KFC SuperCoach Investor: How to solve forward line crisis, Round 7 trade advice

First it was crypto currencies. Now it’s the forward line. In a volatile year, the KFC SuperCoach Investor has a radical strategy.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 07: Tom Mitchell of the Hawks marks during a Hawthorn Hawks AFL pre-season training session at Waverley Park on December 07, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

We’re only six rounds into our season, but coaches have been hit – almost weekly – with injury carnage and trading halts to key blue chip stocks.

Investors can’t take a trick in FY21.

It’s become a battle of attrition, but also a time for astute coaches to truly differentiate themselves from the rankings fraternity.

The SuperCoach Investor, Daniel Begala, analyses the key themes for coaches to consider as we embark into a new forward line frontier.

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FORWARD FRENZY

It happens every year.

There’s always one line (DEF, MID, RUC or FWD) that throws a curve ball.

This year the elephant in the room is the shambolic forward line we’ve been presented with.

It’s bereft of traditional blue chip stocks and the top six includes three names – Jack Ziebell, Taylor Walker and Jarman Impey – who have never featured among the top tier of scorers at the business end of proceedings.

Will normality ever resume, or could this be the new norm?

First it was crypto currencies. Then it was non-fungible tokens. Now it’s Jack Ziebell and Co.

What a time to be alive and playing our great game, KFC SuperCoach!

Now – to the important part – the tactics on addressing the forward line challenges.

Steele Sidebottom was back to his prolific best on Anzac Day.

KFC SuperCoaches will be hoping Rowan Marshall replicates the form he showed against Port Adelaide.

For The Begala Brigade, the answer’s been quite simple: prioritise completion of my backline and midfield, where the cream of the crop has distinctly presented.

We’ve now had six weeks of dividend activity, however, it’s still difficult to ascertain who will finish among the top six forwards.

With that in mind, it’s essential that you continue to deploy your capital and trades into areas of your portfolio – such as DEF and MID – where the premium assets are most distinct and reliable.

You can only invest in things you know, so if you don’t understand it – perhaps it’s best to avoid it?

We will be presented over the next 2-3 weeks with a series of discounted securities including Dayne Zorko, Steele Sidebottom and Rowan Marshall, who may inspire some normality in the forward line.

Time will tell.

CREAM RISES TO THE TOP

The Banks. The Miners. The Tech Companies.

They’re the engine room of the ASX.

Much like the ASX Top 20, it’s essential that we turn our attention to the paramount importance of acquiring the best of the best in each division line.

Defence. Midfield. Ruck. Forward. Rinse. Repeat.

We’re not chasing mediocrity, folks, but instead the absolute creme de la creme on each line.

There are five key building blocks who must be central to every successful KFC SuperCoach portfolio if you’re chasing rankings immortality.

Jack Macrae has started the season in incredible form.

Jordan Ridley has been the premier KFC SuperCoach defender of 2021.

These names – if you’ve managed to incorporate them into your portfolio – would have helped navigate the recent volatility we’ve experienced with injuries to key blue chip stocks thwarting our weekly dividends.

Their scoring is consistent. Their durability is evidenced. They are our pillars.

You must – let me reiterate this – must have the following core assets entrenched in your portfolio as a matter of priority:

DEFENCE: Jordan Ridley ($589K)

MIDFIELD: Jack Macrae ($669K)

RUCKS: Max Gawn ($757K) and Brodie Grundy ($650K)

FORWARD: Jack Ziebell ($541K)

You cannot settle for second best here, investors.

If you don’t make the move shortly, it will be increasingly difficult to close the rankings gap without needing to accept greater risk at the selection table.

At the start of the season, The SuperCoach Investor had Jake Lloyd, Lachie Neale and Patrick Dangerfield pencilled for the defence, midfield and forward line, respectively.

How things can change, right?

These key pillars – “The Big Five” – are the core of your portfolio and will define all facets of your success across the remainder of FY21.

If you’ve been impacted by the unfortunate shoulder injury to blue chip star, Josh Dunkley, it’s time to consider reinforcing your portfolio with any one of the abovementioned stars if you’re still deficient.

Once they’re in our sides, KFC SuperCoach becomes an easier game.

Tom Mitchell’s KFC SuperCoach price has plummeted to $527k.

BLUE CHIP BARGAINS

There’s never a bad time to buy blue chip stocks.

It’s time to eye off those discounted assets and fill up the portfolio until it’s brimming with KFC SuperCoach dividends.

Although preoccupied with a myriad of sideways trades to address the weekly injury concern, The Begala Brigade has compiled a dossier of discounted stocks worthy of your consideration over the coming fortnight.

Brownlow Medallist Tom Mitchell is someone you need to add to your midfield watch list and should be the target of consideration if you boast “The Big Five” mentioned above.

He’s not really inspired the Champion Data statisticians as yet, but will be available for sub-$500K and an exceptional M6-8 as you continue to build the rest of your portfolio around him.

Josh Kelly is yet to score more than 100 this year, playing mostly as a forward.

The SuperCoach Investor also has an eye on out-of-form KFC SuperCoach stalwart Josh Kelly, who is set to enter the sub-$500K asset class.

Kelly’s a “watch” only, but other than last week – 69 KFC SuperCoach – had been relatively consistent, yet underwhelming, with all five scores between 90 and 100 points as Leon Cameron deploys him off a half-forward flank.

If he returns to his rightful role on the ball, fire up the margin loans and prepare to welcome an absolutely bargain-basement KFC SuperCoach star to your side.

Then there are those – including Steven May, Caleb Daniel and Jordan Ridley – who are set to plummet in value following injury and a once-off brain fade in Ballarat.

The Begala Brigade now boasts a full-complement in defence, so in the interim, will most likely inject Rory Laird into the engine room for a much-needed run on the ball.

Enter, possibly, Steven May.

It’s this flexibility and willingness for players to play out of position that will define our success in FY21.

Originally published as KFC SuperCoach Investor: How to solve forward line crisis, Round 7 trade advice