Zach Merrett a bargain, Riley Bonner’s time is up and more in the Round 6 Rage Trades
WHAT a difference a few weeks can make. Zach Merrett’s first three weeks were awful but the Essendon star is back in form and a must-have at a bargain price. THE BEST TRADE INS AND OUTS
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AS USUAL, there have been some ups and downs this round with some popular players going huge and some others putting themselves into consideration for a rage trade.
Our SuperCoach expert Anthony Hack looks at who we should be considering dumping this week and who’s running hot.
BOOT HIM
MICHAEL WALTERS
Unfortunately picked up a knee injury and looks like he’ll miss some time. Has had a very good season thus far, but has also played more forward last week and this week before his injury.
ZACH TUOHY
Started off the season well but has turned out a couple of low scores last week and this with low disposal efficiency being the main contributing factor, and he unfortunately gave away a 50m penalty late in the game this week that resulted in a goal which further impacted his score, putting him down to just 25.
DAYNE ZORKO
If you haven’t gotten rid of him yet, you probably should. Another sub-50 score this week and he is in all sorts of form trouble.
JACK BILLINGS
His score this week would have been even worse if it wasn’t for a late goal. Billings has been playing predominantly forward in a team not doing well and his scores are suffering as a result. Trade him if you haven’t already.
RILEY BONNER
Bonner looks to have earned all the money he can and its time to cash him in.
ANDREW McGRATH
Hasn’t lived up to the hype this season, and I’m not sure if it’s worth persisting any longer.
BUY HIM
LACHIE NEALE
Hasn’t had a great season so far, but stepped up in a big way this week with a score of 151. Is this a sign of things to come?
ADAM TRELOAR
Had his highest score of the season so far with a 149, but has been quite consistent so far with only one double-figure score back in Round 1.
MARCUS BONTEMPELLI
Had a great game on Friday night, scoring 145 and coach Luke Beveridge said post game that they have found a better balance now for him between midfield and forward, meaning more scores like this may be coming.
PATRICK CRIPPS
Had two poor weeks by his standards in rounds four and five but was tagged by two of the better taggers in the league those weeks, and then broke away from the shackles and scored a whopping 143. Close to a must-have player for your midfield.
JACK MACRAE
One of the best performers all season and continued with 141 points this round.
TOM MITCHELL
Scored his average - 126 - exactly this week and his price probably wont drop much more than it is right now, so its probably time to get him if you want him.
ZACH MERRETT
Scored 111 this week to continue his form resurgence of the last few weeks. If you didn’t bring him in last week, get him straight away because his price wont get any lower from here.
SHANE SAVAGE
Savage put last week’s poor game behind him, getting back up to a score of 107 this week to see him reassert himself as one of the best defenders this season so far.
MATT CROUCH
Probably wait another week for his price to drop even further, but it was good to see Crouch return to the side with a hundred first up.
ELLIOT YEO
That Round 3 score of 27 looks to be a serious blip, given Yeo’s strong form across the rest of the season so far. Looks a very solid option down back.
CAPTAINS REPORT CARD
A+: Max Gawn 168, Lachie Neale 151, Patty Cripps 143, Jack Macrae 141
A: Tom Mitchell 126, Joel Selwood 122
B: Nat Fyfe 114
C: Patrick Dangerfield 94, Stephen Coniglio 93,
D: Clayton Oliver 89, Robbie Gray 89, Dustin Martin 88
F: Dayne Zorko 46
BENCH CALLS
Better on the field: Tim Kelly 106, Zac Fisher 87, Bailey Fritsch 90, Charlie Spargo 81, Aaron Naughton 78, David Mirra 71, Jack Higgins 71
Better on the bench: Riley Bonner 53, Bailey Banfield 52, Lachie Fogarty 50, Jaidyn Stephenson 47, Tim English 44, Nick Holman 33, Nick Coffield 24, Patty Dow 59, Jack Henry 54, Cam Rayner 52, Cam O’Shea 48, Mitch Crowden 48, Adam Cerra 44, Dom Barry 35, Luke Davies-Uniacke 32, Zach Guthrie 15 Tom Cole 67, Ben Jacobs 65, Jeremy Finlayson 65, James Worpel 64, Sam Murray 62, Andrew Brayshaw 61, Zac Giles-Langdon 60, Ed Richards 58.
HiPAGES NAILED IT
Ben Higgins: Tom Mitchell, 35 disposals, 140+ SuperCoach points. FAILED IT. Mitchell nearly had the possessions up by half-time, but only managed the 126 SuperCoach points for the game.
Dan Begala: Fyfe 140+. FAILED IT. Fyfe had a good game with Elliot Yeo running around with him, but only managed 114 SuperCoach points.
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