Derek 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
The Pizza Theory Every pre-season we all do the same thing. We convince ourselves we’ve spotted the breakout, the role change, the new coach masterplan, and this year we are finally ahead of the pack. We stare at centre bounce attendances like they’re stock charts and watch pre-season games pretending we understand “match simulation intensity”. … Read more
2026 SuperCoach Early Byes: How Much Should You Care Every SuperCoach pre-season follows the same script. You open the team picker with optimism, lock in a few obvious guns, sprinkle some rookies, and convince yourself this year you’re going to be calm, disciplined, and logical. At some point in the pre-season you finally build a … Read more
Our newest member of the SCT Writing team, Derek, has opened up here with an absolute banger!! Today Derek goes through the preseason formula he employs to find the best value in Supercoach! Every SuperCoach pre-season starts the same way. We all open the team picker and convince ourselves this year will be different. … Read more