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The Weekend Wash-Up – Carnage Edition

In a time of need, Matt delivers.

Who can be f**ked with 5 days of footy? What sounded like a great idea at the time has descended into one of the longest weekends of fantasy in recent memory. I’m probably not getting 2000. You’re probably not getting 2000. If you are on track for 2000, just know that nobody cares and you can feel free to jog on. Unbelievable. It’s time for the weekend wash-up!

LEGENDS

Ryan (119) – I didn’t think Freo could keep playing this ugly, but Luke Ryan is lapping it up. Good on him.

Serong (114) – Our ill feelings have been left long in the past. It’s a shame he had literally no help out there on Friday night. I hope a few wash-up readers got on board early with me, the train has long left the station. What a gun.

Bontempelli (148) – There you go Bont. He finally puts together 4 quarters and get a load of the score! He is on fire and the tackle numbers are huge. I have him marked to average around 110, and there’s even upside in that. Potential value this week if you can get there.

English (129) – People actually didn’t start with this guy. Bizarre. I’m not going to say anything otherwise the karma bus will hit me head on………. But his hamstring looks alright.

Treloar (112) – Pure midfield Adam Treloar is a 110-115 guy. We’ve seen it before. We might be seeing it again. Gun.

Darcy (112) – I guess there’s two ways to score as a ruckman. Give me the extra midfielder any day, but Big Sean has been awesome. Dominant.

Rozee (133) – Rozee looked every bit a Brownlow contender out there on Saturday, he was a class above anyone else in that game. Of course he did it against witches hats, but that’s the score we needed. Proven to be a great pick.

Coniglio (135) – Leaving Dunkley in the dust. Cogs has been totally dominant over the last 2 weeks, he passed the eye test when I saw him in Round 2 as well. I honestly watch Dunkley and fear he may never score a ton again, kudos to those who backed Cogs.

Kelly (125) – So he’s back in the middle and to the surprise of absolute nobody, he dominated. 41 touches, wow.

Newcombe (122) –  The Will Day injury opened up the door for Jai and he barged straight through it. Looks like he has arrived and a good option this week.

Laird (120) – Yep, Rory still has it. Huge option this week if he’s good to go.

Walsh (131) – This mention goes for all the Blues midfield. I didn’t get to see this game so it’s a tough one to wrap my head around, but at least they racked up the cheapies for us unlike your Brisbane and Port Adelaide’s of the world. Hell, even Cowan scored 48. Sam Walsh could be an elite POD this week, he might be on another level this season.

Weller (133) – Well I’ll be damned, maybe this is real after all. We weren’t short of relevant players scoring well this week, the only issue was none of us owned them. He has a great bye and is a legit option next week.

LOSERS

Wagner (62) – This is incredibly harsh, but I’m going with it. Wagner made a couple of decent plays, but goodness me there was a few get Minson off moments in this performance. Hopefully he holds. We need him too.

Young (77) – Booooooooooooring.

Brayshaw (99) – I don’t know if he gets a week for that bump, but it looks like he needs a week. He can’t get his hands on the footy. Bizarre stuff. Must be hurt.

Pearce (44) – Way to lead from the front. Seriously the whole Fremantle v Rory Lobb storyline was one of the most pathetic I’ve ever seen. Both the players and the fans forgot there was actually a game going on, you’d think he committed a crime. Tell me a single word Lobb said that wasn’t spot on. Hope those salty Lobster Tears went down well on Friday night. Losers.

Amiss (12) – Amissing from next weeks squad I would have thought.

Johannisen (67) – Good save, but that doesn’t cut the mustard. Big game coming up next week, he needs to go well.

Horne-Francis (38) – Listening to the commentators try to justify this blokes performance was sad. “He’s just so powerful.” Have the biggest spell of all time. Once the ball leaves the stoppage the Hornbag literally brings out his deck chair and waits for the next break in play. That includes defensive efforts. Awful.

Dunkley (86) – What an absolute piss ant. Seriously. Does. Not. Look. Like. It. Bleeding cash and quite frankly our worst pick of the season. Complete and utter disgrace. $700k in no time.

Neale (70) – The Brisbane system can get in the bin. No good. If that’s the way the AFL goes I fear for our fantasy squads.

Wilmot (22) – Thank god I unloaded this dumpster fire last week. No marks, no tackles, no f**king hope. Get him out.

Cumming (55) – Wish I had offloaded Cumdog in dynasty last year. Is he a lock down defender? He’s not stopping anybody. Terrible player.

Ash (63) – This is what’s keeping Fahey out of the team? I would be spitting chips. 20 touches, 3 contested and below zero impact. Worthless.

Whitfield (83) – What happened to the gut running fantasy machine Lachie Whitfield?! I really want to bring him in, but he’s 28 playing like he’s 38. 2019 is long gone.

