Ablett or Bartel or Corey or ALL? What little cat package are you looking at this week? It’s such a luxury clicking on the big ABC through the centre line, but this takes up half your cat quota! Personally this week I went for the B/C combo with a Mackie, Johnson, Ottens and Stokes as side dish. But what would I know? I’m trying a few roughies hoping some other more predictable dudes stuff up. But I’m going terrible in this as 2008 is not my year and I don’t believe I deserve Ablett. What I do know is … Captain selection. My hot tip: Read “Calvin’s Captains Rd 16” which was when both these teams met each other last. Plus read the work Aaron did in his Captain research (coming soon). Cut and paste the thingy below.

ABC Combo:
Lock in Captain:
Roughie Captain:
Rating out of 10 of your ‘care’ towards Finals DT:

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 With the ladder nearly all in place with one roster game to go. There has been a lot of talk of players going easy. So I thought I’d look at these questions: Which players will be rested? Which ones will go easy? Which teams really need to win to move up or hold ladder possies?  Check out my wrap of the round to come of which teams and which of your DT players need to ‘try’ this week.

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We’re going to go through each position and look at categories of players to try and help you pick the right guys for your Dream Team. We’ll take into account price, DT history, pre-season form and whether Dream Team scores have an obvious influence on their game play! Each player will get the ‘must have’ rating out of 10.

The Big Guns:

• Chad Cornes ($439,600): 10/10 - rarely plays a bad game, moves forward and on the ball if he feels the need to boost his DT scores!
• Joel Bowden ($413,400): 9/10 - doesn’t take any shame in receiving cheap kick to kick in the backline, especially at the end of a quarter!
• Adam McPhee ($388,300): 8/10 - plays all over the ground, loves a mark which helps boost his score.
• Peter Burgoyne ($388,000): 7.5/10 - majority of kicks out of the backline come through him hence a great average. Age is a slight worry.
• Heath Shaw ($368,800): 7/10 - although it looks like he is injured and limping all the time, he still hobbles around to achieve decent scores for a backman. Carries the very attractive tag of designated kicker!

The Middies:

• Grant Birchall ($343,300): 7/10 - rarely has an opponent and seeps the half back line. Can push forward to get his kicks up. Will be a DT Gun this year!
• Tadhg Kennelly ($283,600): 7/10 - underpriced due to a stinky second half of 2007 due to injury, risky, but potential cash cow if he stays fit.
• Adam Hunter ($324,300): 6/10 - can be inconsistent due to his role but rarely misses a game and can get you a hundred.
• Michael Johnson ($300,900): 6/10 - rumoured to have a bigger role as a designated kicker type. This should increase marks and kicks for a noticable average increase.
• Scott Stevens ($283,500): 5.5/10 - has been playing forward and averaging over 80 in the NAB Cup and has kicked 50 goals from 81 games. A regular season risk depending on position, but is it a risk worth taking?

The Young Guns:

• Scott Selwood ($83,500): 9/10 - looks to be a certain starter. Will hopefully do what brother Joel did last year.
• Tom Lonergan ($92,500): 8/10 - has a big ticker and his NAB form exceeds his current price by over $150,000. 
• Darren Pfeiffer ($83,500): 7/10 - averaged 59 DT points in first 2 NAB Cup games. Looks like he’ll cement a spot in the Blues line-up.
• David Myers ($103,500): 6/10 - has shown he can play at AFL level, handy pick up as a back or centre.

Discuss in our forum: http://forums.dreamteamtalk.com/viewforum.php?f=3

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Expensive but worth it:
  Brad Johnson FWD, Ave 100.24, $435,300
  Scott West CTR, Ave 98, $425,600
Game Breaker (can have a big score):
  Brian Lake (Harris) BAC, Ave 76.2, $339,600
Elite Potential:
  Daniel Cross CTR, Ave 92.6, $402,200
  Adam Cooney CTR, Ave 91.36, $396,800
Bargain Basement:
  Robert Murphy FWD, Ave 69.53, $302,000
Wait for their price to go down:
  Matthew Boyd CTR, Ave 96.68, $419,900
Steer clear:
  Jason Akermanis FWD, Ave 72.11, $313,200
On the Chopping Block:
  Peter Street RUC, Ave 51.17, $222,200

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Expensive but worth it:
  Dean Cox RUC, Ave 100.53, $436,600
Game Breaker (can have a big score):
  Andrew Embley CTR, Ave 80.73, $350,600
Elite Potential:
  Matt Priddis CTR, Ave 89.55, $388,900
Bargain Basement:
  Mark Nicoski BAC/CTR, Ave 48, $208,500
  Scott Selwood BAC/CTR, Ave -, $83,500
  Mark LeCras FWD, Ave 53.59, $232,700
Wait for their price to go down:
  Daniel Kerr CTR, Ave 92.94, $403,600
  Chad Fletcher CTR, Ave 88.78, $385,600
Steer clear:
  Quinten Lynch FWD, Ave 83.68, $363,400
On the Chopping Block:
  Adam Hunter BAC, Ave 74.68, $324,300
  Darren Glass BAC, Ave 41.45, $180,000

