SuperCoach 2016: Biggest hits and misses of season and overall winners after Round 23
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DANIEL Wells was a giant risk heading into Round 1.
But the North Melbourne star rewarded those SuperCoach players who took the risk more than any other player.
Wells averaged 100.6 points a game, the fifth-highest ranked forward in the competition. That’s a rise of 44 points a game from his 2015 output.
The name of the game in SuperCoach is to buy low and Wells is the perfect example. He started the year at a bargain price of $243,900 and at one stage was valued at $528,300.
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The biggest price rise after Round 23 was by Essendon’s Mitch Brown — somewhat ironically, considering he was the most popular pick before Round 1 but saw a mass exodus after a string of poor scores before hitting form in the last month of the season.
He hit a season-high $408,200 after Round 23, a rise of more than $290,000 from his Round 1 price.
But other players had bigger price jumps when we needed them. Sam Kerridge is the SuperCoach cash cow MVP for 2016 based on his $302,600 price gain from Round 1-14, the perfect time to trade him out.
For coaches who thought they were getting a bargain with Eagles recruit Jack Redden or reliable premiums in Stefan Martin, Sam Jacobs or Luke Hodge — here is the vindication of your season of torture.
Martin averaged 112 points a game in 2014 and 111 last year before plummeting to an 88 average this year — and that came only on the back of an improved last eight rounds. From Rounds 4-12 he averaged a team and soul-destroying 69 points a game.
BIGGEST 2016 SUPERCOACH IMPROVERS (POINTS AVERAGE)
BIGGEST 2016 SUPERCOACH FAILURES (POINTS AVERAGE)
Patrick Dangerfield finished the year as the No.1 SuperCoach player and just the third player to finish the season with an average of 130-plus, following Gary Ablett (who has done it four times) and then Saint Brendon Goddard in 2010.
TOP SIX DEFENDERS 2016
Sam Docherty 108.7
Kade Simpson 106.4
Heath Shaw 106
Matthew Boyd 103.6
Corey Enright 101
Alex Rance 98.4
TOP EIGHT MIDFIELDERS 2016
Patrick Dangerfield 131.8
Scott Pendlebury 118.7
Gary Ablett 114.1
Josh P Kennedy 113.4
Dan Hannebery 113.4
Lachie Neale 112.6
Luke Parker 111.9
Joel Selwood 111.5
TOP TWO RUCKS 2016
Max Gawn 118.5
Todd Goldstein 108.1
TOP SIX FORWARDS 2016
Zach Merrett 111.5
Dayne Zorko 109
Dustin Martin 108.1
Nick Riewoldt 101
Daniel Wells 100.6
Leigh Montagna 98.9
ROUND 23 STARS
187 Nick Riewoldt
155 Patrick Dangerfield
155 Josh P Kennedy
150 Adam Treloar
147 Robbie Gray
WEEKLY TOP SCORES
2808 Stojeelong, Tony
2777 Stillaround2016, Wayne
2775 Midge’s Midgets, Max
2774 YellowAndBlack, Alana
2768 The Sharpshooters, Michael
OVERALL RANKINGS
52,922 Giant Killers, Graeme
52,913 Shemmist Warehouse, Shemm
52,815 The Hateful Aish, James
52,775 Brothers FC, Nicholas
52,747 Endeavour Storm, Tyrone
MAJOR PRIZE WINNER
Graeme Fawell, WA
SECOND PLACE
Shemm Best, Vic
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: NICK RIEWOLDT
Riewoldt smashed his previous best SuperCoach tally of 142 points against Brisbane, amassing a season and round-high 187 points. He was unstoppable, finishing with 26 disposals and 21 marks – three more marks than in any other game across his career. He also equalled his previous best goal tally of nine, also recording a game-high 15 score involvements.
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Lance Franklin
Franklin had a field day against the Tigers, scoring a season-high seven goals on his way to 136 SuperCoach points. He took nine of his 11 marks inside the attacking 50, including two contested. He finished with 17 disposals, 13 uncontested possessions, two tackles, six inside-50s and 13 score involvements.
Robbie Gray
Gray finished the home-and-away season on a high, posting his highest SuperCoach score of the season against Gold Coast (147). He was everywhere, recording 34 disposals, 13 contested possessions, four centre clearances and three rebound-50s from 83 per cent game time. He also booted four goals straight and was involved in 11 scoring chains.
Zach Merrett
After a quiet opening term, Merrett racked up 14 disposals in the second period to finish with a team-high 34 disposals from 85 per cent game time. He found plenty of outside ball, recording 24 of his possessions in an uncontested manner, while his clearance work also shone, generating six clearances, of which five were directly from centre bounces. He also tallied a season-high 141 SuperCoach points.
YOUNG GUN: SAM MENEGOLA
Menegola finished the season with back-to-back 100s, scoring 103 SuperCoach points against Melbourne. He finished with 27 disposals, nine contested possessions, 11 handball-receives, two clearances and five inside-50s from 82 per cent game time. He also impacted the scoreboard and was one of six multiple goalscorers for Geelong with three goals straight.
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