Mills (87) – Callum Mills. CALLUM MILLS. On Tom Hawkins. At least they didn’t get belted in the middle and he kept Hawkins quiet……………. Genius.

Roberts (19) – The delete team button is starting to look more tempting every round. Feel like sh*t for the bloke, and feel even worse for the fate on my fantasy bench. Dropping like flies.

Gulden (70) – Pathetic. Pre-season trap of the year, and we’re stuck with him. Check the fixture, because if Gulden has to work for his touches you won’t be happy with his score. Hopefully he puts 150 on the Eagles.

Warner (53) – Can someone just tell me why this guy gets free reign in the guts, while Callum Mills sits at full back. The most inconsistent player in the comp, he didn’t look up to the level of the NEAFL team on Saturday. As ugly as it gets, now he’ll probably ton next week.

Duncan (44) – Guys I’m sorry to do this…. But I couldn’t have been any clearer. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. That’s a rage quit score.

Mackenzie (45) – Is this AFL support? Yes I believe Cam Mackenzie’s stats were taken incorrectly in the final term. You’ll double check? Cheers guys.

Jones (37) – Guys, what are we doing here. Chayce Jones? A young winger? Have mercy. I don’t even want to blame the kid, have a look at yourselves squarely in the mirror. And then swiftly trade him out for anybody with some resemblance of ability.

Stocker (58) – Stonks go down. It’s time to go.

Steele (78) – Ew. Just a couple more of those thanks Jack.

LDU (66) – Ah yes, from Chris Judd to total piss ant within a month. What a transformation. If you think you have the luxury of sideways trading LDU in Round 6 I’ll be the first to tell you, you’re absolutely kidding yourself. 30 green dots? Not a single rookie to cash in or upgrade? Then by all means go ahead. Otherwise, we’re stuck with him. Hopefully his ankle is pieced together.

Miller (48) – You know what. Sometimes you just have to sit back in your chair, relax and take a deep breathe… And just ask why the f**k you put yourself through this total bullsh*t every year. What a joke. I’m not here to tell you it’s alright. I’m here to tell you, you’re probably screwed. And that I’m really sorry. And that….. This is really good for Noah Anderson. Sorry not sorry. (Seriously this sucks)

THIS GAME SH*TS ME

It was all fun and games when Campbell Chesser hurt his knee. I wasn’t laughing so much when Elijah Hewett got dropped to the WAFL only to snap his ankle within 8 seconds. And then Noah Long went down injured. And now I’ve brought in Matt Roberts and his buckled knee. Put the cherry on top in Max Heath and I am completely and utterly screwed. I was down to two fit men on the bench this week, while Cowan and JVR could be dropped at any second. That leaves me with sweet f**k all cash generation, and literally zero cover for when the MRO decides to be a massive legend and suspend my next player for a perfectly legitimate tackle. At this rate it will take me 6 trades over 3 weeks to make a single upgrade on my field. Disaster. Total disaster. This game sh*ts me.

THE OTHER BITS AND PIECES

1676 with Taranto, Daicos and Setterfield, which gets me to about 2015 if they hit their averages. Which they won’t. I had two extra rookies on the ground this week covering for Green and Day, thank god for Fergus Greene. It has been a sh*tshow of epic proportions and next week may not be much better. I will say this much. I could be down to zero fit emergencies on my bench, but I’ll still refuse to sideways trade a rookie before the byes. The cash generation can is getting kicked down the road, you need to be maximising points on field. That being said, one more Matt Roberts trade in and I’ll be dead out of luck. I have gone Hewett and Roberts in over the last two weeks, I’m on fire.

Cincotta needs to come in assuming he will hold his spot, and I refuse to believe he was Carlton’s worst player. Just look at some of the passengers in that team. Lord have mercy. He will come in for Ginbey who is being strangled by Simmo, the whole resting bullsh*t is just that. It’s all guess work, but with my cash in the bank it will give me ~$300k to play with. That is going straight on Cam Mackenzie’s head. The issue is I’m going to have to be bold with who comes in.

Lachie Weller will be out of reach, as will Jai Newcombe. Chad Warner will be affordable but… Well I don’t need to add anything there. Lachie Whitfield is the clubhouse leader which says it all. Adam Cerra? No. Then there’s the likes of Harry Perryman who carries a score of 2 and Brayden Fiorini (lol) who might make something of Touk Miller’s knee injury. No matter which direction I go it will probably decide my season. The positive is I’ll be down to 4 rookies on field next week, including Sheezel and Ashcroft.

Let’s hope for an ANZAC day miracle, we bloody need it. Best of luck legends.

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Sam
Sam
11 months ago

Always risky bringing in wingers into your team, sometimes the ball just doesn’t get anywhere near you. Wilmot and Jones… Yuck!

James
11 months ago

What time do the teams for tomorrow’s game come out?