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Expensive but worth it:
  Brett Kirk CTR, Ave 90.05, $391,100
Game Breaker (can have a big score):
  Adam Goodes CTR, Ave 84.05, $365,000
  Ryan O’Keefe FWD, Ave 83.5, $362,600
Elite Potential:
  Tadhg Kennelly BAC, Ave 65.31, $283,600
Bargain Basement:
  Barry Hall FWD, Ave 68, $295,300
  Craig Bird CTR, Ave -, $83,500
  Martin Mattner BAC, Ave 59, $256,200
Wait for their price to go down:
  Michael O’Loughlan FWD, Ave 58.77, $255,200
Steer clear:
  Nick Davis FWD, Ave 61.29, $266,200
On the Chopping Block:
  Lewis Roberts-Thompson BAC, Ave 76, $231,100

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Expensive but worth it:
  Nick Riewoldt FWD, Ave 99.35, $431,500
  Leigh Montagna CTR, Ave 95.76, $415,900
Game Breaker (can have a big score):
  Brendon Goddard BAC, Ave 80.43, $349,300
  Sam Fisher BAC, Ave 85.55, $371,500
  Nick Dal Santo CTR, Ave 83.36, $362,000
Elite Potential:
  Luke Ball CTR, Ave 83, $360,500
  Justin Koschitzke RUC/FWD, Ave 73.74, $320,200
Bargain Basement:
  Michael Gardiner RUC, Ave -, $145,500
Wait for their price to go down:
  Lenny Hayes CTR, Ave 93.63, $406,600
Steer clear:
  Steven Baker CTR, Ave 63.56, $276,000
  Stephen Milne FWD, Ave 61.86, $268,700
  Max Hudghton BAC, Ave 38.56, $167,400
On the Chopping Block:
  Fraser Gehrig FWD, Ave 67.25, $292,100

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Expensive but worth it:
  Joel Bowden BAC, Ave 95.18, $413,400
Game Breaker (can have a big score):
  Nathan G. Brown FWD, Ave 82.36, $357,700
  Jordan McMahon BAC, Ave 71.67, $311,200
Elite Potential:
  Brett Deledio CTR/FWD, Ave 76.58, $332,600
  Jake King BAC/CTR, Ave 69.68, $302,600
Bargain Basement:
  Troy Simmonds RUC, Ave 54.5, $236,700
  Mark Coughlan CTR, Ave -, $195,800
  Trent Cotchin CTR, Ave -, $119,500
Wait for their price to go down:
  Matthew Richardson FWD, Ave 86.09, $373,900
Steer clear:
  Cleve Hughes FWD, Ave 42.86, $186,100
On the Chopping Block:
  Jay Schulz FWD, Ave 48.18, $209,300

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Expensive but worth it:
  Kane Cornes CTR, Ave 107.45, $466,700
  Chad Cornes CTR/BAC, Ave 101.23, $439,600
Game Breaker (can have a big score):
  Peter Burgoyne BAC, Ave 89.33, $388,000
  Shaun Burgoyne CTR, Ave 79.91, $347,000
Elite Potential:
  Domenic Cassisi CTR, Ave 87.59, $380,400
  Danyale Pearce CTR, Ave 78.28, $340,000
Bargain Basement:
  Brendon Lade RUC, Ave 76.18, $330,900
Wait for their price to go down:
  Justin Westhoff FWD, Ave 65, $282,300
  Brett Ebert FWD, Ave 67.64, $293,700
Steer clear:
  Michael Wilson BAC, Ave 61.65, $267,700
On the Chopping Block:
  Warren Treadrea FWD, Ave 57.59, $250,100

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Expensive but worth it:
  Cameron Bruce CTR, Ave 96.88, $420,700
  James McDonald CTR, Ave 96.43, $418,800
Game Breaker (can have a big score):
  Brock McLean CTR, Ave 74.14, $322,000
  Jeff White RUC, Ave 87.32, $379,200
Elite Potential:
  Matthew Bate FWD, Ave 72.37, $314,300
  Aaron Davey FWD, Ave 71.61, $311,000
Bargain Basement:
  Cale Morton CTR, Ave -, $111,500
  Ricky Pettard CTR/BAC, Ave 62.89, $273,100
  John Meesen RUC, Ave 21, $91,200
Wait for their price to go down:
  Adem Yze FWD/CTR, Ave 78.5, $340,900
Steer clear:
  David Neitz FWD, Ave 48.67, $211,400
  Russell Robertson FWD, Ave 69.33, $301,100
On the Chopping Block:
  Jared Rivers BAC, Ave 56.33, $244,700

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