless.

[bulldogsman]

I'm up and down like a Rollercoaster. 2415 this week, last week i got around 2000. Overall I'm in the top 2500, just need some consistency to move up further.

[Mofra]

Looking at trading out Joel Macdonald and Ball for Davis and Judd this week, which would leave me with about $300k in the bank to make a few upgrades.
I'm breaking my Carlton rule & getting Judd in. He looks like he's back to his best and Masten just hasn't fired the way I thought he would.

[Throughandthrough]

Ditto, making the same mistake. Dangerfield has had one good game where he kicked 5 goals, other than that they have both been useless.

Dangerfield out for a month


Baa humbug


I have some "ok" reserve forwards, will try and save the draft pick for a while.

[LostDoggy]

I have used 3 trades as well.

Dropped about 700 places to about 1300th.

Looking at trading out Joel Macdonald and Ball for Davis and Judd this week, which would leave me with about $300k in the bank to make a few upgrades.

Nice... hope you're back in the top 1000 soon.

Surveying my options, and thanks to a bumper crop of cash cows (all my emergencies have played multiple games!), I've finalised a 5-week plan where I'll end up with the team I'll keep till the end of the year (all premiums/slightly fallen premiums + 1 or 2 gun rookies -- Barlow is untradeable if he keeps up his form, for example), and be left with around 8/9 trades and hopefully a little bit of change in the bank to cover for unforeseen events.

I'm not in a GREAT position (top 2500 or so) but I'm pretty bullish about finishing the year off strongly, fingers crossed!

[LostDoggy]

J.Brown..

Injured or not Injured?

To Trade or not to Trade?

Decisions.

[G-Mo77]

J.Brown..

Injured or not Injured?

To Trade or not to Trade?

Decisions.

Injured, clearly IMO.

I still wouldn't trade though.

[G-Mo77]

Bloody forward line is in disarray. It was pretty bad anyway having Danger and Tippet, know Danger is out for a while, I have Hitchcock who just hasn't produced like I'd hoped. I've got Gumpy and Pods as starters now so it looks like I'll have to part with Danger.

Sylvia, Higgins, Franklin or even Murphy and save a bit of coin. I think Murph will come good. Or I could just wait?

Ahh tough decision.......

[anfo27]

Dustin Martin, Tommy Rockcliff, Jake Melksham & Robbie Warnock all out for this week which is sure to hurt a few supercoach teams out there, including mine.

[G-Mo77]

Dustin Martin, Tommy Rockcliff, Jake Melksham & Robbie Warnock all out for this week which is sure to hurt a few supercoach teams out there, including mine.

Got cover for Martin. I've been rotating him and Trengrove. I didn't choose Rockliff, almost did but went for Pods instead. If one of Nick Nat or Seaby pulls out then the Warnock one will hurt.

[Go_Dogs]

Bit the bullet and got rid of Gray today. Also upgraded Ziebell -> Judd in the midfield.

[cinder]

Dustin Martin, Tommy Rockcliff, Jake Melksham & Robbie Warnock all out for this week which is sure to hurt a few supercoach teams out there, including mine.

And mine. I don't think I will be able to field a full list of forwards in my DT, not without trading anyway, thank you Peterson, Lobbe and Rockliff. :mad:

[Throughandthrough]

Its weeks like this that you wish you didn't do the stupid like for like changes a few weeks ago when everything was going swimmingly.

Mental note to self : Every year you promise not to make the stupid like for like changes as there will be weeks you will regret it, and yet you still do. Next year don't do them.

[Go_Dogs]

Its weeks like this that you wish you didn't do the stupid like for like changes a few weeks ago when everything was going swimmingly.

Mental note to self : Every year you promise not to make the stupid like for like changes as there will be weeks you will regret it, and yet you still do. Next year don't do them.

So true.

Hats off to Rocco and Lantern who seem to be able to hold their trades. I just love pulling that trigger.

[Mantis]

Was able to stick Chapman in the midfield to cover for Martin.

