Round 4 saw a real mixed bag. Some great scores but some low ones thanks to a lot of subs being rookies this week. There were a few of the more popular rookies dropped or missing to add to the fun.
Best 18 is on hold this week for Gather Round so we’ll need all hands on deck with our rookies this week.
The best trade targets this week are Bice and Hall. Bice is now $200k but if his last game is anything to go by he seems like he could be worth it. Has free roam on the wing and his kicking looks really good. Hall did miss a week in between his 2 games but has played reasonably well in both. For the struggling Eagles he should stay in the side.
Players on the bubble are marked with an asterisk*
DEFENDERS
| Player | Club | Price (Change) | Score (Ave) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley BICE | SYD | $203,400 (+$89.9k) | 124 (91) | -98 |
| Luke TRAINOR | RIC | $201,400 (+$45.2k) | 82 (62) | -51 |
| Sandy BROCK | WCE | $99,100 | 80 (80) | -39 |
| Tobie TRAVAGLIA* (MID) | STK | $172,000 | 52 (68) | -32 |
| Zach REID | ESS | $163,100 | BYE (56) | -26 |
| Connor O'SULLIVAN | GEE | $268,200 (+$64.3k) | 103 (79) | -19 |
| Jaxon PRIOR | ESS | $206,600 | BYE (62) | -11 |
| Matt WHITLOCK (FWD) | NTH | $113,500 | 29 (29) | 18 |
| Kaleb SMITH | RIC | $117,400 (-$3.8k) | 22 (21) | 25 |
| Liam O'CONNELL | STK | $120,700 | DNP (24) | 27 |
| Karl WORNER | FRE | $192,400 (+$7k) | 28 (42) | 33 |
| Saad EL-HAWLI (MID) | ESS | $119,900 | BYE (16) | 34 |
| Riley HARDEMAN | NTH | $167,200 | 26 (26) | 43 |
Good: Bice was a standout in the Swans win. 26 touches at 85% with 15 marks and 9 intercepts. O’Sullivan should have solid job security after this performance. 23 touches at 87% with 13 marks and 8 intercepts. He even had a hitout from 1 ruck contest.
Bad: Smith had 11 touches and 3 marks but 6 clangers kept him to a low score.
Sub: Hardeman had 10 touches with 4 contested from 32% TOG. Worner had 8 touches, 2 marks and 5 intercepts from 31% TOG.
MIDFIELDERS
| Player | Club | Price (Change) | Score (Ave) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay HALL* | WCE | $129,500 | 68 (78) | -78 |
| Murphy REID | FRE | $258,500 (+$59.4k) | 73 (76) | -24 |
| Sam LALOR | RIC | $248,300 (+$28.3k) | 112 (68) | -8 |
| Harvey LANGFORD | MEL | $196,700 (+$15.7k) | 39 (48) | -8 |
| Tom GROSS | WCE | $113,500 | 51 (51) | -4 |
| Tom HANILY | SYD | $165,300 (+$25.6k) | 57 (42) | 4 |
| Sid DRAPER | ADE | $189,500 (+$6.9k) | 56 (38) | 9 |
| Angus HASTIE | STK | $137,600 (+$17.7k) | 38 (37) | 23 |
| Levi ASHCROFT | BRL | $249,100 (+$27.4k) | 87 (70) | 26 |
| Xavier LINDSAY | MEL | $193,400 | DNP (58) | 29 |
| Jack HENDERSON | MEL | $173,900 (+$25.6k) | 32 (51) | 29 |
| Mitch KNEVITT | GEE | $181,200 | DNP (53) | 31 |
| Tom COCHRANE | PTA | $99,100 | DNP (9) | 32 |
| Harry SHARP | MEL | $209,400 (+$4.5k) | 22 (43) | 35 |
| Nathan O'DRISCOLL | FRE | $309,800 (+$35.6k) | 46 (84) | 36 |
| Christian MORAES | PTA | $166,800 (+$53.3k) | 43 (63) | 37 |
| Finn O'SULLIVAN | NTH | $207,400 | DNP (46) | 38 |
| Angus SHELDRICK | SYD | $148,600 (-$13.1k) | 21 (22) | 54 |
| Ned LONG | COL | $263,000 (+$23k) | 26 (57) | 75 |
Good: Lalor played his best game showing a glimpse of his potential. He had 24 touches with 14 contested, 4 tackles, kicked 2.1 and had 10 score involvements including 4 goal assists. Ashcroft bounced back with 22 touches, 4 marks and kicked 1.2.
Bad: Sharp had 5 touches, 2 marks and 2 tackles from 59% TOG before he was subbed out.
Sub: Long had 6 touches, 3 tackles and a goal from 24% TOG. Sheldrick made an impact in his short 24% of game time. 12 touches, 3 marks and a goal but 6 clangers hurt his score. Hastie had 4 touches with 2 marks and 2 tackles in 31% TOG.
RUCKS
| Player | Club | Price (Change) | Score (Ave) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archer REID (FWD) | WCE | $179,000 (+$29.2k) | 61 (50) | -40 |
| Darcy FORT* | BRL | $190,500 | DNP (72) | -29 |
| Lachlan KEEFFE | GWS | $211,300 | DNP (59) | -4 |
Reid kicked 1.1 from 10 touches with 6 contested and 4 marks.
