Gather Round is in the books (What an awesome weekend again!) and there’s plenty to unpack from a full 9 game weekend. It’s time for your weekly fantasy therapy session, it’s time for the Weekend Wash-Up…
LEGENDS
B.Smith (133) – There is nothing better than captaining your highest scoring player, Baz is entering pig territory of a stress free lock captain every week. There’s a 180 coming…
A.Roberts (164) – 42 disposals, which included 32 kicks, 15 marks, NO TACKLES and a snag to go along with it. 112 points in the 2nd half alone including 68 in the 3rd. The Essendon game plan suits this man to a tee now and he plays Collingwood in two weeks who are bright green for half backs… Scary hours.
Rachele (124) – 26 & 4??? 48% CBAs and he was a little TOO good up forward, but he’s dominating. Better pick than Flanders comfortably.
Rankine (111) – $733k, BE 69. These are the picks that usually win tundra’s, if he can rediscover that form from early last year. An easy jump from a rookie and a great upgrade option, just with some slight risk attached.
L.Jackson (131) – Would you look at that, Sean Darcy goes down and LJ goes solo ruck. It is then followed by a 65 point Q3, 95 point 2H and a great win! I think he could almost be the best ruck in the comp if Freo finally unleash him, but you just know it won’t happen.
LDU (111) – LDU was once again immense in one of the toughest matchups, and he’s now averaging almost 6 tackles. Tigers up next, keep cooking.
Pickett (124) – This was the legit butcher performance of the season. 11 clangers @ 46%, but he’s racking up proper numbers. This is what we want to see as fantasy coaches!
Farrow (102) – Is it too late if you missed? What a player and what a role!
Heeney (145) – 33 disposals, 11 tackles, 2 goals. Heendog is clear of Bont right now…. 196 supercoach. I just wish I had got him last week, what a POD at just 3% OWNED!!!
Grundy (130) – The ruck pig is back!!! It was Norwood yes, but you have to take advantage and 12 tackles is massive.
Ginnivan (113) – Gini is averaging 91 up forward and has to be nearing top 6 conversations!
Bruhn (120) – Tanner was BOG for me, I didn’t realise how tough he was in and under. Bruhn dominated this game inside and I expect him to continue to rotate between inside mid and half back with Holmes.
Holmes (107) – Played pure half back to protect the finger as he clearly couldn’t tackle last week, but it doesn’t matter. He’s just an awesome footballer.
Williams (115) – Baz J. Williams… He’s in. Seriously though, $595k with a BE of 14 as a solo ruck? I think he goes well, Flynn is finished.
NWM (139) – One of very few players in the competition capable of going 140+ and averaging 130 over 5 weeks. This could be the start of that run. 28 and 2 goals, along with a massive 9 tackles! He was up for the fight yesterday.
Wilkie (131) – Another 20 disposals and 15 marks and at this point it’s getting silly, Callum Wilkie is averaging 110! Tom Stewart vibes.
Butters (118) – I take Nick Foot’s side… You just can’t be saying stuff like that.
LOSERS
N.Daicos (96) – I’m not having that from a $1.2M man. There’s only one player worth paying all the way to the top for and his name isn’t Nick Daicos… This bullsh*t is so predictable every year. A bye, a late out and now a “gutsy” 96… Piss off. Carlton and Essendon coming up, they better be legit massive.
Zorko (29) – So I watch this bloke not miss a game in the last 2 years averaging 110, finally bring him in and he does an old man calf within 2 weeks. Just the most typical this game sh*ts me, it’s becoming a joke now. **** you old man.
Dawson (85) – Not even close to good enough. Sh*thouse in fact. 3 tackles in the wet??? 76% CBAs is fine, but his whole season has been weird.
Jagga (57) – Michael Voss is nearing Ross Lyon levels of fantasy terrorism. 10 at HT for Jagga as a half forward, and we don’t even get him as a DPP. What are we doing here?
Brayshaw (86) – Even less fantasy relevant than Caleb Serong, give it up.
J.Daicos (76) – All I’m saying is that outside of R0 that didn’t count, Josh Daicos is averaging 95…. Exactly what he did last year. Typical.
Houston (59) – Speaking of… Dan Houston is averaging 90 after R0, which is fine, but 81 in his L3 and is priced near $900k….. It’s a shame we have so many forced trades, Dan has to stay.
Bolton (64) – Guys, it’s Shai Bolton. No further comment.
W.Ashcroft (68) – If I speak… This is street justice.
Dunkley (59) – The role is fine (77% CBAs), I get that the game may not suit his game style anymore… But surely Josh Dunkley is going to heat up at some point.
Caldwell (57) – This is as grim as it gets. He has to go.
Windsor (45) – 7 DISPOSALS. Twice as many CBAs. That’s full blown Minson areas. The role is pointless if you can’t play football.
Anderson (55) – Honestly as long as you have taken every bullet, this injury is a blessing in disguise. The sliding doors moment of me almost going him instead of LDU haunts me. Never. Again.
Lombard (39) – Leo, we need you next week mate. Please remember how to play footy (I will be shocked if he gets another chance).
Budarick (64) – This season has been genuinely unprecedented. When the bloody hell did Budarick pull his hamstring?! I am almost facing a donut at this point, and DPPs didn’t help us. Stuff this.
Robertson (59) – ACL. Are we being serious? I couldn’t blame a few teams for giving up and looking for that delete team button right now, this is nothing short of a disgrace. And can the Eagle’s please catch a break as well. Joke.
