Its that time of the year when everyone starts using 2 trades a week, doing some downgarding of rookies and upgrading of mid-priced players. Youll find out in my renamed and revamped Dogs Best Buys this week who to upgrade too, but you also gotta look out for some good downgrades. Thats where Im going to help.

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DOWNGRADING BACKS.

There are hardly any rookies in the Backline and the likes of Proud and
Taylor are yet to peak. The only real peaked back is Nathan Brown from
Colllingwood, so it might be the week to trade him down. Also, that
Nicoski if still in your side must go. But to who? Its a shame that much that has peaked cause there is some good Fresh Meat (less than
2 games) in the Backline including David Myers (-84) and Jay Neagle
(-29) from Essendon. They are both likely to play a couple more games
but the only downside is they are abit more expensive than your average
rookie at 120k and 135k. But if your really depesrate for coin you
could go for the likes of Scott Selwood (-68) and Matthew Spangher
(-41) both from West Coast that might play that 3rd game some time this
season. So, if they are ever named jump on them.
DOWNGRADING MIDS

Bird, Houli Douli and Trav Tuck are all ready for downgrades. And, I
got two words for ya: Trent Cotchin. I cant see him getting dropped
all season now he is in the team. But again like the Don boys he is
alittle more expensive than the average rookie at 140k. But, you have
that extra week for him if you want to get some more coin out of Wona,
Ibbo and Palmer. Also, I have read some people are downgrading Nick
Stevens and playing Palmer which I reckon is a excellent idea. So, if
youve got Rhys on ya bench you might do something simliar. If you
dont like Cotchin there is also Myers in the middle and a bloke named
Sharrod Wellingham (-83) from Collingwood.
DOWNGRADING FORWARDS

Lots of people are downgrading/upgrading Rioli this week which I think
is abit silly cause he scores well enough to be a 7th forward, and
surely there are some worse players in your starting 22? Others that
you might look to downgrade are that hack in Kurt Tippett and Nathan J
Brown. Gamble and McKinley are not quite peaked so unless you really
need some coin I would leave them for now. There are a couple that look
decent enough in Darcy Dahiner, although a big BE of 0 he is going to
be very slow at gaining value in the first couple of weeks cause of his
early low scoring. And, then there is Shane Valenti and Ryan Davis that
both debuted on the weekend. Watch the selection table closely this
week they could be goo pick ups.


I hope that helped someone and for those looking for upgrades keep watching for my Best Buys this week.