Carnage
Carnage
11 months ago
Reply to  James

It will be before tonight’s game. Praying that Davey doesn’t play, going to need Green’s 71 to crack 1900 lol

Jason K
Jason K
11 months ago

Hello from Orange County, CA! Thanks for your amusing take. You might have mentioned Sheezel as well. Sitting at 1430 thanks for W. Philips and Wilmot. Daicos, Taranto, T. Mitchell, Rivers, and Setterfield yet to play. At least Saints won. Measly $4k sitting in the bank. :(

Jason K
Jason K
11 months ago
Reply to  Matt

Thanks Matt. The article is called “Weekend Washup: Carnage Edition” not “They’re Having an Overall Great Season,” so Sheezel has to go on the list in my view. If his 47 was a 70, then it would be a different story. This week, Sheezel downgrade, use the cash to go from Wilmot to Bont.

Jaiden
Editor
11 months ago

Great read as always Matt 👍🏻

john
john
11 months ago

who to get out of walsh and laird?

JungleMuffin
Member
11 months ago
Reply to  john

Was hoping Walsh would drop since the long layoff, but the kid is just too good. Huge value in Laird though, so if you’re not so far behind you need to play the POD game to catch up, then you can’t really go wrong.

Squid
Squid
11 months ago

Matt it’s ok to admit it, you’re having a pretty decent season so far as your team’s on field performance goes but it does seem like you’re in for tough times ahead, no offence but I look forward to you working through your problems via this medium then as my season has been a complete gong show straight from R1 and misery loves company.

Keep up the great work and don’t ever lose the rage.

Barnburners
Barnburners
11 months ago

Always a great read.

Plugger
Plugger
11 months ago

Who to Captain out of Taranto and Daicos? I had the VC on Marshall, but 100 not enough, I think, to raise my overall ranking. Dilemma though is that if I accept Marshall’s score ignoring Daicos and Taranto possibilities, I would win my league match up this week, with no risk (and I value that win). Only risk to win and rise in rankings is if my choice between Daicos or Taranto spuds. I would like to win the league match up, but also maximise my overall ranking; hence the dilemma. Any persuasion on the odds any whichway?

Last edited 11 months ago by Plugger
Jye Caldwell tag
Jye Caldwell tag
11 months ago
Reply to  Plugger

I’ll go with Taranto, but you are probably only going to gain like 10 points. If there’s ever going to be a week for Daicos to flop, then it’s this week (He won’t).

Plugger
Plugger
11 months ago

I took your advice – TARANTO as captain 276. I’ll take that!

Jye Caldwell tag
Jye Caldwell tag
11 months ago
Reply to  Plugger

Should of went Daicos

JungleMuffin
Member
11 months ago
Reply to  Plugger

I’d take the 100. Anything over 100, we take. the risk/reward is just not worth it, as more can go wrong than right from that score.

Saw a guy in one of my leagues turn down 114 from Serong, and end up with 2×48 from Touk. Greed is rarely good in DT.

Brendon
Brendon
11 months ago
Reply to  JungleMuffin

I took the C from Serong to Laird, figured I needed a lift and it was worth the risk against the Hawks

JungleMuffin
Member
11 months ago

Long, Constable and McAndrew only red dots for me this week, with Long coming back in next week probably, and McAndrew the guaranteed red dot

This is why you guys can’t have nice things. Sideways trading premiums, chasing one off scores that have already passed, holding dead weight rookies to “upgrade” to JJ and Chayve Jones. SMFH.

My team’s shit but Cincotta, Wagner already in, Green and Day returning, “upgraded” to Neale already this week, with a nice double downgrade of Wilmott and Philips/Constable out after lockout for a juicy 400k+ Kitty to spend over the next few weeks…all after the Xerri bomb…life isn’t so bad, just my scoring.

It’s a marathon, not a sprint, and crabs run sideways.

Thrice
Thrice
11 months ago

Well Alwyn Davey Jr just screwed up everyone’s bench loophole.

Carnage
Carnage
11 months ago
Reply to  Thrice

Yeah, might as well field Van Rooyen now, lets go JVR, ton up and beat Green’s score lol

Ando the brain dead barfly
Ando the brain dead barfly
11 months ago
Reply to  Carnage

Yup

The Mash
The Mash
11 months ago

Great work again Matt, feeling your pain. N matter what i try and who i trade in, its just not working this year

josh
josh
11 months ago

Was it the correct decision to bring Sam Simpson on field from the bench. Loved the performance from Adam Cerra but extremely disappointed from Duncan.

Calvin Broadus Jr
Calvin Broadus Jr
11 months ago

May I have 4 trades this week please?

Sam
Sam
11 months ago

I prefer a time machine, either back to the start of this season, or forward to the next

josh
josh
11 months ago

thought cerra should be legend




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