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Jordan De-GOAT | Bye-Round Pain | Strategy Round Table #PODPOD
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Transcript
Introduction and Panel Reunion
00:00:20
Speaker
Good day and welcome to the Pod Pod brought to you by Moreira's Magic. I'm your host Holmesy, two-time, three-time top 10 finisher and twice runner-up in AFL Fantasy Classic.
00:00:31
Speaker
We have just had the first of the buy rounds. We've had coaches have some seriously high scores and then some really low scores as well. We're here to dissect it all with a full panel this week after some of our co-hosts had to miss last week's pod.
Round Highlights and Challenges
00:00:49
Speaker
We'll start with our perennial top 1K, finish our Louis and proud owner of Isaac Heaney. So clearly had a pretty good round this week. But Louis, mate, how are how you doing?
00:01:00
Speaker
I'm well, yep. It's always great when you can see one of your players is on for a real nice score. So I certainly was riding that high on the Saturday, had the C on him, took on the the VC, fully expecting to get burnt like I have a couple of times this year. But that was really nice to see and offset a a couple of disappointing scores from couple of primos that I'm sure are highly owned across the comp, namely Flanders, Broon and Hugh McCluggage. We'll give Flanders a pass, but...
00:01:29
Speaker
It always seems that during the bye rounds, we do get thrown these curveballs, especially when we're maybe just skating by in terms of a ah best 18. So ah yeah, but other than that, pretty good week.
00:01:44
Speaker
Yeah, I'll tell you what, we've had ah we've had a year of popular primos getting injured and you do all this work to plan for the buyers and and think about who going to bring in and trade out and this kind of thing. And and then you lose Sam Flanders in the first half of the first game of the buy rounds and then that just throws everything into a bit of a tailspin. But yeah, that's just the year that's been and we need to need to continue to make necessary adjustments, Lou, as the news comes to hand, as Pete likes to say.
00:02:12
Speaker
We do have Jordy with us again. Jordy, not the best round for you, I guess, but still here and and just kicking along, trying to build things back up as we move to the buys.
00:02:24
Speaker
Yeah, not the best week. As you know, Holmes, I had Heaney coming in all week and I was locking that in. But yeah, as you said, Flanders out, Banfield, Eysen, all these guys. And I just thought, oh, i better pivot to the smart thing.
00:02:38
Speaker
But yeah, we'll go through starter picks soon. But there's a guy that sort of saved it and it actually didn't I wasn't actually that many points worse off by not going Heaney. So... i can always try and go there this week if I want to. But um yeah, a lot of other players in my team, like Will Ashcroft, just not getting it done. Got some big issues. So anyway, we'll see. Hopefully we can bounce back.
00:03:02
Speaker
Sure, you will do,
Introduction of Co-host Harmy
00:03:03
Speaker
mate. And I did say we have a full panel on deck tonight, but we do actually have a new co-host that is joining us for the first time. So i'd why don't you just introduce yourself to the listeners, mate, and let us know a bit about yourself.
00:03:18
Speaker
Yes, hello Holmesy. No, I am here even though I'm sounding a little bit like our old mate Hayden Kennedy just with the with the sickness this week, but no, glad to be aboard.
00:03:33
Speaker
For those playing along at home, that is our two-time top 10 finisher and runner-up in 2019, John Harmy. I, I, boys, I couldn't believe when Harmy started speaking today, i actually thought he had some mic compressor voice over thing going on. but it was an effect.
00:03:50
Speaker
You have, have people been freaking out around you over the last couple of days? Uh, I've just, um, it's been remoting into meetings at work and think people are pretty glad I'm not sitting in the office with them to be fair.
00:04:03
Speaker
It almost sounds like a Stato. It's unbelievable. I thought Drew Jones, to be fair, like it's just, I suppose it's what you want to hear, but good to have you on board, Harmy. I know it's, ah you didn't come last week, but good to have you here, boys. All right, let's go through our rounds and may as well just stick with you, Harmy, mate. How did you go for the week and and give us all your your picks?
00:04:26
Speaker
Yep, no, it went terribly, unfortunately. i think just all round, I'm feeling crook. The Bombers are performing crook. And my fantasy team is this week put up about the same. So my score was a 1-6-2-6, which dropped my rank again,
Strategic Trading and Team Management
00:04:44
Speaker
unfortunately. should have been on last week. Man, you guys recorded too late.
00:04:48
Speaker
um My rank is 7-7-7-5. I think i've dropped ranking spots there. Very happy to be able to throw my Stato pick of the week to my man Jordan Degoe, who I did bring in last week with a 127. Just um amazing, amazing on-field performance. He's just carving out that midfield, which is excellent to see. Move over Nick Dacos.
00:05:15
Speaker
But I think luke when you threw Louis straight up, he said the premiums in his team, premiums, Tanner Bruin, well, far out. 54 is not what I was expecting the premium to come out with. So um I think I'll have to put my dossie pick of the week to him.
00:05:32
Speaker
Harmi, was your weekend just dictated by having a lot of these rookies on field still that that put up these lower scores? Like, did you have 22 playing, so you didn't get to drop as... Sorry, did you have 22 playing, which meant you could hide some of these? Or were you were a victim of not having that many on field? So, you know, needing to take an ice and or a ban field, for example.
00:05:55
Speaker
When Grundy, ah like I would have had 22, but with Grundy going out and Duff Tyler not coming back in, that's left me with 21, which I still thought was a pretty good number. But,
00:06:08
Speaker
Jeez, it just started off really badly. We're probably getting into the trade out. I just decided that my trade out would be Connor McDonald this week. mean, he had a three-round average of 61, for God's sake, and he comes out with 105 on the Thursday night. But I'd already moved him on. I upgraded him to Bont for minus 19 points.
00:06:29
Speaker
um But that really just set the tone, right? So I moved out McDonald and it means I brought in like Banfield and all these 30s, Banfield, Eisen. I just had a chunk of them. um Yeah, like Cumming, Retchko, like I had all these guys stinking it up. So many, many scores in that 60 and below, Holmesy.
00:06:54
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. with The coaches that were able to hide some of those this week were clearly the ones that benefited. And I suppose it is the... the buy-around strategy of not getting off all of your rookies too early because you do need some decent rookies still to be able to put up scores throughout the best 18. So yeah, Connor Mack, that's just how fantasy goes, isn't it? Puts up these stinkers and then we know it's how it goes. You trade them out and and they go well. So I think that'll pay off in the long term, but obviously hurts this round. Jordy, I think you're up next.
00:07:26
Speaker
Yeah, so I wasn't too far off home. He got 16.45. The rank went back about 1,000 as well. So I'm at i'm into the 10K now, 10,053. So not amazing there.
