Calvin’s Captains – Rd. 18

A very interesting round is behind us and this week we have some super-options to consider. Last week, a few of mine below dominated, some didn’t turn up and some just sucked.

Calvin’s Captains – Top 10 (Round 17)

🏴‍☠️ 1 – Bailey Smith DNP 🤕
🏴‍☠️ 2 – Nic Martin 74 ❄️
🏴‍☠️ 3 – Max Holmes 122 ✅
🏴‍☠️ 4 – Rowan Marshall 140💥
🏴‍☠️ 5 – Tristan Xerri 96 🤕
🏴‍☠️ 6 – Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera 145 💥
🏴‍☠️ 7 – Tom Green 104 🤏
🏴‍☠️ 8 – Jordan Dawson 94 ❄️
🏴‍☠️ 9 – Jye Caldwell 79 🤕 ✅
🏴‍☠️ 10 – Tom Stewart 76 ❄️

Let’s get cracking at my top-5 for this week along with some interesting thoughts I have about what might come this week as well.

🏴‍☠️ 1 – Daicos v GCS
@ PFS, FRI 7:40pm

⭐ Daicos has scored 125+ in four of his last six games
✅ He is coming off 132 and 137
✅ Gold Coast are #1 easiest for MID
🏟️ Vs Suns – 115, 150 and 117 (all games at PFS)
🥇 Smells a Brownlow

🏴‍☠️ 2 – Grundy v StK
@ Marvel, SUN 3:15pm

⭐ RuckPig has avg. 124 over the last eight weeks
✅ Last 8wks – lowest score of 111
✅ Recent rucks v StK – Meek 138, LJ 109 (Darcy 99), DC 128, English 120
❌ Had 95 against Marshall last year

🏴‍☠️ 3 – Rozee v WCE
@ Adelaide, SUN 4:40pm

✅ Last 4wks Vs WCE – Callaghan 120, Daicos 137, Pendles 118, Cerra 120, Sheez 119.
✅ Rozee in hot form 111, 120, 79, 117, 121
✅ Rozee Vs WCE – 111, 133 and 119
🏟️ Averages 112 at home this year

🏴‍☠️ 4 – Merrett v RICH
@ MCG, SAT 7:35pm

✅ He’s coming off 145
✅ Had 149 on Tigers in round 11
✅ Last four v Tigers – 149, 109, 158 and 125
❌ Tigers not mega easy for MIDs, #8 easiest

🏴‍☠️ 5 – Butters v WCE
@ Adelaide, SUN 4:40pm 

✅ West Coast are #4 easiest for MIDs
🤷‍♂️ Scored 107 in this game last year
✅ Butters 119 last week
❌ Did have 79, 107 and 97 before that

KEEP AN EYE OUT… 👀

1 – Gulden has never scored 100 against the Saints from five attempts. Could also cop a Windhager tag this week.
2 – Weather looks grim at Optus… could be bucketing with rain. How’s that effect Serong and Brayshaw?
3 – Bailey Smith or Max Holmes… who cops the Bedford tag this week?
4 – Marks at Essendon not a thing anymore? Team had 74 and 85 last two weeks. A few weeks ago they had 126, 102 and 102 across a three week patch. Hurts Nic Martin and might explain his last two poor scores of 74 and 85.
5 – Tag coming for Wanganeen-Milera! Campbell held Clark to 46 last week, or maybe JJ gets called on.
6 – I’m expecting my top-3 captains to average 135 this week. Let’s do this!

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