NRL Supercoach Final Word | Round 17 trades and skippers

As I sat on my balcony writing this article this afternoon a bunch of dark and ominous storm clouds converged overhead, and no it wasn’t Abraham Lincoln or Chubbs Peterson it was the manifestation of my nightmares in cloud form &#8211; Sua Fa&#8217;alogo (headgear and all)



In all seriousness, to anyone who consistently watches the podcast or reads my posts &#8211; you would know Sua&#8217;s 140 last weekend was no surprise, and more than likely just the beginning of a rampaging run home to push Melbourne into finals footy.



If he can string it together just 70-80% of what Reece Walsh did to end last year then you&#8217;re just gonna lose ground not owning him, there’s no two ways about it.&nbsp;



But if you’re a madman like me and are cooking up a concoction of PODs which look nothing like the current template team, then Sua at 60%+ ownership just makes sense to fade and hope for an unlikely downtick in scoring.



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The man I bought instead was of course Sir Tommy Trbojevic who knocked out 70 in a loss to the Dogs which turned into a game that just wasn’t SuperCoach conducive. 



Not too happy, not too unhappy. There&#8217;s better fixtures ahead and the more minutes he bets under his belt the better.&nbsp;&nbsp;



Turbo Irvo still managed to knock out a 1300+ score this week which saw me rise a few hundred spots to 3400th, a rank I can’t seem to escape for the life of me no matter how much I psychotically differentiate from those around me. Here’s hoping the next month falls kind to me.



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Down to just 11 trades and stuck with Trindall&nbsp; and a nuff at 5/8 this week means I&#8217;ll either be getting rid of Tricky Trindall (who did his job mind you) and getting in either the form Te Maire Martin or the perennial tacklebusting machine Fletcher Sharpe.



After I talked a bit of smack on the podcast about how underserved the Warriors 2nd position on the ladder is &#8211; I finally brought in Jackson Ford and Taine Tuaupiki just so I wouldn’t have an entire country fan base hate me… and you guessed it, Ford instantly injured and Tuaupiki blanked for a 30, though he did make up for it with a try-assisted 85 last week.



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Ford to Twal/Haas is the easy move for everyone but it’s going to have to wait. 



Haas has Origin duties so you only get minimal games out of him over the next month and Twal will be better to take a look at in case Benji tapers his minutes on return from injury so we can grab him $100k cheaper in two weeks.



My thoughts are if your 18 player run on squad looks strong enough to survive without trading the likes of Ford, KPP or even the minutes reduced Oliver Pascoe, then this is the opportune couple of weeks ahead to save trades until we know the full scope of injuries, Origin backups and potential new rotation minutes.



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Captains this week I&#8217;m going rogue. 



No Herbie even though he’s almost a guaranteed 100.



No Cleary even though he’s also almost a guaranteed 100.&nbsp; 



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Instead, I will be rolling the dice on an aggressive VC on Tommy Turbo at the battle of Brookvale on Saturday night, into an equally aggressive C on Kalyn Ponga against the Tigers at Newy 4pm Sunday.



Trades :



Braydon Trindall &gt; Fletcher Sharpe



Captains:



VC : Tom Trbojevic



C : Kalyn Ponga

NRL Supercoach Final Word | Round 17 trades and skippers

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