00:07:39
Speaker
The Stato pick goes to Willem Dersmer in the last game. So 109 who is meant to be a rookie Well, I guess he is a rookie, but he's just a gun. And he's outperforming your McCluggages and Bruins and these types. So i think he stays. But the reason why he's got my stator pick is I was trading him to Isaac Heaney.
00:08:01
Speaker
um And for him to get 109, it actually set the difference off not that much, which allowed me to do the Gorn trade. um So ended up I did end up trading Grundy just because... As Harmi said, I had all of those rookies as well and they're all sort of counting. So I needed to get an extra number on field. So he gets the Stato pick and the Dossie pick for me when I needed him the most this week with the buy round, Justin McInerney, 33. I know he got a bit injured, but this is against Richmond. This is a game I needed him to do 100 plus.
00:08:36
Speaker
So I'm giving it to him. Yeah, sometimes the game doesn't go our way. i was actually tempted to bring him in during the week for the Richmond matchup and the few matchups he has before his bye had been pretty consistent all year. So clearly you can't predict injuries. That one was just really unfortunate. Louis, bit of a bounce back for you, which was good to see.
00:08:57
Speaker
Yeah, had a decent week. I had the 21 playing just due to that Grundy laid out and I chose not to not to trade him to a Gorn or anybody else. so um that being said, I did bring in Tim English for um Lachlan McAndrew. So yeah, 1784, that brought the rank into 19,833. I'm just going back from 20 to 25. I said pre-show, I'm sort of having one good week and then two bad weeks and um clawing it back each time, but that was 46.50 for the round. So that's pretty nice for the first buy round. State
PodPod Challenge Update and Strategy Discussion
00:09:36
Speaker
of pick of the week. I'm going to give it to Zach Bailey just because he's been a little bit disappointing up until this point. So tip of the cap.
00:09:44
Speaker
ah to him for the 107. Hopefully that can continue on. And Dossie Pick of the Week, unfortunately, have to give it to Hugh McCluggage. Definitely one that brought in a couple of weeks ago. Even put the VC on him against the Dons that same week when he went 109. I thought this is one that's going to skyrocket in price pretty quickly, but just hasn't rediscovered his form. Probably a little bit like the Lions themselves. And, uh,
00:10:10
Speaker
Yeah, things are looking pretty grim. I'm hoping I don't have to to trade him in a couple of weeks' time. But, yeah, there might be a rocket coming his way. I think it'll be coming Brisbane's way in general. So hopefully they can get off on the back of that and reverse the form.
00:10:28
Speaker
Lou, I know you're, you know, we'll talk about trades later on. But if you're anything like me, the temptation to trade out McCluggage is right up there, isn't it?
00:10:39
Speaker
Yeah, I've got him circled. ah Could even do it this week, you know, potentially. But I don't want to get too cute during the buys. I know I'm going to have a thin one, I think, in round 15 it is. So, um yeah, that's probably the week I'll do it. But, yeah, it's got to be tempting. I mean, him and Tanner Bruin, he's actually less than Tanner Bruin. And we're complaining about him. Picked him to be a rebounding primo and and it's not happening. So you don't want to get caught on that island too long.
00:11:12
Speaker
Four point second half, Louis. Four points. I think it's been three weeks in a row where he's been somewhere between 36 to 45 at halftime and then just limped his way to, well, 50 before and and now 46.
00:11:27
Speaker
Symptom of Brisbane at the moment. I'm not i'm not sure what's going on there, but yeah, far out. I mean, Gold Coast this week and then Richmond, two of the best inside midfield matchups going around. I think we hold fat and hope that he can turn it around.
00:11:42
Speaker
Plus, he then has the bye, but far out. I think it's ah about a three-round average of 57, which is just... Very, very disgusting. um I had a good week. So i had the 22 playing.
00:11:55
Speaker
Did probably, you know, go a little bit sideways here to kind of tread water throughout the buyers. I did trade out both Gorn and McAndrew. ah Sorry, Grundy and McAndrew to Gorn and Darcy Cameron.
00:12:06
Speaker
um And then took a rookie up to Cossey Pickett. So he does get my Dossie Pick of the Week. I knew he was going to get some attention, but I was just hoping for an 85-plus and then I've got him for the year. But unfortunately, that 70 was no good. So I did score, sorry, the 18-34.
00:12:23
Speaker
which basically halved my rank, which has brought me up to or down to 3,356. So was speaking to Jordy over the weekend. Typically, I like to try and halve my rank over the buy rounds, which means more than likely there's a bit of a slide coming over the next few weeks. But hopefully this year is a bit different and I can keep going a little bit further.
00:12:44
Speaker
My Stato pick of the week, I just want to tip the hat to Finn Callaghan. So he was one very similar to Hugh McCluggage about four weeks ago that I jumped on as an underpriced primo and put up a couple of mid-90s scores and thought, you know, is this the guy or is he just going to be that with the tags? But to go 119 and then 123 on the weekend definitely has that average back up and has been a pretty good pick um off the back of that. So hopefully he can continue that on.
00:13:15
Speaker
All right, quick update on the PodPod challenge. So we have seven coaches inside the top 100, which is really good to see. Huge shout out to Stivos, who wasn't in the top 100 last week, but put up a 19.35 on the weekend, which has put him all the way into a rank of 25, which is huge.
00:13:38
Speaker
has pretty solid team value as well. So hopefully that is a sign of things to come and you can keep pushing up the ranks. We still have the Cooper Troopers up there ranked at 30 and then the Powerhouse ranked at 37. So really good to see some Pod Pod Challenge members high up the ranks.
00:13:54
Speaker
If you'd like to get involved, the lead code is still in the show description below. But boys, let's get stuck straight into the hot topics slash strategy discussion for the week. And Geordie, you touched off it off the top. Sam Flanders, Achilles, now out for, i think going to be 12 months, but regardless, out for the rest of the fantasy year.
00:14:16
Speaker
Had just got the triple position status, which was a bit irrelevant because we needed him in the forward line, but was going give us a lot of flexibility throughout the buyers to be able to shuffle players around.
00:14:27
Speaker
Unfortunately, now needs to go. You touched on the fact that you pivoted your trades on the weekend to kind of set yourself up, knowing that he'd have to go. But what are your initial thoughts on what we need to do with the San Flanders.
00:14:38
Speaker
Yeah. It's such a shame because he just started to get that half back role and did a couple of awesome tons there and looked, you know, locked in as a top six forward. And now we lose one and we sort of have to go, well, who's up the next guy coming up there in the top six. Um, but yeah for me I pivoted I i made sure basically i that I had DPP so I think I was originally trading out Braden Cook but I ended up keeping Braden Cook it just gave me the flexibility that if I want to trade him this week I can but if I don't I can obviously hold him um and he's going to be a dot for me this week so I've got DPP to trade him out and that's what I sort of pivoted to because I want to get him up to a midfielder. I think my midfield is quite weak at the moment. So that's sort of what, what I have done. um
00:15:26
Speaker
I'm looking at targeting, you know, a Dawson, a Baz. I could probably go Heaney. Probably Dawson is your best bet off the buy, but there's obviously some guys we can, we can talk about. So if think if DPP, you maybe want to go for a mid, but,
00:15:40
Speaker
You might have to double in a forward, I guess, if you're stuck with that position. But yeah, he's ah he's out for the year. So he's a trade Yeah, absolutely has to go. We've seen injuries on injuries each week.
