SuperCoach 2018: Players you need to trade in or out after Round 2
THIS is one of the most critical weeks in the SuperCoach season. Get your trades right before player prices change next week with our in-depth analysis of who to trade in and out.
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AFTER last week’s round everyone told us to hold our trades and not make rash decisions after just one week of data.
Some of the rage trades that people made last week certainly backfired, while a few paid dividends.
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This week though is the key for SuperCoach trading, it is the last week before most players change in price, particularly the rookies.
As with all rage trades, we can use that fantastic Reverse Trades button once we have given these players a bit of time out of sides tonight and tomorrow to think about what they did to our scoring.
BOOT HIM
Unfortunately, one of our favourites Tom Rockliff has to be booted.
He scored a measly 17 on the weekend and with Port’s depth he isn’t relied on like he was at Brisbane. He must go.
Keep an eye on Matt Crouch to see if he is going to miss some significant time with his hamstring injury.
Even if he doesn’t miss more than one week he will have a significant price drop.
Dayne Beams has now struggled in the first two games of the season and you could be easily forgiven for side swapping him to another premium player that has been performing in the opening two rounds.
Another you may want to sideswap is Michael Hibberd from Melbourne. He promised so much early in the game but faded out to finish in the 70s again.
Not what you want from one of your premium defenders, we will forgive you now for trading him after two weeks.
Sam Menegola may have been one of the highest priced forwards this year, but he is not getting the footy as much as he was last season.
He hasn’t gotten over 75 in either game so far and for that’s money you can certainly use better.
Maybe we aren’t quite ready to remove big Aaron Sandilands from our sides, but just keep a watch on him.
Only 42 points against Tom Bellchambers in a Fremantle win is not what we expected to see after last week’s great score.
If he is going to yo-yo around like this maybe we don’t want him in our sides.
While Paddy Dow was better this week. Given his elevated starting price he needs to score more than other rookies and he just isn’t doing that currently.
Number 1 draft pick Cameron Rayner also failed to deliver over the first two weeks and hence you can’t afford to keep him in your side either.
While we are on rookies, Hunter Clark was even lower than the previous week’s 40, he is the one you should consider removing. He just hasn’t done enough in his two games.
BUY HIM
Dustin Martin. Nothing more to say.
160 points in a loss tells us that he is going to be a must have midfielder once again this season.
Right up there with Dusty is Tom Mitchell. Despite a slow (by his standards) first quarter he launched from there finishing with a huge score from another 40 touches.
In that same game we saw Patrick Dangerfield for the first time this year, and if you didn’t start with him, you need to start planning on how you will get him in.
Perhaps a sideways from Matt Crouch?
And the little master, Gary Ablett hasn’t let us down either. Another fantastic game has us thinking, maybe he isn’t done as a SuperCoach star just yet.
Tom Doedee gave us a glimpse in Round 1 but confirmed it in Round 2.
He was fantastic and posted his first SuperCoach ton. The Crows like having him in their defence and you should too.
Fellow rookies Andrew Brayshaw and Bailey Banfield from the Dockers showed us that they were worth having in the side when the Dockers play well.
The other rookies to do well this week were Liam Ryan from the Eagles and Tim Kelly from the Cats, both of whom posted 100-plus.
Nick Holman also confirmed his status as a must-have rookie.
He was fantastic for his 92 and is one of the rookies that you should be playing on your ground.
Gold Coast captain Tom Lynch saw what Buddy did last week and said, “anything you can do, I can do too” and had eight goals of his own.
He has promised for so long and if this week is anything to go by he could be on the verge of delivering on that potential.
Nat Fyfe was someone we should never have questioned last week and if you jumped off, you may want to see what you can do to get him back into your side.
He was everywhere and answered all of the questions asked of him during the week from SuperCoaches.
Allen Christensen was questioned as a pick after Round 1 where he failed to lay a tackle.
In Round 2 he put on five of them and gave us a 100 which is what we all wanted to see when we picked him up cheap. Well worth his spot in your team at that price.
Stephen Coniglio was another player that was coming back from injury this season and he has dominated in the first two rounds.
If you are looking for a slightly cheaper corrective trade in the midfield look no further.
Robbie Gray spent the first week on the sidelines with suspension, he more than made up for it in Round 2 showing us just why he is so important to Port and with forward status, why he is so important to your SuperCoach side, perhaps a sideways trade from Menegola could be the way to go.
CAPTAINS REPORT CARD
A+: Dusty Martin, Tom Lynch, Tom Mitchell, Gary Ablett
A: Ollie Wines, Bryce Gibbs, Todd Goldstein, Nat Fyfe, Patrick Dangerfield
B+: Luke Parker, Robbie Gray
B: Josh Kelly, Lance Franklin
C+: Max Gawn, Stef Martin
D: Dayne Beams, Zach Merrett
F: Matt Crouch
BENCH CALLS
Should have had on field: Tom Doedee, Tim Kelly, Lachlan Murphy, Luke Davies-Uniacke, Nick Holman, Jaidyn Stephenson, Sam Murray, Jeremy Finlayson, Zac Langdon, Bayley Fritsch, Andrew Brayshaw, Bailey Banfield, Adam Cerra, Liam Ryan, Jake Waterman, Dom Barry
Should have had on the bench: Darcy Fogarty, Hunter Clark, Paddy Dow, Cameron Rayner, Mitch Crowden, Aaron Naughton, Billy Gowers, Ed Richards, Willie Rioli, Daniel Venables, Lachlan Fogarty
BIGGEST PRICE RISES/DROPS
This week is critical in SuperCoach.
With players prices changing from next week, it’s imperative you get your trades right.
Whether that be snaring the best cash cows or corrective trades for mid-prices risks and points-of-difference that didn’t work.
We’ve covered the cash cows, so here are the biggest breakevens heading into Round 3 and players perhaps you should be considering trading out.
Zach Merrett - Breakeven: 241
The Bombers star will have to score a world record to hold his price after a concussion induced 17 in Round 1 and failing to hit triple figures in Round 2.
Tom Rockliff- Breakeven 239
As we said above, Rocky is no longer the fantasy superstar we loved in Brisbane.
Dayne Zorko - Breakeven 221
The Lions star returned to form in Round 2 but his Round 1 effort of 32 will haunt him this week.
Matt Crouch - Breakeven 202
Excelled in Round 1 but injured held him to 51 in Round 2 and when (he’s got a hamstring injury) he plays his third game, he’ll drop dramatically.
Sam Menegola - Breakeven 194
The top-priced forward was always a huge risk with Gary Ablett’s arrival - and Tim Kelly’s development - and those that jumped on board should jump off now before sinking.
Patrick Dangerfield - Breakeven 181
He’s only played one game but those that held off hoping to snare Danger on the cheap (relatively speaking) will be licking their chops.
YOUR TWEETS
Hibberd (73) & Dahl🎠(51) #RageTrade
— Daniel Begala (@danbegala) April 2, 2018
Naughton & Brayshaw. Two rookies not worth the extra $$$. Limiting cash generation.
— ScoMan (@thisisScoMan) April 2, 2018
Zorko and menagola
— Roy Huke (@Hukey7) April 2, 2018
Naughton Hibberd shambles
— Yeser Latife (@Yeser_Latife) April 2, 2018
Menegola and Dunkley likely to be removed. The latter was a bit of a punt that has seemingly backfired. @MVucak @elpols. Have all the required rookies already, so not too worried about a couple of sideways maneuvers with first 2 trades.
— Dave (@eldantehicks) April 2, 2018
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