Also traded out Waite for Sylvia who was in my team before the broken jaw and has done well in his 2 games back.

Just have to hope that Duncan plays and Gumbleton gets a kick.

[Mofra]

Rockliff out leaves me no forward cover for Dangerfield :mad:

Burning trades this year compared to last. Masten named on the extended bench for West Coast sealed his fate, Judd in.

Martin out, Jetta swapped from bench - hopefully it's only a week as Banner is my other benched mid.

[LostDoggy]

Had to use up 2 trades too. I had 4 defenders not playing. Biggest move was Gram out and O'Brien in.

[The Coon Dog]

Used 2 trades too.

Took out Jarryd Morton & David Hille & added Jarrad Grant & Aaron Sandilands.

[Go_Dogs]

Used 2 trades too.

Took out Jarryd Morton & David Hille & added Jarrad Grant & Aaron Sandilands.

Sandilands has been in great form, and should be a good addition. Will be interesting to see how Grant goes over the coming weeks and if he holds his place. If he does, should be a good (and unique) get.




This week, I'm left with only one bench player, playing - Nason from Richmond. Thankfully I do have 22 starters.

No Gram, Moles, Shuey, Warnock, Lobbe, Rockliff or Hitchcock!!

[Doc26]

Like most missing Martin this week but Bastinac as cover. Hopefully he improves on his 20 odd points from last week.
Rockliff and Warnock both dropped and Hitchcock and Rohan still teasing as emergencies and Waite not making the transition back as hoped. Still have full coverage this round but all this delays the maxing out window which potentially delays the first round of cashing in.

[Sockeye Salmon]

I had Maguire on the bench in the backs which I thought was a bit of a luxury I couldn't afford, so I traded out Harbrow (same returns as Maguire but gave me another 150K to spend) for Davis and used the cash to upgrade Dangerfield for Chapman.

Really worried about burning trades so I mught have to back off for a while and hope those I have get the job done and my rookies earn some cash.

I would appreciate young Moles getting over his ankle injury and return to the seniors rather quickly and if possible, Mr. Roos, if you could give young Gary Rohan a bit of a taste of AFL footy for the next 3 months I would be rather grateful.

[Mofra]

I had Maguire on the bench in the backs which I thought was a bit of a luxury I couldn't afford
I have been starting Maguire & Waters in the backline as they have outperformed two mid range picks (Hooker & Hunt).

[aker39]

This will throw the cat amongst the pigeons - Gary Ablett is out of Sunday's game.

[Go_Dogs]

This will through the cat amongst the pigeons - Gary Ablett is out of Sunday's game.

If true, ouch - that hurts.

[LostDoggy]

He (G.Ablett) isn't in my supercoach team, but he is in my AFL one. Is Cooney a good replacement for captain?

[Go_Dogs]

He (G.Ablett) isn't in my supercoach team, but he is in my AFL one. Is Cooney a good replacement for captain?

I wouldn't this weekend, as Jones may tag him.

I have Goddard as my VC, but I may change that to perhaps Sandilands or Pavlich, as I'd rather not be relying (or cheering) on Goddard tonight.



Edit: Scratch that, forgot I had traded in Judd. He'll be my captain this week.

[Mofra]

I'm going to have to cop a zero in the midfield this week, with Martin & Banner on the bench :mad:

[comrade]

Across the country, the average SuperCoach score will now drop by around 230 points. If Boyd doesn't play tonight, I'm royally screwed.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Damnit.

Ablett out with Moles and Martin injured. I can't buy a trick this year with Supercoach!

[Sedat]

Bugger. If Boyd doesn't come up tonight, I'm also one down in the midfield. I've named Hodge as captain in Ablett's place - hopefully he does some ruck relief to help pad those stats.

[jazzadogs]

I think there will be a lot of people lacking midfield cover this week, with Melksham, Moles, Martin, Rohan etc all not included in teams, plus Boyd (probably) and Ablett not playing.