00:15:53
Speaker
You've just got to bite the bullet and and get off him. There's no point trading around him because if we get more bullets throughout the buyers, then we're just potentially risking not having enough numbers.
00:16:04
Speaker
Jordy, that was ah a good point you kind of made. And I'll go to you for this one, Louis. So Jordy just mentioned that he wants to target a midfielder, which could be ah a Baz or someone like that. For so long, the philosophy has always been you need to trade into players coming off their buy.
00:16:19
Speaker
But that was you know built around the previous years gone by where there was only three weeks of buys and you had six teams on each buy, which meant everything was really condensed and it was hard to get a best 18. After last year of seeing the success of you know someone trading in a Jai Caldwell who was really cheap, even though they still had a buy to come and getting a leg up there, do you subscribe to the fact that we need to only target players off the buy coming up or would you be happy, ah sorry, that have had their buy or would you still be comfortable this week trading into a premium if they were the right premium, um even though they've got a buy to come? So i'm thinking like the round 16 guys, which would be your Geelong, Melbourne, Saints and Dogs players.
00:17:00
Speaker
Yeah, look, I actually think there is room to move within these mid-season buys now. And I sort of did a few little fruity options last year as well, trying to get that leg up.
00:17:11
Speaker
um and And this week is probably a around where you can really consider it. So ah generally i skew towards wanting to have that balance and bringing in players that are coming off their buy.
00:17:22
Speaker
um And we saw we saw it last year with opening round. Yeah. there's ah This week's buy round, is it's two teams. So it's Giants and the Tigers. And I think for the most part, no teams really have any Tigers unless they've got a grill hanging around, a retchco sort of type. So your rookies are there. And then for the Giants, I guess there's a handful as well. But I think if you can field a really strong 18 as we're starting to sort of get one eye on in terms of um completing our teams that yeah, it's, it's certainly an option to bring in some of these high price guys or guys that you can bank a score over the next couple of weeks, because as we know, best 18 does favor that ceiling um as opposed to best 22. So as long as you've been generating the cash and you can afford it and you're not going to find yourself without a penny in a couple of weeks time, then certainly this week, especially, I think it's something that coaches can really consider.
00:18:18
Speaker
yeahp Yeah, you know that. So, I mean, if we're talking about premiums, so GWS, there's there's going to be a lot of Lockie Whitfield ownership. There's going to be some Lockie Ash ownership. Some coaches will have a Callahan.
00:18:30
Speaker
um If we're talking Richmond, you know, there's a little bit of Jadon Short around. Maybe some coaches went into a Jack Ross in the forward line. And then you're looking at your Retchkos, your Cummings, your Grylls, maybe some Phoenix Gothard. So,
00:18:44
Speaker
You're right, Lou. It's this week, most of us should be out to field a pretty strong 18. So I think it's probably the week to have a look at the rest of your buy structure. So rounds 14, 15 and 16 and see where you are the heaviest in and try to jump ahead of
Trade Planning and Bye Period Strategy
00:19:00
Speaker
that. So for example,
00:19:01
Speaker
I might be looking to go early on a Murphy Reid this week, or it could be the McCluggage-Harmy, although he's got the good matchups. If you're already heavy in round 15, it could be jumping ahead of that where it's not going to get you an extra number on field this week, but it's going to help you plan for the future weeks if if you've got a lot on the byes.
00:19:23
Speaker
yeah Yeah, well that's right. i think I counted them up and I've got nine players on that round 14 by so. An opportunity to um correct some of that imbalance if if you need to.
00:19:34
Speaker
Yeah, and I think that's where a lot lot of coaches will go Jordy, I know we have Flanders, so it's it's a bit tricky, but is it a at the moment, are you feeling a a two down and then Flanders across and then carrying money into next week? Are you looking at a one down, one up, and then Flanders across? like How are you kind of assessing the sort of trade options This week is, I don't know about you, I'm not seeing heaps of options actually coming off the buy. Like going to talk about them and there are some options there, but there's not any that are really like jumping out of the page as must have players.
00:20:11
Speaker
Yeah, I think because I pivoted last week, I've i've taken in 300K cash. So I'm looking at getting two primos and one rookie. So whether that rookie is that Tommy A or or a Nan, or do I target one of these 230K guys?
00:20:25
Speaker
And then I'm going to go, I'm probably going to trade Retch go right up and I'm going to trade Flanders up. But I think yeah if you don't have the cash, maybe it's you you are just doing Flanders up. and you're doing it a sideways maybe with some cash. it just I guess it depends if these rookies are going to come through. like Are we going to get Artemis? I i think is ah there's a calf or Fitzgerald maybe as ah as a mid-season. Are they going to come in or do you go for Tommy a so For me, I'm going two up, but...
00:20:54
Speaker
you know, for other teams, I think carrying cash for the week after is also a good idea. Like, I don't know how, um like Lockie Ash, for example, I just feel like you should plan to get him in next week.
00:21:08
Speaker
So make sure you sort of do that. And he's, I guess, Callaghan as well. He might be one that you want to pivot as, i get next week as well after finding some form. So i think definitely planning ahead is a big thing as well.
00:21:24
Speaker
Yeah, the ah the awkward thing as well, you touched on him, Fitzgerald from Melbourne. So he another 39 touches, I think it was, in the VFL. He's had close to 40 touches in his last five games. Forms off the chart, Louis, but...
00:21:37
Speaker
King's birthday game is on Monday, right? So unless they actually name him up throughout the week, we're not going to know those teams until Sunday night when all the other games have pretty much played. So you you can't really pencil him in to your trade plans. I mean, unless you're happy to trade into him as a red dot, knowing that he's more than likely going to come in at some stage over the next month.
00:21:59
Speaker
He's someone that I think we're all going to want to have, but it does make it a little bit tricky. Jordy, the point you made was was really good around sort of planning for next week. So in the back of my mind, I'm thinking, what trades am I going to do this week? But I also want to be able to set myself up to grab a Lockie Ash next week or have a plan just in case, you know, Darcy Cameron, they bring in another ruck this week or, you know,
00:22:22
Speaker
whatever it is, his scoring is not there against Max Gorn and you need to jump across to a cherry or whatever option that looks like. So I suppose, Louis, the the advice I'm trying to give here is that the the trades you do this week are really important, but you can't just discount the trades next week and the week after, even though we are acknowledging that there's injuries, you still need to be planning ahead.
