Derek Captainancy Candidates – Round 7 Round 6 Recap Round 6 was one of those weeks where you were circling the right answers… but just didn’t quite land the knockout blow. Max Gawn came back to earth a little with 105, Caleb Serong didn’t fully capitalise on what looked like a perfect matchup and finished with … Read more
Why Rookies Matter Rookies are the key to building a full premium side in AFL SuperCoach. We all start with a $10,000,000 salary cap, but to get close to full premium you generally need to build your team value to around $14,000,000. That’s roughly $4 million in cash generation, and the majority of that comes … Read more
Captainancy Candidates – Round 6 Round 5 Recap – When It Actually Works Round 5 was one of those weeks where everything lined up the way it was supposed to, which, as we all know, doesn’t happen every week. Max Gawn delivered again with 131, Bailey Smith went large with 151, Max Holmes followed closely … Read more
Captainancy Candidates – Round 5 Round 4 Recap – We Got There… Eventually Round 4 was one of those weeks where you walk away thinking, “that went well”… but also “we probably made that harder than it needed to be.” Our number one Captain choice, Marcus Bontempelli, did exactly what we wanted with a very … Read more
Captainancy Candidates – Round 4 Round 3 Recap – A Big Bump in the Road Round 3 didn’t quite go to script… well, not all of it anyway. Tristan Xerri, our number one Captain choice, put up a very un-Xerri-like 66, which was a bit of a shock to just about everyone. There were a … Read more
Captaincy Candidates – Round 3 Round 2 Recap – Trust the Fixture Before we dive into Round 3, it’s worth quickly reflecting on what we saw last week, because it reinforces exactly how we should be approaching captaincy early in the season. Round 2 was a near perfect example of fixture over form, and if … Read more
Captaincy Candidates – Round 2 Form vs Fixture – The Weekly Battle When it comes to picking a Captain or Vice-Captain in SuperCoach, the decision almost always comes down to two key pillars, form or fixture. Form is about identifying the players who are scoring well right now, who look dominant, who are getting the … Read more
Pizza Theory – Round 1 Reality Check Before the season started we introduced what we called Pizza Theory. The concept was simple. Every AFL match produces exactly 3,300 SuperCoach points. That pizza never changes size. It doesn’t matter whether the game is a brutal defensive scrap played in sideways rain, or a sunny afternoon where … Read more
Why I Build My SuperCoach Team Like an Accountant I’m an accountant, which means I struggle to look at anything, even a fantasy football team, without thinking about structure. In my world, there are two documents that matter: the Profit & Loss Statement and the Balance Sheet. One tells you how you’re performing right now. … Read more
Team Value, Rank and the Round 12 RealityWhat the Data Actually Reveals About Winning SuperCoach The Obsession With Team Value As soon as the season starts, almost immediately, one number takes over the conversation. Team value. We monitor price changes like market traders. We celebrate a $60,000 rise as if we’ve created structural advantage. We … Read more