Melbourne AFL Fantasy Classic Prices 2020

Melbourne regressed quite significantly in the 2019 H&A season, the Demons averaged 391.0 Disposals in the 2018 H&A season (Rank 2) and 363.5 Disposals last season (Rank 13).

The unhealthy list going into the 2019 pre-season was too much to overcome for Melbourne, a total of 17 players were impacted by off-season surgeries.

The positive heading into the 2020 season is that the Demons are quite healthy and are well placed to rebound from 17^th on the AFL Ladder, many won’t consider looking at Melbourne for potential targets due to recency bias.

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2020 Potential Targets:

Max Gawn RUCK $826K

The Round 13 Bye shared with Brodie Grundy may see reduced ownership on Gawn early in 2020, selecting Gawn over Grundy will likely be a unique path to kick-start the season.

Gawn has been consistent over the last 2 years, he scored 100pts or more in 76.2% of games & 120pts or more in 42.9% of games in 2019.

Angus Brayshaw MID $653K

Just looking at the name Angus Brayshaw will have many cringing with fear, but if the Demons rise from the bottom of the ladder in 2020 expect Brayshaw to play a big part with the bonus of depressed ownership.

You may need therapy trying to convince yourself of overcoming fear at Round 1 if his numbers are once again big in pre-season games.

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Christian Petracca FWD $563K

It is time for coach Simon Goodwin to take the cotton wool off Petracca & significantly increase his midfield usage, there have been suggestions out of the Demons recently that it could occur in 2020. The downside looking at Petracca is that he has only averaged 20 Disposals or more in only one season over his career, the options in the forward line appear to be limited in AFL Fantasy at Round 1 in 2020 and at this stage throw him down the bottom of your watch list.

What do we need to see in pre-season games: near full midfield usage & an average of 25 Disposals or more.

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PLAYER	POSITION	2019 AVG	2019 GMS	2020 PRICE
Max Gawn	RUC	111.3	21	$826,000
Clayton Oliver	MID	105.9	22	$786,000
James Harmes	MID	94	22	$698,000
Ed Langdon	MID	92.1	22	$683,000
Christian Salem	DEF	89.6	20	$665,000
Angus Brayshaw	MID	88	22	$653,000
Jack Viney	MID	82.3	21	$611,000
Adam Tomlinson	MID	77.3	22	$574,000
Christian Petracca	FWD	75.9	22	$563,000
Jake Melksham	FWD	74.8	12	$555,000
Bayley Fritsch	DEF/FWD	74.2	22	$551,000
Nathan Jones	DEF/MID	73.6	22	$546,000
Steven May	DEF	57.8	8	$527,000
Mitch Brown	FWD	68.4	15	$508,000
Tom McDonald	FWD	63.8	15	$473,000
Marty Hore	DEF	61.9	14	$459,000
Alex Neal-Bullen	FWD	61.6	14	$457,000
Michael Hibberd	DEF	61.3	19	$455,000
Jay Lockhart	FWD	56.4	12	$419,000
Jake Lever	DEF	59.9	8	$418,000
Charlie Spargo	FWD	48.8	8	$412,000
Josh Wagner	DEF	55.4	12	$411,000
Jayden Hunt	FWD	55	21	$408,000
Corey Wagner	MID/FWD	53.7	11	$398,000
Oskar Baker	MID	55	9	$396,000
Mitch Hannan	FWD	42.7	6	$391,000
Braydon Preuss	RUC/FWD	56.4	7	$381,000
Sam Weideman	FWD	51.4	11	$381,000
Kade Kolodjashnij	MID	46	2	$381,000
Harrison Petty	DEF/FWD	49.3	10	$366,000
Aaron vandenBerg	MID/FWD	0	0	$353,000
Neville Jetta	DEF	42.4	7	$342,000
Kade Chandler	FWD	60	1	$334,000
Kyle Dunkley	MID/FWD	49	5	$309,000
Tom Sparrow	FWD	52	2	$293,000
Joel Smith	DEF	0	0	$287,000
Oscar McDonald	DEF	38.5	12	$286,000
Luke Jackson	RUC	0	0	$266,000
Kysaiah Kropinyeri-Pickett	FWD	0	0	$248,000
Trent Rivers	DEF/MID	0	0	$208,000
Austin Bradtke	RUC	0	0	$170,000
James Jordon	MID	0	0	$170,000
Aaron Nietschke	MID	0	0	$170,000
Toby Bedford	FWD	0	0	$170,000