Liverpool Bulldogs 2024

Ando wrote:Great first draft that mate, very well balanced. Good luck for the season!

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Bit of a late update. 

Round 1 - 770 and rank of 7k

Cheese
Haas(c), Smithies, Toops
Piakura, Wong
Cleary, Fog
Burbo, Strange
Turbo, Rapana, Paps

Lussick, Hutch, Salmon, Luki
Kris, Levi, Chan, Hughes

Apart from sillybugger due to HIAs and pesky injuries it wasn’t a terrible round. Got most of the benchings right and the captaincy gamble worked nicely for one week.

As it stands I think I can get away with a no trade week even though there are some interesting options popping up. 180k in the bank can wait till next week

Ando wrote:

It's a well balanced team so can definitely wait a week and hold. Are you starting Strange over Kris?

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Round 2 and I wanted another look at everyone so didn’t make any hasty trades. 

Things havnt gone well at all and my team will need some renovations.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

Cheer up bulldog

You had elliot in your team

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Round 3 Trades

Wong > May
Luki > Curran

At the end of Round 2 I was adamant I’d be ridding myself of any and all Roosters/Bulldogs plaguing my squad. Fast forward to today and looks like I'm adding two and only getting rid of one. Don’t know why I do this to myself.

Last year I was far too late or far too stubborn to get on guys like May/Curran who seem to have very good roles for fantasy this season. So I’ve decided even without full information to just dive in and see what happens. Should hopefully add to the fun factor.

Team this week:

Cheese
May, Smithies, Curran
Piakura, Sitili
Cleary, Fog
Burbo, Strange
Turbo, Papy, Rapana

Lussick, Hutch, Salmon, Chan
Haas, Kris, Levi, Hughes

Not the strongest bench you will ever see this week with Haas and Kris not available and no trust in either Levi/Hughes to contribute in a meaningful way just yet.

Hopefully those two back next week leaves me looking fairly good going forward. Galvin will probably be added next week, just doesn’t seem to be a strong enough team if I bring him in this week as I think the Sharks limit him quite a bit this week

King Assassin wrote:

Hey mate, Yeah good trades. Not sold on Curran entirely I wanna see his minutes without a game ending injury first but yeah I see the appeal. With Haas and Kris playing early your loopability is limited. You could see what Piakura scores but that's about it.

Jumping Marlin wrote:I've done the exact same trades (and never thought I'd be so optimistic picking two $500+ benchies).  

Cap'n Ranta wrote:Haas news is unfortunate but I still like your trades.

Having the extra cash next week is helpful.maybe keep Wong if you really want to instead of Haas - easier to have the smaller red dot on the bench if you really want to move 2 other players next week. Unlikely but flexibility is always good. Also Wong “could” be named next week. Haas and Luki definitely won’t.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
Last year I was far too late or far too stubborn to get on guys like May/Curran who seem to have very good roles for fantasy this season. So I’ve decided even without full information to just dive in and see what happens. Should hopefully add to the fun factor.

Snatchpato wrote:
Dude this 100%

I'm bringing in May and Lussick this week. I think both have great upside but it's a bit unknown if it will pay off. Like you said, at least it'll be fun owning Hass 2.0 for <600k

mrbrownstone wrote:I like it mate, those ~500k guys who elevate to guns are vital—the upside of getting the right ones is worth chasing IMO.

My only thoughts would be if you're interested in Cotter with a more secure role over Curran? I've personally been tossing up similar with Cotter vs May - will probably still get May but Cotter's probably underpriced and the high ownership scares me.

Just food for thought, I think I still like the May + Curran play though.