@Windy_Dill pick was void as Connor West isn’t available (he’s on JBaller’s list).
Now that we’ve had 5 weeks of FAs to get used to the available player thread, I will be processing void picks (like the above) rather than just going to their next preferred choice.
In this week’s case, it didn’t really matter. Windy would have still had Anthony Scott and Harrison Petty.
On a personal note…
I’m glad to be rid of Kayne Turner.
Long may he live on the FA list.
I wasn’t expecting to end up with Miller though.
Also…
Whilst we’re at it…
Would anyone object to me bringing the deadline forwards to 10:30pm instead of 11pm?
I’m becoming a bit more of an old fart and trying to get an earlier night’s sleep.
Yeah. I can bring it back to 10pm.
I think West Coast and Freo sometimes get their injury list info at around 9pm at the very latest (but they may be getting it in earlier of late).
10pm does suit me well, but I probably won’t begin processing them until around 10:15pm or 10:30pm.
Rd 6 LOCKOUT: No lockout (rolling version instead)
Final teams for Anzac Day likely won’t drop until (5pm) after the start of the final Sunday game, so there’s little point in a lockout to prevent people seeing 1 game’s scores.
Cheers CB, you were extremely unlucky to catch me on a Stoops-esque Cinderella week, I’m sure the side’s reversion to pumpkin status is imminent.
I’d chalk the performance up to 2 things: berating the Haw/Gee players for rocking up for a leisurely Easter brunch against the Trotters (I’m sure Tuohy didn’t mind), and whilst I didn’t end up having time to write it, I’d mapped out a Coach Dunlop article whereby our opposition analysis had found no glaring weaknesses (we’d taught them some Bjork songs, but we weren’t hopeful), so we’d hired a hypnotist to convince the group they were playing Stoops…evidently they still love playing Stoops.
Correction to the above, Monday teams will be finalised at 5pm on Saturday as normal, but per the Traders the Anzac Day teams won’t be finalised until 6.20pm on Monday - which is odd - maybe a concession for 7?.
Keep a close eye on your teams.
Mine did something weird. I switched players around on Thursday, then checked my team and it was fine. I checked it again last night and it had an empty spot in my back 6.
I’m pretty sure it’s very difficult to do that unless you actually drop a player, or switch them to another spot on the field. For me it was Luke Foley who only has B status.
You can blame me there. Last year I went in with 3, but was caught out for a week with 0 before a new one became available. This year I probably overcompensated and had 5 post-draft and then added Briggs as Flynn was looking a little shaky.
Opting for only 2 is very risky as it only takes an injury to make you very vulnerable to donuts, as if the other is unavailable, getting a new one may prove difficult. They’re not available every week and if they are multiple parties usually want them, if you’re in the 8 you end up being at the mercy of others. It obviously also doesn’t help stocks to have Miller and Waterman filling ruck roles without eligibility.
I don’t think anybody has Lynch so I think there should be one available this week.
It also doesn’t help that a guy like Rowan Marshall is holding FR eligibility yet being played as a full time ruck.
I’m in the same spot I was a decade ago. I had Nic Nat who was a FR, Goldstein was a pure R and Max Gawn who was a FR. The year before they turned from FR to R, I was forced to trade two of them.
Happened again with Goldstein and Sean Darcy. Couldn’t keep two R’s when I also had Marshall as an FR on the list.
This year, I’ll have to decide to keep one of Ned Reeves and Marshall and trade the other. It’s one position that I’ve nailed consistently since I first started the comp with Marcus farking Seaby.
It’s a real pity I’ve rarely been able to put together anything better than a slightly better than average backline since I’ve been in the comp. And I’ve never really had more than 1 premium midfielder at a time.
How I’ve managed to get to Prelim Finals in the last decade is really beyond my understanding.
I cannot add Cunnington to my bench, I thought we were able to modify teams at the moment?
Or add that turd forward pocket from collingwood (whose first name rhymes with what I would like to do his punchable head (whack)) to play in the forward pocket and put Jesse Motlop on the bench. My last bench spot is locked.
