Champion's advice: Trade priority, cash generation v points

<p>wow. you&#8217;ve just destroyed every strategy i&#8217;ve ever known. And i love it! Thanks for the insight. Kinda obvious when said out aloud I guess</p>



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<p>Don’t get me wrong, making money over the first 8-12 weeks
of the SuperCoach season is essential to set you up with a team full of
certified guns for the back half of the year.</p>



<p>However, having the cheapies and mid-rangers who make the most
money whilst squeezing every last dollar out of them isn’t the be-all and end-all.
</p>



<p>Many people have suggested that they value one trade at $150k, i.e. they want their team value to increase by at least 150k from making the trade to make it a worthwhile move.</p>



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<p>This article will shine a different light on the value of a trade; looking at the points side of the game, which in essence is the aim of the game. </p>



<p>Take my team value at the end of last season for example, I was a whole $1 million less than the majority of those around me in the top 10.</p>



<p>Why was this the case?</p>



<p>My best guess is that a lot of people focus every single one
of their trades on accumulating salary cap. Economically speaking this is a
totally rationale strategy. </p>



<p>However, I consider SuperCoach to be a game of many
irrationalities due to the amount of variables you’ll encounter over the course
of a 25 week rugby league season.</p>



<p>My theory is that past the first bye round you should focus every single trade on what will get you the most points, with salary becoming borderline irrelevant. </p>



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<p>Once you have 17 guns (which you should have shortly after
the first bye), your next few trades should be focused on having at least one
50+ averaging player as injury coverage in each position. </p>



<p>After you have your team set up like this, it’s not worth
buying any more cheapies. </p>



<p>This is with the exception of absolute premium cheapies who
may turn out to be keepers and nuffs who won’t become auto-emergency (AE)
nightmares. </p>



<p>Now, how many points is one trade worth you ask? It
obviously varies on the season, but I’ll value a trade at 15 points based on
2019. </p>



<p>By this I mean, in making the trade you’ll gain 15 points on the SuperCoach rival who opted out of making that particular trade. </p>



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<p>A prime example of people chasing money over points at the wrong time last season was the mass purchase of rookie Brisbane halfback Thomas Dearden. </p>



<p>Many jumped on Dearden before he got injured, however he was realistically never going to make much money in my eyes regardless of the injury ($150k-200k max). </p>



<p>Instead, I decided to bring in a Mawene Hiroti who would
play the second bye and not play another game thereafter which prevents the AE
nightmare scenario that SuperCoaches face every year. </p>



<p>The true value from this trade came from the cash injection that allowed me to purchase Tevita Pangai Jnr as a late season POD to chase points. </p>



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<p>TPJ rampaged home and easily made me 30+ overall points on
my competitors who didn’t own him (2 trades to get him in). Remember, SuperCoach
is not a stock exchange! </p>



<p>The aim of the game is to accumulate total points
(rationally or irrationally). The team with the biggest salary cap will almost
certainly never win this game.</p>


Champion’s advice: Trade priority, cash generation v points

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