Thank goodness I didn't do any trades last night, left it to last minute. I'd like to be able to wait and see if Masten is in before trading him, but won't be near a computer after 5pm. Bummer.

[Doc26]

Damn SC conspiracy happening this week at the selection tables.

Midfield coverage is one issue the other is WHO to choose as Captain.

I'm toying with one of either Hodge, Swan, Goddard, ROK or Sandi currently :confused::confused:

[ledge]

I took Sandilands as captain.

[G-Mo77]

Burnt 2 trades this week. :(

Mike Hunt for Ashton Hams
Patrick Dangerfield for Colin Sylvia

Every move I have made this year has pretty much gone pear shaped so if you were thinking of making either of these trades now there is a reason to try another option. ;)

[Jasper]

Heard Gary is faking this injury cos he wants to jam it up Bomber for criticising his B.O.G. performance last Monday.
What a way to maintain a relationship with your best player when he's getting the world thrown at him by the Gold Coast team

[LostDoggy]

I have used 3 trades as well.

Dropped about 700 places to about 1300th.

Looking at trading out Joel Macdonald and Ball for Davis and Judd this week, which would leave me with about $300k in the bank to make a few upgrades.

Judd or Montagna has been my biggest question mark this week. Monty will not score well against the Dogs (he never does) but he is a gun against everyone else.

Juddy has been hot and cold in SC for a while now, don't know if this form will last, but is a brave man who will bet against it...

[cinder]

This will throw the cat amongst the pigeons - Gary Ablett is out of Sunday's game.

What??? ARGHHHHHHH

[DOG GOD]

Ablett u prick :) Now i'll be 1 short in the mids ARGH!!! got Hodge as capt.

[cinder]

Gia's DT stats are double his SC stats. Typically I have him in SC and not DT. I am looking at the delayed stats BTW

[AndrewP6]

Burnt 2 trades this week. :(

Mike Hunt for Ashton Hams
Patrick Dangerfield for Colin Sylvia

Every move I have made this year has pretty much gone pear shaped so if you were thinking of making either of these trades now there is a reason to try another option. ;)

Early candidate for "Silliest Name for an AFL Player" award. :)

[mighty_west]

Not looking forward to my score this week, i will have 2 duck eggs before a ball was bounced, Ablett & Boyd, hoping like mad for a late recall, my 2 interchange mids not in emergencies - Moles & Banner.

Man this game can suck sometimes.....

[LostDoggy]

No Ablett = No SC Worries :D

Burnt 2 trades though. Thought it was time to move on JB if he's really injured.

In: Judd, Moore
Out: Staker, Brown

[G-Mo77]

No Ablett = No SC Worries :D

Burnt 2 trades though. Thought it was time to move on JB if he's really injured.

In: Judd, Moore
Out: Staker, Brown

Some nice in's there. I really thought long and hard about throwing Moore in this week but went for Sylvia.

[mighty_west]

No Ablett = No SC Worries :D

Burnt 2 trades though. Thought it was time to move on JB if he's really injured.

In: Judd, Moore
Out: Staker, Brown

I was the same with Reiwoldt, didn't have him when his hammy went PING, and only put Ablettt in to the side 2 weeks ago, couldn't hold off any longer, he was just killing it.

But Mark Thompson is a boogahead for resting him this week, and not only for my SuperCoach, i just like seeing Richmond get hammered, i just like it. ;)

[LostDoggy]

Can't say im completely ablett-free. My headache this week was for DT where I have both Ablett & Boyd missing. Although I am playing "Johnno Browns Roosters" so I shouldn't have any problems toweling him up ;)

[AndrewP6]

Well spotted, my anger and disappointment obviously clouded my vision last night. Mike Hunt :D :D :D

[Doc26]

A double dose of suffering. Dogs go down and my replacement captain Goddard gets a sub 100 score :(

[G-Mo77]

Well spotted, my anger and disappointment obviously clouded my vision last night. Mike Hunt :D :D :D

I'm surprised it went through without notice for so long. :D

[LostDoggy]

I officially hate supercoach, traded out Porplyzia & he is currently on 96 after the 3rd quarter :(

[The Coon Dog]

A double dose of suffering. Dogs go down and my replacement captain Goddard gets a sub 100 score :(

TCD rule number one, don't appoint as your captain a player who is playing against the Western Bulldogs. Whilst you want that player to score well, you don't really want that player to play well.

