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Average Fantasy points for and against
| CLUB | PTS FOR | >100 FOR | >120 FOR | PTS AG | >100 AG | >120 AG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ADE | 1528.1 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 1450 | 2.2999999999999998 | 0.3 |
 BRL | 1481.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 1538.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 |
 CAR | 1662.8 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 1484 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
 COL | 1538.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1461.5 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
 ESS | 1574.4 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 1547.5 | 2.9 | 0.8 |
 FRE | 1555 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 1515.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
 GCS | 1518.4 | 3.1 | 1 | 1529.3 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
 GEE | 1516.3 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1449.9 | 2 | 0.1 |
 GWS | 1575.5 | 3.6 | 1 | 1506.3 | 2.8 | 0.8 |
 HAW | 1529.4 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1624.9 | 3.9 | 0.8 |
 MEL | 1575.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 1462.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 |
 NM | 1447.4 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1689 | 3.4 | 1.3 |
 PTA | 1441.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1459.6 | 2.2999999999999998 | 0.6 |
 RIC | 1495.5 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1553.3 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
 STK | 1673.4 | 4 | 0.9 | 1640.9 | 4.0 | 1.6 |
 SYD | 1534.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 1488 | 2 | 0.4 |
 WB | 1536.3 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1601.6 | 4.0999999999999996 | 0.5 |
 WCE | 1441.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1635 | 3.8 | 1.4 |
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Super happy with my score this week:
Score:2352 Rank:9893->7972
Def:
Daicos, Sicily, Ziebell, Sicily, Day, Cincotta
(Mitchell , Young)
Mid:
Laird, Kelly, Green, Brayshaw, LDU, Gulden, Worpel, Ashcroft
(Drury, Johnson)
Ruck:
Marshall, Ryan
(Heath)
Fwd:
Taranto, Coniglio, Dunkley, Sheezel, Rozee, Chandler
(VanRooyen, Pedlar)
Utl:
Chesser
141k in the bank
Had 5 scores over 150 this week and have been able to climb 12000 ranks over the past 2 weeks. Thinking of getting Docherty for Chandler and Pedlar leaving only Ashcroft, Sheezel, and Cincotta as the rookies on my field. Any thoughts?
Is Samson Ryan your second ruck?
Yeh he gets me a solid 65-70 every week
Fair enough. Better than the 40 draper gave me last week
And the 40 odd I get from that flog Grundy.
Most people got scores over 2350 bud
They were all coming for Dunkley, but he still remained King of Round 8.
Fergus Green and Brody Grundy…..YOUUUU….get the CHOP.
Grundy out for sure.. Greene probably gets dropped, so won’t lose cash..
so far thinking of “downgrading” the former ruck-pig to Mr Worldwide who looks serviceable as a standalone ruck, if only for a regular 75+ without TDK..
not ideal, but the $$ allows me to upgrade Callaghan to a fallen uber like Mills or Whitfield, still undecided..
Score: 2432
Rank: 18287 to 11073
Took Taranto’s VC Score as Captain (Crystal Ball would have been handy)
5 Scores over 150
$176k in the bank.
Wanted to hold Setterfield until the byes, but now he’s playing that volatile wing role and he’s bleeding cash and is a must-trade. Want to finally get Mcvee/Wilmott off the field but that depends on Marshall’s injury and got no ruck cover :(
Haha, I feel like Norf in my leagues…last week a guy kicked a top 50 weekly score, this week top 400.
Nearly 5k points scored against me the last 2 weeks…
Kick a bag on JM!
Anyone considering JHF this week?
Low BE, 2 solid weeks and good opponent next week.
After his 37 against west coast he’s on my never again this season list
better job security???
Sharp v Drury
Drury
Only 720g to upgrade Fergus so it looks like either:
TU- Max Holmes
TD- Mitch Owens
C.jones > Atkins
Finn callaghan > Parker, Butters or Whitfield??
Prefer Butters
thoughts on Mills at 800k??
looked to be a top 8 mid with a 110+ (back to back year averages) pretty safely locked in almost
If he keeps that role, he’ll go 105 – 110 for the rest of the year. However, you just never know what Horse Longmuire will do..
