Once again I ignored my own rule instead of taking McCrae's score VC I opted to sit on Neale with the C. I vow and declare this is the last time I do that, caught out before, never again anything over 130 ish is not to be sneezed at. Bah.

I needed to address Yeo and McPherson, and opted for Brayshaw (defying all self-respecting Supercoach logic) and Sheppard. I am headed for a little over 2,400 this week, which will be a pass.

I am hoping Brayshaw is a stepping stone, given the budget constraints many of us are battling.

It leaves me with one rookie on field (Woodcock), along with a number of questionable Brayshaw-types, and the need for a really solid (budget and fixture-conscious) plan for the next few weeks.

Not sure of the best place to put this, maybe someone can incorporate into some form of look ahead (someone who's understanding the rules and run-in better than me!), but here's a handy scheduler from the AFL Fantasy Twitter for the games/weeks we have up to mid-Sept.

That’s amazing! Well done guys!

For some reason I took the VC off Lloyd, and put it on Oliver. 100 points didn't seem enough, so went with Neale as C - even though I knew Steele would give him fits (and I have Steele too).

I had Sicily and Gawn, so for trades I decided to bring in Lloyd and NicNat, and from that perspective it was a productive round - though I'd had Luke McDonald in there all week before bottling it.

My Def contains Lloyd and Haynes (along with Ridley, Cerra, Docherty and Day) - when it could be Ryan and McDonald instead....with enough cash saved to now upgrade Cerra and Docherty to Lloyd and Haynes anyway! That pretty much sums up both my year in fantasy, and shows the fine margins in the game - we might all end up with 85% of the same players by the late rounds, but how you got there is key.

Angus (Brayshaw) I presume?
I had him pencilled in before Gawn was ruled out again.

I calculated about 3 weeks back, the only way to get to 'full premo' for most was kind of not full premo - i.e. includes the likes of Cerra and Tim Kelly - both of whom are above 130 on a good day... but could also score 65 on a bad day.
Even where people have been hoarding trades, just not enough rookies went big this year to offset the shorter time to cash build.

@ike

Yes, I meant Angus.

Thats the kind of moneyball tactics I have been reduced to!

I think I am going to stay 1 short (keep Woodcock for a while longer) through the “best 18” rounds and possibly upgrade him at the end, if I have eked out enough change and can’t see a better place to invest it.

As you stated in your note, lack of trades isn’t my problem - the problem is lack of coin.

(Rank is 2600, so leagues are my primary focus now)

Thanks @walesy - if someone can also unlock teams that too would be terrific

@walesy we appear to lost Bailey Williams again too mate... WCE variety - I'm hoping he is an 'in' for his debut this week for the Bullfrogs with ROB my only playing ruck having the bye!