Final Word: Round 3 trades, captains, POD plays

Hi Walson,
Just wondering what your SC team is called
Mark

How good were the games and the footy in Round 2! 



Seriously I’m loving the NRL product and the way the game is being played and officiated…. so great to watch! 



Another not so good week for me in Supercoach posting 1000 points exactly. It is an improvement on last week at least but another serious injury concern with Heilum Luki out for 6-8 weeks with an ankle injury and then Siua Wong getting dropped as well.&nbsp;



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size">Round 3 Supercoach strategy&nbsp;</h2>



I think unless you have absolutely nailed your team there is too many good buys popping up to not be downgrading and taking the cash grab. 



Of course if everyone is thinking that then it may pay to stick solid? The beauty of Supercoach! 



I haven’t nailed my side at all so I’ll be taking advantage of my first boost for the year (I only ended up doing 2 trades last week) and trading in some cattle that can hopefully make me some serious coin. The question is who are the best cash cows?&nbsp;



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size">Trade Plans&nbsp;</h3>



I have options and here they are in summary. Ill pick 3 of these trades:&nbsp;



HOK &#8211; Trade out Harry Grant or Jamie Humphries &amp; trade in Joey Lussick. I will be keeping a close watch on Api Koroisau too.



FRF – No clear trade out and with Josh Kerr and Thomas Flegler on bye can wait until next week to strengthen FRF.&nbsp;



2RF – Trade out Heilum Luki for Joe Chan or Kulikefu Finefuiaki.



HLF – Despite their huge breakevens there are no clear trade-ins for Nathan Cleary and Nicho Hynes other than maybe Luke Brooks. Hynes plays the Tigers this week and Cleary has got the Broncos so I may just keep them both.&nbsp;



5/8 – Trade out Dylan Brown for either Luke Brooks, Luke Metcalf or Tom Dearden. I am probably sticking with Brown in the meantime.



CTW – Look to bring in the Hammer and possibly Jack Bostock in next week after the Dolphins Bye.&nbsp;



FLB – Kalyn Ponga for either James Tedesco/Ryan Papenhuyzen/Latrell Mitchell/Tyrell Sloan



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size">Best Value Propositions&nbsp;</h3>



Joey Lussick – Maybe it won’t be long term or maybe it will. Either way I think you almost have to bring him in this week. He will get the 80 minutes with a 4-forward bench.&nbsp;



Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow – start making plans to bring him in next week with games upcoming against the Titans and Tigers when the Dolphins come back from the bye.&nbsp;&nbsp;



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size">PODs &amp; SuperPODS</h3>



Here’s the players I’ve identified as PODs (Point of Difference players – less than 10% owned) and SuperPODS (less than 2% owned) that should be on your radar:&nbsp;



PODs&nbsp;



Latrell Mitchell: He is warming into the season and gets Jack Wighton back. Seems hungry to be involved this year.&nbsp;&nbsp;



James Tedesco: Back to the Teddy of old…hunting down the middle of the field and creating havoc with tackle breaks.&nbsp;



Tom Dearden: He is ever so quietly elevating his game to the top levels of halves and it&#8217;s showing in his Supercoach scoring as well.&nbsp;



Luke Metcalf: He is probably aided by the kicking duties and not sure if he keeps them or SJ takes them back over. Value but attack reliant.&nbsp;



SuperPODs&nbsp;



Izack Tago: He punched out a lazy 145 with 6 line breaks &#8211; if you don’t mind! Clearly aided by Parra’s Bailey Simonsson injury but real SuperPOD&nbsp;&nbsp;



Siosifa Talakai: Sifa has a great draw and you could argue that he is in career best form for Sharks.&nbsp;



Close Watch&nbsp;



Samuela Fainu: I am very closely watching this kid. Impressive debut and equally as impressive for Supercoach. You can see coach Benji Marshall has belief in him giving him 59 minutes



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size">CAPTAIN</h3>



Just remember when your rage trading out all your guns this week who are set to lose a heap of cash you will need to pick a captain so keep that in mind.&nbsp;



Nicho Hynes: An obvious choice coming up against the Tigers. Plus with Teig Wilton running off him when he drifts to the left side of the field it is hard to knock!



Nathan Cleary: It is Thursday night so be wary but the Broncos will be without some big guns in Adam Reynolds and Payne Haas. I believe we will see Cleary torment the Broncos again!



James Tedesco: Souths are a bit banged up early in the season and have continued the worrying trend from last season of conceding a lot of points. I like Tedesco to be all around it.&nbsp;



Kalyn Ponga: Guns bounce back when they are doubted….could Ponga do the same?&nbsp;



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size">BETTING PLAYS</h3>



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Week-2 $44.30 profit – 2024 ROI = +44.3%



Week-3 bets&nbsp;



Lock ($65)&nbsp;



Panthers win + Roosters win + Warriors win @ $3.25&nbsp;



Plays ($15 each)



Dominic Young and Daniel Tupou 3+ tries combined @ $8



Blake Wilson, Viliame Kikau + Stephen Crichton 3+ tries combined @ $5



Hail Mary ($5)&nbsp;



Nathan Cleary Last Tryscorer @ $21

Final Word: Round 3 trades, captains, POD plays

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