Player Performance Debates
00:22:43
Speaker
Yeah, I'll go back to what state i used to spruik on the podcast all the time is looking at the buy period as exactly that. It's a period of time and, you know, one week might look superior over the other, but I think if you can find a nice balance between the the four buy rounds and really focus on improving your team, then then you're always going to come out ahead rather than sort of just getting tunnel vision for for one week at a time. And sometimes you can just end up tying yourself in knots.
00:23:13
Speaker
Yep, I'd agree with that. Before we go into some trade-in targets, I just want to quickly run through some of the more popular players and whether we need to consider or they need to be traded out. Now, I've taken these ownership numbers from the Morero's Magic Season Guide for the top 1,000 ownership, as we know the total ownership.
00:23:33
Speaker
gets skewed a little bit. Dan Houston still 74% owned in the top 1000, still has a break even of 117. But I think with the Melbourne matchup, we just leave that one for now and you reassess that at the buy. And I think that's the same with Josh Dacos, Geordie, even though he has been pretty underwhelming.
00:23:52
Speaker
Murphy Reid, 54% owned in the top 1000 shows what a good starting pick or even ah a pick being traded into he was. But break even of 85, I don't think you have to trade him this week.
00:24:03
Speaker
But if you want to jump ahead of your buy planning, there's no reason you can't do that. But Harmi Luke Jackson, 45% owned, break even of 149, went on an absolute tear for five weeks, but that's been three weeks in a row now where he's been very underwhelming in some tough matchups.
00:24:23
Speaker
do you Do you think Luke Jackson is someone that you'd want to be holding? Is he going to be a top two ruck or do you take advantage of you know the price that he's still at, um knowing that Freo going to be pushing for finals and there can be these rests happening with Cox?
00:24:37
Speaker
Do you want to consider jumping off him? You could definitely consider jumping off him. I mean... I don't think Frio really care about what his fantasy score is and they are going very well. So um i think it would be very tempting to jump to a Darcy Cameron or a Tim English the way that their prices are at the moment from, from um yeah. look I've got him in my draft comp and he's been really good, but, man, I keep captaining him and I'm just going to have to stop doing because was it, i think, 72 on the weekend? Like, that's just not enough.
00:25:13
Speaker
Yeah, Frio are definitely playing a system at the moment, which is team first, which is great as ah a Frio fan, but not really any players from Frio that I'd want in my fantasy side to be paying full price for, Jordy.
00:25:27
Speaker
Yeah, I heard something with Frio. I mean, they're flying at the moment and whether they might manage players from now to the rest of the year. Just with travel, they've got to be in finals and stuff like that. I know that's looking ahead, but I think Longmire may have hinted at that. So might be something that Louis just...
00:25:47
Speaker
Made me laugh. Anyway, um yeah, maybe something that might happen, you know, is Jackson one of those players? Do you jump off now? All of that. So just want to keep an arm.
00:25:59
Speaker
Yeah, doesn't have the traditional ruck role that we like to see in our premium rucks, right? They need to be solo ruck and rucking for huge amounts of the game. Went on an amazing five-week run there where he was the best ruckman in the game, but it's always really hard to sustain, especially in a side like Freer that is competing at the moment.
00:26:17
Speaker
Louis, I'll go to you for this one. And once again, I apologize. I'm not going to get the apology music out, but Jack Steele, 45% owned in the top 1,000.
00:26:27
Speaker
It's been six, seven games in a row now where he just is not the premium midfielder that we thought we were buying at the start of the year. Breakeven 106 does play the pies on Monday and that's ah a bit of a break for him.
00:26:42
Speaker
Do we hold him knowing that he's got the round 16 by or is there a world where we get crafty here? Oh, look, it's a bit of a flip of the coin. I think, you know, he's priced at 90. I think he can go at around that 85, 90 range. So it depends how good a shape your team is. But he's got to be circled and and you've got to be planning a trade um around him over the next couple of weeks, I think. He's he's probably a little bit blessed that he's got that round 16 buy, to be honest. Yeah.
00:27:12
Speaker
I'm certainly looking to trade over the next couple of weeks. It just doesn't look like he's going to to bounce back from that form. Tom Sparrow has probably um taken a bit of those points in there and Cozzy Pickett's having ah an absolute smash here. So...
00:27:27
Speaker
um Yeah, I think he's probably reverting back to what I thought he would be at the start of the year, which is a mature body in what's quite a young Melbourne team and he can sort of help direct the troops. And um yeah, I don't necessarily think he's got that that thirst and I'm not sure that Melbourne particularly feel the need to to give him the footy over some of those other young, exciting players. So um yeah, that's probably where I'm at with Jack still.
00:27:57
Speaker
canius And just on that question before, Holmesy, with the two down, one up, if there's no rookies, is that where you just go one rookie, you trade your Flanders, and then you trade Jack Steele because he gives you that opportunity to, it wouldn't be too much to maybe, could you look at a Noah Anderson, for example, which wouldn't be too much, I wouldn't have thought, off of Jack Steele. So that could be a creative option if you if there's no rookies there to just jump off him this week.
00:28:23
Speaker
Yeah, I think there's a few guys in that basket. That's a good call, Jordy. Like McCluggage, as we spoke about, Tanner Broon, Murphy Reed. Like these are all the guys that are at really inflated price tags um that are pretty much playing at what their price stat is and there's not necessarily much scope for improvement from that. So, you know, if you don't have a downgrade option and there's probably only a couple this week anyway, I think it's a great play.
00:28:51
Speaker
So here's where I'll i'll say, Jordy, it's absolutely a play, but you need to be very careful. And we've just spoken about the fact that a McCluggage hasn't worked as a value option. Finn Callaghan has now, but he was looking shaky.
00:29:06
Speaker
i would only say yes to fixing steel if it was going across to another value option which we'll we'll get to if you're going to use 300k to get him up to a baz or a day cost or someone like that i think that's fraught with danger because that's 300k that you then can't use to get these rookies off field that we need to towards the end of the buyers or then you find yourself trading into some pretty dirty areas so that's where it gets A little bit murky, but if you've you've done the the maths and the the money on your bench, you're thinking you're going to be able to get all that on and and come out of the buys with ah a complete side ready to launch, then yeah, absolutely. I think that could be a play to jump off Jack's deal.
00:29:44
Speaker
Tanner Bruin, still 34% only in the top 1,000. He just has to go now. His role is changing week to week. He's being managed, Geelong are up and down. um You just take the money and run. He's been a very good starting pick, but he needs to go.
00:29:58
Speaker
Louis, let's just have a, because we're all a bit emotional and we've kind of touched on him already, but Hugh McCluggage, that we're talking about an all-Australian midfielder for the reigning premiers here that's averaged over 100 and then high 90s in his last two.
