Charlie Dadds
Media, SuperCoach expert
With the clock running down until the beginning of Round 9, we have the final say on AFL SuperCoach trade plans.
AFLWe’re nearly at the byes, and thus, we’re nearing the most important time of year!
It becomes increasingly more important with trades to ensure that you’re factoring in your bye structure; and if you’re struggling to make up ground on the rest of the competition, do you make a big move and bring in a POD?
Remarkably, the top three scorers of the round were all insane PODS: Lynch (184, 1%), Darcy (178, 2.3%), and McCluggage (154, 1.6%).
As I wrote in my article just the other day, having these types of players in your side can be the difference between top 10,000 and top 1,000.
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Embed from Getty ImagesAlthough, as someone kindly pointed out on the Facebook post, it can also be the difference between top 10,000 and top 100,000 so you’ve got to make sure you get it right!
Patty Cripps continued his Brownlow form with his second highest score of the season (151). If you take out his injury effected 38, he’s averaging an incredible 140 (the most of any player this year).
Clayton Oliver also kept his high scoring streak going, and if you take out his uncharacteristic 68 against the Power, he’s averaging 131 for the year.
The cheapies stood out most this week, with Daicos (80), McCartin (94), SDK (80), Hobbs (96), Preuss (103), Hayes (98), Brodie (115), and Martin (88) all putting up some scores which our premiums could certainly take a note or two from.
Embed from Getty ImagesThis week I scored 2,217 which moved me down 1000 spots to 12,627th.
Let’s cut to the chase… Zac Butters isn’t helping thing. Unfortunately though, there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it. Without a doubt, he’s been at the forefront of my downfall, and it’s hard to fathom that just two weeks ago I was sitting pretty at 5980th.
He needs to go… But so do my rookies.
Before we get into the state of my team this week, let’s just rewind to last weeks trades. I did a complete U-turn on what I said I was going to do, and instead I used a boost to bring in Pendles, Gawn, and Curtis for Hewett, Bowey, and Xerri.
Not the best, not the worst, but it had to be done at some point. The uncertainty surrounding Hewett’s injury just left me with too much doubt, so I played it safe and let him go.
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Anyway, this week I’m in another slight conundrum. At the moment I’ve got Durdin at F6 which definitely needs changing, but I’m a bit strapped for cash. It does seem pointless bringing in someone who I’m going to have to trade up AGAIN eventually, but I might’ve found a diamond in the rough who will likely score well until after his bye.
Darcy Cameron.
I’ll touch on him later on, but if it allows me to get Durdin off field while also bringing in a player who has shown he can score 100+ then LFG!!
There’s also a lot of good options on the bubble at the moment, including Carroll, Hamilton, and Rioli. Greg Clark is also another option, but I can afford to wait another week on him. I think Rioli just edges out the other bubble boys’ based off the fact that he’s been pushing higher up the ground to get his touches instead of relying on them in the Forward 50 like other small forwards.
So, here’s the trades:
Rachele -> Rioli
Dixon -> Cameron
Embed from Getty ImagesGenerally, PODs are anyone who is owned by less than 10% of the competition, and Super PODs are anyone owned by less than 2%. Here’s my top 3 for each (based on who I think is the best to take a punt on).
Top-3 PODs
Top-3 Super PODs
Here’s my top 3 players that you shouldn’t be buying JUST yet, but should definitely have an eye on for the weeks to come:
Geez, apologies if you took my advice last week, it was not great lol. Callum Mills and Josh Dunkley just did not show up as VC options, and Lachie Neale and Max Gawn scored some quite underwhelming scores given who their opposition was.
I’ve studied the form guide, and I’m confident I’ll make amends this week!
Finally returning to form with a 144, Jack Macrae will dominate the Pies on Friday night (who don’t have a tagger).
Only dropping under 109 once this year, Jayden Short should hopefully get more midfield minutes this week against a Hawks side that have conceded a lotttt of points to opposing midfielders. Even if he returns to his seagull role, he will still score 120+.
Depending on who you pick as your C, Callum Mills could be your VC against the very non-defensive-minded Bomber’s midfield. I fully expect him to bounce back from his uncharacteristic 60.
Lachie Neale and Patrick Cripps could potentially cop tags from the Crows and Giants respectfully, but none-the-less should dominate as per.
After seeing what other midfielders have done to the Eagles this year, Clayton Oliver could go extremely large this week. It’s probably a 50/50 between him and Petracca for who gets tagged, but you’ve got to take risks in this game.
Top-3 Vice Captains
Top-3 Captains
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