Flavour Of The Week – Rd 21

Written by Chillo on August 7 2019

How is everyone still able to trade this late in the season? You people make me sick! Speaking of which, here is today’s free advice: do not ignore the use by date on egg cartons. Especially after spending most of the night cheering on an Australian GOAT in England.

I may be a little sleep deprived at the moment.

Here are this week’s most popular trade targets, as of 12pm, Wednesday August 7:

1.       Jason Carter (FRE, def/mid, $102 400)

Plus:

+ Nine disposals, two marks and four tackles for Carter on debut, netting him 45 points. Certainly showed enough, especially early on in the game, to get a few more goes.

+ Cheap cheap cheap, and DPP to boot. Sets up a nice swing if you still have Duursma or Answerth (and plenty do!).

Minus:

– Ross Lyon is not famous for being kind to rookies, but maybe job security is not really important here anyway? Hard to find anything wrong with grabbing some cash here – if you have the trades to do it.

2.      Marcus Bontempelli (WBD, mid, $562 300)

Plus:

+ The Bont has stepped it up a notch in his sixth season, posting a career best 116 ppg. He topped it off with a massive 166 against the Lions last week, and now has a break-even of only 42.

+ Despite those career-best numbers, Bont is actually slightly down on his season-starting price. Bargain!

Minus:

– Is a prime candidate for the Dylan Clarke Clamp this weekend. It’s a bit like following lollies with lemons.

3.      Michael Walters (FRE, mid/fwd, $523 700)

Plus:

+ Almost certain to be the top priced forward in 2020, it’s been a breakout year for Walters, who has averaged over 100 for the first time in his career.

+ Fremantle face Port in the Supercoach grand final. The last time the two sides met, Walters booted six majors and racked up 158 points!

Minus:

– Sonny averages 108 at home this year, but only 96 away. Freo’s finish this year includes games at Marvel and the Adelaide Oval.

4.      Adam Treloar (COL, mid, $605 600)

Plus:

+ Superb performance against the Suns from the Pies magnet, who compiled 35 possessions at 91% efficiency in his 177, the highest score of the round.

+ Averaging 34 touches a game this year, by far the best in the entire competition. Improved kicking efficiency this year has enabled Treloar to average a career best 113 points per game.

Minus:

– That’s a lot of moolah.

5.       Dustin Martin (RIC, mid, $489 000)

Plus:

+ Fresh off a season high 138 against Melbourne, Dusty is reaping the benefits of more midfield time at the business end of the season. The Tigers are charging towards September, guess who’s leading them there?

+ Richmond just play at the MCG. Nowhere else, just the G. I’m not repeating myself. I’m not repeating myself.

Minus:

– Carlton, West Coast, Brisbane. Curnow, Yeo, Robinson?

#6 – 10: Lachie WHITFIELD (GWS), Bachar HOULI (RIC), Will SNELLING (ESS), Rory LAIRD (ADE), Toby GREENE (GWS)

Most traded OUT players this week: Dylan CLARKE (ESS), Mabior CHOL (RIC), Grant BIRCHALL (HAW), Griffin LOGUE (FRE), Noah ANSWERTH (BRL), Will SETTERFIELD (CAR), Sydney STACK (RIC), Luke RYAN (FRE), Nick HIND (STK), Christopher BURGESS (GCS)  

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  1. Brought in Carter last week as a budget option to open up the swing with Answerth and free up some $$, had no idea he was playing, was quite surprised to see his points on my bench Saturday evening!

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