Adelaide AFL Fantasy Prices 2017

With each AFL Fantasy team price reveal, Peter from aflratings.com.au takes a look at five potential targets from each club.

All the talk this time last year related to how were Adelaide going to cover the loss of Patrick Dangerfield and how would that impact on Rory Sloane’s ability to produce quality fantasy points, well the Crows managed just fine without Dangerfield making it through to the Semi Finals and Sloane just put up a career high H&A season average of 105.9pts. Adelaide averaged 393.6 Disposals in the 2016 H&A season (Rank 3), they were ranked in the Top 3 for Disposals in 9 of their last 12 H&A games. After all the doom and gloom about the Crows prior to the 2016 season they averaged 1687.5 team fantasy points in the H&A season which was good enough to be ranked No.1, 26.5% of their points came from pure listed forwards which was also ranked No.1.

Here are 5 potential targets for Adelaide in 2017

Rory Sloane (MID, $639,000)

After a slow start to the season averaging just 78.0pts from his first 3 games Rory Sloane stepped it up over the next 16 games averaging 113.3pts, an indifferent finish to the year resulted in a final average of 105.0pts from 23 games including Finals. Sloane scored 100pts or more at a 56.5% S/R (Strike Rate) but what was more impressive was converting those games in to 120pt efforts at a 30.4% S/R, he scored a season high 147pts against Geelong in Round 8 at the Adelaide Oval. Sloane dominated at home scoring 112.7pts per game compared to 96.7pts in all travel games, given the Crows play 12 games at the Adelaide Oval each year and their first 3 of 4 games are at the same venue Sloane is likely to kick start his 2017 season in good form.

Matt Crouch (MID, $564,000)

Matt Crouch was a popular value selection entering the 2016 season and after averaging 78.0pts in his first 8 games it appeared to be an epic fail of a pick, but those fantasy coaches who remained faithful were well rewarded with a 103.9 average to finish off the H&A season. Crouch averaged 94.5pts last season including Finals and scored 100pts or more at a 40.9% S/R, that increased to an impressive 64.2% S/R over his final 14 games of 2016. Considering Adelaide’s high possession numbers adjusting to Don Pyke’s game plan late in the 2016 season Matt Crouch should be highly considered to begin Round 1 in 2017, he averaged 29.6 Disposals in his final 14 games on ’16.

Sam Jacobs (RUC, $534,000)

Jacobs averaged under 90pts for the first time since 2013 last season, his full season average of 88.8pts was impacted by injury in Round 19 when he scored just 24pts. Durability isn’t an issue for Jacobs as he has played in 97.1% of a possible 136 games dating back to Round 5 2011, his high scoring ability is of a slight concern having only hit 100pts or more at a 31.8% S/R last season. With Gawn, Goldstein, Grundy and Martin attracting most of the attention to fill out rosters Jacobs is likely to be lowly owned at Round 1, keep in mind he has never averaged over 100.0pts in his 8 year career.

Brad Crouch (MID, $525,000)

The 2016 season was a disappointing one for Brad Crouch owners averaging just 86.9pts in the H&A season, after missing the 2015 season via injury Crouch played just 4 games prior to the Crows Round 13 Bye. In the remaining 10 H&A games Crouch averaged 92.4pts proving that there is some upside in his opening price to start the 2017 season, his 18.8% S/R scoring 100pts or more is slightly concerning for any potential owners. It is not time strike Brad Crouch from your watch list just yet, keep a close eye on his kick to handball ratio over the pre-season games as well as a potential spike in his overall Disposals numbers.

Rory Laird (DEF, $584,000)

With the volatility of backline players in 2016 Laird provided some comfort in finishing with a 96.7 H&A average, despite missing 5 games throughout the year via injury he still scored 100pts or more at a solid 42.1% S/R. Laird scored a season high 136pts against Port Adelaide in Round 2 at the Adelaide Oval, he was consistent across most player splits including averaging 92.0 in losing games (Brodie Smith 64.3 Ave). Laird should be strongly considered again in any backline to begin the 2017 season, selecting him would highly likely provide a consistent platform each week for your backline.

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Player	Club	Pos	2016 Avg	2016 Gms	2017 Price
Sloane, Rory	ADE	MID	105.86	21	$639000
Laird, Rory	ADE	DEF	96.71	17	$584000
Thompson, Scott	ADE	MID	95.7	20	$578000
Crouch, Matt	ADE	MID	93.55	20	$564000
Lynch, Tom	ADE	FWD	90.24	21	$545000
Jacobs, Sam	ADE	RUC	88.3	20	$534000
Crouch, Brad	ADE	MID	86.86	14	$525000
Jenkins, Josh	ADE	FWD	80.05	22	$483000
Betts, Eddie	ADE	FWD	79.77	22	$482000
Smith, Brodie	ADE	DEF	77.29	21	$466000
Seedsman, Paul	ADE	MID	76.6	15	$462000
Mackay, David	ADE	MID	75.53	17	$455000
Douglas, Richard	ADE	MID/FWD	75	22	$453000
Walker, Taylor	ADE	FWD	75	21	$453000
Atkins, Rory	ADE	MID	73	22	$441000
Brown, Luke	ADE	DEF	68.75	20	$415000
Cameron, Charlie	ADE	FWD	66.5	18	$402000
Talia, Daniel	ADE	DEF	65.91	22	$398000
Lever, Jake	ADE	DEF	60.95	22	$367000
Ellis-Yolmen, Cam	ADE	MID/FWD	79	2	$362000
McGovern, Mitch	ADE	FWD	57.29	21	$345000
Cheney, Kyle	ADE	DEF	56.36	22	$340000
O'Brien, Reilly	ADE	RUC	74	2	$340000
Hartigan, Kyle	ADE	DEF	53.38	21	$322000
Milera, Wayne	ADE	FWD	50.5	8	$286000
Knight, Riley	ADE	FWD	33	1	$241000
Gallucci, Jordan	ADE	MID/FWD	0	0	$222000
Kelly, Jake	ADE	DEF	0	0	$210000
Hampton, Curtly	ADE	DEF	0	0	$204000
Menzel, Troy	ADE	FWD	0	0	$199000
Poholke, Myles	ADE	MID/FWD	0	0	$164000
Otten, Andy	ADE	DEF	0	0	$150000
Beech, Jonathon	ADE	FWD	0	0	$150000
Greenwood, Hugh	ADE	MID/FWD	0	0	$150000
Shaw, Sam	ADE	DEF	0	0	$150000
Keath, Alex	ADE	DEF	0	0	$150000
Gore, Dean	ADE	MID	0	0	$150000
Wigg, Harrison	ADE	MID	0	0	$150000
Davis, Ben	ADE	FWD	0	0	$150000
Dear, Harry	ADE	FWD	0	0	$150000
Jarman, Ben	ADE	MID/FWD	0	0	$150000
Hunter, Paul	ADE	RUC/FWD	0	0	$150000
Signorello, Matthew	ADE	MID	0	0	$150000
Doedee, Tom	ADE	DEF	0	0	$150000
Himmelberg, Elliott	ADE	DEF/FWD	0	0	$150000

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