00:30:11
Speaker
He does have Gold Coast and Richmond, as I said.
Trade-in Targets and Role Analysis
00:30:15
Speaker
Surely we just need to hold him during these best 18 and hope that he bounces back, right? If we trade him now, we've lost all that cash.
00:30:24
Speaker
And what you spruik this more than anyone that... You know, if you're just looking at the player and what he's done, he would be a trade in target after his buyers with how cheap he's got fresh off.
00:30:36
Speaker
So surely we're just holding. Yeah. Look, I was probably unfair to put him in that group of players at an inflated price. We can get rid of because he he just hasn't fired a shot yet. I think we're probably sitting there and hoping. And as I said, at the top of the show, I think this is a player who's got runs on the board, um not only from a fantasy sense, but a genuine footballing ability. And he's just not reached those heights at all this year. And,
00:31:02
Speaker
Yeah, I think Brisbane, as we come into these mid-season buyers, are are really going to be lighting fires underneath their players. And McLuggage is one of them. He's one of their most important players that there are. um And, yeah, um'm I'm hoping he can lead from the front. And to be honest, at this point, I think there's only upside in the pick, right? Like, yes, he did go 46 in a four-point half. But...
00:31:25
Speaker
um Yeah, maybe I'm a little bit delusional here, but you know he's going to have to regress something fierce to to go back because he's been averaging 90 since his third year. So yeah, I think there's a lot of scope for improvement there.
00:31:42
Speaker
Harmi, for those playing along at home, Harmi's just typed into our our group here an effing 4.5. Harmi, did you know, and I kid you not because I was watching this game, right? So 30 seconds to go in the second quarter. He was on 45 and he's running inside 50 and he just didn't get the handball off and got holding the ball. So he lost three points.
00:32:03
Speaker
So that would have taken him to 47 and then he didn't get past that for the rest of the game, mate. You're going to trade him out?
00:32:13
Speaker
Jesus, tempting. Far out. I just... i don't know. It's like two weeks that he's got 50. I mean, ah how's that happen? They couldn't do any worse. But but look, in his defence, the entire Brisbane outfit was terrible. What...
00:32:30
Speaker
um Did Kadeen Coleman get injured? I saw he scored 27. All right. Okay. So he's got an excuse. Oh, that's right. He sat on the bench and he was still outscoring um people for ages. Yeah, that's right.
00:32:45
Speaker
Yeah. They're going to turn it around. They have to. They're too good a club. but We've been saying this for a few weeks now. huge, huge flags. i think they're to have to change some things up, which I think could actually be good for Zach Bailey.
00:32:56
Speaker
I think he might find himself actually getting 50%, 60%, 70% centre bounces in the coming weeks and maybe a Lockie Neal or someone like that. Josh Dunkley even finds himself out a bit more because they're just, yeah, they've really fallen off. so I'll be holding McCluggage reluctantly, although I might try and loop him this week with an earlier earlier game and and pivot if I need to.
00:33:18
Speaker
All right, let's get stuck into these trading targets. As I mentioned, there are probably still some good options in the round 16 by team. So... Please just have a look at those as well and and don't just pigeonhole yourself into only players coming off the round 12 bye. But those teams that we're looking at are Adelaide, Port, North and Gold Coast.
00:33:40
Speaker
We'll start with the defenders. You know, the runs for these sides aren't great. So North has the sixth easiest run, Adelaide the ninth. Gold Coast 10th and then Port the 16th. But I don't think we're looking at anyone in defence from Port Adelaide. Anyway, Jordy, my boy, he's been really good so far this year. Wayne Miller, are priced at 96. I'm not sure anyone's looking to trade him in though, but you can't really knock what he's done.
00:34:08
Speaker
Yeah, I think as as a holder like you are, hopefully, yeah, he's he's back for you this week and can get on that run. But yeah, I wouldn't be trading him in, I don't think. I don't think really there's anyone from defence. I'm thinking next week is so as we talked about the GWS boys, I think is ah I would hold off anyway if it was me. And I think I wouldn't think anyone is doesn't have has red dots in defence.
00:34:34
Speaker
Hopefully not. Yeah, yeah. I was going to say that. I mean, you've got John Noble, whose form was really good before last week, but he's priced at 106. There's no way you're paying that. Luke Parker priced at 94. Same with Miller has been really good this year, but probably not a top six. So you're not sort of trading into that. Colby priced at 80. You just need to see that halfback roll before you'd launch at that. I wouldn't be happy paying 80.
00:34:58
Speaker
So I think you're right, Jordy. You're not trading up in defense this week. You're waiting for a Lockie Ash to become available or a Lockie Whitfield, even a Jaden Short. um'm I'm not sure you're going there. Combine that with the fact that you've still got... Sorry, you've still got Carroll scoring well. You've still got Farrow scoring well. Lindsay, um I think you just play the rookie there for the week and look upgrade next week, Harmi.
00:35:20
Speaker
Yeah, look, I was going say, um when we spoke about Flanders earlier, I actually have Colby McHurcher, so I could um trade out Flanders, flip Colby to the forward line and bring in a defender, but I really don't think I'm looking at it because of this issue. like there's not There's not any great round 12 defenders coming off their buy and And also with Colby, although I am obviously optimistic that his scores will improve now and that he could move back, I really think you need to see it. So I don't know if you'd be jumping this week at him either.
00:35:57
Speaker
Let's just move straight on to the midfield then when we do have some targets, albeit the runs once again aren't fantastic. So North pretty neutral. So the eighth easiest run for midfielders. This is all off the scheduled strength on morerasmagic.com.au. If you're wondering, Gold Coast 11th, Adelaide 14th, and then Port 17th. So all pretty hard.
00:36:19
Speaker
Jordi, let's just go straight to the top because Jordan Dawson is someone that is of interest. We know he's a top eight. Mid has been a fantastic fantasy scorer for two years now, but he is priced at 113 and walking into...
00:36:34
Speaker
and is walking into Geelong this week, which is more than likely a Mullen tag in the wet. Then he's got the Bulldogs, which have been a pretty tough matchup for inside mids. Then he goes Melbourne, Port Adelaide, West Coast. So, I mean, my question for you is, is it kind of similar to what I did with Cozzy last week, where you're just using the opportunity to grab him when you can? Or is there scope here to wait a couple of weeks until the matchups open up?
00:37:02
Speaker
Personally, I'm not going to overthink Dawson. I just want to get him in. Comes off his bye. I don't have to worry about that in the future. He might get some attention this week, but I just don't think Dawson... I just don't think Mullen can go with Dawson.
00:37:15
Speaker
Do they try O'Connor? He's been playing half-back a couple of weeks ago. He can go forward. I actually think he does could almost do better in tougher match-ups. He's that type of player where Adelaide needs to win...
