Croker's Call: Hold or sell missing guns?


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<p>It’s been a crazy seven days in the NRL and SuperCoach world with many injuries across the game.</p>



<p>It changes the dynamic of Magic Round that promises to be extremely exciting this weekend.</p>



<p>I copped a few injuries last week, but I know others have had it far worse, so I’m not in a position to whinge. I’ll save that for the next section…</p>



<p>I didn’t own Tom Trbojevic for his big score. It set me back with a score of 1,243 which I thought was alright until Tom ended all hopes of a rise in rank.</p>



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<p>The Stockmen dropped to 7,248 overall which was disappointing. Jason Saab and Charlie Staines on my bench didn’t help the cause.</p>



<p>On the brighter side of things, captain David Fifita still went pretty well, as did Frizell, Haas, Brailey and Jake Trbojevic who looked good.</p>



<p>I also got knocked off in my SC Playbook head-to-head league clash with the Spy, bugger.</p>



<p>I did save two trades last week so that’s something I suppose.</p>



<p>Let’s see if we can get back on track in Round 10.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>TRADES</strong></h2>



<p><strong>DAVID FIFITA to RYAN MATTERSON</strong></p>



<p>Unfortunately Fifita is suspended for a few weeks and has to go.</p>



<p>I haven’t put much thought into the bye period which I haven’t experienced in my SuperCoach career yet due to the altered 2020 season.</p>



<p>I’ve been told to recruit some players for Round 13, so Ryan Matterson is coming on deck.</p>



<p>He’s a high quality footballer who works hard in big minutes and has plenty of potency in attack.</p>



<p>He’ll be an extra number for the early bye which should stand me in good stead.</p>



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<p><strong>KALYN PONGA to TOM TRBOJEVIC</strong></p>



<p>Ponga had a short stint in my side, and it was pretty painful as he did some damage to my men on the weekend.</p>



<p>Now missing a few weeks due to injury before an Origin call up, he has to go.</p>



<p>In comes Tom Trbojevic who fortunately for Manly and the game itself has returned from another injury lay off in style.</p>



<p>It’s daunting for the rest of the competition and it’s in the best interest of the game that he stays fit. Also more importantly for the Blues.</p>



<p>He’s a star in SuperCoach and it’ll be much better watching him as an owner in SuperCoach.</p>



<p>These trades leave me with $230,000 in the bank to use next week, hopefuly to upgrade my 5/8 position which I’ve been wanting to do for a long time but have struggled due to other concerns.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>CAPTAINS</strong></h2>



<p>My new man Tommy will be my captain this week, how could he not be on what he’s shown recently?</p>



<p>Let’s hope he can go big at Suncorp Stadium to put some ease to the pain he cause my side last week as a non-owner.</p>



<p>This limits my vice-captain options to the first game of the round between Newcastle and the Tigers.</p>



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<p>I’ll be going with Tyson Frizell who doesn’t seem to be talked about much in SuperCoach, but he’s been doing a great job for me this year.</p>



<p>Hopefully he can cross for a couple of tries this week as he appears to not be owned by too many others.</p>



<p>Good luck to everyone this week!</p>


Croker’s Call: Hold or sell missing guns?

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