Def: Daicos, Ziebell, Sicily, Stewart, Day, Wilmot (Young,Chesser)
Mid: Oliver, Laird, Green, Rozee, Rachele, Boak, Ashcroft, Cincotta (Humphrey, Mcvee)
Ruck: English, Marshall (Heath)
Fwd: TT, Dunkley, Gulden, Sheezel, Chandler, Pedlar (Poo, Drury)
Utility: SMitchell
$51k
Might be able to upgrade Wilmot after downgrading McVee.
Thoughts?
Any news on Marshall? Heard he went off injured.
Update – ignore. I just saw the injury update article.
Don’t take Taranto’s 117. Put (C) on Marshall. Marshall injures ankle… F*
Trade in Newman. 15 half-time. Sad. Finishes on 76. Happy. Learn he’s suspended. F*
Trades this week probably involve (1) ”Faily Fail”->Premium & (2) Matured Rookie->Rookie
I could also trade in Fiorini & Atkins. Point me in the right direction here… I don’t know
I still have 3 midpricers [Hunt, Ashc, Dale] & 3 rookies [Hollands, Roberts, Cincotta] on my field
No, I can’t trade in Fiorini AND Atkins. (1) Atkins (2) Cowan->D.Williams instead? I like this
Bonts or Green the priority to trade in? Both have same bye week.
Who should I get – D. McPherson (on the rise), T. Stewart (slid premo) or L. Whitfield (upside)
Stewart for me
Very happy with score this week
Score: 2435 Rank: 13233
Def:
Daicos, Stewart, Rioli, Hunt, Cincotta, Weddle
(Wilmot, Chesser)
Mid:
Anderson, Bont, Cripps, Whitfield, Worpel, Fiorini, Ashcroft, Hollands
(Davey, Roberts)
Ruck:
English, Marshall
(Heath)
Fwd:
Taranto, Dunkley, Rozee, Gulden, Ziebell, Sheezel
(F.Greene, Van Rooyen)
Utl:
Phillipou
73k in the bank
Lost on what to do for trades. Thinking of getting rid of two of Greene, JVR, Wilmot, Phillipou and Cripps but don’t know who to go them to. Any trade ideas would be appreciated.
Can ashcroft go this week
Greene > Blake Drury
gives me enough cash to do
Ashcroft > Parish/Anderson
or Macrae > Parish/Anderson
Macrae continuing to bleed cash and think Ashcroft can still make few more $. Might get 10-30 points less than Macrae this week but think it will be better for cash generation. Thoughts?
Have a choice of Bont, cerra (3 130’s in a row) or Anderson (dominating, no touk and got west coast this week) who should i take?
Gotta be the Bont
super happy with my score this week
2466
DEF – Daicos, Ziebell, Stewart, Day, Sheezel, Ginbey (Cowan, Wilmot)
MID – Oliver, Green, Anderson, Brayshaw, Worpel, Ashcroft, Fiorini, Cincotta (Uwland, Chesser
RUCK – English, Marshall (Ryan)
FWD – Taranto, Dunkley, Rozee, Gulden, Phillipou, Mitchell (Greene, JVR)
UTILITY – A.Davey Jr
Not sure what to do this week, do i trade Cowan and JVR (or uwland?) to Atkins and Drury or do I go Ginbey to Atkins and Phillipou to Johannisen meaning I’d only be fielding 2 rookies but downside is that I’d have $35k and a dud bench…. upside is less rookies and good cash gen ON FIELD…
thoughts?
Who should I get from pedlar up I can get Stewart or mills who should I get. Both get a rookie of the field. And I am happy with my 2379, now I am ranked at 10020 overall.
Thoughts on Sheed again? He looked really good on the weekend.
Is Liam Duggan an option?
26% and 41% CBAs in last 2 games after none for first 6 rounds with scores of 96 and 101.
Could go 100 if he keeps getting CBAs and priced at 750k with a BE of 76, could be a good POD?
