I was going to blame myself for doing that but I see there's plenty of fault to go around.

It sucks because as a mooing rookie you don't want to get rid of him, even if out for something like six weeks you could hold but if it looks like most of the season then you have to pull the trigger. Another trade lost.

I don't think I fail at SC so much as win at shit luck

The dangers of sideways trading. Also those who traded in Taranto chasing points.

Who do people think are the relevant players to talk about this week? Gary Ablett and Liam Ryan seem to be the only major injuries to SC relevant players.

Beams should be back, Greene too. Hanley's reinjury shouldn't be relevant. Pittard looks to be at least one week away, either in the SANFL or resting.

Not buying "the sideways dangers" bit tbh.
If I'd downtraded or upgraded to them the outcome would have been exactly the same for Ryan.
Mills to Yeo I am content with as a long term improvement, though Yeo proved for 3/4 he couldn't shake a hard tag and was totally owned, probably would have scored single digits if the cats had stayed healthy enough to maintain structure.

My real SC piss-off was Hewett's tag on Whitfield, that and choosing Dusty over Titch for captain cost me around a couple of hundred points alone.

On second thoughts maybe I AM shit at SC as well

Greene is listed as available so should play, but where he seemed injury bulletproof sudenly that confidence is missing.
Ed Richards, Mitch Crowden and Jack Henry potentially worth a look, the latter two as potential Ryan replacements, Higgins next week maybe.

One of the few things I did right was bring Sinclair in to replace Ryder, he is batting well above price in the ruck.
Pattin had a huge game but won't be allowed to play midfield often.

If I had Taranto I'd hold onto him for sure, had 12 at 50% compared to 23 at 78% the week before, was an off game not an indication of value.

I was focusing more on Mills part than the rookie swap.

Mills had one bad score and was traded out by a lot of people and responded with 105. For a $400k player people rated high enough in the pre-season to select that wasn't a lot evidence just to get rid of him. Taranto was attractively priced but there's nothing to suggest his output for the rest of the season will be what it was for first two games (107ppg) which would've been one of the best forwards average last year.

The main problem which I was trying to convey with trading sideways or chasing points on premiums is that over a full season, a player is never as bad as their worst score(s), and not as good as the best. Even someone like Bonts who I suggested people trade out tonned up. It's hard to get these right and you have to weigh up if it is really worth losing trade for. That is what needs to be considered. If Mills and Yeo follow their '17 average here on out that's ~570 points gained minus last week ~85. The margins are fine.

Yeah got you, was reading the response as a whole.
Relatively comfortable with the move, would love Mills in all my ORF teams but Yeo despite his serious standard deviation issues I think will provide more over the journey for 18.
Also think on watching the tape that Mills was probably overscored, CD have been known to get it wrong and I think ~ 80 is more likely this year and would hope Yeo is 10 to 15 p/wk above that over the season, if not I can chalk up mistake #101 in the last 3 years

Yep, im trading Armo too!
If you can do it I'd be trading up to a premium who is good value, there's plenty of them around

I agree with all of that, but if you’ve got the opportunity to go Armitage to Dusty, then I think you’ve gotta do that!

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-11/why-cant-he-get-a-game