Calvin’s Captains – Rd. 14

Oi Oi Argggg – welcome back to where you will once again get the best DT captains advice in the land. My name is Calvin, and I am an Irish Pirate who always delivers the goods… if you listen! Now, I won’t go on and brag about how good I am or how good looking I am in my pirate hat and patch. But you do need to listen people… that’s why you are here. I speak you listen! Let’s get in there and find out what rippers I have for you this week. Enjoys me hearties.

Swan Vs Swans (to be tagged by Bird?)

Ha ha you like that? It just might happen! Stick with me, it might get a little confusing, especially for you dumbshits out there. Firstly, with all the eyes on Dane Swan’s return this week, I am tipping a huge game from him against the Swans this week at ANZ Stadium. Swan had 110 on the Swans last year and has scored 4×100+ scores on them in his last 5 games. Yeah his form has been poor before he left with 1×100+ games in his last 5 but this week he is at ANZ where he smashes it. In his last 3 games there, Swanny has scored 110, 127 and 130.

Now, last week when the Blues played Sydney, Bird tagged Judd and held him to 23d (85) and the Swans let the other boys run around doing as they please. Marc had 129 and Gibbsy had 127, so what will happen this week, fingers crossed Swanny is left alone! You could never go him captain after running the hills of Arizona for 2 weeks, but I’m tipping Swanny to be back to his best this week.

Bounce Back Boyd

Let’s think back to round 3 this year, when the Suns played the Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. During this game, Boyd (who wasn’t tagged) ran-a-muck and scored a huge 125pts (36d). Last week, the Suns played the Hawks and allowed 9 of them to crack the 100 mark at Aurora Stadium in Tassie. This means what it usually means… the Suns will give the Dogs a truck load of points and a bloke like Matty Boyd will cash in.  Now, he did only have 70 last week, which will put several guys off, but you must look past this. Even if you had him captain (and didn’t listen to where I ranked him on the top 5 list), you must set your anger aside and seriously consider this jet this week.

But how do travelling superstars score at Metricon Stadium? Great question mate, and I will answer … so check this out

Travelling Guns @ Metricon

Carlton Rd. 2 – Gibbs 144*, Marc 129, Judd 123
Melbourne Rd. 4 – Sylvia 132*
Brisbane Rd. 7 – Don’t have any guns
Geelong Rd. 10 – Stevie J 171*, Selwood 116, Chapman 95, Bartel 67
Kangaroos R.12 – Harvey 138, Swallow 88
*game top scorer

So there you have it. Most of the big name guns in the league, get it done at Metricon and the ones who don’t obviously aren’t trying. Boyd already has 125 on the Suns this year and will surely replicate what other guns have done before him Metricon.  Boom boom Boyd will be awesome.

Don’t Pick a Pendle-berry

Oh man, it will be risky if you do and it might give you the shits all weekend! The Swans are Pendlbury’s worst team to score DT points on by a mile and with just 1×100+ score against them in his career of 9 games, you can clearly see why. He had just 79 on them in 2010 which happened to be his 2^nd lowest score for the year. Big time risky (similar to Boyd last week), and although you can never write off guns like him, you need to find something a little safer.

Ohhh Ab –alettt

His form has been amazing. Ablett had 34d and 8m last week for his 135 and you can add that to the 146 and 132 he had in the weeks prior to that. He is averaging 138 in the last 3 rounds and finds himself back on his home ground this week where he scored 146 there in his last game there (Vs Kang). When the ‘Little Master’ played the Bulldogs in Rd. 3 this year, he racked up 34d and 6t for 115. He did this in a 70pt loss and with a Picken tag. This is nothing new for Gary as Picken usually tagged him at Geelong. Whilst at Geelong, Gary had scores of 143, 103, 125 and 116 on the Dogs since 2009. His form is mad and Garry is untaggable… and he has to be my #1 pick this week. Go get em Gazza!