Melbourne AFL Fantasy Prices 2017

With each AFL Fantasy team price reveal, Peter from aflratings.com.au takes a look at five potential targets from each club.

Melbourne improved from a fantasy perspective in the 2016 H&A season averaging 393.1 Disposals per game (Rank 4), the Demons averaged 404.8 Disposals in their final 9 games of the year eclipsing 400 or more in 6 of those games. Despite all the high Disposal numbers Melbourne finished the year ranked just 8^th in team fantasy points averaging 1614.7pts per game, the Demons were ranked 2^nd in Handballs averaging 193.0 per game (Bulldogs Ranked 1^st). Max Gawn & Jack Viney were the only 2 players to average over 100.0pts per game in 2016, hopefully Simon Goodwin can increase that number next season.

Here are 5 potential targets for Melbourne in 2017

Max Gawn (RUC, $642,000)

Gawn was mighty in 2016 taking his game to a new level averaging 106.5pts from his first completed full season, there is definitely more upside available as he averaged 116.4pts between Rounds 12-23. Gawn scored  100pts or more at a 68.2% S/R (Strike Rate) and 120pts or more at a 36.4% S/R, both were good enough to be ranked Top 10 in the AFL. Whilst the majority of players struggle to put up decent numbers in travel games Gawn thrived averaging 125.4pts per game, he was Ranked No.1 in the AFL with a minimum of 3 games played. Hopefully Gawn will have a healthy pre-season, there is no reason not to pick him at this stage.

Jack Viney (MID, $611,000)

Viney averaged over 100.0pts for the first time in his 4 year career from 21 games, his scoring was quite volatile at times but with a decent ceiling he finished with an average of 101.2pts. Viney scored 100pts or more at a moderate 52.4% S/R but that was offset with a 23.8% S/R scoring 120pts or more, he was outstanding in night games averaging 121.0pts per game. Viney is at the right age to be a dominant force in the Melbourne midfield and increase his fantasy value,  he will be a definite point of difference that could pay off handsomely if he could eliminate his poor games.

Jordan Lewis (MID, $623,000)

Lewis was traded from the Hawks in the off-season to a Demon team on the rise, he may have just found himself in the perfect situation to again put up elite numbers. Lewis averaged 103.1pts for Hawthorn in 2016, he scored 100pts or more at an excellent 75.0% S/R. Melbourne definitely struggled at times last season over handballing during games and were calling out for a leader to take control and re-direct the team when necessary, expect Lewis to be an integral and well utilised part of the midfield in 2017 that should make him a very good point of difference despite turning 31 in April.

Dom Tyson (MID, $561,000)

Tyson averaged 92.9pts from 21 games in 2016 which was a career season high, even more noteworthy was his average between Rounds 18-22 of 120.2pts. Tyson scored 100pts or more at a moderate 47.6% S/R, he averaged 105.7pts in Melbourne wins. Most coaches won’t look in the direction of Tyson to begin the 2017 season with the inclusion of Lewis and development of younger midfield players, but keep an eye out for him in the pre-season to see if his late season numbers continue to hold up.

Bernie Vince (DEF/MID, $554,000)

For Bernie Vince owners his late season poor form was very painful to watch, after averaging 101.8pts in his first 12 games Vince averaged just 78.4pts from his final 9 games. There were a couple of reasons for the change in fortunes for Vince, for one a leg injury hampered his output along with the decision from the coaching staff to play him deep in defence in a negating role for the majority of opening halves each game before the pace went out of the game. No doubt Vince is a must watch in the pre-season for positioning, if he is set free again then he could be a good point of difference in the backline as many coaches won’t be interested in his services again.

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Player	Club	Pos	2016 Avg	2016 Gms	2017 Price
Gawn, Max	MEL	RUC	106.5	22	$642000
Lewis, Jordan	MEL	MID	103.23	22	$623000
Viney, Jack	MEL	MID	101.19	21	$611000
Jones, Nathan	MEL	MID	98.32	22	$593000
Tyson, Dom	MEL	MID	92.9	21	$561000
Vince, Bernie	MEL	DEF/MID	91.81	21	$554000
Watts, Jack	MEL	FWD	79.64	22	$481000
Hogan, Jesse	MEL	FWD	79.1	21	$477000
McDonald, Tom	MEL	DEF	75.64	22	$457000
Bugg, Tomas	MEL	MID	72.28	18	$437000
Hibberd, Michael	MEL	DEF	0	0	$428000
Brayshaw, Angus	MEL	MID/FWD	70	10	$422000
Kent, Dean	MEL	FWD	69.7	20	$420000
Stretch, Billy	MEL	MID	69.13	16	$417000
Oliver, Clayton	MEL	MID	68.92	13	$416000
Wagner, Josh	MEL	DEF	68.36	14	$413000
Kennedy, Ben	MEL	FWD	67.8	15	$409000
Petracca, Christian	MEL	FWD	67.88	17	$409000
Harmes, James	MEL	DEF	66.84	19	$404000
Pedersen, Cameron	MEL	FWD	60.22	9	$386000
Salem, Christian	MEL	DEF	67.5	8	$383000
Jetta, Neville	MEL	DEF	62.52	21	$377000
vandenBerg, Aaron	MEL	FWD	61.14	14	$369000
McDonald, Oscar	MEL	DEF	59.07	15	$356000
Melksham, Jake	MEL	MID	0	0	$349000
Garlett, Jeff	MEL	FWD	57.18	17	$345000
Hunt, Jayden	MEL	DEF	56.74	19	$342000
Trengove, Jack	MEL	MID	70.33	3	$336000
Garland, Colin	MEL	DEF	49	6	$331000
Frost, Sam	MEL	DEF	51.19	16	$309000
Lumumba, Heritier	MEL	DEF	58.2	5	$298000
White, Mitch	MEL	DEF	52	2	$289000
Spencer, Jake	MEL	RUC	0	0	$281000
Neal-Bullen, Alex	MEL	MID/FWD	51.5	4	$255000
Hannan, Mitch	MEL	FWD	0	0	$160000
Smith, Timothy	MEL	FWD	0	0	$150000
Kennedy-Harris, Jay	MEL	FWD	0	0	$150000
Keilty, Declan	MEL	DEF/FWD	0	0	$150000
Weideman, Sam	MEL	FWD	33.67	3	$150000
King, Mitchell	MEL	RUC/FWD	0	0	$150000
Hulett, Liam	MEL	FWD	0	0	$150000
Johnstone, Dion	MEL	FWD	0	0	$150000
McKenna, Pat	MEL	DEF	0	0	$150000
Filipovic, Lachlan	MEL	RUC	0	0	$150000
Smith, Joel	MEL	DEF	0	0	$150000
Maynard, Corey	MEL	MID/FWD	0	0	$150000

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