00:37:27
Speaker
um he's he just kills it. Like we saw last week against Hawthorne, it was ah meant to be a really tough matchup. He scored 131 points. So I'm not going to overthink it. He's a gun. He can score basically any because any position and Adelaide need sort of get on a run. So i reckon he's still tons this week, even with some attention.
00:37:50
Speaker
So um'm I'm just going to back him in. Harmi, do you have any opposing thoughts to that? I know you typically don't like paying up too high and 113 is a pretty elevated price tag. I think he's up there, maybe the third most expensive player in the game or close to it, maybe not third, but he's up there.
00:38:10
Speaker
Dawson, do you think? Look, if you if money was no object, he's probably the one to bring in this week. But as you say, I feel like there are others that are present better value and I wouldn't be going for Dawson. But good coaches will. People that can afford him will.
00:38:31
Speaker
um He had a great game that I think was Thursday night against the Hawks. And yeah, as you sort of said, when when they chuck a tagger on him, well... He goes forward, kicks goals, or he goes to the back line, racks up the cheap pill. Like, he's got a very well-rounded game and he's great player.
00:38:50
Speaker
Harmi, I'll throw you an LDU priced at 94. Now, the only reason that I've chucked him on here is that his run is actually relatively good. Now, said eighth best for the next five rounds, but that's because he's got Frio this week, which are relatively tough.
00:39:07
Speaker
But then he goes into West Coast, Richmond, Essendon, and then Port Adelaide. So, the four bottom sides. probably does get a bit of Hoff attention against West Coast, which might make that a little bit trickier, but outside of the other ones, there's no tag there. Are we gone past the the LDU types at this time of the season or would you still entertain it for a bit of a five-week sort of run?
00:39:34
Speaker
Yeah, Orhoff goes to Sheasle. Look, I'm glad you did put him on the list because I i really like LDU in this bracket because I guess for me, for some he presents as somebody that's affordable.
00:39:49
Speaker
ah really like that run. I'm certainly interested in him um as a trade-in. There you go. Didn't expect that, Harmi. Interesting. Yeah, I don't mind it. I think it's just...
00:40:00
Speaker
It's tricky. We know he has the ability to put up a 60 or a 70 every now and again, and and that's really tricky. But hopefully, with the win against the Gold Coast, North Melbourne have got a bit a bit more belief, um and that sort of gets them going back after the year, Jordy. Would you do a Jack Steele or a McCluggage to an LDU, or is that fraught with danger? or is that that value pick that we're talking about? a little bit more pricey, but if he goes on a run, it could really...
00:40:26
Speaker
um yeah, it could it could it could really change that your midfield, I guess, because you're going to be getting some hope for these in ceiling games.
00:40:36
Speaker
I'm not sure. the They got the guys that you noted there, um, Geordie both have their bar coming up and LDU doesn't, and he's going to get a good score in the buy rounds for us as well. So he scores definitely going to count. So, um, I mean, you could, if you've already made the decision that you're planning to trade out steel, uh, or McCluggage through this buy period, then yep. Yep. You could certainly go early with this buyer that's only got GWS in Richmond.
00:41:04
Speaker
Zach Butters priced at 99. I think you can still go there if you've gone this long without him. I think he's going to be a top eight mid. Has some tougher games, but has just been getting it done all year. Jordy, I'll throw you the two Gold Coast boys here. so Noel Anderson priced at 101. Had some lower scores to start the year, but since he's come back from the surgery, i think it's three games in a row above 110. And then Matt Rau, we know how he started with the broken hand. Took ah a while to get going.
00:41:34
Speaker
But we did know that he went on a pretty nice run last year. So their run, they've got the Lions this week, which has been very easy over the last five. And then goes Geelong, Hawthorne, Freo and Collingwood.
00:41:50
Speaker
I'd be worried personally for Noah Anderson priced at 101. I think that's you know probably overs what we'll get from him. He's very up and down, especially if there's a tension there. And Matt Rowe, we know he went on that run last year, but that was built off big tackle numbers. And we know the game has changed significantly in terms of being more open.
00:42:09
Speaker
Are any of these guys options or do you think these ones we need to just leave let through to the keeper until they their run opens up a bit? Yeah, I think for Rao, just with the game changing and he needs those tackles, I think for me, I'm leaving him.
00:42:24
Speaker
But I still have interest in Noah Anderson. The thing that's got me interested is, I know it's a tough run, but he's the last few weeks, he's marked a lot more. He's had 20 marks.
00:42:35
Speaker
So I don't know whether it's the first time we've seen all of those midfielders there together. I know he's got a tough run, but does is he a player that in a tougher matchup does better? Like those those games against Richmond and all of that, he doesn't seem to do those ceilings. I mean, he didn't do that last year, but I'm still tempted. I know he's got maybe a few tags, but you've got Petrarca there as well.
00:42:59
Speaker
ah don't hate it. I just, I think he's like, I'd be okay. I think to to take a bit of punt on him. And hopefully that he can continue the last three tons that he's done the last three weeks and taken 20 marks.
00:43:15
Speaker
I think he did used to have those ceiling scores. So maybe not as much last year. I know he put up a few 120s, 130s, but he did used to have the 140s that would then balance out the 60s and 70s that he would do when he's tagged. And I'm not sure we're going to see those 140s anymore, especially with Rao.
00:43:34
Speaker
being the player is now petrarca coming into that side took miller still pretty good yeah um they were i don't last week was a bit different but they from what i've been seeing with the eye they've been chipping around the back line a lot more we've been getting some big scores out of noble uh bode yulin's been scoring really well all year even mac andrew i think put up three 90s in a row um you know will powell's put up some scores as well so yeah He has marking. He's definitely marking, that's for sure. But i I'd be worried trading into him with a Mullen potential tag in in two weeks' time. I think that's probably fraught with danger for Noah Anderson.
00:44:13
Speaker
Yeah, look, Holmes, you just you mentioned about LDU and North's great run. Well, The Suns, it's actually quite the opposite, isn't it? They've got a really tough run coming up. They've got, well, depending on which Brisbane team turns up, Brisbane, then they go into Geelong in Geelong.
00:44:34
Speaker
They got Hawthorne, Frio at Inoptus, you know, so it's a bit of a hard month for them coming up. Yeah, that's why I'm not looking to trade into those two. But I mean, let's just go straight to the forward line then because same run, same same teams they're coming up against Geordie, but Christian Petrarca priced at 100.
00:44:55
Speaker
Is it different because it's in the forward line? I was always penciling to get him in after the buy once he was at ah a bit nicer of a price. Do you think I just don't overthink this one and just lock away Petrarca knowing that might not average 100, but you'd think he's probably going to be a 95 to the end of the year and be a pretty clear top six, you would think?
