Tom Rockliff, Ollie Wines among SuperCoach stars to help ease the pain of upcoming bye period
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GET those trade fingers ready because it’s time to rage trade some underperformers and high-priced rookies with the security of bye-free players available for the first time in 2018.
With Gold Coast and Port Adelaide travelling to China in Round 9, both teams were given the week off, meaning players from these teams will now be available for you throughout the multi-bye rounds when solutions are severely limited.
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Have a look at your team and work out how you can improve it, and most of the time at this stage of the season the best way would be to trade out your rookies, most of which must be near peaking in value by now.
This week we look at the best players free to play during Rounds 12, 13 and 14 and help to ease the bye pain.
BOOT HIM
MARCUS BONTEMPELLI
Scored his lowest score of the season with a 47, after an impressive run of scores over his last three games all 120+. If you do trade him out, make sure you find that reverse button before lockout.
BACHAR HOULI
Having his poorest season for a long time and hasn’t even scored over 100 once yet this season. A groin injury this round and a score of only 15 will see his price plummet over the next few weeks so if you happen to have him, jump off as soon as you can.
JACK BILLINGS
Still not getting it done, with a score of just 70. Priced so low now that you may as well bench him and trade your rookies instead, but get rid of him at some point.
TIM TARANTO
Hasn’t scored a hundred since Round 6 and had just 53 this round. With Josh Kelly back in the Giants’ side, it’s time to move Taranto out of your SuperCoach team.
BRANDAN PARFITT
His huge score of 168 from Round 4 is now out of his rolling average after following it up with scores of 94 and 57. Maybe worth hanging on to for one more week, but a good option to upgrade this week too.
CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
Has been a tad more respectable the past two weeks with scores of 89 and 81 but he is still not performing near what his owners would be hoping for.
BUY HIM
TOM ROCKLIFF
After starting the season up forward and with some injury problems, Rocky has moved into the midfield the last two games and has looked much more like the old reliable Rocky we have known in the past who has consistently been one of the best SuperCoach performers in the AFL. Is currently priced at less than $375,000 and is too hard to ignore!
ROBBIE GRAY
With Rockliff’s move into the midfield, Robbie Gray has played predominantly forward the last two games after starting the season in the midfield. He showed in Round 8 that playing forward doesn’t have to limit his scoring potential as he scored 122 in a match-winning display but he can’t always play such a starring role and a week later he managed just 67 points in his most recent game. He has a high breakeven so it may be worth waiting a week on Gray to see how he goes again this week.
PATRICK RYDER
If it wasn’t for his Round 10 bye, Ryder would have likely been a popular option to pair with Max Gawn as starting rucks this season. Ryder finished off the 2017 season in dominant form, but hasn’t been able to continue that on this season, mainly due to injury. He has played three games since returning to the side and has averaged 102 points over his last two games. Priced at $501,900 and with a breakeven of 100, now is a good time to get him into your team.
AARON HALL
Has been in and out of the side so far this season, but has played the last two in a row and has averaged 123 points over that period. He has a very low breakeven and is priced at just $460,600.
TOM JONAS
Probably the defender I would consider most of all Port Adelaide and Gold Coast players. Has played all nine games and is averaging 94 with four hundreds and a low score of 84 which he has actually scored three times.
OLLIE WINES
Averaging 97 which he has outscored in his last two games. Wines looks to have bottomed out in price after a 57 in Round 6, sitting at $457,900 with a breakeven expected to be beaten.
KADE SIMPSON
Scored 140-plus for the third time this season and has the third best average of all defenders. Priced at less than $500k, he’s a great buy this week.
MICHAEL WALTERS
Looked to be a great starting selection before he injured his knee in Round 6. Now in his second game back he’s scored 146 and is cheaper than his starting price.
CAPTAINS REPORT CARD
A+: Mitch Robinson 172, Nat Fyfe 163, Brodie Grundy 152, Michael Walters 146, Kade Simpson 140
A: Stephen Coniglio 138, Andrew Gaff 135, Patrick Dangerfield 133, Isaac Heeney 128, Sam Menegola 125
B: Toby McLean 122, Tom Mitchell 116, Max Gawn 114
C: Dustin Martin 105, Jack Macrae 102, Matt Crouch 100
D: Dayne Zorko 99, Josh Kelly 99, Clayton Oliver 98, Patty Cripps 97
E: Gary Ablett 86, Luke Parker 84, Joel Selwood 82
F: Lance Franklin 60
BENCH CALLS
Better onfield: Logan Austin 106, Tom Doedee 104, Ed Richards 102, Tim Smith 101, Jack Henry 99, Bayley Fritsch 87, David Mirra 81, Adam Cerra 75, Ben Ronke 74, Andrew Brayshaw 72, Paddy Dow 72, Willie Rioli 72.
Better on the bench: Bailey Rice 68, Matt Guelfi 68, Bailey Banfield 64, Flynn Appleby 63, Charlie Spargo 61, Cam O’Shea 59, Jaidyn Stephenson 58, Tim Kelly 57, Ed Phillips 57, Tom Cole 54, Hunter Clark 53, Darcy Fogarty 52, Jack Higgins 51, Billy Gowers 49, Jordan Ridley 49, Oscar McInerney 41, Cam Rayner 35, Dylan Buckley 29, Myles Poholke 28, Matt Eagles 28, Tom McCartin 23, Esava Ratugolea -2.
NAILED IT
BEN HIGGINS: Lance Franklin to have 5-plus goals, 4-plus goal assists and 140 or more SuperCoach points.
FAILED IT: Buddy had one of his worst games of the season with just one goal and one goal assist, scoring just 60 points.
DAN BEGALA: Dustin Martin to post 30-plus disposals, two or more goals and 130-plus SuperCoach points.
FAILED IT: But close. Dusty was back in form after building a little last week but he fell short of Dan’s predictions
with just 26 disposals, two goals and 105 SC points.
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Originally published as Tom Rockliff, Ollie Wines among SuperCoach stars to help ease the pain of upcoming bye period
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