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
Well there’s not a huge amount of relevance at the Hawks this season. A pretty quiet trading period and a few key injuries have left us with a Hawks side devoid of a heap of options. let’s take a deep dive and see if there’s anyone worth looking at. Spoiler alert this could be short … Read more
What’s in store for the Orange team this year. We know there’s a wealth of Premium Defenders at GWS. There’s a Breakout from last season that could go even further, and a few cheap players that could fill out some spots on difficult lines. “There’s a big, big sound from the west of the town. … 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
2025 was a landmark year for Gold Coast football club. They made ( and won ) a final for the first time.They looked really hard to beat at home and have a crop of talented kids ready to explode.Heading into Hardwick’s 3rd year, the team is really shaping up as a premiership contender. Can Trac … Read more
Ah the Cats. Such a hard team to judge from a SuperCoach perspective. Bailey Smith and Max Holmes seem like the standout performers. It does seem to drop away quite rapidly after that. For this one I needed some help, so who better to call than Rookie Coach ( @rookiecoachafl on X ) to help … Read more
You’d think I’d have this one covered, but I live in Sydney. so I went to my man on the ground in Fremantle Damo. @DamoSC on X . Damo has been a long time member of the Footy Mailbag team.Thank you Damo, for helped me get my head around, a quite tricky Freo Line up. … Read more
There’s a mini rebuild under way at Essendon, they looked to have picked up a crop of exiting talent, and when there’s change, there’s opportunity. A big thanks to JG .@JG232_ over on X he is doing some great stuff this year, and I was stoked to pick his brain for this one. Exciting times … Read more
Who better to ask when it comes to Collingwood but me mate Scobey. Check him. out on X ( twitter ) @Scobey_ . You also really need to check out his article on how the new rules might affect SuperCoach in 2026. Some high class analytics right there. So Collingwood eh. Can Nick learn to … Read more
Many expect the Blues to take a step back this year. I still think they can produce a few SuperCoach gems for you to consider in your side. Shout out to Janath Fernando ( The Professor ) who helped guide me on this one. Let’s see what Carlton has to offer. The Lock … Read more