SuperCoach 2016: Top scores, best trades and market watch after Round 20
ANOTHER week, another SuperCoach injury crisis. We help answer the two huge Scott Pendlebury questions, plus Champion Data’s market watch. NEW PODCAST
ANOTHER week, another injury crisis.
After Tom Liberatore threw SuperCoach into a tailspin last week, this week we’re faced with an ankle injury to Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury.
After a quiet first three quarters against Richmond on Friday night, Pendles roared to life with several key touches and a goal early in the final term then rolled his ankle and spent the rest of the game on the bench.
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Pendlebury is a slim chance at best to face the Western Bulldogs on Friday night and his layoff could extend beyond that — a major issue for his 89,000 SuperCoach owners.
They have to answer two key questions: 1. Who should we trade him to, and 2. Should we trade at all?
The second question (which must be answered first) will depend on your finals position. Have a week off after winning a qualifying final? You can afford to sit Pendlebury on the bench for a week and reassess for preliminary final weekend.
Facing a knockout semi-final this weekend? You probably can’t be so cautious.
Complicating things is the fact popular bench players like Christian Petracca (past three average 80), Ryan Davis (81), Jade Gresham (78) and Sam Menegola (89) are all in form at the right time, providing good cover if you have one trade left and want to save it for SuperCoach grand final week — if you make it.
These are the tough calls that make or break a SuperCoach finals campaign.
If you decide to pull the trigger on Pendles, you can replace him with a rolled-gold superstar for his price of $573,500. We’ve listed the five top contenders below. All are in great form; a close look at their opponents over the final three rounds puts Bulldogs gun Marcus Bontempelli at the top of the shopping list.
Rory Sloane (Adel) $555,500 mid
Last score: 137
Past 3 average: 120
Next 3: Fremantle, Port Adelaide, West Coast
Marcus Bontempelli (WB) $555,300 mid
Last score: 133
Past 3 average: 107
Next 3: Collingwood, Essendon, Fremantle
Dan Hannebery (Syd) $572,600 mid
Last score: 136
Past 3 average: 119
Next 3: St Kilda, North Melbourne, Richmond
Josh P Kennedy (Syd) $592,100 mid
Last score: 95
Past 3 average: 120
Next 3: St Kilda, North Melbourne, Richmond
Matt Priddis (WC) $574,700 mid
Last score: 132
Past 3 average: 126
Next 3: GWS Giants, Hawthorn, Adelaide
ROUND 20 STARS
168 Max Gawn
149 Corey Enright
145 Isaac Heeney
144 Brad Crouch
141 Josh J Kennedy
WEEKLY TOP SCORES
2668 Pappy’s Premiers, Andrew
2649 Always next year, David
2639 Reno rare, Nathan
2637 Hawks2016, Duc
2625 Beams The Keays, Michael
OVERALL LEADERS
45,511 Shemmist Wharehouse, Shemm
45,407 GOODBETTERBEST@SCT, Raj
45,363 Endeavour Storm, Tyrone
45,342 Talkin’ Flags, Louis
45,295 Buzz II, Barry
THIS WEEK’S WINNING TEAM
Pappy’s Premiers
Coach: Andrew Papp, Vic
Score: 2668
DEFENDERS
Sam Docherty 104
Heath Shaw 58
Matthew Boyd 109
Josh Gibson 58
Rory Laird 96
Jason Johannisen 110
Sam Collins 64
Darcy Tucker 58
MIDFIELD
Patrick Dangerfield 99
Dan Hannebery 136
Luke Parker 127
Rory Sloane 137
Marcus Bontempelli 133
Matt Priddis 132
Patrick Cripps 124
Mitch Duncan 106
Rhys Mathieson 83
Sam Menegola 94
Jack Trengove 0
RUCKS
Max Gawn 336 (c)
Todd Goldstein 127
Mabior Chol 0
FORWARDS
Dustin Martin 123
Zach Merrett 98
Dayne Zorko 98
Leigh Montagna 116
Josh Kennedy 141
Daniel Wells 100
Christian Petracca 63
Tom Phillips 0
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: MAX GAWN
Gawn led the Demons to victory with a game and round-high 168 SuperCoach points against the Hawks, of which 107 were recorded after halftime. He finished with 41 hitouts (16 to advantage) from 74 ruck contests attended, also recording 16 disposals and 11 marks, including eight contested. He also drifted forward to kick a goal.
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Heath Shaw
Shaw had a shocker against the lowly Suns, finishing with just 58 SuperCoach points — his second-lowest score for the season. He hit the target with 11 of 17 disposals and committed five turnovers, recording a disposal efficiency of 65 per cent. He won only four contested possessions and recorded three rebound-50s.
Kade Simpson
Simpson played a lone hand against the Saints, finishing with 122 SuperCoach points — ranked second on the ground. He racked up a game-high 39 disposals and hit the target with 32 of those, also recording 10 marks, 33 uncontested possessions, 23 handball-receives and six rebound-50s from 98 per cent game time.
Dustin Martin
Martin starred in his milestone match against the Magpies, collecting 123 SuperCoach points from 88 per cent game time. He hit the target with 25 of 34 disposals and won 14 of his possessions in a contest, while also recording 21 handball-receives. He also impacted the scoreboard, finishing with one goal, two score assists and nine score involvements.
YOUNG GUN: JADE GRESHAM
Gresham’s stellar debut season continued against Carlton, finishing with a season-high 91 SuperCoach points — increasing in value for the 14th round in succession. He finished with 25 disposals and team-highs of 13 contested possessions and eight clearances from 73 per cent game time. He also recorded one score assist and was involved in four scoring chains.
PERFECT 9
With three weeks to go the SuperCoach Perfect 9 jackpot remains unclaimed — and that means $110,000 is up for grabs this week.
Just 11 players remained alive after Bachar Houli top-scored last Friday night and while Max Gawn and Marcus Bontempelli were popular picks, only five entries nominated Isaac Heeney to score the most points in the Sydney v Port Adelaide game.
Who will come through in Round 21? It’s free to play and takes five minutes — don’t miss your shot at the prize.
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