Matt Suckling (Haw) $158,500: After 3 years on the Hawks Rookie list Sucking looks set to be given his chance this season. At 22yrs of age Suckling has a massive chance to make himself a regular in the Hawks backline. After playing just the one game in round one last season against Geelong when covering for the Hawks massively depleted list. In Suckling's first NAB cup game he put his best foot forward collecting 16 touches and kicking a goal. As a back and at a first year player price he is one to monitor closely through the remainder of the pre-season.
Jack Steven (StK) $200,400: Steven was the youngest player picked in his draft year and played his first
game in round 20 against the Hawks tasting success and in doing so picking up 14 touches and scoring 76 DT points. Stevns played in the round one NAB cup match against Collingwood however was troubled by an ankle injury he picked up in the first quarter and was subbed off in the 3rd. So don't let the low score put you off if you are keen on Jacky.
Nick Salter (PORT) $222,900: Salter has played most of is Career as a forward but according to Chad Cornes he is set to make a move to the Port Defence. In Salter's 5 matches late last year he put together a couple of nice DT scores including a 79 against the Hawks in R18 and an 83 against the Lions in R21. The first NAB cup game backed up Chad's claims as Salter racked up 86 Dream Team points which included a sensational kick to handball ratio of 17:2. This boy knows how to play Dream Team football. Keep your eye on him.
James Strauss (Melb) $94,500: After an injury interrupted first season Melboune's 3rd pick in last years draft and pick 19 overall, James will be very keen to turn his bad luck around after a smooth pre-season. Strauss improved as the match went on looking fairly comfortable is his first hit-out at the top grade. Strauss averaged 75 Dream Team points throughout the TAC Cup and with Melbounre looking to play as many talented youngsters from Round one he will be pushing for a start. Could also be a sneaky alternative to Scully or Trengrove and being a year old he may just outperform them both.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Second Year Dream Team Bargains
When picking your team having a point of difference may be the key to a toyota, or at least success.
Most People will be filling their mids with 3 or even 4 of this years first round draft picks. Players like Trengove, Scully, Martin & etc will me extremely popular. Of course these players are probably a safe option but will be in almost every team.
Player you may want to consider :
Luke Shuey (WC):
Shuey is one to watch closley over this NAB cup campaign. He was drafted at No.18 in the 08 pre season draft after average a massive 12 contested possesions per game in the TAC Cup. In the Round one NAB cup ame against Essendon he played just the second half in doing so emassed 49 DT points with 36 of these coming in the last quarter. Yes Essendon were being steamrolled late but Shuey was clearly finding his feet more and more as the match progressed. He may not start round one but Worsfold will be looking to inject as much of his young talent as he can from day one.
Phil Davis (Adel):
Davis is of course not a mid but being one of those rare dual position forward/backs many AFL Dream Team coaches are sweating on his Round 1 prospects. On the surface his 16 DT points agains Port does not look all that encouraging. But don't give up on him yet. Davis was just given a small taste of it scoring all his 16 points in the 2nd quarter in a game in which he spent a lot of time warming the extended bench. Davis is the highest drafted player not to get a game in 09. After knocking on the door at the end of last season, one year later and with a very strong season in the SANFL behind him. This versatile big bodied utility will could be ready to start his AFL career. With further game time in the remaining NAB Cup challenge matches he should be right on the cusp of a round 1 start.
Rory Sloane (Adel):
Sloane is a tough inside mid who may have cauht a few Dream Team Coaches eyes in is one appearance last season in round 20 against Hawthorn. From limitted game time he aquited himself very well making a juicey 7 tackles to go along wit his 6 handballs. Sloane also played round one of the NAB cup in the Showdown slaughter. He started te match playing just over half the game in doing so collecting 52 DT points 44 of these in the first half. If named in round one don't hesitate to jump on. But beware the Adelaide line-up is red hot and he may be relying on an injury or 2 to get is chance.
Most People will be filling their mids with 3 or even 4 of this years first round draft picks. Players like Trengove, Scully, Martin & etc will me extremely popular. Of course these players are probably a safe option but will be in almost every team.
Player you may want to consider :
Luke Shuey (WC):
Shuey is one to watch closley over this NAB cup campaign. He was drafted at No.18 in the 08 pre season draft after average a massive 12 contested possesions per game in the TAC Cup. In the Round one NAB cup ame against Essendon he played just the second half in doing so emassed 49 DT points with 36 of these coming in the last quarter. Yes Essendon were being steamrolled late but Shuey was clearly finding his feet more and more as the match progressed. He may not start round one but Worsfold will be looking to inject as much of his young talent as he can from day one.