00:45:18
Speaker
It's an interesting one because, yeah, Flanders is injured. Petrarca is right there. You've wanted him all year and it's such an easy trade. And he's a him and she's all right now at F1,
00:45:31
Speaker
But tough run, I don't know, does that push him down to 85, 90? Like, I i personally, if if it was my team, I think I would just grab him and put it there. But, I mean, you've got Took here as well, plus 88, you've got the same run. He's probably one that you probably don't want to touch maybe because, you know, it's a tough, yeah, tough run. You want to hopefully get that fixture open up.
00:45:56
Speaker
I think I would just go to Petrarca, just grab the the the gun player. Yeah. Hami, talk me out of the horny boy, Jason Horne Francis. So priced at 91, was priced up around sort of 99, 100, maybe sort of four weeks ago when he was the talk of the fantasy community and was really getting on that hot streak before dropping 360s in a row.
00:46:23
Speaker
i think his value, and i I'm seriously considering trading into it, but what I can't wrap my head around at the moment is, his role has not changed at all compared to when he had those 360. So he's had in his last six, the traders spoke about it today. So in his last six games, he's had three scores above 120, but he's also had three scores below 70. And there's been no role change at all. If we talk about his CBAs and we know they're not everything,
00:46:49
Speaker
But from round six, he's gone 50%. Sorry. So yeah, from round six, he's gone 60%, 70%, 73%, 65%, 59 and 64. So that to me seems exactly the same. Yeah, he might have sat a little bit more forward in some of those games rather than being up around the ball. But I i think his value and his every chance to be a top six forward, especially now that we've lost Flanders.
00:47:16
Speaker
But I'd like your opinion on it as well.
00:47:20
Speaker
well Well, you asked Holmesy if I would talk you out of it and I will definitely not talk you out of trading in JHF. Like he,
00:47:32
Speaker
Port need him in the midfield. There is no Rosie or Bergman there. um They need him to partner up with Butters. And Ollie Wines just isn't near it this year either. So he's in the midfield.
00:47:48
Speaker
He's got West Coast this week. um Probably gets tagged. Yeah. I mean, well... Well, I think that he... If he's forward, he will. is he if You think Hoff goes to the putters. If he goes forward, then Murdoch will have him, right? so he may as well hide him in the midfield.
00:48:07
Speaker
Yeah. Is he going to get tagged out of the game? I mean, he the game when he does get tagged, he seems to go probably bloody better. I mean, yeah, look, ah somebody that should be appealing to a lot of people and I'm interested in him as well.
00:48:22
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. It's definitely one to one to think about. The run isn't great outside of that, but I think, yeah, I mean, i was speaking to Sanch from Hatchat. Sometimes you just need to back the player in instead of the fixture. As you mentioned, Jordy Dawson put up a 130 against Hawks, which is ah a tough matchup. So sometimes players just get it done. So the run's not everything. And JHF is someone that I'm considering as hopefully an underpriced top six forward.
00:48:51
Speaker
I don't think there's anyone else. I mean, if you're one of the few coaches that don't have Harry Sheasel, you just got to try and lock that away. But most coaches, if not all in the top 1,000, have him as he was popular to start anyway.
00:49:02
Speaker
Jordy, you're right. I think Took Miller, we just let go through to the keeper. I'm not sure he's going to be a top six forward and the Gold Coast run is pretty tough. Quickly, Harmy, Jordy wants to trade in Baz Smith this week, round 16 by.
00:49:17
Speaker
ah you happy to to tick that one off as the grandfather of the pod? oh Jeez, you like spending up. ah You're probably the person that talked me into trading in Roberts a couple of weeks ago when he was priced at 120, Jordy. Now I'm saying trade out. Jeez, I don't know. Yeah.
00:49:35
Speaker
Is he must have right now? Baz Smith? i He went 150 against Crows this year and i think he goes 150 again and the captaincy this week, the other options, I'm not sure we have them so I can VC it, get the 150.
00:49:52
Speaker
against the Crows and my weekend is set. The Crows are a very different side now compared to yeah when they played them without Jordan Dawson. Wasn't that the week that Rochelle had 80% center bounces because there was no Dawson and Rankin wasn't around much?
00:50:11
Speaker
But he can still go 150. Like it's going to be a big score, I think. At least 130 plays. Okay, let's... let's Let's have a look.
00:50:23
Speaker
The Adelaide midfield that week, Berry, Saligo, Peatling. Jeez, they're very defensive and slow. And then Rochelle. So looks like they're a little bit undermanned.
00:50:35
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, look. I'm just not doing it, Jordy. You can't pay up like that, surely. Well... I've had a bad week, so and I'm just, I think I'm going Dawson and Baz, because I've got three hundred k cash.
00:50:54
Speaker
and just gone straight to the top. He loves spending up, Harmy. Big spend, though. Let him do it.
Listener Q&A and Farewell
00:50:58
Speaker
Let him do it. All right. paid 120 for Baz, so like I can't talk. Just let him let him do it, Harmy. He needs to get back inside 10K, so.
00:51:06
Speaker
Yeah, and you paid up for Baz, and it's come off amazingly. And look, like, your rank has gone through the roof, which is awesome. it was the right call. I mean, it's been it's a different year with value and these guys going 120 and just sustaining. So... i think we need to play out a little bit differently so i am very much looking at bars this week fair enough geordie all right let's finish off the podcast with some questions um as always just a reminder that pod pod afl has once again partnered with q platforms in 2026 to answer all of your afl fantasy questions um so we try to get to as many questions on the podcast as we can but if you'd like a guaranteed answer
00:51:46
Speaker
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00:52:01
Speaker
Harmi, we'll start off with Aidan Collins. is Cozzy a good option for Flanders to grab this week if it works for your round 16 buy? He is really good value now. So while you're talking about him, Harmy, I'll just get his price that up. But yeah, Cozzy, pick it.
00:52:20
Speaker
Oh, well, he's going to be a top six forward. If you have the opportunity to get him, I think he's cheaper than he was a couple of weeks ago when so one of your boys brought him in. So, um, it might be the right time for Aiden to bring him in. So, yeah, yeah, he's coming off a couple of down weeks and I think his price has dropped a little bit. I think um ah he's he's absolutely in that midfield, like he's their best midfielder, so i think he's not a bad pick.
00:52:49
Speaker
Three weeks ago, he was priced at $106 and was over a million dollars. He's now priced at $91 $868K. So I did it last week to try and lock away a top six forward, didn't pay off. So I'd be a bit of a hypocrite to say, don't grab him this week. So if it fits your buy structure, I would tick that one off.
00:53:09
Speaker
Jordy, this one is from Max Stoneman. so he's got here, Sanders or Dagoat. Having Dagoat would mean five pies. So he already has Dacos times two, Cameron and Houston. However, he will be looking to trade Jcos before his buy. So can you still go Dagoe, knowing that he's got a buy in two weeks time, or are you smarter to go Riley Sanders, who has the round 16 buy, so you've got longer and more scores out of him before he misses?
