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Calvin’s Captains – Rd. 20

Arggg – the pirate has dropped his top picks for the week. Who will be your captain?

Arrrggg me heaties, welcome back to Calvin’s Captains and here we go once again… good luck for the week ahead and fingers crossed we all nail a bloody huge captain… here are my best and some thoughts as to why some popular ones have missed the cut this week.

🏴☠️ 1 – Daicos v RICH
@ MCG, SUN 2:10pm

Form: 162, 78, 132 and 137
Richmond are #4 easiest for MIDs
V Rich last week: Reid 117 & Hough 100
🥇  Brownlow favourite
Will cop attention from Jack Ross
Confidence rating /5: 🐽 🐽 🐽 🐽

AFL 2025 AAMI Community Series - Richmond v Collingwood - A-57601246

🏴☠️ 2 – Dunkley v GCS
@ PFS, SAT 1:20pm

28 tackles in the 2wks (wet game?)
Form: 133 and 137
Vs Suns: 106, 128 (PFS), 151, 137 (PFS) and 125
Has let us down this year
Confidence rating /5: 🐽 🐽 🐽

AFL 2025 Round 08 - Brisbane v Gold Coast - A-59216965

🏴☠️ 3 – Grundy v GWS
@ ENGIE, FRI 7:50pm

120-plus in six of his last 7 games
60 against Briggs in round 8
Good rucks Vs Briggs: Gawn (127), English (124) and Rowan (70)
Ladhams named – abort!
Confidence rating /5: 🐽 🐽 🐽

AFL 2024 Round 15 - GWS v Sydney - A-51205685

🏴☠️ 4 – Steele v MELB
@ Marvel, SUN 3:15pm

Form: 119, 136 and 130 (14 tackles a game)
Vs Melb: 105 (this yr), 122 and 146 (last year)
Demons last 9wks v MIDs: 15×100+ and 0x120+
Confidence rating /5: 🐽 🐽 🐽

AFL 2025 Round 12 - Melbourne v St Kilda - A-59790496

🏴☠️ 5 – Holmes v KANG
@ Marvel, SAT 7:35pm

Form: 121, 80 and 122
🤷‍♂️ 94 and 99 on the Roos last year
#2 easiest for MIDs
Vs Roos recently: Heeney 166, Warner 107 – Petracca 105 – Libba 138 & Bont 133
Confidence rating /5: 🐽 🐽

AFL 2024 Round 20 - North Melbourne v Geelong - A-52171487

🚨 FLAGS KEEP ‘EM OUT 🚨

Making a top-5 list is always a tricky task… but when we do so, we need to make sure we are limiting the ‘risks’ and making sure we are weighing up… form, history, what teams give up… and of course “RISK” which comes in many shapes and forms. Here are some players that ‘nearly’ made the cut that could still be massive… they all made my top-10, but here’s why they didn’t quiet make the cut.

Bontempelli – he should dominate the Bombers but the issue is… he never has. He has tried, but failed 13 out of his 14 games, only scoring 110+ against them once in his career. So what do they do to him… or doesn’t he try? Now… needs to be said, with his form he could still be my VC this week due to his ceiling and the fact that the Bombers suck… or does history repeat itself again?

Wanganeen-Milera – Love the dude and he should have a day out against the Demons like many have this year. Coming off scores of 151, 73 and 145… it’s not hard to see the game he got tagged in round 18. Now this could happen again with Ed Langdon who has been doing jobs this year – there’s the risk…. and he can’t be a VC.

Brayshaw – Weird… but Brayshaw always struggles against the Eagles who everyone has been dominating. Over his career, they are his worst team to score against. He did score 110 against them in round 3 so he’ll be fine… it’s just weird that his numbers in the Derby are the worst across his career.

AFL 2023 Round 16 - Western Bulldogs v Fremantle - A-40482990

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Adam
Adam
22 hours ago

Ladhams got dropped. And Bray sucking against the Eagles is probably a mental thing from the Gaff hit.

YLP
YLP
16 hours ago

dale an option? essendon give us so many points to backs and his got ceiling




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