West Coast AFL Fantasy Classic Prices 2019

West Coast weren’t overly impressive as a fantasy team but the reigning Premiers did provide options last season that were quite significant, Andrew Gaff, Elliot Yeo & Jack Redden all averaged more than 100pts last season.

West Coast averaged 357.1 Disposals in the H&A season (Rank 16), the Eagles averaged 1590.3 Fantasy Team Points over the same period (Rank 8).

The absence of Nic Naitanui for likely the majority of the 2019 season will provide a volatile situation in the Ruck from a fantasy perspective, the Eagles lost Scott Lycett but acquired Tom Hickey & Keegan Brooksby for coverage.

Overall, it appears West Coast should provide a similar outlook again in 2019 with little change except for the Ruck roles.

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2019 Potential Targets:

Elliot Yeo MID $775K

Yeo finally delivered on the fantasy promise with a consistent season averaging 106.1pts (Incl. Finals), he scored 100pts or more in 60.0% of games & 120pts or more in 28.0% of games.

The numbers for Yeo to finish the H&A season were elite, he averaged 123.0pts from his final 6 H&A games. Yeo averaged 102.3pts from 3 Finals including 144pts in the first Final for the Eagles.

Yeo recorded a career season high average of 6.7 Tackles in 2018, his role in the midfield is favourable to his fantasy game.

Many could by-pass Yeo at a high starting price at Round 1, as a result he could see a relatively low ownership which could provide a very good point of difference.

Jack Redden MID $698K

After a relatively slow start to the 2018 H&A season Redden finally started to put up decent fantasy numbers, he averaged 66.8pts from his opening 5 games of the year then finished the H&A season with an average of 104.9pts. Redden averaged 129.3pts in 3 Finals.

The return of Andrew Gaff may deter some from selecting Redden, in games without Andrew Gaff he (Redden) averaged 108.0pts and in the 5 games prior to the Gaff suspension his averaged spiked at 122.8pts per game.

Redden has been a prolific scorer in fantasy over the majority of his career, after dealing with injury issues prior to 2018 his game suffered. Ownership could be low-moderate for Redden at Round 1, he is definitely worth consideration.

Luke Foley MID $210K

It is always tough for a first year player to break into a team let alone a Premiership team, Luke Foley (2018 Draft: selection 31) played 1 year in the WAFL Colts for Subiaco after being overlooked in the 2017 Draft.

Foley averaged 17 Disposals & 8 Tackles in the 2018 U18 National Championships, at 188cm he plays as a tall midfield/forward role and can hit the scoreboard.

It is worth monitoring the pre-season for Foley, in 2018 coach Adam Simpson was willing to debut 8 players for the Eagles (AFL Rank: Eq 1).

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Player	Position	2018 Avg	2018 Gms	2019 Price
Gaff, Andrew	MID	110.68	19	$803000
Yeo, Elliot	MID	106.77	22	$775000
Redden, Jack	MID	96.23	22	$698000
Hurn, Shannon	DEF	88.86	22	$645000
Shuey, Luke	MID	87.29	17	$634000
Cripps, Jamie	FWD	81.32	22	$590000
Naitanui, Nic	RUC	80.33	15	$583000
Masten, Chris	MID	78.71	21	$571000
Hutchings, Mark	MID	77.06	17	$559000
Darling, Jack	FWD	76.72	18	$557000
Hickey, Tom	RUC	75.38	13	$547000
Sheppard, Brad	DEF	74.59	22	$541000
Sheed, Dom	MID	74.33	15	$539000
McGovern, Jeremy	DEF	66.86	21	$485000
Duggan, Liam	DEF	66.81	21	$485000
Kennedy, Josh J.	FWD	65.18	11	$473000
Jetta, Lewis	DEF	63.59	17	$461000
Smith, Josh	FWD	52	1	$444000
Vardy, Nathan	RUC/FWD	55.57	7	$435000
Barrass, Tom	DEF	58.31	16	$423000
Ryan, Liam	FWD	56.7	10	$411000
Ah Chee, Brendon	FWD	59.25	8	$404000
Waterman, Jake	FWD	54.81	16	$398000
Cole, Thomas	DEF	53.83	18	$391000
Rioli, Willie	FWD	53.81	21	$391000
Ainsworth, Brayden	MID	64.33	3	$369000
McInnes, Fraser	RUC	47	3	$364000
Brooksby, Keegan	RUC	0	0	$357000
Venables, Daniel	FWD	45.92	12	$333000
Nelson, Jackson	DEF	40.3	10	$292000
Allen, Oscar	DEF	50	2	$276000
Mutimer, Kurt	DEF	0	0	$251000
Schofield, Will	DEF	33.8	10	$245000
O'Neill, Xavier	MID	0	0	$216000
Foley, Luke	MID	0	0	$210000
Williams, Bailey	RUC/FWD	0	0	$202000
Cameron, Jarrod	MID/FWD	0	0	$194000
Brander, Jarrod	FWD	30	1	$170000
Petruccelle, Jack	FWD	21.33	3	$170000
Watson, Francis	DEF	0	0	$170000
Rotham, Josh	DEF	0	0	$170000
Allen, Matthew	MID/FWD	0	0	$170000
Brayshaw, Hamish	MID	0	0	$170000
Riach, Brodie	MID/FWD	0	0	$170000
Edwards, Harry	RUC	0	0	$170000
Bines, Patrick	RUC/FWD	0	0	$170000