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Deck of Dream Team 2012: Steele Sidebottom

His name is Steele SIdebottom and although he sounds a little like a gay robot… he’s a big chance to make your Dream Team in 2012. Listed as a Forward/Midfielder and $74,000 less than his team mate Beams (DPP)… the man of Steele is set for a huge year!

Name: Steele Sidebottom
Club: Collingwood
Position: Forward/Midfield
Assistant Coach 2012 Price: $428,800
Bye Round: 12
2011 Average: 86.6
2011 Games Played: 22
Predicted Average: 94

Why should I pick him? Because Steele Sidebottom is another one of these midfielders who have been labelled DPP in 2012! Steele has played all but 1 game in the last 2 years and is a walk up player with a talented premiership team. In 2011, Steele scored 90+ points 50% of the time including 5×100+ scores. On his day, he is a DT machine and will most likely be in the top 7 forwards by the end of the year. In fact, if Steele was named as a forward last year, he would have ranked 12th in most points scored for the year and 7th on average from players who played 22 games.

Steele is priced $14k less than Dustin Martin and a massive $74k less than his team mate, Dayne Beams. All these guys also carry DPP in 2012 for the first time and are being massively talked about in the DT community. These guys will make your season but you might find it hard to have all 3, and as Steele is the cheapest of the bunch… his hand I high in the air to make your team!

Why shouldn’t I pick him? Well, as mentioned a few times in the Deck of Dream Team articles this year… the byes will hurt. Steele shares the bye with many other great forwards (Stevie J, Chapman, Goodes, Fyfe…) and depending on the make up of your team… this will hurt you.  “Oh, I’ll rest him on my mid bench then” – good call Einstein and way to understand the DPP rule… but in you mids you’ll be wanting players like Swan, Pendles, Selwood… and they will want a spot on your bench too.

Deck of DT Rating. QUEEN – Steele might just go BANG this year! He only improved his average last year 7pts from 2010 and is due to really break out. I personally have him ahead of Beams at the moment mainly based on price alone. This is Steele’s 4th season, if you count the one in 2009 when he played 8 games… therefore this season coming up is his 3rd season playing all games. When Bryce Gibbs played his 3rd season… he went from averaging 87 to a massive 107!

Personally, as of right now… he’s 76% locked!

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