Champion's advice: Bye-planning +  trade management 

<p>&#8220;Death Riding&#8221; my absolute favourite term in SC</p>



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<p>It’s no secret that SuperCoach is a game of forward planning
and well-timed trades. </p>



<p>However, overplanning trades, especially around the bye
weeks, can be highly detrimental to your SuperCoach team. </p>



<p>Furthermore, contrary to popular belief, saving too many trades during the first half of the season will more often than not leave you behind the eight ball. </p>



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<p>Bye-planning is not an exact science. There’s no right or
wrong way to do it, and there’s certainly no formula to follow. </p>



<p>Hence, I think the best way for me to write about this topic
is based on my own experience. </p>



<p>Last year I had 11 players in the first bye round and 12 in
the second. </p>



<p>Obviously, these numbers aren’t even close to the full 17
that people seem to aspire towards during those rounds. </p>



<p>This just proves that there is no magic number, while suggesting that planning too early can expose you to more injury risks and in turn wasted trades. </p>



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<p>I used nearly every single trade up until the end of the
second bye round (one saved in 2nd bye), which also quashes the age-old theory
that you have to save trades. </p>



<p>You really don’t! Get your team set then save trades, don’t save trades to set your team. </p>



<p>It should be noted that we were fortunate to have a stellar crop of cheapies last year, while they look scarce this season, so this should be taken into consideration.</p>



<p>It’s important to remember that there are multiple ways to approach the bye, all of which can bring success if you select the right players. </p>



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<p>You can opt for the sleeper strategy or the guns strategy.
Fellow SC Playbook contributor Walson Carlos opted for a sleeper strategy last
season, which involves buying players who will get increased minutes due to Origin
outs. </p>



<p>The perfect example last season was Corey Waddell, who
replaced Jake Trbojevic at lock for Manly and produced 69 points during the
Origin bye week.</p>



<p>Everyone should aim for a minimum of one sleeper trade in
for each bye round. I opted for the guns approach, bringing in players like
Addin Fonua-Blake and Blake Ferguson who are borderline keepers in their
respective positions. </p>



<p>The thing that I can’t stress enough when bye-planning is
that you need to be watching as many games per round as possible to give
yourself the best chance at winning. </p>



<p>Physically watching NRL gives you more insights than any stats, articles or podcasts ever will. </p>



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<p>You’ll start to see which players you don’t own who make you
sweat and jump out of your seat when they get attacking ball. </p>



<p>For me, this death-riding principle stood for the whole
regular season but translated across to the byes particularly well &#8211; e.g. AFB.</p>



<p>Remember, when picking your Round 1 team, don’t make any
decisions based on who plays in the first bye round. You&#8217;ll essentially have 20
trades in between if you want to use them, I know I will be.</p>


Champion’s advice: Bye-planning + trade management

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