*New buys in italics
FR Andrew Hore (NZL) - $1,140,000
FR Bismarck du Plessis (SAF) - $1,165,000
LK Isaac Ross (NZL) - $740,000
LK Brad Thorn (NZL) - $1,130,000
LF Heinrich Brussouw (SAF) - $1,117,500
LF Juan Smith (SAF) - $1,107,500
HV Brendon Leonard (NZL) - $952,500
HV Stephen Donald (NZL) - $1,012,500
CT Ma’a Nonu (NZL) - $1,180,500
CT Jaque Fourie (SAF) - $1,222,500
OB Bryan Habana (SAF) - $1,177,500
OB Sitiveni Sivivatu (NZL) - $1,180,500
Team Value: $13,147,500
Cash in Bank: $3,500
Early buys on some Boks really paid off and I’ve been able to afford a better team as a result. Unfortunately, Cory Jane’s benching removed one of the cheapest starting players and I had to reshuffle things a little to compensate. I decided to bite the bullet go for two hookers in the FR. Du Plessis is a proven TR points earner and will be there next week too. With Ross already in the team, I plumped for Thorn. He was the cheapest starting lock available and although I think Matfield and Botha will be all over them like a bad rash, the former was too pricey and the latter is a notorious TR underachiever. I purchased Brussouw ahead of time when he was underpriced and he’s sure to be a good point scorer. McCaw and Spies were too expensive, so I eventually decided on Juan Smith to join him. Smith’s a pretty solid earner even though he’s seemed a bit off his old form lately. To mitigate Cory Jane’s departure, I picked feisty Brendon Leonard as my other HV alongside Donald. On the right day Leonard is a TR point monster. Jaque Fourie was the cheapest of the starting CTs when I bought him, now he’s only a whisker under the most expensive, so that was good business and I’d have picked him over De Villiers anyway. Initially I bought Rokocoko as my other OB. His price rose over $100,000 overnight so I sold him when I had just barely enough to buy Habana. I might regret it come Saturday but on paper’s there’s not much between them - both these players seem to be fighting the dying of the light but still have occasional flashes of the old magic.
Remember that these two teams play again next week, so only sell injured players after the round locks. Good luck.
Practically every player you have is over $1 million! I think you're cheating. The rest of us are stuck with the likes of Corey Jane, Kieran Read, and Olivier.
ReplyDeleteCheck the ten golden rules - timely trading and selling, early buys before time announcements, investment buying for profit, etc., should have raised your team value by $1.5M or more so far. I'd also recommend buying a prop or a hooker (or two) rather than buying benched players.
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