00:53:39
Speaker
Yeah, I think a Pod Pod Dagoe is obviously the the hot name here. But look, Sanders, like R16 by, have you seen his last year? He's averaging 100.
00:53:51
Speaker
He's, I think, on the years averaging 88. Could he actually be a top six forward now? Like, I think Sanders is a good pick. Dugowie's going to make you money. They both probably really good picks. I think for me, I've missed the boat on Dugowie.
00:54:05
Speaker
Sorry, Harmi, I should have jumped on when you when you told me and made, you know, hundred or so okay or more. But I think I would just, I think if it was my team, I'm jumping to Sanders, just do something different, go to r sixteen He looks like a top six forward. I don't know whether Dugowie is, but he's killing it at the moment.
00:54:25
Speaker
Where do you sit that? Yeah, Dugowie priced at 89 now. Sanders priced at 92. Sanders does have a pretty tough matchup, like tough run before his buy. So he's got Adelaide. No, sorry.
00:54:36
Speaker
Hawthorne into Adelaide into St Kilda. So you're buying him at 92. He really does need to be at an underpriced top six at this point or at least go on a ah big five-week run before looking to maybe get off him. So,
00:54:49
Speaker
ah yeah I'm not sure I'd go there. I'd probably go Dugowie out of the two, but I think the buy in two weeks' time or next, ah not even that, Harmi, do they have the round 14 buy? you don't get one week out of him? you' getting one week, yep.
00:55:03
Speaker
Yeah, so i'm I'm not sure. Out of those two, I'm i'm Sanders because you get him for longer before you then look to pivot or whatever it is. So Dugowie's been great. Yeah. i think it's a bit hard now. Yeah, they do have that round 14 bye. I'll probably just put up one other thing, though. um Dugowie, yeah, he's got a break even of 41.
00:55:26
Speaker
This week, hold on, where is he? This week, he just made $70,000.
00:55:34
Speaker
Yeah, I think he's still he's still going up. He might turn week. Yeah, you still value. That's for sure. Yeah. Yeah. I just keep coming back to how many players have career best years at 30. And we've never he's now priced higher than an average we've ever seen from him before outside. I think there was that six-game stretch back in, I can't remember what year it was now, where he was a full-time midfielder before he got injured and he was putting up, what, 110. But...
00:55:59
Speaker
Can't knock the coaches that have gone there. He's been almost a season-winning pick for those that got on him early enough. I just think he has, yeah, with the bye next week, it makes it tricky.
00:56:10
Speaker
Harmi, this one is from Tim Jacobs. Thoughts on Billy Wilson. Decent roll and cracking run through the best of the byes. So Billy Wilson has come in since Voss was dropped, dropped, since Voss was sacked.
00:56:24
Speaker
He had the 90 on the weekend. Yeah. Sacked. Priced at 54 now, he's not cheap, but has a very good run coming up. He's got Essendon this week.
00:56:36
Speaker
Then he has his bye. Then GWS after, which um on their day are good for rebounding defenders. Have we missed the boat at 54? I think we've learned our lesson from paying up for the Faro's, the Robies and stuff over 500K, especially at this point in the year. Like you'd really need him to go 80, 85 to be someone that you could hold for long-term at this time of the year. I think he's probably a bit expensive.
00:57:01
Speaker
Yeah, no, he's not the guy. I'm pretty sure um that he didn't come in um at a cheap price as in he's played before. So he came in a bit more expensive anyway. So, look, I think we've missed it. I really don't think he's a great pick anyway as far as he's not going to make enough money and he's not going to score 90 every week. So ah remember that first week he played, yeah, here it is, the first week he played a month ago,
00:57:29
Speaker
I remember him sitting on the bench and, yeah, he scored 31 for the game. So there's every chance he could score 31 this week. That is fair. Very similar to, I can't even remember who the Richmond bloke was now that put up the 290s. Admittedly, I think he broke his arm, but, you know, similar sort of areas where they go on a bit of a run, but we know that they're prone to putting up these 30s. Tom Brown. Yeah, Tom Brown. That's the one.
00:57:57
Speaker
Jordy, this one is from Jaden. So he wants to know whether he does Retchko to Max Holmes or Murdoch to McKercher. Yeah, I think Retro to Max Holmes seems the obvious one here. Retro's on the bye.
00:58:13
Speaker
Max Holmes is a top six defender, I reckon. I know he had a bit of a low one. I wouldn't be trading Murdoch. I think he's he just, you know, he's ah he a gun player at the moment. I think you can just hold him for a bit.
00:58:25
Speaker
And as we talked about with Mukherjee, I think we need to see we need to see it before we trade into it. So Retro to Max Holmes for me.
00:58:35
Speaker
Harmi, this last one is from Jake Husey. So he has Murdoch and Jagger still on field. I think that's really fine, especially with our forward line woes. But his question is, is it more important to upgrade a Jack Steel, for example, this week or carry more cash to be able to use it next week? So what would you prefer to do there?
00:58:58
Speaker
Hmm. Well, a bit hard with that knowing everything that's going on this team. But I think that carrying cash over into next week um is ah is a very realistic play because then you open up those GWS players coming out of their bars as well. So Whitfield, Ash, Callaghan types, not so much Richmond, I suppose. But yeah yeah, you sort of give yourself a better opportunity to get those top end GWS guys as well, which is a good idea, I think.
00:59:30
Speaker
Yep, don't mind the carrying over cash option there. Boys, that is going to wrap us up just under an hour. um Hopefully, we have a better round 13 than we did round 12 and we can continue building our squads to get towards that completed side.
00:59:46
Speaker
Harmi, I haven't actually minded the the different voice this week. It's given ah ah a bit of a different element to the pod. So, you normally give the sign off. So, you know, we might never hear this voice from you again. So, just give us a little bit for the listeners as we as we wrap up.
01:00:01
Speaker
All right. Yes, thanks, Kyle. Look, um I guess this weekend I'm heading out and just going to go and watch the Bombers and Carlton and I'm hoping both myself and Essendon are a lot healthier this weekend. We can get ah a good win.
01:00:18
Speaker
Yeah, fair enough. I'm hoping to see maybe Durham come back, you know, maybe a Caldwell type. Just bit of hope for the Bombers fans as the prodigal, projugal whatever that word is, son James Hurd returns to Bomberland to take you to the promised land. It'll be it'll be good to see. Jordy, thanks as always for jumping on. For everyone else, make sure you are following us on X at PodPod AFL. I'm at HolmesiesHeroes.
01:00:45
Speaker
Make sure you are subscribed to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your content. I will be back on Thursday night for Morera's Magic chatting through all of the hot topics and questions from the teams as we head into round 13. As I said, it should be an easier week this week with not that many players on the byes.
01:01:04
Speaker
Go well, and we'll be back next week to chat again soon. Bye.