Stewart (46) – Homma completely took over down back and Tom Stewart enjoyed a back seat to the show. We can’t be picking Tom Stewart in 2026, come on now.
THIS GAME SH*TS ME
The theme of the week, the theme of the season… Can we have just ONE WEEK WITHOUT AN INJURY?! I have never seen so many relevant injuries, forced trades etc. Thank god for the 50% rule, not only does it reward having good cover and add risk to looping, it doesn’t make you want to quit the bloody game on a Saturday afternoon. Because this is ridiculous. This game sh*ts me.
THE OTHER BITS AND PIECES
2109, 3.7k for the round and 6.2k overall. Solid all things considered, I still like the structure and cash gen of my side.
In the chaos of Zorko going down I held English, so that was finally a nice stroke of luck. Going Whitfield over NWM and Heeney was stupid but we move on.
I am deadset willing to eat a donut and not miss out on Archie Roberts than bring in 2 forwards this week. I love Cmac and his value, but outside of that nothing convinces me. Kozzy’s burn last year might cost me but I can’t look past it.
Zorko -> Roberts
Budarick -> Macdonald
I do really like Bailey Williams as a value forward but realistically, I need to see it one more week. He can replace Dev next week if all goes well. Upgrade season is upon us, act fast. See you next week legends!
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Oh Dear Oh my, another train wreck.
Dream Team Rubbish
Carlton. I now am numb when watching my team.
Arsenal. Good grief. Choke of the century coming up.
Another great read Matt, hoping the footy goods will give us all a break with no more injures.
We need a break! Thanks mate
Ranked 834, great structure with rookies on field at the moment. Thinking of doing-
Robertson—Bailey Williams
Budarick—Rankine
Save cash to then move Windsor to NWM next week. Do these trades sound good or should I get rid of Windsor this week for Anderson and play Lombard on field?
With that rank, you should give us advice and not take any from us, lol
Any ideas Matt?
Those would likely be my moves if I didn’t have Zorko.
Dovaston with 20 touches and 6 goals in the magoo’s, please God do half of that in the 1’s this week! Screw anyone that can bring in Angus Anderson this week, that $200k I didn’t save by going Gawn over Grundy took a week to kill me.
At least DPP’s mean I can get Windsor to M10 where he belongs, but I’m going backwards in the rankings every week 🤮 seriously, I’m looking at Day-Wicks for Dev early doors, because at least he’s a sub-$400k M/F with three consecutive scores around 60 🫠
Any suggestions with the below. I really need 6-8 trades to sort and my season is essentially over in terms of achieving a reasonable rank. By the way can we please have some extra trades next year as this is getting beyond a joke.
My team has been mauled since round 1 and now have 6 non players 5 > 500,000 and 1 basement price, 2 of which are clear premos (not counting what happens with Butters). This is combined with all the players I would have liked to trade out like Windsor, Charlie Cameron( dont ask- OR price rise was planned to get to either Rachele or McDonald).
The forced trades…
Gulden post Rd 1 to Anderson’s poor form clearly due to grumbling appendix just prior to the Dons match which is why i kept him.
Visentini dropped Rd 1(what give him a chance) -still have him as have not had enough trades
Then Rozee (to Zorko), Trac and Dawson all same round
Next English
Now all the Rd 5 – Zorko, Anderson, Robertson, Budarick and hopefully not Butters.
I am thinking only way to stay respectable is to trade Zorko and anderson to get 2 premos or 1 premo and near premo? Is this best.
This puts Visenti, Robertson, Buda on the bench. I can trade Zorko to any line while Anderson would be to a mid.My forward line would have Cameron F4, Cook F5 and Lombard F6 if I dont trade into here (God help me). While my backline has houston, Milera and 4 decent rooks if I dont trade here. My midfield is not too bad if butters can play.
Only other option would be to cobble together a backline and midfield (if butters plays) and combine buda and robertson to get me somebody like Rachele and a basement not great option. This would mean holding anderson and Zorko.
Overall I am thinking going up to Daicos and seeing what cash I have got left from Zorko money on top of Anderson.
Any thoughts… I think my team is beyond repair with 2 trades and maybe I should just throw the season in even though spent hours in preseason doing diligent research.
Great articles as always but a lot of diligent analysis becomes less relevant when your just trying to save your team each week.
On playing around Zorko to Roberts and Anderson to Rachele looking maybe best with no reserve cash to start. Moves Rachele to F line in exchange for injured Robertson as both M/W. This makes my backline look better and have WCE non player to loop rookies here. Allows Robertson to be loop rookies in midfield. Moves lombard off field to bench in F line with buda who plays too early to be useful loop. Midfield Premos drop from 5 to 4 with Bruhn M5 but have some rookie cover M6 -M9+.
Could do Zorko to Newman or Coleman and Anderson to Nic Daicos but leaves F line very weak. So think the above option best?
If you’re spending up for the top liners every week then injuries are going to hurt even more. Why would you pay for Daicos given what he’s put out lately? The game is about value – you have to find players who are going increase over time. Why buy a guy priced at 120 if you can find someone priced at 85 also scoring tons?
It’s funny I thought we had too many trades last year and I think by the time we get to the byes we will be fine… But the idea of those trade boosts to have 3 one week is a cool concept.
We haven’t even started upgrading so I think it’s still saveable!
I think you trade Zorko + Anderson and look to go down/up with Budarick & Dev next week…
Haha, Budarick and Robetson out? Wtf? Is this legit?
Oh yeah it is