I'm looking to correct the mistake that was selecting K.Hunt for my team. He hasn't got the fitness to play a full game of AFL and I haven't got the patience to wait for him to get fit. Fell for the preseason hype about his fitness unfortunately. Time to correct now before R3 price adjustments start. I have Lower, Duigan and Batchelor (and Otten) as my non-keeper DEF players. I'm looking at Pittard (Port), Watson (Carl), McKernan (Adel) and D.Stanley (GC) as potential replacements for K.Hunt. Toy doesn't excite me what with him being named as a sub already, but I guess he might potentially be an option too. Which replacement for my DEF line would you recommend?
Righto, thanks Jolcon. I remembered that Pittard was playing in DEF for Port, but forgot that he wasn't listed as a DEF in SC.
Jason Pittard is a mid. watson may not keep his spot. Mckernan has Tippett, Jacobs and Moran still out of the crows team. Toy will be a better player in the long run, but Stanley has the mature body. For mine Stanley > Toy > Mckernan
Pittard is MID only so not an option. All of the others have only played once so you have a week to wait and see. Watson was good last week but will probably be out this week with Carlton defenders returning. I'd be looking at choosing between McKernan & Stanley but unless you need to bring your rookie straight in onto the park this week you should wait and reappraise after round 3..
Thanks for the replies everyone. You are exactly right Fez, there is no need to move on any of Watson/McKernan/Stanley this week. S.Martin is an interesting suggestion. Does he hold his spot if the coach swings the axe at the selection table after the fade out last week? Can't it just be Friday already?
Fez beat me to it, you can watch McKernan for one more week (and KHunt for that matter) and see where they fit into their teams and pull the trigger next week. FWIW I went KHunt too and am looking at maybe trading him, but who knows, he could turn it around this week. For me McKernan is winning the race easily, especially with Adelaide's round 1 injuries. The question is, is 3 "fix-up" trades too many (assuming I bring Libba and Curnow in this week)??
Jason if Martin stays this week, then he'd be a fair chance to stay most wouldn't you think? I guess with players like Cale Morton and Tom Scully coming back eventually Martin would come in for the chop. Thing is, he's their Leigh Brown, and works well in the structure. Tough to drop structure players.
@Fez I thought the press reported after R1 that McKernan wasn't in doubt based on Tippett's potential upcoming selection. That doesn't prove anything, but it was a good thing to hear nonetheless. Martin would be the only DEF I would bring in this week though, and I would probably only do that if K.Hunt was dropped at selection this week. Unlikely perhaps?
McKenna has said Hunt is safe I think when he said the 22 would be in this week again. So that affects me with Coad because I would have thought he would be ideal. He could take the Hunt opponent, Hunt could take one further down the tree, and a Harbrow or Krakouer could get into the middle where they need to be playing in the Senior Role they now need to take on in that footy team. It's not a holiday boys, need to suck it up. Oh and by the way 500 up.
Congrats on your quincentennial post Lucas I'll be very surprised if GC line-up is unchanged this week. McKenna doesn't want to overreact and make wholesale changes but surely with a list as big as his he has to be a little ruthless.
Time to bump this thread up I think. Jason where are your thoughts on who to bring in? Surely now B Smith is in the spotlight as well. What about Pederson (if named) and R Tarrant?
Definitely need a bump for this discussion. I am looking at a couple non-playing rookies I hope to get back in the next 2-3 weeks (Hibberd and Pedersen... can anyone confirm that these guys are at least on the radar for selection?). Additionally, I think I need to get rid of Hunt as his price will likely max out around $250k. For Hunt (assuming they're named), I was thinking B. Smith OR D. Stanley. Watson not in the running for me as don't think Ratten will continue to give him game time once their other defenders return. Was thinking about moving onto R. Tarrant as he has looked good so far - to bring him into my side, I would have to dump Otten, which I don't think will be worth it long term as Otten should improve. I don't have enough cash to swap out Hunt and Hibberd / Pedersen (for B. Smith and D. Stanley), so I am hoping I can wait it out until Hibberd and Pedersen get named again. My team at the moment: Gibbs, Deledio, Broughton, Heppell, Lower, Duigan, Otten (Goddard, Pedersen, Hunt). Swan, Judd, Krakouer, Harris, Selwood, Swallow (Conca, Bewick, Hibberd) Cox, Sandilands (Z. Smith, Petrie) Dawes, Franklin, Goodes, Rioli, Fyfe, Riewoldt, Tapscott, (McKernan, Darling, Matera)
I went K.Hunt -> S.Martin last week. Pretty happy with that decision thus far. I think that McKernan has better JS than B.Smith within Adelaide, given that K.Tippett played last week and McKernan still held his spot. Whereas B.Smith potentially faces some competition from some of the relatively extended Crows injury list for his spot in the 22. I wouldn't be worried about McKernan's low score in R3, more excited about his high score (91?) when the Crows were winning. The simple fact that McKernan can score highly, even if it is only when Crows are winning, is enough to excite as a rookie cash-cow prospect for mine. I haven't looked closley enough at NM to know where R.Tarrant is in the scheme of things. But I do know that Pedersen was just filling a hole whilst Petrie was out - Pedersen will absolutely require an injury to a key player before he gets another look in the 22. So between R.Tarrant and Pedersen, Tarrant is a much better prospect, although he is more expensive to start obviously. This week, out of the Adel/NM players mentioned: McKernan > R.Tarrant > B.Smith > Pedersen.
No thanks necessary Jason. Well traded. I went Coad out (probably a mistake, but let's wait and see) for Heppell (no brainer in) I think Smith > McKernan just on gutfeel.
Its going to be a tough decision on who to bring in. That is true about McKernan scoring better when Adelaide were flying, but the reverse can be said about Smith - he played better when they were losing. McKernan is more KP, which turns me off a little, but his persistence with the presence of TTT is encouraging. Anyone Adelaide people have some inside knowledge? R Tarrant is one that keeps bugging me. Has always had big wraps, second year (like B Smith) in the system. Could his big first game be a fluke? I wonder why Freako named Pederson as probably returning for the roos?