Chewie's 2023 Edition

round 6
Score: 936
Overall rank: 553

Grant
Haas, Tapine, Hopgood
Carty, EKatoa
Cleary(c), SJ
HTF, Alamoti
Sloan, CNK, Miller

Preston, Hosking, Loiero, Ford
Niko, Warbrick, IKatoa, HSS

Gained ranks despite some setbacks
Latrell scored 82 & Sloan scored 8 so that trade backfired
Tapine was a late out due to his wife going into labour, so I had to do a reshuffle
I took a punt on Niko to avoid Warbricks 12 points.. Niko only scored 16
Hopgood only got 39 points in 50 mins so he's a sell

Trades this week:
Hopgood to Hynes
Loiero to Bird
Warbrick to Couchman

Should set me up for some tradeless rounds

Strong team mate, keep up the gains!

Really like those trades. All 3 are on my potential trade-in list this week. Seeing another Cleary owner also buying Hynes is giving me motivation to grab him myself. Although my mid would be a bit weaker than yours (Cheese instead of Tapine) so I'm not quite sure if it's worth worthwhile team balance wise.

Like you said, should set you up for some tradeless rounds. Can't see anywhere you need to improve other than maybe picking up Teddy?

Glad to see you ended up on the right side of the ledger last week despite the ups and downs! Those trades look great, not very often you can do 3 upgrades in one week but here we are. Having HTF makes Bird a safe trade as now you'll have (hopefully) two consistent scorers in there.

Good luck for this week, I think that team will smash it out of the park

round 7
Score: 754
Overall Rank: 1001

Well that round was a bit of a kick in the guts, Hynes & Bird were excellent picks though, Couchman not so much. I should have just played Sloan, my mistake, would have hit par.

I was going to get Mann for the extra MID/HOK cover this week, but got inspired by another poster's trades. I'll probably go Tapine & Carty for JDB & DFifita
... a bit left field but JDB playing at lock should give solid returns till rd16, and DFifita is going to hit the ton sometime soon. My team looks pretty pretty pretty good after trades:

Grant
Haas, JDB, Ford
Hosking, DFifita
Cleary, Hynes (c)
HTF, HSS*
Sloan, CNK, Miller

SJ, Preston, EKatoa, HTF
Granville, Alamoti, IKatoa, Niko

*looping between Alamoti, HTF, & Granville

Next week probably EKatoa to Teddy or a MID

Chewie wrote:round 7
Score: 754
Overall Rank: 1001

Well that round was a bit of a kick in the guts, Hynes & Bird were excellent picks though, Couchman not so much. I should have just played Sloan, my mistake, would have hit par.

I was going to get Mann for the extra MID/HOK cover this week, but got inspired by another poster's trades. I'll probably go Tapine & Carty for JDB & DFifita
... a bit left field but JDB playing at lock should give solid returns till rd16, and DFifita is going to hit the ton sometime soon. My team looks pretty pretty pretty good after trades:

Grant
Haas, JDB, Ford
Hosking, DFifita
Cleary, Hynes (c)
HTF, HSS*
Sloan, CNK, Miller

SJ, Preston, EKatoa, HTF
Granville, Alamoti, IKatoa, Niko

*looping between Alamoti, HTF, & Granville

Crazy good team

Cleary, Hynes, fifita, grant and SJ

Best centre combo too

Nice work

Cap'n Ranta wrote:Really like your trades. That team is scary

Think I’d like moving Alamoti to another cow as well (Crossland or Host?). Maybe even BSmith for mid coverage if that’s affordable?

Next week with the Storm bye I'll be looking at some more HOK/MID coverage, I might pick-up BSMith & Teddy, but will see how the round unfolds

Rd 8... back on track
Score: 915
Overall rank: 500

Grant
Haas, JDB, Ford
Hosking, DFifita
Cleary, Hynes (c)
HTF, HSS*
Sloan, CNK, Miller

SJ, Preston, EKatoa, HTF
Granville, Alamoti, IKatoa, Niko

Need to work out a plan as Grant on the bye, Haas is supended, and CNK is out for 2 matches due to HIA protocols, Cleary may be in doubt due to groin niggles. I was planning to trade out Ekatoa anyway so that's not an issue. Fun stuff
Looking at something like:
Ekatoa to Sipley (For Haas MID cover)
CNK to Manu
HSS to Bula or Oloapu

Edit:
Ended up with the following trades:
Haas to Matterson (please don't get picked for origin)
EKatoa to Manu (can't ignore Manu's output at 5/
CNK to Sipley ( just some extra MID cover plus rd13)

Rd 9

Score: 903
Overall Rank: 485

A bit of a rock & diamonds round
Matterson late out was frustrating as didn't get the update in time
And the Sipley sinbin and suspension made it a dud trade
Captain Hynes balanced things out though

Grant
Matterson, JDB, Ford
Hosking, DFifita
Cleary, Hynes (c)
HTF, Bird
Sloan, Manu, Miller

SJ, Preston, Sipley, HSS
Granville, Alamoti, IKatoa, Niko

This week Miller is on the bye so he goes in the loop
Trades:
Alamoti to Bula
HSS to Oloapu
Sipley to Horsburgh

Unlucky with sipley

Like the look of the team and the trades

Rd 10

Score: 937
Overall Rank: 541

Grant
Matterson, JDB, Horsburgh
Hosking, DFifita
SJ, Hynes (c)
Bird, HTF
Sloan, Bula, Manu

Cleary, Preston, Ford, KNik
Miller, Granville, IKatoa, HSS

Not a bad round, just the wrong captaincy option... and Sloan
Lost a few ranks

Coming round is tricky due to Dolphins bye, and Ford's injury
Will need to trade at least 1 to get 17, but also really want to dump Sloan
My best option:
HTF to VTW
Sloan to Drinkwater
Ford to Hopgood

I'd like to save trades, but Hopgood and Drinkwater were Bye round targets anyway

Good trades chewie, 2 solid versatile bye players that will help the next 2 months and a cash out in Te Whare.
I think you are well sorted to leave the 500 zone and feast on porgs in the near future

With the bye roun in mind I've opted to go:
Ford to Davey
Sloan to Drinkwater

My updated team is:

Grant
Matterson, JDB, Horsburgh
Hosking, DFifita
Cleary (c), Hynes
Bird, Manu
Drinkwater, Bula, Miller

SJ, Preston, Granville, Davey
HTF, Knik, IKatoa, HSS

HSS to Te Whare is on the cards if VTW gets a shot
Knik to Ponga after rd12 if KP doesn't get the QLD gig