Phil Davis (Adel):
Davis is of course not a mid but being one of those rare dual position forward/backs many AFL Dream Team coaches are sweating on his Round 1 prospects. On the surface his 16 DT points agains Port does not look all that encouraging. But don't give up on him yet. Davis was just given a small taste of it scoring all his 16 points in the 2nd quarter in a game in which he spent a lot of time warming the extended bench. Davis is the highest drafted player not to get a game in 09. After knocking on the door at the end of last season, one year later and with a very strong season in the SANFL behind him. This versatile big bodied utility will could be ready to start his AFL career. With further game time in the remaining NAB Cup challenge matches he should be right on the cusp of a round 1 start.
Rory Sloane (Adel):
Sloane is a tough inside mid who may have cauht a few Dream Team Coaches eyes in is one appearance last season in round 20 against Hawthorn. From limitted game time he aquited himself very well making a juicey 7 tackles to go along wit his 6 handballs. Sloane also played round one of the NAB cup in the Showdown slaughter. He started te match playing just over half the game in doing so collecting 52 DT points 44 of these in the first half. If named in round one don't hesitate to jump on. But beware the Adelaide line-up is red hot and he may be relying on an injury or 2 to get is chance.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Early Intra Club Stand outs
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West Coast's Intra-Club Match:Masten could be ready to light it up this season, Sumich spoke glowingly of his performance in their recent intra club hit out. Ebert, Shuey and Kerr also performed well. (click to read full report)
Kangaroos Intra-Club Match:
Cruize Garlett was named best on round by both Thomas and Firrito who were guest commenators on the Kangaroos website. The almost forotten man Robbie Tarrant was also solid in his surprising backline role.
Lindsay Thomas: "Best players were Cruize Garlett who was pretty clean around the stoppages and had a good workrate, Robbie Tarrant down back and Marcus White, who repelled everything out of defence. Matty Campbell was exciting up forward as usual. It was a good first up hit-out for the boys. Thanks for reading our blog tonight."
Michael Firrito: "The boys got a little bit tired towards the end. The ball movement was good and the skills continued to improve in the second half. Best players in my opinion were Cruize Garlett, Brent Harvey, Robbie Tarrant down back, young Brayden Norris and rookie Marcus White. Thanks for your support and I hope you enjoyed reading the blog. Go Roos!"
Essendons Intra-Club Match:
Essendon played there intra-club at Shepparton and have kindly given us a very indept assesment on the two teams performances. The highlight being a super impressive return of the big Gumby.
Monday, 25 January 2010
AFL Dream Team Strategies for 2010
Backline war horses:
The saying there are many ways to skin a cat has never been more relevant than when you sit down on day one looking at your blank team ready to embark on a brand new AFL Dream Team Season. But the one theory I will discus relates to almost all fantasy owners most despised position. Yes, the band-aid back line. I'm sure I am not the only one who as been struck down late in the season and had to limp home with at least one big fat zero in there backs. So what balance of risky injury returning players, playing rookies (first yr players) and Guns should you go with. My thoughts are...
-The backline is the position that makes the least money in most fantasy teams (Rucks aside)
-There are generally plenty of gun draft picks/cash cows sprinkled through the forwards and mids especially, so money can be easily made there.
-The backline is also the position that in the past has lent itself to a lot of injuries.
The idea is to look for at least 4 preferably 5 backs that have played close to every game in the past 2 seasons and any games they did miss were not injurys that are likely to reoccur. i.e. Hamstring, groin. Players Like Enright, Hargraves and Goddard spring to mind. No real upside, rather boring and obvious even, but a 22 game player that will net you more than a good points return is worth his weight in gold. Just like each trade.
Yes this will chew some dollar, but that's ok because we can gamble a little more in our midfield with one or 2 playing rookies and maybe another 2 players that are on the verge of a breakout season. Knowing that between the 2 rookies on the field and the 2 on your bench you will end up with 2 round one starters and if you have done your research at least one reserve.
Yes, choosing rookie backs can pay off for your AFL Dream Team. Broughton from 09 is a prime example. That said of course you can always jump on after 2 games if they are just too good to pass up. The other bonus with having extra rookies in your mids as opposed to other positions, is when it comes to selling off your cash cows. There is always a plethora of midfield rookies that have jumped out of the blocks with 2 big scores first up to choose from. Where you can have nailed it with a rookie back and are ready to cash in, only to find the there is not a single decent playing first year back to downgrade to.
In the end the less trades you have to waste the better. Picking a side where you can set and forget as many backs as possible might just be the key to get you a league win or who knows maybe even a crack at the a car.