Def: Daicos, Sheezel, Dawson, Stewart, Day, Cincotta (Michallaney, Chesser)
Mid: Green, Brayshaw, Setterfield, Laird, Rozee, Ashcroft, Fiorini, Hollands (Davey, Long)
Ruck: English, Marshall (Heath)
Fwd: Taranto, Dunkley, Ziebell, Guldon, Pedlar, Phillipou (Greene, Angwin)
Utl: Roberts
Scored 2497 last round but am stuck for what to do this week. Have 134k remaining in the bank. Any thoughts?
Davey & Phillipou losing you money.
Try Davey to Drury/Weddle, then Pou up to someone better
Phillipou still going up in value so i would hold
Greene -> Drury & Setterfield -> Bont or Mills + $$$
Have no idea what to do next, kinda want to keep good rooks for byes but kinda want Chandler off field
DEF: Daicos, Stewart, Day, Sheez, Young, JJ (Wilmot, Ginbey)
MID: Green, Laird, Gulden, Setterz, Ashcroft, Fiorini, Hollands, Cincotta (Phillipou, Sheldrick)
RUC: Marshall, Witts (Ryan)
FWD: Taranto, Dunkley, Cogs, Rozee, Ziebell, Chandler (Davey, Drury)
UTL: (JVR)
$155k left
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
DEF: N. DAICOS, J. ZIEBELL, L. BAKER, D. WILMOT, B. KEMP, D. RIOLI
(L. JONES, C. CHESSER)
MID: Z. BUTTERS, T. MITCHELL, S. CONIGLIO, T. TARANTO, W. ASHCROFT, C. OLIVER (c), O. BAKER, F. CALLAGHAN (C. MACKENZIE, B. UWLAND)
RUCK: T. ENGLISH (vc), R. MARSHALL (S. RYAN)
FWD: J. DUNKLEY, C. ROZEE, M. PHILLIPOU, K. CHANDLER, J. VAN ROOYEN, L. PEDLAR (A. DAVEY, B. LAURIE)
UTL: F. GREENE
SALARY REMAINING: 54K
NOTES: LOOKING TO TRADE DAICOS BECAUSE HE IS BEING TAGGED.
There are at least 10 other players i would trade before Daicos. Even being tagged he will score better than Wilmot, Kemp, O. Baker, Callaghan, JVR, Pedlar, Chandler and others
Who are you going to bring in that will outscore Daicos on a regular basis?
I was thinking someone like Jordan Dawson
Decided I was going to trade kemp for R. Atkins and then trade JVR for Dylan Williams. Thoughts? It leaves 47k in the bank
Thoughts on Ratkins jobs security? Are the likes of Holman, Ainsworth, Hollands, Farrar, Weller a threat to his spot?
Gold coast look pretty good last two weeks, I’d be surprised if they drop him. I brought him in last week so hoping he can play at least up to his bye round.
The Rat no 1 for gold coast in metres gained in both his games
Mills Stewart or McPherson it gets a rook of field
LDU started the season on fire then struggled, partly due to injury wasn’t it? Does he bounce back? I might hold
Not opposed to holding as he did carry an injury. However I am trading him this week as I don’t have Fiorini who is scoring 20 points better and gives me 150k to spend elsewhere. Breakeven 135 and only 69 vs probably the easiest team for midfielders to score against. We also don’t know if the injury has fully gone away.
Green > Drury locked.
Second trade:
Worpel to Merrett
Or
JVR to Atkins
Any thoughts or opinions appreciated
If Atkins named I’d jump on as he will make a fair bit of cash for you. Remember this is a points per dollar game and right now Worpel BE 72 is probably better value than Merrett BE 111.
whitfield and Drury
or
macpherson and o’donnel (or fahey which will allow vc loophole)
Which 2 to play on field this week out of;
Thanks
Rank: 7,421
Trades:
OUT – Kade Chandler, Darcy Wilmot
IN – Rory Atkins, Blake Drury
$222k remaining salary
Team:
DEF
Dawson, Stewart, Day, Hunt, Jones, Atkins (Mitchell, Bergman)
MID
Oliver [C], Taranto, Green, Laird, Steele, Fiorini, Cincotta (Phillipou, Uwland)
RUC
English, Marshall (Ryan)
FWD
Dunkley, Rozee [VC], Gulden, Ziebell, Sheezel, Pedlar (van Rooyen, Drury)
UTL
(Roberts)
VC is on Taranto* not Rozee