Round 6Took a break from footy and the forums last weekend. Only caught the 2nd half of Storm/Dogs and the final minutes of Raiders/Titans, but will check out some replays. Didn't feel like a good start after I swerved from Angus and Campbell and picked up Grant and Iro with the Cook dropped/benched news, but that worked out okay in the end. Locking in Hutch early also looked a terrible move, but once Cook was officially out, Flanno stepped up and being unable to loop Levi over Hutch netted a point. The smallest of wins *fistpump*.
Checked footystats to see why Tatola was doing nothing (figured he was standing under the posts constantly), but ruled out for 8 really killed my enthusiasm further, so I checked out again until after the Raiders game. Enter Captain FogGod slotting the winning FG and possibly a season saving score for me, along with all the other dudes that chipped in with 50s and 70s. But thank fuck for that.
Ended up with 923 and up to 3346th. 1 trade saved and 247k bank coming into Rd 7.
Team for Rd 6:
- Spoiler:
GTFO list: Hutchison, Cook, Tatola and Levi.
A few on the radar:
- Angus. Straight in.
- Hynes. Tempted to keep chasing value in other positions as Fog, DBrown, Galvin and Flanno for now can hold down the fort, but I should probably just grab the best player in the game that's available and chuck the big C on him.
- Chester. Was meant to be Campbell, but I have no ctr/wfb cover again and Kiraz, Guth and Strange on byes the next few weeks. Dunno much about him. Hope he keeps scoring tries.
- Blore. Had the cash in hand for him Rd 1. Former Tiger, seems good, now at Storm, probably better. Would really like him in my team, but might have to go through to the keeper due to other team needs.
- Nikora. 99k discount from starting price from the sinbin game and another I'm a fan of. Can't afford him this week if getting Hynes, but not the end of the world. A few edge options getting around and MID could be a struggle next week with my cover Salmon and Shoes on the bye.
So MIDs Jolliffe and Waddell probably shouldn't be ignored, but I dare say I'm going to.
Thinking something like:
Cook to Hynes
Hutch to Angus
Levi/Tatola to Chester
Holding Tatola over Levi gives me a loop option, but looking at next week I'll have Tatola, Kiraz, Salmon, SHughes and JChan probably all red dots. Levi would give me a warm body at least, but could just score shit both weeks, lose cash, kill my loop and generally be a gremlin.
Will see if TLT and the rumour mill throws any curveballs before pondering too much.
Cheers for listening
Also glad to see Ando and ForanAgainst in the 900 club this week too after the encouragement last week