KFC SuperCoach 2020: It’s time to get back to work, there is 27 days until the Round 2 lockout
As the old saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. KFC SuperCoach – and all the attached emotions – is what many of us have realised we cannot live without. Now, it’s time to get back to work and sort out the mess we left behind in March.
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I’m back.
Actually, we’re all back.
And as the old saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
I think we’ve all felt that over the past two months.
We’ve missed the important things in life, and our love for them has only increased.
Our loved ones – family, friends, colleagues – of course.
Then there’s the really important things.
Like going to the pub on a Friday night and watching sport all weekend.
But it’s the really, really important things in life we’ve missed the most.
SuperCoach – and the emotions attached to the biggest fantasy game in Australia – is what many of us have realised we cannot live without.
Maybe some of you have missed me, too? Actually, don’t answer that.
I’ll never take the sadness and frustration I felt when breakout candidate Andrew Brayshaw played 65 per cent game-time and scored just 66 points in Round 1 for granted again.
Or the feeling of pain in my hand after hitting the coffee table in anger when he missed the chance to save his score – and his team – from 30 metres out with a minute to go.
For a while, though, I forgot about even having Brayshaw in my side.
And I certainly pushed the Dockers’ clash with the Bombers at an empty Marvel Stadium from my memory.
In fact, I forgot about what my team looked like altogether.
Then I logged in and realised why. Brayshaw’s score is the least of my concerns.
Brodie Smith had how many touches in Round 1!?
Maybe isolation did have its positives.
No matter the state you found your team in, there’s time to get sorted.
After AFL boss Gillon McLachlan, on Friday, announced June 11 as the return-to-footy date, there’s 27 days, 7 hours until the second lockout of 2020, in fact. But, hey, who’s counting?
Will SuperCoaches be given more trades in order to set up their team to navigate through what will be an extraordinary season?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
There should be an official word on that next week.
But, regardless, with form out the window and price changes imminent, there’s never been a SuperCoach trade period like what we’re about to experience.
Of course, the amount of moves you can make – and the new fixture set to be released in blocks, the first part over the next 10 days – will dictate the issues you will address.
But the key questions will be the same.
Is Sam Sturt’s cash injection, after a 100-point score on debut, vital with less time to make money?
And what about underpriced ruckmen Sam Jacobs (134 points) and Sam Naismith (121) – could you really consider sacrificing Max Gawn?
I almost forgot about Jack Viney’s 186 points and -19 breakeven, too.
My first thought is the next four weeks is more about who you trade in than who goes out.
Yes, it’s a short season but don’t rush to trade out a player you picked, following three months of research, after one poor game.
Especially when that game was two months ago.
Even if his last name is Brayshaw.
The players who can help you move forward quickly will be the key.
There’s no social distancing rules in the SuperCoach community, my friends, so we can all commence training very soon.
No hubs, no quarantine periods – except for those who picked Lachie Hunter in SuperCoach Draft – and certainly no wine-region resorts.
The SuperCoach mini in-season pre-season is about to commence.
Let the disappointment begin, again.
Yours in Friday night celebration and Monday morning rage,
The Phantom.
Ps. I’ll be keeping Andrew Brayshaw.