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Top 5 Hot Buys of the Week
1. Jimmy Bartel - Price $417,100. If you have the Cash now is the time to move. as far as Bartel standards go he has hit rock bottom, after his 115 on the weekend his price is sure to sky rocket.
2. Nick Riewoldt - Price $319,800. Jump on Board! Nick scored 108 on the weekend his best score of the year and his first 100 since round 5. Looks like he is getting on top of his injury problems
3. Johnathan Brown - Price $366,99. If for some strange reason you don't have Browny last chance to get him super cheap as he is sitting on 2 130+ scores and price is ready to hit the 400k mark. grab him now!
4. Brendon Goddard - Price $317,900. Goddard is back! after a slow but steady start to the season he looks like he has turned the corner after a massive 116 on the weekend. Goddard averaged 97 2 seasons ago and 80 last year(again 90 plus if you take away the game that ended his season.
5. Adam McPhee - Price $284,300. McPhee has had a poor start to the season with his price dropping 104k, not once scoring over 85 Dream Team points in his 8 outings. This all changed on the weekend and it was the McPhee of old easily hitting the century with 108. No coincidence at all that this also marked the return of Lucas shifting McPhee back to his more familiar role on the Half Back line.
2. Nick Riewoldt - Price $319,800. Jump on Board! Nick scored 108 on the weekend his best score of the year and his first 100 since round 5. Looks like he is getting on top of his injury problems
3. Johnathan Brown - Price $366,99. If for some strange reason you don't have Browny last chance to get him super cheap as he is sitting on 2 130+ scores and price is ready to hit the 400k mark. grab him now!
4. Brendon Goddard - Price $317,900. Goddard is back! after a slow but steady start to the season he looks like he has turned the corner after a massive 116 on the weekend. Goddard averaged 97 2 seasons ago and 80 last year(again 90 plus if you take away the game that ended his season.
5. Adam McPhee - Price $284,300. McPhee has had a poor start to the season with his price dropping 104k, not once scoring over 85 Dream Team points in his 8 outings. This all changed on the weekend and it was the McPhee of old easily hitting the century with 108. No coincidence at all that this also marked the return of Lucas shifting McPhee back to his more familiar role on the Half Back line.
Thursday, 29 May 2008
DREAM TEAM CASH COWS
Backs
EDWARDS, Jake
$119,700 ($+36,200)
74 last week in his fourth match.
HOULIHAN, Tim
$83,500 $0 ($+0)
74 from 1 game. Great First game. One to watch
WILKES, Beau
$72,600 ($+0) 53 from 1 game
At his price if he can hold his spot he could be a decent option.
Centres
WELLINGHAM, Sharrod
$130,800 ($+58,200) Avg. 73
If you thought he was to bigger risk he is looker a whole lot safer after his 82 on the weekend. Looks a sure thing to hold his spot at least for the next few weeks.
MORTON, Jarryd
$83,500
Nice Start to his career with 16 disposals and 57 points. A very tough team to hold a position in so take at your own risk.
Forwards
KENNEDY, Josh P.
$83,500
Nice start with 58 but faces the same problem as Morton with the Hawthorn's depth. In saying that he's given himself every Chance to with an impressive debut.
VALENTI, Shane
$72,600 Avg 58.5 from 2 games (ALSO A CENTRE)
The beauty of Valenti is his versatility in being listed as a Forward as well as a centre. With a price of $72k and a steady start to his career you would think that he would get a good chance with Melbourne desperately needing to develop young talent. Wait for him to be named this week then jump on him.
EDWARDS, Jake
$119,700 ($+36,200)
74 last week in his fourth match.
HOULIHAN, Tim
$83,500 $0 ($+0)
74 from 1 game. Great First game. One to watch
WILKES, Beau
$72,600 ($+0) 53 from 1 game
At his price if he can hold his spot he could be a decent option.
Centres
WELLINGHAM, Sharrod
$130,800 ($+58,200) Avg. 73
If you thought he was to bigger risk he is looker a whole lot safer after his 82 on the weekend. Looks a sure thing to hold his spot at least for the next few weeks.
MORTON, Jarryd
$83,500
Nice Start to his career with 16 disposals and 57 points. A very tough team to hold a position in so take at your own risk.
Forwards
KENNEDY, Josh P.
$83,500
Nice start with 58 but faces the same problem as Morton with the Hawthorn's depth. In saying that he's given himself every Chance to with an impressive debut.
VALENTI, Shane
$72,600 Avg 58.5 from 2 games (ALSO A CENTRE)
The beauty of Valenti is his versatility in being listed as a Forward as well as a centre. With a price of $72k and a steady start to his career you would think that he would get a good chance with Melbourne desperately needing to develop young talent. Wait for him to be named this week then jump on him.
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