Who is the Captain’s Choice for SuperCoach AFL in Round 3?
Things are about to get serious, with prices to rise in SuperCoach after the Round 3 lockout is lifted late on Sunday evening. It makes the selection of your side crucial ahead of the third set of games in 2019.
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Things are about to get serious, with prices to rise in SuperCoach after the Round 3 lockout is lifted late on Sunday evening. It makes the selection of your side crucial ahead of the third set of games in 2019.
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DON’T IGNORE THE PERENNIALS
The rolling lockout will be so important this week with a big Thursday night featuring a number of favourites who will enable extra opportunities to hedge bets and maximise your scores with two bites of the cherry.
JACK MACRAE | WESTERN BULLDOGS | MID | $689,700 | 127 points in Round 2
The most expensive MID in the game, the injured Tom Mitchell notwithstanding, Macrae is more than backing up his high price thus far in 2019. In over a quarter of all SuperCoach sides, it’s somewhat surprising that more don’t have a set-and-forget attitude towards him when he comes to picking him as Captain, having been selected in just 10.7% in Round 2 and 9% the week before. With his record against the Gold Coast Suns nothing short of extraordinary — he averages 130.6 in seven match-ups against them, including a whopping 189 last season — it would make sense to just lock him in as skipper this week.
PATRICK DANGERFIELD | GEELONG CATS | FWD / MID | $660,500 | 127 points in Round 2
Given the armband by over 10% of all owners in Round 2 (making him the third most skippered player, behind Nat Fyfe and Jack Macrae), you can guarantee that with the Crows and Cats facing off on the Thursday evening that he’ll be loopholed by a host of SuperCoach players. His record against his former team is extraordinary, and he’s been on the up-and-up every time they’ve played, going from 111 to 132 to 142 to 149 to 158. Can he crack the 160, or even, amazing, go larger still and hit 170? If you’re one of the 30% of fans who still don’t have him in the side — let alone have him as skipper — then it’s time to get on board.
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MAX GAWN | MELBOURNE DEMONS | RUC | $692,100 | 116 points in Round 2
Of all players from the four teams playing on Round 3’s Thursday and Friday evenings, only Dangerfield and Gawn were skippered by more than 1% of fans. The last time Gawn came up against the Bombers he smashed out a 168 point game in 2018. He missed their match-up with injury in 2017, hit 85 in 2016, and had another big one in 2015, with 150 points. Statistically they’re his fourth best-performed team against, and one that the Demons generally have had a good record against too, even in their darkest days over the last decade or so. In terms of a VC / C Thursday / Friday loophole, the Dangerfield / Gawn option is a strong one.
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RORY SLOANE | ADELAIDE CROWS | MID | $524,300 | 105 points in Round 2
In Round 1 he was captained by a mere 0.8% and owned by an equally desultory 7% of all teams; in Round 2 that fell to 0.5% and rose to 9% respectively. Averaging 108.3 against the Cats across 13 clashes, Sloane’s average jumps to 122 for the games against Dangerfield since 2016 rather than alongside him in preceding years. With the addition of a fit Brad Crouch to accompany Bryce Gibbs and consistent high performer Matt Crouch, Sloane is offering great value to the less than 10% of owners who have him, and would be a fine vice-captaincy choice if executing the loophole.
ANGUS BRAYSHAW | MELBOURNE DEMONS | MID | $526,900 | 124 points in Round 2
Of course, to execute the aforementioned Sloane as VC loophole option, you ideally want a high performer ready to go as skipper if he doesn’t perform to your high expectations on a Thursday evening. Brayshaw was quiet in Round 1, but smashed it on the rebound like a premium should, even as his team was smashed off the park. His output against Essendon is historically not encouraging — his highest score against them, at just 78, is not at a premium standard, while his average of 53.0 in three match-ups against them is his second lowest against all opponents (with the lowest being an 52.0 against the Kangaroos from just one match against). There might be better captaincy options out there.
JOSH P. KENNEDY | SYDNEY SWANS | MID | $525,600 | 136 points in Round 2
Selected in less than 1% of all sides by the close of Round 2, and the numbers point to him not being selected as a captain by a single SuperCoach player. It’s extraordinary, really, when you consider that his 2018 average of 96.8 points per game was his first time below 100 since 2012. He backed up his 94 in Round 1 with 136 last weekend, and his record against Carlton is outstanding — he averages 98.8 across 12 games, but 106 in the last five. Can he back up his Round 2 output? His scores from last year were up and down like a yo-yo after the bye rounds which doesn’t exactly instil confidence in his ability to go 130+ again, but if the Swans are to break their duck in 2019 he very well may need to do so.
Originally published as Who is the Captain’s Choice for SuperCoach AFL in Round 3?
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