Comments on: Trading Strategies

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:34:49 +0000

It’s interesting, because I posted a response to the same question in the teams comments completely disagreeing. To be honest, that’s because I don’t rate the Mackay selection in the first place and I was never really that keen on Gray in the first place as a DT’er (was locked into my SC until I heard he was a chance to miss Round 1).

Mackay and Gray seem more like SC picks to me, especially Mackay.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:51:37 +0000

Here, here Holman, you are spot on the mark.

I couldn’t have put it better myself!

By: Holman

Holman — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:05:01 +0000

… and on ur second question..

Seriously, don’t trade Gray out, he will play, he may even play really well, then you will be kicking yourself for wasting a trade. Gray to Buddy is the definition of sideways trade.

By: Holman

Holman — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:03:57 +0000

dtmaster: sorry I know this was aimed at Ben but thought I’d throw in my 2 cents.

Brown is at a good price, but if it will take you two trades to get him he is not worth it. Mackay I considered in my side, he should come good later in the season when the crows get their act together.

What you are proposing will cost you 1/10th of your total trades, and instead of having two potential value keepers you are chosing to have a gun and a rookie, the two combinations will likely score around the same sooo you don’t really gain much from trading.

Remember that Brown is currently priced at an average of around 103, so all it takes is a couple of bad games (bound to happen with any forward) and he will stay around that $420k mark, so you can pick him up later in the season. So far he has played West Coast and Carlton.. he will do well but not that well every week.

By: dtmaster

dtmaster — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:47:02 +0000

or another option is to go gray for franklin straight swap??

By: dtmaster

dtmaster — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:41:04 +0000

Ben, i need some expert advice. My strategy is not to trade sideways too often as it is a waste imo. I have Gray sitting in the pine so my 2 playing rookies can play no worries. But i want brown in but would have to make 2 trades for this to happen. I was thinking gray to brown and maybe mackay to mckensie but not sure as he is not a keeper so id rather trade to a rookie. Is it maybe worth trading mackay to cunnington or another rookie (dont have shuey) to make the money for brown???

Im worried about gray coming back and being unfit and scoring bad against my league mates??

cheers

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:33:28 +0000

Juzz, do need act on mere speculation and innuendo.
Tippett has been named to play at Full Forward this week so we should assume that he is 100% fit to play.

Why would Adelaide risk such a prize commodity in Kurt Tippett if he is not fit to play? Tippett will be the Crows Full Forward for the next 10 years if they manage him correctly.

Other DT / SC sites may have a hidden agenda and want you to waste a valuable trade by taking Tippett out when he is fit.

By: Toby

Toby — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:27:39 +0000

Hmmm…. i havent heard that about Tippett, but it is certainly interesting if true… My thoughts though would be that it is possibly a bit exaggerated – If a player has knee tendonitis, the last place you would play him is in the Ruck, yet Tippett has been getting noticeably longer stints in the ruck each game…
Unless if he injured himself since last game…

Until i hear anything, id probably be unable to comment on what Adelaide would do… But if anything was to happen, it would likely be this weekend and he would be a late withdrawal… They wouldnt rest him and tell everyone he’s not playing – itd definitely be done to catch everyone by surprise!

By: Juzz

Juzz — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:04:55 +0000

Another interesting article and yet more food for thought :-)
I posted the following on last weekend’s wrap article, but thought it would get more exposure here – apologies for the double-up.
Have you heard the Tippett ‘knee tendonitis’ rumours which have started circulating (on various DT/SC sites) in the past day or so? Do you think they (Adelaide) will give him a rest for a couple/few weeks at some point? I’m now seriously considering trading him before he becomes a liability… Thoughts please. TIA

By: Tits McGee

Tits McGee — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:04:56 +0000

Once again, quality article.
One thing i really wished i had done over the last 2 or 3 years was get a screen-capture of my trade history after the minor rounds to go back and really see where and how i used my trades. No doubt it would give a better gauge on where we went wrong or right, but at the same time there are so many variables thrown at us every week that sometimes it’s almost impossible to stick to your own strategy or “rules” for trading in my opinion.

Being as flexible as an iron bar is the best way of putting it i think Ben! :)