[AndrewP6]

I officially hate supercoach, traded out Porplyzia & he is currently on 96 after the 3rd quarter :(

That may be good for me, I still have him. Sorry! :)

[Doc26]

TCD rule number one, don't appoint as your captain a player who is playing against the Western Bulldogs. Whilst you want that player to score well, you don't really want that player to play well.

Kind of thought that IF we were going to go down to them at least I'd get some consolation from the loss but in this case even that went a bit pear shaped.

Next time I might follow your rule.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Having an absolutely horrible week already.

Vince, Trengove, Harvey, Higgins, Ziebell, Sylvia and Davis all scoring below 70.

I suck at this game.

[LostDoggy]

Don't think this was a good week to trade Brown..

3 Goals + 11 Disposals at Half Time. This might bite me in the rear ;)

Edit: 143 points. Ouch. Hope Judd gets 120+ today :rolleyes:

[LostDoggy]

OK so before the lockout I was thinking that I should put one of Seaby and Clark on the bench, becuase surely both of them can't have good matches against eachother, and upgrade my emergency Ivan Maric. Well, I didn't do that and subsequently Seaby gave me a very serviceable 3 and Clark got 74...Maric? 96. Awesome, just awesome.

[LostDoggy]

OK so before the lockout I was thinking that I should put one of Seaby and Clark on the bench, becuase surely both of them can't have good matches against eachother, and upgrade my emergency Ivan Maric. Well, I didn't do that and subsequently Seaby gave me a very serviceable 3 and Clark got 74...Maric? 96. Awesome, just awesome.

Had Seaby in DT and he scored 1. Meanwhile Roughie is emerg with 50 to his name :rolleyes:

[Happy Days]

Already had a donut in the middle with Shuey, Martin (general soreness; weak) and Moles all not playing, and then Seaby goes and gets 3 - I hate supercoach.

[cinder]

Already had a donut in the middle with Shuey, Martin (general soreness; weak) and Moles all not playing, and then Seaby goes and gets 3 - I hate supercoach.

And I thought Jay Schulz screwed me over with only scoring 16! ;)

[Go_Dogs]

I officially hate supercoach, traded out Porplyzia & he is currently on 96 after the 3rd quarter :(

I think I trump you just by getting rid of Gray this week, after holding him since Rd 1. :D I swear they do it just to spite us.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

I think I trump you just by getting rid of Gray this week, after holding him since Rd 1. :D I swear they do it just to spite us.

Ditto lol.

I got rid of Gray and got Sylvia who scored 54 or something.

[Doggy]

How about this one - Luke Ball (121 points) on the Bench and played Kayler Thompson (14 points) instead.

[Go_Dogs]

Well, I just managed to crack the 2000 barrier this week, but looks like most people were well down across the board.

[comrade]

As per last week, SuperCoach can get stuffed.

[Sedat]

Stunk up the joint this week with 1,768. Massive contributions from Jetta, Seaby and Kayler-Thomson, who combined to contribute less than 40 points.

[comrade]

Stunk up the joint this week with 1,768. Massive contributions from Jetta, Seaby and Kayler-Thomson, who combined to contribute less than 40 points.

You still would have beaten me :o

[LostDoggy]

2011. I'll take that. Special mention to Pav 125, Pods 119.

Still a bad week to take out Johnno Brown :rolleyes:

[The Coon Dog]

My 15 year old daughter liked my score. 1994, the year she was born (the night before Daniel Southern strangled Peter Sumich).

[anfo27]

2102 for me this week, i'm rapt with that score. this week was easily my worst and to get 2102 with no replacement for Ablett and crap scores from quite a few was a relief.

