Calvin’s Captains – Rd. 11

As we approach the halfway mark, it’s time to turn our attention to finding a wicked captain option to boost your score for round 11. Plenty on offer this week with some juicy match-up as well.

Player	Opponent Venue Time	Key Stats	Cal’s Comments
1. Josh Dunkley	@ Marvel FRI 7:50pm	Form is elite and has basically had 5x130+ this year.	Geelong can be tough but Laird (119) and Hately (112) didn't struggle last week. Dunkley averages 119 at Marvel in his last five and fills each stat line with ease.
2. Rory Laird	@ AO SAT 1:45pm	WCE #1 easiest in the last five weeks, Laird coming off 119	Dogs had a day out last week on the Eagles, with Dunkley (139), English (132) and Treloar (129) cashing in. Been a trend now for many weeks and will happen again. Laird had 122 and 125 on them last year.
3. Callum Mills	@ MCG SAT 7:25pm	Loves the MCG where he scored 152, 133 and 111 last year.	#2 man on form averaging 125 in his last three. Coming off scores of 107 and 112, Mills even had 133 on the Demons last year. Will get plenty of easy marks in this one and even if he plays FB... check video for more
4. Tom Mitchell	@ MCG SUN 2:10pm	112 and 120 in his last two, the pig is back.	Super match-up for the pig this week against a team he has averaged 151 against in his last five. He even had 157 against them last year and last week, Walsh (120), Cerra (119) and Hewy (116) all found plenty
5. Touk Miller	@ TIO (Darwin) SAT 4:35pm	North are #2 easiest in the last five weeks.	Against the Roos last week, Sinclair (133), Hill (127), Gresham (119) and Ross (111) didn't struggle and before that we saw Oliver have 151. Touk had 105 last week and 112 and 130 on the Roos last year.
6. Lachie Neale	@ Optus SUN 5:20pm	Freo #1 hardest in the last five weeks	Oliver (107) and Angus Brayshaw (100) were the only decent ones last week against the Dockers who got the win. Neale had 143 last week, his third 140+ score this year.
7. Clayton Oliver	@ MCG SAT 7:25pm	107 and 151 in his last two and 102 in this game last year.	Sydney rank as 5th hardest in recent weeks with 0x100+ scores coming to MIDs in the Richmond and Essendon games. In round 10, Walsh (113) and Hewy (106) were the only guys to get a ton. Oliver will be fine.
8. Jack Macrae	@ Marvel FRI 7:50pm	Highest score of 107 in his last six against the Cats	Geelong are tough, but Laird (119) still was solid last week. Macrae's form hasn't been at the level of others with 107 and 96 coming in the last two weeks. A VC option if you want to have a go at him.
9 Tim English	@ Marvel FRI 7:50pm	O'Brien came back in last week and had 159 on the Cats	Certainly a risky option but English came back in a big way with 132. The Cats gave ROB an easy run at it last week and English should be great!
10. Andrew Brayshaw	@ Optus SUN 5:20pm	At home, Brayshaw has averaged 125 this year	Lions are in the top-5 easiest this year and in recent weeks. Kelly (120) and Cogs (108) found plenty of it last week against them. His form has been ok with 94, 111 and 99 coming in his last three.

WHAT ABOUT….

Jayden Short – 113, 86 and 94 are his last efforts and Sydney at the SCG is too tough for my liking.

Lachie Neale – Surely cops attention (Ash/De Boer) after receiving it last week and therefore was held to 30 in the second half. Has scored 3×110+ in his last four games though.

Dayne Zorko –  125 last year on the Giants and scored 82 last week. We can find better.

Jarryd Lyons – 129 last week… he’coming good. 85 Against the Giants last year.

Stephen Coniglio – 120 with bulk CBAs last week is what we want to see. Not captain consideration just yet.

Mitch Duncan – 76 and 86 in the last two weeks, slap yourself, you were looking good young fella.

Cam Guthrie – Season-high 114 last week and Guthrie is starting to get going as well. Long way off a captain though.

Rory Laird – 97, 124, 122 and 118 in his last four and looking good. Even had 119 on the Cats last year… but Geelong in Geelong are tough. Might even get attention from Atkins who ran a little with Wines last week.

Ben Keays – High of 102 in his last five and 0x100+ in his last three. CBAs are there, he just isn’t at the moment.

Max Gawn – Oh my… what is this? 82, 87 and 67 in his last three. Only had 73 on the Dockers last year as well. Where are these 130’s gone?

Andrew Brayshaw – Scored 105 on the Demons last year and although they can give up points, in the last five weeks they haven’t been. At the MCG, it’s a no from me.

Tom Mitchell – 120 last week, but I’m not convinced yet. I need to see more, but the Suns are one of his favourites where he has scored 6×110+ in a career eight games against them.

Patrick Cripps – 71 and 76 in the last two weeks but his record on the Pies is really solid with 79, 100, 115 and 146 in his last four. Pass.

Sam Walsh – 155 and 87 against Collingwood last year and coming off 113 and 110. Just has not hit 120 yet this year. I think he will this week.

Ollie Wines – 113 against the Bombers last year who should be easier this time round. Recent scores of 103 and 128… going well.

Zach Merrett – Hasn’t hit 120 this year, whereas people like Oliver have done it four times.

Darcy Parish – 146 last week is the hit and miss we can expect from Parish. Proving this… he had 51 on the Power last year who are his worst team to score against.