Bye Planner

Wow so the NRL has just released the NRL 2012 draw and it's a doozy for Supercoaches with extra bye rounds before and in between the Origin games.

Here is a heat map of the byes so you can plan your trades ahead and in that way do not waste them in the first part of the season.

As you can you can see for the Origin Game 1 bye - round 11 - you will want to stay away from the teams highlighted in red. Seeing as you need to fill 4 CTWs and (advisably) 4 2RFs, you will have to keep a maximum of 2-3 players from this group so that you're able to have enough guns firing on those positions during this crucial round.

Once rd 11 is finished, a new set of teams become a no-go-zone and the process analysing trades starts again.

Sharks, Warriors and Panthers have the best byes for Supercoach in that you can easily fill in for these players as their byes fall outside of the State of Origin games. In saying this, you will want to stay away from Origin players from these teams as they will miss out a maximum of 5 games.

Personally, im going to plan up to round 14 for my initial squad and then figure it out after round 11.

So looking at the NRL 2012 draw, what are your thoughts on how your starting sqaud should be composed of?