[comrade]

2011. I'll take that. Special mention to Pav 125, Pods 119.

Still a bad week to take out Johnno Brown :rolleyes:


My 15 year old daughter liked my score. 1994, the year she was born (the night before Daniel Southern strangled Peter Sumich).


2102 for me this week, i'm rapt with that score. this week was easily my worst and to get 2102 with no replacement for Ablett and crap scores from quite a few was a relief.

Good effort to score so well in a round like this one.

You can all get stuffed, too :D

[Sockeye Salmon]

My 15 year old daughter liked my score. 1994, the year she was born (the night before Daniel Southern strangled Peter Sumich).

My bloke was born the day we drafted Adam Cooney

[Rocco Jones]

1983 for me :(

[LostDoggy]

1983 for me :(

Prob the only week I will have a higher score than you. SUFFER :p. joking. Ablett killer of a round eh?


My bloke was born the day we drafted Adam Cooney

He will be a gifted child. He would be 7 now? Does he play footy? Make those kids look like a bunch of 4 year olds? I hope so.

[Rocco Jones]

Prob the only week I will have a higher score than you. SUFFER :p. joking. Ablett killer of a round eh?


Yep. I was probably lucky to get to 1983 as I wanted to trade out Ball but kept him due to Martin missing. I was 600th at the end of R4 and dropped 700 places in R5. I think I am due for an even bigger slide this week. :(

15 trades left, time for some big upgrades. I think Cox will be the first one.

[Sockeye Salmon]

1983 for me :(

I beat Rocco
I beat Rocco
I beat Rocco


Wow. That's never happened before.

2055 for me.

[Rocco Jones]

I beat Rocco
I beat Rocco
I beat Rocco


Wow. That's never happened before.

2055 for me.

Haha, I think I am the Hawthorn of SC. Great 08, hangover in 09 and just looking crap in 10.

[Sockeye Salmon]

He will be a gifted child. He would be 7 now? Does he play footy? Make those kids look like a bunch of 4 year olds? I hope so.

DOB 29/11/03

He's recently started Auskick. He's probably got the best skills of the entire group but has this little problem that every time they play a game he stands by the boundary and waits for someone to hand himm the ball.

We call him Eagle.

[LostDoggy]

We call him Eagle.

Teach him to kick 60m on his left and you got a winner :D

[comrade]

Teach him to kick 60m on his left and you got a winner :D

But only against crap teams ;)

[LostDoggy]

1983 for me :(

Bad, bad week for me too.. at least I still broke the 2000-point barrier. It was a bad week for many of us, although I had no doughnuts, my bench players all scored well and made money, and I've got trades and money to spare.

Everyone scored reasonably as well, except Harvey and Rioli ($40,000 price drop -- WHAT THE HELL?!!) so I don't know what the hell is going on.. Gablett is everything, obviously -- I do wish I kept Gia though, although I think his scoring will drop back down once Boydy comes back into the squad.

Like you, I think it's time to pull the trigger on those trades and spend some money. Coxy is coming in for me too.

[G-Mo77]

1934 for my horrible team this week.

Played with 1 short in the midfield thanks to Martin and Ablett. Seaby's 3 didn't really help either. :o

[The Coon Dog]

Curious about one thing.

If your captain scores -6 for the match, is your score -3 or -12?

Double -6 is obviously -12, but given your captains points are twice as good as every other players -3 is twice as good as -6.

[LostDoggy]

DoggedTriers is ready for the battle of the wooden spoon this week

[G-Mo77]

Curious about one thing.

If your captain scores -6 for the match, is your score -3 or -12?

Double -6 is obviously -12, but given your captains points are twice as good as every other players -3 is twice as good as -6.

-12 would be my guess. I think that is how it would work.

[Topdog]

2108 for me this week. Got 10 hundreds with only Hall and Silvagni getting crap scores.

Finally got a good score from my captain in Swan.