More ruck woes, defender trades, possible DPPs, rookie crisis – Ep. 588

Easter weekend saw lower scores than what was expected by a few, headlined by a few premiums not living up to their dollar value. Calvin’s captains get a rocket, the new DPPs that will land next week are looked at, the sub rule is covered and trading strategy with a lack of rookies coming through is discussed.

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Episode guide

1:00 – It was a tough round with scores over 2000 being good ones.

4:00 – Calvin was happy with Warnie’s phonecall telling him about Jarrod Witts being a late out and getting Tim English for 145.

8:50 – If you don’t own Nick Daicos, playing against someone who does is a hard watch.

11:00 – Warnie gives his -3 to Ross Lyon for subbing his captain Rowan Marshall on 107.

13:45 – There was very little barking from James Sicily as he scored 18 points in the last three-quarters.

16:15 – The so-called pillars of strength in Sam Docherty, Rory Laird and Josh Dunkley are all dropping cash.

19:30 – A huge score by ‘Scott Lucas’ of 2317 won the week.

20:45 – Could the Michael Barlow Medal be renamed to the Harry Sheezel Medal?

22:20 – Toby Nankervis and Tom Lynch will miss a few weeks for the Tigers.

25:00 – Coaches have issues with how the sub rule is currently communicated. Could we see some change?

28:00 – Is Reuben Ginbey in line for a rest?

31:15 – What will we do with Will Day if he is suspended?

36:00 – It’s apparently upgrade season, but we need rookies to make it happen!

42:15 – Jayden Hunt and Trent Rivers appear to be a couple of sub-$600k defenders worth looking at to help fix the crisis in the backline.

47:00 – Which players could we see gain DPP after round five?

51:30 – The Traders reveal their early trades.

52:15 – Questions from social media – follow @AFLFantasy on Twitter, @aflfantasy on Instagram and like the Official AFL Fantasy facebook page.

56:55 – Would you play an extra rookie on field to get James Worpel to Clayton Oliver?

1:00:30 – Do we have an issue with Nick Daicos this week against St Kilda?

1:04:40 – Is Darcy Tucker a mid-pricer worth looking at after playing his first full game?

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