The Weekend Wash-Up – Round 21

When we speak of crawling to the finish line, my team is now the perfect example. It was another tough weekend, let’s get into it. It’s time for the weekend wash-up!

LEGENDS

Xerri (150) – Some players define a season, and X-erri clearly is the pick of 2024. It took me until round 21 to get the big fella in, and that’s all you need to know. It’s not his fault I took the vice off him last second, what an absolute machine. L3 143 L5 128. Now he’s adding 20 disposals to his 10 tackles and 40 hitouts. Insane work. 

Gawn (136) – 23 disposals, 9 marks, 44 hitouts, a statement game after everyone forgot about him for a month. But he played Tim English, so there’s a huge asterisk there.

Bont (135) – Filled his boots against the Demons as he should have. Plenty of 130s in the midfield this week, and a lot of them from players who were on the chopping block! As a non-Bont owner, he scares me every week.

Treloar (116) – Another casual 30 and 2 for Treloar this week, the fact that this score is a little underwhelming has him in Gulden areas. Must have. 

Witts (141) – Absolutely feasted on Baz Williams, and every time I shudder at Tim English I have to look at this and go, he’s probably still an upgrade. How the Suns lose with Jarrod Witts tapping it down 53 times to that midfield needs to be studied. 

LDU (123) – LDU is an unreal “real life” footy player. He’s just lacking those beefy fantasy stats, a few more tackles and a couple more marks and he would be a must have. Unfortunately, he doesn’t get them.

Nank (123) – That injury was so unlucky for people who got him a few weeks ago, although Xerri and Marshall have gone past him anyway.

Powell (116) – Must have? Unbelievable scenes, he thrived without Wardlaw in the middle and spends the rest of his time across HB without Fisher. It has all come together again. Will it remain that way? For next week at least, you’d think yes. Amazing comeback, and a final kick in the groin for those coaches that had held him through the byes.

Cameron (120) – Genius pick up by anyone who got him over the last couple of weeks, and he joins the list of game changing forward plays late in the fantasy season. We’re messing around with Gryan Miers while Jez Cameron scores tons. Bizarre. *Note, he has West Coast in Round 24.

Stewart (107) – Getting it done again, L5 118. Legend!

Newman (145) – This was playing the fixtures to perfection, which is what you have to do late in the season. Awesome trade in. Looks like a must have rest of year with the Saints to finish.

Walsh (130) – He was on the block but this performance was more like it. 10 MARKS!!! That just goes to show how pathetic it was taking 4 in 4 weeks. Good response, and the Blues have to finish the season strong. Over to you Walshy…

Butters (128) – Those midfielders who were under the microscope mostly performed really well this week. Goes to show how tough trading is at this point of the season.

Rozee (126) – Ditto. Now averaging 110 L5. That ceiling alone earns his spot for me, and Port play Melbourne next week. Time to fill your boots gents.

Whitfield (137) – I didn’t even consider him as captain, the man averaging 129 after his bye (9 games)? Am I well? Clearly not. The number 1 player coming home, clear cut. He’s unreal. Legend!

Merrett (118) – That’s more like it, an all around solid game. He is still Zach Merrett.

Brayshaw (109) – L5 average of 115 and has been really good lately. The green run of fixtures is gone, but he has probably earned a crack at it now.

Parish (107) – Draft owners would be relieved to see this score, I would know as he is still my boy. You would need to have some kind of death wish to ever consider him in classic though…

Sinclair (132) – He’s back and a clear top 6 defender now. Sinc is miles clear of a bloke like Jordan Clark. 

Marshall (131) – 41 point last term to bring it home, as I saw my rank tumble in those final few minutes of the game. L5 of 128, even through red fixtures. He only needed 17 hit-outs. Beast. 

LOSERS

Grundy (84) – When we speak of weak as piss, Brodie Grundy is the poster boy. Pathetic. He can’t even beat up on Jordon Sweet, and it’s not hard to see why Sydney are getting smashed when I see this bloke in the middle. Weak ****.

Richards (81) – If you check Richards’ scores, for every good score there is a stinker to go with it. Not close to a top 6 defender, but a serious option for 2025.

Oliver (62) – Certainly not back.

Viney (55) – Melbourne are in absolute all sorts.

Flanders (73) – Zane Trew owned him for the majority of that second half, then he sat large chunks of the last quarter. It wasn’t my best vice decision, but I can forgive him for his first real bad one of the year. Just please be right for next week Sam…

Holmes (71) – Falling off late this season, this joins a list of really disappointing scores after a flying start. He even had 60% CBAs and had that midfield role. He scored -1 in the third term. Don’t worry, my boy will be back next year…

Miers (53) – He will never be Lionel Messi. Not even close to the top 6 forwards now. L5 77.

Crisp (66) – Retirement beckons.

Heeney (68) – Sh*thouse again. The Cheeks Warner and Isaac Heeney linsanity run is over. Embarrassing. All that Brownlow talk for what.

Green (84) – Kicked the game winner and still only scored mid 80s, it’s a shocker and there’s some tough fixtures to come. You could move him on, but it’s very luxury. And most of those moves haven’t worked so far.

Day (40) – Tagged into the ground by Bedford, and he doesn’t see much of it anyway. Tough scene. You will be hard pressed to see me ever own Will Day again.

Clark (93) – Pretty much what you expect from him now. Boring, with zero thirst.

Serong (92) – Back to regular programming. What a terrible pick up he was, these performances are bordering on cowardly.

Martin (86) – Moved to a wing at HT and scored much better in that second half. L3 average of 90, if you had the luxury could trading him it could be an option.

Jackson (45) – So much for “it’s just the forward line”. Forty-five points. Embarrassing. 

Dunkley (83) – Disgrace. They’ve won by 90 points and he has scored 83. Don’t worry about him avoiding tags, the bloke tags himself. Pathetic.

Wood (55) – Mason Wood in 2024. That will go down in fantasy history. What a year.

THIS GAME SH*TS ME

The punishment just never ends. Xerri and Marshall continue to bend me over and f**k me week on week. But the most annoying thing, is I am so close to those perfect top teams, yet I manage to drop 100 spots with a 2400. It’s just a coin toss at this point of the season, and I continue to pick the wrong side. Ah well. This game sh*ts me. Onto next year.

THE OTHER BITS AND PIECES

2387 – Ranked 703. Dropped 100 spots. Embarrassing score, yet I only had three misses. Grundy over Marshall, I’ll wear that one. Pride got the best of me there. A terrible VC and C, which is pretty standard for my team. And Clark getting a free ride while Sinclair pumps out 130s. So close yet so far. 

The trades that nobody should care about will be Grundy to Marshall (finally) and Simpkin to Philipou or Garcia to a rookie. Likely the poo. He can get a trial run for 2025.

As always be sure to check out the podcast for an in depth rundown of the weekend as we launch our best rockets yet. Good luck next week legends, as always may the luckiest man or woman win!

Matt