FORWARDS
| Player | Club | Price (Change) | Score (Ave) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah DUDLEY* | FRE | $99,100 | 46 (64) | -69 |
| Neil ERASMUS* (MID) | FRE | $119,900 | DNP (61) | -49 |
| Lance COLLARD | STK | $165,300 (+$45.4k) | 81 (58) | -37 |
| Sam DAVIDSON | WBD | $252,100 (+$62.3k) | 54 (74) | -32 |
| Aidan JOHNSON* | MEL | $113,500 | DNP (46) | -23 |
| Max HALL (MID) | STK | $204,200 (+$30.9k) | 56 (62) | -19 |
| Caiden CLEARY | SYD | $124,100 | 66 (66) | -15 |
| Jed WALTER* | GCS | $190,500 | 71 (59) | -4 |
| Daniel CURTIN | ADE | $254,900 (+$50.4k) | 65 (66) | -2 |
| Ted CLOHESY (MID) | GEE | $171,500 (+$51.6k) | 47 (63) | -2 |
| Joel HAMLING | SYD | $205,200 (+$45.6k) | 54 (66) | 0 |
| Thomas EDWARDS* | ESS | $99,100 | BYE (29) | 1 |
| Will MCLACHLAN* | BRL | $119,900 | 8 (35) | 2 |
| Jacob KONSTANTY | NTH | $173,300 (+$18.1k) | 57 (52) | 6 |
| Steely GREEN | RIC | $203,700 (+$20.3k) | 66 (44) | 7 |
| Elijah HEWETT (MID) | WCE | $149,000 | DNP (44) | 9 |
| Isaac KAKO (MID) | ESS | $180,100 | BYE (53) | 12 |
| Will WHITE | CAR | $99,100 | 29 (29) | 12 |
| Sam POWELL-PEPPER | PTA | $236,800 (+$37.8k) | 74 (56) | 20 |
| Josh DOLAN | WBD | $109,900 (-$1.7k) | 26 (22) | 20 |
| Isaac KEELER | STK | $131,400 (+$11.5k) | 18 (33) | 22 |
| Conor STONE | GWS | $166,00 (+$10.4k) | 29 (45) | 24 |
| Hamish DAVIS (MID) | WCE | $113,500 | 22 (22) | 25 |
| Joe BERRY | PTA | $172,600 (+$12.3k) | 34 (41) | 35 |
| Tyrell DEWAR | WCE | $220,600 (+$28.6k) | 50 (52) | 36 |
| Corey WARNER | SYD | $212,500 (+$21.4k) | 35 (53) | 36 |
| Tom LYNCH | RIC | $196,600 (+$13.4k) | 37 (47) | 39 |
| Harry ARMSTRONG | RIC | $125,900 (+$5.1k) | 38 (31) | 40 |
| Jye MENZIE* | ESS | $182,800 | BYE (34) | 43 |
| Ethan READ | GCS | $202,500 (+$33.3k) | 30 (59) | 44 |
| Jesse MOTLOP | CAR | $244,000 (+$21.5k) | 37 (56) | 45 |
| Ashton MOIR | CAR | $119,900 | 1 (1) | 49 |
| Charlie SPARGO* | MEL | $135,800 | -2 (16) | 50 |
| Roberts HANSEN JR | NTH | $176,700 (-$9.6k) | 16 (40) | 71 |
Good: Collard only had 9 touches but 6 were contested, 5 tackles, kicked 1.2 and had 6 score involvements with 2 goal assists.
Bad: Hansen Jr had 7 touches and 5 marks but 0 contested possessions impacted his score.
Sub: Spargo had 1 handball but also gave away a free kick to finish with a negative score from 18% TOG. McLachlan had 4 touches in 16% game time. Davis had 5 touches at 100% and 2 marks from 33% TOG. Berry played 38% TOG for his 6 touches, 2 marks and 2 tackles. Moir came on early for 55% TOG but only managed 2 touches.
Who gets your vote as the Rookie Of The Week for Round 4?
- Riley Bice (SYD) - 124 (91%, 259 Votes)
- Connor O'Sullivan (GEE) - 103 (4%, 12 Votes)
- Sam Lalor (RIC) - 112 (4%, 10 Votes)
- Levi Ashcroft (BRL) - 87 (1%, 2 Votes)
- Luke Trainor (RIC) - 82 (0%, 1 Votes)
- Other (In Comments) (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 284
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Leaderboard After Round 4
N. O’Driscoll – 6
S. Davidson – 3
M. Reid – 2
N. Long – 2
R. Bice – 2
Bice to become D/M ???…….or not enough games to qualify?
Think you need four which means he will qualify after this week.
Bice.. O’Sullivan… M.Reid… some epic misses this season
*facepalm*
backline ended up having some of the better options when it looked bare at start of season. I had to make a choice between Bice or Osullivan for Paton as didnt really want to trade out Trainor or Reid.
Anyone have any thoughts on Travaglia?
Not many people talking about him or bringing him in.