The pirate is back – firing and nailing huge captains for fun. Below we have my top-10 from last week.
Calvin’s Captains – Top 10 (Round 20)
🏴☠️ 1 – Nick Daicos 146 💥
🏴☠️ 2 – Josh Dunkley 112 ✅
🏴☠️ 3 – Brodie Grundy 130 💥
🏴☠️ 4 – Max Gawn 123 🔥
🏴☠️ 5 – Max Holmes 118 ✅
🏴☠️ 6 – Marcus Bontempelli 146 💥
🏴☠️ 7 – Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera 147 💥
🏴☠️ 8 – Tim English 101 🤏
🏴☠️ 9 – Andrew Brayshaw 82 ❄️
🏴☠️ 10 – Jack Steele 46 ❄️
Now – it needs to be said – this week is HARD for captain picking as we have so many good players with great match-ups. Some will be 140-plus and they are the ones we need to target with those VCs. Good luck legends – keep killing it!
🏴☠️ 1 – Nasiah v KANG
@ MCG, SUN 1:40pm
⭐ Hot form – 147, 151, 73, 145
⭐ Avg. 125 in his last 9 games
✅ Nth #2 easiest for MIDs
✅ Last 4 weeks v Nth – Smith 132, Holmes 118, Heeney 166, Libba 138 and Bont 133
Confidence rating /5 – 🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽
🏴☠️ 2 – Gawn v WCE
@ Marvel, SAT 1:20pm
⭐ Scored 158 on them in Rd. 8
😡 Gawn will be angry and ready to fire
✅ Last 7 rucks v WCE – avg. 100
✅ ‘Green/easy’ game last week scored 123
Confidence rating /5 – 🐽🐽🐽🐽
🏴☠️ 3 – Rowell v RICH
@ PFS, SAT 4:10pm
⭐ Hot form – 134 in his last 3 and 117 in his last 10.
🏟️ Last two at home – 145 and 140
👐 Last four at home – 10-plus tackles each time
✅ Tigers #4 easy for MIDs – give up plenty
Confidence rating /5 – 🐽🐽🐽🐽
🏴☠️ 4 – Grundy v ESS
@ SCG, SAT 4:15pm
⭐ 120-plus in eight of his last nine games
✅ Had 115 against Goldy this year
✅ Recent v Goldy – English 101, Nank 78, Moyle 90
🤷♂️ Syd out of finals?
Confidence rating /5 – 🐽🐽🐽🐽
🏴☠️ 5 – Marshall v KANG
@ MCG, SUN 1:40pm
🤷♂️ Form hit and miss – 88 (Max), 104 and 70
✅ Now solo – Heath not playing
✅ Vs Teakle – Blicavs 93 and Grundy 129 (limited TOG)
✅ Had 159 v Teakle (PTA) in 2023
Confidence rating /5 – 🐽🐽🐽🐽
STILL CONSIDER….
The above options will be very popular so if you want to go a little left field, see the guys below. Obviously all make my top-10 but don’t cross these guys off, they will be awesome as well.
Noah Anderson v Richmond – Tigers are Anderson’s favourite team to score against and he has had 110 (this year), 126, 99, 134, 141 and 80 across all his six games against them. He’s coming off scores of 107 and 98 and rates highly.
Nick Daicos v Brisbane – Sat him out of the five… as the Brisbane match-up is always a tricky one, especially when they will use Dunkley and Berry to slow Nick down. They didn’t in round round 6 when he had 131… but the fact they could as Brisbane prepare of Daicos with finals around the corner. They will try stuff, ready for the big games to come. Still will be huge… hot form… chasing the Brownlow.
Errol Gulden v Essendon Essendon are #3 easiest for MIDs and even though Gulden is hasn’t hit 100 in his last three games – how does he mess this one up? He scored 94 and 117 on the Bombers last year and a huge 142 before that.
Tim English v GWS Giants – GWS rate #3 easiest for rucks at the moment and Briggsy does give up points. English had 101 and 102 in his last two hit outs and had 124 against the Giants in that round 7 clash. Will be good again!
Recent Comments
on Calvin’s Captains – Rd. 21: “yeah fair enough tbh, sorry bout that mate i was just annoyed my own team is shit ahaha” Aug 2, 00:26
on My Team 2025: R21: “1. Cerra and Liddy to Davies and Young (23rd premo and loop Young, Davies and Flanders – 76k left) 2.…” Aug 1, 20:20
on Calvin’s Captains – Rd. 21: “Havent played fantasy for a long time and wondered why this site has died out, but responses like you 2…” Aug 1, 18:59
on Calvin’s Captains – Rd. 21: “Don’t tell me ur back on here whingeing about it! Take ur OCD meds” Aug 1, 18:31
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Hi Calvin, who to bench this week out of Dunkley, Brayshaw or Rowell, cheers m8
Shutup mate. Who to bench outta your ego, your lying and your loud mouth
Whoa Big O, Give Dave the benefit of the doubt. He may be asking which one of them he should Bench Press; Instead of a big mouthed, egotistical liar he might just be a ‘roided up, latent, with a small man syndrome.
Havent played fantasy for a long time and wondered why this site has died out, but responses like you 2 dikheads have responded with tells me everything I needed to know
Look sorry to upset you but I should mention this is in a draft league, 1st final this week and picked up Rowell a few weeks ago to sit on my bench but want to play him this week against Tigers and just looking for advice on who I should bench, no need to get personal
yeah fair enough tbh, sorry bout that mate i was just annoyed my own team is shit ahaha
Don’t tell me people are still taking Cals advice
Don’t tell me ur back on here whingeing about it!
Take ur OCD meds